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1 apagar

v.

1 to put out (fuego, incendio).

apagar el fuego de la cocina to turn o switch off the cooker

“por favor apaguen sus cigarrillos” “please extinguish your cigarettes”

2 to quench.

El agua apaga la sed Water quenches thirst.

3 to turn off, to close down, to put out, to shut down.

María apaga la lámpara Mary turns off the lamp.

4 to extinguish, to quench, to put out, to douse.

El agua apaga el fuego Water puts out the fire.

5 to blow out.

Ricardo apagó la candela de un soplido Richard blew out the candle at a blow.

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apagar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (fuego) to extinguish, put out

2 (luz) to turn out, turn off, put out

3 (televisión etc) to switch off, turn off

■ apaga la radio turn the radio off

4 (color) to soften

5 figurado (dolor) to soothe; (pena) to heal

6 figurado (sed) to quench

► verbo pronominal apagarse

1 (luz) to go out; (televisión) to go off

2 (emoción) to fade, wane

3 figurado (morirse) to pass away

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FRASEOLOGÍA

apaga y vámonos let's call it a day

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verb

1) to turn off, switch off

2) put out, blow out

•

- apagarse

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1. VT

1) [+ fuego, vela, cerilla] to put out; [soplando] to blow out

apagó el cigarrillo en el cenicero — he put out o stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray

por favor, apaguen sus cigarrillos — please extinguish all cigarettes

- entonces apaga y vámonos

2) (Elec) to turn off, switch off

apaga la luz/tele — turn o switch the light/TV off

apagó el motor y salió del coche — she switched off the engine and got out of the car

apagar el sistema — (Inform) to close o shut down the system

3) [+ sed] to quench

4) [+ ira] to calm; [+ rencor] to pacify

5) [+ dolor] to take away, soothe

6) [+ sonido] to muffle, deaden; (Mús) to mute

7) [+ color] to tone down, soften

8) [+ cal] to slake

9) And, Caribe [+ arma de fuego] to empty, discharge

2.

See:

apagarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <luz/televisión/motor> to turn off, switch off; <cigarrillo/fuego> to put out, extinguish (frml); <vela/cerilla> to put out; ( soplando) to blow out

2) (liter) < sed> to quench; < ira> to appease (liter)
2.
apagarse v pron

1) luz/fuego/vela to go out

se ha apagado el brillo de sus ojos — (liter) the sparkle has gone out of her eyes

2) (liter) ira to abate; pasión to fade; entusiasmo/fervor to wane

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= turn off, quench, snub out, extinguish, dim, snuff out, snuff, dampen, stamp out.

Ex. Trapping must be turned off by hand when the document has been picked up by the borrower.

Ex. By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.

Ex. 'Who will tell her?' 'I'll take care of that,' responded the principal with acerbity, snubbing out her cigarette.

Ex. His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

Ex. At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.

Ex. The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.

Ex. Perhaps it was his hunger for precision and philosophical truth that snuffed the literary flame in Musil.

Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.

Ex. The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.

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* apagar el ardor = dampen + Posesivo + ardor.

* apagar el entusiasmo = dampen + Posesivo + ardor.

* apagar el fuego = put out + the flames.

* apagar la cal = slake + lime.

* apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.

* apagar la luz = turn + the light off.

* apagar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* apagarse = subside.

* apagar un fuego = extinguish + fire, put down + fire.

* apagar un fuego con los pies = stomp out + fire.

* fuego + apagar = fire + be out.

* luz + apagarse = light + go out.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <luz/televisión/motor> to turn off, switch off; <cigarrillo/fuego> to put out, extinguish (frml); <vela/cerilla> to put out; ( soplando) to blow out

2) (liter) < sed> to quench; < ira> to appease (liter)
2.
apagarse v pron

1) luz/fuego/vela to go out

se ha apagado el brillo de sus ojos — (liter) the sparkle has gone out of her eyes

2) (liter) ira to abate; pasión to fade; entusiasmo/fervor to wane

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= turn off, quench, snub out, extinguish, dim, snuff out, snuff, dampen, stamp out.

Ex: Trapping must be turned off by hand when the document has been picked up by the borrower.

Ex: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.

Ex: 'Who will tell her?' 'I'll take care of that,' responded the principal with acerbity, snubbing out her cigarette.

Ex: His sudden gust of audacity was quickly extinguished by her words and by her glance.

Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.

Ex: The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.

Ex: Perhaps it was his hunger for precision and philosophical truth that snuffed the literary flame in Musil.

Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.

Ex: The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.

* apagar el ardor = dampen + Posesivo + ardor.

* apagar el entusiasmo = dampen + Posesivo + ardor.

* apagar el fuego = put out + the flames.

* apagar la cal = slake + lime.

* apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.

* apagar la luz = turn + the light off.

* apagar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* apagarse = subside.

* apagar un fuego = extinguish + fire, put down + fire.

* apagar un fuego con los pies = stomp out + fire.

* fuego + apagar = fire + be out.

* luz + apagarse = light + go out.

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apagar [A3 ]

vt

A

1 ‹luz› to turn off, switch off, put out; ‹televisión/motor› to turn off, switch off

apaga y vámonos ( Esp fam); let's call it a day ( colloq), let's jack it in ( BrE sl)

2 ‹cigarrillo/fuego/incendio› to put out, extinguish ( frml); ‹vela/cerilla› to put out; (soplando) to blow out

B ( liter); ‹sed› to quench; ‹ira› to appease ( liter)

los años no habían apagado su pasión his passion had not faded o died with the years

■ apagarse

v pron

A «luz/fuego/vela» to go out

la luz se apagó y se volvió a encender the light went out o off and came on again

se ha apagado el brillo de sus ojos ( liter); the sparkle has gone out of her eyes

B ( liter); «ira» to abate; «pasión» to fade; «entusiasmo» to wane

se habían apagado los ánimos revolucionarios their revolutionary fervor had died down o waned

su vida se va apagando lentamente his life is slowly ebbing away ( liter)

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apagar ( conjugate apagar) verbo transitivo ‹luz/televisión/motor› to turn off, switch off;
‹cigarrillo/fuego› to put out;
‹vela/cerilla› to put out;
( soplando) to blow out
apagarse verbo pronominal [luz/fuego/vela] to go out
apagar vtr (un fuego) to put out
(una luz, una radio, etc) to turn off, switch off
(un color) to soften
(la sed) to quench
' apagar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desconectar
- luz
English:
beat out
- blow out
- come forward
- douse
- extinguish
- leave on
- power down
- put off
- put out
- quench
- shut down
- shut off
- stub
- switch off
- turn off
- turn out
- black
- blow
- damp
- dampen
- put
- shut
- snuff
- stamp
- switch
- turn

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apagar

♦ vt

1. [luz] to switch off;
[aparato] to turn o switch off;
apaga el horno turn o switch off the oven;
Informát
apagar equipo [en menú] shut down

2. [extinguir] [fuego, cigarrillo, vela] to put out;

“por favor apaguen sus cigarrillos” “please extinguish your cigarettes”

3. [reducir] [sed] to quench;
[dolor] to get rid of; [color] to soften; [sonido] to muffle; [brillo] to dull
♦ vi

Comp
Esp Fam
¡apaga y vámonos!: si eso es lo mejor que sabes hacer, ¡apaga y vámonos! if that's the best you can do we might as well forget it;

si no quieren ayudarnos, ¡apaga y vámonos! if they don't want to help us, let's not waste any more time over it

♦ See also the pronominal verb apagarse

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apagar

v/t televisor, luz turn off; fuego put out; vela snuff, put out;

apaga y vámonos we may as well call it a day

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apagar {52} vt

1) : to turn off, to shut off

2) : to extinguish, to put out

♦ See also the reflexive verb apagarse

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apagar vb

1. (luz, aparato) to turn off / to switch off

apaga la televisión turn the television off

2. (fuego, cigarrillo) to put out [pt. & pp. put]

los bomberos apagaron el incendio the firefighters put the fire out

3. (vela) to blow out [pt. blew; pp. blown]

apagó las velas de un soplido she blew out the candles in one go

Spanish-English dictionary > apagar
2 sed

f.

1 thirst.

las palomitas dan sed popcorn makes you thirsty

tener sed to be thirsty

sed de (figurative) thirst for

sed de conocimientos thirst for knowledge

tener sed de venganza to be thirsty for revenge

2 desire, craving, avidity, avidness.

imperat.

2^nd person plural (vosotros/vosotras) Imperative of Spanish verb: ser.

