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squalid

  • 1 sórdido

    adj.
    1 sordid, wicked, depraved, seamy.
    2 dingy.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) squalid, sordid
    2 (mezquino) mean
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sucio) dirty, squalid
    2) (=inmoral) sordid
    3) [palabra] nasty, dirty
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <lugar/ambiente> squalid; <asunto/libro> sordid
    * * *
    = sordid, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], squalid.
    Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    ----
    * sórdida realidad = shabby reality.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <lugar/ambiente> squalid; <asunto/libro> sordid
    * * *
    = sordid, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], squalid.

    Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    * sórdida realidad = shabby reality.

    * * *
    1 (sucio) dirty, squalid, sordid
    2 ‹asunto/libro› sordid
    * * *

    sórdido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹lugar/ambiente› squalid;


    ‹asunto/libro› sordid
    sórdido,-a adjetivo
    1 (pobre, mísero) squalid
    un lugar sórdido y oscuro, a dark and squalid place
    2 (inmoral, indecente, escandaloso) sordid
    el libro narra la sórdida vida de un violador, the book is about the sordid existence of a rapist
    ' sórdido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escabrosa
    - escabroso
    - sórdida
    - truculenta
    - truculento
    - antro
    English:
    seamy
    - seedily
    - seedy
    - sleazy
    - sordid
    - squalid
    * * *
    sórdido, -a adj
    1. [miserable] squalid
    2. [obsceno, perverso] sordid
    * * *
    adj sordid
    * * *
    sórdido, -da adj
    : sordid, dirty, squalid

    Spanish-English dictionary > sórdido

  • 2 escuálido

    adj.
    squalid, filthy.
    * * *
    1 (delgado) emaciated, extremely thin, skinny
    2 (sucio) squalid, filthy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=delgado) skinny, scraggy
    2) (=sucio) squalid, filthy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

    Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    * * *
    A ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny
    B ‹lugar› squalid
    * * *

    escuálido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

    escuálido,-a adjetivo emaciated

    ' escuálido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuálida
    English:
    scraggy
    - emaciated
    - scrawny
    * * *
    escuálido, -a adj
    emaciated
    * * *
    adj skinny, emaciated
    * * *
    escuálido, -da adj
    1) : skinny, scrawny
    2) inmundo: filthy, squalid

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuálido

  • 3 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 4 asqueroso

    adj.
    loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.
    m.
    creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) dirty, filthy
    2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul
    3 (que siente asco) squeamish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person
    2 (que siente asco) squeamish person
    * * *
    (f. - asquerosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy
    2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

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

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    * * *
    asqueroso1 -sa
    A
    1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy
    2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horrible
    el baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy
    ¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) mean ( colloq), horrible ( BrE colloq)
    préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horrible
    asqueroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    A
    (sucio): es un asqueroso he's disgusting, he's a filthy pig ( colloq)
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) meany ( colloq)
    es un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike
    * * *

     

    asqueroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

    b) ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting


    2 ( lascivo):
    ◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!

    asqueroso,-a
    I adj (sucio) filthy
    (repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
    ' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - asquiento
    English:
    creepy
    - disgusting
    - filthy
    - foul
    - gross
    - icky
    - nasty
    - revolting
    - scummy
    - sickening
    - squalid
    - vile
    - yukky
    - creep
    - lousy
    - sickly
    * * *
    asqueroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;
    una película asquerosa a revolting film;
    tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;
    es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig
    2. [malo] mean;
    no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;
    es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting
    2. [mala persona] mean person;
    es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( sucio) filthy
    2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    II m, asquerosa f creep
    * * *
    asqueroso, -sa adj
    : disgusting, sickening, repulsive
    * * *
    1. (repugnante) disgusting
    ¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog!
    2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > asqueroso

  • 5 mugriento

    adj.
    dirty, grimy, grubby, grungy.
    * * *
    1 grimy, filthy
    * * *
    ADJ (=sucio) dirty, filthy; (=grasiento) grimy, greasy
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo filthy
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], grimy [grimier -comp., grimiest -sup.], grubby, squalid, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo filthy
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], grimy [grimier -comp., grimiest -sup.], grubby, squalid, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

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

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

    * * *
    filthy
    * * *

    mugriento
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    filthy
    mugriento,-a adjetivo filthy, mucky

