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1 Mexican standoff
Originally, a gunfight with no clear winner; later, an expression for getting away alive from a serious situation. Hendrickson notes that it also came to refer to a pitching duel in baseball. -
2 aislador de pie
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3 callejón sin salida
cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley* * *a) ( calle) dead end, blind alleyb) ( situación desesperada): el gobierno se encuentra en un callejón sin salida the government can't see its way out of its present situation* * *(n.) = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoffEx. It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.Ex. The catch 22 aspect of this attempt to reconcile the needs of research and nonresearch libraries is that our central cataloging agency, the Library of Congress (LC), does not provide dual cataloging copy.Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.Ex. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex. This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex. By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *a) ( calle) dead end, blind alleyb) ( situación desesperada): el gobierno se encuentra en un callejón sin salida the government can't see its way out of its present situation* * *(n.) = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoffEx: It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.
Ex: The catch 22 aspect of this attempt to reconcile the needs of research and nonresearch libraries is that our central cataloging agency, the Library of Congress (LC), does not provide dual cataloging copy.Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.Ex: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex: By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *blind alley; figdead end -
4 enfrentamiento
m.confrontation.* * *1 confrontation* * *noun m.clash, confrontation* * *SM (=conflicto) confrontation; (=encuentro) (face to face) encounter, (face to face) meeting; (Dep) encounter* * *masculino clash* * *= clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.Ex. A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.Ex. On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.Ex. A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.Ex. Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.Ex. The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex. A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.Ex. It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.Ex. That was one of the finest matches they ever played.Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.----* enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.* enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.* enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.* enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.* enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.* enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.* llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.* reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.* * *masculino clash* * *= clash [clashes, -pl.], conflict, confrontation, contest, collision, showdown, fighting, collision course, rumble, match, standoff.Ex: A seminar was held on community information last year which brought sharp clashes between librarians and social workers over their respective roles.
Ex: On that basis, I should like to suggest a possible solution to the conflict.Ex: A library should be organised to impose maximum confrontation between books and readers.Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.Ex: The article 'Search engine showdown' reports the results of lab tests carried out on 7 major World Wide Web (WWW) search engines available free of charge on the Internet.Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.Ex: A collision course can be avoided only if librarians work closely with the faculty in determining an appropriate policy.Ex: It is common practice for gang members to make sure that the police are informed of an impending rumble.Ex: That was one of the finest matches they ever played.Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* enfrentamiento armado = armed encounter.* enfrentamiento cara a cara = eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.* enfrentamiento de valores = conflict of values.* enfrentamiento entre rivales = grudge fight, grudge match, local derby.* enfrentamiento racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.* enfrentamientos sobre preferencias = flame war.* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.* llevar camino de enfrentamiento con = be on a collision course with.* reglas de enfrentamiento = rules of engagement.* * *clashse produjeron enfrentamientos entre los manifestantes y la policía there were clashes between demonstrators and policeen el debate se produjo un enfrentamiento entre los dos dirigentes during the debate there was a confrontation o clash between the two leadersCompuestos:armed confrontationmilitary confrontation* * *
enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino
clash;
enfrentamiento sustantivo masculino confrontation
' enfrentamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conflictividad
- contienda
- disputa
- duelo
- oposición
- parte
- refriega
- sangrienta
- sangriento
- choque
- conflicto
- confrontación
English:
clash
- showdown
- confrontation
- show
* * *confrontation;hubo enfrentamientos con la policía there were confrontations with the police;un enfrentamiento entre las dos alas del partido a confrontation between the two wings of the partyenfrentamiento armado armed confrontation o clash* * *m clash, confrontation;enfrentamiento verbal heated argument* * *: clash, confrontation* * *enfrentamiento n clash [pl. clashes] -
5 impás
m.impasse.* * *= dead end, bottleneck, deadlock, impasse, dead end street, standoff.Ex. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.Ex. By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex. This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.----* encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.* salir de un impás = circumvent + impasse.* * *= dead end, bottleneck, deadlock, impasse, dead end street, standoff.Ex: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.
Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.Ex: By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* encontrarse en un impás = face + impasse.* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.* salir de un impás = circumvent + impasse. -
6 punto muerto
m.1 dead end, dead center, dead spot, deadlock.2 break-even point, break point.* * *(en un coche) neutral 2 (en una negociación) standstill, stalemate, deadlock* * *(Auto) neutral; ( en negociaciones) deadlock; llegar a un punto muerto to reach deadlock o stalemate* * *(n.) = dead end, impasse, stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoffEx. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.Ex. This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex. It appears that the stalemate over this issue has not arisen because instructional technologists and traditional professors are on opposite sides of a barricade, but because they are fighting different battles.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex. By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *(Auto) neutral; ( en negociaciones) deadlock; llegar a un punto muerto to reach deadlock o stalemate* * *(n.) = dead end, impasse, stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoffEx: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.
Ex: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.Ex: It appears that the stalemate over this issue has not arisen because instructional technologists and traditional professors are on opposite sides of a barricade, but because they are fighting different battles.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex: By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *AUTO neutral -
7 tablas
f.pl.1 tie, draw, stalemate.2 stage.3 backgammon.* * *3 (de plaza de toros) barrier sing* * *1) boards, stage2) draw* * *= stalemate, standoff.Ex. It appears that the stalemate over this issue has not arisen because instructional technologists and traditional professors are on opposite sides of a barricade, but because they are fighting different battles.Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *= stalemate, standoff.Ex: It appears that the stalemate over this issue has not arisen because instructional technologists and traditional professors are on opposite sides of a barricade, but because they are fighting different battles.
