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shameful

  • 1 pudendo

    • shameful

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pudendo

  • 2 avergonzante

    • shameful
    • shaming

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > avergonzante

  • 3 inconfesable

    • shameful
    • unavowable
    • unconfessable
    • unnamable
    • unspeakable

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > inconfesable

  • 4 vergonzoso

    adj.
    1 bashful, timid, sheepish.
    2 shameful, embarrassing, outrageous, scandalous.
    * * *
    1 (acto) shameful, shocking
    2 (persona) bashful, shy
    * * *
    (f. - vergonzosa)
    adj.
    2) shy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=tímido) bashful, shy; (=modesto) modest
    2) [acto] shameful, disgraceful

    es vergonzoso que... — it is disgraceful that...

    3)

    partes vergonzosas — euf(Anat) private parts

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2) <asunto/comportamiento> disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    = shameful, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], discreditable, self-conscious, disgusting, disgraceful, tongue-tied, embarrassing, bashful.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    ----
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2) <asunto/comportamiento> disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    = shameful, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], discreditable, self-conscious, disgusting, disgraceful, tongue-tied, embarrassing, bashful.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.

    * * *
    A (tímido) shy, bashful
    B (ignominioso) ‹asunto/comportamiento› disgraceful, shameful
    es vergonzoso cómo trata a sus padres it's a disgrace o it's disgraceful o it's shameful the way he treats his parents
    masculine, feminine
    es un vergonzoso he's very shy o bashful
    * * *

    vergonzoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2 ‹asunto/comportamiento› disgraceful, shameful
    vergonzoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que siente vergüenza, timidez) shy, timid, bashful
    2 (lamentable, que causa vergüenza) shameful, disgraceful
    una escena vergonzosa, a shameful scene
    ' vergonzoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochornosa
    - bochornoso
    - corta
    - corto
    - embarazosa
    - embarazoso
    - indigna
    - indigno
    - tímida
    - tímido
    - vergonzosa
    English:
    bashful
    - criminal
    - disgraceful
    - disgusting
    - disreputable
    - shameful
    - shocking
    - skeleton
    - wallflower
    - deplorable
    - guilty
    - outrageous
    - sordid
    * * *
    vergonzoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [deshonroso] shameful, disgraceful
    2. [tímido] bashful
    ♦ nm,f
    bashful person;
    ser un vergonzoso to be bashful
    * * *
    adj
    1 disgraceful, shameful
    2 ( tímido) shy
    * * *
    vergonzoso, -sa adj
    1) : disgraceful, shameful
    2) : bashful, shy
    * * *
    vergonzoso adj disgraceful

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzoso

  • 5 inconfesable

    adj.
    1 shameful.
    2 unconfessable, unavowable, shameful, unspeakable.
    * * *
    1 shameful
    * * *
    ADJ shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    adjetivo unmentionable
    * * *
    adjetivo unmentionable
    * * *
    unmentionable
    * * *

    inconfesable adjetivo
    unmentionable
    inconfesable adjetivo unmentionable: un inconfesable sentimiento de culpa, an unmentionable feeling of guilt
    * * *
    shameful, unmentionable
    * * *
    adj shameful
    * * *
    : unspeakable, shameful

    Spanish-English dictionary > inconfesable

  • 6 bochornoso

    adj.
    1 shameful, embarrassing, humiliating.
    2 sultry, scorching, muggy.
    * * *
    1 (sofocante) hot, sultry, muggy
    2 figurado (vergonzoso) disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    (f. - bochornosa)
    adj.
    2) shameful, embarrassing
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [tiempo, día] close *, stuffy *
    2) (=vergonzoso) degrading, shameful

    es un espectáculo bochornoso — it is a degrading spectacle, it is a shameful sight

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) < tiempo> sultry, muggy; < calor> sticky
    2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing
    * * *
    = mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    ----
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) < tiempo> sultry, muggy; < calor> sticky
    2) <espectáculo/situación> embarrassing
    * * *
    = mortifying, sultry [sultrier -comp., sultriest -sup.], embarrassing.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.

    Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.
    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.

