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  • 1 social

    adj.
    social.
    * * *
    1 social
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de la sociedad) social
    2) (Com, Econ) company antes de s, company's

    acuerdo social, pacto social — wages agreement

    paz social — industrial harmony, agreement between employers and unions

    2.
    SMPL (Escol) * social studies
    * * *
    1)
    a) <problemas/clase/lucha> social
    b) <reunión/compromiso> social
    2) (Fin) company (before n)
    * * *
    = social, societal, socialising [socializing, -USA], socialised [socialized, -USA], gregarious.
    Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex. A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.
    Ex. Thus teachers especially, because they have a captive audience, find themselves along with parents and a child's peers, one of a triumvirate of main socializing agents in a child's life.
    Ex. The client is rational and socialized and to a large extent determines self-destiny.
    Ex. The most popular activities are either those involving little physical effort (eg, listening to records), looking after the house & garden, or gregarious activities like going out for a drink.
    ----
    * acontecimiento social = community event, social.
    * actividad social = social activity.
    * acto social = networking event.
    * adaptación social = social adjustment.
    * agitación social = social upheaval.
    * aislamiento social = social isolation.
    * ansiedad social = social anxiety.
    * aprovechada de la asistencia social = welfare queen.
    * armonía social = social harmony.
    * asistencia social = social relief, welfare.
    * asistencia social para los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].
    * asistente social de barrio = community worker.
    * ayuda social = welfare benefits.
    * bienestar social = social welfare, welfare.
    * cambio social = social change, societal change.
    * capa social más distinguida, la = crust, the.
    * capital social = social capital.
    * causa social = social cause.
    * centro de asistencia social = welfare facility.
    * centro social = community centre, community hall.
    * centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.
    * ciencias sociales = social sciences, soft sciences, the.
    * club social = civic club.
    * cohesión social = social cohesion.
    * comentario social = social commentary.
    * complejo recreativo y social = leisure centre.
    * comportamiento social = social graces.
    * compromiso social = social engagement.
    * concertación social = social harmony.
    * conciencia social = social consciousness.
    * condiciones sociales = walks (of/in) life.
    * condición social = station in life.
    * conflictividad social = social unrest.
    * conflicto social = social conflict.
    * contrato social = social contract.
    * con una orientación social = socially-oriented.
    * convención social = social convention.
    * crítica social = social commentary.
    * cuestión social = social issue, societal issue.
    * cultura social = social culture.
    * debate social = public discourse.
    * derechos sociales = social rights.
    * descontento social = civil unrest, social unrest.
    * de una clase social superior = above + Posesivo + class.
    * diferencia social = social gap.
    * dimensión social = social dimension.
    * distancia social = social distance.
    * encuentro social = networking event.
    * enfermedad social = social disease.
    * entramado social, el = social web, the.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * equiparación social = social levelling.
    * escoria social de raza blanca = white trash.
    * espacio social = social space.
    * estatus social = class standing.
    * estratificación social = social stratification.
    * etiquetado social = social tagging.
    * evento social = social.
    * exclusión social = social exclusion.
    * fobia social = social anxiety.
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * hacer vida social = socialise [socialize, -USA].
    * inadaptación social = social maladjustment.
    * inadaptado social = social misfit.
    * incompetente social = geek, nerd, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * incorporación social = social inclusion.
    * Indice de Citas de las Ciencias Sociales (SSCI) = Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
    * inepto social = nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * influencia social = social influence.
    * injusticia social = social injustice.
    * inserción social = social insertion.
    * interacción social = social interaction.
    * malestar social = civil unrest, social malaise, social unrest.
    * marginación social = social exclusion.
    * marginado social = social outcast.
    * mediación social = social mediation.
    * medios de comunicación social = mass media.
    * mejora social = social improvement.
    * memoria social = social memory.
    * nivelación social = social levelling.
    * política social = social policy.
    * posición social = social standing.
    * práctica social = meme.
    * presión social = social pressure.
    * prestación social sustitut = community service.
    * profesión de vocación social = caring profession.
    * programa social = social program(me).
    * progreso social = social progress.
    * promoción social = social advancement.
    * rechazado social = social outcast.
    * redes sociales = social networking.
    * reintegración social = social reintegration.
    * reunión social = social gathering.
    * riesgo social = social risk.
    * salón social = community room, drop-in lounge, community hall.
    * sátira social = social satire.
    * seguridad social = social security.
    * Seguridad Social Británica = National Health Service (NHS).
    * seguro social = social insurance.
    * servicio social = social service.
    * servicio social sustitutorio = community service.
    * servicios sociales = human services.
    * sistema social = social system.
    * social demócrata = social democratic.
    * tejido social, el = social web, the, fabric of society, the.
    * tendencia social = social trend.
    * urbanización de viviendas sociales = council estate.
    * velada social = social evening.
    * vivienda social = council tenancy, council house.
    * web social, la = social web, the.
    * * *
    1)
    a) <problemas/clase/lucha> social
    b) <reunión/compromiso> social
    2) (Fin) company (before n)
    * * *
    = social, societal, socialising [socializing, -USA], socialised [socialized, -USA], gregarious.

    Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.

    Ex: A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.
    Ex: Thus teachers especially, because they have a captive audience, find themselves along with parents and a child's peers, one of a triumvirate of main socializing agents in a child's life.
    Ex: The client is rational and socialized and to a large extent determines self-destiny.
    Ex: The most popular activities are either those involving little physical effort (eg, listening to records), looking after the house & garden, or gregarious activities like going out for a drink.
    * acontecimiento social = community event, social.
    * actividad social = social activity.
    * acto social = networking event.
    * adaptación social = social adjustment.
    * agitación social = social upheaval.
    * aislamiento social = social isolation.
    * ansiedad social = social anxiety.
    * aprovechada de la asistencia social = welfare queen.
    * armonía social = social harmony.
    * asistencia social = social relief, welfare.
    * asistencia social para los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].
    * asistente social de barrio = community worker.
    * ayuda social = welfare benefits.
    * bienestar social = social welfare, welfare.
    * cambio social = social change, societal change.
    * capa social más distinguida, la = crust, the.
    * capital social = social capital.
    * causa social = social cause.
    * centro de asistencia social = welfare facility.
    * centro social = community centre, community hall.
    * centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.
    * ciencias sociales = social sciences, soft sciences, the.
    * club social = civic club.
    * cohesión social = social cohesion.
    * comentario social = social commentary.
    * complejo recreativo y social = leisure centre.
    * comportamiento social = social graces.
    * compromiso social = social engagement.
    * concertación social = social harmony.
    * conciencia social = social consciousness.
    * condiciones sociales = walks (of/in) life.
    * condición social = station in life.
    * conflictividad social = social unrest.
    * conflicto social = social conflict.
    * contrato social = social contract.
    * con una orientación social = socially-oriented.
    * convención social = social convention.
    * crítica social = social commentary.
    * cuestión social = social issue, societal issue.
    * cultura social = social culture.
    * debate social = public discourse.
    * derechos sociales = social rights.
    * descontento social = civil unrest, social unrest.
    * de una clase social superior = above + Posesivo + class.
    * diferencia social = social gap.
    * dimensión social = social dimension.
    * distancia social = social distance.
    * encuentro social = networking event.
    * enfermedad social = social disease.
    * entramado social, el = social web, the.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * equiparación social = social levelling.
    * escoria social de raza blanca = white trash.
    * espacio social = social space.
    * estatus social = class standing.
    * estratificación social = social stratification.
    * etiquetado social = social tagging.
    * evento social = social.
    * exclusión social = social exclusion.
    * fobia social = social anxiety.
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * hacer vida social = socialise [socialize, -USA].
    * inadaptación social = social maladjustment.
    * inadaptado social = social misfit.
    * incompetente social = geek, nerd, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * incorporación social = social inclusion.
    * Indice de Citas de las Ciencias Sociales (SSCI) = Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
    * inepto social = nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].
    * influencia social = social influence.
    * injusticia social = social injustice.
    * inserción social = social insertion.
    * interacción social = social interaction.
    * malestar social = civil unrest, social malaise, social unrest.
    * marginación social = social exclusion.
    * marginado social = social outcast.
    * mediación social = social mediation.
    * medios de comunicación social = mass media.
    * mejora social = social improvement.
    * memoria social = social memory.
    * nivelación social = social levelling.
    * política social = social policy.
    * posición social = social standing.
    * práctica social = meme.
    * presión social = social pressure.
    * prestación social sustitut = community service.
    * profesión de vocación social = caring profession.
    * programa social = social program(me).
    * progreso social = social progress.
    * promoción social = social advancement.
    * rechazado social = social outcast.
    * redes sociales = social networking.
    * reintegración social = social reintegration.
    * reunión social = social gathering.
    * riesgo social = social risk.
    * salón social = community room, drop-in lounge, community hall.
    * sátira social = social satire.
    * seguridad social = social security.
    * Seguridad Social Británica = National Health Service (NHS).
    * seguro social = social insurance.
    * servicio social = social service.
    * servicio social sustitutorio = community service.
    * servicios sociales = human services.
    * sistema social = social system.
    * social demócrata = social democratic.
    * tejido social, el = social web, the, fabric of society, the.
    * tendencia social = social trend.
    * urbanización de viviendas sociales = council estate.
    * velada social = social evening.
    * vivienda social = council tenancy, council house.
    * web social, la = social web, the.

