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61 honestidad
f.honesty (honradez).* * *1 (honradez) honesty, uprightness2 (decencia) decency3 (recato) modesty* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=sinceridad) honesty2) (=honradez) honour, honor (EEUU)3) (=decencia) decency* * *femenino integrity, honestyte lo diré con toda honestidad — I'm going to be completely honest o frank with you
* * *= honesty.Ex. But surely, if honesty prevails, library professionals will acknowledge that they have already felt the impact of those competing institutions upon our own.----* con honestidad = honestly.* con toda honestidad = in all honesty.* * *femenino integrity, honestyte lo diré con toda honestidad — I'm going to be completely honest o frank with you
* * *= honesty.Ex: But surely, if honesty prevails, library professionals will acknowledge that they have already felt the impact of those competing institutions upon our own.
* con honestidad = honestly.* con toda honestidad = in all honesty.* * *1 (integridad) integrity, honestyte lo voy a decir con toda honestidad I'm going to be completely honest o frank with you* * *
honestidad sustantivo femenino
integrity, honesty
honestidad sustantivo femenino
1 (justicia, rectitud) honesty, uprightness
2 (pudor) modesty: cuestionaban la honestidad de la doncella, they questioned the maiden's purity
' honestidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acometer
- decencia
- empujar
- entredicho
- corrección
- desconfiar
- honradez
English:
emphasize
- honestly
- honesty
* * *honestidad nf1. [honradez] honesty2. [sinceridad] honesty;dime con honestidad, ¿qué te parece? tell me honestly, what do you think?3. [decencia] modesty, decency* * *f honesty, decency* * *honestidad nf1) : decency, modesty2) : honesty, uprightness* * *honestidad n honesty -
62 hábito social
(n.) = social pattern, social customEx. T.V. has surely cut down the incentive to acquire the habit of reading where this is not already part of the accepted social pattern.Ex. Social customs sometimes caused problems in borrowing.* * *(n.) = social pattern, social customEx: T.V. has surely cut down the incentive to acquire the habit of reading where this is not already part of the accepted social pattern.
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63 incontestable
adj.1 indisputable, undeniable.2 unanswerable, beyond contest, beyond dispute, beyond question.* * *► adjetivo1 indisputable* * *ADJ1) (=innegable) [argumento] undeniable, indisputable; [evidencia, prueba] irrefutable2) [pregunta] unanswerable* * *adjetivo unanswerable* * *= undisputed, irrefutable, unanswerable, beyond contention.Ex. So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.* * *adjetivo unanswerable* * *= undisputed, irrefutable, unanswerable, beyond contention.Ex: So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.
Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.* * *1 ‹razonamiento› unanswerable, irrefutable; ‹prueba› indisputable, irrefutable, incontestable ( frml)2 ‹pregunta› impossible to answer, unanswerable* * *
incontestable adjetivo indisputable, unquestionable
' incontestable' also found in these entries:
English:
undisputed
* * *incontestable adj1. [argumento, razones] indisputable;ganaron al equipo visitante por un incontestable 6-0 they thrashed the visitors 6-02. [campeón, líder] undisputed* * *adj indisputable* * *incontestable adjincuestionable, indiscutible: irrefutable, indisputable -
64 incontrovertible
adj.1 incontrovertible, indisputable.2 uncontrovertible, beyond dispute, absolute, beyond question.* * *► adjetivo1 incontrovertible, indisputable* * *ADJ incontrovertible, indisputable* * *= incontrovertible, axiomatic, unanswerable, beyond contention.Ex. Let me take an absolutely incontrovertible example.Ex. It is axiomatic that backup copies of software are made and stored safely, so that, should anything happen to the cassette or disk, the program is not lost.Ex. He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.* * *= incontrovertible, axiomatic, unanswerable, beyond contention.Ex: Let me take an absolutely incontrovertible example.
