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1 subterfugio
m.subterfuge.sin subterfugios without subterfuge* * *1 (escapatoria) subterfuge; (pretexto) pretext* * *SM subterfuge* * *masculino subterfuge* * *= stealth, subterfuge, artifice.Ex. A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex. Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.* * *masculino subterfuge* * *= stealth, subterfuge, artifice.Ex: A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.
Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex: Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.* * *subterfuge* * *
subterfugio sustantivo masculino subterfuge
' subterfugio' also found in these entries:
English:
subterfuge
* * *subterfugio nmsubterfuge;sin subterfugios without subterfuge* * *m subterfuge* * *subterfugio nm: subterfuge -
2 tapujo
m.subterfuge.hacer algo con/sin tapujos to do something deceitfully/openly* * *1 (embozo) muffler2 figurado (disimulo) deceit, secrecy\andarse con tapujos figurado not to come clean about somethingsin tapujos openly* * *----* hablando sin tapujos = straight talk.* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.* sin tapujos = up-front [up front], go + the whole hog, the full monty, straight talk, outspokenly.* * ** hablando sin tapujos = straight talk.* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.* sin tapujos = up-front [up front], go + the whole hog, the full monty, straight talk, outspokenly.* * *
tapujo m fig subterfuge, concealment
hablar/actuar sin tapujos, to keep everything aboveboard
* * *tapujo nmsubterfuge;hacer algo con/sin tapujos to do sth deceitfully/openly;no se anda con tapujos al decir lo que piensa she makes no bones about saying what she thinks* * *m:sin tapujos openly* * *tapujo nm1) : deceit, pretension2)sin tapujos : openly, frankly -
3 engaño
m.1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.4 delusion, false impression.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.* * *1 deceit, deception2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle3 (mentira) lie4 (error) mistake\estar en un engaño to be mistaken* * *noun m.1) deception2) trick* * *SM1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusionaquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *
2) (=trampa) trick, swindle3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstandingpadecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)
4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks5) [de pesca] lure6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token* * *1)a) ( mentira) deceptionllamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived
b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)c) ( ardid) ploy, trick2) (Taur) cape* * *= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.----* autoengaño = self-deception.* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.* * *1)a) ( mentira) deceptionllamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived
b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)c) ( ardid) ploy, trick2) (Taur) cape* * *= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.* autoengaño = self-deception.* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.* * *A1 (mentira) deceptionlo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me mostfue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken invivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceites un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)2 (ardid) ploy, trickse vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own wayllamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceivedpara que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheatedB ( Taur) cape ( used by the matador to confuse the bull)C ( Dep) fakehacer un engaño to fake* * *
Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)
engaño es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
engañó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
engañar
engaño
engañó
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engaño sustantivo masculino
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
engaño sustantivo masculino
1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
(estafa) fraud
(infidelidad) unfaithfulness
2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
' engaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañarse
- farsa
- maña
- montaje
- tramar
- trampear
- coba
- descubrir
- desengañar
- engañar
- tapadera
- tranza
English:
deceit
- deception
- delusion
- double-cross
- game
- guile
- impersonation
- put over
- ride
- sham
- unfaithful
- hoax
* * *engaño nm1. [mentira] deception, deceit;se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;[lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards2. [estafa] swindle;ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land3. [ardid] ploy, trick;de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need4. Taurom bullfighter's cape5. [para pescar] lure* * *m1 ( mentira) deception, deceit2 ( ardid) trick;llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated* * *engaño nm1) : deception, trick2) : fake, feint (in sports)* * *engaño n1. (mentira) lie2. (trampa) trick3. (timo) swindle -
4 intransigencia
f.intransigence.* * *1 intransigence* * ** * *femenino intransigence* * *= intransigence, bigotry.Ex. While some directors declared unions guilty of resistance to change, entrenchment, intransigence and subterfuge, most agreed that life was better with the union than without.Ex. Religion is associated with oppression and bigotry on the one hand and with liberation and compassion on the other.* * *femenino intransigence* * *= intransigence, bigotry.Ex: While some directors declared unions guilty of resistance to change, entrenchment, intransigence and subterfuge, most agreed that life was better with the union than without.