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8 arrestar
v.1 to arrest.La policía arrestó a Ricardo The police arrested Richard.La policía arrestó el paro The police arrested the strike.2 to hold back, to cork, to rein back, to restrain.Ricardo arrestó su ira Richard held back his anger.* * *1 to arrest, detain2 (poner en prisión) to imprison, jail, put in prison* * *verbto arrest, detain* * *1.VT (=detener) to arrest, detain; (=encarcelar) to imprison, put in prisonarrestar en el cuartel — (Mil) to confine to barracks
2.See:* * *verbo transitivo to arrest* * *= detain, arrest, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, bust.Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex. In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.Ex. They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.Ex. The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.Ex. A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.Ex. On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.----* estar arrestado = be under arrest.* ser arrestado = be under arrest.* * *verbo transitivo to arrest* * *= detain, arrest, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, bust.Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.Ex: They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.Ex: The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.Ex: A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.Ex: On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.* estar arrestado = be under arrest.* ser arrestado = be under arrest.* * *arrestar [A1 ]vtto arrestqueda arrestado you're under arrestlos soldados que están arrestados the soldiers who are confined to barracks* * *
arrestar ( conjugate arrestar) verbo transitivo
to arrest
arrestar verbo transitivo to arrest
' arrestar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
prender
- detener
English:
apprehend
- bust
- arrest
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9 callejón
m.alley, street, alleyway, back street.* * *1 back street, back alley\en un callejón sin salida figurado at an impasse, deadlockedcallejón sin salida cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley* * *noun m.* * *SM (=calleja) alley, passage; And (=calle) main street; (Taur) space between inner and outer barriers; (Geog) narrow passcallejón sin salida — cul-de-sac, dead end; (fig) blind alley
las negociaciones están en un callejón sin salida — the negotiations are at an impasse, the negotiations are stalemated
gente de callejón — And low-class people
* * *masculino alley, narrow street* * *= back alley, side-street, side lane, alley, alleyway.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. To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.Ex. The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/ side lane behind the Prudential Tower.Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex. Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.----* callejón de servicio = service road.* callejón oscuro = dark alley.* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* * *masculino alley, narrow street* * *= back alley, side-street, side lane, alley, alleyway.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: To gain an idea of the fineness of detail necessary to produce the circuit elements on the chip, imagine a map of the British Isles showing sufficient detail to identify even the narrowest side-street in London.Ex: The back entrance is off of Huntington Avenue in a service road/ side lane behind the Prudential Tower.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.Ex: Upon questioning we find that those eminently pragmatic down-to-earth notions dwell in the darkest alleyways of metaphysics.* callejón de servicio = service road.* callejón oscuro = dark alley.* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* * *alley, narrow streetCompuesto:(literal) dead end, blind alley; (situación difícil) dead end, blind alleyestábamos en un callejón sin salida we were at o had reached a dead end, we were up a blind alley* * *
callejón sustantivo masculino
alley, narrow street;
( situación) dead end
callejón sustantivo masculino back alley o street
(sin salida) cul-de-sac, dead end
♦ Locuciones: han llevado la situación a un callejón sin salida, the situation is at an impasse
' callejón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salida
- pasaje
English:
alley
- blind alley
- cul-de-sac
- dead end
- gun down
- passage
- passageway
- alleyway
- dead
- lane
- stand
* * *callejón nm1. [calle] alleycallejón sin salida dead end, blind alley; Fig blind alley, impasse;la OTAN se ha metido en un callejón sin salida NATO has got itself into a blind alley, NATO is at an impasse2. Taurom = barricaded passage between the edge of the bullring and the seats* * *m alley* * *1) : alley2)callejón sin salida : dead-end street* * *callejón n alley -
10 de cinco meses de duración
(adj.) = five-month-longEx. A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.* * *(adj.) = five-month-longEx: A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.
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11 desarmar
v.1 to disarm (quitar las armas).El soldado desarmó al enemigo The soldier disarmed the enemy.2 to take apart, to dismantle.El desarmó el juguete He took the toy apart.3 to render powerless, to disarm.Su fuerza desarmó al ogro His strength rendered the ogre powerless.* * *1 (quitar las armas) to disarm2 (desmontar) to dismantle, take apart, take to pieces* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (Mil) to disarm2) (=desmontar) [+ juguete] to take apart, take to pieces; [+ rompecabezas] to break up; [+ tienda de campaña] to take down; [+ estantería, mueble] to dismantle, take apart; [+ remos] to ship; [+ barco] to lay up; [+ barrera] to remove, take down3) (=dejar sin argumentos) [+ persona] to disarm; [+ ira] to calm2.VI to disarm3.See:* * *verbo transitivo1) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; < carpa> (AmL) to take down; <rifle/motor> to strip (down); < rompecabezas> to take... to pieces, break up; <juguete/maqueta> to take... apart, take... to pieces2)a) ( quitar armas) to disarmb) ( dejar sin argumentos) to disarm* * *= pull + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + to bits, disarm.Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex. The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.Ex. A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.* * *verbo transitivo1) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; < carpa> (AmL) to take down; <rifle/motor> to strip (down); < rompecabezas> to take... to pieces, break up; <juguete/maqueta> to take... apart, take... to pieces2)a) ( quitar armas) to disarmb) ( dejar sin argumentos) to disarm* * *= pull + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + to bits, disarm.Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.