Ex: It is axiomatic that backup copies of software are made and stored safely, so that, should anything happen to the cassette or disk, the program is not lost.Ex: He observed 'when a naturally energetic man works for a few days beside a lazy one, the logic of the situation is unanswerable'.Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.* * *indisputable, irrefutable, incontrovertible ( frml)* * *incontrovertible adjincontrovertible, indisputable* * *adj incontrovertible* * *incontrovertible adj: indisputable -
65 indiscutible
adj.indisputable.* * *► adjetivo1 indisputable, unquestionable* * *ADJ indisputable, unquestionable* * *a) < pruebas> indisputable, incontrovertible (frml); <hecho/verdad> indisputable, undeniableb) <líder/campeón> undisputed* * *= indisputable, unquestionable, undisputed, unchangeable, hands down, unchallengeable, beyond contention.Ex. Despite the proponents of the media revolution the continued preeminence of the book into the foreseeable future is an indisputable fact.Ex. This may be an optimistic view, but the converse is unquestionable: if he does not understand the situation, his chance of being equal to the occasion is remote.Ex. So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.Ex. In no sense are policies engraved in stone and unchangeable.Ex. The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.Ex. Despite this, he repeatedly asserts that we have unchallengeable authority in our reports about that experience.Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.* * *a) < pruebas> indisputable, incontrovertible (frml); <hecho/verdad> indisputable, undeniableb) <líder/campeón> undisputed* * *= indisputable, unquestionable, undisputed, unchangeable, hands down, unchallengeable, beyond contention.Ex: Despite the proponents of the media revolution the continued preeminence of the book into the foreseeable future is an indisputable fact.
Ex: This may be an optimistic view, but the converse is unquestionable: if he does not understand the situation, his chance of being equal to the occasion is remote.Ex: So authors of all sorts find an audience so long as freedom to communicate remains an undisputed right.Ex: In no sense are policies engraved in stone and unchangeable.Ex: The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.Ex: Despite this, he repeatedly asserts that we have unchallengeable authority in our reports about that experience.Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.* * *1 ‹pruebas› indisputable, incontrovertible ( frml); ‹hecho/verdad› indisputable, undeniable2 ‹líder/campeón› undisputed* * *
indiscutible adjetivo
indiscutible adjetivo indisputable
' indiscutible' also found in these entries:
English:
advantage
- fact
- indisputable
- outright
- undisputed
- obvious
- uncontested
* * *indiscutible adj1. [argumento, razones, realidad] indisputable2. [campeón, líder] undisputed* * *adj indisputable* * *indiscutible adjincontestable, incuestionable: indisputable, unquestionable♦ indiscutiblemente adv -
66 inquietud
f.1 worry, anxiety.2 restlessness, unrest, anxiety, concern.* * *1 (agitación) restlessness2 (preocupación) worry, anxiety3 (interés) interest\tener inquietudes to have many interests* * *noun f.1) restlessness2) concern, uneasiness* * *SF1) (=preocupación) concernexpresaron su inquietud por el futuro de sus hijos — they expressed their concern for their children's future
los rumores han provocado inquietud entre los inversores — the rumours have aroused concern among investors
aumenta la inquietud por la proliferación de armas nucleares — concern is growing over the proliferation of nuclear weapons
2) (=interés) interestmi hijo no tiene ninguna inquietud — my son isn't interested in anything, my son has no interest in anything
es persona de inquietudes culturales — she has an interest in culture, she has cultural interests
* * *a) ( preocupación) worryb) ( interés)c) ( agitación) restlessness* * *= concern, disquiet, agitation, unrest, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, fidgets, the, fidgeting, restlessness, interest, unsettling.Ex. There is some concern that much of the value of the data base may be negated if it does not seek to cover all materials which libraries might acquire.Ex. There is not any great disquiet or discomfort.Ex. Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Ex. Uneasiness evidenced by some inquirers at the reference desk seems to stem from unfamiliarity with the personnel and service, and a fear of appearing ignorant.Ex. Their worries are not altogether unfounded but they are sometimes carried too far.Ex. Surely the fidgets in general are just a sign of nervous energy, and almost all young people fidget.Ex. But fidgeting is a bad sign in adults, and the mental version of the fidgets is practically a defining mark of the age we live in now.Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.Ex. An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.Ex. Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.----* inquietud motora = akathisia.* * *a) ( preocupación) worryb) ( interés)c) ( agitación) restlessness* * *= concern, disquiet, agitation, unrest, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, fidgets, the, fidgeting, restlessness, interest, unsettling.Ex: There is some concern that much of the value of the data base may be negated if it does not seek to cover all materials which libraries might acquire.