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    A
    1 ‹cambio/problemas› social; ‹clase/lucha› social
    las reivindicaciones sociales de los trabajadores the workers' demands for improvements in social conditions
    2 ‹reunión/compromiso› social
    notas sociales or agenda social ( Period) society column/pages
    B ( Fin) company ( before n) capital2 (↑ capital (2)), razón, sede
    ( Esp)
    undercover police officer
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    social adjetivo
    social
    social adjetivo
    1 social
    2 Fin capital social, share capital
    domicilio social, registered address
    ' social' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agitación
    - alta
    - ambiente
    - argot
    - arribista
    - asistencia
    - asistente
    - beneficio
    - capital
    - cartilla
    - casta
    - círculo
    - clase
    - condición
    - conflictividad
    - convulsión
    - cotizar
    - cotización
    - entorno
    - específica
    - específico
    - estratificación
    - extracción
    - FSE
    - humildad
    - humilde
    - imponerse
    - INSERSO
    - insumisa
    - insumiso
    - malestar
    - movimiento
    - nivel
    - orientarse
    - rango
    - retirarse
    - seguridad
    - señor
    - situarse
    - socialdemócrata
    - SS
    - tertuliana
    - tertuliano
    - tratar
    - trepa
    - advenedizo
    - aportar
    - aporte
    - bien
    - bienestar
    English:
    antisocial
    - atmosphere
    - benefit
    - caring professions
    - civil
    - class
    - climber
    - community centre
    - dinner
    - enhance
    - health service
    - inbred
    - institution
    - Ivy League
    - ladder
    - lounge
    - misfit
    - National Insurance
    - NHS
    - pecking order
    - position
    - rise
    - rising
    - share capital
    - skill
    - social
    - social climber
    - Social Democrat
    - social insurance
    - social sciences
    - social security
    - social services
    - social welfare
    - social worker
    - socialize
    - socializing
    - standing
    - station
    - unrest
    - village hall
    - visitor
    - walk
    - welfare
    - welfare centre
    - welfare worker
    - ASBO
    - barbecue
    - bee
    - claim
    - code
    * * *
    social adj
    1. [clase, organización, lucha] social
    2. [vida, actividad] social
    3. Econ
    capital social share capital;
    sede social headquarters, head office
    * * *
    adj social
    * * *
    social adj
    : social
    ♦ socialmente adv
    * * *
    social adj social

    Spanish-English dictionary > social

  • 2 sátira social

    Ex. The author uses animal characters to portray political and social satire.
    * * *

    Ex: The author uses animal characters to portray political and social satire.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sátira social

  • 3 comentario social

    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    * * *

    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comentario social

  • 4 crítica social

    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    * * *

    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.

    Spanish-English dictionary > crítica social

  • 5 sátira

    f.
    1 satire, sarcasm, sarcastical humor, sarcastical humour.
    2 satire, literary gender which makes uses of humor to ridiculize, satiric work, satiric writing.
    3 satire, satiric remark, caustic remark, sarcastic remark.
    * * *
    1 satire
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino satire
    * * *
    = satire, squib, skit, lampooning.
    Ex. The deputy detected her satire, and wondered aloud why the authors would have appropriated that particular language.
    Ex. To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    ----
    * sátira política = political satire.
    * sátira social = social satire.
    * * *
    femenino satire
    * * *
    = satire, squib, skit, lampooning.

    Ex: The deputy detected her satire, and wondered aloud why the authors would have appropriated that particular language.

    Ex: To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    * sátira política = political satire.
    * sátira social = social satire.

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    satire
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    sátira sustantivo femenino
    satire
    sátira sustantivo femenino satire
    ' sátira' also found in these entries:
    English:
    lampoon
    - satire
    * * *
    satire
    * * *
    f satire
    * * *
    : satire

    Spanish-English dictionary > sátira

  • 6 sátira política

    Ex. The author uses animal characters to portray political and social satire.
    * * *

    Ex: The author uses animal characters to portray political and social satire.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sátira política

  • 7 alegre

    adj.
    1 happy (contento).
    2 cheerful, bright.
    3 tipsy (borracho).
    4 perky, bright, sunny, debonair.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: alegrar.
    * * *
    1 (contento) happy, glad
    2 (color) bright
    3 (música) lively
    4 (espacio) cheerful, pleasant
    6 eufemístico (irreflexivo) thoughtless, irresponsible, rash
    \
    alegre de cascos familiar scatterbrained
    * * *
    adj.
    1) glad, cheerful, happy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=feliz) [persona] happy; [cara, carácter] happy, cheerful
    2) (=luminoso) [día, habitación, color] bright
    3) [música, fiesta] lively
    4) * (=borracho)

    estar alegre — to be merry o tipsy *

    5) (=irresponsable) thoughtless
    6) (=inmoral) [vida] fast; [chiste] † risqué, blue
    mujer 1)
    * * *
    a) <persona/carácter> happy, cheerful; < color> bright; <fiesta/música> lively

    es muy alegre — she's very cheerful, she's a very happy girl

    b) [estar] ( por el alcohol) tipsy (colloq)
    * * *
    = cheerful, lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], jolly [jollier -comp., jolliest -sup.], merry [merrier -comp., merriest -sup.], joyful, blithe, gleeful, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.], cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], good-humoured.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex. 'Let folks alone and all will then be jolly'.
    Ex. Maybe Juan and his merry companions would be happy to relegate us to the boiler room, or a janitor's closet!.
    Ex. It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.
    Ex. According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex. However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.
    Ex. The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.
    Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    Ex. This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex. The second thing is being good-humoured, not to get angry or pontificate or be dogmatic.
    ----
    * más alegre que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.
    * * *
    a) <persona/carácter> happy, cheerful; < color> bright; <fiesta/música> lively

    es muy alegre — she's very cheerful, she's a very happy girl

    b) [estar] ( por el alcohol) tipsy (colloq)
    * * *
    = cheerful, lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], light hearted [light-hearted/lighhearted], jolly [jollier -comp., jolliest -sup.], merry [merrier -comp., merriest -sup.], joyful, blithe, gleeful, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.], cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], good-humoured.