Ex: Religion is associated with oppression and bigotry on the one hand and with liberation and compassion on the other.* * *intransigencela intransigencia del gobierno the unyielding attitude o the intransigence of the government* * *intransigence* * *f intransigence* * *: intransigence -
5 truco
m.1 trick (trampa, engaño).un truco de magia a magic trick2 knack.el truco está en saber no dejarlo demasiado tiempo en el horno the secret is not to leave it in the oven for too longpillarle el truco (a algo) to get the knack (of something)tiene truco there's a knack to itno tiene truco there's nothing to ittruco publicitario advertising gimmickpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: trucar.* * *1 (ardid) trick2 (fotográfico) trick effect, trick camera shot3 (tranquillo) knack\coger el truco a algo familiar to get the knack of something, get the hang of somethingtener truco to be trickytruco publicitario advertising stunt, advertising gimmick* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=ardid) trick, dodge; (Cine) trick effect, piece of trick photographycoger el truco a algn — to see how sb works a trick, catch on to sb's little game
2) (=habilidad) knackcoger el truco — to get the knack, get the hang of it, catch on
4) Cono Sur (Naipes) popular card game* * *masculino trickel truco está en... — the trick o secret is...
* * *= gimmick, trick, stunt, subterfuge, peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], work-around [workaround], sleight-of-hand, gaff, wheeze.Ex. Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex. People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex. On the surface level, intermediaries use their mastery (knowledge and competence) of IR systems -- their contents, techniques, peccadilloes -- not mastered by users.Ex. Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.Ex. This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.----* aprender los trucos del oficio = learn + the ropes.* caja de trucos = box of tricks.* cogerle el truco a Algo = get + the hang of.* encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.* trato o truco = trick or treat.* truco del oficio = trade trick, trick of the trade.* truco de magia = conjuring trick.* truco para ligar = chat-up line.* trucos = bag of tricks, gimmickry, tips and tricks.* trucos del oficio = tips of the trade.* * *masculino trickel truco está en... — the trick o secret is...
* * *= gimmick, trick, stunt, subterfuge, peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], work-around [workaround], sleight-of-hand, gaff, wheeze.Ex: Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.
Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex: People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.Ex: On the surface level, intermediaries use their mastery (knowledge and competence) of IR systems -- their contents, techniques, peccadilloes -- not mastered by users.Ex: Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.Ex: This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* aprender los trucos del oficio = learn + the ropes.* caja de trucos = box of tricks.* cogerle el truco a Algo = get + the hang of.* encontrarle el truco a Algo = have + a handle on, get + a handle on.* trato o truco = trick or treat.* truco del oficio = trade trick, trick of the trade.* truco de magia = conjuring trick.* truco para ligar = chat-up line.* trucos = bag of tricks, gimmickry, tips and tricks.* trucos del oficio = tips of the trade.* * *tricktruco de cartas/prestidigitación card/conjuring trickeste juego no tiene ningún truco there's no trick to this gamedebe de haber algún truco there must be a catchel truco está en agregarlo poco a poco the trick o secret is to add it slowlyresulta fácil una vez que le or coges or pillas el truco it's easy once you've got the knack o once you've got the hang of it ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo trucar: ( conjugate trucar)
truco es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
trucó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
trucar
truco
trucar ( conjugate trucar) verbo transitivo
truco sustantivo masculino
trick;◊ el truco está en… the trick o secret is…;
pillarle el truco a algo to get the hang of sth
trucar verbo transitivo
1 (una fotografía) to touch up
2 (un contador, etc) to fix, fiddle, US to rig
3 Auto to soup up
truco sustantivo masculino
1 (maña, magia, etc) trick: aprenderás los trucos del oficio, you will learn the tricks of the trade
¿tienes algún truco para quitar las manchas de vino?, do you know any trick to remove wine stains?