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sed

► nombre femenino

1 thirst

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FRASEOLOGÍA

apagar la sed / matar la sed / quitar la sed to quench one's thirst

dar sed to make thirsty

■ la comida salada me da sed salty food makes me thirsty

tener sed to be thirsty

■ tengo sed I'm thirsty

tener sed de figurado to be thirsty for

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noun f.

thirst

- tener sed

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SF

1) (=ganas de beber) thirst

apagar o saciar la sed — to quench one's thirst

tener (mucha) sed — to be (very) thirsty

sed inextinguible o insaciable — unquenchable thirst

2) (Agr) drought, dryness

3) (=ansia) thirst (de for)
craving (de for)
tener sed de — to thirst o be thirsty for, crave

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femenino thirst

el agua le quitó la sed — the water quenched his thirst

tengo mucha sed — I'm very thirsty

me da mucha sed — it makes me (feel) really thirsty

su sed de venganza/riqueza — her thirst for vengeance/riches

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* apagar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* aplacar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* con sed = thirsty [thirstier -comp., thirstiest -sup.].

* con sed de poder = power-hungry.

* despertar la sed = work up + a thirst.

* entrar sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.

* estar frito de sed = be parched, spit + feathers, be parched with thirst.

* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.

* pasar sed = go + thirsty.

* saciar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* sed de lectura = book hunger.

* sed de matar = bloodlust.

* sed de venganza = thirst for revenge, thirst for revenge.

* sentir sed = be thirsty.

* tener sed = be thirsty.

* tener sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.

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femenino thirst

el agua le quitó la sed — the water quenched his thirst

tengo mucha sed — I'm very thirsty

me da mucha sed — it makes me (feel) really thirsty

su sed de venganza/riqueza — her thirst for vengeance/riches

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* apagar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* aplacar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* con sed = thirsty [thirstier -comp., thirstiest -sup.].

* con sed de poder = power-hungry.

* despertar la sed = work up + a thirst.

* entrar sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.

* estar frito de sed = be parched, spit + feathers, be parched with thirst.

* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.

* pasar sed = go + thirsty.

* saciar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

* sed de lectura = book hunger.

* sed de matar = bloodlust.

* sed de venganza = thirst for revenge, thirst for revenge.

* sentir sed = be thirsty.

* tener sed = be thirsty.

* tener sed después del esfuerzo = work up + a thirst.

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sed

feminine

thirst

el agua le quitó la sed the water quenched his thirst

tengo mucha sed I'm very thirsty

me da mucha sed it makes me (feel) very thirsty

su sed de venganza/riqueza her thirst for vengeance/riches

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Del verbo ser: ( conjugate ser)

sed es:

2ª persona plural (vosotros) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
sed
ser
sed sustantivo femenino
thirst;
◊ el agua le quitó la sed the water quenched his thirst;

tengo sed I'm thirsty;
me da sed it makes me (feel) thirsty;
su sed de venganza/riqueza her thirst for vengeance/riches
ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ siempre le he sido fiel I've always been faithful to her;

ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
◊ el mayor es casado the oldest is married;

es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;
◊ soy abogada I'm a lawyer;

ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):
◊ esos zapatos son de plástico those shoes are (made of) plastic;

soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):
◊ será un error it must be a mistake;

¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos):

◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …

2
a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):

◊ la fiesta va a sed en su casa the party is going to be (held) at her house;

¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?
b) ( en preguntas):

◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;

¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):
◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;

son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) sed para algo to be for sth;
◊ este agua es para beber this water is for drinking

( en locs)
◊ a no ser que (+ subj) unless;

¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;
◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;

serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
sed v impers to be;
◊ era primavera it was spring(time)

sed v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( ente) being;

◊ sed humano/vivo human/living being

b) (individuo, persona):

◊ un sed querido a loved one

2 ( naturaleza):
◊ desde lo más profundo de mi sed from the bottom of my heart

sed sustantivo femenino
1 thirst: tengo mucha sed, I'm thirsty
calmar la sed, to quench one's thirst
2 fig (de justicia, libertad) hunger, thirst
tener sed de justicia, to be hungry o thirsty for justice
3 fig (deseo intenso, ambición desmedida) la sed de poder le puede llevar al fracaso, an insatiable thirst for power can lead to failure
ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' sed' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apagar
- engañar
- matar
- pasar
- quitar
- saciar
- tener
- aplacar
- calmar
- dar
- insaciable
- mitigar
- sentir
English:
aforementioned
- aforesaid
- dry
- parched
- quench
- said
- sedative
- sedentary
- sediment
- thirst
- thirsty
- unbiased
- unbiassed
- be
- feel
- make

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sed

♦ ver ser

♦ nf

thirst;

las palomitas dan sed popcorn makes you thirsty;

tener sed to be thirsty;

saciar la sed to quench one's thirst;

los familiares de la víctima tienen sed de venganza the victim's family is thirsty for revenge

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sed

f tb fig

thirst (de for);

tener sed be thirsty;

sed de libertad thirst for freedom;

sed de poder thirst for power

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sed nf

1) : thirst

tener sed: to be thirsty

2)

tener sed de : to hunger for, to thirst for

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sed n thirst

tener sed to be thirsty

tengo sed I'm thirsty

Spanish-English dictionary > sed
3 cal

f.

1 whitewash (pintura).

2 lime.

el agua tiene mucha cal the water is very hard

cal viva quicklime

cerrar a cal y canto to shut tight o firmly

con este hombre, es una de cal y otra de arena you never know with that man, he's nice one minute and horrible the next

3 Cal.

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cal

► abreviatura

1 ( caloría) calorie; (abreviatura) cal

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cal

► nombre femenino

1 lime

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cerrar a cal y canto (puerta etc) to shut tight 2 (joyas etc) to lock away

de cal y canto figurado strong, tough

una de cal y otra de arena familiar six of one and half a dozen of the other

cal apagada / cal muerta slaked lime

cal viva quicklime

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noun f.

lime

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SF lime

- cerrar algo a cal y canto

- de cal y canto

- dar una de cal y otra de arena

cal apagada, cal muerta — slaked lime

cal viva — quicklime

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femenino lime

ahogar or apagar la cal — to slake lime

pintado a la cal — (RPl) whitewashed

cerrar algo a cal y canto — to close something firmly o tight

una de cal y otra de arena — (Esp) something nice followed by something less pleasant

- cal apaguda or muerta

- cal viva

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femenino lime

ahogar or apagar la cal — to slake lime

pintado a la cal — (RPl) whitewashed

cerrar algo a cal y canto — to close something firmly o tight

una de cal y otra de arena — (Esp) something nice followed by something less pleasant

- cal apaguda or muerta

- cal viva

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cal¹

¹ = whitewash, lime.

Ex: By adding about a tablespoon of powdered alum per gallon of whitewash its quality can be improved.

Ex: The water is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.

* apagar la cal = slake + lime.

* apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.

* cal apagada = slaked lime.

* cal viva = quicklime.

* horno de cal = lime kiln.

CAL² (aprendizaje asistido por ordenador)

² = computer-assisted learning (CAL).

Ex: Thirdly, there may well be a growth in computer-assisted learning using expert systems and other interactive learning software in a variety of disciplines.

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cal

feminine

lime

ahogar or apagar la cal to slake lime

a la cal ( RPl): una pared pintada a la cal a whitewashed wall

cerrar algo a cal y canto to close sth firmly o tight

de cal y canto (de piedra) stone ( before n); (sólido) firm, strong;

‹convicción› firm

una de cal y otra de arena ( Esp); something nice followed by something less pleasant

tienes que aceptar que aquí te dan una de cal y otra de arena you have to learn to take the rough with the smooth here

Compuestos:

● cal apagada

slaked lime

● cal muerta

slaked lime

● cal viva

quicklime, caustic lime

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cal sustantivo femenino
lime
cal 1 sustantivo femenino lime
Quím cal viva, quicklime
(para encalar) whitewash
♦ Locuciones: cerrado,-a a cal y canto, bolted and barred
familiar una de cal y otra de arena, six of one and half a dozen of the other
cal 2 abr de caloría(s), calorie(s), cal
' cal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
blanquear
- blanqueo
- piedra
English:
lime
- whitewash
- Cal

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cal nf
[en polvo] lime; [pintura] whitewash;
el agua tiene mucha cal the water is very hard;

Comp

cerrar a cal y canto to shut tight o firmly;

Comp

una de cal y otra de arena: con este hombre, es una de cal y otra de arena you never know with that man, he's nice one minute and horrible the next;

el equipo está dando una de cal y otra de arena the team are good one minute, awful the next

Comp
cal apagada slaked lime;
cal viva (quick)lime

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cal

f lime;

una de cal y otra de arena fam mixed fortunes;

cerrar algo a cal y canto fig shut sth tight

* * *

cal nf

: lime, quicklime

* * *

cal n lime

Spanish-English dictionary > cal
4 conductor

adj.

conductive, guiding, driving, leading.

m.