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex: 'Let folks alone and all will then be jolly'.
    Ex: Maybe Juan and his merry companions would be happy to relegate us to the boiler room, or a janitor's closet!.
    Ex: It's that joyful leap from one place to another that symbolises the freedom to explore on the web.
    Ex: According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex: However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.
    Ex: The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.
    Ex: The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    Ex: This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex: The second thing is being good-humoured, not to get angry or pontificate or be dogmatic.
    * más alegre que unas castañuelas = as happy as Larry.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/carácter› happy, cheerful; ‹color› bright; ‹fiesta› lively; ‹música› lively
    su habitación es muy alegre her room is very bright
    es muy alegre, siempre está de buen humor she's very cheerful o she's a very happy person, she's always in a good mood
    se puso muy alegre con la noticia the news made him very happy
    2 [ ESTAR] (por el alcohol) tipsy ( colloq), merry ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo alegrar: ( conjugate alegrar)

    alegré es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    alegre es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    alegrar    
    alegre
    alegrar ( conjugate alegrar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( hacer feliz) ‹ persona› to make … happy;

    ◊ me alegra saberlo I'm glad o pleased to hear it

    b) ( animar) ‹ persona› to cheer up;

    ‹ fiesta› to liven up;
    ‹ habitación› to brighten up;
    ◊ ¡alegra esa cara! cheer up!

    alegrarse verbo pronominal
    a) (ponerse feliz, contento):


    se alegró muchísimo cuando lo vio she was really happy when she saw him;
    ¡cuánto me alegro! I'm so happy o pleased!;
    está mucho mejor — me alegro she's much better — I'm glad (to hear that);
    alegrese con algo to be glad o pleased about sth;
    me alegro de verte it's good o nice to see you;
    me alegro de que todo haya salido bien I'm glad o pleased that everything went well


    alegre adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/carácter› happy, cheerful;

    ‹ color› bright;
    ‹fiesta/música› lively;

    es muy alegre she's very cheerful, she's a very happy person
    b) [estar] ( por el alcohol) tipsy (colloq)

    alegrar verbo transitivo
    1 (contentar, satisfacer) to make happy o glad: me alegra que me haga esa pregunta, I'm glad you asked that
    2 fig (animar) to enliven, brighten up
    alegre adjetivo
    1 (contento) happy, glad ➣ Ver nota en gay
    2 (color vivo) bright
    (música) lively
    (habitáculo) pleasant, cheerful
    3 fig (achispado, bebido) tipsy, merry
    ' alegre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    excesivamente
    - feliz
    - gay
    - pletórica
    - pletórico
    - viva
    - vivo
    - contento
    - vida
    English:
    bright
    - brighten up
    - cheerful
    - cheery
    - festive
    - gay
    - glad
    - gleeful
    - happy
    - jaunty
    - jolly
    - joyful
    - joyous
    - light-hearted
    - merry
    - perky
    - rip-roaring
    - sunny
    - tipsy
    - good
    - light
    - lively
    - self
    * * *
    alegre adj
    1. [persona] happy, cheerful;
    estás muy alegre you're very happy o cheerful today;
    ¡hay que estar alegre! cheer up!;
    es una persona muy alegre she's a very happy o cheerful person
    2. [fiesta, día] lively
    3. [habitación, decoración, color] bright
    4. [irreflexivo] happy-go-lucky;
    hace las cosas de un modo muy alegre she's very happy-go-lucky
    5. [borracho] tipsy, merry
    6. Euf
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( contento) happy; por naturaleza happy, cheerful
    2 fam ( bebido) tipsy
    * * *
    alegre adj
    1) : glad, cheerful
    2) : colorful, bright
    3) fam : tipsy
    * * *
    alegre adj
    1. (persona) happy [comp. happier; superl. happiest] / cheerful
    2. (color, habitación) bright
    3. (música, fiesta) lively [comp. livelier; superl. liveliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > alegre

  • 8 de un modo estrafalario

    = bizarrely, freakishly
    Ex. His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.
    Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    * * *
    = bizarrely, freakishly

    Ex: His cognitive abilities were severely compromised, and he confabulated continuously and bizarrely.

    Ex: The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo estrafalario

  • 9 de un modo extraño

    Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    * * *

    Ex: The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo extraño

  • 10 de un modo raro

    Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    * * *

    Ex: The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo raro

  • 11 divertido

    adj.
    amusing, cool, entertaining, fun.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: divertir.
    * * *
    1→ link=divertir divertir
    1 (gracioso) funny, amusing
    2 (entretenido) fun, entertaining, enjoyable
    * * *
    (f. - divertida)
    adj.
    1) amusing, funny
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=entretenido) [libro, película] entertaining; [chiste, persona] funny, amusing

    ¡qué divertido! ¿ahora me dices que no puedes ir? — iró that's just great! now you tell me you can't go?