    * * *
    A ‹tiempo› sultry, muggy; ‹calor› sticky
    hacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy day
    B ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing
    * * *

    bochornoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ‹ tiempo› sultry, muggy;
    ‹ calor› sticky;
    ◊ hacía un día bochornoso it was a close o muggy day

    2 ‹espectáculo/situación› embarrassing
    bochornoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (caluroso) sultry, close, muggy
    (sofocante) stifling
    2 fig (vergonzoso) shameful, embarrassing
    ' bochornoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochornosa
    - cargado
    English:
    clammy
    - close
    - muggy
    - sticky
    - sultry
    * * *
    bochornoso, -a adj
    1. [tiempo] stifling, muggy
    2. [vergonzoso] embarrassing
    * * *
    adj
    1 tiempo sultry
    2 fig
    embarrassing
    * * *
    bochornoso, -sa adj
    1) embarazoso: embarrassing
    2) : hot and muggy

    Spanish-English dictionary > bochornoso

  • 7 indigno

    adj.
    unworthy, despicable, contemptible, disgraceful.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: indignar.
    * * *
    1 unworthy (de, of)
    2 (vil) low, contemptible
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=impropio) unworthy
    2) (=desmerecedor) unworthy
    3) (=despreciable) despicable
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( impropio) unworthy
    b) ( no merecedor) unworthy
    c) ( humillante) degrading, humiliating
    d) ( vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    ----
    * indigno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( impropio) unworthy
    b) ( no merecedor) unworthy
    c) ( humillante) degrading, humiliating
    d) ( vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    * indigno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * * *
    indigno -na
    1 (impropio) unworthy indigno DE algn unworthy OF sb
    ese comportamiento es indigno de una persona de su clase such behavior is unworthy of o unbecoming in a person of your background
    2 (no merecedor) unworthy indigno DE algo/algn:
    eres indigno de todo lo que ha hecho por ti you're unworthy of o ( frml) undeserving of all she's done for you, you don't deserve all she's done for you
    esa mujer es indigna de ti that woman is unworthy of you
    3 (humillante) degrading, humiliating
    4 (vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful, outrageous
    * * *

    Del verbo indignar: ( conjugate indignar)

    indigno es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    indignó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    indignar    
    indigno
    indignar ( conjugate indignar) verbo transitivo
    to make … angry o indignant;
    ( más fuerte) to outrage
    indignarse verbo pronominal
    to get angry, become indignant;
    ( más fuerte) to be outraged o incensed
    indigno
    ◊ -na adjetivo


    indigno de algn unworthy of sb



    indignar verbo transitivo to infuriate, make angry
    indigno,-a adjetivo
    1 (no merecedor) unworthy [de, of]
    2 (impropio) wrong: esa respuesta es indigna de ti, it's not like you to respond like that
    3 (infame, humillante) wretched, dreadful: sus condiciones de vida son indignas, the conditions they live in are dreadful
    4 (despreciable, vergonzoso) su comportamiento fue indigno, his behaviour was despicable
    ' indigno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indigna
    - última
    - último
    English:
    beneath
    - unfit
    - unworthy
    * * *
    indigno, -a adj
    1. [impropio] unworthy, not worthy (de of);
    una reacción indigna de alguien en su posición a reaction which was unworthy of somebody in her position
    2. [no merecedor] unworthy, not worthy (de of);
    soy indigno de tal honor I am not worthy of such an honour
    3. [degradante] shameful, appalling
    * * *
    adj unworthy (de of)
    * * *
    indigno, -na adj
    : unworthy

    Spanish-English dictionary > indigno

  • 8 lastimoso

    adj.
    pitiful, pitiable, mournful, piteous.
    * * *
    1 pitiful, sorry
    * * *
    ADJ pitiful, pathetic
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( triste) terrible, pitiful; ( deplorable) shameful, terrible
    * * *
    = pathetic, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.].
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( triste) terrible, pitiful; ( deplorable) shameful, terrible
    * * *
    = pathetic, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.].

    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.

    Ex: The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.