1 driver, chauffeur, car driver.

2 conductor, person who conducts.

3 conductor, conducting wire, wire.

4 conductor, music conductor, orchestra conductor.

5 conductor, heat conductor, transmitter.

* * *

conductor

► adjetivo

1 FÍSICA conductive

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 AUTOMÓVIL driver

► nombre masculino conductor

1 FÍSICA conductor

————————

conductor

► nombre masculino

1 FÍSICA conductor

* * *

(f. - conductora)

noun

driver

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conductor, -a
1.

ADJ
(Fís)
un material conductor — a conductive material

el agua salada es mejor conductor que el agua dulce — salt water is much more conductive than fresh water

un material conductor de la electricidad — a material that conducts electricity

2. SM / F

1) [de coche, camión, autobús] driver; [de moto] rider

este impuesto afectará a todos los conductores de vehículos — this tax will affect all motorists

2) (TV, Radio) presenter

3) LAm (Mús) conductor

4) frm (=dirigente) leader

3.

SM (Fís) conductor

no conductor — non-conductor

* * *
I
- tora adjetivo conductive

materiales conductores de la electricidad/del calor — materials which conduct electricity/heat
II
- tora masculino, femenino

1)

a) ( de vehículo) driver

b) (AmL) ( de programa) host

2) conductor masculino (Elec, Fís) conductor

* * *

= driver, motorist, conductive, motorman [motormen, -pl.], conductor.

Nota: En electrónica y física, transmisor de corriente y calor.

Ex. The van is painted prominently in the CAB colours and logo of yellow and blue and is staffed by a driver and two volunteers.

Ex. This subject is being presented for a specialized target population, motorists.

Ex. The disc is 254 mm (10 in) in diameter and is made of an electrically conductive plastic.

Ex. In this chapter we are told about Willis Joe Whinny, the motorman who drives the subway train that eventually almost kills Slake, but who instead rescues him from his underground life = En este capítulo se nos cuenta cómo Willis Joe Whinny, maquinista de metro, casi atropella a Slake aunque posteriormente lo rescata de su vida en los subterráneos del metro.

Ex. They have properties which make them neither good conductors nor good insulators = Tienen propiedades que ni los hacen buenos conductores ni buenos aislantes.

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* censo de conductores, el = total number of licensed drivers, the.

* conductor borracho = drink-driver.

* conductor ebrio = drink-driver.

* conductor que busca los servicios de una prostituta = kerb-crawler [curb-crawler, -USA].

* conductor que se da a la fuga tras causar un accidente o atropello = hit-and-run driver.

* * *
I
- tora adjetivo conductive

materiales conductores de la electricidad/del calor — materials which conduct electricity/heat
II
- tora masculino, femenino

1)

a) ( de vehículo) driver

b) (AmL) ( de programa) host

2) conductor masculino (Elec, Fís) conductor

* * *

= driver, motorist, conductive, motorman [motormen, -pl.], conductor.

Nota: En electrónica y física, transmisor de corriente y calor.

Ex: The van is painted prominently in the CAB colours and logo of yellow and blue and is staffed by a driver and two volunteers.

Ex: This subject is being presented for a specialized target population, motorists.

Ex: The disc is 254 mm (10 in) in diameter and is made of an electrically conductive plastic.

Ex: In this chapter we are told about Willis Joe Whinny, the motorman who drives the subway train that eventually almost kills Slake, but who instead rescues him from his underground life = En este capítulo se nos cuenta cómo Willis Joe Whinny, maquinista de metro, casi atropella a Slake aunque posteriormente lo rescata de su vida en los subterráneos del metro.

Ex: They have properties which make them neither good conductors nor good insulators = Tienen propiedades que ni los hacen buenos conductores ni buenos aislantes.

* censo de conductores, el = total number of licensed drivers, the.

* conductor borracho = drink-driver.

* conductor ebrio = drink-driver.

* conductor que busca los servicios de una prostituta = kerb-crawler [curb-crawler, -USA].

* conductor que se da a la fuga tras causar un accidente o atropello = hit-and-run driver.

* * *

conductor¹ - tora

adjective

conductive

materiales conductores de la electricidad/del calor materials which conduct electricity/heat

conductor² - tora

masculine, feminine

A

1 (de un vehículo) driver

2 (de un programa) host, presenter

B

conductor masculine ( Elec, Fís) conductor

buen/mal conductor good/bad conductor

* * *

conductor 1
◊ - tora adjetivo

conductive;
materiales conductores de la electricidad materials which conduct electricity
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) ( de vehículo) driver

b) (AmL) ( de programa) host

conductor 2 sustantivo masculino (Elec, Fís) conductor
conductor,-ora
I sustantivo masculino y femenino Auto driver
II sustantivo masculino Elec conductor
' conductor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabina
- chofer
- chófer
- cobrador
- cobradora
- conductora
- director
- directora
- frenazo
- pararrayos
- responsable
- revisor
- revisora
- camionero
- contar
- correr
- despedir
- estacionar
- hábil
- relevo
- virar
English:
back up
- bus conductor
- bus driver
- catapult
- conduct
- conductor
- driver
- ease off
- ease up
- hit-and-run
- kerb-crawler
- offside
- safe
- unhurt
- bus
- count
- L
- lightning
- motorist
- rostrum

* * *

conductor, -ora

♦ adj
[de electricidad, calor] conductive
♦ nm,f

1. [de vehículo] driver

Comp
conductor en prácticas Br learner o US student driver
2. [de un programa televisivo] presenter, host

♦ nm

conductor

Comp
conductor eléctrico conductor
* * *

conductor

I adj

1 guiding

2 FÍS conductive

II m, conductora f driver

III m FÍS conductor

* * *

conductor, - tora adj

: conducting, leading

conductor, - tora n

: driver

conductor nm

: conductor (of electricity, etc.)

* * *

conductor n

1. (persona) driver

2. (dispositivo) conductor

conductor de autobús bus driver

conductor en prácticas learner driver

Spanish-English dictionary > conductor
5 contraponer

v.

1 to compare.

2 to contrast, to confront.

Ellos contrapusieron las opciones They contrasted the options.

3 to oppose, to challenge.

María contrapuso el proyecto Mary opposed the project.

* * *

contraponer

Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp contrapuesto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (oponer) to set in opposition (a, to)

2 figurado (contrastar) to contrast (a, with)

► verbo pronominal contraponerse

1 (oponerse) to be opposed

* * *

VT

1) (=cotejar) to compare, set against each other

2) (=oponer) to oppose

contraponer A a B — to set up A against B

a esta idea ellos contraponen su teoría de que... — against this idea they set up their theory that...

* * *

verbo transitivo ( contrastar) to contrast; ( como contrapartida)

contraponer algo a algo — to counter something with something

* * *

= oppose, counterpoint, set against, counterpose, counterpoise.

Ex. A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

Ex. The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.

Ex. The same arguments set against state education in the early nineteenth century apply to the idea of state-supported public libraries.

Ex. Multiculturalism is taken as being synonymous with cultural diversity and denotes the recent critical concepts that are counterposed to ethnocentrism, cultural monolithicism, and the assumption of epistemological universality.

Ex. Sustainable development is seen as a measure to counterpoise economic growth with environmental concerns.

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* contraponerse a = stand in + opposition to.

* * *

verbo transitivo ( contrastar) to contrast; ( como contrapartida)

contraponer algo a algo — to counter something with something

* * *

= oppose, counterpoint, set against, counterpose, counterpoise.

Ex: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

Ex: The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.

Ex: The same arguments set against state education in the early nineteenth century apply to the idea of state-supported public libraries.

Ex: Multiculturalism is taken as being synonymous with cultural diversity and denotes the recent critical concepts that are counterposed to ethnocentrism, cultural monolithicism, and the assumption of epistemological universality.

Ex: Sustainable development is seen as a measure to counterpoise economic growth with environmental concerns.

* contraponerse a = stand in + opposition to.