    ' mugriento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mugrienta
    - roñoso
    English:
    dirty
    - filthy
    - grimy
    - mucky
    - grubby
    * * *
    mugriento, -a, Méx mugroso, -a adj
    filthy
    * * *
    adj filthy
    * * *
    mugriento, -ta adj
    : filthy

    Spanish-English dictionary > mugriento

  • 6 mísero

    adj.
    1 churchy, mass loving, fond of going to church.
    2 applied to a priest who says mass very often.
    * * *
    1 miserable
    ■ ¡oh, mísero de mí! woe is me!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 miser
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( pobre) miserable
    b) (delante del n) ( escaso) miserable, measly
    * * *
    = hardscrabble, miserable, penurious, skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].
    Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.
    Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( pobre) miserable
    b) (delante del n) ( escaso) miserable, measly
    * * *
    = hardscrabble, miserable, penurious, skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

    Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.
    Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.

    * * *
    mísero -ra
    1 (pobre) miserable
    viven en un mísero cuartucho they live in a miserable o squalid o wretched hovel
    2 ( delante del n) (escaso) miserable, measly
    el mísero sueldo que me pagan the miserable o paltry o measly salary they pay me, the pittance they pay me
    * * *

    mísero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    miserable
    mísero,-a adjetivo miserable

    ' mísero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mísera
    - sórdida
    - sórdido
    English:
    miserable
    - paltry
    * * *
    mísero, -a adj
    1. [pobre, desdichado] wretched, miserable;
    vive en una mísera choza he lives in a miserable hovel;
    no nos ofreció ni un mísero vaso de vino she didn't even offer us a measly o miserable glass of wine
    2. [tacaño] mean, stingy
    * * *
    adj
    1 condición, persona wretched
    2 sueldo miserable;
    ni un mísero dólar not a miserable dollar
    * * *
    mísero, -ra adj
    1) : wretched, miserable
    2) : stingy
    3) : paltry, meager

    Spanish-English dictionary > mísero

  • 7 sucio

    adj.
    1 dirty, messy, filthy, nasty.
    2 dirty.
    3 dirty, evil-minded.
    * * *
    1 (con manchas) dirty, filthy
    2 (que se ensucia fácilmente) which dirties easily, which shows the dirt
    3 figurado (deshonesto) shady, underhand
    5 DEPORTE figurado foul, dirty, unfair
    6 figurado (trabajo, lenguaje) dirty, filthy
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    \
    en sucio in rough
    tener una lengua sucia to be foul-mouthed
    ————————
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    * * *
    (f. - sucia)
    adj.
    dirty, filthy, messy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=manchado) [cara, ropa, suelo] dirty

    hazlo primero en sucio — make a rough draft first, do it in rough first

    2) [color] dirty
    3) (=fácil de manchar)

    los pantalones blancos son muy sucios — white trousers show the dirt, white trousers get dirty very easily

    4) (=obsceno) dirty, filthy

    palabras sucias — dirty words, filthy words

    5) (=deshonesto) [jugada] foul, dirty; [táctica] dirty; [negocio] shady
    6) [conciencia] bad
    7) [lengua] coated, furred
    2.
    ADV
    3.
    SM And bit of dirt
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex. It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    ----
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex: It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty
    tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty
    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? whose is this grubby exercise book? ( colloq)
    la habitación está tan sucia que da asco the room is disgustingly dirty o is filthy
    en sucio in rough
    primero haz el ejercicio en sucio first do the exercise in rough
    2 ‹lengua› furred, coated, furry ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    1
    (que se ensucia fácilmente): las alfombras tan claras son muy sucias such light carpets get very dirty o show the dirt terribly
    2 ‹verde/amarillo› dirty ( before n)
    3 ‹trabajo› dirty
    es una tarea sucia y aburrida it's a dirty, tedious job
    4 ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    5 ‹palabras/lenguaje› dirty, filthy; ‹mente› dirty
    tener la conciencia sucia to have a guilty conscience
    ( Ven fam)
    dirty mark
    * * *

     

    sucio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo

    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty;


    b) ‹ lengua› furred, coated

    2 [SER]
    a) ‹ trabajo› dirty;

    ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    b) ‹ lenguaje› filthy;