    2)

    estar divertido — LAm * to be tight *

    DIVERTIDO ¿"Funny o fun"? ► Divertido solo se puede traducir por funny si nos hace reír: Acabo de ver una obra muy divertida I've just seen a very funny play ► Cuando hablamos de una actividad o situación divertida (en el sentido de entretenida y agradable), a menudo se la puede describir en inglés como fun: Me gusta jugar al escondite. Es muy divertido I like playing hide and seek. It's great fun NOTA: Fun es un sustantivo incontable y por lo tanto, al contrario que funny, no puede ir acompañado de adverbios como very. Se suele acompañar de great, good y a lot of. Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (que interesa, divierte) <espectáculo/fiesta> fun, enjoyable; <momento/situación> entertaining

    es un tipo muy divertido — he's a really fun guy, he's really fun to be with

    b) ( gracioso) funny
    * * *
    = amused, enjoyable, facetious, laughable, hilarious, fun, amusing, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], playful, cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], comedic, droll.
    Ex. After the wait, her first words emerged with an amused laugh.
    Ex. Having made this prefatory warning, it has also to be said that many teachers successfully contrive to make reviewing an enjoyable and useful ingredient in their book and reading programs.
    Ex. This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.
    Ex. It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex. In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.
    Ex. To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex. In the proceedings of the pioneer 1876 Conference of Librarians we can read that 'Mr Edmands gave some amusing illustrations to show that readers often had only the most vague idea of what they really wanted'.
    Ex. This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).
    Ex. The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.
    Ex. The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    Ex. In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.
    Ex. Never sentimental, the movie has moments of droll, deadpan humor.
    ----
    * algo diverto que hacer = fun thing to do.
    * de forma divertida = funnily.
    * de manera divertida = funnily.
    * de modo divertido = comically, funnily.
    * lo divertido = the fun part.
    * resultar divertido = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (que interesa, divierte) <espectáculo/fiesta> fun, enjoyable; <momento/situación> entertaining

    es un tipo muy divertido — he's a really fun guy, he's really fun to be with

    b) ( gracioso) funny
    * * *
    = amused, enjoyable, facetious, laughable, hilarious, fun, amusing, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], playful, cheery [cheerier -comp., cheeriest -sup.], comedic, droll.

    Ex: After the wait, her first words emerged with an amused laugh.

    Ex: Having made this prefatory warning, it has also to be said that many teachers successfully contrive to make reviewing an enjoyable and useful ingredient in their book and reading programs.
    Ex: This might, perhaps, be considered a facetious example; however, consider the effect of the indiscriminate use of LATIN AMERICA and SPANISH AMERICA.
    Ex: It's laughable when Archie Bunker says that, because we know he's an uneducated slob.
    Ex: In studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.
    Ex: To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex: In the proceedings of the pioneer 1876 Conference of Librarians we can read that 'Mr Edmands gave some amusing illustrations to show that readers often had only the most vague idea of what they really wanted'.
    Ex: This article reviews on-line data bases that may be used to search for references to humour (cartoons, funny articles and books, and medical aspects of humour).
    Ex: The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.
    Ex: The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
    Ex: In the year 2000, news and entertainment programs dedicated a great deal of comedic attention to the presidential election.
    Ex: Never sentimental, the movie has moments of droll, deadpan humor.
    * algo diverto que hacer = fun thing to do.
    * de forma divertida = funnily.
    * de manera divertida = funnily.
    * de modo divertido = comically, funnily.
    * lo divertido = the fun part.
    * resultar divertido = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

    * * *
    1 (que interesa, recrea, divierte) ‹espectáculo/fiesta› fun, enjoyable; ‹momento/situación› entertaining
    fue una fiesta muy divertida it was a very enjoyable o ( colloq) a fun party, the party was a lot of fun o was great fun
    el baile estuvo muy divertido the dance was very entertaining o great fun
    ¡qué divertido! ahora va y se pone a llover ( iró); (that's) wonderful o great! now it's started raining ( iro)
    es un tipo muy divertido he's a really fun guy o a very entertaining guy, he's really fun to be with
    2 (gracioso) funny
    * * *

     

    Del verbo divertir: ( conjugate divertir)

    divertido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    divertido    
    divertir
    divertido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (que interesa, divierte) ‹espectáculo/fiesta› fun, enjoyable;

    ‹momento/situación› entertaining;


    divertir ( conjugate divertir) verbo transitivo
    to amuse
    divertirse verbo pronominal ( entretenerse) to amuse oneself;
    ( pasarlo bien) to have fun, enjoy oneself;
    ◊ ¡que te diviertas! have fun!, enjoy yourself!;

    nos divertimos mucho en la fiesta we had a really good time at the party
    divertido,-a adjetivo funny, amusing: son una pareja muy divertida, they are a very amusing couple
    un libro divertido, a funny book ➣ Ver nota en funny
    divertir verbo transitivo to amuse, entertain