    * * *
    1 (triste) terrible, pitiful
    2 (deplorable) shameful, terrible, appalling
    * * *

    lastimoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que da pena) pitiful
    2 (que causa mala impresión) dreadful
    ' lastimoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lastimosa
    - miserable
    English:
    piteous
    - pitiful
    - puny
    * * *
    lastimoso, -a adj
    1. [que produce lástima] pitiful, pathetic
    2. [en mal estado] pitiful;
    la casa estaba en un lastimoso estado the house was in a pitiful o terrible state
    * * *
    adj pitiful; ( deplorable) shameful
    * * *
    lastimoso, -sa adj
    1) : shameful
    2) : pitiful, terrible
    * * *
    lastimoso adj pathetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > lastimoso

  • 9 ignominioso

    adj.
    ignominious, dishonorable, disgraceful, dishonourable.
    * * *
    1 ignominious
    * * *
    ADJ ignominious, disgraceful
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) < comportamiento> shameful, disgraceful (frml)
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) < comportamiento> shameful, disgraceful (frml)
    * * *
    ( frml); ‹comportamiento› shameful, disgraceful, ignominious ( frml); ‹sueldo› disgraceful
    una derrota ignominiosa an ignominious defeat
    * * *
    ignominioso, -a adj
    ignominious
    * * *
    adj ignominious, disgraceful
    * * *
    ignominioso, -sa adj
    : ignominious, shameful

    Spanish-English dictionary > ignominioso

  • 10 vergonzante

    adj.
    1 shameful.
    2 embarrassing.
    * * *
    1 shamefaced
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=que tiene vergüenza) shamefaced; (=tímido) bashful
    2) (=que produce vergüenza) shameful, shaming
    * * *
    adjetivo <enfermedad/error> embarrassing
    * * *
    adjetivo <enfermedad/error> embarrassing
    * * *
    ‹enfermedad/problema› embarrassing
    * * *

    vergonzante adjetivo bashful, shamefaced
    * * *
    shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    adj disgraceful, shameful

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzante

  • 11 deshonroso

    adj.
    dishonorable, degrading, debasing, discreditable.
    * * *
    1 dishonourable (US dishonorable), shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    ADJ dishonourable, dishonorable (EEUU), disgraceful
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dishonorable*, disgraceful
    * * *
    = discreditable, dishonourable [dishonorable, -USA], degrading, humbling.
    Ex. It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex. In this play Isabella, the heroine, refuses Angelo's dishonorable proposal to her though it would save Claudio her brother's life if she yielded; and she does this in spite of the fact that Claudio beseeches her to yield = En esta obra de teatro Isabella, la heroína, rechaza la proposición deshonrosa de Angelo aunque con ello salvaría la vida de su hermano Claudio; y lo hace a pesar de que Claudio le suplica que ceda.
    Ex. A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.
    Ex. What started as a bubble a couple of years ago has evolved into a horrific, humbling and scary atmosphere that has grown into a national economic crisis.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo dishonorable*, disgraceful
    * * *
    = discreditable, dishonourable [dishonorable, -USA], degrading, humbling.

    Ex: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.

    Ex: In this play Isabella, the heroine, refuses Angelo's dishonorable proposal to her though it would save Claudio her brother's life if she yielded; and she does this in spite of the fact that Claudio beseeches her to yield = En esta obra de teatro Isabella, la heroína, rechaza la proposición deshonrosa de Angelo aunque con ello salvaría la vida de su hermano Claudio; y lo hace a pesar de que Claudio le suplica que ceda.
    Ex: A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.
    Ex: What started as a bubble a couple of years ago has evolved into a horrific, humbling and scary atmosphere that has grown into a national economic crisis.

    * * *
    dishonorable*, disgraceful, shameful
    * * *

    deshonroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    dishonorable( conjugate dishonorable), disgraceful

    ' deshonroso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dishonorable
    - dishonourable
    * * *
    deshonroso, -a adj
    dishonourable, shameful
    * * *
    adj dishonorable, Br
    dishonourable
    * * *
    deshonroso, -sa adj
    : dishonorable, disgraceful

    Spanish-English dictionary > deshonroso

  • 12 infamante

    adj.
    1 defaming.
    2 opprobrious, offensive (injurioso), slanderous (difamatorio).
    3 outrageous, shameful.
    * * *
    ADJ shameful, degrading
    * * *
    1 ‹práctica› shameful; ‹castigo› degrading
    * * *
    adj defamatory