    ‹ mente› dirty;

    sucio,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 dirty: tienes las manos sucias, your hands are dirty
    2 (obsceno) filthy, dirty
    3 (inmoral, deshonesto) juego sucio, foul play
    una jugada sucia, a dirty trick
    negocio sucio, shady business o deal
    trabajo sucio, dirty work
    (fraudulento) underhand
    4 (que se ensucia con facilidad) el blanco es un color muy sucio para vestir, white clothes get dirty so easily
    II adverbio unfairly
    jugar sucio, to play unfairly
    ' sucio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - asqueroso
    - cerdo
    - cochina
    - cochino
    - jugar
    - manchada
    - manchado
    - marrana
    - marrano
    - negra
    - negro
    - puerca
    - puerco
    - roñosa
    - roñoso
    - sucia
    - tinglado
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    - chancho
    - juego
    - negociado
    - piojoso
    - repugnar
    - rozado
    - tufo
    English:
    dingy
    - dirty
    - filthy
    - foul play
    - greasy
    - grimy
    - grubby
    - grungy
    - low
    - mess
    - messy
    - murky
    - play
    - soiled
    - foul
    * * *
    sucio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sin limpieza] dirty;
    estar sucio to be dirty;
    tiene muy sucia la cocina his kitchen is very dirty;
    la ropa sucia the dirty clothes
    2. [al comer, trabajar] messy;
    ser sucio to be messy
    3. [que se ensucia]
    el blanco es un color muy sucio white is a colour that really shows the dirt
    4. [color] dirty;
    un pantalón de un color blanco sucio off-white Br trousers o US pants
    5. [lenguaje] dirty, filthy
    6. [conciencia] bad, guilty
    7.
    en sucio [escribir] in rough
    ♦ adv
    jugar sucio to play dirty
    ♦ nm
    Ven Fam stain, dirty mark
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    dirty;
    en sucio in rough;
    blanco sucio off-white
    * * *
    sucio, - cia adj
    : dirty, filthy
    * * *
    sucio adj dirty [comp. dirtier; superl. dirtiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sucio

  • 8 golfillo

    m.
    street urchin, street Arab, gamin, guttersnipe.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 street urchin
    * * *
    SM urchin, street urchin
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    urchin, street urchin
    * * *

    golfillo
    ◊ - lla sustantivo masculino, femenino

    street urchin

    ' golfillo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    urchin
    * * *
    urchin
    * * *
    m (street) urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfillo

  • 9 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 10 pillo

    f. & m.
    1 rascal, scamp, sly fellow.
    2 burglar, thief.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pillar.
    * * *
    1 (travieso) naughty
    2 (astuto) crafty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño) little monkey, little devil
    2 (adulto) rogue, rascal
    * * *
    pillo, -a
    1.
    ADJ [adulto] sly, crafty; [niño] naughty
    2.
    SM / F (=adulto) rogue, scoundrel; (=niño) rascal, scamp
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.

    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.

    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) naughty, wicked ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty, cunning
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) rascal ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty o cunning devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo pillar: ( conjugate pillar)

    pillo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    pilló es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    pillar    
    pillo
    pillar ( conjugate pillar) verbo transitivo
    1 (fam)

    ◊ le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger;

    ¡te pillé! caught o got you!
    b) ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch

    2 (Esp fam) [ coche] to hit
    pillarse verbo pronominal (fam) ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    pillo
    ◊ - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq);


    ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq);
    ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    pillar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa, enfermedad) to catch
    2 (atropellar) to run over
    3 (sorprender) to catch
    4 (un chiste, una idea) to get
    5 (robar) to steal ➣ Ver nota en catch
    ♦ Locuciones: me pilla de camino, it's on my way
    pillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (travieso, trasto) naughty
    2 (astuto) cunning
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (niño travieso) rascal
    2 (astuto) cunning devil
    ' pillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pilla
    - renuncio
    - sinvergüenza
    - tuna
    - tuno
    - pillar
    English:
    rascal
    - roguish
    - tag
    - rogue
    * * *
    pillo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [travieso] mischievous
    2. [astuto] crafty
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [pícaro] rascal
    2. [astuto] crafty person
    * * *
    I adj mischievous
    II m, pilla f rascal
    * * *
    pillo, - lla adj
    : cunning, crafty
    pillo, - lla n
    1) : rascal, brat
    2) : rogue, scoundrel
    * * *
    pillo n (niño) rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pillo

  • 11 pilluelo

    m.
    1 rascal, vagabond, hoodlum.
    2 little devil, rascal, urchin, gamin.
    * * *
    1 scamp, ragamuffin, urchin
    * * *
    SM rascal, scamp
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) little rascal (colloq)
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) little rascal (colloq)
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); little rascal ( colloq)
    * * *
    pilluelo, -a nm,f
    Fam rascal, scamp
    * * *
    m, pilluela f fam
    scamp, little rascal
    * * *
    pilluelo, -la n
    : urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > pilluelo