* * *

contraponer [ E22 ]

vt

1 (contrastar) to contrast

2 (como contrapartida) contraponer algo A algo:

a nuestra oferta ellos contrapusieron mejores precios y mayor rapidez de entrega they countered our offer with better prices and faster delivery

a las tesis tradicionales el autor contrapone una teoría innovadora the author challenges traditional theses with an innovative theory

* * *

contraponer verbo transitivo
1 (oponer) to oppose
2 (comparar) to contrast: si contraponemos sus distintas personalidades, nos damos cuenta de que tienen mucho en común, if we compare their different personalities, we see that they have a lot in common
' contraponer' also found in these entries:
English:
set against

* * *

contraponer

♦ vt

1. [oponer]
a su postura intransigente contrapusimos una más flexible we responded to his intransigence by suggesting greater flexibility

2. [cotejar] to compare

♦ See also the pronominal verb contraponerse

* * *

contraponer

<part contrapuesto> v/t compare (a to)

* * *

contraponer {60} vt

1) : to counter, to oppose

2) : to contrast, to compare

Spanish-English dictionary > contraponer
6 crónica

adj.&f.

feminine of CRÓNICO.

f.

chronicle, documented report, article, report.

* * *

crónica

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) account, chronicle

2 (en periódico) article, column, feature

3 RADIO TELEVISIÓN (programa) programme (US program); (reportaje) feature, report

4 HISTORIA chronicle

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

crónica de sociedad society column, social column

crónica de sucesos news in brief, news headlines plural

* * *
1. noun f.
chronicle
2. f., (m. - crónico)
* * *

SF

1) [de periódico] feature, article; (Radio, TV) report

"Crónica de sucesos" — "News in Brief"

crónica deportiva — sports page

crónica de sociedad — society column, gossip column

crónica literaria — literary page

2) ( Hist) chronicle; (fig) account, chronicle

3) pl Crónicas (Biblia) Chronicles

* * *

femenino

a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) report

crónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)

crónica de sucesos — accident and crime reports

b) (Hist) chronicle

* * *

= chronicle.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

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* crónica de sociedad = gossip column.

* * *

femenino

a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) report

crónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)

crónica de sucesos — accident and crime reports

b) (Hist) chronicle

* * *

= chronicle.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

* crónica de sociedad = gossip column.

* * *

crónica

feminine

1 ( Period) report, article; ( Rad, TV) report

crónica deportiva/literaria/de sociedad sport(s)/literary/society page ( o section etc)

2 ( Hist) chronicle

* * *

crónica sustantivo femenino
a) (Period) report, article;

(Rad, TV) report;
◊ crónica deportiva/de sociedad sport(s)/society page (o section etc)

b) (Hist) chronicle

crónico,-a adjetivo chronic
crónica sustantivo femenino
1 Hist chronicle: nos hizo una crónica apasionante de su viaje, he gave us a thrilling account of his journey
2 Prensa feature, article
' crónica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enfermedad
- producir
English:
chronic
- chronicle
- history
- commentary
- gossip
- repetitive
- report

* * *

crónica nf

1. [de la historia] chronicle

2. [de un periódico] column;
[de la televisión] feature, programme;
la crónica deportiva the sports news o report;
Am
la crónica roja the crime reports

* * *

crónica

f chronicle; en periódico report

* * *

crónica nf

1) : news report

2) : chronicle, history

Spanish-English dictionary > crónica
7 elocuente

adj.

eloquent.

se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent silence

una mirada elocuente a meaningful look

* * *

elocuente

► adjetivo

1 eloquent

* * *

adj.

eloquent

* * *

ADJ eloquent

un dato elocuente — a fact which speaks for itself

* * *

adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent

* * *

= articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.

Ex. Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex. H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.

Ex. No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.

Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.

Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

* * *

adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent

* * *

= articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.

Ex: Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex: H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.

Ex: No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.

Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.

Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

* * *

elocuente

adjective

1 ‹persona/discurso› eloquent, articulate

2 ‹mirada/gesto/silencio› eloquent

las cifras son elocuentes the figures speak for themselves o are eloquent

un gesto que fue más elocuente que cualquier palabra a gesture that said more than any words could, a gesture that was more eloquent than any words could be

* * *

elocuente adjetivo
eloquent
elocuente adjetivo eloquent: hizo un gesto muy elocuente, he made a very eloquent gesture
su sonrisa era muy elocuente, her smile was very telling
' elocuente' also found in these entries:
English:
articulate
- eloquent
- fluent
- pregnant
- telling

* * *

elocuente adj

1. [persona, discurso, declaraciones] eloquent

2. [sonrisa, gesto] eloquent, meaningful;
[hechos, imágenes, datos] eloquent;
se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent o a meaningful silence;

una mirada elocuente an eloquent o a meaningful look;

los datos son elocuentes the facts speak for themselves

* * *

elocuente

adj eloquent

* * *

elocuente adj

: eloquent

♦ elocuentemente adv

Spanish-English dictionary > elocuente
8 escasez

f.

1 shortage (insuficiencia).

escasez de mano de obra labor shortage

2 scarcity, meagerness, lack, shortage.

* * *

escasez

► nombre femenino

1 (carencia) scarcity, lack, shortage

2 (mezquindad) meanness, stinginess

* * *

noun f.

1) scarcity, lack, shortage

2) want

* * *

SF

1) (=insuficiencia) shortage, scarcity más frm

escasez de agua — shortage o scarcity más frm of water

escasez de fondos — shortage of funds

hay escasez de medicamentos — there is a shortage of medicine, medicine is in short supply

escasez de mano de obra/viviendas — labour/housing shortage

2) (=pobreza) poverty

viven en la escasez — they live in poverty

3) pl escaseces (=apuros)

han pasado muchas escaseces — they suffered great hardships

4) †† (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess

* * *

femenino shortage

una época de escasez — a time of shortages

por escasez de medios — owing to a lack of resources

hubo escasez de agua — there was a water shortage

* * *

= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.

Ex. One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.

Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.

Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

Ex. The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.

Ex. This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.

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* escasez de agua = water shortage.

* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.

* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.

* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.

* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.

* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.

* una escasez de = a dearth of.

* * *

femenino shortage

una época de escasez — a time of shortages

por escasez de medios — owing to a lack of resources

hubo escasez de agua — there was a water shortage

* * *

= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.

Ex: One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.

Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.

Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

Ex: The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.

Ex: This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.

* escasez de agua = water shortage.

* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.

* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.

* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.

* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.

* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.

* una escasez de = a dearth of.

* * *

escasez

feminine

shortage

la posguerra fue una época de escasez the postwar period was a time of shortages

escasez DE algo:

la escasez de medios hizo que fracasara el plan the lack of resources led to the failure of the plan

ese verano hubo escasez de agua there was a water shortage that summer

la escasez de recursos naturales es el problema principal del país the country's main problem is its lack o shortage of natural resources o is the scarcity of its natural resources

* * *

escasez sustantivo femenino
shortage;
◊ hubo escasez de agua there was a water shortage;

por escasez de medios owing to a lack of resources
escasez sustantivo femenino shortage

' escasez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carencia
- concienciar
- déficit
- privación
- insuficiencia
- mal
- penuria
English:
absence
- basic
- chronic
- dearth
- hoard
- labour
- lack
- scarcity
- shortage
- undermanning

* * *

escasez nf

1. [insuficiencia] shortage;

hay escasez de agua en esa región there a shortage of water in that region;

la escasez de población es un problema en la zona the dearth of population is a problem in the area;

montan espectáculos con gran escasez de medios they put on shows with very slender resources

2. [pobreza] poverty;

en tiempos de escasez in times of hardship

* * *

escasez

f shortage, scarcity

* * *

escasez nf, pl - seces : shortage, scarcity

* * *

escasez n shortage

Spanish-English dictionary > escasez
9 impuesto por uno mismo

(adj.) = self-imposed

Ex. The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.

* * *

(adj.) = self-imposed

Ex: The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.

Spanish-English dictionary > impuesto por uno mismo
10 inopia

f.

indigence, poverty, penury, wretchedness.

* * *

inopia

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en la inopia familiar (distraído) to have one's head in the clouds 2 (ignorante) to be in the dark

* * *

SF indigence, poverty

- estar en la inopia

* * *

femenino (fam)

yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia — I don't know a thing about algebra

me quedé en la inopia — I was left in the dark

está siempre en la inopia — he's always daydreaming

* * *

= poverty, penury.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

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* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* * *

femenino (fam)

yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia — I don't know a thing about algebra

me quedé en la inopia — I was left in the dark

está siempre en la inopia — he's always daydreaming

* * *

= poverty, penury.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.