    Spanish-English dictionary > infamante

  • 13 vergonzosa

    adj.&f.
    1 bashful (person), modest, shamefaced; diffident.
    2 shameful; contumelious.
    * * *
    f., (m. - vergonzoso)
    * * *

    vergonzoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que siente vergüenza, timidez) shy, timid, bashful
    2 (lamentable, que causa vergüenza) shameful, disgraceful
    una escena vergonzosa, a shameful scene
    ' vergonzosa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vergonzoso
    - papelón

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzosa

  • 14 afrentoso

    adj.
    ignominious; insulting.
    * * *
    1 formal (ofensivo) offending, offensive
    2 formal (vergonzoso) shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    ADJ (=insultante) insulting, outrageous; (=vergonzoso) shameful
    * * *
    Ex. Some fees paid to visiting speakers are no less than insulting.
    * * *

    Ex: Some fees paid to visiting speakers are no less than insulting.

    * * *
    afrentoso, -a adj
    [ofensivo] offensive, insulting

    Spanish-English dictionary > afrentoso

  • 15 chovinismo

    m.
    chauvinism.
    * * *
    1 excessive patriotism, chauvinism
    * * *
    masculino chauvinism
    * * *
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    * * *
    masculino chauvinism
    * * *

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    * * *
    chauvinism
    * * *

    chovinismo sustantivo masculino
    chauvinism
    chovinismo sustantivo masculino chauvinism
    ' chovinismo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chauvinism
    * * *
    chauvinism
    * * *
    m chauvinism
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > chovinismo

  • 16 dar vergüenza

    v.
    1 to be ashamed.
    Nos dio vergüenza We were ashamed.
    2 to be ashamed of, to feel ashamed of, to feel ashamed for.
    Nos dio vergüenza su racismo We were ashamed of his racism.
    3 to be a shame for, to be a shame to.
    Su vanidad le da vergüenza a Ricardo Her conceit is a shame for Richard.
    4 to be shameful.
    Su vanidad da vergüenza Her conceit is shameful.
    5 to be ashamed to.
    Me da vergüenza pedir limosna I am ashamed to beg.
    * * *
    (v.) = feel + shy
    Ex. Many times we may feel shy about making friends and hanging out with people our own age.
    * * *
    (v.) = feel + shy

    Ex: Many times we may feel shy about making friends and hanging out with people our own age.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar vergüenza

  • 17 descarado

    adj.
    cynical, bare-faced, barefaced, bold-faced.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descararse.
    * * *
    1 (actitud) shameless, brazen, insolent; (persona) cheeky
    2 (patente) blatant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 shameless person, cheeky person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=desvergonzado) shameless; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) (=evidente) [mentira] barefaced; [prejuicio] blatant
    2.
    ADV *

    sí voy, descarado — I'm going all right, you bet I'm going

    si supiera inglés, descarado que me iba a Londres — if I spoke English, you can bet your life I'd go to London

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex. Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    ----
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex: Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.

    * * *
    descarado1 -da
    1 ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless
    el muy descarado, pedirme dinero así what (a) nerve he has, asking me for money like that
    las elecciones fueron un fraude descarado the elections were a blatant fraud o were clearly rigged
    ( Esp fam): si tuviese dinero, descarado que me iría a vivir sola you can bet your life if I had the money, I'd go off and live alone ( colloq)
    lo hizo adrede, descarado make no mistake, she did it on purpose, she did it on purpose, you can be sure of it o you can bet your life on it
    descarado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    no contestes así a tu madre ¡descarado! don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude o ( BrE) cheeky little boy
    ese chico es un descarado that boy has a lot of nerve
    * * *

    Del verbo descararse: ( conjugate descararse)

    descarado es:

    el participio

    descarado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless;

    es muy descarado he has a lot of nerve
    descarado,-a
    I adj (insolente) cheeky, insolent
    (desvergonzado) shameless
    una mentira descarada, a barefaced lie
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheeky person