    ' divertido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amén
    - divertida
    - lance
    - monda
    - salada
    - salado
    - simpática
    - simpático
    - tío
    - cachondo
    - gracioso
    - más
    - piola
    English:
    amusing
    - comic
    - enjoyable
    - entertaining
    - fun
    - funny
    - humorous
    - hysterical
    - riotously
    - amused
    - company
    * * *
    divertido, -a adj
    1. [entretenido] [película, libro] entertaining;
    [fiesta] enjoyable;
    la fiesta fue de lo más divertido it was such an enjoyable party
    2. [gracioso] [persona, chiste] funny, amusing;
    es un chico muy divertido he's a very funny o amusing boy;
    encontraba divertido aquel entusiasmo pueril I found this childish enthusiasm amusing
    3. Andes, Arg, Guat [achispado] tipsy
    * * *
    adj
    1 funny
    2 ( entretenido) entertaining
    * * *
    divertido, -da adj
    1) : amusing, funny
    2) : entertaining, enjoyable
    * * *
    1. (gracioso) funny [comp. funnier; superl. funniest] / amusing
    2. (entretenido) enjoyable
    ¡qué divertido! what fun!

    Spanish-English dictionary > divertido

  • 12 pícaro

    adj.
    mischievous, impish, rascally, naughty.
    m.
    rascal, little wretch, scamp, picaro.
    * * *
    1 (astuto) crafty, sly
    2 (atrevido) wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona astuta) slyboots, crafty devil
    * * *
    pícaro, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=taimado) sly, crafty; (=travieso) [niño] naughty, mischievous
    2) (=deshonesto) crooked; (=pillo) roguish, knavish
    3) hum naughty, wicked

    ¡este pícaro siglo! — what naughty times we live in!

    4) (=precoz) [niño] precocious, knowing ( esp sexually aware before the proper age)
    2. SM / F
    1) (=granuja) rogue, scoundrel; (=ladino) sly sort; (=niño) rascal, scamp

    ¡pícaro! — you rascal!

    2) (Literat) rogue
    PÍCARO In Spanish literature, especially of the Golden Age, the pícaro is a roguish character whose travels and adventures are used as a vehicle for social satire. The anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which relates the life and adventures of one such character, is thought to be the first of the genre known as the picaresque novel, or novela picaresca. Other well-known picaresque novels were written by Cervantes (Rinconete y Cortadillo) and Francisco de Quevedo (El Buscón).
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( ladino) crafty, cunning
    b) ( malicioso) < persona> naughty, wicked (colloq); <chiste/comentario> naughty, racy; <mirada/sonrisa> wicked (colloq), cheeky (BrE)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain
    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = rogue, elfin, impish, crafty, mischievous, playful.
    Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex. The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( ladino) crafty, cunning
    b) ( malicioso) < persona> naughty, wicked (colloq); <chiste/comentario> naughty, racy; <mirada/sonrisa> wicked (colloq), cheeky (BrE)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain
    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = rogue, elfin, impish, crafty, mischievous, playful.

    Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.

    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex: The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.

    * * *
    pícaro1 -ra
    1 (ladino) crafty, cunning
    2 (malicioso) ‹persona› naughty, wicked ( colloq); ‹chiste/comentario› naughty, racy; ‹mirada/sonrisa› wicked ( colloq), cheeky ( BrE)
    pícaro2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Lit) rogue, villain
    2 (astuto) cunning o crafty devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    pícaro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo


    b) ( malicioso) ‹ persona› naughty, wicked (colloq);

    ‹chiste/comentario› naughty, racy;
    ‹mirada/sonrisa› mischievous, cheeky (BrE)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain

    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)

    ' pícaro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - granuja
    - maliciosa
    - malicioso
    - socarrón
    - socarrona
    - sabandija
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    glint
    - mischievous
    - rogue
    - roguish
    - cheeky
    - playful
    * * *
    pícaro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [astuto] cunning, crafty;
    ¡qué pícaro es este gato! this cat is very cunning o sly
    2. [travieso] naughty, mischievous
    3. [atrevido] [persona] bold, daring;
    [comentario] naughty, racy; [sonrisa] wicked, cheeky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Lit rogue [protagonist in picaresque novels]
    2. [astuto] sly person, rogue
    3. [travieso] rascal
    4. [atrevido] brazen person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 persona crafty, sly
    2 comentario mischievous
    II m rogue
    * * *
    pícaro, -ra adj
    1) : mischievous
    2) : cunning, sly
    3) : off-color, risqué
    pícaro, -ra n
    1) : rogue, scoundrel
    2) : rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pícaro

  • 13 serio

    adj.
    1 serious, grave, humorless, unsmiling.
    2 serious, intense, grave, heavy.
    3 serious, responsible, reliable, businesslike.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: seriar.
    * * *
    1 (importante) serious, grave
    2 (severo) serious
    3 (formal) reliable, responsible, dependable
    4 (color) sober; (traje etc) formal
    \
    en serio seriously
    ■ lo digo en serio I'm quite serious, I mean it
    ¿en serio? are you serious?, do you really mean that?, really?
    ir en serio to be true, be serious
    tomar en serio to take seriously
    * * *
    (f. - seria)
    adj.
    1) serious, earnest
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [expresión, tono] serious

    ¿por qué estás hoy tan serio? — why are you (looking) so serious today?

    se quedó mirándome muy serio — he looked at me very seriously, he stared gravely at me

    ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo

    2)

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you serious?, do you really mean it?

