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1 corralón

m.

1 warehouse.

2 police car pound, car pound.

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SM

1) (=patio) large yard; (=maderería) timberyard

2) Perú (=terreno) vacant site o (EEUU) lot

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masculino

a) (Méx) ( de la policía) car pound

b) (Per) ( terreno baldío) piece of waste land ( sometimes with shanty dwellings)

c) (Arg) (Const) lumberyard

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masculino

a) (Méx) ( de la policía) car pound

b) (Per) ( terreno baldío) piece of waste land ( sometimes with shanty dwellings)

c) (Arg) (Const) lumberyard

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corralón

masculine

1 ( Arg) ( Const) lumberyard, builder's yard

2 ( Per) (terreno baldío) piece of waste land ( sometimes with shanty dwellings)

3 ( Méx) (de la policía) car pound

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corralón sustantivo masculino
a) (Méx) ( de la policía) car pound

b) (Per) ( terreno baldío) piece of waste land ( sometimes with shanty dwellings)

c) (Arg) (Const) lumberyard

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corralón nm

1. Méx [depósito] police car pound

2. Perú [vivienda] = communal urban dwelling for poor families

3. RP [solar] enclosed plot

Comp
corralón de materiales builder's yard

Spanish-English dictionary > corralón
2 pulque

m.

pulque. ( Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

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SM Méx pulque
PULQUE Pulque is a traditional alcoholic drink from Mexico. Thick, slightly sweet and milky, it is brewed from the juice of the agave plant, or maguey, and is roughly equivalent in strength to beer. It was the sacred drink of the Aztecs, who used it in offerings to the gods and also for medicinal purposes. In modern-day Mexico it is often given to children since it is rich in vitamins, and in the cities it is sold in special bars called pulquerías.
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masculino pulque ( drink made from fermented cactus sap)
•• Cultural note:
pulque

A thick, white, Mexican alcoholic drink made from fermented maguey juice; the sacred drink of the Aztecs. It is drunk without being aged, sometimes with added fruit or vegetable juice. Pulquerías are bars where it is drunk

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masculino pulque ( drink made from fermented cactus sap)
•• Cultural note:
pulque

A thick, white, Mexican alcoholic drink made from fermented maguey juice; the sacred drink of the Aztecs. It is drunk without being aged, sometimes with added fruit or vegetable juice. Pulquerías are bars where it is drunk

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pulque

masculine

pulque (↑ pulque a1)

pulque ( fermented drink made from maguey sap)

Compuesto:

pulque curado

drink made from fermented maguey sap

CULTURAL NOTE

pulque

A thick, white, Mexican alcoholic drink made from fermented maguey juice; the sacred drink of the Aztecs. It is drunk without being aged, sometimes with added fruit or vegetable juice. Pulquerías are bars where it is drunk.

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pulque sustantivo masculino
pulque ( drink made from fermented cactus sap)
' pulque' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pulquería

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pulque nm
CAm, Méx pulque, = fermented agave cactus juice
PULQUE

The juice of the agave cactus was used for making drinks for centuries before the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico. The liquid (known as “aguamiel” when first extracted) was fermented to make the viscous, milky drink known as pulque. In pre-Columbian culture it was a social, religious and economic institution at the centre of many myths and cults. It was drunk by priests to induce fervour before rituals, or given to the victims of human sacrifice, or to warriors before battle. Still considered an aphrodisiac, it is less popular today. Most of the old “pulquerías” (or pulque bars) have disappeared, and attempts to bottle pulque have not proved popular. However, tequila and mescal, which are distilled from the sap of agave cacti, are becoming increasingly popular internationally.

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pulque

m Méx

pulque (alcoholic drink made from cactus)

Spanish-English dictionary > pulque
3 distinguir

v.

1 to distinguish.

¿tú distingues estas dos camisas? can you tell the difference between these two shirts?

me es imposible distinguirlos I can't tell them apart

distinguir algo de algo to tell something from something

Ella distingue los colores She distinguishes the colors.

Ella distingue a los gemelos She distinguishes the twins.

El rector distinguió al profesor The rector distinguished the professor.

Ella distinguió She distinguished.

2 to distinguish, to characterize.

distinguir algo/a alguien de to distinguish something/somebody from, to set something/somebody apart from

3 to honor.

hoy nos distingue con su presencia Don… today we are honored to have with us Mr…

4 to make out.

¿distingues algo? can you see anything?, can you make anything out? (al mirar)

5 to differentiate, to know the difference.

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DISTINGUIR

CONJUGACIÓN

(gu changes to g before a and o)

Present Indicative

distingo, distingues, distingue, distinguimos, distinguís, distinguen.

Present Subjunctive

distinga, distingas, distinga, distingamos, distingáis, distingan.

Imperative

distingue (tú), distinga (él/Vd.), distingamos (nos.), distinguid (vos.), distingan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to differentiate, distinguish

2) honor

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1. VT

1) (=diferenciar)

a) (=ver la diferencia entre) to distinguish

no distingo bien los colores — I can't distinguish the colours very well

no resulta fácil distinguir a los mellizos — it is not easy to tell the twins apart, it's not easy to distinguish between the twins

he puesto una etiqueta en la maleta para distinguirla — I've put a label on the suitcase to be able to tell it apart from o distinguish it from the others

lo sabría distinguir entre un millón — I would know it o recognize it anywhere

¿sabes distinguir un violín de una viola? — can you tell o distinguish a violin from a viola?

- no distingue lo blanco de lo negro

b) (=hacer diferente) to set apart

lo distingue su capacidad intelectual — his intellect sets him apart

lo que nos distingue de los animales — what distinguishes us from the animals, what sets us apart from the animals

c) (=hacer una distinción entre) to distinguish

hay que distinguir dos períodos — we need to distinguish two periods

2) (=ver) [+ objeto, sonido] to make out

no podía distinguir la matrícula — I couldn't make out the number plate

ya distingo la costa — I can see o make out the coast now

3) (=honrar) [+ amigo, alumno] to honour, honor (EEUU)

me distingue con su amistad — I am honoured to have his friendship

lo distinguieron con el Premio Nobel — he was honoured with the Nobel Prize

4) (=elegir) to single out

lo distinguieron para el ascenso — he was singled out for promotion

2.

VI (=ver la diferencia) to tell the difference ( entre between)
(=hacer una distinción) to make a distinction ( entre between)
lo mismo le da un vino malo que uno bueno, no distingue — it's all the same to him whether it's a bad wine or a good one, he can't tell the difference

no era capaz de distinguir entre lo bueno y lo malo — he couldn't tell the difference o distinguish between good and bad

es un hombre que sabe distinguir — he is a discerning person

en su discurso, distinguió entre el viejo y el nuevo liberalismo — in his speech he made a distinction between the old and the new liberalism

3.

See:

distinguirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

distinguir una cosa de otra — to tell o distinguish one thing from another

es muy difícil distinguirlos — it's very difficult to tell them apart o to tell one from the other

b) ( caracterizar) to characterize

2) ( percibir) to make out

a lo lejos se distingue la catedral — the cathedral can be seen in the distance

se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas — we/he/they could clearly make out the sound of the waves

3) (con medalla, honor) to honor*
2.
distinguirse v pron ( destacarse)

distinguirse por algo: se distinguió por su valentía he distinguished himself by his bravery; nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products are distinguished by their quality; distinguirse en algo — to distinguish oneself in something

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= delineate, discern, distinguish, draw + distinction, segregate, sift, single out, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, mark out, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, tease apart, decouple, discern, make out.

Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.

Ex. In order to distinguish between all these subjects it is inevitable that longer notations are used.

Ex. You have failed to draw the correct distinction between a discipline and a phenomenon studied by a discipline.

Ex. In summary, the advantages of the electronic catalog is the ability to segregate the fast searches from the slowest.

Ex. Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.

Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.

Ex. Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.

Ex. To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.

Ex. No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.

Ex. What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.

Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.

Ex. The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.

Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.

Ex. She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.

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* distinguir a + Nombre + de + Nombre = mark out + Nombre + from + Nombre.

* distinguir de = mark + Nombre + off from.

* distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and..., make + distinction between... and..., discern + Nombre + from + Nombre.

* distinguirse = make + Posesivo + mark, be distinguishable.

* no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....

* que distingue entre mayúscula y minúscula = case-sensitive.

* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

distinguir una cosa de otra — to tell o distinguish one thing from another

es muy difícil distinguirlos — it's very difficult to tell them apart o to tell one from the other

b) ( caracterizar) to characterize

2) ( percibir) to make out

a lo lejos se distingue la catedral — the cathedral can be seen in the distance

se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas — we/he/they could clearly make out the sound of the waves

3) (con medalla, honor) to honor*
2.
distinguirse v pron ( destacarse)

distinguirse por algo: se distinguió por su valentía he distinguished himself by his bravery; nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products are distinguished by their quality; distinguirse en algo — to distinguish oneself in something

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= delineate, discern, distinguish, draw + distinction, segregate, sift, single out, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, mark out, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, tease apart, decouple, discern, make out.

Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.

Ex: In order to distinguish between all these subjects it is inevitable that longer notations are used.

Ex: You have failed to draw the correct distinction between a discipline and a phenomenon studied by a discipline.

Ex: In summary, the advantages of the electronic catalog is the ability to segregate the fast searches from the slowest.

Ex: Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.

Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.

Ex: Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.

Ex: To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.

Ex: No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.

Ex: What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.

Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.

Ex: The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.

Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.

Ex: She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.

* distinguir a + Nombre + de + Nombre = mark out + Nombre + from + Nombre.

* distinguir de = mark + Nombre + off from.

* distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and..., make + distinction between... and..., discern + Nombre + from + Nombre.

* distinguirse = make + Posesivo + mark, be distinguishable.

* no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....

* que distingue entre mayúscula y minúscula = case-sensitive.

* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.

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distinguir [I2 ]

vt

A

1 (diferenciar) to distinguish

no sabe distinguir una nota de otra she can't tell o distinguish one note from another

he aprendido a distinguir los diferentes compositores I've learnt to distinguish (between) o recognize the different composers

son tan parecidos que es muy difícil distinguirlos they look so much alike it's very difficult to tell them apart o to tell one from the other o to distinguish between them

yo la distinguiría entre mil I'd recognize o know her anywhere, I could pick her out in a crowd

2 (caracterizar) to characterize

B (percibir) to make out

a lo lejos se distingue la catedral the cathedral can be seen in the distance

entre los matorrales pudo distinguir algo que se movía she could make out o see something moving in the bushes

se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas the sound of the waves could be clearly heard, we/he/they could clearly hear o make out the sound of the waves

C (con una medalla, un honor) to honor*

los distinguió con su presencia ( frml); she honored them with her presence ( frml)

■ distinguir

vi

(discernir): hay que saber distinguir para apreciar la diferencia you have to be discerning to appreciate the difference

■ distinguirse

v pron

(destacarse) distinguirse POR algo:

se distinguió por su talento musical he became famous o renowned for his musical talent

se distinguió por su valor en el combate he distinguished himself by his bravery in battle

nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products stand out for their quality, our products are distinguished by o for their quality

distinguirse EN algo to distinguish oneself IN sth, to make a name for oneself IN sth

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distinguir ( conjugate distinguir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

b) ( caracterizar) to characterize

2 ( percibir) ‹figura/sonido› to make out
3 (con medalla, honor) to honor^{( conjugate honor)}
distinguirse verbo pronominal ( destacarse): distinguirse por algo [ persona] to distinguish oneself by sth;
[ producto] to be distinguished by sth
distinguir verbo transitivo
1 (reconocer) to recognize
2 (apreciar la diferencia) to distinguish: no soy capaz de distinguir a Juan de su hermano gemelo, I can't tell Juan from his twin brother
3 (conferir un privilegio, honor) to honour, US honor
4 (verse, apreciarse) to make out
' distinguir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
discriminar
- caracterizar
English:
differentiate
- discern
- distinction
- distinguish
- make out
- pick out
- separate
- single out
- tell
- tell apart
- define
- discriminate
- know
- make
- mark
- pick
- right
- set

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distinguir

♦ vt

1. [diferenciar] to distinguish, to tell the difference between;

¿tú distingues estas dos camisas? can you tell the difference between these two shirts?;

me es imposible distinguirlos I can't tell them apart;

Kant distingue varios tipos de “razón” Kant distinguishes between several kinds of “reason”;

distinguir algo de algo to tell sth from sth;

por teléfono no distingo tu voz de la de tu madre I can't tell your voice from your mother's on the telephone;

no distinguen el verde del azul they can't tell green from blue

2. [caracterizar] to distinguish, to characterize;

distinguir algo/a alguien de to distinguish sth/sb from, to set sth/sb apart from;

esto lo distingue del resto de los mamíferos this distinguishes it from other mammals;

¿qué es lo que distingue a un gorila? what are the main characteristics of a gorilla?;

el grado de adherencia distingue los diversos tipos de neumático the different types of tyre are distinguished by their road-holding capacity;

su amabilidad la distingue de las demás her kindness sets her apart from the rest

3. [premiar] to honour;

ha sido distinguido con numerosos premios he has been honoured with numerous prizes;

hoy nos distingue con su presencia Don… today we are honoured to have with us Mr…

4. [vislumbrar, escuchar] to make out;

¿distingues algo? [al mirar] can you see anything?, can you make anything out?;

desde aquí no distingo si es ella o no I can't see if it's her or not from here;

podía distinguir su voz I could make out her voice

♦ vi

to differentiate, to know the difference ( entre between);
el público distingue entre un buen y un mal tenor the audience can tell o knows the difference between a good and a bad tenor;

estudiando mucho uno aprende a distinguir after a lot of study one learns how to discriminate

♦ See also the pronominal verb distinguirse

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distinguir

v/t

1 distinguish (de from)

2 ( divisar) make out;

distinguir algo lejano make out sth in the distance

3 con un premio honor, Br

honour

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distinguir {26} vt

1) : to distinguish

2) : to honor

♦ See also the reflexive verb distinguirse

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distinguir vb

1. (diferenciar) to distinguish / to tell the difference [pt. & pp. told]

no sabe distinguir un mulo de un asno he can't tell the difference between a mule and an ass

los gemelos son difíciles de distinguir the twins are hard to tell apart / it's hard to tell the twins apart

2. (ver) to make out / to see [pt. saw; pp. seen]

no distingo el camino I can't see the path

Spanish-English dictionary > distinguir
4 delimitar

v.

1 to set out the boundaries of (terreno).

2 to delimit, to delimitate, to bound, to define.

Ella determina los límites She determines=demarcates the limits.

3 to confine.

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delimitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (terreno) to delimit, mark off

2 (definir) to define, specify

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VT to delimit

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verbo transitivo

a) <terreno/espacio> to demarcate (frml), to delimit (frml)

b) <poderes/responsabilidades> to define, specify

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= delimit, delineate, demarcate, flag, isolate, mark off, redefine, map out, scope, mark out, narrow down.

Ex. 'Reinforced concrete bridges' contain two differences 'Reinforced' and 'Concrete', both of which delimit 'Bridges' in some sense.

Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

Ex. The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.

Ex. Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.

Ex. How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.

Ex. Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.

Ex. This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.

Ex. Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.

Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.

Ex. And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.

Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

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* delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.

* delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.

* imposible de delimitar = unmappable.

* sin delimitar = unmapped.