  • 12 sórdida

    adj.
    1 sordid, dirty (sucio), filthy.
    2 licentious, impure, indecent, scandalous.
    * * *

    sórdido,-a adjetivo
    1 (pobre, mísero) squalid
    un lugar sórdido y oscuro, a dark and squalid place
    2 (inmoral, indecente, escandaloso) sordid
    el libro narra la sórdida vida de un violador, the book is about the sordid existence of a rapist
    ' sórdida' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sórdido

    Spanish-English dictionary > sórdida

  • 13 Támesis, el

    = Thames, the.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Támesis, el

  • 14 golfo2

    2 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    ----
    * golfo de la playa = beach bum.

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfo2

  • 15 hacinar

    v.
    1 to pile or heap (up).
    2 to pile up carelessly, to heap, to pile up, to pile on.
    María hacinó los libros viejos Mary piled up the old books carelessly.
    3 to crowd.
    El concierto hacinó a los fanáticos The concert crowded the fans.
    * * *
    1 AGRICULTURA to stack
    2 figurado (amontonar) to pile up, heap up
    1 figurado (personas) to be packed, be crowded
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=amontonar) [+ cosas, objetos] to heap (up), pile (up); (Agr) to stack, put into a stack, put into a rick; [+ gente, animales] to cram
    2) (=acumular) to accumulate, amass
    3) † (=ahorrar) to hoard
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <mies/paja> to stack; < leña> to pile up, stack (up)
    2.
    hacinarse v pron to crowd together
    * * *
    = cramp.
    Ex. The goals are to reduce stress on the fingers and wrists and to keep your hands in a natural position rather than cramping them together.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <mies/paja> to stack; < leña> to pile up, stack (up)
    2.
    hacinarse v pron to crowd together
    * * *

    Ex: The goals are to reduce stress on the fingers and wrists and to keep your hands in a natural position rather than cramping them together.

    * * *
    hacinar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹mies› to stack; ‹leña› to pile up, stack up, stack
    to crowd together
    viven hacinados en un cuartucho miserable they live crammed o crowded together in a squalid little room
    * * *

    hacinar verbo transitivo to pile up
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to pile o heap (up)
    * * *
    v/t stack
    * * *
    1) : to pile up, to stack
    2) : to overcrowd

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacinar

  • 16 truculento

    adj.
    truculent, savagely brutal, cruel, unmerciful.
    * * *
    1 (cruel) cruel
    2 figurado (excesivo) sensationalistic
    * * *
    ADJ gruesome, horrifying
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo horrifying, gruesome
    * * *
    = gruesome, macabre.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo horrifying, gruesome
    * * *
    = gruesome, macabre.

    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.

    * * *
    horrifying, gruesome
    * * *

    truculento,-a adj (sangriento) cruel, bloodthirsty
    (sórdido) squalid
    ' truculento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    truculenta
    - morboso
    English:
    grisly
    - gruesome
    * * *
    truculento, -a adj
    gruesome
    * * *
    adj horrifying
    * * *
    truculento, -ta adj
    : horrifying, gruesome

    Spanish-English dictionary > truculento

  • 17 vil

    adj.
    1 vile, despicable.
    2 base, wicked, dastardly, despicable.
    3 low.
    * * *
    1 vile, base, despicable
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] low, villainous; [acto] vile, rotten; [conducta] despicable, mean; [trato] unjust, shabby
    * * *
    adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
    * * *
    = despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex. Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.
    * * *
    adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
    * * *
    = despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.

    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex: Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.

