Перевод: с испанского на английский

с английского на испанский

single+example

  • 21 amoralidad

    f.
    amorality.
    * * *
    1 amorality
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino amorality
    * * *
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    * * *
    femenino amorality
    * * *

    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.

    * * *
    amorality
    * * *
    amorality

    Spanish-English dictionary > amoralidad

  • 22 anticuado

    adj.
    old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.
    f. & m.
    old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.
    * * *
    1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date
    * * *
    (f. - anticuada)
    adj.
    old-fashioned, outdated
    * * *
    ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.
    Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    ----
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

    Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.

    * * *
    anticuado1 -da
    ‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated
    anticuado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

    anticuado es:

    el participio

    anticuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    old-fashioned
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

    ' anticuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anticuada
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - antiguo
    - atrasado
    - pasado
    - zanahoria
    English:
    antiquated
    - date
    - fuddy-duddy
    - old
    - old-fashioned
    - outdated
    - outmoded
    - dated
    - out
    - time
    * * *
    anticuado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
    esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;
    mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date
    ♦ nm,f
    old-fashioned person;
    mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned
    * * *
    adj antiquated
    * * *
    anticuado, -da adj
    : antiquated, outdated
    * * *
    anticuado adj old fashioned

    Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado

  • 23 artista

    f. & m.
    1 artist.
    es una artista en la cocina she is a superb cook
    artista gráfico graphic artist
    artista invitado guest artist
    2 artisan, artist, fine craftperson, crafty person.
    * * *
    1 artist
    \
    artista de cine film star
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (Arte) artist
    2) (Teat, Cine) artist, artiste

    artista de cine — film actor/film actress

    artista de teatro — actor/actress

    artista invitado/a — guest artist o artiste

    3) * (=persona hábil)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Arte) artist
    2) ( actor) actor; ( actriz) actress; (cantante, músico) artist

    una artista de cine — a movie star (AmE) o (BrE) film star

    * * *
    = artist, performer, performing artist, artiste, entertainer.
    Ex. Single personal authorship includes writers of books, composers of music, compilers of bibliographies, cartographers, artist, photographers, and, in certain cases, performers of sound recordings, films and videorecordings.
    Ex. The storyteller has in fact to be something of a showman, a performer, before he gets anywhere.
    Ex. Performing artist and radio show host Ian Whitcomb expresses his misgivings over donating his popular music collection to libraries.
    Ex. An artiste is a person who practices the performing arts; for example, a singer, a circus performer, dancer, magician, etc.
    Ex. Authors, politicians and entertainers were asked how libraries have helped expand their horizons.
    ----
    * artista ambulante = travelling entertainer.
    * artista callejero = busker.
    * artista creativo = creative artist.
    * artista de teatro = theatre artiste.
    * artista residente = artist in residence.
    * círculo de artistas = artists' circle.
    * entrada de artistas = stage door.
    * libro de artista = livre d'artiste, artist's book.
    * salida de artistas = stage door.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Arte) artist
    2) ( actor) actor; ( actriz) actress; (cantante, músico) artist

    una artista de cine — a movie star (AmE) o (BrE) film star

    * * *
    = artist, performer, performing artist, artiste, entertainer.

    Ex: Single personal authorship includes writers of books, composers of music, compilers of bibliographies, cartographers, artist, photographers, and, in certain cases, performers of sound recordings, films and videorecordings.

    Ex: The storyteller has in fact to be something of a showman, a performer, before he gets anywhere.
    Ex: Performing artist and radio show host Ian Whitcomb expresses his misgivings over donating his popular music collection to libraries.
    Ex: An artiste is a person who practices the performing arts; for example, a singer, a circus performer, dancer, magician, etc.
    Ex: Authors, politicians and entertainers were asked how libraries have helped expand their horizons.
    * artista ambulante = travelling entertainer.
    * artista callejero = busker.
    * artista creativo = creative artist.
    * artista de teatro = theatre artiste.
    * artista residente = artist in residence.
    * círculo de artistas = artists' circle.
    * entrada de artistas = stage door.
    * libro de artista = livre d'artiste, artist's book.
    * salida de artistas = stage door.

    * * *
    A
    1 (pintor, escultor) artist
    es una artista cocinando she's a great cook ( colloq), she's a real artist in the kitchen ( colloq)
    es un artista para la costura he's an expert o a real artist with a needle and thread, he's a deft hand ( AmE) o ( BrE) dab hand at sewing ( colloq)
    B (actor) actor; (actriz) actress; (cantante, músico) artist
    como una artista de cine like a movie star ( AmE) o ( BrE) film star
    decenas de artistas famosos dozens of stars, dozens of famous artists
    Compuestos:
    ● artista de variedades or ( Esp tb) varieties
    masculine and feminine variety artist
    ● artista invitado, artista invitada
    masculine, feminine guest artist
    * * *

    artista sustantivo masculino y femenino
    a) (Arte) artist

    b) ( actor) actor;

    ( actriz) actress;
    (cantante, músico) artist;
    ◊ una artista de cine a movie star (AmE) o (BrE) film star

    artista mf artist
    ' artista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caché
    - cachet
    - desafiar
    - invitada
    - invitado
    - madera
    - paleta
    - proteger
    - representante
    - supuesta
    - supuesto
    - tabla
    - taller
    - taquillera
    - taquillero
    - apadrinar
    - artífice
    - bohemio
    - comprometer
    - consagrado
    - consagrar
    - contratar
    - descubrir
    - destacado
    - estudio
    - nato
    - pegar
    - potencia
    - reaparición
    - relación
    - surrealista
    English:
    approach
    - artist
    - budding
    - entertainer
    - fan
    - mime
    - natural
    - notable
    - pavement artist
    - portfolio
    - smock
    - stripper
    - studio
    - known
    - performer
    * * *
    artista nmf
    1. [creador] artist;
    los grandes artistas del siglo the great artists of the 20th century
    artista gráfico graphic artist
    2. [de teatro, circo] artiste;
    [cantante] artist;
    un artista de cine a movie actor
    artista invitado guest artist;
    artista de variedades cabaret artist
    3. Fam [maestro, habilidoso]
    es una artista en la cocina she is a superb cook;
    es un artista arreglando televisores he's got a real knack for fixing televisions, Br he's a dab hand at fixing televisions
    * * *
    m/f artist;
    artista de circo circus performer
    * * *
    artista nmf
    1) : artist
    2) actor, actriz: actor, actress f
    * * *
    artista n artist

    Spanish-English dictionary > artista

  • 24 biblioteca universitaria

    (n.) = college library, university library, research library
    Ex. The single term ' college library' covers a broad spectrum of further and higher education, ranging from those housed in colleges of further education, to those in polytechnics and colleges of higher education.
    Ex. A university library, for example, might group its holdings into long-term loans for books and bound volumes for periodicals.
    Ex. Included amongst those libraries are university and large research libraries in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    * * *
    (n.) = college library, university library, research library

    Ex: The single term ' college library' covers a broad spectrum of further and higher education, ranging from those housed in colleges of further education, to those in polytechnics and colleges of higher education.

    Ex: A university library, for example, might group its holdings into long-term loans for books and bound volumes for periodicals.
    Ex: Included amongst those libraries are university and large research libraries in the United States and the United Kingdom.

    Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca universitaria

  • 25 dañar

    v.
    to damage, to harm, to hurt, to knock up.
    * * *
    1 (causar dolor) to hurt, harm
    2 (estropear) to damage, spoil
    3 figurado to damage, stain
    1 (estropearse) to get damaged, spoil; (alimentos) to go bad, go off
    * * *
    verb
    2) harm, hurt
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ objeto, pelo, piel, salud] to damage, harm

    dañar la vista —

    2) [+ cosecha] to damage, spoil
    3) [+ reputación, carrera, proyecto] to damage, harm
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo ( hacer daño a)
    a) <honra/reputación> to damage, harm
    b) <fruta/mercancías/instalaciones> to damage; < cosecha> to damage, spoil
    c) <salud/organismo> to be bad for, damage
    2.
    dañarse v pron
    1)
    a) cosecha to be/get damaged o spoiled; comestibles/mercancías/muebles to be/get damaged
    b) persona < salud> to damage
    2) (Col, Ven)
    a) carne/comida to rot, go bad
    b) auto to break down; aparato to break
    * * *
    = damage, impair, cause + erosion, injure, do + harm.
    Ex. Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.
    Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex. The replacement of the book catalog by the card catalog has caused a grave erosion of the ideal catalog sought by Panizzi and Cutter.
    Ex. Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.
    Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.
    ----
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien) = damage + credibility.
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien/Algo) = impair + credibility.
    * dañarse = hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.
    * que no daña el medio ambiente = environmentally sound, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo ( hacer daño a)
    a) <honra/reputación> to damage, harm
    b) <fruta/mercancías/instalaciones> to damage; < cosecha> to damage, spoil
    c) <salud/organismo> to be bad for, damage
    2.
    dañarse v pron
    1)
    a) cosecha to be/get damaged o spoiled; comestibles/mercancías/muebles to be/get damaged
    b) persona < salud> to damage
    2) (Col, Ven)
    a) carne/comida to rot, go bad
    b) auto to break down; aparato to break
    * * *
    = damage, impair, cause + erosion, injure, do + harm.

    Ex: Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.

    Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex: The replacement of the book catalog by the card catalog has caused a grave erosion of the ideal catalog sought by Panizzi and Cutter.
    Ex: Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.
    Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien) = damage + credibility.
    * dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien/Algo) = impair + credibility.
    * dañarse = hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.
    * que no daña el medio ambiente = environmentally sound, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly.

    * * *
    dañar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹honra/reputación› to damage, harm
    2 ‹fruta› to damage; ‹mercancías› to damage; ‹instalaciones/locales› to damage
    3 «helada/lluvia» ‹cosecha› to damage, spoil
    4 ‹salud/organismo› to be bad for, damage
    escuchar esa música tan fuerte te puede dañar el oído listening to loud music like that can be bad for o can damage your hearing
    esa luz me daña la vista that light hurts my eyes
    B ( Col) ‹reloj/aparato› to break
    A
    1 «cosecha» to be/get damaged o spoiled; «comestibles/frutas» to be/get damaged; «mercancías/muebles» to be/get damaged
    2 «persona» ‹salud› to damage
    B (Col, Ven) (estropearse)
    1 «fruta/carne» to rot, go bad
    2 «auto» to break down; «aparato» to break
    * * *

     

    dañar ( conjugate dañar) verbo transitivo ( en general) to damage;
    ‹salud/organismo› to be bad for
    dañarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( en general) to be/get damaged;
    ‹ salud› to damage
    2 (Col, Ven)
    a) [carne/comida] to rot, go bad


    [ aparato] to break
    dañar verbo transitivo
    1 (deteriorar, estropear) to damage: este producto puede dañar el esmalte, this product is damaging to the enamelwork
    2 (herir) to hurt, (perjudicar, molestar) to harm, prejudice
    ' dañar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estropear
    - perjudicar
    English:
    damage
    - impair
    - injure
    - vandalize
    - poison
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [persona] to hurt;
    [vista] to harm, to damage;
    el tabaco daña la salud tobacco damages your health
    2. [pieza, objeto, edificio, carretera] to damage;
    [cosecha] to harm, to damage; [fruta, mercancía] to damage, to spoil
    3. [prestigio, reputación] to damage, to harm
    * * *
    v/t harm; cosa damage
    * * *
    dañar vt
    1) : to damage, to spoil
    2) : to harm, to hurt
    * * *
    dañar vb (estropear) to damage

    Spanish-English dictionary > dañar

  • 26 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    ----
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 27 deteriorar

    v.
    1 to damage, to spoil.
    2 to deteriorate, to batter, to damage, to impair.
    El virus desmejora su salud The virus deteriorates his health.
    * * *
    1 (estropear) to damage, spoil; (gastar) to wear out
    1 (estropearse) to get damaged; (gastarse) to wear out
    2 figurado to deteriorate, go downhill
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=estropear) to damage
    2) (Mec) to cause wear and tear to
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <relaciones/salud/situación> to cause... to deteriorate
    2.
    deteriorarse v pron relaciones/salud/situación to deteriorate, worsen
    * * *
    = damage, impair, spoil, disrupt, corrode, go out + the window.
    Ex. Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.
    Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex. At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.
    Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    ----
    * deteriorarse = decay, deteriorate, creak, go + downhill, fall into + disrepair, grow + worse, fall + apart, dilapidate, go to + seed, degenerate (into).
    * empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <relaciones/salud/situación> to cause... to deteriorate
    2.
    deteriorarse v pron relaciones/salud/situación to deteriorate, worsen
    * * *
    = damage, impair, spoil, disrupt, corrode, go out + the window.

    Ex: Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.

    Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex: At times, however, stresses on the system, whether caused by internal or external forces, threaten to corrode the ethical boundaries.
    Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    * deteriorarse = decay, deteriorate, creak, go + downhill, fall into + disrepair, grow + worse, fall + apart, dilapidate, go to + seed, degenerate (into).
    * empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.

    * * *
    deteriorar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹relaciones/salud/situación›
    los conflictos laborales han deteriorado nuestras relaciones the labor disputes have damaged our relations, the labor disputes have caused relations between us to deteriorate
    la situación económica se ha visto deteriorada por estos conflictos the economic situation has been considerably worsened by these conflicts
    «relaciones/salud/situación» to deteriorate, worsen
    las relaciones entre los dos países se han ido deteriorando relations between the two countries have been deteriorating o worsening o getting worse and worse
    las mercancías se habían deteriorado en el viaje the goods had been damaged in transit
    * * *

    deteriorar ( conjugate deteriorar) verbo transitivo ‹relaciones/salud/situación› to cause … to deteriorate
    deteriorarse verbo pronominal [relaciones/salud/situación] to deteriorate, worsen;
    [ mercancías] to get damaged
    deteriorar verbo transitivo to spoil, damage
    ' deteriorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dañar
    - destrozar
    - estropear
    English:
    slip
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [estropear] to damage, to spoil;
    el paso del tiempo ha ido deteriorando la fachada the facade has deteriorated with the passage of time
    2. [empeorar] to worsen;
    deteriorar las relaciones entre dos países to worsen relations between two countries;
    la enfermedad ha deteriorado mucho su salud the illness has caused his health to deteriorate a lot
    * * *
    v/t damage
    * * *
    estropear: to damage, to spoil
    * * *
    deteriorar vb to damage