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verbo transitivo

a) <terreno/espacio> to demarcate (frml), to delimit (frml)

b) <poderes/responsabilidades> to define, specify

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= delimit, delineate, demarcate, flag, isolate, mark off, redefine, map out, scope, mark out, narrow down.

Ex: 'Reinforced concrete bridges' contain two differences 'Reinforced' and 'Concrete', both of which delimit 'Bridges' in some sense.

Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

Ex: The framework was designed to demarcate certain of those elements by means of prescribed punctuation.

Ex: Since the fields are of different lengths in different records it is necessary that the beginning and end of fields be flagged in some way.

Ex: How were such educational practicalities to be isolated and discussed?.

Ex: Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.

Ex: This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.

Ex: Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.

Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.

Ex: And once again fundamental features mark out the landscape.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

* delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.

* delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.

* imposible de delimitar = unmappable.

* sin delimitar = unmapped.

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delimitar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹terreno/espacio› to demarcate ( frml), to delimit ( frml)

2 ‹poderes/responsabilidades› to define, specify

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delimitar ( conjugate delimitar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹terreno/espacio› to demarcate (frml), to delimit (frml)

b) ‹poderes/responsabilidades› to define, specify

delimitar verbo transitivo to delimit
' delimitar' also found in these entries:
English:
define
- mark out

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delimitar vt

1. [terreno, zona] to fix the boundaries of, to delimit, to demarcate

2. [funciones, tareas, responsabilidades] to define, to demarcate

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delimitar

v/t delimit

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delimitar vt

1) : to demarcate

2) : to define, to specify

Spanish-English dictionary > delimitar
5 código morse

m.

Morse code, Morse.

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código Morse

Morse code

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morse code

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(n.) = morse code

Ex. However, many aphasics can continue to communicate through reading and writing, sometimes with the help of other alphabets, such as braille or morse code.

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morse code

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(n.) = morse code

Ex: However, many aphasics can continue to communicate through reading and writing, sometimes with the help of other alphabets, such as braille or morse code.

Spanish-English dictionary > código morse
6 definir

v.

1 to define.

Ricardo definió las políticas ayer Richard defined the policies yesterday.

2 to describe.

3 to circumscribe, to delimit.

La cerca define mi territorio The fence circumscribes my territory.

4 to explain.

El sabio definió los conceptos The sage explained the concepts.

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definir

► verbo transitivo

1 to define

► verbo pronominal definirse

1 to be defined

2 (explicarse) to make oneself clear, define one's position

■ se definió a favor de la medida he came out in favour of the measure

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verb

to define

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1. VT

1) [+ concepto, palabra] to define

2) (=calificar) to describe

definió el partido como aburrido — she described the match as boring

3) (=aclarar) [+ actitud, posición] to define; [+ contorno, silueta] to define, make sharp

4) (=establecer) [+ poder, jurisdicción] to define, establish

esta ley define las competencias de cada administración — this law defines o establishes the powers of each authority

5) (Inform) to define

2.

See:

definirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <palabra/concepto> to define

b) <postura/actitud> to define

c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
2.
definirse v pron

aún no se ha definido con respecto a este problema — he has yet to define his position on this issue

el pueblo se definió por la alternativa pacífica — the people came out in favor of a peaceful solution

* * *

= define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.

Ex. AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.

Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex. The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.

Ex. This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.

Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.

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* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].

* definir por uno mismo = self-define.

* definir relaciones = structure + relationships.

* definir una función = formulate + role.

* definir una misión = formulate + mission.

* definir un problema = delineate + problem.

* fácil de definir = easy-to-define.

* no definirse = sit on + the fence.

* ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <palabra/concepto> to define

b) <postura/actitud> to define

c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
2.
definirse v pron

aún no se ha definido con respecto a este problema — he has yet to define his position on this issue

el pueblo se definió por la alternativa pacífica — the people came out in favor of a peaceful solution

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= define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.

Ex: AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.

Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex: The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.

Ex: This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.

Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].

* definir por uno mismo = self-define.

* definir relaciones = structure + relationships.

* definir una función = formulate + role.

* definir una misión = formulate + mission.

* definir un problema = delineate + problem.

* fácil de definir = easy-to-define.

* no definirse = sit on + the fence.

* ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

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definir [I1 ]

vt

1 ‹palabra/concepto› to define

2 ‹postura/actitud› to define

3 ‹contorno/línea› to define, make … sharp

■ definirse

v pron

aún no se ha definido con respecto a este problema he has yet to define his position o to say where he stands on this issue

tenemos que definirnos por una u otra opción we have to come down in favor of o choose one or other of the options

el pueblo se definió por la alternativa pacífica the people came out o decided in favor of a peaceful solution

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definir ( conjugate definir) verbo transitivo
to define
definir verbo transitivo to define
' definir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
concretar
- de
English:
define
- item
- thing
- delineate
- determine
- pin

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definir

♦ vt

1. [explicar, precisar] to define;

debes definir tu postura you must define your position, you must say where you stand

2. [describir] to describe;

la generosidad define su carácter generosity typifies his character;

se define a sí mismo como de derechas he describes himself as right-wing

♦ See also the pronominal verb definirse

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definir

v/t define

* * *

definir vt

1) : to define

2) : to determine

* * *

definir vb to define

Spanish-English dictionary > definir
7 delinear

v.

1 to draw (plano).

2 to outline (proyecto).

3 to delineate, to sketch, to lay out, to portray.

4 to draft, to make a draft of.

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delinear

► verbo transitivo

1 to delineate, outline, sketch

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VT

1) [+ contornos] to outline

2) [+ plan, propuesta] to delineate

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verbo transitivo

a) <dibujo/plano> to outline, draft; < contorno> to delineate

b) <programa/proyecto> to formulate, draw up

* * *

= delineate.

Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <dibujo/plano> to outline, draft; < contorno> to delineate

b) <programa/proyecto> to formulate, draw up

* * *

= delineate.

Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

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delinear [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹dibujo/plano› to outline, draft; ‹contorno› to delineate

llevaba los ojos delineados en negro she was wearing black eyeliner

2 ‹programa/proyecto› to formulate, draw up, draft

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delinear ( conjugate delinear) verbo transitivo
a) ‹dibujo/plano› to outline, draft;

‹ contorno› to delineate
b) ‹programa/proyecto› to formulate, draw up

delinear vtr (un contorno) to outline, (un dibujo, plan) to draw, draft
' delinear' also found in these entries:
English:
delineate

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delinear vt

1. [plano] to draw

2. [proyecto] to outline

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delinear

v/t draft; fig

draw up

* * *

delinear vt

1) : to delineate, to outline

2) : to draft, to draw up

Spanish-English dictionary > delinear
8 morse

m.

Morse (code).

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Morse

► nombre masculino

1 Morse code

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SM Morse code

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I
adjetivo invariable Morse (before n)
II
masculino Morse code

* * *

= morse code.

Ex. However, many aphasics can continue to communicate through reading and writing, sometimes with the help of other alphabets, such as braille or morse code.

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable Morse (before n)
II
masculino Morse code

* * *

= morse code.

Ex: However, many aphasics can continue to communicate through reading and writing, sometimes with the help of other alphabets, such as braille or morse code.

* * *

morse¹

adj inv

Morse ( before n)

morse²

masculine

Morse code

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Multiple Entries:
Morse
morse
Morse m (alfabeto) morse
' Morse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
código
English:
Morse

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morse nm

Morse (code);

un mensaje en morse a Morse code message

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morse nm

: Morse code

Spanish-English dictionary > morse
9 con sólo una mínima idea de

= with only the sketchiest idea of

Ex. It has to be admitted that experienced librarians who should know better do sometimes plunge into what are not simple searches with only the sketchiest idea of a strategy.

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= with only the sketchiest idea of

Ex: It has to be admitted that experienced librarians who should know better do sometimes plunge into what are not simple searches with only the sketchiest idea of a strategy.

Spanish-English dictionary > con sólo una mínima idea de
10 vez

f.

1 time.

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again

vete de una vez just go, for heaven's sake

en vez de instead of

érase una vez once upon a time

hacer las veces de to act as

muchas veces often, a lot

otra vez again

pocas veces, rara vez rarely, seldom

por última/enésima vez for the last/umpteenth time

tal vez perhaps, maybe

una vez más once again

una vez que once, after

una y otra vez time and again

una vez once

¿te acuerdas de una vez (en) que fuimos a pescar? do you remember that time we went fishing?

dos veces twice

tres veces three times

¿has estado allí alguna vez? have you ever been there?

a mi/tu/etc vez in my/your/etc turn

a la vez (que) at the same time (as)

alguna que otra vez occasionally

a veces, algunas veces sometimes, at times

cada vez (que) every time

cada vez más more and more

resulta cada vez más difícil it's getting harder and harder

cada vez menos less and less

cada vez la veo más feliz she seems happier and happier

de una vez in one go

de una vez para siempre o por todas once and for all

2 turn (turno).

¿quién lleva o da la vez? who's the last in the queue o (British) line? (United States)

voy a pedir la vez I'm going to ask who's last

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vez

► nombre femenino (pl veces)

1 time

■ fue la única vez que la vi it was the only time I saw her

■ una vez once

■ dos veces twice

■ cuatro veces four times

2 (turno) turn; (ocasión) occasion

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a la vez at the same time, at once

■ todos llegaron a la vez they all arrived at the same time

a su vez in turn

a veces sometimes

alguna que otra vez on the odd occasion

alguna vez sometimes 2 (en pregunta) ever

■ ¿has estado alguna vez allí? have you ever been there?

algunas veces sometimes

cada vez every time, each time

cada vez más more and more, increasingly

■ el edificio está cada vez más degradado the building is getting more and more dilapidated

cada vez peor worse and worse

■ sus libros están cada vez peores his books are getting worse and worse

de una vez (de un acto) in one go 2 (definitivamente) once and for all

■ terminó el cuadro de una vez she finished the painting in one go

■ ¡acabémoslo de una vez! let's get it over with!

de una vez para siempre once and for all

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again, every now and then, every so often

■ lo encuentro por la calle de vez en cuando I see him in the street now and again

en vez de instead of

érase una vez... / había una vez... (en cuentos) once upon a time...

hacer las veces de to act as

muchas veces often

otra vez again

■ tócala otra vez, Sam play it again, Sam

perder la vez to lose one's turn

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noun f.

1) time

2) occasion

•

- en vez de

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SF

1) (=ocasión) time

aquella vez — that time

por esta vez — this time, this once

la próxima vez — next time

•a la vez, hablaban todos a la vez — they were all talking at once o at the same time

canta a la vez que toca — she sings and plays at the same time, she sings while she plays

me fascina a la vez que me repele — I find it both fascinating and revolting at the same time

•¿has estado alguna vez en...? — have you ever been to...?

alguna que otra vez — occasionally, now and again

• las más de las veces — mostly, in most cases

• por primera vez — for the first time

la primera vez que lo vi — the first time I saw him

• toda vez que... — since..., given that...

• por última vez — for the last time

¿cuándo lo viste por última vez? — when was the last time you saw him?, when did you see him last?
tal 3., 3)
2) (indicando frecuencia)

lo he hecho cien veces — I've done it hundreds o lots of times *

¿cuántas veces al año? — how many times a year?

tres veces — three times

es cinco veces más caro — it's five times more expensive, it costs five times as much

•a veces, [algunas] veces — sometimes, at times

• contadas veces — seldom

• de vez en cuando — now and again, from time to time, occasionally

•¿ cuántas veces? — how often?, how many times?

• dos veces — twice

a una velocidad dos veces superior a la del sonido — at twice the speed of sound

•en... veces, se fríen las patatas en dos veces — fry the potatoes in two batches

• por enésima vez — for the umpteenth time *

• muchas veces — often

• otra vez — again

• pocas veces — seldom, rarely

• rara vez, [raras] veces — seldom, rarely

• repetidas veces — again and again, over and over again

• una vez — once

la veo una vez a la semana — I see her once a week

una vez dice que sí y otra que no — first he says yes and then he says no, one time he says yes, the next he says no

más de una vez — more than once

érase o había una vez una princesa... — once upon a time there was a princess...

"una vez al año no hace daño" — once in a while can't hurt

una y otra vez — time and (time) again

• varias veces — several times
cada 2)
3) (otras expresiones)

• de una vez — (=en una sola ocasión) in one go; (=definitivamente) once and for all *

las derribó todas de una vez — she knocked them all down in one go

¡acabemos de una vez! — let's get it over with (once and for all)! *

¡cállate de una vez! — for the last time, shut up! *

¡dilo de una vez! — just say it!

•en vez de — instead of

• hacer las veces de — to serve as

un vestíbulo que hacía las veces de vestuario — a hall that served as a changing room

hizo las veces de musa y amante del poeta — she was a muse and lover to the poet

• una vez que — once

una vez que me lo dijo se fue — once he had told me, he left

una vez que se hayan marchado todos me iré yo — once they've all left, I'll go too

• de una vez para siempre, de una vez por [todas] — once and for all *, for good

4) (=turno) turn, go

a su vez — in turn

cuando le llegue la vez — when his turn comes

• ceder la vez — (gen) to give up one's turn; (en cola) to give up one's place

• pedir la vez — to ask who's last in the queue

• quitar la vez a algn — to push in in front of sb

5) (Mat)

siete veces nueve — seven times nine

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femenino

1) ( ocasión) time

una vez/dos veces — once/twice

una vez por semana/año — once a week/year

me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando... — I remember once/that time when...

la última/primera vez que lo vi — the last/first time I saw him

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

alguna vez me he sentido tentada — there have been times when I've been tempted

algunas veces — sometimes

¿te has arrepentido alguna vez? — have you ever regretted it?

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

por primera vez — for the first time

otra vez — again

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

repetidas veces — again and again, time and again

por esta vez pase — we'll forget it this time

otra vez será — maybe next time

una vez más — once again o more

las más de las veces — more often than not

2) (en locs)

a la vez — at the same time

a mi/tu/su vez — for my/your/his part

... quien a su vez depende del director —... who in turn reports to the director

a veces — sometimes

cada vez — every o each time

lo encuentro cada vez más viejo — he looks older every time I see him

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

cada vez menos — less and less

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

de vez en cuando — from time to time, every now and then

en vez de — instead of

rara vez — seldom, hardly ever

una vez — once

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

3) (Mat)

cabe una vez y sobran dos — it goes once and two left over

4) (Esp) ( turno en una cola)

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

pedir la vez — to ask who's last

* * *

= turn, moment.

Ex. In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

Ex. There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.

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* a la vez = at once, at one time, at similar times, at the same time, concurrently, side-by-side, simultaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, in tandem, at the one time, in a tandem fashion, at a time, in unison.

* a la vez que = hand in hand (with), cum, in conjunction with, in unison with.

* alguna que otra vez = from time to time, every once in a while, occasional, every now and then, every now and again.

* algunas veces = sometimes, from time to time, occasionally.

* alguna vez = ever, on any one occasion.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn, in its/their turn.

* a veces = at times, sometimes, at various times, from time to time, on occasion(s).

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* a veces sales jodido = shit happens.

* búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.

* cada vez = at a time, each time, every time [everytime].

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más + Adjetivo = ever + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster.

* cada vez más restringido = tightening.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, deepening, swelling, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mejor = from strength to strength.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cada vez mucho mayor = exploding, fast-increasing.

* cada vez peor = worsening.

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* cien veces = hundred-fold.

* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.