Ex: There is not any great disquiet or discomfort.Ex: Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Ex: Uneasiness evidenced by some inquirers at the reference desk seems to stem from unfamiliarity with the personnel and service, and a fear of appearing ignorant.Ex: Their worries are not altogether unfounded but they are sometimes carried too far.Ex: Surely the fidgets in general are just a sign of nervous energy, and almost all young people fidget.Ex: But fidgeting is a bad sign in adults, and the mental version of the fidgets is practically a defining mark of the age we live in now.Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.Ex: An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.Ex: Perhaps the unsettling that is experienced in a predicament is because these situations create an opening for messy emotional responses that draw on feelings.* inquietud motora = akathisia.* * *1 (preocupación) worryuna serie de inquietudes relacionadas con la ecología a series of ecology-related worries o concernsexiste gran inquietud por el futuro de los astilleros there is a great deal of anxiety o concern over the future of the shipyardsla creciente inquietud por su estado the increasing worry o anxiety o uneasiness over its state2(interés): es una persona sin inquietudes she has no interest in anythingla inquietud filosófica del poeta the poet's philosophical preoccupations3 (agitación) restlessness* * *
inquietud sustantivo femenino
inquietud por algo concern about sthb) ( interés):
su inquietud filosófica his philosophical preoccupations
inquietud sustantivo femenino
1 (falta de sosiego) worry
2 (falta de quietud) restlessness
3 (interés, inclinación) (más en pl) no tiene inquietudes, he has no interest in anything
' inquietud' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
malestar
- menear
- preocupación
English:
agitation
- alarm
- anxiety
- legitimate
- queasiness
- worry
- concern
- discomfort
- disquiet
- disturb
- trepidation
- unease
* * *inquietud nf1. [preocupación] worry, anxiety;esperan el resultado con inquietud they are anxiously awaiting the result;hay inquietud por el comportamiento de la inflación people are worried o concerned about inflation2. [afán de saber]desde pequeño mostró sus inquietudes musicales she showed musical leanings from an early age;tener inquietudes to have an inquiring mind;tiene inquietudes por la botánica he's very interested in botany;mis alumnos no tienen inquietudes de ningún tipo my pupils aren't interested in anything* * *f1 worry, anxiety2 intelectual interest* * *inquietud nf1) : anxiety, uneasiness, worry2) agitación: restlessness* * * -
67 interventor
adj.intervening.m.1 comptroller, bookkeeper, book-keeper, controller.2 interventor, administrator.3 controller, court appointed interventor.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (gen) inspector, auditor; (de ayuntamiento) treasurer2 (en elecciones) scrutineer\interventor,-ra de cuentas auditor* * *interventor, -aSM / F1) (=inspector) inspector, supervisor; [en elecciones] scrutineer, canvasser (EEUU)2)interventor(a) judicial — receiver, official receiver; LAm government-appointed manager
* * *- tora masculino, femenino1) (Fin)a) ( inspector) auditorb) ( administrador) administrator ( appointed by the government or by a court)2) ( en elecciones) canvasser (AmE), scrutineer (BrE)* * *= auditor, comptroller, controller, town manager, city manager, city budget director.Ex. The records are often checked by auditors so complete accuracy is essential.Ex. This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.Ex. When such suggestions are subjected to critical analysis by the discerning, uncommitted controllers of finance, one fundamental question must surely emerge -- 'Why?' = Cuando los interventores de finanzas exigentes y neutrales someten estas sugerencias a un análisis crítico, sin duda debe surgir una cuestión fundamental: "¿Por qué?".Ex. Department heads estimate their expenditures for the coming year and submit them to the town manager, who approves or disapproves them.Ex. This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.Ex. The city budget director announced that in the next fiscal year the city of Deuxville will adopt a program budget format.* * *- tora masculino, femenino1) (Fin)a) ( inspector) auditorb) ( administrador) administrator ( appointed by the government or by a court)2) ( en elecciones) canvasser (AmE), scrutineer (BrE)* * *= auditor, comptroller, controller, town manager, city manager, city budget director.Ex: The records are often checked by auditors so complete accuracy is essential.