Ex: The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.Ex: A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.* * *desarmar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹aparato› to dismantle, strip down, take … to pieces; ‹mueble› to dismantle; ‹rifle› to strip down2 ‹tienda de campaña› to take down, strike3 ‹rompecabezas/puzzle› to take … to pieces, break up; ‹juguete/maqueta› to take … apart, take … to pieces4 ( Chi) ‹coche/barco/maquinaria› to scrapB1 ‹criminal/contrincante› to disarm2 (en un debate, una discusión) to disarmA «rompecabezas/móvil» to come apart, fall to pieces o bits ( colloq)B ( Mil) to disarm* * *
desarmar ( conjugate desarmar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹mueble/mecanismo› to dismantle;
‹ carpa› (AmL) to take down;
‹rifle/motor› to strip (down);
‹ rompecabezas› to take … to pieces, break up;
‹juguete/maqueta› to take … apart
2
desarmar verbo transitivo
1 (un mueble, juguete, etc) to dismantle, take to pieces
2 Mil to disarm: un policía logró desarmar al secuestrador, a policeman managed to disarm the kidnapper
3 (a una persona) to disarm: nos desarmó con sus magníficos argumentos, she won us over with her convincing line of argument
' desarmar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deshacer
- desmontar
English:
bit
- disarm
- piece
* * *♦ vt1. [quitar las armas a] to disarm2. [desmontar] to take apart, to dismantle;desarmar una tienda de campaña to take down a tent3. [desconcertar] to disarm;intento reñirla, pero su sonrisa me desarma I try to tell her off, but her smile disarms me* * *v/t1 MIL disarm2 TÉC take to pieces, dismantle* * *desarmar vt1) : to disarm2) desmontar: to disassemble, to take apart -
12 detener
v.1 to stop.consiguieron detener la hemorragia they managed to stop the bleedingestaba decidido, nada podía detenerlo he had made up his mind, nothing could stop himRicardo detuvo el auto Richard stopped the car.El guarda detuvo el asalto The guard stopped the holdup.2 to arrest.El guarda detuvo al ladrón The guard arrested the thief.3 to keep, to delay.4 to hold back, to delay, to block someone's progress, to block the progress of.La falta de luz detuvo al tren The lack of lighting held back the train.* * *1 (parar) to stop, halt; (proceso, negociación) to hold up2 (retener) to keep, delay, detain3 DERECHO to detain, arrest1 (pararse) to stop, halt2 (entretenerse) to hang about, linger3 (pararse a considerar algo) to dwell* * *verb1) to arrest, detain2) stop, halt•* * *1. VT1) (=parar) to stop2) (=retrasar) to hold up, delayno quiero detenerlo — I don't want to keep o delay you
3) (=retener) [+ objeto] to keep4) (Jur) (=arrestar) to arrest; (=encarcelar) to detain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( parar) <vehículo/máquina> to stop; <trámite/proceso> to halt; < hemorragia> to stop, staunchvete, nadie te detiene — go then, nobody's stopping you
2) ( arrestar) to arrest; ( encarcelar) to detain2.detenerse v prona) ( pararse) vehículo/persona to stopdetenerse a + inf — to stop to + inf
b) ( tomar mucho tiempo)detenerse en algo: no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles — let's not spend too much time discussing the details
* * *= halt, stop, suspend, staunch [stanch, -USA], check, detain, stunt, stem + the tide of, arrest, apprehend, shut down, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, pull over.Ex. Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.Ex. Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.Ex. Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.Ex. They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex. True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex. Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.Ex. Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.Ex. Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex. In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.Ex. They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.Ex. The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.Ex. A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.Ex. Since cops were given the go-ahead to pull over people for not wearing seat belts, state troopers have become creative about spotting scofflaws.----* continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.* detener bruscamente = halt + in full flight.* detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.* detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.* detener en el camino = waylay.* detenerse = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over.* detenerse antes de = stop + short of.* detenerse a pensar = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back.* detenerse a pensar en = spare + a thought for.* detenerse a reflexionar = stand back.* detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.* detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.* detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.* detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.* detenerse por un momento = pause.* estar detenido = be under arrest.* ser detenido = be under arrest.* si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( parar) <vehículo/máquina> to stop; <trámite/proceso> to halt; < hemorragia> to stop, staunchvete, nadie te detiene — go then, nobody's stopping you
2) ( arrestar) to arrest; ( encarcelar) to detain2.detenerse v prona) ( pararse) vehículo/persona to stopdetenerse a + inf — to stop to + inf
b) ( tomar mucho tiempo)detenerse en algo: no nos detengamos demasiado en los detalles — let's not spend too much time discussing the details
* * *= halt, stop, suspend, staunch [stanch, -USA], check, detain, stunt, stem + the tide of, arrest, apprehend, shut down, imprison, jail [gaol, -UK], make + an arrest, place under + arrest, take into + custody, pull over.Ex: Consequently, a freeze-frame or still-picture effect can be achieved by simply halting the movement of the head across the disc.
