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1 dejadez
f.1 neglect (abandono).no lo hizo por dejadez he didn't do it because he couldn't be bothered2 slovenliness, carelessness, neglect, slackness.3 lassitude.* * *1 (negligencia de sí mismo) neglect, slovenliness2 (negligencia) negligence, carelessness3 (pereza) laziness, apathy* * *noun f.1) laziness2) slovenliness* * *SF1) [en el trabajo] (=falta de esfuerzo) laziness; (=falta de cuidado, atención) carelessness2) (=falta de aseo) slovenliness* * *a) ( en el aseo personal) slovenlinessb) (en tarea, trabajo) laziness, slackness* * *= slackness, procrastination, sloppiness, negligence, neglection, lassitude.Ex. The government should not be censoring the publishing industry for slackness in adapting to change but should be supplying support and encouragement.Ex. Procrastination must be recognized as a serious waste of time, affecting not only the amount of work people are able to accomplish but its quality as well.Ex. Although editorial sloppiness detracts somewhat from the book's appearance, it will be a standard text in the field for many years to come.Ex. Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex. After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.Ex. His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.* * *a) ( en el aseo personal) slovenlinessb) (en tarea, trabajo) laziness, slackness* * *= slackness, procrastination, sloppiness, negligence, neglection, lassitude.Ex: The government should not be censoring the publishing industry for slackness in adapting to change but should be supplying support and encouragement.
Ex: Procrastination must be recognized as a serious waste of time, affecting not only the amount of work people are able to accomplish but its quality as well.Ex: Although editorial sloppiness detracts somewhat from the book's appearance, it will be a standard text in the field for many years to come.Ex: Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex: After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.Ex: His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.* * *1 (en el aseo personal) slovenlinessmira el aspecto que tienes ¡qué dejadez! just look at you, you look really slovenly o you're a real mess!engordó por pura dejadez he let himself go and put on weight2 (en una tarea, un trabajo) laziness, slacknessla oportunidad se le fue de las manos por pura dejadez he lost the chance because he just couldn't be bothered o out of sheer laziness3 (falta de fuerzas, ánimo) lethargy, sluggishness* * *
dejadez sustantivo femenino
dejadez sustantivo femenino slovenliness
' dejadez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descuido
- dejación
English:
failure
- neglect
- sloppiness
- slovenliness
* * *dejadez nf1. [abandono] neglect;[en aspecto] slovenliness;viven en la más absoluta dejadez they live in utter squalor2. [pereza] laziness;[falta de cuidado] carelessness;no lo hizo por dejadez he didn't do it, because he couldn't be bothered* * *f1 slovenliness2 ( negligencia) neglect -
2 laxitud
f.1 slackness.2 laxity, laziness, idleness, looseness.* * *1 laxity, laxness* * *SF frm laxity, laxness, slackness* * *femenino laxity, laxness* * *femenino laxity, laxness* * *(de la moral) laxity, laxness; (de la disciplina) laxity, laxness, slackness* * *
laxitud sustantivo femenino laxity, laxness
* * *laxitud nf1. [de músculo, cable] slackness2. [de moral] laxity* * *f laxness, laxity* * *laxitud nf: laxity, slackness -
3 negligencia
f.negligence.* * *1 negligence, carelessness* * *noun f.* * *SF negligence* * *femenino negligence* * *= negligence, slackness, disregard, dereliction, neglection.Ex. Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex. The government should not be censoring the publishing industry for slackness in adapting to change but should be supplying support and encouragement.Ex. There is in general a blithe disregard of the limits to pecision imposed by sampling error.Ex. The energy crisis & the environmental crisis are rooted not in a stony ground of technological intractability, but in irresponsibility & dereliction.Ex. After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.----* negligencia clínica = clinical negligence.* negligencia criminal = criminal negligence.* negligencia en el cumplimiento del deber = dereliction of duty.* negligencia grave = gross negligence.* negligencia médica = medical malpractice.* negligencia profesional = malpractice.* * *femenino negligence* * *= negligence, slackness, disregard, dereliction, neglection.Ex: Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.