* * *

inopia

feminine

( fam)

yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia I don't know a thing o the first thing about algebra

mi madre está en la inopia, no se acuerda nunca de mi cumpleaños my mother's hopeless, she never remembers my birthday

a pesar de su explicación, me quedé en la inopia despite his explanation, I was none the wiser o I still didn't understand

siempre está en la inopia he's always daydreaming

* * *

inopia sustantivo femenino poverty
♦ Locuciones: estar en la inopia, to be daydreaming o not to catch on
' inopia' also found in these entries:
English:
cloud cuckoo land

* * *

inopia nf
Fam
estar en la inopia [distraído] to be miles away, to be day-dreaming;

a mí no me preguntes, yo estoy en la inopia don't ask me, I haven't got a clue

* * *

inopia

f

:

estar en la inopia fam ( distraído) be miles away fam ; ( alejado de la realidad) be on another planet fam

Spanish-English dictionary > inopia
11 lograr una solución

(v.) = effect + solution, effect + resolution

Ex. The library hopes to effect a prompt solution to the interlending problem.

Ex. The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.

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(v.) = effect + solution, effect + resolution

Ex: The library hopes to effect a prompt solution to the interlending problem.

Ex: The author uses a parallel story about Willis Joe to counterpoint the one about Slake, till the two are brought together to effect a satisfying resolution to Slake's underground life and his self-imposed 'limbo'.

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12 maquinista

f. & m.

1 engine driver (British), engineer (United States) (of train).

2 stagehand.

3 machine operator, grease monkey.

4 cameraman's assistant, focus puller.

5 engineer.

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maquinista

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (operador) machinist

2 (de tren) engine driver, US engineer

3 CINEMATOGRAFÍA camera assistant

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SMF

1) (Ferro) engine driver, engineer (EEUU); (Náut) engineer

2) (Téc) operator, machinist

3) (Teat) scene-shifter; (Cine) cameraman's assistant

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masculino y femenino

1) ( operador de una máquina) machine operator

2)

a) (Ferr) engine driver, engineer (AmE)

b) (Náut) engineer

3)

a) (Teatr) stagehand, scene shifter

b) (Cin) cameraman's assistant, focus puller

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= operator, motorman [motormen, -pl.].

Ex. If ammonia gas is used, care must be taken to duct the gas through an external ventilator to prevent the operator being overcome by fumes.

Ex. In this chapter we are told about Willis Joe Whinny, the motorman who drives the subway train that eventually almost kills Slake, but who instead rescues him from his underground life = En este capítulo se nos cuenta cómo Willis Joe Whinny, maquinista de metro, casi atropella a Slake aunque posteriormente lo rescata de su vida en los subterráneos del metro.

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masculino y femenino

1) ( operador de una máquina) machine operator

2)

a) (Ferr) engine driver, engineer (AmE)

b) (Náut) engineer

3)

a) (Teatr) stagehand, scene shifter

b) (Cin) cameraman's assistant, focus puller

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= operator, motorman [motormen, -pl.].

Ex: If ammonia gas is used, care must be taken to duct the gas through an external ventilator to prevent the operator being overcome by fumes.

Ex: In this chapter we are told about Willis Joe Whinny, the motorman who drives the subway train that eventually almost kills Slake, but who instead rescues him from his underground life = En este capítulo se nos cuenta cómo Willis Joe Whinny, maquinista de metro, casi atropella a Slake aunque posteriormente lo rescata de su vida en los subterráneos del metro.

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maquinista

masculine and feminine

A (operador de una máquina) machine operator

B

1 ( Ferr) engine driver, engineer ( AmE)

2 ( Náut) engineer

C

1 ( Teatr) stagehand, scene shifter

2 ( Cin) cameraman's assistant, focus puller

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maquinista sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 ( operador de una máquina) machine operator
2 (Ferr) engine driver, engineer (AmE);
(Náut) engineer
' maquinista' also found in these entries:
English:
driver
- engine driver
- engineer
- engine
- train

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maquinista nmf

1. [operador] (machine) operator

2. [de tren] Br engine-driver, US engineer

3. [de barco] engineer

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maquinista

m/f FERR engineer, Br

train driver

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maquinista nmf

1) : machinist

2) : railroad engineer

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maquinista n engine driver

Spanish-English dictionary > maquinista
13 miope

adj.

1 short-sighted.

una política miope (specialist term) (figurative) a short-sighted policy

2 near-sighted, shortsighted, short-sighted, myopic.

3 narrow-minded, narrow-sighted, shortsighted.

4 unimaginative, limited in scope.

f. & m.

near-sighted person, short-sighted person, myope.

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miope

► adjetivo

1 short-sighted, myopic

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 short-sighted person

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1.

ADJ short-sighted, near-sighted (EEUU), myopic frm

2.

SMF short-sighted person, near-sighted person (EEUU), myopic person frm

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I
adjetivo

a) (Med, Ópt) myopic (tech), nearsighted (AmE), short-sighted (BrE)

b) ( falto de perspicacia) short-sighted
II
masculino y femenino myopic person (tech), nearsighted person (AmE), short-sighted person (BrE)

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= nearsighted [near-sighted], myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted], myopic.

Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.

Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.

Ex. Progressing a stage further, it would be economically short-sighted, to say the least, for a large co-operative network such as OCLC in the United States or BLCMP in the UK, not to take advantage of the MARC service.

Ex. It is claimed that the use of bifocals will slow ocular growth in myopic children.

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I
adjetivo

a) (Med, Ópt) myopic (tech), nearsighted (AmE), short-sighted (BrE)

b) ( falto de perspicacia) short-sighted
II
masculino y femenino myopic person (tech), nearsighted person (AmE), short-sighted person (BrE)

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= nearsighted [near-sighted], myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted], myopic.

Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.

Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.

Ex: Progressing a stage further, it would be economically short-sighted, to say the least, for a large co-operative network such as OCLC in the United States or BLCMP in the UK, not to take advantage of the MARC service.

Ex: It is claimed that the use of bifocals will slow ocular growth in myopic children.

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miope¹

adjective

1 ( Med, Ópt) myopic ( tech), nearsighted ( AmE), short-sighted ( BrE)

no me acerques tanto el libro que no soy miope ( hum); don't put the book so close, I'm not blind!

2 (falto de perspicacia) short-sighted

miope²

masculine and feminine

myopic person ( tech), nearsighted person ( AmE), short-sighted person ( BrE)

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miope adjetivo
a) (Med, Ópt) myopic (tech), nearsighted (AmE), short-sighted (BrE)

b) ( falto de perspicacia) short-sighted

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
myopic person (tech), nearsighted person (AmE), short-sighted person (BrE)
miope adjetivo & mf short-sighted: soy miope, I'm short-sighted
' miope' also found in these entries:
English:
near-sighted
- short-sighted
- nearsighted
- peer
- short

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miope

♦ adj

1. [corto de vista] short-sighted, US near-sighted, Espec myopic

2. [poco perspicaz] short-sighted;

una política miope a short-sighted policy

♦ nmf

short-sighted o US near-sighted person, Espec myopic person;

es un miope he's short-sighted o US near-sighted, Espec he's myopic

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miope

I adj near-sighted, short-sighted

II m/f near-sighted o

short-sighted person

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miope adj

: nearsighted, myopic

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miope adj short sighted

Spanish-English dictionary > miope
14 miseria

f.

1 poverty (pobreza).

2 misfortune (desgracia).

3 meanness.

4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).

5 pittance (poco dinero).

le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing

6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.

7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.

8 hardship.

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miseria

► nombre femenino

1 (pobreza) extreme poverty

■ viven el la miseria they live in extreme poverty

2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness

3 (tacañería) meanness

4 familiar (dinero) pittance

■ pagan una miseria the pay is dreadful

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noun f.

1) misery

2) poverty

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SF

1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution

caer en la miseria — to fall into poverty

vivir en la miseria — to live in poverty

2) (=insignificancia)

una miseria — a pittance

3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess

4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl

estar lleno de miseria — to be covered with vermin

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femenino

1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution

vivir en la más absoluta miseria — to live in abject poverty

2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount

gana una miseria — she earns a pittance

3) ( desgracia) misfortune

las miserias de la guerra — the miseries of war

estar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)

quedar a la miseria — to be a write-off o (AmE) be totaled (colloq)

llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money

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= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.

Nota: Referido generalmente al dinero.

Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.

Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.

Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.

Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.

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* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.

* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.

* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.

* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.

* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.

* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.

* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.

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femenino

1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution

vivir en la más absoluta miseria — to live in abject poverty

2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount

gana una miseria — she earns a pittance

3) ( desgracia) misfortune

las miserias de la guerra — the miseries of war

estar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)

quedar a la miseria — to be a write-off o (AmE) be totaled (colloq)

llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money

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= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.