Ex: Program function key 1 (FP1) tells DOBIS/LIBIS to stop whatever it is doing and go back to the function selection screen.Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.Ex: They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex: True personal discrimination cannot be forced by exercises in selecting the good and rejecting the bad by the application of stock critical formulas: it may indeed be stunted.Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex: Due to this fortunate circumstance, a thief who had been systematically purloining rare books from the Library was apprehended.Ex: Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.Ex: Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.Ex: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.Ex: They do do everything from issuing parking and speeding tickets to making arrests.Ex: The driver was placed under arrest by the state police for driving while under the influence of alcohol.Ex: A couple convicted of tax evasion was taken into custody after a five-month-long standoff with federal agents.Ex: Since cops were given the go-ahead to pull over people for not wearing seat belts, state troopers have become creative about spotting scofflaws.* continuar sin detenerse = go straight ahead.* detener bruscamente = halt + in full flight.* detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.* detener completamente = bring to + a (grinding) halt.* detener en el camino = waylay.* detenerse = become + stagnant, break off, sit back, stall, pull up, run into + the sand(s), stop over.* detenerse antes de = stop + short of.* detenerse a pensar = pause + to think, step back, take + a step back.* detenerse a pensar en = spare + a thought for.* detenerse a reflexionar = stand back.* detenerse completamente = grind to + a (screeching) halt, come to + a (dead) halt, come to + a shuddering halt.* detenerse en el camino = stop along + the way.* detenerse en el lado del camino = pull over.* detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.* detenerse por un momento = pause.* estar detenido = be under arrest.* ser detenido = be under arrest.* si nos detenemos a reflexionar sobre ello = on reflection.* * *vtA (parar) ‹vehículo/máquina› to stop; ‹trámite/proceso› to halt; ‹hemorragia› to stop, staunchdetener el avance del enemigo to halt the enemy advancedetener el avance de la enfermedad to curb o check o arrest the development of the diseasevete si quieres, nadie te detiene go if you want, nobody's stopping youB (arrestar) to arrest; (encarcelar) to detain¡queda usted detenido! you're under arrest!1 (pararse) «vehículo/persona» to stopven directo a casa, sin detenerte en el camino come straight home without stopping off on the waydetenerse A + INF to stop to + INF¿te has detenido a pensar en las consecuencias? have you stopped to consider the consequences?2(tomar mucho tiempo): me detuve arreglando el escritorio y perdí el tren I hung around tidying my desk and I missed the traindetenerse EN algo:hay que ir al grano sin detenerse en lo accesorio we have to get to the point without dwelling on incidentalsno te detengas en la introducción don't waste time o spend too much time on the introduction* * *
detener ( conjugate detener) verbo transitivo
1 ( parar) ‹vehículo/máquina› to stop;
‹trámite/proceso› to halt;
‹ hemorragia› to stop, staunch
2 ( arrestar) to arrest;
( encarcelar) to detain;◊ ¡queda usted detenido! you're under arrest!
detenerse verbo pronominal
detenerse a hacer algo to stop to do sthb) ( tomar mucho tiempo) detenerse en algo:
detener verbo transitivo
1 to stop, halt
2 Jur (a un sospechoso) to arrest, detain
' detener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interceptar
- prender
- atajar
- detiene
- detuve
- paso
English:
apprehend
- arrest
- detain
- get
- inhibit
- keep
- prisoner
- pull in
- recapture
- remand
- seize
- stem
- stop
- halt
- hold
- stunt
* * *♦ vt1. [parar] to stop;detenga el vehículo y estacione stop the vehicle and park;detener el avance enemigo to halt the enemy advance;detener la propagación de la epidemia to stop the spread of the epidemic;los bomberos lograron detener el fuego firefighters managed to hold the fire in check o stop the fire spreading;consiguieron detener la hemorragia they managed to stop the bleeding;estaba decidido, nada podía detenerlo he had made up his mind, nothing could stop him;¡adelante, hazlo! ¿qué te detiene? go on, do it! what's stopping you?2. [arrestar] to arrest3. [entretener] to keep, to delay;¿qué fue lo que te detuvo? what kept you?, what held you up?* * *v/t1 stop2 de policía arrest, detain* * *detener {80} vt1) arrestar: to arrest, to detain2) parar: to stop, to halt3) : to keep, to hold back* * *detener vb2. (arrestar) to arrest -
13 ejecución hipotecaria
f.mortgage foreclosure, shortcut foreclosure.* * *(n.) = foreclosureEx. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.* * *(n.) = foreclosureEx: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.
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14 entrar a saco
(v.) = burst into, storm intoEx. In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.Ex. A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.* * *(v.) = burst into, storm intoEx: In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.
Ex: A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff. -
15 entrar de sopetón
(v.) = burst into, storm intoEx. In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.Ex. A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.* * *(v.) = burst into, storm intoEx: In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.
Ex: A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff. -
16 irrumpir en
v.1 to barge into, to barge in on, to break in on, to break in upon.María irrumpió en la habitación Mary barged into the room.María irrumpió en la conversación Mary barged into the conversation.2 to barge into, to barrel into, to bulldoze into, to burst into.María irrumpió en la habitación Mary barged into the room.* * *(v.) = swarm (into/in), burst into, storm intoEx. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex. In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.Ex. A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.* * *(v.) = swarm (into/in), burst into, storm intoEx: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.
Ex: In a minute, James burst into the room in her usual emphatic way, threw her briefcase on the desk, and said: 'Hi!'.Ex: A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff. -
17 mesa de negociaciones
(n.) = bargaining table, negotiation tableEx. Some libraries, using inexperienced and untrained representatives at the bargaining table, lose so much authority that it becomes difficult to manage the institution.Ex. He has urged both sides to return to the negotiation table to try and settle Iran's nuclear standoff.* * *(n.) = bargaining table, negotiation tableEx: Some libraries, using inexperienced and untrained representatives at the bargaining table, lose so much authority that it becomes difficult to manage the institution.