Ex: This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.Ex: When such suggestions are subjected to critical analysis by the discerning, uncommitted controllers of finance, one fundamental question must surely emerge -- 'Why?' = Cuando los interventores de finanzas exigentes y neutrales someten estas sugerencias a un análisis crítico, sin duda debe surgir una cuestión fundamental: "¿Por qué?".Ex: Department heads estimate their expenditures for the coming year and submit them to the town manager, who approves or disapproves them.Ex: This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.Ex: The city budget director announced that in the next fiscal year the city of Deuxville will adopt a program budget format.* * *masculine, feminineA ( Fin)1 (inspector — de un banco) auditor, inspector; (— de una empresa) auditor2 (administrador) administrator ( appointed by the government or by a court)Compuesto:interventor/interventora judicialreceiver/administrator* * *
interventor,-ora sustantivo masculino auditor, inspector
' interventor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interventora
English:
controller
* * *interventor, -ora nm,f2. [de tren] ticket collector3. [en elecciones] Br scrutineer, US canvasser4. Am [administrador] administrator [appointed by the government]* * *m, interventora f1 de cuentas auditor2 ( revisor) (ticket) inspector3 electoral canvasser, Brscrutineer* * *interventor, - tora n1) : inspector2) : auditor, comptroller -
68 introducir un cambio
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69 junto a
prep.1 next to, alongside, beside.2 around.3 as compared with.* * *next to* * *by, next to* * *= adjacent to, along with, alongside, concurrent with, coupled with, in combination with, in conjunction with, in juxtaposition with, in tandem with, together with, within one word of, next to, beside, hand in hand (with), side by side with, combined with, complete withEx. Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.Ex. For example, inversion to Hospitals, Military will cause this heading to file alongside other headings commencing with the word Hospitals.Ex. Concurrent with these activities, the Library of Congress has also been engaged in building the RAL file from location reports received in machine-readable form from outside libraries.Ex. And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.Ex. The sort form in combination with the type determines the sequence or filing order of entries in access-point and authority files.Ex. Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.Ex. The attraction of such displays is that the multidimensional relationships between subjects may be shown since any one subject can be displayed in juxtaposition with several others.Ex. Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.Ex. The system searches each term separately and then combines the resulting lists into records containing the term 'library' within one word of 'periodical'.Ex. Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.Ex. A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.Ex. Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.Ex. Side by side with the freedom to define their project, however, students are given a fairly rigid methodological structure which should be enforced even if they are reluctant to use it.Ex. On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.Ex. Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.* * *= adjacent to, along with, alongside, concurrent with, coupled with, in combination with, in conjunction with, in juxtaposition with, in tandem with, together with, within one word of, next to, beside, hand in hand (with), side by side with, combined with, complete withEx: Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.
Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.Ex: For example, inversion to Hospitals, Military will cause this heading to file alongside other headings commencing with the word Hospitals.Ex: Concurrent with these activities, the Library of Congress has also been engaged in building the RAL file from location reports received in machine-readable form from outside libraries.Ex: And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.Ex: The sort form in combination with the type determines the sequence or filing order of entries in access-point and authority files.Ex: Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.Ex: The attraction of such displays is that the multidimensional relationships between subjects may be shown since any one subject can be displayed in juxtaposition with several others.Ex: Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.Ex: The system searches each term separately and then combines the resulting lists into records containing the term 'library' within one word of 'periodical'.Ex: Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.Ex: A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.Ex: Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.Ex: Side by side with the freedom to define their project, however, students are given a fairly rigid methodological structure which should be enforced even if they are reluctant to use it.Ex: On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.Ex: Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.* * *junto a adv next to -
70 lamentarse
1 to complain* * ** * *VPR1) (=quejarse) to complainlamentarse de algo: se lamenta del tiempo malgastado — he regrets the time he wasted
2) frm (=llorar) to lamentel país entero se lamenta por la pérdida del presidente — the whole country is mourning o frm lamenting the loss of the president
* * *(v.) = grieve, whine, wailEx. If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Ex. Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.Ex. At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.* * *(v.) = grieve, whine, wailEx: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.