    3) [problema, enfermedad, pérdida] serious
    4) (=fiable) [persona] reliable; [trato] straight, honest
    5) (=severo)
    6) [estudio, libro] serious
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio — < hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.
    Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex. From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    ----
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio — < hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.

    Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex: From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.

    * * *
    con pinta de intelectual, seriecito y callado with an intellectual, rather serious o solemn and quiet air
    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? what a long face, what's the matter? ( colloq)
    al oír la noticia se puso muy serio his expression became very serious o grave when he heard the news
    qué serio estás hoy ¿estás preocupado? you're looking very serious today, are you worried about something?
    como no obedezcas voy a tener que ponerme serio contigo if you don't do as I say I'm going to get annoyed with you
    B
    (sensato, responsable): un empleado serio y trabajador a responsible o reliable, hardworking employee
    no es serio que nos digan una cosa y luego hagan otra it's no way to treat people ( o to conduct business etc) saying one thing and then doing another
    no confío en él, es muy poco serio I don't trust him, he is very unreliable
    son todos profesionales muy serios they are all dedicated professionals
    C
    1 (no frívolo, importante) serious
    ha hecho cine serio y también comedias tontas y frívolas he's made serious movies as well as silly, lighthearted comedies
    es un serio aspirante al título he's a serious contender for the title
    2
    en serio ‹hablar› seriously, in earnest
    bueno, vamos a ponernos a trabajar en serio right (then), let's get down to some serious work
    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious? o seriously? o do you really mean it?
    se toma muy en serio su carrera she takes her career very seriously
    esto va en serio, está muriéndose this is serious, he's dying
    y esto va en serio and I really mean it o and I'm serious about this
    no se toma nada en serio he doesn't take anything seriously
    mira que te lo digo en serio I mean it, you know
    * * *

     

    Del verbo seriar: ( conjugate seriar)

    serio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    serió es:

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

    serio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    1 ( poco sonriente) serious
    2 ‹ empleado› responsible, reliable;
    ‹ empresa› reputable
    3
    a) ‹cine/tema› serious

    b) ( grave) ‹enfermedad/problema› serious;


    c)


    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?;
    tomarse algo en serio to take sth seriously
    serio,-a adjetivo
    1 (taciturno, de consideración, grave) serious
    2 (comprometido, de confianza) reliable
    ♦ Locuciones: en serio, seriously: hablaba en serio, she was serious
    ponte a trabajar en serio, you must start to work hard
    ' serio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    callada
    - callado
    - coña
    - en
    - formal
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - jugar
    - ligera
    - ligero
    - risa
    - seria
    - tiesa
    - tieso
    - tomarse
    - verdad
    - asustar
    - decir
    - enfado
    - enojo
    English:
    apart
    - assert
    - businesslike
    - deep
    - dignified
    - earnest
    - face value
    - flippant
    - half-serious
    - intense
    - joke
    - kid
    - knuckle down
    - laugh off
    - major
    - mean
    - quality newspaper
    - reputable
    - responsible
    - serious
    - seriously
    - settle down
    - severe
    - sober
    - sober-minded
    - staid
    - steady
    - straight
    - weighty
    - business
    - dire
    - genuine
    - honestly
    - knuckle
    - nasty
    - pride
    - seriousness
    - solemn
    - surely
    * * *
    serio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [grave] serious;
    es una persona muy seria he's a very serious person;
    estar serio to look serious;
    me lanzó una mirada seria she gave me a serious look;
    me tuve que poner muy seria con mis alumnos I had to get very serious with my pupils
    2. [importante] serious;
    es una enfermedad muy seria it's a very serious illness;
    me dio un susto muy serio I got a very nasty shock;
    una seria amenaza para la paz mundial a serious threat to world peace
    3. [responsable] responsible;
    [cumplidor, formal] reliable;
    son muy serios, cumplirán los plazos they're very reliable, they'll meet the deadlines;
    no son gente seria they're very unreliable;
    ¡esto no es serio! this is ridiculous!;
    lo que no es serio es que ahora digan que necesitan dos meses más what's really unacceptable is that now they're saying they need another two months
    4. [sobrio] sober;
    un traje serio a formal suit;
    sólo ve programas serios she only watches serious programmes
    ♦ en serio loc adv
    seriously;
    lo digo en serio I'm serious;
    en serio, me ha tocado la lotería seriously, I've won the lottery;
    ¿vas en serio? are you (being) serious?;
    tomarse algo/a alguien en serio to take sth/sb seriously;
    ponte a estudiar en serio get down to some serious study
    * * *
    adj
    1 serious;
    ésto va en serio this is serious;
    tomarse algo en serio take sth seriously
    2 ( responsable) reliable
    * * *
    serio, - ria adj
    1) : serious, earnest
    2) : reliable, responsible
    3) : important
    4)
    en serio : seriously, in earnest
    ♦ seriamente adv
    * * *
    serio adj
    1. (en general) serious
    2. (responsable) reliable

    Spanish-English dictionary > serio

  • 14 impasible

    adj.
    1 impassive.
    2 impassible, cold, cold-blooded, deadpan.
    * * *
    1 impassive
    \
    quedarse impasible to remain impassive
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo impassive
    * * *
    = impassive, stolid, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, unflappable, straight-faced, insensible.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex. Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    ----
    * mantenerse impasible = keep + a stiff upper lip.
    * * *
    adjetivo impassive
    * * *
    = impassive, stolid, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, unflappable, straight-faced, insensible.