    Spanish-English dictionary > deteriorar

  • 28 distribuir

    v.
    to distribute.
    distribuyen comida entre los pobres they give out food to the poor, they distribute food among the poor
    distribuir las tareas to divide up o share out the tasks
    Ella distribuyó las provisiones She distributed the provisions.
    Ellos distribuyeron los volantes They distributed=handed out the fliers.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 (repartir) to distribute
    2 (correo) to deliver; (trabajo) to share, allot; (agua, gas, etc) to supply
    3 (un piso) to lay out
    4 (colocar) to arrange, place
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=repartir) [+ víveres, mercancía, película] to distribute; [+ correo] to deliver; [+ trabajo, tarea] to allocate; [+ folletos] [en buzones] to distribute; [en mano] to hand out
    2) (=entregar) [+ premios] to give out; [+ dividendos] to pay
    3) (Téc) [+ carga] to stow, arrange; [+ peso] to distribute equally
    4) (Arquit) to plan, lay out
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <dinero/víveres/panfletos> to hand out, distribute; < ganancias> to distribute; < tareas> to allocate, assign; <carga/peso> to distribute, spread
    b) <producto/película> to distribute
    c) canal/conducto < agua> to distribute
    d) (disponer, dividir)
    2.
    distribuirse v pron (refl) to divide up
    * * *
    = allot, circulate, disperse, distribute, hand (over), host, scatter, spread (over/throughout), propagate out to, hand out, apportion, dispense, pass out, sequence, spread out, lay out, cascade, space out.
    Ex. Money is allotted with the library fund subfunction.
    Ex. The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
    Ex. For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.
    Ex. A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex. Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.
    Ex. Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.
    Ex. Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.
    Ex. This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex. We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex. However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    Ex. At the Closing Session Danish flags were suddenly produced and passed out among the crowd who began waving them enthusiastically.
    Ex. The coefficients of eigenvectors associated with the largest eigenvalue provide the basis for sequencing atoms which are ordered according to the relative magnitudes of the coefficients.
    Ex. For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex. This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex. The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    ----
    * distribuir aleatoriamente = randomise [randomize, -USA].
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.
    * distribuir la responsabilidad = spread + the load.
    * distribuirse = spread over.
    * distribuir un cuestionario = circulate + questionnaire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <dinero/víveres/panfletos> to hand out, distribute; < ganancias> to distribute; < tareas> to allocate, assign; <carga/peso> to distribute, spread
    b) <producto/película> to distribute
    c) canal/conducto < agua> to distribute
    d) (disponer, dividir)
    2.
    distribuirse v pron (refl) to divide up
    * * *
    = allot, circulate, disperse, distribute, hand (over), host, scatter, spread (over/throughout), propagate out to, hand out, apportion, dispense, pass out, sequence, spread out, lay out, cascade, space out.

    Ex: Money is allotted with the library fund subfunction.

    Ex: The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
    Ex: For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.
    Ex: A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex: Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.
    Ex: Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.
    Ex: Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.
    Ex: This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex: We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex: However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    Ex: At the Closing Session Danish flags were suddenly produced and passed out among the crowd who began waving them enthusiastically.
    Ex: The coefficients of eigenvectors associated with the largest eigenvalue provide the basis for sequencing atoms which are ordered according to the relative magnitudes of the coefficients.
    Ex: For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex: This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex: The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    * distribuir aleatoriamente = randomise [randomize, -USA].
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.
    * distribuir la responsabilidad = spread + the load.
    * distribuirse = spread over.
    * distribuir un cuestionario = circulate + questionnaire.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (repartir) ‹dinero/víveres/panfletos› to hand out, distribute; ‹ganancias› to distribute; ‹tareas› to allocate, assign; ‹carga/peso› to distribute, spread
    un país donde la riqueza está muy mal distribuida a country where wealth is very unevenly distributed
    2 ‹producto/película› to distribute
    3 «canal/conducto» ‹agua› to distribute
    4
    (disponer, dividir): las habitaciones están muy bien distribuidas the rooms are very well laid out o arranged
    los distribuyeron en tres grupos they divided them into three groups
    ( refl) to divide up
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    distribuir    
    distribuir algo
    distribuir ( conjugate distribuir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹dinero/víveres/panfletos› to hand out, distribute;

    ‹ ganancias› to distribute;
    ‹ tareas› to allocate, assign;
    ‹carga/peso› to distribute, spread
    b) ‹producto/película› to distribute

    c) [canal/conducto] ‹ agua› to distribute


    e) ( dividir) to divide … up;


    distribuirse verbo pronominal ( refl) to divide up
    distribuir verbo transitivo
    1 (repartir productos) to distribute: ¿quién distribuye esta revista en España?, who distributes this magazine in Spain?
    2 (dar la parte correspondiente) to share out: voy a distribuir las pocas patatas que quedan, I'll divide up the few potatoes left
    3 (poner varias cosas en un sitio adecuado) to arrange: ¿qué te parece cómo he distribuido los muebles?, how do you like my furniture arrangement?
    ' distribuir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escalonar
    - repartir
    English:
    distribute
    - dole out
    - give out
    - hand round
    - issue
    - pass out
    - syndicate
    - deal
    - give
    - hand
    - share
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [repartir] [dinero, alimentos, medicamentos] to distribute, to hand out;
    [carga, trabajo] to spread; [pastel, ganancias] to divide up; [correo] to deliver;
    distribuyen comida entre los pobres they give out food to the poor, they distribute food among the poor;
    distribuir propaganda por los buzones to deliver advertising leaflets through Br letter boxes o US mailboxes;
    distribuir la riqueza más justamente to share out o distribute wealth more justly;
    distribuir el trabajo/las tareas to divide up o share out the work/the tasks;
    trata de distribuir bien tu tiempo try to manage your time carefully
    2. Com [mercancías, productos, películas] to distribute;
    una empresa que distribuye material de papelería a firm distributing stationery materials
    3. [disponer]
    una casa muy bien distribuida a house with a very nice layout;
    nos distribuyeron en grupos de cinco they divided o split us into groups of five;
    distribuyó los libros por temas she arranged the books by topic
    * * *
    v/t
    1 distribute; beneficio share out
    2
    :
    distribuir en grupos divide into groups
    * * *
    distribuir {41} vt
    : to distribute
    * * *
    1. (en general) to distribute
    hay que distribuir la riqueza, el saber y el poder we must distribute wealth, knowledge and power
    2. (trabajo) to share out

    Spanish-English dictionary > distribuir

  • 29 domicilio

    m.
    1 residence, home (vivienda).
    servicio a domicilio home delivery
    vender a domicilio to sell door-to-door
    domicilio particular private residence
    2 address.
    domicilio fijo permanent address
    sin domicilio fijo of no fixed abode
    domicilio fiscal registered office
    domicilio social head office
    3 residence.
    4 domicile, home, residence, abode.
    5 home address, permanent address.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: domiciliar.
    * * *
    1 residence, home, abode
    2 (dirección) address
    \
    sin domicilio fijo of no fixed abode
    'Reparto a domicilio gratuito' "Free home delivery"
    domicilio fiscal registered office
    * * *
    SM (=hogar) home, residence frm

    domicilio social — (Com) head office, registered office

    * * *
    masculino (frml) address

    Pat Lee, con domicilio en Londres/en el número 23 de Watson Rd — Pat Lee currently living in London/at 23 Watson Rd

    * * *
    = domicile, home address, abode, place of residence.
    Ex. In many such cases, there is no single 'correct' way, but a number of genuine alternatives: ' domicile', for example, has nine acceptable pronunciations.
    Ex. The ease with which the home addresses of company directors may be obtained from databases has been highlighted by the dangers faced by directors of biotechnology companies by animal rights activists.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. For each cancer patient pertinent data on a standard list of characteristics including age, race, sex, place of residence, cancer site, and histologic type was recorded.
    ----
    * a domicilio = domiciliary.
    * cuidados a domicilio = attendant care.
    * domicilio particular = home address.
    * hacer visitas a domicilio = make + house calls.
    * préstamo a domicilio = home lending.
    * reparto a domicilio = home delivery.
    * servicio a domicilio = home delivery.
    * servicio de libros a domicilio = homebound service.
    * servicio de préstamo a domicilio = home lending service.
    * sin domicilio fijo = of no fixed abode.
    * trabajador a domicilio = homeworker.
    * visita a domicilio = house call.
    * * *
    masculino (frml) address

    Pat Lee, con domicilio en Londres/en el número 23 de Watson Rd — Pat Lee currently living in London/at 23 Watson Rd

    * * *
    = domicile, home address, abode, place of residence.