Ex: Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.Ex: At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.* * *
■lamentarse verbo reflexivo
1 (quejarse) to complain: deja de lamentarte y haz algo, stop moaning and get up and do something
2 (arrepentirse) to regret: se lamenta de no haberse presentado al cargo, she regrets not having applied for the position
' lamentarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lamentar
English:
lament
- wail
- bemoan
- sorry
* * *vprme lamenté de mi mala suerte I cursed my bad luck* * *v/r complain (de about)* * *vr: to grumble, to complain* * *lamentarse vb to complain -
71 las cosas + estar + claras
(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx. Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.Ex. The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming.* * *(v.) = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + comingEx: Surely the writing is on the wall for Gordon Brown and ministers will act in October to put him out of his and our collective miseries.
Ex: The inference is that they cannot be held accountable for something so unusual, so extraordinary, and so unforecastable that that no one saw it coming. -
72 laxante
adj.1 laxative (medicamento).2 relaxing (relajante).m.laxative (medicine).* * *► adjetivo1 laxative1 laxative* * *ADJ SM laxative* * *Iadjetivo laxative (before n)IImasculino laxative* * *= laxative.Ex. However, the index entry: laxatives, pharmacodynamics 615.732 must surely be judged highly appropriate.* * *Iadjetivo laxative (before n)IImasculino laxative* * *= laxative.Ex: However, the index entry: laxatives, pharmacodynamics 615.732 must surely be judged highly appropriate.
* * *laxative ( before n)laxative* * *
laxante adjetivo
laxative ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino
laxative
laxante adjetivo & sustantivo masculino laxative
' laxante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
suave
English:
laxative
* * *♦ adjlaxative♦ nmlaxative* * *m/adj MED laxative* * *laxante adj & nm: laxative -
73 llevarse
2 (recibir) to get3 (estar de moda) to be fashionable5 MATEMÁTICAS to carry over* * *1) to take away2) get along* * *VERBO PRONOMINAL1) (=tomar consigo) to take¿puedo llevarme este libro? — can I borrow this book?
-¿le gusta? -sí, me lo llevo — [al comprar] "do you like it?" - "yes, I'll take it"
se llevaron más de diez mil euros en joyas — they got away with more than ten thousand euros' worth of jewels
2) [+ persona](=acompañar)•
llevarse a algn por delante — (=atropellar) to run sb over; LAm (=ofender) to offend sb; (=maltratar) to ride roughshod over sbla riada se llevó el pueblo por delante — the village was swept away by o in the flood, the flood took the village with it
esa ley se llevó por delante los derechos de los trabajadores — this law swept away o rode roughshod over the rights of the workers
3) (=conseguir) [+ premio] to winllevársela * —
¡no lo toques o te la llevas! — don't touch it or you'll live to regret it!
4) (=sufrir)5) (=arrastrar)6) [en el trato]matar 2., perro 1., 2)no se lleva bien con el jefe — he doesn't get on o along with the boss
7) (=estar de moda) to be in fashion, be all the ragese llevan los lunares — polka dots are in fashion o all the rage
8) [con cantidades]de doce me llevo una — (Mat) that makes twelve so carry one
* * *(v.) = take, take away, cream off, haul away, cart, make off with, take + Nombre + away, be in, get away withEx. If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Ex. For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.Ex. Commercial vendors are completely outside conventional library systems, and might cream off the profitable end of the document supply market.Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.Ex. In England, this job fell to the nightmen, who came after dark to cart the city waste into the countryside for fertilizer.Ex. A thief has evaded one of the world's most expensive hi-tech security systems, and made off with £14.5m worth of diamonds.Ex. The wizard then took him away hypnotized, so that he wouldn't put up resistance, to a nearby city where he made him into his servant = Entonces, el hechicero se lo llevó hipnotizado, para que no opusiera resistencia, a una ciudad cercana donde lo convirtió en su criado.Ex. Like them or not, plaits are still in.Ex. A jeweler says thieves who smashed their way into his store and got away with rings are in for a surprise when they find out they are made of brass.* * *(v.) = take, take away, cream off, haul away, cart, make off with, take + Nombre + away, be in, get away withEx: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.
