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stepmother

  • 1 madrastra

    f.
    stepmother.
    * * *
    1 stepmother
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino stepmother
    * * *
    Ex. Men & women were equally obligated to their elders, & obligations to help stepmothers differed from obligations to help stepfathers & biological parents.
    ----
    * familia de la madrastra = stepfamily.
    * padrastro y madrastra = stepparents.
    * * *
    femenino stepmother
    * * *

    Ex: Men & women were equally obligated to their elders, & obligations to help stepmothers differed from obligations to help stepfathers & biological parents.

    * familia de la madrastra = stepfamily.
    * padrastro y madrastra = stepparents.

    * * *
    stepmother
    * * *

    madrastra sustantivo femenino
    stepmother
    madrastra sustantivo femenino stepmother ➣ Ver nota en in-laws
    ' madrastra' also found in these entries:
    English:
    in-laws
    - step-parent
    - stepmother
    - step
    * * *
    stepmother
    * * *
    f step-mother
    * * *
    : stepmother
    * * *
    madrastra n stepmother

    Spanish-English dictionary > madrastra

  • 2 echar a perder

    to spoil
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex. Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. A lot depends on how dry the weather is outside because humidity is a real enemy and enables bacteria to quickly make the meat go off.
    * * *
    (v.) = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off

    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

    Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: A lot depends on how dry the weather is outside because humidity is a real enemy and enables bacteria to quickly make the meat go off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar a perder

  • 3 empeorar

    v.
    1 to make worse.
    2 to get worse, to deteriorate.
    * * *
    1 to worsen, deteriorate
    1 to make worse
    1 to get worse
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT to make worse, worsen
    2.
    VI
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo salud to deteriorate, get worse; tiempo/situación to get worse, worsen
    2.
    empeorar vt to make... worse
    * * *
    = aggravate, become + worse, deteriorate, worsen, take + an unfortunate turn, get + worse, go from + bad to worse, bring out + the worst in, flare up, inflame, grow + worse, take + a turn, take + a turn for the worse, fuel, exacerbate.
    Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.
    Ex. There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.
    Ex. But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
    Ex. There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.
    Ex. If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
    Ex. Reports confirm that what seems bad now is going to get worse.
    Ex. This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
    Ex. Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex. There will always be conflicts that flare up suddenly and call for a rapid response.
    Ex. Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict.
    Ex. As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. This new virus has taken a turn for the worse with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.
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    * cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.
    * empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.
    * empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
    * empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * empeorar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.
    * empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * estar empeorando = be in decline.
    * para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo salud to deteriorate, get worse; tiempo/situación to get worse, worsen
    2.
    empeorar vt to make... worse
    * * *
    = aggravate, become + worse, deteriorate, worsen, take + an unfortunate turn, get + worse, go from + bad to worse, bring out + the worst in, flare up, inflame, grow + worse, take + a turn, take + a turn for the worse, fuel, exacerbate.

    Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.

    Ex: There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.
    Ex: But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.
    Ex: There were fears that opening on holidays would worsen the overall quality of the service provided and lead to higher staff turnover.
    Ex: If events take an unfortunate turn and a dismissal action must be initiated, the supervisor must make certain that the applicable personnel rules and procedures have been followed.
    Ex: Reports confirm that what seems bad now is going to get worse.
    Ex: This reawakening brought a determination to help make atomic energy a positive factor for humanity but things have gone from bad to worse re genuine disarmament.
    Ex: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex: There will always be conflicts that flare up suddenly and call for a rapid response.
    Ex: Focuses on two areas, economics and race, and argues that government policy has done much to inflame the conflict.
    Ex: As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: This new virus has taken a turn for the worse with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex: They exist in manual systems, and as we have already pointed out, they are only exacerbated by automated systems.
    * cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.
    * empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.
    * empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
    * empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * empeorar un conflicto = exacerbate + conflict.
    * empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * estar empeorando = be in decline.
    * para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