Ex: He has urged both sides to return to the negotiation table to try and settle Iran's nuclear standoff.* * *negotiating table -
18 muerto
adj.1 dead, deceased, defunct, demised.2 dead, asleep, benumbed, numbed.3 dead-like, slothful, sluggish.4 dead, without electricity.5 discharged, without charge.f. & m.1 dead person, corpse, dead man.2 speed ramp, sleeping policeman.past part.past participle of spanish verb: morir.* * *1 familiar drag, bore————————1→ link=morir morir► adjetivo1 (sin vida) dead; (sin actividad) lifeless3 (marchito) faded, withered► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 dead person (cadáver) corpse2 (víctima) victim1 familiar drag, bore\dejar muerto,-a a alguien familiar (de cansancio) to finish somebody off 2 (de asombro) to leave somebody dumbfoundedcaer muerto,-a to drop deadcargar con el muerto to be left holding the babycargarle el muerto a alguien to pass the buck to somebodyhacer el muerto (en el agua) to float on one's backhacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead'Muerto en combate' "Killed in action"no tener dónde caerse muerto,-a not to have a penny to one's nameser un/una muerto,-a de hambre to be a good-for-nothing¡tus muertos! tabú up yours!medio muerto,-a half-dead* * *1. (f. - muerta)adj.2. (f. - muerta)noun* * *muerto, -a1.PP de morir2. ADJ1) [persona, animal] dead•
dar por muerto a algn — to give sb up for dead•
ser muerto a tiros — to be shot, be shot dead•
vivo o muerto — dead or alive- estar muerto y enterradoángulo, cal, lengua, marea, naturaleza, punto, tiempo, vía2) * [para exagerar]a) (=cansado) dead tired *, ready to drop *después del viaje estábamos muertos — we were dead tired o ready to drop after the journey *
b) (=sin animación) deadc)• estar muerto de algo, estaba muerto de la envidia — I was green with envy
me voy a la cama, que estoy muerta de sueño — I'm going to bed, I'm dead tired *
estoy muerta de cansancio — I'm dead tired o dog tired *, I'm ready to drop *
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estar muerto de risa — [persona] to laugh one's head off, kill o.s. laughing; [casa] to be going to rack and ruin; Esp [ropa] to be gathering dustestaba muerto de risa con sus chistes — I laughed my head off at his jokes, I killed myself laughing at his jokes
3) (=relajado) [brazo, mano] limp4) (=apagado) [color] dull3. SM / F1) (=persona muerta)[en accidente, guerra]¿ha habido muertos en el accidente? — was anyone killed in the accident?
el conflicto ha causado 45.000 muertos — the conflict has caused 45,000 deaths o the deaths of 45,000 people
el número de muertos va en aumento — the death toll o the number of deaths is rising
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doblar a muerto — to toll the death knell•
los muertos — the dead•
tocar a muerto — to toll the death knellni muerto * —
resucitar a un muerto —
esta sopa resucita a un muerto — hum this soup really hits the spot *
2) * (=cadáver) body•
hacer el muerto — to float¿sabes hacer el muerto boca arriba? — can you float on your back?
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hacerse el muerto — to pretend to be dead4. SM1) * (=tarea pesada) drag *¡vaya muerto que nos ha caído encima! — Esp what a drag! *
lo siento, pero te ha tocado a ti el muerto de decírselo al jefe — I'm sorry, but you've drawn the short straw - you've got to tell the boss
ese muerto yo no me lo cargo, yo soy inocente — I'm not taking the blame o rap *, I'm innocent
siempre me cargan con el muerto de cuidar a los niños — I always get lumbered with looking after the children
a mí no me cargas tú ese muerto, yo no tengo nada que ver en este asunto — don't try and pin the blame on me, I've got nothing to do with this
2) (Naipes) dummyDÍA DE LOS MUERTOS 2 November, All Souls' Day, called the Día de los Muertos elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world and Día de los Difuntos in Spain, is the day when Christians throughout the Spanish-speaking world traditionally honour their dead. In Mexico the festivities are particularly spectacular with a week-long festival, starting on 1 November, in which Christian and ancient pagan customs are married. 1 November itself is for children who have died, while 2 November is set aside for adults. Families meet to take food, flowers and sweets in the shape of skeletons, coffins and crosses to the graves of their loved ones. In Spain people celebrate the Día de los Difuntos by taking flowers to the cemetery. 20-N N 20-N is commonly used as shorthand to refer to the anniversary of General Franco's death on 20 November 1975. Every year supporters of the far right hold a commemorative rally in Madrid's Plaza de Oriente, the scene of many of Franco's speeches to the people.* * *I- ta adjetivo1) [ESTAR]a) <persona/animal/planta> deadresultaron muertos 30 mineros — 30 miners died o were killed
muerto y enterrado — dead and buried, over and done with (colloq)
b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo)muerto DE algo: estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq); estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq); muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa — he was laughing his head off
2) (como pp) (period)3)a) <pueblo/zona> dead, lifelessb) ( inerte) limpc) <carretera/camino> disusedII- ta masculino, femenino1) ( persona muerta)hubo dos muertos — two people died o were killed
lo juro por mis muertos — (fam) I swear on my mother's grave
cargar con el muerto — (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work
se fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto — they took off and left me to pick up the tab (colloq)
cargarle el muerto a alguien — (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on somebody; ( endilgarle la tarea) to give somebody the dirty work (colloq)
ser un muerto de hambre — (fam) to be a nobody (colloq)