2 (tranquillo) knack: ya le cogerás el truco, you'll get the knack
' truco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
artificio
- mágica
- mágico
- maña
- resabio
- residir
- trapisonda
- ahí
- atraer
- publicitario
- secreto
- visto
English:
dodge
- fall for
- gimmick
- hang
- knack
- ruse
- stunt
- trick
* * *truco nm1. [trampa, engaño] trick;un truco de magia a magic trick;el viejo truco de hacerse pasar por extranjero the old trick of pretending to be foreign;la baraja no tiene truco it's a perfectly normal pack of cards2. [técnica hábil] knack;el truco está en saber no dejarlo demasiado tiempo en el horno the secret is not to leave it in the oven for too long;tiene truco there's a knack to it;no tiene truco there's no secret o trick to it;Humeste es el truco del almendruco that's the trick;pillarle el truco (a algo) to get the knack o hang (of sth)truco publicitario advertising gimmick3. RP [juego de naipes] = type of card game* * *m trick;coger el truco a algo fam get the hang of sth fam* * *truco nm1) : trick2) : knack* * *truco n trick -
6 efugio
m.subterfuge, evasion, shift.* * *SM subterfuge, evasion -
7 argucia
f.1 sophism.2 subterfuge, contrivance, scheme, chicanery.* * *1 sophism, subtlety* * *SF sophistry frm, hair-splittingargucias — nit-picking * sing
* * *femenino cunning argument* * *= trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Ex. With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* * *femenino cunning argument* * *= trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
Ex: With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.* * *cunning argumentgracias a las argucias de su abogado thanks to some cunning arguments from o some fancy footwork by his lawyer* * *
argucia sustantivo femenino ruse
* * *argucia nfdeceptive argument* * *f clever argument* * *argucia nf: sophistry, subtlety -
8 callejuela
f.1 backstreet, sidestreet.2 back street, alley, back alley, by-street.* * *1 narrow street, lane* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=calle) side street, small street; (=pasaje) alley, passage2) (=subterfugio) subterfuge; (fig) way out (of the difficulty)* * *femenino alley, narrow street* * *= lane.Ex. Rebuilt after the fire of 1740, Rheinsberg offers small lanes, picturesque houses, a beautiful square.* * *femenino alley, narrow street* * *= lane.Ex: Rebuilt after the fire of 1740, Rheinsberg offers small lanes, picturesque houses, a beautiful square.
* * *alley, narrow street* * *
callejuela sustantivo femenino
narrow street
callejuela sustantivo femenino narrow street, lane
' callejuela' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
travesía
English:
back
* * *callejuela nfbackstreet, sidestreet* * *f narrow street, side street* * *callejuela n alley -
9 escapatoria
f.1 escape (fuga).no tener escapatoria to have no way out2 way (of getting) out (informal) (evasiva).3 loophole, subterfuge, way out.* * *1 (huida) escape, flight2 (excusa) excuse, way out3 familiar (escapada) quick trip\no hay escapatoria there is no way out* * *SF1) (=huida) [de lugar] escape, way out; [de situación] way outun sitio de donde no había escapatoria posible — a place from which there was no possible escape o way out
* * *femenino (salida, solución) way out* * *= loophole.Ex. Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.----* no hay escapatoria = needs must when the devil drives.* * *femenino (salida, solución) way out* * *= loophole.Ex: Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.