    * * *
    empeorar [A1 ]
    vi
    «salud» to deteriorate, get worse; «tiempo/situación» to get worse, worsen
    ■ empeorar
    vt
    to make … worse
    su intervención no ha hecho más que empeorar las cosas his intervention has only made things worse
    * * *

     

    empeorar ( conjugate empeorar) verbo intransitivo [ salud] to deteriorate, get worse;
    [tiempo/situación] to get worse, worsen
    verbo transitivo
    to make … worse
    empeorar
    I verbo intransitivo to get worse: el tiempo empeoró durante la noche, the weather got worse during the night
    II verbo transitivo to make worse: manténte al margen, no empeores las cosas, stick to the sidelines, you'll only make things worse
    ' empeorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    degradar
    English:
    aggravate
    - decline
    - fail
    - fuel
    - grow
    - turn
    - worse
    - worsen
    - deteriorate
    - go
    - only
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    [enfermo, tiempo, conflicto] to get worse, to deteriorate
    ♦ vt
    to make worse;
    sólo consiguió empeorar las cosas she only managed to make things worse
    * * *
    I v/t make worse
    II v/i deteriorate, get worse
    * * *
    : to deteriorate, to get worse
    : to make worse
    * * *
    empeorar vb to get worse / to deteriorate

    Spanish-English dictionary > empeorar

  • 4 mostrarse como Uno realmente es

    (v.) = show + Reflexivo + in + Posesivo + true colours, reveal + Posesivo + true colours, show + Posesivo + true colours
    Ex. No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over than the stepmother began to show herself in her true colors.
    Ex. However, the president revealed his true colors when he ordered the shoot-down of an unarmed aircraft over international waters.
    Ex. But then they showed their true colors by voting against the changes necessary to make the program effective.
    * * *
    (v.) = show + Reflexivo + in + Posesivo + true colours, reveal + Posesivo + true colours, show + Posesivo + true colours

    Ex: No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over than the stepmother began to show herself in her true colors.

    Ex: However, the president revealed his true colors when he ordered the shoot-down of an unarmed aircraft over international waters.
    Ex: But then they showed their true colors by voting against the changes necessary to make the program effective.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mostrarse como Uno realmente es

  • 5 sacar a relucir lo peor de

    (v.) = bring out + the worst in
    Ex. Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    * * *
    (v.) = bring out + the worst in

    Ex: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sacar a relucir lo peor de

  • 6 perversidad

    f.
    1 wickedness.
    2 perversity, evilness, meanness, obliquity.
    3 perverse action, evil deed, perverse act, perverse deed.
    * * *
    1 (maldad) wickedness
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) [de depravado] depravity; [de malvado] wickedness
    2) (=acto) evil deed
    * * *
    femenino ( depravación) depravity; ( maldad) wickedness
    * * *
    = perversity, viciousness, wickedness, iniquity, maliciousness.
    Ex. Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.
    Ex. She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.
    Ex. With the right ingredients put together so that virtue triumphs and wickedness is punished a very satisfying story can be produced.
    Ex. To redress this iniquity women are demanding not only equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.
    Ex. Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.
    * * *
    femenino ( depravación) depravity; ( maldad) wickedness
    * * *
    = perversity, viciousness, wickedness, iniquity, maliciousness.

    Ex: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.

    Ex: She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.
    Ex: With the right ingredients put together so that virtue triumphs and wickedness is punished a very satisfying story can be produced.
    Ex: To redress this iniquity women are demanding not only equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.
    Ex: Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.

    * * *
    depravity
    la perversidad de los torturadores the depravity o evil cruelty of the torturers
    la perversidad de la madrastra en los cuentos the wickedness of the stepmother in fairytales
    * * *
    wickedness
    * * *
    f wickedness, evil
    * * *
    : perversity, depravity

    Spanish-English dictionary > perversidad

  • 7 perverso

    adj.
    perverse, wicked, bad, base.
    m.
    pervert, evil doer.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) evil, wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 evil person
    * * *
    ADJ (=depravado) depraved; (=malvado) wicked
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    ----
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo evil
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person
    * * *
    = wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.
    Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.
    Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.
    Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.
    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.
    * mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * utopía perversa = dystopia.
    * utópico perverso = dystopian.