* * *= dead, deceased, dulled, dead and buried, dead and gone.Ex. The newcomer to the subject may be forgiven for concluding that the concept of post-coordinate indexing is dead.Ex. Deceased persons of high renown in these fields will also be included.Ex. Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.Ex. The article 'Is horror dead and buried?' discusses the current state of the horror fiction market, and how predictions of its collapse have failed to materialize.Ex. The article is entitled 'Who's gonna take out the garbage when I'm dead and gone? New roles for leaders'.----* ángulo muerto = blind spot.* bebé que nace muerto = stillbirth [still-birth].* caerse muerto = drop + dead.* cargar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* causar muertos = take + a toll on life.* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* dado por muerto = presumed dead.* declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.* doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.* estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.* fingir estar muerto = feign + death.* hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.* hacerse el muerto = play + possum, play + dead.* hombre muerto = goner.* lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.* manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.* más que muerto = dead and buried.* materia muerta = dead matter, inanimate matter.* mosquita muerta = butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.* muerto de cansancio = tired to death.* muerto de curiosidad = agog.* muerto de frío = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* muerto en combate = killed in action.* muerto en vida = living dead.* muertos, los = slain, the, dead, the.* muerto viviente = living dead.* muerto y bien muerto = dead and buried.* nacido muerto = stillborn.* ¡ni muerto! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.* no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.* número de muertos = death toll.* oler a perros muertos = stink to + high heaven.* pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* punto muerto = stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.* revista muerta = inactive journal.* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* supuestamente muerto = presumed dead.* tema muerto = dead issue.* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).* tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.* * *I- ta adjetivo1) [ESTAR]a) <persona/animal/planta> deadresultaron muertos 30 mineros — 30 miners died o were killed
muerto y enterrado — dead and buried, over and done with (colloq)
b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo)muerto DE algo: estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq); estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq); muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa — he was laughing his head off
2) (como pp) (period)3)a) <pueblo/zona> dead, lifelessb) ( inerte) limpc) <carretera/camino> disusedII- ta masculino, femenino1) ( persona muerta)hubo dos muertos — two people died o were killed
lo juro por mis muertos — (fam) I swear on my mother's grave
cargar con el muerto — (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work
se fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto — they took off and left me to pick up the tab (colloq)
cargarle el muerto a alguien — (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on somebody; ( endilgarle la tarea) to give somebody the dirty work (colloq)
ser un muerto de hambre — (fam) to be a nobody (colloq)
* * *= dead, deceased, dulled, dead and buried, dead and gone.Ex: The newcomer to the subject may be forgiven for concluding that the concept of post-coordinate indexing is dead.
Ex: Deceased persons of high renown in these fields will also be included.Ex: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.Ex: The article 'Is horror dead and buried?' discusses the current state of the horror fiction market, and how predictions of its collapse have failed to materialize.Ex: The article is entitled 'Who's gonna take out the garbage when I'm dead and gone? New roles for leaders'.* ángulo muerto = blind spot.* bebé que nace muerto = stillbirth [still-birth].* caerse muerto = drop + dead.* cargar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* causar muertos = take + a toll on life.* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* dado por muerto = presumed dead.* declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.* doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.* estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.* fingir estar muerto = feign + death.* hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.* hacerse el muerto = play + possum, play + dead.* hombre muerto = goner.* lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.* manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.* más que muerto = dead and buried.* materia muerta = dead matter, inanimate matter.* mosquita muerta = butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.* muerto de cansancio = tired to death.* muerto de curiosidad = agog.* muerto de frío = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* muerto en combate = killed in action.* muerto en vida = living dead.* muertos, los = slain, the, dead, the.* muerto viviente = living dead.* muerto y bien muerto = dead and buried.* nacido muerto = stillborn.* ¡ni muerto! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.* no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.* número de muertos = death toll.* oler a perros muertos = stink to + high heaven.* pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* punto muerto = stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.* revista muerta = inactive journal.* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* supuestamente muerto = presumed dead.* tema muerto = dead issue.* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).* tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.* * *A [ ESTAR]1 ‹persona/animal/planta› deadsus padres están muertos her parents are deadresultaron muertos 30 mineros 30 miners died o were killedse busca vivo o muerto wanted dead or alivelo dieron por muerto he was given up for deadsoldados muertos en combate soldiers who died in actionlo encontraron más muerto que vivo ( fam); when they found him he was more dead than alivemuerto y enterrado dead and buried, over and done with ( colloq)3 ( fam) (pasando, padeciendo) muerto DE algo:estábamos muertos de hambre/frío/sueño we were starving/freezing/dead-tired ( colloq)estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff ( colloq), he was rigid with fearmuerto de angustia sick with worrymuerto de (la) risa ( fam): estaba muerto de risa delante del televisor he was sitting in front of the television laughing his head off o killing himself laughingun vestido tan caro y lo tienes ahí muerto de risa that's a really expensive dress and you leave it just gathering dust ( colloq)fue muerto a tiros he was shot deadlas dos personas que fueron muertas por los terroristas the two people killed by the terroristsC1 ‹pueblo/zona› dead, lifeless2 (inerte) limpdeja la mano muerta relax your hand, let your hand go limp o floppymasculine, feminineA(persona muerta): hubo dos muertos en el accidente two people died o were killed in the accidentlos muertos de la guerra the war deadlas campanas doblaron or tocaron a muerto the bells sounded the death knell ( liter)lo juro por mis muertos ( fam); I swear on my mother's grave o lifehacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead, play possumcargar con el muerto ( fam): como nadie se ofrece, siempre tengo que cargar con el muerto nobody else volunteers so I'm always left to do the dirty workse fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto they took off and left me to pick up the tab ( colloq)ese muerto no lo cargo yo don't look at me! ( colloq)cargarle el muerto a algn ( fam) (responsabilizar) to pin the blame on sb; (endilgarle la tarea) to give sb the dirty work ( colloq)está como para resucitar a los muertos it goes right to the spot o really hits the spot ( colloq)hacer el muerto to float on one's backponer los muertos: en esa guerra nosotros hemos puesto los muertos we provided the cannon fodder in that warun muerto de hambre ( fam): no comas de esa manera, que pareces un muerto de hambre don't eat like that, anyone would think you hadn't had a meal in weeksuna chica tan bien y se ha casado con ese muerto de hambre such a nice girl and she's gone and got married to that nobody ( colloq)el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo dead men have no friendsB* * *