    Ex: In many such cases, there is no single 'correct' way, but a number of genuine alternatives: ' domicile', for example, has nine acceptable pronunciations.

    Ex: The ease with which the home addresses of company directors may be obtained from databases has been highlighted by the dangers faced by directors of biotechnology companies by animal rights activists.
    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: For each cancer patient pertinent data on a standard list of characteristics including age, race, sex, place of residence, cancer site, and histologic type was recorded.
    * a domicilio = domiciliary.
    * cuidados a domicilio = attendant care.
    * domicilio particular = home address.
    * hacer visitas a domicilio = make + house calls.
    * préstamo a domicilio = home lending.
    * reparto a domicilio = home delivery.
    * servicio a domicilio = home delivery.
    * servicio de libros a domicilio = homebound service.
    * servicio de préstamo a domicilio = home lending service.
    * sin domicilio fijo = of no fixed abode.
    * trabajador a domicilio = homeworker.
    * visita a domicilio = house call.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    domicilio legal domicile ( frml), legal residence ( frml)
    en su domicilio particular at his home address
    sin domicilio fijo of no fixed abode ( frml)
    Pat Lee, con domicilio en Londres/en el número 23 de Watson Rd Pat Lee, currently living in London/at 23 Watson Rd
    [ S ] reparto a domicilio home delivery service o we deliver
    agradecemos comuniquen sus cambios de domicilio please inform us of any change of address
    Compuestos:
    ( Fin) domicile for tax purposes
    registered office
    * * *

     

    Del verbo domiciliar: ( conjugate domiciliar)

    domicilio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    domicilió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    domiciliar    
    domicilio
    domiciliar ( conjugate domiciliar) verbo transitivo (Esp) ‹pago/letras› to pay … by direct debit o (AmE) direct billing;
    ‹ sueldo› to have … paid direct into one's bank account
    domiciliarse verbo pronominal (frml) ( residir) to reside (frml), to be domiciled (frml)
    domicilio sustantivo masculino (frml) address;

    sin domicilio fijo of no fixed abode (frml);
    Pat Lee, con domicilio en Londres Pat Lee currently living in London
    domiciliar vtr Fin to pay by standing order: tengo domiciliados los recibos de la luz y el teléfono, my electric and telephone bills are paid by standing order o by direct debit
    domicilio sustantivo masculino
    1 home, residence
    2 (dirección habitual) address
    un joven sin domicilio fijo, a young man of no fixed abode

    ' domicilio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consulta
    - dirección
    - servicio
    - social
    - techo
    - vivienda
    - cambio
    - cobrador
    - entrega
    - paterno
    - reparto
    - vendedor
    - visita
    English:
    delivery
    - domicile
    - door-to-door
    - home
    - residence
    - abode
    - address
    - deliver
    - relocate
    - round
    * * *
    1. [vivienda] residence, home;
    uno de nuestros encuestadores visitará su domicilio one of our survey interviewers will call on you at your home;
    Dep
    a domicilio [en campo contrario] away;
    reparto a domicilio home delivery;
    vender a domicilio to sell door-to-door;
    domicilio conyugal matrimonial home;
    domicilio particular private residence
    2. [dirección] address;
    cambio de domicilio change of address
    domicilio fijo permanent address;
    sin domicilio fijo of no fixed address o Br abode;
    domicilio fiscal [de empresa] registered office;
    [de persona] tax domicile;
    domicilio habitual usual residence;
    domicilio social registered office
    3. [localidad] residence
    * * *
    m address;
    sin domicilio fijo of no fixed abode;
    repartir a domicilio do home deliveries;
    * * *
    : home, residence
    cambio de domicilio: change of address
    * * *
    domicilio n address [pl. addresses]

    Spanish-English dictionary > domicilio

  • 30 estimar

    v.
    1 to think highly of, to respect (apreciar) (person).
    estima mucho a sus amigos he values his friends highly
    2 to value.
    estimar el valor de algo to estimate the value of something
    han estimado que las pérdidas superan los cien millones the losses are estimated to be over a hundred million
    El gerente estima a su secretaria The manager holds his secretary in regard
    3 to consider, to deem.
    no estimó necesario realizar declaraciones she didn't consider o deem it necessary to make any statement
    4 to estimate, to calculate, to deem, to figure.
    El gerente estima los gastos The manager estimates the expenses.
    * * *
    1 (apreciar) to esteem, respect, hold in esteem, admire
    2 (valorar) to value
    3 (juzgar, creer) to consider, think, reckon
    4 (calcular) to estimate
    * * *
    verb
    3) consider, regard
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Com) (=evaluar) to estimate; (=valorar) to value, appraise (EEUU) (en at)

    ¡se estima! — thanks very much!, I appreciate it!

    2) (=respetar) to respect
    3) (=juzgar) to consider, deem
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( apreciar)
    a) < persona> to respect, hold... in high o great esteem (frml)

    lo estimo mucho, pero sólo como amigo — I'm very fond of him, but only as a friend

    b) < objeto> to value
    2) (frml) ( considerar) (+ compl) to consider, deem (frml)
    3) ( calcular) <valor/costo/pérdidas> to estimate
    * * *
    = appraise, deem, estimate, reckon, gauge, esteem, hold in + esteem, prize [prise, -USA], hold + Nombre + dear.
    Ex. If one walks round a large general booskshop and carefully appraises the stock on display it becomes clear quite quickly that there are many types of books which seem to bear a strong similarity to each other.
    Ex. If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.
    Ex. For example, without scanning the entire index it is impossible to estimate the total number of relevant documents in the system, a figure that is required in the calculation of recall.
    Ex. Book form is easy to use, readable, and reckoned to be an acceptable format for many users.
    Ex. The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.
    Ex. But women value social progress and consciousness of success less than men and esteem freedom and love.
    Ex. However, staff of reference libraries are not always held in such high esteem.
    Ex. She was so poor that she had nothing but one single hen, which she prized as the apple of her eye.
    Ex. Cuts in Government agriculture spending are an attack on everything we hold dear in this country.
    ----
    * estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.
    * estimar la demanda de Algo = gauge + the demand for.
    * estimar los costes = cost out.
    * subestimar = understatement.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( apreciar)
    a) < persona> to respect, hold... in high o great esteem (frml)

    lo estimo mucho, pero sólo como amigo — I'm very fond of him, but only as a friend

    b) < objeto> to value
    2) (frml) ( considerar) (+ compl) to consider, deem (frml)
    3) ( calcular) <valor/costo/pérdidas> to estimate
    * * *
    = appraise, deem, estimate, reckon, gauge, esteem, hold in + esteem, prize [prise, -USA], hold + Nombre + dear.