* demasiadas veces = one too many times.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* de una sola vez = once-only, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, in one lump, in one action, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez = at one blow, at one time, in one action, in one step, in a single step, at one whack, in a single phase, in one shot, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez por todas = once and for all, once for all.

* de vez en cuando = from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while, every once in a while, at various times, occasionally, off and on, on and off, occasional, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* diez veces = tenfold.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* dos veces = doubly, twice.

* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].

* dos veces a la semana = twice-weekly, biweekly [bi-weekly], twice a week.

* editar varias veces = go into + a number of editions.

* en la mayoría de las veces = in most cases, mostly.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* en vez de = in place of, instead of, rather than, in lieu of.

* esta vez = this time around/round, this time.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = grow from + strength to strength.

* ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.

* guardar Algo para otra vez = save for + a rainy day.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength, go + great guns.

* la mayoría de las veces = most of the time, more often than not.

* la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.

* la primera vez = the first time around.

* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.

* la segunda vez = the second time around.

* la última vez = last time.

* la última vez que = the last time.

* más de una vez = more than once.

* mostrar por primera vez = premiere.

* muchas veces = multiple times.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* ni siquiera una vez = not once (did).

* ni una sola vez = not once (did).

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* Número + veces más = Número + times as many.

* Número + veces más de = Número + times the number of.

* ocurrir todo a la vez = happen + all at once.

* Ordinal + vez = Ordinal + time around/round.

* otra vez = again, once again, once more, redux.

* pagar dos veces = double-pay.

* pensárselo dos veces = think + twice.

* pero a la vez = but then again.

* población cada vez más envejecida = greying population [graying population].

* popularidad cada vez mayor = growing popularity.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.

* práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget.

* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.

* primera vez, la = first time, the.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* próxima vez, la = next time.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* que se repite una y otra vez = recurring.

* que sucede sólo una vez = one-off.

* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.

* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.

* repetidas veces = repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* si alguna vez lo fue = if it ever was.

* si es que sucede alguna vez = if ever.

* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.

* sólo se vive una vez = you only live once.

* todo a la vez = all at once.

* todo de una vez = in one lump.

* tres veces = thrice, three times.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.

* una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.

* una última vez = one last time.

* una vez = once, one time.

* una vez al año = annually, once a year.

* una vez a la semana = once a week.

* una vez al mes = once a month.

* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.

* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.

* una vez cumplimentado = completed.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* una vez más = again, yet again.

* una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.

* una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.

* una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.

* una vez que = when.

* una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.

* una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.

* una vez relleno = completed.

* una y otra vez = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.

* veinte veces = twenty-fold.

* verificar dos veces = double-check [doublecheck].

* y a la vez = cum, yet.

* * *

femenino

1) ( ocasión) time

una vez/dos veces — once/twice

una vez por semana/año — once a week/year

me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando... — I remember once/that time when...

la última/primera vez que lo vi — the last/first time I saw him

mil veces or miles de veces — a thousand times o thousands of times

alguna vez me he sentido tentada — there have been times when I've been tempted

algunas veces — sometimes

¿te has arrepentido alguna vez? — have you ever regretted it?

la de veces or las veces que se lo dije! — the (number of) times I told him!

érase or había una vez — (liter) once upon a time (liter)

por primera vez — for the first time

otra vez — again

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? — why don't we leave it for another time o day?

repetidas veces — again and again, time and again

por esta vez pase — we'll forget it this time

otra vez será — maybe next time

una vez más — once again o more

las más de las veces — more often than not

2) (en locs)

a la vez — at the same time

a mi/tu/su vez — for my/your/his part

... quien a su vez depende del director —... who in turn reports to the director

a veces — sometimes

cada vez — every o each time

lo encuentro cada vez más viejo — he looks older every time I see him

se utiliza cada vez más — it's being used increasingly o more and more

cada vez menos — less and less

de una vez — ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all; ( simultáneamente) in one go

de vez en cuando — from time to time, every now and then

en vez de — instead of

rara vez — seldom, hardly ever

una vez — once

una vez que hayan terminado — once o when you have finished

hacer las veces de algo — caja/libro to serve as something; persona to act as something

3) (Mat)

cabe una vez y sobran dos — it goes once and two left over

4) (Esp) ( turno en una cola)

¿quién tiene or me da la vez? — who's last?

pedir la vez — to ask who's last

* * *

= turn, moment.

Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

Ex: There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.

* a la vez = at once, at one time, at similar times, at the same time, concurrently, side-by-side, simultaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, in tandem, at the one time, in a tandem fashion, at a time, in unison.

* a la vez que = hand in hand (with), cum, in conjunction with, in unison with.

* alguna que otra vez = from time to time, every once in a while, occasional, every now and then, every now and again.

* algunas veces = sometimes, from time to time, occasionally.

* alguna vez = ever, on any one occasion.

* aparecer por primera vez = premiere.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn, in its/their turn.

* a veces = at times, sometimes, at various times, from time to time, on occasion(s).

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* a veces sales jodido = shit happens.

* búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.

* cada vez = at a time, each time, every time [everytime].

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez más = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing.

* cada vez más abultado = swelling.

* cada vez más + Adjetivo = ever + Adjetivo Comparativo.

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* cada vez más extendido = spreading.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* cada vez más lejos = further and further.

* cada vez más rápido = ever faster.

* cada vez más restringido = tightening.

* cada vez más tenue = fading.

* cada vez más viejo = aging [ageing].

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, deepening, swelling, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mejor = from strength to strength.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cada vez mucho mayor = exploding, fast-increasing.

* cada vez peor = worsening.

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* cien veces = hundred-fold.

* cuantas veces se quiera = any number of times.

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.

* demasiadas veces = one too many times.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* de una sola vez = once-only, at one pull, at one whack, in one shot, in one lump, in one action, in one go, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez = at one blow, at one time, in one action, in one step, in a single step, at one whack, in a single phase, in one shot, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop.

* de una vez por todas = once and for all, once for all.

* de vez en cuando = from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while, every once in a while, at various times, occasionally, off and on, on and off, occasional, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* diez veces = tenfold.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* dos veces = doubly, twice.

* dos veces al año = twice yearly [twice-yearly], semiannual [semi-annual].

* dos veces a la semana = twice-weekly, biweekly [bi-weekly], twice a week.

* editar varias veces = go into + a number of editions.

* en la mayoría de las veces = in most cases, mostly.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* en vez de = in place of, instead of, rather than, in lieu of.

* esta vez = this time around/round, this time.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = grow from + strength to strength.

* ganarle la vez a = outdo, trump.

* guardar Algo para otra vez = save for + a rainy day.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* ir cada vez mejor = go from + strength to strength, go from + strength to strength, go + great guns.

* la mayoría de las veces = most of the time, more often than not.

* la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.

* la primera vez = the first time around.

* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.

* la segunda vez = the second time around.

* la última vez = last time.

* la última vez que = the last time.

* más de una vez = more than once.

* mostrar por primera vez = premiere.

* muchas veces = multiple times.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* ni siquiera una vez = not once (did).

* ni una sola vez = not once (did).

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* Número + veces más = Número + times as many.

* Número + veces más de = Número + times the number of.

* ocurrir todo a la vez = happen + all at once.

* Ordinal + vez = Ordinal + time around/round.

* otra vez = again, once again, once more, redux.

* pagar dos veces = double-pay.

* pensárselo dos veces = think + twice.

* pero a la vez = but then again.

* población cada vez más envejecida = greying population [graying population].

* popularidad cada vez mayor = growing popularity.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* pospuesto una y otra vez = ever-postponed.

* práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* presupuesto cada vez más pequeño = shrinking budget.

* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.

* primera vez, la = first time, the.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* próxima vez, la = next time.

* pruebas cada vez más concluyentes = mounting evidence.

* que se repite una y otra vez = recurring.

* que sucede sólo una vez = one-off.

* que tiene lugar una vez a la semana = once-weekly.

* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.

* repetidas veces = repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* si alguna vez lo fue = if it ever was.

* si es que sucede alguna vez = if ever.

* sin pensárselo dos veces = without a second thought, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, at the drop of a hat.

* sólo se vive una vez = you only live once.

* todo a la vez = all at once.

* todo de una vez = in one lump.

* tres veces = thrice, three times.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* una primera y última vez = a first and last time.

* una segunda vez = a second time around, a second time.

* una última vez = one last time.

* una vez = once, one time.

* una vez al año = annually, once a year.

* una vez a la semana = once a week.

* una vez al mes = once a month.

* una vez cada dos semanas = once a fortnight.

* una vez cada quincena = once a fortnight.

* una vez cumplimentado = completed.

* una vez en la vida = once in a lifetime.

* una vez en + Posesivo + vida = once in + Posesivo + lifetime.

* una vez más = again, yet again.

* una vez + Participio = upon + Nombre.

* una vez + Participio Pasado = having + Participio Pasado, having + just + Participio Pasado.

* una vez + Participio Pasado + Nombre = with + Nombre + Participio Pasado.

* una vez que = when.

* una vez que + Frase = once + Frase.

* una vez quincenalmente = once a fortnight.

* una vez relleno = completed.

* una y otra vez = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of, a growing body of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* variar de una vez a otra = vary + from time to time.

* veinte veces = twenty-fold.

* verificar dos veces = double-check [doublecheck].

* y a la vez = cum, yet.

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vez

feminine

A (ocasión) time

lo leí una vez/dos veces/tres veces I read it once/twice/three times

una vez por semana/año once a week/year

me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando … I remember once/that time when …

es la última vez que te lo pido I'm not going to ask you again

ésa fue la última vez que lo vi that was the last time I saw him

se lo he dicho mil veces or miles de veces I've told him a thousand times o thousands of times

alguna vez me he sentido tentada there have been times o there has been the odd time when I've been tempted

algunas veces me dan ganas de dejarlo at times o sometimes I feel like leaving him, there are times when I feel like leaving him

¿alguna vez te has arrepentido? have you ever regretted it?

¡la de veces or las veces que le dije que no lo hiciera! the (number of) times I told him not to do it!

érase or había una vez ( liter); once upon a time ( liter)

por primera vez for the first time

no es la primera vez que sucede it's not the first time it's happened

¡cuéntamelo otra vez! tell me again!

¿por qué no lo dejamos para otra vez? why don't we leave it for another time o day?

me lo he preguntado repetidas veces I've asked myself again and again o time and again

por enésima vez for the umpteenth time

por esta vez pase we'll forget it this time

la próxima vez lo haces tú next time you can do it

no nos tocó nada — bueno, otra vez será … we didn't get anything — never mind, maybe next time o there's always next time

una vez más se salió con la suya once again she got her own way

agradeciéndole una vez más su cooperación ( Corresp) thanking you once again o once more for your cooperation

las más de las veces llega tarde he's late more often than not

B ( en locs):

a la vez at the same time

todos hablaban a la vez they were all talking at once o at the same time

a mi/tu/su vez for my/your/his part

el gobernador, a su vez, agregó que … the governor, for his part, added that …

luego hay un jefe de sección que a su vez depende del director de ventas then there's a head of department who in turn reports to the sales director

a veces sometimes

a veces me pregunto si no tendrá razón sometimes I wonder o there are times when I wonder if she might be right

cada vez: cada vez que viene nos peleamos every time o whenever he comes we fight, we always fight when he comes

este método se está utilizando cada vez más this method is being used increasingly o more and more

lo encuentro cada vez más viejo he looks older every time I see him

se nota cada vez menos it's becoming less and less noticeable

cada vez es más difícil encontrar trabajo it's getting more and more difficult o it's getting increasingly difficult to find work

de una vez (expresando impaciencia) once and for all; (simultáneamente) in one go

¡a ver si se callan de una vez! once and for all, will you be quiet!

a ver si solucionamos este problema de una vez (por todas) let's see if we can solve this problem once and for all

apagó todas las velas de una vez she blew out all the candles in one go

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again, every now and then

en vez de instead of

en vez de ayudar molesta instead of helping he gets in the way

rara vez rarely, seldom, hardly ever

rara vez se equivoca she hardly ever o seldom o rarely makes a mistake

una vez once

una vez transcurridos dos años once two years have passed, after two years

una vez frío, cubrir con mayonesa once o when cool, cover with mayonnaise

una vez que hayan terminado se pueden retirar once o when you have finished you may leave

hacer las veces de algo «caja/libro» to serve as sth;

«persona» to act as sth

una vez al año no hace daño once in a while doesn't do any harm

tal³ adv B. (↑ tal (3))

C ( Mat):

cabe una vez y sobran dos it goes once and two left over

diez veces más grande que la nuestra ten times bigger than ours

D

( Esp) (turno en una cola): ¿quién tiene or me da la vez? who's last in line ( AmE) o ( BrE) in the queue?

hay que pedir la vez you have to ask who's last

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vez sustantivo femenino
1 ( ocasión) time;
◊ una vez/dos veces once/twice;

una vez por semana once a week;
me acuerdo de una/aquella vez cuando … I remember once/that time when …;
la última vez que lo vi the last time I saw him;
mil veces or miles de veces a thousand times, thousands of times;
algunas veces sometimes;
¿te has arrepentido alguna vez? have you ever regretted it?;
érase una vez (liter) once upon a time (liter);
por primera vez for the first time;
otra vez again;
déjalo para otra vez leave it for another time o day;
otra vez será maybe next time;
una vez más once again
2 ( en locs)
◊ a la vez at the same time;

a veces sometimes;
cada vez every o each time;
cada vez más more and more;
lo encuentro cada vez más viejo he looks older every time I see him;
cada vez menos less and less;
de una vez ( expresando impaciencia) once and for all;

( simultáneamente) in one go;
◊ de vez en cuando from time to time, every now and then;

en vez de instead of;
rara vez seldom, hardly ever;
una vez once;
una vez que hayas terminado once o when you have finished
3 (Esp) ( turno en una cola): ¿quién tiene or me da la vez? who's last?;
◊ pedir la vez to ask who's last

vez f (pl veces)
1 (ocasión, tiempo en que sucede algo) time
una vez, once
dos veces, twice
tres veces seguidas, three times running
a veces/algunas veces, sometimes ➣ Ver nota en sometimes; a la vez, at the same time
cada vez, every o each time
cada vez más/cada vez menos, more and more/less and less
de vez en cuando/de vez en vez/alguna que otra vez, from time to time o every now and then
de una vez, (sin interrupción) in one go
(expresando impaciencia) ¡terminemos de una vez!, let's have done with it!
de una vez por todas/de una vez para siempre, once and for all
en vez de, instead of
otra vez, again
otra vez será, maybe next time
rara vez, seldom, rarely
te lo he dicho repetidas veces, I've told you time after time
una y otra vez, time and (time) again
érase o había una vez..., once upon a time there was...
tal vez, perhaps, maybe ➣ Ver nota en maybe 2 Mat 4 veces 6, 4 times 6
3 (funcionar como algo) hacer las veces de, to act as, serve as
4 (turno en una cola, etc) turn
' vez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- alguna
- alguno
- asomar
- cada
- conocer
- contigo
- cuando
- definitivamente
- dejarse
- día
- enésima
- enésimo
- escachifollarse
- excusa
- gallina
- haber
- historiada
- historiado
- jamás
- jurarse
- más
- menos
- mientras
- ni
- par
- para
- pegarse
- poltrona
- repetirse
- reventa
- sobria
- sobrio
- sola
- solo
- solventar
- tabla
- tacada
- tal
- año
- aplazamiento
- aplazar
- bueno
- callar
- estrenar
- finalizar
- golpe
- intentar
- mejor
- mes
English:
A
- again
- agent
- amazing
- and
- anew
- annoy
- be
- better
- busy signal
- butt in
- card
- circle
- clean
- clog up
- consider
- day
- deserve
- dig out
- do
- downhill
- each
- elapse
- election
- ever
- every
- expect
- first
- first-time
- flower
- for
- goings-on
- goof
- growing
- herself
- himself
- hundredth
- increasingly
- instead
- last
- less
- lieu
- lifetime
- maybe
- misspell
- monthly
- more
- neither
- never
- next