Ex: The government should not be censoring the publishing industry for slackness in adapting to change but should be supplying support and encouragement.Ex: There is in general a blithe disregard of the limits to pecision imposed by sampling error.Ex: The energy crisis & the environmental crisis are rooted not in a stony ground of technological intractability, but in irresponsibility & dereliction.Ex: After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.* negligencia clínica = clinical negligence.* negligencia criminal = criminal negligence.* negligencia en el cumplimiento del deber = dereliction of duty.* negligencia grave = gross negligence.* negligencia médica = medical malpractice.* negligencia profesional = malpractice.* * *negligenceCompuestos:criminal negligencegross negligence* * *
negligencia sustantivo femenino
negligence
negligencia sustantivo femenino carelessness
(profesional) negligence: quieren acusar a su médico de negligencia profesional, they are going to charge the doctor with negligence
' negligencia' also found in these entries:
English:
careless
- carelessness
- malpractice
- neglect
- neglectfully
- negligence
- negligently
- through
* * *negligencia nfnegligencenegligencia profesional professional negligence* * *f JUR negligence* * *negligencia nf: negligence -
4 desidia
f.1 carelessness.2 idleness, indecision, sloth, laziness.* * *1 negligence* * *SF1) (=pereza) idleness2) [en el vestir] slovenliness* * *a) ( apatía) slackness, indolence (frml)no soporto su desidia — I can't stand his lax o slack attitude
b) ( desaseo) slovenliness* * *= procrastination, indolence, negligence, neglection, lassitude.Ex. Procrastination must be recognized as a serious waste of time, affecting not only the amount of work people are able to accomplish but its quality as well.Ex. Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.Ex. Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex. After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.Ex. His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.* * *a) ( apatía) slackness, indolence (frml)no soporto su desidia — I can't stand his lax o slack attitude
b) ( desaseo) slovenliness* * *= procrastination, indolence, negligence, neglection, lassitude.Ex: Procrastination must be recognized as a serious waste of time, affecting not only the amount of work people are able to accomplish but its quality as well.
Ex: Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.Ex: Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex: After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.Ex: His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.* * *1(apatía): su desidia había empezado a afectar a los demás empleados his lax o slack attitude had begun to affect the rest of the staffla desidia que lo invadió the feeling of total apathy o of not caring at all which took hold of himse echó con desidia en el sofá she flopped lethargically onto the sofa2 (desaseo) slovenliness* * *
desidia sustantivo femenino
desidia sustantivo femenino apathy, carelessness, neglect
' desidia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desinterés
* * *desidia nf1. [descuido] [en el trabajo] carelessness;[en el aspecto] slovenliness;hace las cosas con desidia she does things very carelessly;cosas que pasan por desidia things that happen through carelessness2. [desgana] listlessness;me entró la desidia I was overcome by a feeling of listlessness* * *f apathy, lethargy* * *desidia nf1) apatía: apathy, indolence2) negligencia: negligence, sloppiness -
5 indolencia
f.indolence, laziness.* * *1 indolence* * *SF (=pereza) indolence, laziness; (=abulia) apathy; (=languidez) listlessness* * *femenino laziness, slackness, indolence* * *= indolence, negligence, neglection.Ex. Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.Ex. Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex. After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.* * *femenino laziness, slackness, indolence* * *= indolence, negligence, neglection.Ex: Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.
Ex: Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.Ex: After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.* * *laziness, slackness, indolence* * *
indolencia sustantivo femenino laziness, indolence
' indolencia' also found in these entries:
English:
indolence
* * *indolencia nfindolence* * *f laziness, indolence* * *indolencia nf: indolence, laziness -
6 soltura
f.1 fluency (fluidez).2 assurance (facilidad, desenvoltura).con soltura fluently3 ease, freedom, easiness, loosening.4 release from prison.5 disengagement.* * *1 (agilidad) agility2 figurado (seguridad) confidence, assurance3 figurado (al hablar) fluency, ease* * *noun f.1) ease2) looseness3) fluency* * *SF1) [al hablar] fluency, ease2) (=flojedad) [de cuerda] slackness; [de pieza, tornillo] looseness; [de brazos, piernas] agility, nimbleness3) (Med) (tb: soltura de vientre) looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea, diarrhea (EEUU)4) pey (=desvergüenza) shamelessness* * ** * *= fluency, confidence.Ex. Fluency with the English language is a predictor of successful assimilation into mainstream American society.Ex. The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.----* con soltura = fluent, with confidence, fluently, with ease.* * ** * *= fluency, confidence.Ex: Fluency with the English language is a predictor of successful assimilation into mainstream American society.
Ex: The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.* con soltura = fluent, with confidence, fluently, with ease.* * *1 (de una cuerda) looseness, slackness; (de una pieza) looseness, play2(de una persona): habla dos idiomas con soltura he speaks two languages fluentlyse desenvuelve con soltura en cualquier situación she is at ease in any situationconduce con mucha soltura she handles the car with ease o very smoothlyse movía con la soltura de un joven he moved with the agility o ease o nimbleness of a young manCompuesto:soltura de vientre or estómagodiarrhea** * *
soltura sustantivo femenino:
se desenvuelve con soltura en cualquier situación she is at ease in any situation
soltura sustantivo femenino
1 (agilidad) agility
(gracia, elegancia) hizo el gesto con mucha soltura, she gestured gracefully
2 (en un idioma, discurso) fluency
' soltura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desenvuelta
- desenvuelto
* * *soltura nf1. [fluidez] fluency;habla inglés con soltura she speaks fluent English;monta a caballo con mucha soltura he's a confident horse rider;ha adquirido mucha soltura al escribir a máquina he has become a very fluent typist2. [facilidad, desenvoltura] assurance;tiene mucha soltura para el trato con la gente she's very good with people* * *f fluency, ease;* * *soltura nf1) : looseness, slackness2) : fluency (of language)3) : agility, ease of movement -
7 flojedad
f.1 weakness.2 slackness, looseness, idleness, laziness.* * *1 (debilidad) weakness, slackness2 (atonía) flabbiness, limpness* * *SF = flojera* * *A (debilidad) lethargyB (pereza) laziness* * *
flojedad sustantivo femenino
1 (debilidad) weakness
2 (falta de interés) slackness
* * *flojedad nfweakness* * *f weakness* * *flojedad nf: weakness -
8 desaplicación
f.slackness, inattention.* * *SF slackness, laziness* * *f laziness, lack of application -
9 relajación
f.1 relaxation, slackness.2 relaxation.3 chalasia.* * *1 (gen) relaxation2 figurado slackening, looseness* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=sosiego) relaxation2) (=suavización) slackening, loosening3) [moral] laxity4) (Med) hernia, rupture* * *femenino (de músculos, mente) relaxation* * *= relaxation, laxity.Ex. But, yet again, the categories of cultura and leisure may suggest books read simply for pleasure or relaxation.Ex. The nuns tenaciously defended their conventual tradition, which led to laxity both in discipline and resistance to attempts at reform.----* férula de relajación = bite guard, stress guard, teeth guard, dental guard, night guard.* relajación profunda = deep relaxation.* * *femenino (de músculos, mente) relaxation* * *= relaxation, laxity.Ex: But, yet again, the categories of cultura and leisure may suggest books read simply for pleasure or relaxation.