    Ex: If one walks round a large general booskshop and carefully appraises the stock on display it becomes clear quite quickly that there are many types of books which seem to bear a strong similarity to each other.

    Ex: If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.
    Ex: For example, without scanning the entire index it is impossible to estimate the total number of relevant documents in the system, a figure that is required in the calculation of recall.
    Ex: Book form is easy to use, readable, and reckoned to be an acceptable format for many users.
    Ex: The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.
    Ex: But women value social progress and consciousness of success less than men and esteem freedom and love.
    Ex: However, staff of reference libraries are not always held in such high esteem.
    Ex: She was so poor that she had nothing but one single hen, which she prized as the apple of her eye.
    Ex: Cuts in Government agriculture spending are an attack on everything we hold dear in this country.
    * estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.
    * estimar la demanda de Algo = gauge + the demand for.
    * estimar los costes = cost out.
    * subestimar = understatement.

    * * *
    estimar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to respect, hold … in high o great esteem ( frml)
    era muy estimado por todo el pueblo madrileño he was held in very high o great esteem by the people of Madrid, the people of Madrid thought very highly of him
    lo estimo mucho, pero sólo como amigo I'm very fond of him, but only as a friend
    2 ‹objeto› to value
    estima mucho esos pendientes porque eran de su abuela she's very fond of those earrings o she values those earrings highly because they belonged to her grandmother
    su piel es muy estimada its skin is highly prized
    B ( frml) (considerar) (+ compl) to consider, deem ( frml)
    no estimo necesario que se tomen esas medidas I do not consider it necessary to take those measures, I do not think those measures are necessary
    estimé conveniente que otra persona lo sustituyese I considered it advisable for someone else to replace him
    C (calcular) ‹valor/costo/pérdidas› to estimate estimar algo EN algo to estimate sth AT sth
    el incendio causó pérdidas estimadas en varios millones the fire caused losses estimated at several million
    * * *

     

    estimar ( conjugate estimar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ persona› ( respetar) to respect, hold … in high esteem (frml);

    ( tener cariño) to be fond of
    b) ‹ objeto› to value;


    2 (frml) ( considerar) (+ compl) to consider, deem (frml)
    estimar verbo transitivo
    1 frml (sentir cariño) to esteem, respect
    2 (juzgar, considerar) to consider, think: no lo estimo necesario, I don't think it is necessary
    3 (valorar) to appreciate, think highly of: estimo tu ayuda, I appreciate your help
    4 (calcular) to estimate
    ' estimar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calcular
    English:
    deem
    - esteem
    - estimate
    - gauge
    - prize
    - rate
    - see
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [apreciar] [persona] to think highly of, to respect;
    [cosa] to value;
    estima mucho a sus amigos he values his friends highly;
    te estimo mucho, pero esto no te lo puedo permitir I have great respect for you, but I can't allow you to do this;
    estimamos enormemente su colaboración we value her help enormously, her help means a great deal to us;
    estima su vida en bien poco he has little regard for his own life;
    un fruto muy estimado en la cocina oriental a fruit that is highly prized in oriental cooking
    2. [evaluar] to value;
    estimar el valor de algo to estimate the value of sth;
    han estimado que las pérdidas superan los cien millones the losses are estimated to be over a hundred million
    3. Formal [creer] to consider, to deem;
    no estimó necesario realizar declaraciones she didn't consider o deem it necessary to make any statement
    4. [aceptar] [solicitud] to accept;
    [querella, demanda] to uphold
    * * *
    v/t
    1 respect, hold in high regard;
    estimar (en) poco not think much of
    :
    estimo conveniente que I consider it advisable to
    :
    estimar en estimate at; objeto value at
    * * *
    1) apreciar: to esteem, to respect
    2) evaluar: to estimate, to appraise
    3) opinar: to consider, to deem

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimar

  • 31 falta de moralidad

    (n.) = amorality, immoral conduct
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. A chapter on adequate cause for dismissal addresses incompetency, neglect of duty, insubordination, and immoral or unethical conduct.
    * * *
    (n.) = amorality, immoral conduct

    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.

    Ex: A chapter on adequate cause for dismissal addresses incompetency, neglect of duty, insubordination, and immoral or unethical conduct.

    Spanish-English dictionary > falta de moralidad

  • 32 ferrocarril

    m.
    1 railway(system, media).
    2 railroad, railway.
    * * *
    1 railway, US railroad
    * * *
    noun m.
    railway, railroad
    * * *
    SM railway, railroad (EEUU)

    por ferrocarril — by rail, by train

    ferrocarril de trocha angosta — Cono Sur narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge railroad (EEUU)

    ferrocarril de vía estrecha — narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge railroad (EEUU)

    ferrocarril de vía única — single-track railway, single-track railroad (EEUU)

    ferrocarril elevado — overhead railway, elevated railway, elevated railroad (EEUU), el (EEUU) *

    ferrocarril funicular — funicular, funicular railway

    ferrocarril subterráneo — underground railway, subway (EEUU)

    * * *
    masculino ( sistema) railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
    * * *
    = railroad(s), railway(s), rail.
    Ex. The article 'Libraries and the railroads -- or sitting on a siding watching the freight trains go by' compares the possible future of libraries and information centres with the state of US railways.
    Ex. Displays which take a theme approach, for example wild flowers, vintage cars, railways, and gather together material from different places in the library, can be useful in drawing attention to specific aspects of a library's resources.
    Ex. The main mode of transportation is by truck, although some is by rail and a minute part by stationwagons.
    ----
    * estación de ferrocarril = railway station.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * línea de ferrocarril = rail line, rail link, railway line, railroad(s), railway(s).
    * ramal de ferrocarril = branch-line.
    * traviesa de ferrocarril = railway sleeper.
    * vía de ferrocarril = railway line.
    * * *
    masculino ( sistema) railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
    * * *
    = railroad(s), railway(s), rail.

    Ex: The article 'Libraries and the railroads -- or sitting on a siding watching the freight trains go by' compares the possible future of libraries and information centres with the state of US railways.

    Ex: Displays which take a theme approach, for example wild flowers, vintage cars, railways, and gather together material from different places in the library, can be useful in drawing attention to specific aspects of a library's resources.
    Ex: The main mode of transportation is by truck, although some is by rail and a minute part by stationwagons.
    * estación de ferrocarril = railway station.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * línea de ferrocarril = rail line, rail link, railway line, railroad(s), railway(s).
    * ramal de ferrocarril = branch-line.
    * traviesa de ferrocarril = railway sleeper.
    * vía de ferrocarril = railway line.