* no hay escapatoria = needs must when the devil drives.* * *1 (salida, solución) way outno hay escapatoria posible there's no way out* * *
escapatoria sustantivo femenino (salida, solución) way out
escapatoria sustantivo femenino escape: no tenemos escapatoria, we have no way out
' escapatoria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escape
English:
escape
* * *escapatoria nf1. [fuga] escape;no tener escapatoria to have no way out* * *f:no tener escapatoria have no way out* * *escapatoria nf1) : loophole, excuse, pretextno tener escapatoria: to have no way out2) escapada: escape, flight -
10 picaresca
adj.&f.feminine of PICARESCO.f.1 picaresque literature (literature).2 roguery (modo de vida).3 gang of rogues.* * *1→ link=picaresco picaresco,-a* * *SF1) (Literat) (genre of the) picaresque novel2) (=astucia) guile, chicanery liter, subterfugela picaresca española — Spanish guile, Spanish wiliness
3) (=hampa) (criminal) underworld* * *a) (Lit)b) ( cualidad de pícaro) craftiness, guile* * *a) (Lit)b) ( cualidad de pícaro) craftiness, guile* * *picaresca y pícaro (↑ picaresco a1)1 ( Lit):la picaresca the picaresque genre2 (cualidad de pícaro) craftiness, guile, cunning* * *picaresca nf2. [modo de vida] roguery3. [falta de honradez] dishonesty -
11 tapujo *
SM1) (=engaño) deceit, dodge; (=secreto) secrecy; (=subterfugio) subterfuge, dodge *sin tapujos — (=claramente) honestly, openly; (=sin rodeos) without beating about the bush
2) (=embozo) muffler -
12 argucia
• chicanery• sophistry• subterfuge• subtlety• trick up• trickily -
13 artificio
• artifice• intrigue• machination• mane• maneuver with skill• stratagem• subterfuge• tactic -
14 efugio
• evasion• subterfuge -
15 elusión
• evasion• subterfuge -
16 escapatoria
• escape• evasion• loophole• subterfuge• way of writing• way out for paying less taxes -
17 evasiva
• delaying tactic• dodge• evasion• evasive• excuse• pretext• run around• subterfuge -
18 hacer triquińuelas
• resort to subterfuge• resort to tricks• use chicanery -
19 recurrir a subterfugios
• resort to subterfugeDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > recurrir a subterfugios
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20 recurrir a trucos
• resort to subterfuge• resort to tricks
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subterfuge — [ syptɛrfyʒ ] n. m. • 1316; bas lat. subterfugium, de subterfugere « fuir (fugere) en cachette » ♦ Moyen habile et détourné pour échapper à une situation, pour se tirer d embarras. ⇒ détour, échappatoire, faux fuyant. Subterfuges de conscience… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Subterfuge — ist der Name zweier Bands: einer US amerikanischen Hardcore Band: siehe Subterfuge (USA) einer deutschen Band:siehe Subterfuge (Deutschland) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Beg … Deutsch Wikipedia
Subterfuge — Sub ter*fuge, n. [F., from LL. subterfugium, fr. L. subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape; subter under + fugere to flee. See {Fugitive}.] That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subterfuge — I noun artifice, camouflage, chicane, chicanery, concealment, counterfeit, deception, deverticulum, device, dodge, duplicity, elusion, evasion, excuse, fabrication, falsehood, fib, fiction, finesse, forgery, guise, imposture, jugglery, latebra,… … Law dictionary
subterfuge — 1570s, from M.Fr. subterfuge, from L.L. subterfugium an evasion, from L. subterfugere to evade, escape, flee by stealth, from subter beneath, secretly + fugere flee (see FUGITIVE (Cf. fugitive)) … Etymology dictionary
subterfuge — Subterfuge, Tergiuersatio. Cercher les subterfuges, Tergiuersari, Subterfugere … Thresor de la langue françoyse
subterfuge — Subterfuge. s. m. Fuite & eschappatoire, en matiere de chicane, ou de dispute. Trouver des subterfuges. chercher des subterfuges. user de subterfuges. il ne manque pas de subterfuges … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
subterfuge — ► NOUN ▪ a trick or deception used in order to achieve one s goal. ORIGIN from Latin subterfugere escape secretly … English terms dictionary
subterfuge — [sub′tər fyo͞oj΄] n. [LL subterfugium < L subterfugere, to flee secretly, escape < subter, secretly (< subter, below) + fugere, to flee: see FUGITIVE] any plan, action, or device used to hide one s true objective, evade a difficult or… … English World dictionary
subterfuge — [[t]sʌ̱btə(r)fjuːʤ[/t]] subterfuges N VAR Subterfuge is a trick or a dishonest way of getting what you want. Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge... The party has predictably rejected the proposals as a subterfuge … English dictionary
subterfuge — n. to resort to, use (a) subterfuge * * * [ sʌbtəfjuːdʒ] use (a) subterfuge to resort to … Combinatory dictionary