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vez nf

1. [ocasión] time;

¿te acuerdas de una vez (en) que fuimos a pescar? do you remember that time we went fishing?;

¿has estado allí alguna vez? have you ever been there?;

hay veces (en) que es mejor callarse there are times when o sometimes it's better to keep quiet;

a mi/tu/su vez: él a su vez se lo dijo a su mujer he, in turn, told his wife;

yo a mi vez haré lo que pueda I, for my part, will do whatever I can;

a la vez at the same time;

a la vez podríamos hacer la compra we could do the shopping at the same time;

así a la vez que leo, estudio this way, while I'm reading, I'm also studying;

de una (sola) vez in one go;

de una vez (para siempre o [m5] por todas) once and for all;

¡cállate de una vez! why don't you just shut up!;

vete de una vez just go, for heaven's sake;

érase una vez once upon a time;

ha llamado otra vez she called again;

déjalo para otra vez leave it for another time;

otra vez será maybe next time;

por enésima vez for the umpteenth time;

por esta vez pase I'll let you off this time o just this once;

por primera vez, por vez primera for the first time;

por última vez for the last time;
Formal
toda vez que since;

una vez más once again;

una vez que hayas terminado once you've finished;

una vez dorada la carne…, una vez que la carne está dorada… once the meat is golden brown…

2. [para expresar frecuencia]
una vez once;

una vez al día/mes once a day/month;

dos veces twice;

tres veces three times;

te lo he dicho muchas/mil veces I've told you many/a thousand times;

alguna que otra vez occasionally;

a veces, algunas veces sometimes, at times;

cada vez every time;

cada vez que lo veo every time (that) I see him;

cada vez más more and more;

cada vez menos less and less;

cada vez la veo más/menos feliz she seems happier and happier/less and less happy;

resulta cada vez más difícil it's getting harder and harder;

de vez en cuando from time to time, now and again;

muy de vez en cuando very occasionally;

muchas veces [con frecuencia] often;

pocas veces rarely, seldom;

rara vez rarely, seldom;

repetidas veces repeatedly, time and again;

una y otra vez time and again

3. [substitución]
en vez de instead of;

en vez de trabajar tanto deberías salir un poco más you should go out more instead of working so hard;

hacer las veces de [persona] to act as;
[objeto, aparato, mueble] to serve as
4. [en multiplicaciones, divisiones] time;

es tres veces mayor it's three times as big;

estas pilas producen diez veces más energía que las normales these batteries produce ten times as much energy as ordinary ones

5. [turno] turn;

¿quién da o [m5] lleva la vez? who's the last in the Br queue o US line?;

voy a pedir la vez I'm going to ask who's last

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vez

f

1 time;

a la vez at the same time;

¿cuántas veces? how many times?, how often?;

esta vez this time;

la otra vez the other time;

otra vez será some other time;

cada vez que every time that;

de vez en cuando from time to time;

otra vez again;

una vez once;

érase una vez once upon a time, there was;

una vez no cuenta just once doesn’t count o matter;

una vez más once again;

una vez que hayamos llegado … once we’ve arrived …;

de una vez para siempre once and for all;

una y otra vez time and time again;

a veces sometimes;

muchas veces ( con frecuencia) often;

ninguna vez never;

rara vez seldom, rarely;

tantas veces so many times, so often;

varias veces several times;

de una sola vez in just one shot;

por primera vez for the first time;

2 ( turno)

:

es mi vez it’s my turn

3

:

hacer las veces de de objeto serve as; de persona act as;

tal vez perhaps, maybe;

a su vez for his/her part;

en vez de instead of

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vez nf, pl veces

1) : time, occasion

a la vez: at the same time

a veces: at times, occasionally

de vez en cuando: from time to time

2) (with numbers) : time

una vez: once

de una vez: all at once

de una vez para siempre: once and for all

dos veces: twice

3) : turn

a su vez: in turn

en vez de: instead of

hacer las veces de: to act as, to stand in for

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vez n

1. (en general) time

la primera vez the first time

tres veces a la semana three times a week

2. (turno) turn

espera a que llegue tu vez wait till it's your turn

a la vez at the same time / at once

a veces sometimes

de una vez once and for all

de vez en cuando from time to time

dos veces twice

en vez de instead of

érase una vez once upon a time

otra vez again

tal vez perhaps

una vez once

Spanish-English dictionary > vez
11 coincidir

v.

1 to coincide (superficies, versiones, gustos).

su versión de los hechos no coincide con la de otros testigos her version of events doesn't coincide with that of other witnesses

Los miembros de la junta coincidieron The board members coincided=agreed.

2 to agree (estar de acuerdo).

coincido contigo en que… I agree with you that…, I am in agreement with you that…

3 to coincide.

mi cumpleaños coincide con el primer día de clase my birthday falls on the first day of classes

4 to correspond, to check out, to jibe.

Elsa corresponde con la descripción Elsa checks out with the description.

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coincidir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (estar de acuerdo) to agree (en, on), coincide (en, in)

■ siempre coincidimos en gustos we always have the same tastes

2 (ajustarse) to coincide

3 (ocurrir al mismo tiempo) to be at the same time ( con, as), coincide ( con, with); (en el mismo lugar) to meet

■ la muerte del rey coincidió con la victoria the king's death coincided with the victory

■ coincidimos en Barcelona we met in Barcelona

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verb

to coincide

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VI

1) [en el tiempo] to happen at the same time, occur simultaneously frm, to coincide

para que se produzca una explosión han de coincidir varias circunstancias — for an explosion to occur several circumstances must happen at the same time

• coincidir con algo — to coincide with sth

la exposición coincide con el 50 aniversario de su muerte — the exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of his death

mis vacaciones nunca coinciden con las de los niños — my holidays are never at the same time as my children's

no puedo ir al concierto porque coincide con el examen — I can't go to the concert because it clashes with the exam

2) [en un lugar] to happen to meet

coincidimos en el teatro — we happened to meet at the theatre

he coincidido con él en varias fiestas pero nunca nos han presentado — I've happened to be at some of the same parties as him but we've never been introduced

el punto en que las dos líneas coinciden — the point at which both lines meet

3) (=estar de acuerdo)

a)

• coincidir con algn — to agree with sb

coincido plenamente contigo en este punto — I fully agree with you on this point

• coincidir en algo, todos coinciden en que esta es su mejor película — everyone agrees that this is his best film

los observadores internacionales coinciden en afirmar que... — international observers all agree that...

b) [informes, versiones, resultados] to coincide

las conclusiones de ambos estudios coinciden — the conclusions of the two studies coincide

ambos ensayos coinciden en sus conclusiones — both essays reach the same conclusion

• coincidir con algo — to agree with sth, coincide with sth

los hechos no coinciden exactamente con las declaraciones del testigo — the facts don't exactly agree with the witness's statement

4) (=ajustarse) [huellas, formas] to match, match up

• coincidir con algo — to match (up with) sth

sus huellas dactilares no coinciden exactamente con las del asesino — his fingerprints don't match the murderer's exactly o don't match up exactly with the murderer's

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verbo intransitivo

1) fechas/sucesos to coincide; versiones/resultados to coincide, match up, tally

coincidir con algo — to coincide (o match up etc) with something

2) personas

a) (en opiniones, gustos)

coincidir en algo: coinciden en sus gustos they share the same tastes; todos coincidieron en que... everyone agreed that...; coincidir con alguien — to agree with somebody

b) ( en un lugar)

a veces coincidimos en el supermercado — we sometimes see each other in the supermarket

muchos famosos coincidieron allí — there were a lot of famous people there

3) líneas to coincide; dibujos to match up

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= coalesce, co-occur, fall + square on, be in general consensus.

Ex. Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.

Ex. There is also the Permuterm index, based on significant words in the titles of the items covered, and listing all of the words with which they co-occur in the specific titles.

Ex. The pressman's first task with a new book was to make register, which meant laying on the first forme relative to the bed of the press and the press points so that, when the paper was printed on one side, turned over, and replaced on the points, the pages of the second forme would fall square on the backs of those of the first.

Ex. Respondents who use the library's electronic information soruces are in general consensus that the library sources provide worthwhile information = Los encuestados que usan las fuentes de información de la biblioteca coinciden en que éstas ofrecen información pertinente.

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* coincidir con = be coextensive with, coincide (with), match, match against, clash with, fit with, mesh with.

* coincidir (con/en) = see + eye to eye (with/on).

* coincidir con los intereses de uno = match + interests.

* coincidir en = agree (on/upon).

* hacer coincidir (con) = reconcile (with).

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verbo intransitivo

1) fechas/sucesos to coincide; versiones/resultados to coincide, match up, tally

coincidir con algo — to coincide (o match up etc) with something

2) personas

a) (en opiniones, gustos)

coincidir en algo: coinciden en sus gustos they share the same tastes; todos coincidieron en que... everyone agreed that...; coincidir con alguien — to agree with somebody

b) ( en un lugar)

a veces coincidimos en el supermercado — we sometimes see each other in the supermarket

muchos famosos coincidieron allí — there were a lot of famous people there

3) líneas to coincide; dibujos to match up

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coincidir (con/en)

(v.) = see + eye to eye (with/on)

Ex: Although there is consensus on the priority of some strategies, execs from different departments don't see eye to eye on many others.

= coalesce, co-occur, fall + square on, be in general consensus.

Ex: Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.

Ex: There is also the Permuterm index, based on significant words in the titles of the items covered, and listing all of the words with which they co-occur in the specific titles.

Ex: The pressman's first task with a new book was to make register, which meant laying on the first forme relative to the bed of the press and the press points so that, when the paper was printed on one side, turned over, and replaced on the points, the pages of the second forme would fall square on the backs of those of the first.

Ex: Respondents who use the library's electronic information soruces are in general consensus that the library sources provide worthwhile information = Los encuestados que usan las fuentes de información de la biblioteca coinciden en que éstas ofrecen información pertinente.

* coincidir con = be coextensive with, coincide (with), match, match against, clash with, fit with, mesh with.

* coincidir (con/en) = see + eye to eye (with/on).

* coincidir con los intereses de uno = match + interests.

* coincidir en = agree (on/upon).

* hacer coincidir (con) = reconcile (with).

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coincidir [I1 ]

vi

A «fechas/sucesos» to coincide; «versiones/resultados» to coincide, match up, agree, tally

las declaraciones de los testigos coinciden the witnesses' statements match up o agree o tally o coincide

coincidir CON algo to coincide ( o match up etc) WITH sth

B «personas»

1 (en opiniones, gustos) coincidir EN algo:

coinciden en sus gustos they share the same tastes

todos coincidieron en que … everyone agreed that …

coincidir CON algn to agree WITH sb

coincido con usted en esto I am in agreement with o I agree with you on this

2

(en un lugar): a veces coincidimos en el supermercado we sometimes see each other o meet in the supermarket

muchos nombres famosos han coincidido aquí esta semana a lot of famous people have come together o congregated here this week

C «líneas» to coincide; «dibujos» to line up, match up

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coincidir ( conjugate coincidir) verbo intransitivo
a) [fechas/sucesos/líneas] to coincide;

[ dibujos] to match up;
[versiones/resultados] to coincide, match up, tally;
coincidir con algo to coincide (o match up etc) with sth
b) (en opiniones, gustos):

◊ coinciden en sus gustos they share the same tastes;

todos coincidieron en que … everyone agreed that …;
coincidir con algn to agree with sb
c) ( en un lugar):

◊ a veces coincidimos en el supermercado we sometimes see each other in the supermarket

coincidir verbo intransitivo
1 (ocurrir al mismo tiempo) to coincide [con, with]
2 (dar el mismo resultado, encajar) to fit in [con, with]
3 (estar de acuerdo) to agree: en ese punto coincidimos, we agreed about that
4 (encontrarse) to meet by chance
' coincidir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
concordar
- cuadrar
English:
clash
- coincide
- concur
- correspond
- disagree
- match up
- overlap
- tally
- match
- over

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coincidir vi

1. [superficies, líneas] to coincide ( con with);
estas dos piezas no coinciden these two pieces don't go together o match up

2. [versiones, gustos] to coincide;

coincidimos en nuestras aficiones we have o share the same interests

3. [estar de acuerdo] to agree ( con with);
su versión de los hechos no coincide con la de otros testigos her version of events doesn't coincide o agree with that of other witnesses;

coincidimos en lo fundamental we agree on the basic points;

coincidimos en opinar que… we both agreed that…;

coincido contigo en que… I agree with you that…, I am in agreement with you that…

4. [en un sitio]
coincidimos en la fiesta we were both at the party;

coincidí con ella en un congreso I met her at a conference

5. [en el tiempo] to coincide ( con with);
mi cumpleaños coincide con el primer día de clase my birthday falls on the first day of classes;

han coincidido tres accidentes en menos de dos meses there have been three accidents in less than two months

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coincidir

v/i coincide

* * *

coincidir vi

1) : to coincide

2) : to agree

* * *

coincidir vb

1. (estar de acuerdo) to agree

todos coincidimos en que es la mejor tenista we all agree that she's the best tennis player

mis gustos coinciden con los tuyos we've got the same tastes

2. (encontrarse) to meet [pt. & pp. met]

coincidieron en la panadería they met at the baker's

3. (ocurrir al mismo tiempo) to coincide / to clash

mi cumpleaños coincide con el suyo my birthday is the same day as hers

el partido coincide con la película the match is at the same time as the film / the match clashes with the film

Spanish-English dictionary > coincidir
12 loco

adj.

1 crazy, cracked, batty, crazed.

2 crazy.

m.

madman, crackpot, crazy person, head case.