    ' descarado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevida
    - atrevido
    - cara
    - descarada
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - golfa
    - golfo
    - lisa
    - liso
    - sinvergüenza
    - fresco
    - patudo
    English:
    audacious
    - barefaced
    - blatant
    - bold
    - brash
    - brassy
    - brazen
    - cheeky
    - downright
    - forward
    - shameless
    - unabashed
    - outright
    - pert
    * * *
    descarado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desvergonzado] [persona] cheeky, impertinent;
    ¡no seas (tan) descarado! don't be (so) cheeky!;
    ¡el muy descarado se ha atrevido a burlarse de mí! the cheeky devil had the nerve to make fun of me!
    2. [flagrante] barefaced, blatant;
    una mentira descarada a barefaced lie;
    ¡es un robo descarado! it's daylight robbery!;
    ¡ha sido un penalti descarado! there's no way that wasn't a penalty!
    ♦ adv
    Esp Fam [por supuesto, seguro] you bet!;
    no lo conseguirá, descarado there's no way she'll manage to do it;
    ¡descarado que iremos! too right we're going to go!
    ♦ nm,f
    cheeky devil;
    eres un descarado mirando you are awful the way you stare at people
    * * *
    adj rude, impertinent
    * * *
    descarado, -da adj
    : brazen, impudent
    * * *
    descarado adj cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descarado

  • 18 despreciable

    adj.
    1 despicable, contemptible (indigno).
    2 insignificant, negligible, paltry, shitty.
    f. & m.
    contemptible person, wretch.
    * * *
    1 despicable, contemptible
    2 (sin importancia) negligible
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] despicable, contemptible
    2) (=sin valor) [objeto] worthless; [cantidad] negligible
    * * *
    a) <persona/conducta> despicable, contemptible
    b)

    no/nada despreciable — <suma/número> not inconsiderable, significant

    * * *
    = negligible, abject, abjected, despicable, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], lowdown.
    Ex. Microforms are obviously very compact, and the microforms themselves occupy negligible space.
    Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    ----
    * nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.
    * * *
    a) <persona/conducta> despicable, contemptible
    b)

    no/nada despreciable — <suma/número> not inconsiderable, significant

    * * *
    = negligible, abject, abjected, despicable, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], lowdown.

    Ex: Microforms are obviously very compact, and the microforms themselves occupy negligible space.

    Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.
    Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.
    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    * nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/conducta› despicable, contemptible
    2
    no/nada despreciable ‹suma/número› not inconsiderable, significant
    heredó una suma nada despreciable he inherited a not inconsiderable sum, he inherited a significant o considerable sum of money
    * * *

    despreciable adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/conducta› despicable, contemptible

    b)

    ◊ no/nada despreciable ‹suma/número› not inconsiderable, significant

    despreciable adjetivo
    1 (odioso) despicable, contemptible, worthless
    2 (inapreciable, poco importante) negligible
    ' despreciable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carroña
    - cerda
    - cerdo
    - ser
    - escoria
    - gusano
    - indigna
    - indigno
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - miseria
    - rata
    - ridiculez
    - ruin
    - sabandija
    - mierda
    - pinche
    - puerco
    - rastrero
    English:
    contemptible
    - despicable
    - insignificant
    - mean
    - miserable
    - worthless
    - wretched
    - contempt
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [indigno] despicable, contemptible
    2. [de poca importancia] negligible;
    nada despreciable considerable, significant;
    la nada despreciable suma de $1.000 the not inconsiderable o insignificant sum of $1,000
    ♦ nmf
    despicable o contemptible person, wretch
    * * *
    adj
    1 comportamiento contemptible, despicable
    2 cantidad, coste etc neglible;
    nada despreciable cantidad large, not inconsiderable
    * * *
    1) : despicable, contemptible
    2) : negligible
    nada despreciable: not inconsiderable, significant

    Spanish-English dictionary > despreciable

  • 19 desvergüenza

    f.
    shamelessness, cheek, effrontery, impudence.
    * * *
    1 (falta de decoro) shamelessness
    2 (descaro) cheek, nerve, impudence
    3 (impertinencia) insolent remark, rude remark
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=mala conducta) shamelessness
    2) (=descaro) effrontery, impudence

    esto es una desvergüenza — this is disgraceful, this is shameful

    ¡qué desvergüenza! — what a nerve! *

    * * *
    Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
    ----
    * tener la desvergüenza de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.
    * * *

    Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.