Ex: For example, books close to the door and the circulation desk may be intended for the user who merely wishes to make a swift selection of items to take away and read elsewhere.Ex: Commercial vendors are completely outside conventional library systems, and might cream off the profitable end of the document supply market.Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.Ex: In England, this job fell to the nightmen, who came after dark to cart the city waste into the countryside for fertilizer.Ex: A thief has evaded one of the world's most expensive hi-tech security systems, and made off with £14.5m worth of diamonds.Ex: The wizard then took him away hypnotized, so that he wouldn't put up resistance, to a nearby city where he made him into his servant = Entonces, el hechicero se lo llevó hipnotizado, para que no opusiera resistencia, a una ciudad cercana donde lo convirtió en su criado.Ex: Like them or not, plaits are still in.Ex: A jeweler says thieves who smashed their way into his store and got away with rings are in for a surprise when they find out they are made of brass
.* * *
■llevarse verbo reflexivo
1 (de un sitio a otro) to take away: ¡llévatelo de aquí!, take it away!
se llevaron la televisión al dormitorio, they moved the television to the bedroom
2 (un premio, una felicitación) to win
llevarse un susto, to have a fright
3 (arrebatar) to carry away: se lo llevó la corriente, the current carried it away
se llevaron el dinero, they took away all the money
4 fam (estar de moda) to be fashionable 5 llevarse bien/mal con alguien, to get on well/badly with sb: con su padre no me llevo en absoluto, I don't get on with his father at all
6 (haber una diferencia) se llevan diez años, there's a difference of ten years in their ages
♦ Locuciones: llevársele los demonios, to get really angry o mad
llevarse el gato al agua, to succeed o to pull off
' llevarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avenirse
- calle
- desengaño
- entenderse
- palma
- perra
- perro
- compaginar
- conectar
- entender
- gato
- jalar
- llevar
- premio
- preso
- susto
English:
agree
- blow off
- carry off
- conform
- doggy bag
- get along
- get on
- just
- lead away
- make off
- reap
- relationship
- spirit
- take
- take away
- term
- walk off
- walk with
- wash away
- whisk away
- whisk off
- carry
- get
- go
- grab
- lead
- rough
- shock
- wash
* * *vpr1. [tomar consigo] to take;alguien se ha llevado mi sombrero someone has taken my hat;¿se lo envuelvo o se lo lleva puesto? shall I wrap it up for you or do you want to keep it on?2. [trasladar, desplazar] to take;los agentes se lo llevaron detenido the policemen took him away;se llevó el cigarrillo a la boca she brought o raised the cigarette to her lips;llevarse algo por delante: la riada se llevó por delante casas y vehículos the flood swept o washed away houses and vehicles;un coche se lo llevó por delante he was run over by a car3. [conseguir] to get;se ha llevado el premio she has carried off o won the prize4. [recibir] [susto, sorpresa] to get;[reprimenda] to receive;como vuelvas a hacerlo te llevarás una bofetada if you do it again you'll get a smack;me llevé un disgusto/una desilusión I was upset/disappointed;llevarse una alegría to have o get a pleasant surprise;yo me llevo siempre las culpas I always get the blame5. [entenderse]llevarse bien/mal (con alguien) to get on well/badly (with sb);no me llevo muy bien con él I don't get on very well with him;se llevan a matar they are mortal enemies6. [estar de moda] to be in (fashion);este año se lleva el verde green is in this year;ahora se llevan mucho las despedidas de soltera hen parties are really in at the moment7. [recíproco] [diferencia de edad]mi hermana mayor y yo nos llevamos cinco años there are five years between me and my older sister* * *v/r1 take3:llevarse bien/mal get on well/badly4:se lleva el color rojo red is fashionable* * *vr1) : to take away, to carry off2) : to get alongsiempre nos llevábamos bien: we always got along well* * *llevarse vb2. (estar de moda) to be in fashion -
74 malhumorado
adj.bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.past part.past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.* * *► adjetivo1 bad-tempered\estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood* * *(f. - malhumorada)adj.* * *ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy* * *- da adjetivoa) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-temperedb) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood* * *= sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.* * *- da adjetivoa) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-temperedb) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood* * *= sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.* * *malhumorado -da1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad moodhoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today* * *
Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)
malhumorado es:
el participio
malhumorado◊ -da adjetivo
malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
malencarada
- malencarado
- malhumorada
- colérico
- taimado
English:
crabby
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- grumpy
- ill-humoured
- ill-tempered
- mean
- moody
- morose
- peevish
- petulant
- stroppy