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loco

► adjetivo

1 (gen) mad, crazy, insane

2 (muy ocupado) terribly busy

3 familiar (asombroso) amazing

■ tiene unas ganas locas de casarse she's dying to get married

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 lunatic, insane person

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a lo loco any old how

como un,-a loco,-a like mad

estar loco,-a de alegría to be over the moon

estar loco,-a por alguien to be mad about somebody

hacer el loco to act wild

hacerse el/la loco,-a to pretend to know nothing, act dumb

¡ni loco,-a! no way!

volver loco,-a a alguien to drive somebody crazy, drive somebody mad

■ este ruido me vuelve loco this noise is driving me mad

■ esa chica me vuelve loco I'm crazy about that girl

volverse loco,-a to go mad

loco,-a de remate stark raving mad

* * *
1. (f. - loca)
adj.

crazy, mad

- volverse loco
2. (f. - loca)
noun

crazy person

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loco, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=no cuerdo) mad, crazy

¿estás loco? — are you mad o crazy?

no seas loco, eso es muy arriesgado — don't be stupid, that's very risky

una brújula loca — a compass whose needle no longer points north

estaba loco de alegría — he was mad o wild with joy

• andar o estar loco con algo — (=preocupado) to be worried to death about sth; (=contento) to be crazy about sth

ando loco con el examen — the exam is driving me crazy

está loca con su moto nueva — she's crazy about her new motorbike

• está loco por algn/algo, está loco por esa chica — he's mad o crazy about that girl

anda o está loca por irse a Inglaterra — she's mad keen to go to England

• tener o traer loco a algn, este asunto me tiene o trae loco — this business is driving me crazy

• volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad, drive sb round the bend

el marisco me vuelve loco — I'm crazy about seafood

• volverse loco — to go insane, go mad

estoy para volverme loco — I'm at my wits' end

este caos es para volverse loco — this is absolute chaos

- estar loco de atar o de remate

- estar más loco que una cabra

- no lo hago ni loco

- hacer algo a lo loco

- loco de verano

2) (=frenético) hectic

hoy he tenido un día loco — I've had a really hectic day today

3) * (=enorme)

llevo una prisa loca — I'm in a tremendous o real rush *

he tenido una suerte loca — I've been fantastically lucky *

2.

SM / F lunatic, madman/madwoman

el loco de César se ha comprado otro coche — that lunatic o madman César has bought another car

esta es una casa de locos — this place is a madhouse

• correr como un loco — to run like mad

• gritar como un loco — to shout like a madman, shout one's head off

• hacerse el loco — to act the fool

• es un loco perdido — he's stark raving mad

• ponerse como un loco — to start acting like a madman/madwoman

- cada loco con su tema

3.

SM Chile abalone, false abalone

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I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco — there's no way I'd do that

¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

volver loco a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)

está loco por volver — he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

anda (como) loco con los preparativos — the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

tengo unas ganas locas de verla — I'm dying to see her (colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love
II
- ca masculino, femenino

1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

gritaba como una loca — she was shouting her head off (colloq)

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

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= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex. It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.

Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex. Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

Ex. Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex. The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.

Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.

Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex. He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

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* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.

* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

* ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.

* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).

* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1)

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq)

este tipo está medio loco — (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar — don't be stupid, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco — there's no way I'd do that

¿disculparme yo? ni (que estuviera) loco! — what, me apologize? not in a million years!

hacer algo a lo loco — to do something any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco — he spends money like water

estar loco de remate or de atar — (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq)

tener or (Esp) traer loco a alguien — to be driving somebody crazy (colloq)

volver loco a alguien — to drive somebody crazy (colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca — I adore chocolate

volverse loco — to go mad

c) (contento, entusiasmado)

están locos con el nieto — they're besotted with their grandchild

está loca por él — she's crazy about him (colloq)

está loco por volver — he's dying to come back (colloq)

d) (fam) ( ajetreado)

anda (como) loco con los preparativos — the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

2)

a) ( indicando gran cantidad)

tengo unas ganas locas de verla — I'm dying to see her (colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca — she was incredibly lucky

b)

loco de algo: estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy; está loco de celos he's wild with jealousy; estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain; está loca de amor — she's madly in love
II
- ca masculino, femenino

1) ( enfermo mental) (m) madman; (f) madwoman

se puso como un loco — he went crazy o mad

maneja or (Esp) conduce como un loco — he drives like a lunatic

corrimos como locos — (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq)

gritaba como una loca — she was shouting her head off (colloq)

esto es de locos! — this is sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se vino a pie — Javier walked here, mad fool that he is

hay mucho loco suelto — (fam) there are a lot of weirdos about (colloq)

cada loco con su tema — (fam) to each his own

hacerse el loco — to act dumb (colloq)

la loca de la casa — (liter) the imagination

2) loco masculino (Zool) abalone

* * *

= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], demented, crazed, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], bananas, mad, insane, deranged, out of + Posesivo + mind, lunatic, nut, bonkers, wacko, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, berserk, wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], madman, nutter, off + Posesivo + nut, kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], maniac, out of + Posesivo + senses, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck.

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex: Many of the inhabitants were shot dead or injured by a crazed gunman.

Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

Ex: It is frequently lack of that causes teachers to accuse children of being lazy, uncooperative, insubordinate, rude, or plain bananas.

Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.

Ex: Ramakrishna was deemed holy by his followers but considered insane by many non-Hindus chiefly because of his behavior when interacting with the goddess Kali.

Ex: Accessing the web today is like entering a large library, where there is no catalogue but where a deranged janitor has assembled in the lobby a few pages torn from the indexes of randomly selected volumes.

Ex: The article ' Out of their minds: legal theory in neural networks' criticises the use of neural networks in law.

Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.

Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on ' nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.

Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.

Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.

Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.

Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.

Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.

Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.

Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.

Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.

Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.

Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.

Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.

Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.

Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.

Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.

Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.

* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* estar loco = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* estar loco de alegría = be chuffed to bits, thrill + Nombre + to bits, be tickled pink.

* estar loco de contento = be beside + Reflexivo + with joy, be over the moon.

* estar loco de remate = be a real nutter.

* estar loco por = have + a crush on.

* gritar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* hacerse el loco = act + dumb, turn + a blind eye to, pretend + not to have heard, pretend + not to have seen, turn + a deaf ear to.

* idea loca = wild thought.

* loco como una cabra = raving lunatic.

* loco de alegría = chuffed to bits.

* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, stir-crazy.

* loco de contento = chuffed to bits.

* loco del deporte = sports freak.

* loco de remate = barking mad, certified madman.

* loco perdido = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.

* ¡ni loco! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.

* parecer loco = sound + crazy.

* ponerse como loco = get + (all) worked up (about), get + hot under the collar.

* ponerse loco = go + berserk, go + postal, work up + a lather.

* sine loco (s.l.) = s.l. (sine loco).

* trabajar como un loco = work off + Posesivo + shoes.

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

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loco¹ -ca

adjective

A

1 ( Med, Psic) mad, insane

2 (chiflado) crazy ( colloq), nuts ( colloq), mad ( BrE colloq)

este tipo está medio loco ( fam); this guy's not all there ( colloq), this guy's a bit cracked ( colloq)

¡pero ustedes están or ( AmL) son locos! you must be crazy o mad o insane o out of your mind! ( colloq)

no seas loco, te vas a matar don't be so stupid o foolish, you'll kill yourself

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that, nothing in the world would make me do that o induce me to do that

¿disculparme yo? ¡ni (que estuviera) loco! what, me apologize? not in a million years o no way o never!

llenó el formulario a lo loco she completed the form any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how ( colloq)

gasta dinero a lo loco he spends money like water o like there's no tomorrow

estar loco de remate or de atar ( fam); to be stark raving o stark staring mad, to be nutty as a fruitcake ( colloq), to be completely nuts ( colloq), to be mad as a hatter ( BrE)

traer or tener loco a algn ( Esp); to be driving sb mad o crazy o up the wall o round the bend ( colloq)

volver loco a algn to drive sb mad o crazy ( colloq)

vuelve locos a los hombres she drives men wild ( colloq)

el chocolate me vuelve loca I adore chocolate, I'm a chocolate addict ( colloq)

volverse loco to go mad

este desorden es para volverse loco this mess is enough to drive you crazy ( colloq)

3

(contento, entusiasmado): están locos con el nieto they're besotted with o crazy about their grandchild

está loca por él she's mad o crazy o wild about him ( colloq)

está loco por verla/por que le presenten a Laura he's dying o ( BrE) mad keen to see her/to be introduced to Laura ( colloq)

es loco por las aceitunas (CS); he's crazy about o mad on olives ( colloq)

4 ( fam) (preocupado) worried sick ( colloq)

anda (como) loco con las pruebas he's worried sick about the tests

B

1

(indicando gran cantidad): tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm really looking forward to seeing her, I'm dying to see her ( colloq)

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky

la obra tuvo un éxito loco the play was hugely successful

tienen la guita loca ( RPl arg); they're rolling in it ( colloq), they're absolutely loaded ( colloq)

2 loco DE algo:

estaba loca de alegría or de contenta she was incredibly happy, she was over the moon ( BrE colloq)

está loco de ira/celos he's wild with anger/jealousy

estaba loco de dolor he was racked with pain

está loca de amor por él she's madly in love with him

3

(CS fam) (indicando poca cantidad): por cuatro clientes locos que puedan venir, no vamos a abrir it's not worth opening up just for a few odd customers

loco² -ca

masculine, feminine

A (enfermo mental) ( masculine) madman; ( feminine) madwoman

se puso como un loco al oír la noticia he went crazy o mad when he heard the news

maneja or ( Esp) conduce como un loco he drives like a madman o lunatic

corrimos como locos para alcanzar el autobús ( fam); we ran like crazy o mad to catch the bus ( colloq)

gritaba como una loca she was shouting like a madwoman, she was shouting her head off ( colloq)

¡qué desorganización, esto es de locos! what chaos! this is pure o sheer madness!

el loco de Javier se ha venido a pie Javier walked here, madman that he is

hoy en día hay mucho loco suelto ( fam); there are a lot of loonies o nutcases o weirdos about these days ( colloq)

cada loco con su tema ( fam); to each his own, each to his own ( BrE)

ahora le ha dado por el budismo — cada loco con su tema she's into Buddhism now — oh well, each to his own o ( colloq) whatever turns you on

hacer el loco ( Chi fam); to make a fool of oneself

hacerse el loco to act dumb ( colloq)

no te hagas el loco don't act dumb, don't pretend you haven't seen/heard

la loca de la casa ( liter); the imagination

B

loco masculine ( Chi) ( Zool) abalone

C

loco masculine ( RPl arg) (hombre) guy ( colloq), bloke ( BrE colloq)

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loco 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

a) (Med, Psic) mad, insane

b) ( chiflado) crazy (colloq), nuts (colloq);

◊ este tipo está medio loco (fam) the guy's not all there (colloq);

eso no lo hago (pero) ni loco there's no way I'd do that;
hacer algo a lo loco to do sth any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how (colloq);
estar loco de remate (fam) to be completely nuts (colloq);
tener or (Esp) traer loco a algn to be driving sb crazy (colloq);
volver loco a algn to drive sb crazy (colloq);
volverse loco to go mad
c) ( entusiasmado):

◊ está loca por él she's crazy about him (colloq);

está loco por volver he's dying to come back (colloq)
d) (fam) ( ajetreado):

◊ anda (como) loco con los preparativos the preparations are driving him mad (colloq)

e) ( indicando gran cantidad):

◊ tengo unas ganas locas de verla I'm dying to see her (colloq);

tuvo una suerte loca she was incredibly lucky
f) estar loco de algo: ‹de entusiasmo/furia/celos› to be wild with sth;

‹de dolor/remordimiento› to be racked with sth;
◊ estaba loca de alegría she was blissfully happy

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( enfermo mental) (m) madman;
(f) madwoman;
◊ se puso como un loco he went crazy o mad;

corrimos como locos (fam) we ran like crazy o mad (colloq);
hacerse el loco to act dumb (colloq)
loco 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) (Zool) abalone
loco,-a
I adjetivo
1 mad, crazy
volverse loco, to lose one's mind o to go mad
2 (deseoso) estoy loco por ir a París, I'm eager to travel to Paris
3 (entusiasmado) está loca de alegría, she's thrilled
está loco por las motos, he's crazy about motorbikes
II m,f (hombre) madman, (mujer) madwoman
♦ Locuciones: hacerse el loco, to act the fool
familiar ¡ni loco!, I'd sooner die!
familiar traer/volver loco a alguien, to drive sb crazy
a lo loco, crazily

' loco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atar
- chiflada
- chiflado
- conforme
- enajenar
- enajenarse
- estragos
- hormigueo
- ida
- ido
- loc. cit.
- loca
- tema
- tocada
- tocado
- trastocarse
- trastornar
- volver
- volverse
- carro
- maniaco
- perdido
- poner
- rayado
- rayar
- rematado
English:
amok
- away
- bend
- berserk
- beside
- bit
- bonkers
- certifiable
- change over
- cracker
- crazy
- cuckoo
- delirious
- demented
- drive
- gaga
- head
- hijack
- insane
- loony
- lunatic
- mad
- madly
- madman
- maniac
- mind
- moon
- nut
- nuts
- nutter
- nutty
- parched
- potshot
- rampage
- raving
- roadhog
- send
- some
- something
- stark
- wall
- wild
- wildly
- wind up
- wit
- bumper car
- cracked
- fear
- flap
- go

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loco, -a

♦ adj

1. [demente] mad, crazy;

volver loco a alguien [enajenar, aturdir] to drive sb mad;

esos martillazos en la pared me van a volver loco that hammering on the wall is driving me mad;

el dolor lo volvía loco the pain was driving him mad;

volverse loco to go mad;

este niño me trae loco this child is driving me mad;

Comp

estar loco de atar o [m5] de remate to be stark raving mad;

Comp

¡ni loco! (absolutely) no way!;

¡no lo haría ni loco! there's no way you'd get me doing that!

2. [insensato] mad, crazy;

no seas loca, es muy peligroso don't be (so) stupid, it's very dangerous;

está medio loco pero es muy simpático he's a bit crazy, but he's very nice with it;

a lo loco [sin pensar] hastily;
[temerariamente] wildly;
conduce o Am [m5] maneja a lo loco he drives like a madman

3. [apasionado, entusiasmado] mad, crazy;

la abuela está loca con su nieto the grandmother's mad o crazy about her grandson;

estar loco de contento/pasión to be wild with joy/passion;

estar loco de amor to be madly in love;

estar loco de celos to be wildly o insanely jealous;

estar loco de ira to be raging mad;

estar o CSur [m5]ser loco por algo/alguien to be mad about sth/sb;

está o CSur [m5] es loco por ella [enamorado] he's madly in love with her, he's crazy about her;

está loca por conocerte she's dying to meet you;

está (como) loco por que lleguen los invitados he's desperate for the guests to arrive, he can't wait for the guests to arrive;

le vuelve loco el fútbol he's mad about soccer o Br football, he's soccer-crazy o Br football-crazy;

la vuelve loca la paella she absolutely adores paella

4. [muy ajetreado] mad, hectic;

llevamos una semana loca it's been a mad week for us

5. [enorme]
tengo unas ganas locas de conocer Italia I'm absolutely dying to go to Italy;

tuvimos una suerte loca we were extraordinarily o amazingly lucky;
RP Fam
tener la guita loca to be rolling in it

6. RP Fam [insignificante]
sólo van a venir tres o cuatro invitados locos only a handful of guests will show up;

no nos vamos a pelear por dos pesos locos let's not quarrel over a few measly pesos

♦ nm,f

1. [enfermo] [hombre] lunatic, madman;
[mujer] lunatic, madwoman;
conduce o Am [m5] maneja como un loco he drives like a madman;

corrimos como locos we ran like mad o crazy;

el loco de tu marido se puso a chillar that madman husband of yours started shouting;

ponerse como un loco [enfadarse] to go mad;

sería de locos empezar de nuevo todo el trabajo it would be crazy o madness to start the whole job over again;
Fam
¡deja de hacer el loco! stop messing around!;

Comp

cada loco con su tema: ya está otra vez Santi con lo del yoga, cada loco con su tema Santi's going on about yoga again, the man's obsessed!;

Comp
Fam
hacerse el loco to play dumb, to pretend not to understand

2. RP, Ven Fam [como apelativo]
este loco se encarga de todo this guy's in charge of everything;

loco, vení para acá come over here, Br mate o US buddy

3. Chile [molusco comestible] false abalone

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loco

I adj mad, crazy;

a lo loco fam ( sin pensar) hastily;

es para volverse loco it’s enough to drive you mad o crazy;

loco de atar o

remate completely mad;

estar loco de alegría be insanely happy;

estar loco por alguien be mad o crazy about s.o.

