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standoffish

  • 1 distante

    adj.
    1 far away.
    2 distant.
    estaba distante, con la mirada perdida he was distant, staring into space
    3 remote, distant, far.
    * * *
    1 (en el espacio) distant, far; (en el tiempo) distant, remote
    2 figurado distant
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [lugar] (=lejano) distant; (=remoto) far-off, remote
    2) [persona, actitud] distant
    * * *
    adjetivo < lugar> distant, remote; <recuerdos/imágenes> distant; < persona> distant, aloof; < actitud> distant
    * * *
    = distal, remote, distant, from afar, detached, far off, arm's length, at arm's length, aloof, distanced.
    Ex. The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. Experts from afar can be drawn into virtual classrooms to stimulate deeper learning from extended interaction.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. Resolution of copyright issues seems still far off.
    Ex. Libraries and vendors must move away from arm's length relationships that involve giving one thing in return for another to strong and close relationships that involve collaboration.
    Ex. Because transfer prices can he manipulated to avoid paying taxes, governments insist that these prices must be set as if the firms were at arm's length.
    Ex. The article takes up the present discussion about youths' aloof attitudes towards politics.
    Ex. The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
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    * actitud distante = aloofness.
    * en un futuro no muy distante = in the not too distant future.
    * en un pasado no muy distante = in the not too distant past.
    * permanecer distante = remain + aloof.
    * * *
    adjetivo < lugar> distant, remote; <recuerdos/imágenes> distant; < persona> distant, aloof; < actitud> distant
    * * *
    = distal, remote, distant, from afar, detached, far off, arm's length, at arm's length, aloof, distanced.

    Ex: The converse is true for authors who feature predominantly in multi-author works and at distal sequence positions.

    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: Experts from afar can be drawn into virtual classrooms to stimulate deeper learning from extended interaction.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: Resolution of copyright issues seems still far off.
    Ex: Libraries and vendors must move away from arm's length relationships that involve giving one thing in return for another to strong and close relationships that involve collaboration.
    Ex: Because transfer prices can he manipulated to avoid paying taxes, governments insist that these prices must be set as if the firms were at arm's length.
    Ex: The article takes up the present discussion about youths' aloof attitudes towards politics.
    Ex: The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    * actitud distante = aloofness.
    * en un futuro no muy distante = in the not too distant future.
    * en un pasado no muy distante = in the not too distant past.
    * permanecer distante = remain + aloof.

    * * *
    1 ‹lugar› distant, remote, far-off
    2 ‹recuerdos/imágenes› distant
    3 ‹persona› distant, aloof; ‹actitud› distant
    * * *

    distante adjetivo
    distant
    distante adjetivo distant, far-off
    ' distante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fría
    - frío
    - gélida
    - gélido
    English:
    aloof
    - approachable
    - distant
    - far
    - standoffish
    - detached
    * * *
    1. [en el espacio] far away (de from)
    2. [en el trato] [persona, comportamiento] distant, aloof;
    estaba distante, con la mirada perdida he was distant, staring into space
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    distant
    * * *
    1) : distant, far-off
    2) : aloof
    * * *
    distante adj distant

    Spanish-English dictionary > distante

  • 2 estirado

    adj.
    1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.
    2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.
    f. & m.
    stuck-up person, stiff shirt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: estirar.
    * * *
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
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    1→ link=estirar estirar
    1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy
    2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    * * *
    (f. - estirada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=alargado) stretched
    2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *
    3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted
    2.
    SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straightening

    estirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

    * * *
    estirado1 -da
    ( fam); stuck-up ( colloq), snooty ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar)

    estirado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    estirado    
    estirar
    estirado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

    estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a)goma/elástico/suéter to stretch;

    cable/soga to pull out, stretch
    b)sábanas/mantel› ( con las manos) to smooth out;

    ( con la plancha) to run the iron over
    2brazos/piernas/músculo to stretch;

    3dinero/comida/recursosto make … go further
    estirarse verbo pronominal
    to stretch
    estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
    estirar verbo transitivo
    1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
    2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
    3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
    estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
    ' estirado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estirada
    English:
    shirt
    - snooty
    - snotty
    - standoffish
    - stiff
    - stiff-necked
    - stuffy
    - stuck
    - toffee
    * * *
    estirado, -a
    adj
    1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;
    [adusto] uptight
    2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched
    3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless
    nm
    stretching
    * * *
    I adj snooty fam, stuck-up fam
    II m face-lift;
    hacerse un estirado have a face-lift
    * * *
    estirado, -da adj
    1) : stretched, extended
    2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited

    Spanish-English dictionary > estirado

  • 3 arisco

    adj.
    1 unfriendly, surly, unsociable, cantankerous.
    2 vicious.
    * * *
    1 (persona - altiva) unsociable, unfriendly; (- áspera) surly, gruff; (- huidiza) shy
    2 (animal) unfriendly
    * * *
    ADJ [animal] unfriendly; [persona] unsociable, standoffish, surly
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( huraño) < persona> unfriendly, unsociable; < animal> unfriendly
    b) [estar] (Méx fam) ( enojado) upset, angry
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( huraño) < persona> unfriendly, unsociable; < animal> unfriendly
    b) [estar] (Méx fam) ( enojado) upset, angry
    * * *
    arisco -ca
    1 [ SER] (huraño) ‹persona› unfriendly, unsociable, surly; ‹animal› unfriendly
    2 [ ESTAR] ( Méx fam) (enojado) upset, angry
    * * *

    arisco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( huraño) ‹ persona unfriendly, unsociable;

    animal unfriendly
    b) [estar] (Méx fam) ( enojado) upset, angry

    arisco,-a adj (persona) unfriendly, stand-offish, unsociable
    (animal) unfriendly, gruff
    ' arisco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arisca
    * * *
    arisco, -a adj
    surly
    * * *
    adj unfriendly
    * * *
    arisco, -ca adj
    : surly, sullen, unsociable
    * * *
    arisco adj unfriendly [comp. unfriendlier; superl. unfriendliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arisco

  • 4 frío

    • aloof
    • chill
    • chilliness
    • chilly
    • cold
    • coldness
    • coolth
    • emotionless
    • free of emotion
    • Nippon
    • nirvana
    • offish
    • rethink
    • reticle
    • solitary
    • standoffish
    • uncommunicative
    • unemotional
    • withdrawn

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > frío

  • 5 reservado

    • close-lipped
    • closemouthed
    • confidential
    • discreet
    • non taxable
    • non-surplus reserves
    • noncommercial transaction
    • noncommittally
    • reserved
    • reserved place
    • rethink
    • reticle
    • standoffish
    • taciturn
    • tight-lipped
    • tight-mouthed
    • uncommunicative
    • undemonstrative

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > reservado

См. также в других словарях:

  • standoffish — stand*off ish, stand offish stand off isha. Shy or distant in manner; cold; aloof; reserved; not friendly. Syn: offish. [PJC] {stand*off ish*ness}, n. {stand*off ish*ly}, adv. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • standoffish — index unapproachable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • standoffish — 1826, from STAND (Cf. stand) OFF (Cf. off) + ISH (Cf. ish). Verbal phrase stand off hold aloof is from c.1600. Related: Standoffishly; standoffishness …   Etymology dictionary

  • standoffish — [adj] cold, distant aloof, antisocial, cool, eremitic, haughty, indifferent, misanthropic, reclusive, remote, reserved, solitary, unapproachable, uncompanionable, unsociable, withdrawn; concepts 401,404 Ant. friendly, sociable, warm …   New thesaurus

  • standoffish — [stand΄ôf′ish] adj. reserved and cool; aloof standoffishly adv. standoffishness n …   English World dictionary

  • standoffish — [staend”ofijl mod. aloof. □ Bob is sort of standoffish until he gets to know you. □ Don’t be so standoffish! Join in the fun. □ I am a standoffish guy …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • standoffish — {adj.} Stiff; aloof; reserved in manner. * /The famous chess player is hard to get to know because he is so standoffish./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • standoffish — {adj.} Stiff; aloof; reserved in manner. * /The famous chess player is hard to get to know because he is so standoffish./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • standoffish — adjective Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly. His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive. Syn: cold, distant See Also: standoffishness …   Wiktionary

  • standoffish — stand|off|ish [ ,stænd ɔfıʃ ] adjective a standoffish person behaves in a formal way that is not friendly because they do not want to get involved with other people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • standoffish — adj Stiff; aloof; reserved in manner. The famous chess player is hard to get to know because he is so standoffish …   Словарь американских идиом

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