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41 trata de seres humanos
(n.) = trafficking in human beingsEx. By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates.* * *(n.) = trafficking in human beingsEx: By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates.
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42 tráfico de seres humanos
(n.) = trafficking in human beingsEx. By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates.* * *(n.) = trafficking in human beingsEx: By all accounts, trafficking in human beings is increasing at staggering rates.
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43 valientemente
adv.1 vigorously, strongly.2 valiantly, courageously, strenuously, manfully.3 superabundantly, excessively.4 elegantly, with propriety.5 bravely, valiantly, courageously, heroically.* * *► adverbio1 bravely, courageously* * *ADV bravely, courageously, valiantly liter* * *= valiantly, manfully.Ex. He fought valiantly to establish a program to fill this lacuna.Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.* * *= valiantly, manfully.Ex: He fought valiantly to establish a program to fill this lacuna.
Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.* * *bravely, courageously, valiantly ( liter)* * *valientemente advbravely, courageously -
44 varonilmente
adv.1 manfully, valiantly, courageously.2 mannishly.* * *= manfully.Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.* * *= manfully.Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
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45 virilmente
adv.1 in a manly manner.2 in a manly way, like a man, in a virile way.* * *= manfully.Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.* * *= manfully.Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
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46 abrumador
adj.1 overwhelming, mind-boggling, overpowering, staggering.2 overwhelming, total, crushing, large.m.oppressor.* * *► adjetivo1 overwhelming, crushing* * *(f. - abrumadora)adj.devastating, overwhelming, crushing* * *ADJ1) (=agobiante) crushing; (=pesado) burdensome2) (=importante) [mayoría] overwhelming; [superioridad] crushing, overwhelming* * *- dora adjetivoa) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelmingb) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy* * *= boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.Ex. It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.Ex. The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex. Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.----* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* * *- dora adjetivoa) <victoria/mayoría> overwhelmingb) <trabajo/tarea> exhausting; <responsabilidad/carga> onerous, heavy* * *= boggling, mind-boggling [mind boggling], overwhelming, taxing, devastating, mind-numbing, crippling, overwhelming.Ex: It's utterly boggling and that's not an isolated incident, I can cite you several more from last week.
Ex: The new technologies for information storage and retrieval which have burst upon the scene in only the past few years are mind boggling.Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex: Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex: Can we avoid racism, sexism and the crippling effects of other forms of prejudicial stereotyping without recourse to censorship?.Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.* ganar de forma abrumadora = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.* * *1 ‹victoria/mayoría› overwhelming2 ‹trabajo/tarea› exhausting, tiring; ‹responsabilidad/carga› onerous, heavy* * *
abrumador◊ - dora adjetivo
abrumador,-ora adjetivo overwhelming
' abrumador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrumadora
- experimentar
English:
grief
- devastating
* * *abrumador, -ora adj[mayoría, superioridad] overwhelming; [victoria] crushing;sus productos dominan de forma abrumadora el mercado their products completely dominate the market* * *adj overwhelming* * *: crushing, overwhelming -
47 escalonamiento
m.staggering, spreading out.* * *----* principio del escalonamiento = scalar principle.* * ** principio del escalonamiento = scalar principle. -
48 titubeante
adj.1 hesitant.2 faltering, broken, halting, tottering.3 doubting, shilly-shally.f. & m.hesitater, waverer.* * *► adjetivo1 (tambaleante) staggering, shaky2 (al hablar) stammering3 figurado (indeciso) hesitant* * *ADJ1) (=que duda) hesitant2) (=que balbucea) stuttering3) [discurso, voz] halting* * ** * *= unsteady, faltering.Ex. He sat rubbing his forehead along the creases, and his voice was unsteady as he started to tell his story.Ex. In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.* * ** * *= unsteady, faltering.Ex: He sat rubbing his forehead along the creases, and his voice was unsteady as he started to tell his story.
Ex: In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.* * *‹voz/respuesta› faltering, halting; ‹actitud› hesitant* * *
titubeante adjetivo ‹voz/respuesta› faltering, halting;
‹ actitud› hesitant
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49 titubeo
m.1 hesitation, hesitancy.tras muchos titubeos after much hesitation2 waver, reel, stammer.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: titubear.* * *1 (temblor) stagger, staggering, tottering2 (tartamudeo) stammering\sin titubeo figurado decisively, without hesitation* * *SM1) (=vacilación) hesitation, vacillationproceder sin titubeos — to act without hesitation, act resolutely
2) (=balbuceo) stuttering* * *masculino (duda, vacilación) hesitancy, hesitation* * *= flip-flop.Ex. Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.* * *masculino (duda, vacilación) hesitancy, hesitation* * *= flip-flop.Ex: Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.
* * *(duda, vacilación) hesitancy, hesitationrespondió sin titubeos she replied without hesitationel titubeo de su voz revelaba su nerviosismo the hesitancy in his voice betrayed his nervousness* * *
Del verbo titubear: ( conjugate titubear)
titubeo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
titubeó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
titubear
titubeo
titubear ( conjugate titubear) verbo intransitivo
titubeo sustantivo masculino (duda, vacilación) hesitancy, hesitation
titubear verbo intransitivo
1 (mostrarse indeciso) to hesitate
2 (balbucear) to stammer, get tongue-tied
titubeo m (vacilación) hesitation, hesitancy
* * *titubeo nm[duda, al hablar] hesitation, hesitancy;tras muchos titubeos after much hesitation* * *m wavering, hesitation* * *titubeo nm1) : hesitation2) : stammering -
50 victoria pírrica
f.Phyrrhic victory, Pyrrhic victory, victory offset by staggering losses.* * *(n.) = pyrrhic victoryEx. Here was an opportunity to wreak vengeance upon him for his treatment of Kate Lespran but it might be a pyrrhic victory.* * *(n.) = pyrrhic victoryEx: Here was an opportunity to wreak vengeance upon him for his treatment of Kate Lespran but it might be a pyrrhic victory.