    * * *
    ( liter); ‹acto› vile, despicable, base; ‹persona› vile, despicable
    un hombre vil y despreciable a vile, despicable man ( liter)
    aquel vil asesinato that vile murder ( frml)
    * * *

    vil adjetivo (liter) ‹acto/persona› vile, despicable
    vil adjetivo despicable, vile
    ' vil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - calumnia
    - metal
    - ruin
    - vileza
    - villana
    - villano
    - desgraciado
    - mezquindad
    - mezquino
    English:
    base
    - foul
    - miserable
    - nefarious
    - out-and-out
    - scummy
    - squalid
    - vile
    - cheap
    - despicable
    * * *
    vil adj
    vile, despicable;
    Hum
    el vil metal filthy lucre
    * * *
    adj vile, despicable
    * * *
    vil adj
    : vile, dispicable

    Spanish-English dictionary > vil

  • 18 cochambroso

    adj.
    filthy.
    * * *
    1 familiar filthy, dirty
    * * *
    ADJ filthy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (fam) filthy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (fam) filthy
    * * *
    ( fam); filthy
    * * *

    cochambroso,-a adjetivo squalid
    ' cochambroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cochambrosa
    * * *
    cochambroso, -a adj
    Fam filthy
    * * *
    adj fam
    filthy
    * * *
    cochambroso, -sa adj
    : filthy, grimy

    Spanish-English dictionary > cochambroso

  • 19 golfo

    m.
    1 gulf.
    2 ragamuffin, rapscallion, street urchin, street Arab.
    * * *
    1 (niño) naughty; (joven) idle, lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; (niño) rascal, little devil
    \
    sesión golfa late-night showing
    ————————
    1 gulf, large bay
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (Geog) (=bahía) gulf

    golfo de México — LAm Gulf of Mexico

    2) (=mar) open sea
    II
    SM (=gamberro) lout; (=travieso) rascal; (=pilluelo) street urchin; (=holgazán) layabout

    ¡menudo golfo estás hecho! — hum you rascal!

    * * *
    I
    - fa masculino, femenino
    a) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout
    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf
    * * *
    I
    - fa masculino, femenino
    a) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout
    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf
    * * *
    golfo2
    2 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * golfo de la playa = beach bum.

    * * *
    golfo1 -fa
    naughty
    ¡qué golfo es ese niño! that child is a little devil!
    ¡no seas golfo! don't be so naughty!
    golfo2 -fa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout, bum ( AmE colloq)
    2 (gamberro) lout, yob ( BrE)
    3 ( fam) (niño travieso) rascal ( colloq), little devil ( colloq)
    ( Geog, Náut) gulf
    Compuestos:
    Bay of Bengal
    Gulf of California
    Gulf of Guinea
    Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Panama
    Gulf of St Lawrence
    Gulf of Tehuantepec
    Bay of Biscay
    Persian Gulf
    * * *

    golfo 1
    ◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)

    golfo 2 sustantivo masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf;

    Ggolfo de Vizcaya Bay of Biscay
    golfo,-a 1
    I adj fam ayer tenía el día golfo y me fui de copas, yesterday I had a lazy day and went drinking
    II mf good-for-nothing
    (descarado) cheeky person
    III f fam pey ofens tart
    golfo 2 m Geog gulf
    el golfo de Cádiz, the Gulf of Cádiz

    ' golfo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    golfa
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    English:
    bay
    - escalate
    - gulf
    - Gulf Stream
    - Persian
    * * *
    golfo, -a
    ♦ adj
    [gamberro] loutish, Br yobbish; [pillo] roguish
    ♦ nm
    1. [gamberro] lout, Br yob;
    [pillo] rogue, wide boy
    2. Geog gulf, bay
    el golfo de Bengala the Bay of Bengal;
    el golfo de California the Gulf of California;
    el golfo de Guinea the Gulf of Guinea;
    el golfo de León the Gulf of Leon;
    el golfo de México the Gulf of Mexico;
    el golfo de Omán the Gulf of Oman;
    el golfo de Panamá the Gulf of Panama;
    el golfo Pérsico the Persian Gulf;
    el golfo de Tonkín the Gulf of Tonkin;
    el golfo de Venezuela the Gulf of Venezuela;
    el golfo de Vizcaya the Bay of Biscay
    * * *
    I m GEOG gulf
    II m, golfa f good-for-nothing; niño little devil
    * * *
    golfo nm
    : gulf, bay
    * * *
    1. (sinvergüenza) good for nothing
    2. (pillo) rascal / little devil
    3. (de mar) gulf

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfo

  • 20 Támesis

    m. s.&pl.
    Thames.
    * * *
    1 the Thames
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    el Támesis
    = Thames, the.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    * * *
    el Támesis the (River) Thames
    * * *

    Támesis sustantivo masculino:

    Támesis sustantivo masculino el Támesis, the (River) Thames

    ' Támesis' also found in these entries:
    English:
    Thames
    * * *
    el (río) Támesis the (River) Thames

    Spanish-English dictionary > Támesis

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