    * * *
    1 (sistema) railroad ( AmE), railway ( BrE)
    la historía del ferrocarril the history of the railroad o railway
    2 ( ant) (tren) train
    Compuesto:
    cog railway, rack railway
    * * *

    ferrocarril sustantivo masculino
    railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
    ferrocarril sustantivo masculino railway, US railroad
    ' ferrocarril' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    línea
    English:
    buffet
    - electrify
    - embankment
    - rail
    - railroad
    - railway
    - railway carriage
    - railway station
    - elevated
    - train
    * * *
    1. [sistema, medio] railway, US railroad;
    ese pueblo no tiene ferrocarril that town isn't on a railway line o US a railroad;
    por ferrocarril by train
    ferrocarril de cremallera rack railway o US railroad;
    ferrocarril elevado elevated railway o US railroad;
    ferrocarril funicular funicular (railway);
    ferrocarril subterráneo underground railway o US railroad;
    ferrocarril de vía estrecha narrow-gauge railway o US railroad
    2. [tren] train
    3. Urug Fam [en examen] crib
    * * *
    m
    1 railroad, Br
    railway
    en examen cheat sheet, Br
    crib
    * * *
    : railroad, railway
    * * *
    ferrocarril n railway / train

    Spanish-English dictionary > ferrocarril

  • 33 hora de salida

    (n.) = departure time, check-out time
    Ex. For example, information on train departure times becomes the more 'valuable' the more crucial is the purpose of the journey.
    Ex. A block of rooms at a group rate of $159 single/double has been reserved for conference attendants -- check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12 noon.
    * * *
    (n.) = departure time, check-out time

    Ex: For example, information on train departure times becomes the more 'valuable' the more crucial is the purpose of the journey.

    Ex: A block of rooms at a group rate of $159 single/double has been reserved for conference attendants -- check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12 noon.

    * * *
    departure time

    Spanish-English dictionary > hora de salida

  • 34 indecencia

    f.
    1 indecency.
    2 indecent act.
    * * *
    1 indecency
    2 (acción indecente) scandal, outrage
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) (=falta de decencia) indecency; (=obscenidad) obscenity
    2) (=acto) indecent act; (=palabra) indecent thing
    3) (=porquería) filth
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad) indecency
    b) (cosa, hecho)
    * * *
    = obscenity, filth, indecency, sleaze, bawdiness, licentiousness, rude remark.
    Ex. It simply sells space to Information Providers (IPs) who, in theory at least, can put up what information they like, accurate or inaccurate, being bound only by existing laws of libel, obscenity etc.
    Ex. That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the free library has to show as the justification of its existence.
    Ex. The author examines some associated problems with the Internet such as spamming, abusive behaviour, excessive crossposting, and the political controversy over ' indecency'.
    Ex. This Internet site presents crime news and reports, mixing high-mindedness and sleaze appeal.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The cities witness licentiousness and wantonness whereas the villages still try to keep some conservative traditions especially in family matters.
    Ex. The best way to deal with a rude remark is to ignore it.
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad) indecency
    b) (cosa, hecho)
    * * *
    = obscenity, filth, indecency, sleaze, bawdiness, licentiousness, rude remark.

    Ex: It simply sells space to Information Providers (IPs) who, in theory at least, can put up what information they like, accurate or inaccurate, being bound only by existing laws of libel, obscenity etc.

    Ex: That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the free library has to show as the justification of its existence.
    Ex: The author examines some associated problems with the Internet such as spamming, abusive behaviour, excessive crossposting, and the political controversy over ' indecency'.
    Ex: This Internet site presents crime news and reports, mixing high-mindedness and sleaze appeal.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The cities witness licentiousness and wantonness whereas the villages still try to keep some conservative traditions especially in family matters.
    Ex: The best way to deal with a rude remark is to ignore it.

    * * *
    1 (cualidad) indecency
    2
    (cosa, hecho): esa película es una indecencia that movie is obscene
    presentarse así en público es una indecencia it's indecent to appear in public like that
    * * *

    indecencia sustantivo femenino

    b) (cosa, hecho):


    indecencia sustantivo femenino indecency, obscenity
    ' indecencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sordidez
    - guarrada
    English:
    obscenity
    - suggestiveness
    - indecency
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] indecency
    2.
    ¡es una indecencia! [es impúdico] it's not decent!;
    [es indignante] it's outrageous!
    * * *
    f indecency; de película obscenity
    * * *
    : indecency, obscenity

    Spanish-English dictionary > indecencia

  • 35 individuo

    adj.
    1 individual.
    2 indivisible.
    m.
    individual, single, single man, subject.
    * * *
    1 person
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino individuo,-a
    1 peyorativo (gen) character, individual; (hombre) bloke, guy, chap; (mujer) woman
    ————————
    1 person
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    * * *
    noun m.
    individual, guy, person
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=persona) [gen] individual; pey individual, character
    2) (=socio) member, fellow
    * * *
    b) (pey) ( tipo) character (colloq), individual (colloq)
    c) (Fil, Sociol)
    d) ( de una especie) individual
    * * *
    = individual, self, subject.
    Ex. Note that these provisions do not include research reports which have been prepared within a government agency but specifically authored by an individual = Nótese que estas disposiciones no afectan a informes de investigaciones procedentes de una agencia gubernamental aunque realizados concretamente por un individuo.
    Ex. Education should relate more effectively to personal development, to individual coping and to the development of the free self.
    Ex. For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.
    ----
    * adaptado a cada individuo = individually-tailored.
    * derecho del individuo = individual's right.
    * individuo que continúa aprendiendo a lo largo de su vida = lifelong learner.
    * por individuo = per capita, per person.
    * reconocimiento del individuo = affirmation.
    * * *
    b) (pey) ( tipo) character (colloq), individual (colloq)
    c) (Fil, Sociol)
    d) ( de una especie) individual
    * * *
    = individual, self, subject.

    Ex: Note that these provisions do not include research reports which have been prepared within a government agency but specifically authored by an individual = Nótese que estas disposiciones no afectan a informes de investigaciones procedentes de una agencia gubernamental aunque realizados concretamente por un individuo.

    Ex: Education should relate more effectively to personal development, to individual coping and to the development of the free self.
    Ex: For example, in psychology, S for subject, and E for experimenter are common parlance.
    * adaptado a cada individuo = individually-tailored.
    * derecho del individuo = individual's right.
    * individuo que continúa aprendiendo a lo largo de su vida = lifelong learner.
    * por individuo = per capita, per person.
    * reconocimiento del individuo = affirmation.

    * * *
    1
    (persona indeterminada): el presunto ladrón, un individuo alto, de mediana edad the suspected thief, a tall, middle-aged man
    no podemos centrarlo en el idiolecto de un individuo we cannot base it on the idiolect of one individual o one person
    2 ( pey) (tipo) character ( colloq), individual ( colloq)
    dos individuos un tanto extraños two somewhat strange characters o individuals
    ¿quién era ese individuo que iba contigo? who was that guy you were with? ( colloq)
    3 ( Fil, Sociol):
    el individuo the individual
    4 (de una especie) individual
    * * *

    individuo sustantivo masculino


    b) (pey) ( tipo) character (colloq), individual (colloq);


    individuo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de una especie) individual
    2 (persona) man: es un individuo algo raro, he's a strange sort of chap
    familiar guy, character
    ' individuo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alma
    - aquel
    - aquella
    - comando
    - GAL
    - GEO
    - hombre
    - impermeable
    - individual
    - persona
    - recomendable
    - sujeta
    - sujeto
    - tipo
    - cabeza
    - cada
    - contra
    - costumbre
    - maje
    - quiebra
    - rechazar
    - rechazo
    - ser
    - tío
    English:
    disturb
    - individual
    - person
    * * *
    individuo, -a nm,f
    1. [ser individual] person, individual;
    los derechos del individuo the rights of the individual
    2. [persona desconocida] person, individual;
    dos individuos atracaron un banco two people o individuals robbed a bank
    3. [mala persona] individual;
    no me gusta nada el individuo con el que sales I don't like that individual o character you're going out with at all
    4. [de especie]
    quedan sólo 200 individuos de esta especie only 200 individuals remain of this species;
    algunos individuos de la especie some members of the species;
    cada individuo ocupa un territorio each animal occupies its own territory
    * * *
    m individual
    * * *
    : individual, person
    * * *
    1. (en general) person [pl. people] / individual
    2. (hombre) man [pl. men]

    Spanish-English dictionary > individuo

  • 36 ingrato

    adj.
    ungrateful, disagreeable, unpleasant, ingrate.
    * * *
    1 (persona) ungrateful
    2 (trabajo, tarea) thankless
    3 (tiempo) unpleasant
    * * *
    ingrato, -a
    1.
    ADJ [persona] ungrateful; [tarea] thankless, unrewarding; [sabor] unpleasant, disagreeable

    ¡ingrato! — you're so ungrateful!