    * tener la desvergüenza de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

    * * *

    desvergüenza sustantivo femenino
    1 (atrevimiento, descaro) insolence, nerve: ¡tendrás la desvergüenza de pedírmelo!, and you've got the cheek o nerve to ask me for it!
    2 (falta de pudor, inmoralidad) shamelessness
    ' desvergüenza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    valor
    English:
    shamelessness
    * * *
    1. [atrevimiento, frescura] shamelessness;
    ¡después de lo que ocurrió, tiene la desvergüenza de llamarla! after what happened, he still has the gall to phone her!;
    su conducta es de una desvergüenza increíble his behaviour is absolutely disgraceful o shameful
    2. [dicho] shameless remark;
    [hecho] shameless act
    * * *
    f shamelessness
    * * *
    : shamelessness, impudence

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvergüenza

  • 20 embarazo

    m.
    1 pregnancy (preñez).
    embarazo no deseado unplanned pregnancy
    embarazo psicológico phantom pregnancy
    2 embarrassment (timidez).
    3 obstacle (impedimento).
    4 fluster, embarrassment.
    5 hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, encumbrance.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: embarazar.
    * * *
    1 (preñez) pregnancy
    2 (obstáculo) obstruction, obstacle
    3 (turbación) embarrassment
    \
    embarazo fantasma phantom pregnancy
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de mujer] pregnancy

    embarazo ectópico, embarazo extrauterino — ectopic pregnancy

    2) (=turbación) embarrassment
    3) (=estorbo) obstacle, hindrance
    * * *
    1) (Med) pregnancy
    2) (frml) ( apuro) embarrassment; ( estorbo) obstacle, hindrance
    * * *
    = pregnancy, gestation.
    Ex. Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    ----
    * embarazo de adolescentes = teenage pregnancy.
    * embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.
    * embarazo precoz = teenage pregnancy.
    * embarazo tubárico = tubal pregnancy.
    * poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.
    * prueba del embarazo = pregnancy test.
    * terminar un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.
    * test de embarazo = pregnancy test.
    * * *
    1) (Med) pregnancy
    2) (frml) ( apuro) embarrassment; ( estorbo) obstacle, hindrance
    * * *
    = pregnancy, gestation.

    Ex: Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.

    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    * embarazo de adolescentes = teenage pregnancy.
    * embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.
    * embarazo precoz = teenage pregnancy.
    * embarazo tubárico = tubal pregnancy.
    * poner fin a un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.
    * prueba del embarazo = pregnancy test.
    * terminar un embarazo = terminate + pregnancy.
    * test de embarazo = pregnancy test.

    * * *
    A ( Med) pregnancy
    decidió interrumpir el embarazo she decided to terminate the pregnancy
    prueba del embarazo pregnancy test
    Compuestos:
    full term pregnancy
    ● embarazo ectópico or extrauterino
    ectopic pregnancy
    B
    1 ( frml) (apuro) embarrassment
    su comentario causó gran embarazo his comment caused a great deal of embarrassment
    2 (estorbo) obstacle, hindrance
    * * *

     

    Del verbo embarazar: ( conjugate embarazar)

    embarazo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    embarazó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    embarazar    
    embarazo
    embarazo sustantivo masculino (Med) pregnancy
    embarazar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar pudor, turbación) to embarrass
    2 (dificultar) to hinder
    embarazo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de una mujer) pregnancy
    2 (apuro, turbación) embarrassment
    3 (incomodidad, estorbo) obstacle
    ' embarazo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antojadiza
    - antojadizo
    - divulgarse
    - interrupción
    - desear
    - interrumpir
    - prueba
    English:
    abortion
    - craving
    - morning sickness
    - pregnancy
    - terminate
    - morning
    - termination
    * * *
    1. [preñez] pregnancy
    Med embarazo ectópico ectopic pregnancy; Med embarazo extrauterino ectopic pregnancy;
    embarazo no deseado unwanted pregnancy;
    embarazo psicológico false o Br phantom pregnancy
    2. [timidez] embarrassment
    3. [impedimento] obstacle
    * * *
    m pregnancy;
    interrupción del embarazo termination, abortion
    * * *
    : pregnancy
    * * *
    embarazo n pregnancy [pl. pregnancies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > embarazo

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