    * * *
    perverso1 -sa
    evil
    una mente perversa an evil mind
    la madrastra perversa the wicked stepmother
    perverso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    evil o wicked person
    * * *

    perverso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    evil
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    evil o wicked person
    perverso,-a
    I adjetivo evil, wicked
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino wicked person

    ' perverso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mala
    - malo
    - perversa
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    English:
    perverse
    - spiteful
    - diabolical
    * * *
    perverso, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [depravado] depraved person
    2. [persona mala] evil person
    * * *
    adj wicked, evil
    * * *
    perverso, -sa adj
    : wicked, depraved

    Spanish-English dictionary > perverso

  • 8 abatanar

    v.
    1 to beat or full (el paño).
    2 to beat (figurative).
    3 to full.
    La costurera abatanó la tela The seamstress fulled the fabric.
    4 to maltreat.
    La madrastra abatanaba al chico The stepmother maltreated the little boy.
    * * *
    1 (paño) to full
    2 (maltratar) to beat up
    * * *
    VT [+ paño] to beat, full; (=maltratar) to beat

    Spanish-English dictionary > abatanar

  • 9 acocear

    v.
    1 to kick, to wince, to flinch.
    Maltratar to ill-treat, trample on
    El caballo acoceó la puerta The horse kicked the door.
    2 to ill-treat, to maltreat.
    La madrastra acocea al chico The stepmother ill-treats the boy.
    * * *
    VT (=cocear) to kick; (=maltratar) to ill-treat, trample on; (=insultar) to insult

    Spanish-English dictionary > acocear

  • 10 madrastra

    • foster mother
    • stepmother
    • stepparent

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > madrastra

См. также в других словарях:

  • Stepmother — Step moth er, n. [AS. ste[ o]pm[=o]der.] The wife of one s father by a subsequent marriage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stepmother — (n.) O.E. steopmodor; see STEP (Cf. step ) + MOTHER (Cf. mother) (n.1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • stepmother — ► NOUN ▪ a woman who is married to one s father after the divorce of one s parents or the death of one s mother …   English terms dictionary

  • stepmother — [step′muth΄ər] n. a female stepparent …   English World dictionary

  • stepmother — UK [ˈstepˌmʌðə(r)] / US [ˈstepˌmʌðər] noun [countable] Word forms stepmother : singular stepmother plural stepmothers someone s stepmother is their father s new wife in a second or later marriage …   English dictionary

  • stepmother — step|moth|er [ step,mʌðər ] noun count someone s stepmother is their father s new wife in a second or later marriage …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stepmother — [[t]ste̱pmʌðə(r)[/t]] stepmothers also step mother N COUNT: oft poss N Someone s stepmother is the woman who has married their father after the death or divorce of their mother …   English dictionary

  • Stepmother's Sin — Infobox animanga/Header name = Stepmother s Sin caption = ja name = 義母 ja name trans = Gibo genre = EroticInfobox animanga/Game title = developer = publisher = genre = ratings = platforms = released = Infobox animanga/OVA title = director =… …   Wikipedia

  • Stepmother-in-law — A stepmother in law is the stepmother of one s spouse.The children of the stepmother in law would be the person s stepbrothers in law and stepsisters in law …   Wikipedia

  • stepmother — noun Date: before 12th century the wife of one s father when distinct from one s natural or legal mother …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stepmother — stepmotherly, adv. stepmotherliness, n. /step mudh euhr/, n. the wife of one s father by a later marriage. [bef. 900; ME stepmoder, OE steopmodor. See STEP , MOTHER1] * * * …   Universalium

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