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51 tumbo
m.1 jolt, jerk.dar tumbos o un tumbo to jolt, to jerk (coche)2 wave.3 passion fruit.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tumbar.* * *1 jolt, bump\dar tumbos to jolt, bump along* * *noun m.* * *ISM1) (=sacudida) shake, jolt2) (=caída) fall, tumbleIIdar un tumbo — to fall, shake
SM ( Hist) monastic cartulary* * *1) ( vaivén)el coche no paraba de dar tumbo — the car was constantly jolting o bumping around
2) (Bol) ( fruta) passion fruit* * *1) ( vaivén)el coche no paraba de dar tumbo — the car was constantly jolting o bumping around
2) (Bol) ( fruta) passion fruit* * *A(vaivén): salió de la taberna dando tumbos he staggered o lurched out of the barel coche no paraba de dar tumbo the car was constantly jolting o bumping arounda (los) tumbos with great difficulty* * *
Del verbo tumbar: ( conjugate tumbar)
tumbo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
tumbó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
tumbar
tumbo
tumbar ( conjugate tumbar) verbo transitivo
un olor que te tumbaba a smell that knocked you backward(s)
‹muro/casa› to demolish, knock down
tumbarse verbo pronominal
to lie down
tumbo sustantivo masculino
1 ( vaivén):
la carreta iba dando tumbos por el camino the cart jolted along the path
2 (Bol) ( fruta) passion fruit
tumbar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer caer de un golpe) to knock down
2 (acostar) to lie down
3 fam (suspender) me tumbaron en matemáticas, I failed maths
tumbo sustantivo masculino
1 (vaivén) aquel hombre iba dando tumbos, that man was staggering along
(un vehículo) el coche iba dando tumbos, the car was jolting around
2 (dificultad, tropiezo) setback: va dando tumbos por la vida, he just muddles through life
' tumbo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
de
- tumbar
English:
lurch
* * *tumbo nmjolt, jerk;ir dando tumbos [al caminar] to lurch along;el autobús va dando tumbos the bus lurches from side to side;un pobre hombre que va dando tumbos por la vida a poor man who stumbles from one problem to another in life;la economía europea va dando tumbos the European economy is lurching from crisis to crisis* * *m tumble;ir dando tumbos stagger along* * *tumbo nm1) : tumble, fall2)dar tumbos : to jolt, to bump around -
52 escalonamiento
• spreading out• staggering -
53 ser tambaleante
• be staggering -
54 ser vacilante
• be hesitant• be staggering -
55 tambaleo
• shaking• stagger• staggering movement• wobble• wobbling -
56 victoria opacada por abrumadoras pérdidas
• Phyrrhic victory• victory offset by staggering lossesDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > victoria opacada por abrumadoras pérdidas
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57 victoria pírrica
• Phyrrhic victory• victory offset by staggering losses -
58 bamboneo
m.reeling, staggering. -
59 pasmosa suma
f.staggering figure. -
60 paso cerebelar
m.cerebellar gait, staggering walk.
См. также в других словарях:
staggering — [stag′əriŋ] adj. 1. that staggers 2. that causes one to stagger; astonishing; overwhelming; specif., astonishingly great [a staggering sum] staggeringly adv … English World dictionary
staggering — index incredible, ineffable, portentous (eliciting amazement), unbelievable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
staggering — (adj.) amazing, 1560s, from prp. of STAGGER (Cf. stagger) (v.). Related: Staggeringly … Etymology dictionary
staggering — [adj] overwhelming amazing, astonishing, astounding, distressing, mindblowing, mind boggling, shocking, stunning; concepts 548,571 … New thesaurus
staggering — adj. staggering to + inf. (it was staggering to total up the losses) * * * [ stæg(ə)rɪŋ] staggering to + inf. (it was staggering to total up the losses) … Combinatory dictionary
staggering — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ The number of dead is truly staggering. ADVERB ▪ absolutely, quite, simply, truly … Collocations dictionary
staggering — [[t]stæ̱gərɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is staggering is very surprising. ...a three year contract reputed to be worth a staggering ₤25,000 a week... The results have been quite staggering. Syn: astounding Derived words: staggeringly ADV… … English dictionary
staggering — adjective Date: 1565 so great as to cause one to stagger ; astonishing, overwhelming < a staggering feat > < staggering medical bills > • staggeringly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
staggering — stag|ger|ing [ˈstægərıŋ] adj extremely great or surprising = ↑amazing ▪ The cost was a staggering $10 million. ▪ The financial impact on the town was staggering. >staggeringly adv ▪ a staggeringly beautiful landscape … Dictionary of contemporary English
staggering — stag|ger|ing [ stægərıŋ ] adjective extremely surprising: the staggering success of the books a staggering 63 percent increase ╾ stag|ger|ing|ly adverb: staggeringly effective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
staggering — UK [ˈstæɡərɪŋ] / US adjective extremely surprising the staggering success of the books a staggering 63 per cent increase Derived word: staggeringly adverb staggeringly effective … English dictionary