II m

1 madman;

cada loco con su tema each to his own;

hacer el loco make a fool of o.s.

2 Rpl fam

guy;

loco, ayudame help me, pal

* * *

loco, -ca adj

1) demente: crazy, insane, mad

2)

a lo loco : wildly, recklessly

3)

volverse loco : to go mad

loco, -ca n

1) : crazy person, lunatic

2)

hacerse el loco : to act the fool

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loco¹ adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

volver loco (molestar) to drive crazy [pt. drove; pp. driven] (encantar) to be crazy about

me estás volviendo loco you're driving me crazy

me vuelve loca el chocolate I'm crazy about chocolate

volverse loco to go mad

loco² n lunatic

Spanish-English dictionary > loco
13 mar

f. & m.

1 sea (also figurative).

veranean en el mar they spend their summer holidays at the seaside

hacerse a la mar to set sail, to put (out) to sea

pasan meses en el mar they spend months at sea (navegando)

alta mar high seas

a mares a lot

llover a mares to rain buckets

me cago en la mar (muy informal) bloody hell! (peninsular SpanishBr), goddamn it! (United States)

mecachis en la mar (informal Euf) sugar! (peninsular SpanishBr), shoot! (United States)

mar abierto the open sea

mar adentro out to sea

mar de fondo (también figurative) groundswell

mar gruesa rough o stormy sea

mar rizada choppy sea

el mar Báltico the Baltic Sea

el mar Cantábrico the Cantabrian Sea

el mar Caribe the Caribbean Sea

el mar Caspio the Caspian Sea

el mar Egeo the Aegean Sea

el mar Mediterráneo the Mediterranean Sea

el mar Muerto the Dead Sea

el mar del Norte the North Sea

el mar Negro the Black Sea

el mar Rojo the red Sea

Un mar de gente A great number of people.

2 EAR, enlarged access resources.

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mar

► nombre masculino & nombre femenino

1 (gen) sea

2 (marejada) swell

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en alta mar on the high sea, on the open sea

estar hecho,-a un mar de lágrimas to be crying his/her eyes out, be in floods of tears

hacerse a la mar to put (out) to sea, set sail

la mar de... familiar (mucha cantidad) a lot of, lots of, loads of

■ vino la mar de gente loads of people came 2 (muy) very, really

■ estás la mar de guapa you look really lovely

■ fue la mar de divertido it was great fun

llover a mares to rain cats and dogs, bucket down

¡pelillos a la mar! familiar let bygones be bygones!

por mar by sea

mar adentro out to sea

mar de fondo (corriente) ground swell 2 (agitación) undercurrent

mar gruesa heavy sea

mar picada rough sea

mar rizada slightly choppy sea

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noun mf.

sea

* * *
I
SM
[a veces] SF
1) (Geog) sea

el fondo del mar — the bottom of the sea, the seabed

una casa al lado del mar — a house by the sea o on the coast

el avión cayó en el mar — the plane came down in the sea

el o la mar estaba en calma — the sea was calm

• iban navegando en mar abierto — they were sailing on the open sea

• mar adentro — [ir, llevar] out to sea; [estar] out at sea

• en alta mar — on the high seas

un buque de alta mar — an ocean-going vessel

pesca de alta mar — deep-sea fishing

• mar arbolada — heavy sea

• caer(se) al mar — [desde tierra] to fall into the sea; [desde un barco] to fall overboard

• echarse a la mar — to set sail

• mar de fondo — (lit) groundswell; (fig) underlying tension

• mar gruesa — heavy sea

• hacerse a la mar — liter [barco] to set sail, put to sea frm; [marinero] to set sail

• mar picada — choppy sea

• por mar — by sea, by boat

toda la mercancía llegará por mar — all the goods will arrive by sea o by boat

• mar rizada — rough sea

• los siete mares — the seven seas

- arar en el mar

- eso es hablar de la mar

- me cago en la mar salada

- mecachis en la mar

- quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar

mar Adriático — Adriatic Sea

mar Báltico — Baltic Sea

mar Cantábrico — Bay of Biscay, Cantabrian Sea

mar Caribe — Caribbean Sea

mar Caspio — Caspian Sea

mar de arena — poét sand dunes pl, desert wastes pl poét

mar de las Antillas — Caribbean Sea

mar del Norte — North Sea

mar Egeo — Aegean Sea

mar interior — inland sea

mar Jónico — Ionian Sea

mar Mediterráneo — Mediterranean Sea

mar Muerto — Dead Sea

mar Negro — Black Sea

mar Rojo — Red Sea

mar Tirreno — Tyrrhenian Sea
brazo 4), golpe 11)
2) (=marea) tide

hay demasiada mar para salir de pesca — the tide is too high to go fishing

mar llena — high tide

3) (=abundancia)

a)

• un mar de diferencia — a world of difference

hay un mar de diferencia entre las dos expresiones — there is a world of difference between the two expressions

existe un mar de diferencia entre nosotros — we're poles apart

• estar hecho un mar de dudas — to be full of doubt, be beset with doubts frm

• estar hecho un mar de lágrimas — to be in floods of tears

se fue hecha un mar de lágrimas — she left in floods of tears

b)

• a mares, estaba llorando a mares — she was crying her eyes out

estaba sudando a mares — he was sweating buckets *

estuvo lloviendo a mares todo el camino — it was raining cats and dogs o it was pouring (down) the whole way

el vino corría a mares en la fiesta — wine flowed like water at the party

c)

la mar de * —

tengo la mar de cosas que hacer — I've got no end of things to do

hace la mar de tiempo que no la veo — I haven't seen her for ages

es la mar de guapa — she's ever so pretty

estoy la mar de contento — I'm ever so happy, I'm over the moon *

lo hemos pasado la mar de bien — we had a whale of a time * o a great time

en Lisboa vivimos la mar de bien — we live ever so well in Lisbon, we love living in Lisbon

ese traje te queda la mar de bien — that suit looks wonderful on you
II
SF [eufemismo] de madre in obscene expressions
III
EXCL (Mil) march!

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masculino (sometimes f in literary language and in set idiomatic expressions)

1) (Geog) sea

la vida en el mar — life at sea

a orillas del mar — by the sea

surcar los mares — (liter) to ply the seas (liter)

el fondo del mar — the seabed, the bottom of the sea

mar abierto — open sea

la corriente llevó la barca mar adentro — the boat was swept out to sea by the current

la tormenta los sorprendió mar adentro — they were caught out at sea by the storm

hacerse a la mar — (liter) to set sail

por mar — by sea

a mares — (fam)

llovió a mares — it poured with rain

sudaba a mares — he was streaming o pouring with sweat

arar en el mar — to beat (AmE) o (BrE) flog a dead horse

me cago (vulg) or (euf) me cachis en la (Esp) mar — shit! (vulg), shoot! (AmE euph), sugar! (BrE euph)

surcar los siete mares — to sail the seven seas

quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar — nothing ventured, nothing gained

- mar Cantábrico

- mar de fondo

- mar de las Antillas

- mar del Norte

- mar gruesa

- mar Mediterráneo

- mar patrimonial

- mar territorial or jurisdiccional

2) ( costa)

el mar — the coast

3)

a) (indicando abundancia, profusión)

un mar de...: estaba hecha un mar de lágrimas she was in floods of tears; está sumido en un mar de dudas he's plagued by o beset with doubts; tiene un mar de problemas — he has no end of problems

b) ( abismo)

hay un mar de diferencia entre... — there's a world of difference between...

los separaba un mar de silencio — (liter) a gulf of silence lay between them (liter)

c)

la mar de... — (fam)

está la mar de contento — he's over the moon (colloq)

es la mar de simpática — she's so nice

tengo la mar de cosas que contarte — I have loads of things to tell you (colloq)

* * *

= sea.

Ex. We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, summer, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.

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* agua del mar = sea-water [seawater].

* al borde del mar = at the seaside.

* alta mar = high seas, the.

* a mares = cats and dogs.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* brazo de mar = sound.

* caballito de mar = seahorse.

* ciencias del mar = aquatic sciences.

* ciencias del mar, las = ocean sciences, the.

* cohombro de mar = sea cucumber.

* concha de mar = seashell.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de mar adentro = offshore.

* el que no se aventura no cruza el mar = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* en alta mar = on the high seas.

* en el mar = at sea.

* energía del mar = ocean energy.

* en mar abierto = on the open sea.

* en un mar de dudas = at sea.

* erizo de mar = sea urchin.

* estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.

* estrella de mar = starfish.

* fondo del mar = sea bottom, seafloor [sea floor], ocean floor, seabed [sea bed].

* frente al mar = on the seafront, seafront, beachfront.

* hacerse a la mar = set + sail, cast off.

* hombre de mar = seaman [seamen -pl.].

* junto al mar = beachside, at the seaside.

* la mar de = a whole slew of.

* las profundidades del mar = the deep.

* lecho del mar = seabed [sea bed].

* llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* lobo de mar = sea dog, salty dog, salty sea dog.

* manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.

* mar abierto = open water, open sea, open ocean.

* mar adentro = offshore.

* mar Adriático, el = Adriatic sea, the.

* mar agitada = heavy sea.

* Mar Arábigo, el = Arabian Sea, the.

* mar arbolada = heavy sea.

* Mar Báltico, el = Baltic Sea, the.

* mar Caspio, el = Caspian Sea, the.

* mar de fondo = groundswell.

* Mar del Coral, el = Coral Sea, the.

* Mar del Norte, el = North Sea, the.

* Mar de Omán, el = Arabian Sea, the.

* mar de turbulencia = sea of stress.

* Mar Egeo, el = Aegean Sea, the.

* mar fuerte = heavy sea.

* mar gruesa = heavy sea.

* mar interior = inland sea.

* mar jurisdiccional = territorial sea.

* Mar Mediterráneo, el = Mediterranean Sea, the.

* Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.

* Mar Negro = Black Sea.

* mar picada = heavy sea.

* mar revuelto = stormy sea.

* Mar Rojo, el = Red Sea, the.

* mar tempestuoso = stormy sea.

* mar territorial = territorial sea.

* mar tropical = tropical sea.

* mina de mar = sea mine.

* nutria de mar = sea otter.

* oreja de mar = abalone.

* orilla del mar = seashore.

* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.

* pepino de mar = sea cucumber.

* puerto de mar = seaport.

* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.

* siete mares, los = seven seas, the.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sudar a mares = sweat + buckets, sweat + bullets, sweat + profusely.

* surcar los mares = plough + the sea.

* surcar los siete mares = sail + the seven seas, roam + the seven seas.

* un mar de = a sea of.

* un mar de papel = a sea of + paper.

* verde mar = sea green.

* viejo lobo de mar = old sea dog, old salty dog.

* vista al mar = sea view.

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masculino (sometimes f in literary language and in set idiomatic expressions)

1) (Geog) sea

la vida en el mar — life at sea

a orillas del mar — by the sea

surcar los mares — (liter) to ply the seas (liter)

el fondo del mar — the seabed, the bottom of the sea

mar abierto — open sea

la corriente llevó la barca mar adentro — the boat was swept out to sea by the current

la tormenta los sorprendió mar adentro — they were caught out at sea by the storm

hacerse a la mar — (liter) to set sail

por mar — by sea

a mares — (fam)

llovió a mares — it poured with rain

sudaba a mares — he was streaming o pouring with sweat

arar en el mar — to beat (AmE) o (BrE) flog a dead horse

me cago (vulg) or (euf) me cachis en la (Esp) mar — shit! (vulg), shoot! (AmE euph), sugar! (BrE euph)

surcar los siete mares — to sail the seven seas

quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar — nothing ventured, nothing gained

- mar Cantábrico

- mar de fondo

- mar de las Antillas

- mar del Norte

- mar gruesa

- mar Mediterráneo

- mar patrimonial

- mar territorial or jurisdiccional

2) ( costa)

el mar — the coast

3)

a) (indicando abundancia, profusión)

un mar de...: estaba hecha un mar de lágrimas she was in floods of tears; está sumido en un mar de dudas he's plagued by o beset with doubts; tiene un mar de problemas — he has no end of problems

b) ( abismo)

hay un mar de diferencia entre... — there's a world of difference between...

los separaba un mar de silencio — (liter) a gulf of silence lay between them (liter)

c)

la mar de... — (fam)

está la mar de contento — he's over the moon (colloq)

es la mar de simpática — she's so nice

tengo la mar de cosas que contarte — I have loads of things to tell you (colloq)

* * *

= sea.

Ex: We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, summer, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.

* agua del mar = sea-water [seawater].

* al borde del mar = at the seaside.

* alta mar = high seas, the.

* a mares = cats and dogs.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* brazo de mar = sound.

* caballito de mar = seahorse.

* ciencias del mar = aquatic sciences.

* ciencias del mar, las = ocean sciences, the.

* cohombro de mar = sea cucumber.

* concha de mar = seashell.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de mar adentro = offshore.

* el que no se aventura no cruza el mar = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* en alta mar = on the high seas.

* en el mar = at sea.

* energía del mar = ocean energy.

* en mar abierto = on the open sea.

* en un mar de dudas = at sea.

* erizo de mar = sea urchin.

* estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* estar la mar de contento = be over the moon.

* estrella de mar = starfish.

* fondo del mar = sea bottom, seafloor [sea floor], ocean floor, seabed [sea bed].

* frente al mar = on the seafront, seafront, beachfront.

* hacerse a la mar = set + sail, cast off.

* hombre de mar = seaman [seamen -pl.].

* junto al mar = beachside, at the seaside.

* la mar de = a whole slew of.

* las profundidades del mar = the deep.

* lecho del mar = seabed [sea bed].

* llover a mares = rain + cats and dogs, tip + it down with rain, pelt + (it down) with rain, chuck + it down with rain, piss + it down with rain, lash + it down with rain, teem with + rain, hammer + it down with rain, the heavens + open, rain + pour down, pour down, pour down with + rain.

* lobo de mar = sea dog, salty dog, salty sea dog.

* manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.

* mar abierto = open water, open sea, open ocean.

* mar adentro = offshore.

* mar Adriático, el = Adriatic sea, the.

* mar agitada = heavy sea.

* Mar Arábigo, el = Arabian Sea, the.

* mar arbolada = heavy sea.

* Mar Báltico, el = Baltic Sea, the.

* mar Caspio, el = Caspian Sea, the.

* mar de fondo = groundswell.

* Mar del Coral, el = Coral Sea, the.

* Mar del Norte, el = North Sea, the.

* Mar de Omán, el = Arabian Sea, the.

* mar de turbulencia = sea of stress.

* Mar Egeo, el = Aegean Sea, the.

* mar fuerte = heavy sea.

* mar gruesa = heavy sea.

* mar interior = inland sea.

* mar jurisdiccional = territorial sea.

* Mar Mediterráneo, el = Mediterranean Sea, the.

* Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.

* Mar Negro = Black Sea.

* mar picada = heavy sea.

* mar revuelto = stormy sea.

* Mar Rojo, el = Red Sea, the.