Del verbo morir: ( conjugate morir)
muerto es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
morir
muerto
morir ( conjugate morir) verbo intransitivo
murió asesinada she was murdered;
muerto DE algo ‹de vejez/cáncer› to die of sth;
murió de hambre she starved to death;
¡y allí muere! (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
morirse verbo pronominal [persona/animal/planta] to die;
se me murió la perra my dog died;
no te vas a muerto por ayudarlo (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq);
como se entere me muero (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq);
muertose DE algo ‹de un infarto/de cáncer› to die of sth;
se moría de miedo/aburrimiento he was scared stiff/bored stiff;
me muero de frío I'm freezing;
me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq);
me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq);
se muere por verla he's dying to see her (colloq)
muerto -ta adjetivo
1 [ESTAR]
resultaron muertos 30 mineros 30 miners died o were killed;
caer muerto to drop dead
c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo):◊ estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq);
estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq);
muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa he was laughing his head off
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■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 ( persona muerta):◊ hubo dos muertos two people died o were killed;
hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead;
cargar con el muerto (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work;
cargarle el muerto a algn (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on sb;
( endilgarle la tarea) to give sb the dirty work (colloq);
2
morir verbo intransitivo to die
morir de agotamiento/hambre, to die of exhaustion/starvation
muerto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin vida) dead
2 (cansado) exhausted
3 (ciudad, pueblo) dead
horas muertas, spare time
Dep tiempo muerto, time-out
4 (uso enfático) muerto de frío/miedo, frozen/scared to death
muerto de hambre, starving
muerto de risa, laughing one's head off
5 Auto (en) punto muerto, (in) neutral
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (cadáver) dead person
2 (tarea fastidiosa) dirty job
3 (víctima de accidente) fatality
4 fam LAm empty bottle
' muerto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dar
- desaparecida
- desaparecido
- fiambre
- fosa
- interfecta
- interfecto
- muerta
- punto
- reposar
- resucitar
- risa
- seca
- seco
- tiempo
- velar
- yacer
- caer
- carroña
- disecar
- sepultar
English:
accidentally
- body
- born
- coast
- convulse
- dead
- Dead Sea
- dead weight
- deadbeat
- deadlock
- death
- envy
- for
- fur
- good
- half
- half-dead
- impasse
- late
- life
- name
- neutral
- parched
- penny
- play
- possum
- read
- sick
- stalemate
- stand-off
- stiff
- stillbirth
- stillborn
- stone
- be
- brain
- carcass
- famished
- fatality
- fear
- flop
- free
- grind
- half-
- petrified
- pronounce
- stab
- still
- stuck
* * *muerto, -a♦ participiover morir♦ adj1. [sin vida] dead;caer muerto to drop dead;dar por muerto a alguien to give sb up for dead;varios transeúntes resultaron muertos a number of passers-by were killed;este sitio está muerto en invierno this place is dead in winter;estar muerto de frío to be freezing to death;estar muerto de hambre to be starving;estar muerto de miedo to be scared to death;estábamos muertos de risa we nearly died laughing;Famestar muerto de risa [objeto] to be lying around doing nothing;estar más muerto que vivo de hambre/cansancio to be half dead with hunger/exhaustion;Amestar muerto por alguien [enamorado] to be head over heels in love with sb;no tiene dónde caerse muerto he doesn't have a penny to his name;muerto el perro, se acabó la rabia the best way to solve a problem is to attack its root causeestoy que me caigo muerto I'm fit to dropmuerto en combate killed in action4. [color] dull♦ nm,f1. [fallecido] dead person;[cadáver] corpse;hubo dos muertos two people died;hacer el muerto [sobre el agua] to float on one's back;hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead, to play dead;las campanas tocaban a muerto the bells were tolling the death knell;Famcargar con el muerto [trabajo, tarea] to be left holding the baby;[culpa] to get the blame; Fam [culpa] to put the blame on sb; Famun muerto de hambre: se casó con un muerto de hambre she married a man who didn't have a penny to his name;el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo life goes on (in spite of everything)2.los muertos [los fallecidos] the dead;el ejército derrotado enterraba a sus muertos the defeated army was burying its dead;resucitar de entre los muertos to rise from the dead;Vulg¡(me cago en) tus muertos! you motherfucker!♦ nm[en naipes] dummy hand* * *I part → morirII adj dead;muerto de hambre starving; fig, desp penniless, down and out;muerto de sueño dead-tired;más muerto que vivo fig half-dead;no tener dónde caerse muerto fam be as poor as a church mouse famcolgar(le) a alguien el muerto fig get s.o. to do the dirty work* * *muerto, -ta adj1) : dead2) : lifeless, flat, dull3)muerto de : dying ofestoy muerto de hambre: I'm dying of hungermuerto, -ta nmdifunto: dead person, deceased* * *muerto1 adj dead -
19 impasse
m.1 impasse.2 standoff, stand-off.* * *1 impasse* * *[im'pas]SM ó SF1) (=estancamiento) impasse2) (Bridge) finesse* * *[im'pas]masculino ( situación crítica) impasse* * *= stalemate.Ex. It appears that the stalemate over this issue has not arisen because instructional technologists and traditional professors are on opposite sides of a barricade, but because they are fighting different battles.* * *[im'pas]masculino ( situación crítica) impasse* * *= stalemate.Ex: It appears that the stalemate over this issue has not arisen because instructional technologists and traditional professors are on opposite sides of a barricade, but because they are fighting different battles.