    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.

    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex: Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    * mantenerse impasible = keep + a stiff upper lip.

    * * *
    impassive
    esperó impasible el resultado she remained impassive as she waited for the result
    se quedó impasible ante el espectáculo he remained impassive o unmoved at the sight
    * * *

    impasible adjetivo
    impassive
    impasible adjetivo
    1 (imperturbable) impassive, unemotional
    2 (insensible) impassive, insensitive: no podemos permanecer impasibles ante el hambre de tantos, we can't turn a blind eye to so much starvation
    ' impasible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indiferente
    - insensible
    English:
    exhibit
    - impassive
    - lip
    - quiet
    - stolid
    - undismayed
    - unmoved
    - unperturbed
    * * *
    impassive;
    su rostro permaneció impasible his face showed o betrayed no emotion;
    escuchó impasible el veredicto she listened impassively as the verdict was read out
    * * *
    adj impassive
    * * *
    : impassive, unmoved

    Spanish-English dictionary > impasible

  • 15 impávido

    adj.
    1 impassive, imperturbable, emotionless, devoid of emotion.
    2 intrepid, dauntless, fearless, undaunted.
    * * *
    1 dauntless
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=valiente) intrepid; (=impasible) dauntless, undaunted
    2) LAm (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) ( impasible) impassive, unperturbed; ( sin miedo) undaunted
    * * *
    = unflappable, straight-faced, dauntless, undaunted.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (liter) ( impasible) impassive, unperturbed; ( sin miedo) undaunted
    * * *
    = unflappable, straight-faced, dauntless, undaunted.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.

    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.

    * * *
    ( liter) (impasible) impassive, unperturbed; (sin miedo) undaunted
    aguantó impávido mis reproches he bore my reproaches impassively ( liter)
    todos huyeron pero él permaneció impávido en su puesto everyone else fled but he remained at his post undaunted o he remained fearlessly at his post
    * * *

    impávido,-a adjetivo
    1 (que no se asusta) unafraid, fearless, undaunted
    2 LAm cheeky
    ' impávido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impávida
    English:
    undismayed
    - unflinching
    * * *
    impávido, -a adj
    1. [valeroso] fearless, courageous
    2. [impasible] impassive
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( valiente) fearless, undaunted
    2 ( impasible) impassive
    * * *
    impávido, -da adj
    : undaunted, unperturbed

    Spanish-English dictionary > impávido

  • 16 esperpento

    m.
    1 grotesque sight (person).
    2 fright.
    * * *
    1 familiar (cosa, persona) fright, sight
    2 familiar (absurdo) absurdity, piece of nonsense
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=persona fea) fright *, sight *
    2) (=disparate) nonsense
    3) (Teat) play which focuses on the grotesque
    4) (=cuento) macabre story, grotesque tale
    ESPERPENTO Esperpento is a type of theatre developed by Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1869-1936) focusing on characters whose physical and psychological characteristics have been deliberately deformed and warped to the point where they become grotesque caricatures. Valle-Inclán used this esperpento as a vehicle for social and political satire.
    * * *
    a) (Lit) theater* of the grotesque ( created by Valle Inclán)
    b) (fam) ( mamarracho)

    ¿quién es ese esperpento? — who's that weird-looking guy? (colloq)

    * * *
    = minger.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    * * *
    a) (Lit) theater* of the grotesque ( created by Valle Inclán)
    b) (fam) ( mamarracho)

    ¿quién es ese esperpento? — who's that weird-looking guy? (colloq)

    * * *

    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

    * * *
    1 ( Lit) theater* of the grotesque ( created by Valle Inclán)
    2 ( fam)
    (mamarracho): ¿quién es ese esperpento? who's that weird-looking guy? ( colloq)
    ¡vas hecha un esperpento! you look a real sight! ( colloq)
    * * *

    esperpento sustantivo masculino
    1 pey (feo, ridículo) strange-looking, a real sight
    2 Lit dramatic genre devised by Valle-Inclán
    * * *
    1. [persona] grotesque sight;
    vestido así pareces un esperpento you look a sight dressed like that
    2. [cosa] absurdity, piece of nonsense
    3. Lit [género] = style of writing created by the Spanish dramatist and novelist Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866-1936), which consists of deforming reality to intensify its grotesque and absurd characteristics
    * * *
    m fig
    sight
    * * *
    esperpento nm, fam mamarracho: sight, fright
    voy hecha un esperpento: I really look a sight

    Spanish-English dictionary > esperpento

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