* mar tempestuoso = stormy sea.

* mar territorial = territorial sea.

* mar tropical = tropical sea.

* mina de mar = sea mine.

* nutria de mar = sea otter.

* oreja de mar = abalone.

* orilla del mar = seashore.

* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.

* pepino de mar = sea cucumber.

* puerto de mar = seaport.

* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.

* siete mares, los = seven seas, the.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sudar a mares = sweat + buckets, sweat + bullets, sweat + profusely.

* surcar los mares = plough + the sea.

* surcar los siete mares = sail + the seven seas, roam + the seven seas.

* un mar de = a sea of.

* un mar de papel = a sea of + paper.

* verde mar = sea green.

* viejo lobo de mar = old sea dog, old salty dog.

* vista al mar = sea view.

* * *

mar

masculine

(sometimes f in literary language and in set idiomatic expressions)

A ( Geog) sea

la vida en el mar life at sea

a orillas del mar by the sea

el mar estaba como un plato or una balsa the sea was like a millpond

el mar está picado or rizado the sea is choppy

el mar estaba agitado or revuelto the sea was rough

el galeón surcaba los mares ( liter); the galleon plied the seas ( liter)

el fondo del mar the seabed, the bottom of the sea

mar abierto open sea

la corriente llevó la barca mar adentro the boat was swept out to sea by the current

la tormenta los sorprendió mar adentro they were caught out at sea by the storm

hacerse a la mar ( liter); to set sail

por mar by sea

a mares ( fam): llovió a mares it poured with rain, it bucketed down ( BrE colloq), it rained cats and dogs

sudaba a mares he was sweating streams, he was streaming o pouring with sweat

arar en el mar to flog a dead horse

la mar en coche ( RPl fam): una cena con champán, el mejor caviar y la mar en coche a meal complete with champagne, the finest caviar, the works o the whole shebang o the whole caboodle ( colloq)

me cago ( vulg) or ( euf) me cachis en la mar shit! ( vulg), shoot! ( AmE euph), sugar! ( BrE euph)

surcar los siete mares to sail the seven seas

quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar nothing ventured, nothing gained

alto¹ (↑ alto (1))

Compuestos:

● mar Adriático

Adriatic Sea

● mar Amarillo

Yellow Sea

● mar Báltico

Baltic Sea

● mar Cantábrico

Bay of Biscay

● mar Caribe

Caribbean Sea

● mar Caspio

Caspian Sea

● mar de Barents

Barents Sea

● mar de (la) China

China Sea

● mar de fondo

(marejada) swell

parece que se llevan muy bien pero hay mucho mar de fondo on the surface they seem to get on really well but underneath it all there's a lot of tension o but there's a lot of underlying tension

● mar de las Antillas

Caribbean Sea

● mar del Norte

North Sea

● mar Egeo

Aegean Sea

● mar gruesa

rough o heavy sea

● mar interior

inland sea

● mar Jónico

Ionian Sea

● mar Mediterráneo

Mediterranean Sea

● mar Muerto

Dead Sea

● mar Negro

Black Sea

● mar patrimonial

territorial waters (pl) ( within a 200 mile limit)

● mar Rojo

Red Sea

● mar territorial or jurisdiccional

territorial waters (pl) ( within a 12 mile limit)

● mar Tirreno

Tyrrhenian Sea

B

(costa): el mar the coast

¿prefieres ir al mar o a la montaña? would you prefer to go to the coast o to the seaside or to the mountains?

C

1

(indicando abundancia, profusión): un mar de …: está sumido en un mar de dudas he's plagued by o beset with doubts

tiene un mar de problemas he has no end of problems

estaba hecha un mar de lágrimas she was in floods of tears

2

(abismo): hay un mar de diferencia entre los dos países there's a world of difference between the two countries

los separaba un mar de silencio ( liter); a gulf of silence lay between them ( liter)

3

la mar de … ( fam): está la mar de contento he's really happy, he's over the moon ( colloq)

es la mar de simpática she's so nice

lo pasamos la mar de bien we had a whale of a time ( colloq)

el vestido te queda la mar de bien the dress suits you perfectly, the dress looks really good on you

tengo la mar de cosas que contarte I have loads of things to tell you ( colloq)

* * *

Multiple Entries:
mar
mar.
mar sustantivo masculino (sometimes f in literary language and in set idiomatic expressions)
1 (Geog) sea;
◊ a orillas del mar by the sea;

el fondo del mar the seabed, the bottom of the sea;
mar abierto open sea;
la corriente llevó la barca mar adentro the boat was swept out to sea by the current;
hacerse a la mar (liter) to set sail;
por mar by sea;
mar Cantábrico Bay of Biscay;
mar de las Antillas Caribbean Sea;
mar Mediterráneo Mediterranean Sea;
mar gruesa rough o heavy sea
2 ( costa):
◊ prefiero el mar a la montaña I prefer the seaside to the mountains

mar
I sustantivo masculino & sustantivo femenino sea: ayer había mucha mar, there was a heavy sea yesterday
en alta mar, on the high seas
mar adentro, out to sea
II sustantivo masculino
1 sea
Mar Cantábrico, Cantabrian Sea
2 (gran cantidad) un mar de deudas, a flood of debts
♦ Locuciones: a mares, a lot: lloraba a mares, he was in floods of tears
hacerse a la mar, to set sail
la mar de, really, very: es una niña la mar de despierta, she's a really clever girl
' mar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adentro
- agitada
- agitado
- agitarse
- alborotada
- alborotado
- alborotarse
- arrastrar
- bonanza
- borde
- bramar
- bramido
- brava
- bravo
- buey
- cala
- chalet
- contramaestre
- crucero
- deslucir
- embravecerse
- encresparse
- erizo
- espuma
- estrella
- faenar
- golpe
- gruesa
- grueso
- langosta
- lengua
- loba
- lobo
- manga
- mareo
- nivel
- nublar
- nudo
- oleada
- orientarse
- orilla
- picada
- picado
- picarse
- puerto
- respeto
- revuelta
- revuelto
- ribera
- rizada
English:
above
- afloat
- bass
- bathe
- bed
- breaker
- calm
- can
- Caribbean
- choppy
- crossing
- Dead Sea
- facing
- groundswell
- hair
- heavy
- lap
- lost
- mar
- Mediterranean
- mighty
- navigate
- paddle
- prospect
- put out
- quagmire
- quit
- raging
- reclaim
- Red Sea
- rig
- rise
- roar
- rock
- rough
- sail
- sea
- sea dog
- sea-fish
- sea-level
- sea-water
- seabed
- seahorse
- seashore
- seasick
- seasickness
- shore
- sink
- smooth
- splendid

* * *

mar nm o nf Note that the feminine is used in literary language, by people such as fishermen with a close connection with the sea, and in some idiomatic expressions.

1. [océano, masa de agua] sea;

al nivel del mar at sea level;

se cayó al mar she fell into the sea;

hacerse a la mar to set sail, to put (out) to sea;

pasan meses en el mar [navegando] they spend months at sea;

mar adentro out to sea;

por mar [viajar, enviar] by sea;

un viaje por mar a sea voyage;
Literario
surcar los mares to ply the seas;

Comp

a mares: llover a mares to rain cats and dogs;

lloraba a mares she was crying her eyes out;

sudaba a mares he was sweating buckets;

Comp
RP Fam
la mar en coche the whole shebang;

Comp
Esp muy Fam
me cago en la mar Br bloody hell!, US goddamn it!;

Comp
Esp Fam Euf
mecachis en la mar Br sugar!, US shoot!

Comp
mar abierto open sea;
el mar Adriático the Adriatic Sea;

el mar Amarillo the Yellow Sea;

el mar Arábigo the Arabian Sea;

el mar de Aral the Aral Sea;

mar arbolada = rough sea with waves between 6 and 9 metres in height;

el mar Báltico the Baltic Sea;

mar calma calm sea;

el mar Cantábrico the Bay of Biscay;

el mar Caribe the Caribbean (Sea);

el mar Caspio the Caspian Sea;

el mar de China the China Sea;

el mar de(l) Coral the Coral Sea;

el mar Egeo the Aegean Sea;
también Fig mar de fondo groundswell;
el asunto ha creado mucha mar de fondo en la opinión pública the affair has given rise to a groundswell of public opinion;

mar gruesa = rough sea with waves under 6 metres;

un mar interior an inland sea;

el mar de Irlanda the Irish Sea;

el mar Jónico the Ionian Sea;

mar llana calm sea;

el mar Mediterráneo the Mediterranean Sea;

el mar Muerto the Dead Sea;

el mar Negro the Black Sea;

el mar del Norte the North Sea;

mar picada very choppy sea;

mar rizada choppy sea;

el mar Rojo the Red Sea;

el mar de los Sargazos the Sargasso Sea

2. [litoral] seaside;

nos vamos a vivir al mar we're going to live by the sea;

veranean en el mar they spend their summer Br holidays o US vacation at the seaside;

una casa en el mar a house by the sea;

junto al mar at the seaside

3. [gran abundancia]
un mar de gente a sea of people;

un mar de sangre a river of blood;

estoy inmersa en un mar de dudas I'm plagued with doubts;

Comp

estar hecho un mar de lágrimas to be crying one's eyes out

4. Fam
la mar de [muchos] loads of;
[muy] dead;
es la mar de inteligente she's dead intelligent;

todo va la mar de lento everything's going dead slowly;

está la mar de nerviosa she's dead nervous;

tengo la mar de cosas que hacer I've got loads of things to do

* * *

mar

m (also f) GEOG sea;

los mares del Sur the South Seas;

alta mar high seas pl ;

sudaba a mares fig fam the sweat was pouring off him fam ;

llover a mares fig fam pour, bucket down fam ;

la mar de bien ( muy bien) really well;

hacerse a la mar put to sea

* * *

mar nmf

1) : sea

un mar agitado: a rough sea

hacerse a la mar: to set sail

2)

alta mar : high seas

* * *

mar n sea

en el fondo del mar at the bottom of the sea

los barcos navegan por el mar ships sail on the sea

hacerse a la mar to put out to sea [pt. & pp. put] / to set sail [pt. & pp. set]

la mar de (muchos) a lot of / lots of (muy) very / really

la mar de gente lots of people

es la mar de simpático she's very nice

Spanish-English dictionary > mar
14 raro

adj.

1 unusual, curious, rare, out of the common.

2 strange, odd, queer, far-out.

3 unfamiliar.

* * *

raro

► adjetivo

1 (poco común) rare

2 (escaso) scarce, rare

■ son raras las personas que saben apreciarlo very few people can appreciate it

3 (peculiar) odd, strange, weird

■ últimamente la encuentro rara I think she's been acting a little strange recently

4 (excelente) excellent

■ escribió un libro raro, una verdadera obra de arte she wrote a very good book, a real work of art

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¡qué raro! how odd!, that's strange!

rara vez seldom

■ rara vez aparece por aquí she rarely shows her face around here

* * *

(f. - rara)

adj.

1) rare, uncommon, unusual, funny

2) bizarre, weird

3) odd

•

- rara vez

* * *

ADJ

1) (=extraño) strange, odd

es un hombre muy raro — he's a very strange o odd man

es raro que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that he hasn't called

¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara! — how (very) strange!, how (very) odd!

2) (=poco común) rare

una especie muy rara — a very rare species

con alguna rara excepción — with few o rare exceptions

de rara perfección — of rare perfection, of remarkable perfection

rara vez nos visita, rara es la vez que nos visita — he rarely visits us

3) (Fís) rare, rarefied

* * *

- ra adjetivo

1)

a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

es un poco rara — she's a bit odd o strange

te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

b) ( poco frecuente) rare

salvo raras excepciones — with a few rare exceptions

raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

2) < gas> rare

* * *

= bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.

Ex. In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.

Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.

Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.

Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.

Ex. Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.

Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.

Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.

Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.

Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.

Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.

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. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.

Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.

Ex. Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.

Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.

Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.

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* aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].

* colección de libros raros = rare book collection.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de manera rara = oddly, funnily.

* demasiado raro = all too rare.

* de modo raro = funnily.

* de una manera rara = strangely.

* de un modo raro = freakishly.

* edición rara = rare edition.

* en casos raros = in rare cases.

* enfermedad rara = rare disease.

* en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.

* en raros casos = in rare cases.

* especie rara = rare breed.

* haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.

* Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.

* libro raro = rare book.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* parecer raro = sound + odd.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* ¡qué raro! = how strange!.

* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.

* sala de libros raros = rare book room.

* salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.

* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

* * *

- ra adjetivo

1)

a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)

es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...

qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!

es un poco rara — she's a bit odd o strange

te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)

b) ( poco frecuente) rare

salvo raras excepciones — with a few rare exceptions

raro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...

aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

2) < gas> rare

* * *

= bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].

Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.

Ex: In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.

Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.

Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.

Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.

Ex: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.

Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.

Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.

Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.

Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.

Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.

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: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.

Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.

Ex: Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.

Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.

Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.

* aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].

* colección de libros raros = rare book collection.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de manera rara = oddly, funnily.

* demasiado raro = all too rare.

* de modo raro = funnily.

* de una manera rara = strangely.

* de un modo raro = freakishly.

* edición rara = rare edition.

* en casos raros = in rare cases.

* enfermedad rara = rare disease.

* en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.

* en raros casos = in rare cases.

* especie rara = rare breed.

* haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.

* Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.

* libro raro = rare book.

* muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.

* parecer raro = sound + odd.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* ¡qué raro! = how strange!.

* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.

* sala de libros raros = rare book room.

* salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.

* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

* * *

raro -ra

adjective

A

1 (extraño) strange, odd, funny ( colloq)

es raro que aún no haya venido it's strange o odd o funny that he hasn't come yet

ya me parecía raro que no salieras I thought it was a bit strange o odd you weren't going out

¡qué cosa más rara! or ¡qué raro! how odd o strange o funny o peculiar!

me siento raro en este ambiente I feel strange o funny in these surroundings

es un poco rarilla she's a bit odd o strange o funny o peculiar

¿qué te pasa hoy? te noto/estás muy raro what's up with you today? you're acting very strangely

me miró como si fuera un bicho raro ( fam); he looked at me as if I was some kind of weirdo ( colloq)

¡qué tipo más raro! what a strange o peculiar o funny man!

2 (poco frecuente, común) rare

salvo raras excepciones with a few rare exceptions

raro es el día que no sale there's rarely o hardly a day when she doesn't go out

aquí es raro que nieve it rarely o seldom snows here, it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here

B ‹gas› rare

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raro
◊ -ra adjetivo

a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq);

◊ es raro que … it's strange o odd o funny that …;

¡qué raro! how odd o strange!;
te noto muy raro hoy you're acting very strangely today
b) ( poco frecuente) rare;

◊ salvo raras excepciones with a few rare exceptions;

aquí es raro que nieve it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
raro,-a adjetivo
1 (no frecuente) rare: es raro que no llame, it's unusual for her not to telephone
2 (poco común) odd, strange: ¡qué sombrero más raro!, what a weird hat!
tiene un raro sentido del humor, he's got a warped sense of humour
♦ Locuciones: Paco es un bicho raro, Paco is a weirdo
' raro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bicho
- chocante
- disgustar
- individuo
- particular
- peculiar
- rara
- singular
- tipo
- artefacto
- extraño
- gusto
- olor
- sonar
English:
flaky
- funny
- most
- odd
- odd-looking
- oddbod
- oddity
- odor
- odour
- peculiar
- queer
- rare
- set-up
- should
- strange
- strangely
- unlikely
- unusual
- weird
- for
- how
- incongruous
- like
- oddball
- seem
- strike
- uncanny

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raro, -a adj

1. [extraño] strange, odd;

¡qué raro! how strange o odd!;

¡qué raro que no haya llamado! it's very strange o odd that she hasn't called;

es raro que no nos lo haya dicho it's odd o funny that she didn't tell us;

ya me parecía raro que no hubiera dicho nada I thought it was strange o odd that he hadn't said anything;

no sé qué le pasa últimamente, está o [m5] la noto muy rara I don't know what's up with her lately, she's been acting very strangely

2. [excepcional] unusual, rare;
[visita] infrequent;
rara vez rarely;

es raro el día que viene a comer she very rarely comes round for lunch;

raro es el que no fuma very few of them don't smoke

3. [extravagante] odd, eccentric

4. [escaso] rare

5. Quím rare

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raro

adj

1 rare

2 ( extraño) strange;

¡qué raro! how strange!