* * */imˈpas/1 (situación crítica) impasselas negociaciones están en un impasse negotiations have reached deadlock o an impassesalir del impasse to break the deadlock o impasse2 (en bridge) finesse* * *impasse;* * *impasse nm: impasse -
20 punto2
2 = bullet point.Ex. Readers like bullet points because they are visually appealing and make it easy to quickly find pertinent information.----* alcanzar el punto crítico = come to + a head.* alcanzar el punto culminante = climax.* alcanzar el punto más álgido = peak, come into + full bloom.* alcanzar + Posesivo + punto álgido = reach + Posesivo + peak.* a punto de = on the verge of, a heartbeat away from.* a punto de + Infinitivo = about to + Infinitivo.* a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks.* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.* el punto más bajo = rock-bottom.* encontrar el punto medio = strike + the right note.* en qué punto = at what point.* en su punto = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.].* en su punto más álgido = at its height.* en su punto más bajo = at its lowest ebb.* en un punto bajo = at a low ebb.* estar a punto de = be poised to, be about to, be on the point of, stand + poised, come + very close to.* estar a punto de cascarlas = be on + Posesivo + last legs.* estar a punto de decir = be on the tip of + Posesivo + tongue to say.* estar a punto de + Infinitivo = be about + Infinitivo.* fichero de punto de acceso = access-point file.* hasta cierto punto = up to a point, to some degree, to some extent.* hasta el punto de = to the point of, up to the point of.* hasta el punto que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta qué punto = how far, the extent to which, to what extent.* hasta tal punto + Adjetivo = such a + Nombre.* hasta tal punto que = to a point where.* hasta un punto limitado = to a limited extent.* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.* llegado este punto = at this juncture.* llegado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.* llegar al punto álgido = reach + a head.* llegar al punto crítico = come to + a head.* llegar al punto de = be at the point of.* llegar al punto de + Infinitivo = go + (as/so) far as + Infinitivo.* llegar a un punto crítico = reach + turning point.* no tener ni punto de comparación = be in a different league.* pasado un punto = beyond a certain point, beyond a point.* poner a punto = overhaul, hone, fine tune [fine-tune], tune-up.* primer punto de contacto = port of first call.* primer punto de contacto, el = first port of call, the.* puesta a punto = fine tuning [fine-tuning], tuning, tune-up.* punto álgido = peak.* punto a punto = point-to-point.* punto central = focal point.* punto ciego = blind spot.* punto clave = key point, watershed, tipping point.* punto crítico = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.* punto culminante = zenith, climax, peak, capstone.* punto de acceso = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point.* punto de apoyo = foothold.* punto débil = downside, weak point, weak link.* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.* punto débl = blind spot.* punto de contacto = point of contact, interface, contact point.* punto de convergencia = junction point, similarity.* punto de discusión = bone of contention.* punto de distribución = outlet.* punto de divergencia = stepping-off point.* punto de división = break.* punto de encuentro = meeting point.* punto de entrada = entry point, entrance point, point of entry.* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.* punto de información = information kiosk.* punto de interés = point of interest.* punto de llegada = point of arrival.* punto de luz = power point, electrical outlet, socket outlet, outlet.* punto de partida = point of departure, starting point, take-off point, baseline [base line], beginning point.* punto de penalti, el = penalty mark, the.* punto de recepción y envío = shipping point.* punto de recogida = pick-up point, drop-off point.* punto de referencia = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point.* punto de referencia común = common framework.* punto de ruptura = breaking point.* punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].* punto de servicio = service point.* punto de una lista = bullet point.* punto de venta = outlet, point of sale.* punto esencial = essential point.* punto final = end point [endpoint].* punto flaco = foible, weak point, blind spot, weak link.* punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.* punto fuerte = strength, upside, forte, strong point.* punto g, el = G-spot, the.* punto intermedio = middle ground.* punto medio = happy medium, mid-point.* punto muerto = dead end, impasse, stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* punto negro = blackhead.* punto positivo = asset.* puntos de acceso = entry vocabulary.* punto silla = saddle point.* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.* servir de punto de partida = point + the way to.* tomar como punto de partida = build on/upon.* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
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