Nota: Referido generalmente al dinero.

Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.

Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.

Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.

Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.

* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.

* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.

* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.

* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.

* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.

* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.

* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.

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miseria

feminine

A (pobreza) poverty, destitution

vivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject poverty

B

(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittance

mira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)

C (desgracia) misfortune

las miserias de la guerra the miseries of war

estar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)

está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)

llorar miseria(s) (CS fam); to complain about not having any money, to plead poverty

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miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
◊ gana una miseria she earns a pittance

3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
◊ las miserias de la guerra the miseries of war

miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown

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miseria nf

1. [pobreza] poverty;

viven en la miseria they live in poverty

2. [desgracia]
las miserias de la guerra the hardships of war

3. [tacañería] meanness

4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness

5. [poco dinero] pittance;

le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;
CSur Fam
llorar miseria to plead poverty

6. Comp
RP Fam
a la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;

después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead

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miseria

f

1 poverty

2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery

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miseria nf

1) pobreza: poverty

2) : misery, suffering

3) : pittance, meager amount

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miseria n (pobreza) poverty

vive en la miseria he lives in poverty

Spanish-English dictionary > miseria
15 obligar a salir de

(v.) = force from

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

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(v.) = force from

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Spanish-English dictionary > obligar a salir de
16 pobreza

f.

poverty.

pobreza de lack o scarcity of

pobreza de espíritu weakness of character

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pobreza

► nombre femenino

1 (escasez de dinero) poverty

2 (falta) lack, scarcity

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noun f.

1) poverty

2) want

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SF

1) (=falta de dinero) poverty

vivían en la más absoluta pobreza — they lived in abject poverty

- pobreza no es vileza

2) (=escasez)

nos sorprendió la pobreza de su razonamiento — we were surprised by the poverty of his arguments

pobreza de vocabulario — poverty of vocabulary

3) (Rel)

voto de pobreza — vow of poverty

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femenino

a) ( económica) poverty

extrema pobreza — abject poverty

b) ( mediocridad) poverty, poorness

su conversación es de una pobreza deprimente — his conversation is depressingly dull

pobreza cultural y espiritual — cultural and spiritual poverty

c) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality

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= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.

Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

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* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.

* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.

* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.

* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.

* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.

* pobreza de información = information poverty.

* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.

* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.

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femenino

a) ( económica) poverty

extrema pobreza — abject poverty

b) ( mediocridad) poverty, poorness

su conversación es de una pobreza deprimente — his conversation is depressingly dull

pobreza cultural y espiritual — cultural and spiritual poverty

c) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality

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= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.

Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.

* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.

* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.

* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.

* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.

* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.

* pobreza de información = information poverty.

* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.

* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.

* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.

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pobreza

feminine

1 (económica) poverty

viven en la más extrema pobreza they live in abject poverty

pobreza franciscana abject poverty

vivían en una pobreza franciscana they were poverty-stricken, they lived in abject o absolute poverty

la comida fue de una pobreza franciscana the meal was very frugal

2 (mediocridad) poverty, poorness

su conversación es de una pobreza deprimente his conversation is depressingly dull

pobreza cultural y espiritual cultural and spiritual poverty

3 (de la tierra) poorness, poor quality

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pobreza sustantivo femenino
a) ( económica) poverty;

◊ extrema pobreza abject poverty

b) ( mediocridad) poverty, poorness

c) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality

pobreza sustantivo femenino poverty
' pobreza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bolsa
- demasiada
- demasiado
- madre
- miseria
- núcleo
- progresiva
- progresivo
- sacar
- sordidez
- tiña
- campesino
- humildad
- necesidad
- penuria
English:
close
- curse
- deprivation
- destitution
- divorce
- ensue
- penury
- pettiness
- pocket
- poverty
- poverty-stricken
- squalor
- hand
- weakness

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pobreza nf

1. [de bienes] poverty;

vivir en la pobreza to live in poverty;

pobreza de espíritu spiritual poverty

2. [escasez] poverty;

pobreza de ideas poverty of ideas

3. [de terreno] barrenness

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pobreza

f poverty

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pobreza nf

: poverty

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pobreza n poverty

Spanish-English dictionary > pobreza
17 producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que

(n.) = circumstances + converge

Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

* * *

(n.) = circumstances + converge

Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

Spanish-English dictionary > producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que
18 saciar

v.

1 to quench.

2 to satiate, to satisfy, to cloy, to glut.

La comida casera sacia mi apetito Homemade food satiates my appetite.

Esto sacia mi hambre This satiates my hunger.

3 to be satisfied with.

Me sacia el agua I am satisfied with the water.

4 to be satisfied to.

Me sacia correr I am satisfied to run.

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saciar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (hambre) to satiate; (sed) to quench

2 figurado (deseos) to satisfy; (ambiciones) to fulfil (US fulfill)

► verbo pronominal saciarse

1 to satiate oneself, be satiated

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

comer hasta saciarse to eat one's fill

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1. VT

1) [+ hambre] to satisfy; [+ sed] to quench

2) [+ deseos, curiosidad] to satisfy; [+ ambición] to fulfil, fulfill (EEUU)

2.

See:

saciarse

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1.
verbo transitivo < hambre> to satisfy; < sed> to quench; < deseo> (liter) to satiate (liter); < ambición> to fulfill*, realize
2.
saciarse v pron

comer/beber hasta saciarse — to eat/drink one's fill

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= quench, assuage.

Ex. By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.

Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.

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* saciar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

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1.
verbo transitivo < hambre> to satisfy; < sed> to quench; < deseo> (liter) to satiate (liter); < ambición> to fulfill*, realize
2.
saciarse v pron

comer/beber hasta saciarse — to eat/drink one's fill

* * *

= quench, assuage.

Ex: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.

Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.

* saciar la sed = slake + Posesivo + thirst.

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saciar [A1 ]

vt

‹hambre› to satisfy, sate ( liter); ‹sed› to quench, slake ( liter); ‹deseo/curiosidad› to satisfy; ‹ambición› to fulfill*, realize

no parará hasta saciar su deseo de venganza he will not stop until his desire for revenge is satisfied o ( liter) sated

■ saciarse

v pron

1

«persona»: comió hasta saciarse he ate his fill, he ate until he was sated o satiated ( liter)

el año pasado quedé saciada de playa I had enough o I had my fill of the beach last year

2 «curiosidad» to be satisfied; «ambición» to be fulfilled o realized

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saciar ( conjugate saciar) verbo transitivo ‹ hambre› to satisfy;
‹ sed› to quench;
‹ deseo› (liter) to satiate (liter);
‹ ambición› to fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)}, realize
saciarse verbo pronominal:
◊ comer/beber hasta saciarse to eat/drink one's fill

saciar verbo transitivo
1 (el hambre) to satisfy
2 (la sed) to quench
3 (una ambición, un deseo, una necesidad) to fulfill, satisfy

' saciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hartar
English:
quench
- assuage
- sate
- slake

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saciar

♦ vt
[satisfacer] [sed] to quench; [hambre, curiosidad] to satisfy; [ambición] to fulfil;
acudieron al festival para saciar su sed de música they went to the festival to quench their thirst for music

♦ See also the pronominal verb saciarse

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saciar

v/t fig

satisfy, fulfill, Br

fulfil

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saciar vt

1) hartar: to sate, to satiate

2) satisfacer: to satisfy

Spanish-English dictionary > saciar
19 matar

v.

1 to kill (quitar la vida a).

lo mataron a puñaladas he was stabbed to death

si se entera me mata (informal figurative) she'll kill me if she finds out

¡me vas a matar a disgustos! you'll be the death of me!

estar o llevarse a matar (con alguien) to be at daggers drawn (with somebody)

matarlas callando (informal) to be up to something on the quiet

El pillo ultima a sus víctimas The bandit executes his victims.

2 to slaughter (animal) (para consumo).

3 to tone down (apagar) (color).

4 to round (off).

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matar

► verbo transitivo

1 (persona - gen) to kill; (- asesinar) to murder

2 (animal - gen) to kill; (- para alimentación) to slaughter

3 familiar (sorprender) to have on, kid

■ ¿que se ha fugado? ¡no me mates! he ran away? you're having me on!