    2.

    ¡eres un ingrato! — you're so ungrateful!

    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( desagradecido) < persona> ungrateful
    b) (desagradable, difícil) < vida> hard; <trabajo/tarea> unrewarding
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ungrateful wretch (o swine etc) (colloq), ingrate (liter)
    * * *
    = invidious, thankless, unappreciative, unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], ungrateful.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. This article is entitled ' Thankless tasks': academics and librarians in the novels of Barbara Pym'.
    Ex. Convinced that most Americans were unappreciative and unreachable, they became increasingly autocratic and elitist and made their libraries even less appealing to the common man.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. For this reason he dubbed man the ' ungrateful biped'.
    ----
    * ser un ingrato = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( desagradecido) < persona> ungrateful
    b) (desagradable, difícil) < vida> hard; <trabajo/tarea> unrewarding
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino ungrateful wretch (o swine etc) (colloq), ingrate (liter)
    * * *
    = invidious, thankless, unappreciative, unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], ungrateful.

    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.

    Ex: This article is entitled ' Thankless tasks': academics and librarians in the novels of Barbara Pym'.
    Ex: Convinced that most Americans were unappreciative and unreachable, they became increasingly autocratic and elitist and made their libraries even less appealing to the common man.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: For this reason he dubbed man the ' ungrateful biped'.
    * ser un ingrato = bite + the hand that feeds + Pronombre.

    * * *
    ingrato1 -ta
    1 (desagradecido) ‹persona› ungrateful
    ¿cómo puedes ser tan ingrato con ella? how can you be so ungrateful to her?
    2 (desagradable, difícil) ‹vida› hard; ‹trabajo/tarea› thankless, unrewarding
    ingrato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    ungrateful wretch ( o swine etc) ( colloq), ingrate ( liter)
    es una ingrata she's so ungrateful, she's an ungrateful devil
    * * *

    ingrato
    ◊ -ta adjetivo



    b) (desagradable, difícil) ‹ vida› hard;

    ‹trabajo/tarea› unrewarding
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    ungrateful wretch (o swine etc) (colloq), ingrate (liter)
    ingrato,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (persona) ungrateful
    2 (objeto, situación) unpleasant
    3 (que no compensa) thankless, unrewarding: tengo un trabajo muy ingrato, I have a very thankless job
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino ungrateful person
    ' ingrato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encasquetar
    - ingrata
    English:
    invidious
    - thankless
    - ungrateful
    - disagreeable
    - unappreciative
    * * *
    ingrato, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] ungrateful;
    ser ingrato con alguien to be ungrateful to sb
    2. [trabajo] thankless
    ♦ nm,f
    ungrateful person;
    es un ingrato he's so ungrateful
    * * *
    adj persona ungrateful; tarea thankless
    * * *
    ingrato, -ta adj
    1) : ungrateful
    2) : thankless
    ingrato, -ta n
    : ingrate
    * * *
    ingrato adj
    1. (persona) ungrateful
    2. (tarea) thankless

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingrato

  • 37 inmoral

    adj.
    immoral.
    * * *
    1 immoral
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo immoral
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], immoral, unethical, licentious, unsavoury [unsavory, -USA].
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, immoral is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.
    Ex. Librarians are more likely than vendors to engage in unethical behaviour.
    Ex. The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    ----
    * comportamiento inmoral = immoral conduct.
    * conducta inmoral = immoral conduct.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo immoral
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], immoral, unethical, licentious, unsavoury [unsavory, -USA].

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, immoral is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.
    Ex: Librarians are more likely than vendors to engage in unethical behaviour.
    Ex: The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    * comportamiento inmoral = immoral conduct.
    * conducta inmoral = immoral conduct.

    * * *
    immoral
    eres un inmoral you have no morals
    * * *

    inmoral adjetivo
    immoral
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:

    inmoral adjetivo immoral
    su conducta inmoral, her immoral conduct

    ' inmoral' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escandalosa
    - escandaloso
    - indecente
    - sinvergüenza
    - sórdida
    - sórdido
    - sucia
    - sucio
    English:
    immoral
    - unethical
    * * *
    inmoral adj
    immoral
    * * *
    adj immoral
    * * *
    inmoral adj
    : immoral
    * * *
    inmoral adj immoral

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmoral

  • 38 irritable

    adj.
    irritable.
    Ser colérico Be quick-tempered (different from Be angry=Estar colérico.)
    * * *
    1 irritable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo irritable
    * * *
    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], irritable, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], waspish, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).
    Ex. Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * * *
    adjetivo irritable
    * * *
    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], irritable, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], waspish, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).

    Ex: Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

    * * *
    irritable
    * * *

    irritable adjetivo
    irritable
    ' irritable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irascible
    - enojadizo
    - enojón
    English:
    cantankerous
    - impatient
    - irritable
    - prickly
    - snappy
    - inclined
    - moody
    * * *
    irritable
    * * *
    adj irritable
    * * *
    : irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritable

  • 39 junto a

    prep.
    1 next to, alongside, beside.
    2 around.
    3 as compared with.
    * * *
    next to
    * * *
    by, next to
    * * *
    = adjacent to, along with, alongside, concurrent with, coupled with, in combination with, in conjunction with, in juxtaposition with, in tandem with, together with, within one word of, next to, beside, hand in hand (with), side by side with, combined with, complete with
    Ex. Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.
    Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex. For example, inversion to Hospitals, Military will cause this heading to file alongside other headings commencing with the word Hospitals.
    Ex. Concurrent with these activities, the Library of Congress has also been engaged in building the RAL file from location reports received in machine-readable form from outside libraries.
    Ex. And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.
    Ex. The sort form in combination with the type determines the sequence or filing order of entries in access-point and authority files.
    Ex. Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.
    Ex. The attraction of such displays is that the multidimensional relationships between subjects may be shown since any one subject can be displayed in juxtaposition with several others.
    Ex. Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. The system searches each term separately and then combines the resulting lists into records containing the term 'library' within one word of 'periodical'.
    Ex. Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.
    Ex. A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.
    Ex. Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.
    Ex. Side by side with the freedom to define their project, however, students are given a fairly rigid methodological structure which should be enforced even if they are reluctant to use it.
    Ex. On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.
    Ex. Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.
    * * *
    = adjacent to, along with, alongside, concurrent with, coupled with, in combination with, in conjunction with, in juxtaposition with, in tandem with, together with, within one word of, next to, beside, hand in hand (with), side by side with, combined with, complete with

    Ex: Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.

    Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex: For example, inversion to Hospitals, Military will cause this heading to file alongside other headings commencing with the word Hospitals.
    Ex: Concurrent with these activities, the Library of Congress has also been engaged in building the RAL file from location reports received in machine-readable form from outside libraries.
    Ex: And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.
    Ex: The sort form in combination with the type determines the sequence or filing order of entries in access-point and authority files.
    Ex: Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.
    Ex: The attraction of such displays is that the multidimensional relationships between subjects may be shown since any one subject can be displayed in juxtaposition with several others.
    Ex: Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: The system searches each term separately and then combines the resulting lists into records containing the term 'library' within one word of 'periodical'.
    Ex: Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.
    Ex: A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.
    Ex: Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.
    Ex: Side by side with the freedom to define their project, however, students are given a fairly rigid methodological structure which should be enforced even if they are reluctant to use it.
    Ex: On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.
    Ex: Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.

    * * *
    junto a adv next to

    Spanish-English dictionary > junto a

  • 40 mencionar

    v.
    to mention.
    Ella nombra razones She names reasons.
    * * *
    1 to mention, cite
    * * *
    verb
    * * *

    sin mencionar... — not to mention..., let alone...

    * * *
    verbo transitivo to mention

    el tema mencionado anteriormente — the aforementioned o abovementioned matter (frml)

    * * *
    = give, make + mention of, mention, name, note, quote, record, refer to, reference, touch on/upon, broach, bring + Nombre + up, speak to, make + reference to.
    Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.
    Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex. Some of these codes have been mentioned in chapter 4.
    Ex. The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.
    Ex. In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.
    Ex. Guidelines can be expected to discuss standard forms of quoting chemical nomenclature and mathematical expressions.
    Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex. A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents (such as books, films, periodical articles or reports).
    Ex. Only a single copy of the name, subject heading, etc., would be maintained in the system and referenced by every bibliographic record using that heading.
    Ex. A cataloguing code also touches on the subject of bibliographic description.
    Ex. Some of the consequences of this conclusion are broached in this article.
    Ex. The reason I didn't bring this up in my paper is that I've learned from bitter experience that it's well to be radical about one thing at a time.
    Ex. Numerous articles in the library literature speak to this phenomenon but most deal with the experience of larger libraries.
    Ex. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction by making reference to different types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals.
    ----
    * ahora que lo menciono = speaking of which.
    * mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].
    * mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].
    * mencionar de pasada = make + passing mention.
    * mencionarse = appear.
    * mencionarse en conversación = come up + discussion.
    * mencionar una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + point.
    * mencionar una idea = bring up + idea.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.
    * mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.
    * no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.
    * por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.
    * por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.
    * por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.
    * por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.
    * por no mencionar = not to mention.
    * (que se menciona) a continuación = below.
    * sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to mention

    el tema mencionado anteriormente — the aforementioned o abovementioned matter (frml)

    * * *
    = give, make + mention of, mention, name, note, quote, record, refer to, reference, touch on/upon, broach, bring + Nombre + up, speak to, make + reference to.

    Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

    Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex: Some of these codes have been mentioned in chapter 4.
    Ex: The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.
    Ex: In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.
    Ex: Guidelines can be expected to discuss standard forms of quoting chemical nomenclature and mathematical expressions.
    Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex: A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents (such as books, films, periodical articles or reports).
    Ex: Only a single copy of the name, subject heading, etc., would be maintained in the system and referenced by every bibliographic record using that heading.
    Ex: A cataloguing code also touches on the subject of bibliographic description.
    Ex: Some of the consequences of this conclusion are broached in this article.
    Ex: The reason I didn't bring this up in my paper is that I've learned from bitter experience that it's well to be radical about one thing at a time.
    Ex: Numerous articles in the library literature speak to this phenomenon but most deal with the experience of larger libraries.
    Ex: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction by making reference to different types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals.
    * ahora que lo menciono = speaking of which.
    * mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].
    * mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].
    * mencionar de pasada = make + passing mention.
    * mencionarse = appear.
    * mencionarse en conversación = come up + discussion.
    * mencionar una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + point.
    * mencionar una idea = bring up + idea.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.
    * mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.
    * no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.
    * por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.
    * por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.
    * por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.
    * por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.
    * por no mencionar = not to mention.
    * (que se menciona) a continuación = below.
    * sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.

    * * *
    mencionar [A1 ]
    vt
    to mention
    con referencia al tema mencionado anteriormente with reference to the aforementioned o abovementioned matter ( frml)
    no quiero oír mencionar ese nombre I don't want to hear that name mentioned
    * * *

     

    mencionar ( conjugate mencionar) verbo transitivo
    to mention;

    mencionar verbo transitivo to mention ➣ Ver nota en mention

    ' mencionar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    citar
    - comentar
    - nombrar
    - aludir
    - omitir
    - señor
    - señorita
    English:
    mention
    - name-dropping
    - rake up
    - touch
    - touch on
    - you-know-who
    - broach
    - name
    - wrong
    * * *
    to mention;
    en el mencionado estudio se afirma que… in the above-mentioned study it is stated that…
    * * *
    v/t mention
    * * *
    : to mention, to refer to
    * * *
    mencionar vb to mention

    Spanish-English dictionary > mencionar

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

  • single — /sing geuhl/, adj., v., singled, singling, n. adj. 1. only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example. 2. of, pertaining to, or suitable for one person only: a single room. 3. solitary or sole; lone: He was the single survivor. 4.… …   Universalium

  • single — sin•gle [[t]ˈsɪŋ gəl[/t]] adj. v. gled, gling, n. 1) only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example[/ex] 2) of, pertaining to, or suitable for one person only: a single room[/ex] 3) solitary or sole; lone: He was the single… …   From formal English to slang

  • Single source publishing — Single source publishing, also known as single sourcing, allows the same content to be used in different documents or in various formats. For example, a software company may have several products with user guides that share a common procedure,… …   Wikipedia

  • Single-elimination tournament — Example of a single elimination tournament bracket A single elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated… …   Wikipedia

  • Single-molecule magnet — Single molecule magnets or SMMs are a class of metalorganic compounds, that show superparamagnetic behavior below a certain blocking temperature at the molecular scale. In this temperature range, SMMs exhibit magnetic hysteresis of purely… …   Wikipedia

  • Single-wire earth return — (SWER) or single wire ground return is a single wire transmission line for supplying single phase electrical power from an electrical grid to remote areas at low cost. It is principally used for rural electrification, but also finds use for… …   Wikipedia

  • Single-payer health care — is an American term describing the payment for doctors, hospitals and other providers of health care from a single fund. The Canadian health care system, the British National Health Service, Australia s Medicare, and Medicare in the U.S. for the… …   Wikipedia

  • Single Minute Exchange of Die — (SMED) is one of the many lean production methods for reducing waste in a manufacturing process. It provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing process from running the current product to running the next product. This rapid… …   Wikipedia

  • Single-board computer — Single board computers (SBCs) are complete computers built on a single circuit board. The design is centered on a single or dual microprocessor with RAM, IO and all other features needed to be a functional computer on the one board. The first… …   Wikipedia

  • Single-issue politics — involves political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea. Contents 1 Political expression 2 Groups and voters 3 Single issue parties 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Single parent homeschooling — is the practice of conducting homeschool by a parent who is the sole breadwinner for the family. According to the peer review journal Education Policy Analysis, based on the findings of the National Household Education Survey, of the National… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»