Ex: The nuns tenaciously defended their conventual tradition, which led to laxity both in discipline and resistance to attempts at reform.* férula de relajación = bite guard, stress guard, teeth guard, dental guard, night guard.* relajación profunda = deep relaxation.* * *A1 (de los músculos, la mente) relaxationel músculo debe estar en un estado de relajación the muscle must be relaxed2 (en una relación) easinguna relajación de la tensión entre los dos países an easing of tension between the two countriesB (de la moral) decline* * *
relajación sustantivo femenino (de músculos, mente) relaxation
relajación sustantivo femenino
1 (de músculos, mente) relaxation
2 (de moral, costumbres, etc) laxity
' relajación' also found in these entries:
English:
relaxation
* * *relajación nf, relajamiento nm1. [de tensión] relaxation;la relajación de un músculo the relaxation of a muscle2. [de severidad] relaxation;la relajación de la moral the decline in moral standards* * *f relaxation* * ** * *relajación n relaxation -
10 relajamiento
m.relaxation, relaxedness, laxation, slackness.* * *1→ link=relajación relajación* * *ADV1) [de músculo] relaxation2) [de sanciones, actitud] relaxation, loosening* * ** * *= laxity.Ex. The nuns tenaciously defended their conventual tradition, which led to laxity both in discipline and resistance to attempts at reform.* * ** * *= laxity.Ex: The nuns tenaciously defended their conventual tradition, which led to laxity both in discipline and resistance to attempts at reform.
* * ** * ** * *m relaxation -
11 flojera
f.1 lethargy, feeling of weakness (informal).2 laziness, weakness.3 lack of character, namby-pambiness, weakness of character, namby-pambyism.* * *1 familiar weakness, faintness* * *SF1) (=debilidad) weakness, feebleness2) esp LAm* (=pereza)* * *a) (fam) ( debilidad) lethargyb) (fam) ( pereza) laziness* * *a) (fam) ( debilidad) lethargyb) (fam) ( pereza) laziness* * *1 ( fam) (debilidad) lethargyla flojera que tienes es de no comer the reason you feel all weak is because you haven't eaten anything2 ( fam)(pereza): debería ir pero me da flojera I ought to go but I can't be botheredtengo una flojera horrible I feel terribly lazy o lethargic* * *
flojera sustantivo femenino
tengo flojera I feel lazy
flojera f fam
1 weakness, faintness: tengo una flojera en las rodillas que no puedo tenerme de pie, I feel so weak in the knees that I can hardly stand
2 (desgana) slackness
(pereza) laziness: no me pidas que vaya contigo que tengo una flojera tremenda, don't ask me to go along; I feel very lazy
* * *flojera nfFamtengo flojera en los brazos my arms feel weak* * *f L.Am.laziness;me da flojera I can’t be bothered* * *1) : lethargy, feeling of weakness2) : laziness* * *flojera n weakness -
12 racaneo * SM
1) [con el dinero] stinginess2) [en el trabajo] slackness, idleness -
13 racanismo * SM
1) [con el dinero] stinginess2) [en el trabajo] slackness, idleness -
14 vaguería SF
( Esp) laziness, idleness, slackness -
15 vaguitis * SF INV
( Esp) laziness, idleness, slackness -
16 falta
nfdefault n, fault n, lack n, shortage nfalta de actividad (laxity) slackness na falta de datos in the absence of informationfalta de entrega non-deliverya falta de información in the absence of informationfalta de inversión lack of investment -
17 dejadez
• carelessness• lass• lasso• negatory opinion• neglect• neglect in reporting a felony• slackness• slovenliness -
18 desaplicación
• inasmuch as• inattentive• slackness -
19 flojedad
• idleness• laxative• laxly• laze around• lazulite• limpness• looseness• slackness• sloth
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