4 familiar (incomodar, causar dolor) to kill; (volver loco) to drive mad

■ estos zapatos me están matando this shoes are killing me

5 (dejar pasmado) to amaze, stun

■ me han matado con el cambio de jefe the change of boss really knocked me sideways

6 (pasar) to kill

■ mientras, voy a matar el tiempo dando una vuelta meanwhile, I'll go for a walk just to kill time

7 (satisfacer - sed) to quench; (- hambre) to stay, stave off

8 (inutilizar - sello) to frank

9 (destruir - ilusiones) to kill

10 (limar - arista, esquina) to round

11 (suavizar - color) to tone down

12 argot (porro, cigarrillo) to stub out

► verbo pronominal matarse

1 (involuntariamente) to die; (voluntariamente) to kill oneself

■ se mató en un accidente de tráfico she was killed in a car crash

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FRASEOLOGÍA

llevarse a matar con alguien to be at daggers drawn with somebody

matarlas callando to be a wolf in a sheep's clothing

matarse a trabajar to work oneself to death

que me maten si... I'll be damned if...

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verb

1) to kill

2) butcher, slaughter

3) pass, waste

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1. VT

1) [+ persona] to kill; [+ reses, ganado] to kill, slaughter

la mató en un ataque de celos — he killed her in a fit of jealousy

el jefe me va a matar — the boss will kill me

matar a algn a golpes — to beat sb to death

matar a algn a disgustos — to make sb's life a misery

así me maten — for the life of me

que me maten si... — I'll be damned if...

- matarlas callando

- entre todos la mataron y ella sola se murió

2) [+ tiempo, pelota] to kill; [+ sed] to quench; [+ sello] to postmark, cancel; [+ pieza] [en ajedrez] to take; [+ cal] to slake; [+ ángulo, borde] to file down; [+ color] to dull

cómete una manzana para matar el hambre — have an apple to keep you going

3) * (=molestar)

los zapatos me están matando — these shoes are killing me *

me mata tener que trabajar en sábado — it's a pain having to work on a Saturday *

4) * (=sorprender)

¿se van a casar? ¡me has matado! — they're getting married? you're kidding! *

2.

VI to kill

no matarás — (Rel) thou shalt not kill

entrar a matar — (Taur) to go in for the kill

- estar o llevarse a matar con algn

3.

See:

matarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < persona> to kill; < reses> to slaughter

lo mataron a golpes — they beat him to death

lo mató un coche — he was run over and killed by a car

hubo que matar al caballo — the horse had to be put down o destroyed

entrar a matar — (Taur) to go in for the kill

el cigarrillo acabará matándote — cigarettes will be the death of you

entre todos la mataron (y ella sola se murió) — (fr hecha) they are all to blame

que me maten si no es verdad lo que digo — may God strike me dead if I speak a word of a lie

las mata callando — he's a wolf in sheep's clothing

matarlas — (Chi fam) to blow it (colloq)

b) ( en sentido hiperbólico)

la vas a matar a disgustos — you'll be the death of her

es para matarlos — I could murder o kill them (colloq)

nos mataban de hambre — they used to starve us

cuando se entere me mata — she'll kill me when she finds out (colloq)

me mata tener que estudiar tanto — it kills me having to study so much (colloq)

me mataste, no tengo ni idea! — (fam) you've really got me there, I haven't a clue! (colloq)

estos zapatos me están matando — these shoes are killing me!

2) (fam) < sed> to quench; < tiempo> to kill

compraron fruta para matar el hambre — they bought some fruit to keep them going

3)

a) < pelota> to kill

b) < carta> to cover
2.
matar vi ( causar muerte) to kill

hay miradas que matan — if looks could kill

estar or llevarse a matar — to be at daggers drawn
3.
matarse v pron

1)

a) ( morir violentamente)

se mató en un accidente — she was killed in an accident

casi me mato — I almost got killed

b) (refl) ( suicidarse) to kill oneself

se mató de un tiro — she shot herself

2) (fam)

a) ( esforzarse)

me maté estudiando or (Esp) a estudiar — I studied like crazy o mad (colloq)

se mató trabajando — he nearly killed himself working (colloq)

b) (Méx fam) ( para un examen) to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)

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= do in, kill, murder, massacre, slaughter, slay.

Ex. When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex. The man who was the real-life Don Juan may not have been murdered for his acts of seduction but for his possible homosexuality and political subversiveness.

Ex. In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.

Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex. A bronze statue of David slaying Goliath has been unveiled in Florence today after months of painstaking restoration work.

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* Algo que se hace para matar el tiempo = time filler.

* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

* ansias de matar = bloodlust.

* así me maten = for the life of me.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* deseo de matar = bloodlust.

* disparar a matar = shoot to + kill.

* hay miradas que matan = if looks could kill....

* incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.

* licencia para matar = licence to kill.

* lo que a uno cura a otro mata = one man's meat is another man's poison.

* máquina de matar = killing machine.

* matar a alguien = take + life.

* matar a cuchillazos = stab + Nombre + to death, knife + Nombre + to death.

* matar a disparos = shoot + Nombre + dead.

* matar al enemigo = take + no prisoners.

* matar a palos = beat + Nombre + to death.

* matar a puñaladas = stab + Nombre + to death, stab + Nombre + to death, knife + Nombre + to death.

* matar con gas = gas.

* matar con la mirada = look + daggers at.

* matar de hambre = starve to + death.

* matar de un disparo = shoot, fatally + shoot.

* matar de un manotazo = swat.

* matar el rato = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle.

* matar el tiempo = kill + time.

* matar indiscriminadamente = take + no prisoners.

* matarlas callando = wolf in sheep's clothing.

* matarse trabajando = work + Reflexivo + to death, work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* sed de matar = bloodlust.

* si las miradas mataran... = if looks could kill....

* tirar a matar = go for + the jugular, deadly force, shoot to + kill.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < persona> to kill; < reses> to slaughter

lo mataron a golpes — they beat him to death

lo mató un coche — he was run over and killed by a car

hubo que matar al caballo — the horse had to be put down o destroyed

entrar a matar — (Taur) to go in for the kill

el cigarrillo acabará matándote — cigarettes will be the death of you

entre todos la mataron (y ella sola se murió) — (fr hecha) they are all to blame

que me maten si no es verdad lo que digo — may God strike me dead if I speak a word of a lie

las mata callando — he's a wolf in sheep's clothing

matarlas — (Chi fam) to blow it (colloq)

b) ( en sentido hiperbólico)

la vas a matar a disgustos — you'll be the death of her

es para matarlos — I could murder o kill them (colloq)

nos mataban de hambre — they used to starve us

cuando se entere me mata — she'll kill me when she finds out (colloq)

me mata tener que estudiar tanto — it kills me having to study so much (colloq)

me mataste, no tengo ni idea! — (fam) you've really got me there, I haven't a clue! (colloq)

estos zapatos me están matando — these shoes are killing me!

2) (fam) < sed> to quench; < tiempo> to kill

compraron fruta para matar el hambre — they bought some fruit to keep them going

3)

a) < pelota> to kill

b) < carta> to cover
2.
matar vi ( causar muerte) to kill

hay miradas que matan — if looks could kill

estar or llevarse a matar — to be at daggers drawn
3.
matarse v pron

1)

a) ( morir violentamente)

se mató en un accidente — she was killed in an accident

casi me mato — I almost got killed

b) (refl) ( suicidarse) to kill oneself

se mató de un tiro — she shot herself

2) (fam)

a) ( esforzarse)

me maté estudiando or (Esp) a estudiar — I studied like crazy o mad (colloq)

se mató trabajando — he nearly killed himself working (colloq)

b) (Méx fam) ( para un examen) to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)

* * *

= do in, kill, murder, massacre, slaughter, slay.

Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: The man who was the real-life Don Juan may not have been murdered for his acts of seduction but for his possible homosexuality and political subversiveness.

Ex: In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, 800,000 people were massacred.

Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex: A bronze statue of David slaying Goliath has been unveiled in Florence today after months of painstaking restoration work.

* Algo que se hace para matar el tiempo = time filler.

* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

* ansias de matar = bloodlust.

* así me maten = for the life of me.

* comer Algo para matar el gusanillo = eat + Comida + to keep + Nombre + going.

* deseo de matar = bloodlust.

* disparar a matar = shoot to + kill.

* hay miradas que matan = if looks could kill....

* incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.

* licencia para matar = licence to kill.

* lo que a uno cura a otro mata = one man's meat is another man's poison.

* máquina de matar = killing machine.

* matar a alguien = take + life.

* matar a cuchillazos = stab + Nombre + to death, knife + Nombre + to death.

* matar a disparos = shoot + Nombre + dead.

* matar al enemigo = take + no prisoners.

* matar a palos = beat + Nombre + to death.

* matar a puñaladas = stab + Nombre + to death, stab + Nombre + to death, knife + Nombre + to death.

* matar con gas = gas.

* matar con la mirada = look + daggers at.