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raro, -ra adj

1) extraño: odd, strange, peculiar

2) : unusual, rare

3) : exceptional

4)

rara vez : seldom, rarely

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raro adj

1. (extraño) strange / odd

es raro que no haya venido it's strange that she hasn't come

2. (poco frecuente) rare

los gorilas albinos son animales raros albino gorillas are rare animals

Spanish-English dictionary > raro
15 ir en contra de

(v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of

Ex. Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.

Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.

Ex. But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.

Ex. Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.

Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.

Ex. What factors told against them?.

Ex. These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.

Ex. Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.

Ex. These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.

Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.

Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.

Ex. This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.

Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.

Ex. Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.

Ex. Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.

Ex. Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.

Ex. This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.

Ex. Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.

Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.

Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.

Ex. Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.

Ex. As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.

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(v.) = contravene, fly in + the face of, go against, militate against, stand in + contrast to, tell against, be at odds with, work at + cross purposes, be at cross purposes, turn against, play against, be contrary to, run up against, work against, set against, run + counter to, run + contrary to, be at loggerheads with, argue against, stand in + sharp contrast to, speak against, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of

Ex: Any mis-spellings, poor grammar and verbose phrasing and any other features that contravene good abstracting practice must be eliminated.

Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.

Ex: But since the project, development have largely gone against it, with many libraries installing their own data systems.

Ex: Local interpretations of the rules, and modifications to suit local circumstances, certainly militate against standard records.

Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.

Ex: What factors told against them?.

Ex: These activities may also be at odds with processes routinely applied across the board, such as lamination.

Ex: Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.

Ex: These two functions of the library have often been at cross purposes to one another, because each has been associated with a conflicting view of the kind and amount of assistance to be offered to the reader.

Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.

Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.

Ex: This is a rather unexpected conclusion, and is of course contrary to most of what has been stated in this text; it is also contrary to the experience of large numbers of librarians, who have found that controlled vocabularies are helpful in practice.

Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.

Ex: Which means we must create a reading environment that helps and encourages reading rather than works against it.

Ex: Classes of children can sometimes prove to be stubbornly set against having anything to do with book introductions, and it is better then to engage them in other activities rather than be doggedly determined to have one's own way and to go on in the face of their antagonism.

Ex: Unfortunately the Library of Congress still has a policy which runs counter to this need.

Ex: This runs contrary to earlier user studies, particularly those of scientists and engineers, which concluded that perceived source accessibility was the overwhelming factor in source selection.

Ex: Sharp of tongue, Watterston was often at loggerheads with the authorities, particularly the Joint Library Committee.

Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.

Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.

Ex: Unfortunately for them, this approach runs afoul of Iraqi tribal customs since they are, reportedly, endogamous with respect to tribe.

Ex: As some of her prophecies came true, she fell afoul of the authorities and was arrested by the Holy Order.

Spanish-English dictionary > ir en contra de
16 burla

f.

1 taunt.

hacer burla de to mock

2 joke.

3 trick.

4 mockery, banter, chaffing, jeer.

5 ridicule, taunt.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: burlar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: burlar.

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burla

► nombre femenino

1 (mofa) mockery, gibe

2 (broma) joke

3 (engaño) deception, trick

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en son de burla in fun, tongue in cheek

entre burlas y veras half-jokingly

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noun f.

mockery

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SF

1) (=mofa) gibe, taunt

hacer burla de algn — to make fun of sb, mock sb

hace burla de todo — he makes fun of o mocks everything

2) (=broma) joke

fue una burla cruel — it was a cruel trick

3) pl burlas joking sing, fun sing

de burlas — in fun, tongue in cheek

gastar burlas con algn — to make fun of sb

entre burlas y veras — half-joking(ly)

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femenino

a) ( mofa)

era objeto de las burlas de todos — he was the butt of everyone's jokes

todos le hacen la burla — everyone makes fun of her o mocks her

b) ( atropello)

esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations

esta ley es una burla a la opinión pública — this law flies in the face of public opinion

* * *

= ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.

Ex. Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.

Ex. The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.

Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.

Ex. The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.

Ex. Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.

Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.

Ex. This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.

Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.

Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.

Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.

Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.

Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.

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* burla de = thumbing of the nose at.

* objeto de burla = object of ridicule.

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femenino

a) ( mofa)

era objeto de las burlas de todos — he was the butt of everyone's jokes

todos le hacen la burla — everyone makes fun of her o mocks her

b) ( atropello)

esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations

esta ley es una burla a la opinión pública — this law flies in the face of public opinion

* * *

= ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.

Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.

Ex: The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.

Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.

Ex: The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.

Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.

Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.

Ex: This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.

Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.

Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.

Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.

Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.

Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.

* burla de = thumbing of the nose at.

* objeto de burla = object of ridicule.

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burla

feminine

1

(mofa): era objeto de las burlas de todos he was the butt of everyone's jokes

todos le hacen la burla everyone makes fun of her o mocks her

2

(chanza, broma): lo dije en son de burla I said it tongue in cheek

lo dijo entre burlas y veras he said it only half in jest o he said it half joking, half serious

3

(atropello): el precio de las entradas es una burla al público they're robbing people o ( colloq) ripping people off charging that much for the tickets

no le perdonaría esa burla a su confianza she would not forgive him that betrayal of her trust

esto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations

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Del verbo burlar: ( conjugate burlar)

burla es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
burla
burlar
burla sustantivo femenino
a) ( mofa):

◊ hacerle burla a algn to make fun of sb, to mock sb

b) ( atropello):

◊ esto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations

burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ medidas de seguridad› to evade, get around;

◊ burlaon la vigilancia de la policía they slipped past the police

b) ‹ enemigo› to outwit

burlarse verbo pronominal burlase de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
burla sustantivo femenino
1 (mofa) mockery
2 (broma) joke
♦ Locuciones: hacer burla de, to make fun of
burlar verbo transitivo
1 (engañar) to outwit
2 (esquivar) to evade
' burla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mueca
- refinada
- refinado
- remedar
- sorna
- vacilar
- guasa
- son
- tomadura de pelo
English:
mockery
- spoof

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burla nf

1. [mofa] taunt;

hacer burla de to mock;

fue el blanco de las burlas de sus compañeros he was the butt of his colleagues' jokes;

fue la burla de todo el mundo everyone made fun of her;

esa sentencia es una burla a la justicia that sentence is a travesty of justice

2. [broma] joke;

Comp

entre burlas y veras half-jokingly

3. [engaño] trick

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burla

f

1 ( mofa) joke;

hacer burla de alguien fam make fun of s.o.

2 ( engaño) trick

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burla nf

1) : mockery, ridicule

2) : joke, trick

3)

hacer burla de : to make fun of, to mock

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burla n

hacer burla de... to make fun of...

Spanish-English dictionary > burla
17 chapuza

f.

1 botch (job) (trabajo mal hecho).

2 odd job (trabajo ocasional).

3 botched job, muddle, hash, mess-up.

4 trick, trap, ruse, scheme.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: chapuzar.

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chapuza

► nombre femenino

1 (trabajo sin importancia) odd job

2 (trabajo mal hecho) botched job, shoddy piece of work

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer una chapuza to botch up

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SF

1) (=trabajo mal hecho) botched job, shoddy piece of work

2) (=trabajo ocasional) odd job

siempre está haciendo chapuzas en la casa — he's always doing odd jobs around the house

3) Méx trick, swindle

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femenino

a) (fam) ( trabajo mal hecho) botched job (colloq), botch (colloq)

me hizo una chapuza — he made a botch of the job (colloq)

b) (Esp fam) ( trabajo ocasional) odd job

c) (Méx) ( trampa) trick

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= odd-job, repair job, fudge.

Ex. The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a 'catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).

Ex. Sometimes it's a stretch to get all those home improvement or home repair jobs done so make it easy on yourself with this telescopic ladder.

Ex. The report is a poor fudge, as it deals with none of the problems with which it was supposed to deal.

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* hacer una chapuza = botch, bodge.

* * *

femenino

a) (fam) ( trabajo mal hecho) botched job (colloq), botch (colloq)

me hizo una chapuza — he made a botch of the job (colloq)

b) (Esp fam) ( trabajo ocasional) odd job

c) (Méx) ( trampa) trick

* * *

= odd-job, repair job, fudge.

Ex: The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a 'catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).

Ex: Sometimes it's a stretch to get all those home improvement or home repair jobs done so make it easy on yourself with this telescopic ladder.

Ex: The report is a poor fudge, as it deals with none of the problems with which it was supposed to deal.

* hacer una chapuza = botch, bodge.

* * *

chapuza

feminine

1 ( fam) (trabajo mal hecho) botched job ( colloq), botch ( colloq), hash ( BrE colloq)

me hizo una chapuza y ahora funciona peor he botched the repair and now it's worse than before ( colloq)

2 ( Esp fam) (trabajo ocasional) odd job

3 ( Méx) (trampa) trick

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Del verbo chapuzar: ( conjugate chapuzar)

chapuza es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

chapuza sustantivo femenino (fam) ( trabajo mal hecho) botched job (colloq), botch (colloq)
chapuza sustantivo femenino
1 (trabajo mal hecho) shoddy piece of work
2 (trabajo ocasional) odd job
' chapuza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
parche
- pegote
- churro
English:
botch
- fudge
- odd job
- shoddy work

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chapuza

♦ nf

1. [trabajo mal hecho] botch, botched job;

esta reparación es una auténtica chapuza this repair is a real botched job;

tu examen es una chapuza you've made a real botch o mess of your exam

2. [trabajo ocasional] odd job;

vive de las chapuzas he makes his living by doing odd jobs

♦ chapuzas nmf inv
[persona] sloppy o shoddy worker;
no seas un chapuza y pon más cuidado al pintar don't be so sloppy and be more careful when you're painting

* * *

chapuza

f

1 ( trabajo mal hecho) shoddy piece of work

2 ( trabajo menor) odd job;

hacer chapuzas do odd jobs

* * *

chapuza nf

1) : botched job

2) Mex fam : fraud, trick

hacer chapuzas: to cheat

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chapuza n

1. (trabajo mal hecho) botched job

2. (trabajillo) odd job

Spanish-English dictionary > chapuza
18 confuso

adj.

1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.

2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.

3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.

4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.

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confuso

► adjetivo

1 (ideas) confused

2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused

3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred

4 (mezclado) mixed up

5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed

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(f. - confusa)

adj.

confused

* * *

ADJ

1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

llegaban noticias confusas — confused reports were coming in

una situación muy confusa — a very confused situation

2) (=desconcertado) confused

nunca lo había visto tan confuso — I had never seen him so confused

no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

* * *

= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.

Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.

Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.

Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.

Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.

Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.

Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.

Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.

Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.

Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.

Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.

Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.

Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.

Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.

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* de manera confusa = hazily.

* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* masa confusa = mush.

* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.

* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused

b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

* * *

= confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.

Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.

Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.

Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.

Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.

Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.

Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.

Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.

Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.

Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.

Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.

Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.

Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.

Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.

Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.

Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.

Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.

Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.

Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.

Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.

Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.

* de manera confusa = hazily.

* estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.

* masa confusa = mush.

* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.

* sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

* * *

confuso -sa

adjective

1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy

dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation

las noticias son confusas reports are confused

2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused

* * *

confuso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
‹ información› confused
b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused

confuso,-a adjetivo
1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
' confuso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
confusa
- apabullar
- despistado
- enmarañado
English:
confused
- confusing
- flounder
- fuzzy
- garbled
- indistinct
- mixed-up
- muddy
- spin
- unclear
- foggy
- hazy
- muddled

* * *

confuso, -a adj

1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
[contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;

estar confuso to be confused o bewildered

* * *

confuso

adj confused

* * *

confuso, -sa adj

1) : confused, mixed-up

2) : obscure, indistinct

* * *

confuso adj

1. (persona) confused

estoy confuso I'm confused

2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

una situación muy confusa a very confusing situation

Spanish-English dictionary > confuso
19 mofa

f.

mockery.

hacer mofa de to mock

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mofar.

* * *

mofa

► nombre femenino

1 mockery, derision

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer mofa de algo/alguien to mock something/somebody

* * *

SF (=burla) mockery, ridicule

hacer mofa de algo/algn — to scoff at sth/sb, make fun of sth/sb

exponer a algn a la mofa pública — to hold sb up to public ridicule

es una mofa de nuestras creencias — it makes a mockery of our beliefs

* * *

femenino mockery

hacer mofa DE algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody

en tono de mofa — mockingly, in a mocking tone

* * *

= ridicule, mockery, taunt, jeer, sneer, scoff, snigger, snicker, banter.

Ex. Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.

Ex. Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.

Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.

Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.

Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.

Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.

Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.

Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.

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* mofa de = thumbing of the nose at.

* * *

femenino mockery

hacer mofa DE algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody

en tono de mofa — mockingly, in a mocking tone

* * *

= ridicule, mockery, taunt, jeer, sneer, scoff, snigger, snicker, banter.

Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.

Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.

Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.

Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.

Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.

Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.

Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.

Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.

Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.

* mofa de = thumbing of the nose at.

* * *

mofa

feminine

mockery hacer mofa DE algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb

lo dijo en tono de mofa she said it mockingly o in a mocking tone

la obra es una mofa de los símbolos cristianos the play makes fun of o mocks the symbols of the Christian faith

* * *

Del verbo mofarse: ( conjugate mofarse)

se mofa es:

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

mofa sustantivo femenino mockery: hacen mofa de todo, they make fun of everything
' mofa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burla
- burlón
English:
jeer

* * *

mofa nf

mockery;

hacer mofa de algo/alguien to mock sth/sb, to make fun of sth/sb;

su metedura de pata fue motivo de mofa everyone made fun of o laughed at his blunder

* * *

mofa

f mockery;

hacer mofa de make fun of

* * *

mofa nf

1) : mockery, ridicule

2)

hacer mofa de : to make fun of, to ridicule

Spanish-English dictionary > mofa
20 poner a prueba

poner a prueba

to put to the test

* * *

(v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge

Ex. Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.

Ex. However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.

Ex. If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.

Ex. Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.

Ex. This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.

Ex. There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.

Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.

Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

Ex. The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.

Ex. Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.

Ex. This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.

Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.

Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.

Ex. But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

* * *

(v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge

Ex: Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.

Ex: However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.

Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.

Ex: Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.

Ex: This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.

Ex: There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.

Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.

Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.

Ex: The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.

Ex: Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.

Ex: This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.

Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.

Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.

Ex: But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

Spanish-English dictionary > poner a prueba

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