* matar de hambre = starve to + death.

* matar de un disparo = shoot, fatally + shoot.

* matar de un manotazo = swat.

* matar el rato = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle.

* matar el tiempo = kill + time.

* matar indiscriminadamente = take + no prisoners.

* matarlas callando = wolf in sheep's clothing.

* matarse trabajando = work + Reflexivo + to death, work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* sed de matar = bloodlust.

* si las miradas mataran... = if looks could kill....

* tirar a matar = go for + the jugular, deadly force, shoot to + kill.

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matar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹persona› to kill; ‹reses› to slaughter

lo mataron a golpes they beat him to death

lo mató con un cuchillo she stabbed him to death

lo mató un coche he was run over and killed by a car

hubo que matar al caballo the horse had to be put down o destroyed

entrar a matar ( Taur) to go in for the kill

la vida que llevas acabará matándote you're going to kill yourself with the sort of life you're leading

entre todos la mataron (y ella sola se murió) ( fr hecha); they are all to blame

así me maten or que me maten si no es verdad lo que digo may God strike me dead if I speak a word of a lie

las mata callando he's a wolf in sheep's clothing

matarlas ( Chi fam); to blow it ( colloq)

2

(en sentido hiperbólico): pobre de tu madre, la vas a matar a disgustos your poor mother, you'll be the death of her

es para matarlos, me hicieron esperar dos horas I could murder o kill them, they kept me waiting for two hours ( colloq)

en el colegio nos matan de or ( AmL) a hambre they starve us at school

cuando se entere me mata she'll kill me when she finds out ( colloq)

me mata tener que levantarme a estas horas it kills me having to get up at this time ( colloq)

¡me mataste, no tengo ni idea! ( fam); you've really got me there, I haven't a clue! ( colloq)

¿sabes que le dieron el puesto a Rodríguez? — ¡no me mates! ( fam); you know they gave Rodríguez the job? — you're kidding! ( colloq)

estos zapatos me matan these shoes are killing me!

B ( fam); ‹sed› to quench

compraron fruta para matar el hambre they bought some fruit to keep them going o to take the edge off their appetite

para matar el tiempo to kill time

C

1 ‹pelota› to kill

2 ‹carta› to cover

■ matar

vi

1 (causar muerte) to kill

no matarás ( Bib) thou shalt not kill

hay miradas que matan if looks could kill

estar or llevarse a matar to be at daggers drawn

2

( RPl fam) «vestido/escote»: un escote que mata a sensational low neckline

mataba con ese vestido she looked stunning o ( colloq) a knockout in that dress

■ matarse

v pron

A

1

(morir violentamente): se mató en un accidente she was killed in an accident

al bajar del tren casi me mato I almost got killed getting off the train

2 ( refl) (suicidarse) to kill oneself

se mató de un tiro she shot herself

B

1 ( fam)

(esforzarse): me maté estudiando or ( Esp) a estudiar y no aprobé I studied like crazy o mad and still didn't pass ( colloq)

no hace falta que te mates haciéndolo there's no need to go crazy o to go mad o to kill yourself ( colloq)

2

( Méx fam) «estudiante»: matarse en algo to cram sth ( colloq), to swot up (on) sth ( BrE colloq)

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matar ( conjugate matar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ persona› to kill

b) ( sacrificar) ‹perro/caballo› to put down, destroy;

‹ reses› to slaughter;
◊ lo mató un coche he was run over and killed by a car

c) ( en sentido hiperbólico):

◊ la vas a matar a disgustos you'll be the death of her;

es para matarlos I could murder o kill them (colloq);
nos mataban de hambre they used to starve us;
estos zapatos me están matando these shoes are killing me!
2 (fam) ‹ sed› to quench;
‹ tiempo› to kill;
◊ compraron fruta para matar el hambre they bought some fruit to keep them going

verbo intransitivo
to kill
matarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( morir violentamente) to be killed;

◊ casi me mato I almost got killed

b) ( refl) ( suicidarse) to kill oneself;

◊ se mató de un tiro she shot herself

2 (fam)
a) ( esforzarse): me maté estudiando or (Esp) a estudiar I studied like crazy o mad (colloq)

b) (Méx fam) ( para un examen) to cram (colloq), to swot (BrE colloq)

matar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to kill
(al ganado) to slaughter
2 (el hambre, la sed, el tiempo) to kill
3 (en exageraciones) el dolor de cabeza me está matando, my headache is killing me
el ruido me mata, noise drives me mad
4 (las aristas) to smooth
5 (sello) to frank
' matar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- pájaro
- rematar
- suerte
- tiempo
- apedrear
- cargar
- disparar
- eliminar
- liquidar
- martirizar
- matanza
- quebrar
- sangre
- terminar
- tirar
- ultimar
English:
bird
- butcher
- club
- dead
- deliberate
- destroy
- do in
- execute
- gun down
- kill
- knock off
- pants
- put off
- shoot
- shoot down
- slaughter
- slay
- time
- trump
- wrong
- cut
- finish
- murder
- strike
- swat

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matar

♦ vt

1. [quitar la vida a] to kill;
[animal] [para consumo] to slaughter;
lo mató un rayo he was struck by lightning and killed;

lo mató un tren he died after being hit by a train;

lo mató de una puñalada/de un tiro en el corazón she killed him with a single stab/shot to the heart;

en este comedor nos matan de hambre the portions are terribly small in this canteen;

lo mataron a puñaladas they stabbed him to death, he was stabbed to death;

lo mataron a tiros they shot him (dead), he was shot (dead);

el alcohol la está matando alcohol is killing her;
Fam Fig
como descubra al responsable, lo mato if I find out who's responsible I'll kill him;
Fam Fig
si se entera me mata she'll kill me if she finds out;
Fam Fig
es para matarte que no sepas eso you ought to be ashamed of yourself not knowing a thing like that;

Comp

matar dos pájaros de un tiro to kill two birds with one stone;

Comp

estar o [m5] llevarse a matar (con alguien) to be at daggers drawn (with sb);

Comp
Fam
matarlas callando [tramar algo] to be up to something on the quiet;
[obrar con hipocresía] to be a wolf in sheep's clothing;
Comp
Fam
que me maten si: que me maten si lo entiendo I'm damned if I can understand it;

que me maten si no ocurrió así I swear to God that's what happened

2. [hacer sufrir, molestar mucho]
¡me vais a matar a disgustos! you'll be the death of me!;

¡este calor/dolor me mata! the heat/pain is killing me!;

¡estos zapatos me están matando! these shoes are killing me!;

me matas con esas tonterías que dices you're driving me mad with all the nonsense you talk!

3. [apagar, hacer pasar] [color] to tone down;
[sed] to quench; [fuego] to put out; [cal] to slake;
mato las horas o [m5] el tiempo viendo la televisión I kill time watching television;

tomaré unas galletas para matar el hambre o [m5] el gusanillo I'll have some Br biscuits o US cookies to keep me going

4. [redondear, limar] to round (off)

5. [en juegos] [carta] to beat, to top;
[ficha, pieza de ajedrez] to take, to capture
6. Fam [destrozar, estropear] to ruin;

no quisiera matar sus ilusiones I don't want to dash your hopes;

el salón es bonito, pero ese cuadro lo mata the living-room is nice, but that picture totally ruins it

♦ vi

to kill;

no matarás [mandamiento] thou shalt not kill;

Comp

hay amores que matan you can love somebody too much;

Comp

hay miradas que matan if looks could kill;

Comp
RP Fam
que mata: tiene un olor que mata it smells disgusting;

con esa mini quedás que matás you look drop-dead gorgeous in that miniskirt

♦ See also the pronominal verb matarse

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matar

I v/t

1 persona, tiempo kill;

matar a tiros shoot dead, shoot to death;

matarlas callando fam be a wolf in sheep’s clothing

2 ganado slaughter

3 hambre satisfy; sed quench, slake

II v/i kill;

no matarás thou shalt not kill;

estar a matar con alguien be at daggers drawn with s.o.

* * *

matar vt

1) : to kill

2) : to slaughter, to butcher

3) apagar: to extinguish, to put out (fire, light)

4) : to tone down (colors)

5) : to pass, to waste (time)

6) : to trump (in card games)

matar vi

: to kill

♦ See also the reflexive verb matarse

* * *

matar vb to kill

dicen que mató a varias personas they say he killed several people

Spanish-English dictionary > matar
20 acardenalado

adj.

covered with bruises, black-and-blue.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: acardenalar.

* * *

= bruised.

Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.

* * *

= bruised.

Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.

Spanish-English dictionary > acardenalado

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