- bad
- sulky
- truculent
* * *malhumorado, -a adj1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered2. [enfadado] in a bad mood* * *adj bad-tempered* * *malhumorado, -da adj: bad-tempered, cross* * * -
75 medir a dos raseros
(n.) = double standardEx. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.* * *(n.) = double standardEx: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
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76 meter en ceja y ceja
(v.) = get it into + Posesivo + headEx. Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.* * *(v.) = get it into + Posesivo + headEx: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
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77 meter en la cabeza
(v.) = get it into + Posesivo + headEx. Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.* * *(v.) = get it into + Posesivo + headEx: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
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78 meter en la mollera
(v.) = get it into + Posesivo + headEx. Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.* * *(v.) = get it into + Posesivo + headEx: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
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79 nerviosismo
m.1 nervousness, nerves.2 nervosism.* * *1 (excitación) nervousness2 (inquietud) disquiet* * *masculino, nerviosidad femeninoel nerviosismo que producen los exámenes — the feeling of nervousness o nerves that exams produce
* * *= nervousness, jitters, fidgets, the, fidgeting, restlessness.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. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex. Surely the fidgets in general are just a sign of nervous energy, and almost all young people fidget.Ex. But fidgeting is a bad sign in adults, and the mental version of the fidgets is practically a defining mark of the age we live in now.Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.----* reírse con nerviosismo = giggle.* superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.* * *masculino, nerviosidad femeninoel nerviosismo que producen los exámenes — the feeling of nervousness o nerves that exams produce
* * *= nervousness, jitters, fidgets, the, fidgeting, restlessness.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: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex: Surely the fidgets in general are just a sign of nervous energy, and almost all young people fidget.Ex: But fidgeting is a bad sign in adults, and the mental version of the fidgets is practically a defining mark of the age we live in now.Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.* reírse con nerviosismo = giggle.* superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.* * *me lo dijo con nerviosismo creciente as she told me she got more and more agitatedel nerviosismo que producen los exámenes the feeling of nervousness that examinations producenoté cierto nerviosismo entre los espectadores I noticed some agitation among the spectatorstiene tal nerviosismo que va a llamar hoy mismo she's so nervous o on edge about it that she's going to phone today* * *
nerviosismo sustantivo masculino
nervousness;◊ el nerviosismo que producen los exámenes the feeling of nervousness o nerves that exams produce
nerviosismo sustantivo masculino nerves pl: no podía disimular su nerviosismo, she could barely conceal her nerves
' nerviosismo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitación
- delatar
- emoción
- excitación
- sudor
- alboroto
- traicionar
- tranquilidad
English:
excitement
- eye
- nerviness
* * *nerviosismo nmel nerviosismo de los inversores the nervousness of investors;una atmósfera de nerviosismo a nervous atmosphere;tras la quinta vuelta comenzó a mostrar nerviosismo his nerves began to show after the fifth lap;cantó con mucho nerviosismo she sang very nervously* * *m nervousness* * *nerviosismo nf: nervousness, anxiety -
80 neutral
adj.neutral.* * *► adjetivo1 neutral* * *adj.* * *ADJ SMF neutral* * *adjetivo neutral* * *= neutral, non-biased, uninvolved, uncommitted, compromise, neutralist.Ex. There is an objective, neutral name for those people, and that's Burakumin.Ex. We will not disserve readers by instructing them through our subject headings in nonbiased terminology; we will, in fact, be keeping all of our readers in focus.Ex. Observations were made at random by uninvolved observers.Ex. When such suggestions are subjected to critical analysis by the discerning, uncommitted controllers of finance, one fundamental question must surely emerge -- 'Why?' = Cuando los interventores de finanzas exigentes y neutrales someten estas sugerencias a un análisis crítico, sin duda debe surgir una cuestión fundamental: "¿Por qué?".Ex. Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.Ex. The article 'What our children are dying to know: AIDS information dissemination and the library' examines the paternalist approach (which censors information available and advocates abstinence) and the neutralist approach (which is based a respect for adolescent autonomy and reservation of moral judgement).----* neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.* permanecer neutral = remain + neutral.* zona neutral = buffer zone.* * *adjetivo neutral* * *= neutral, non-biased, uninvolved, uncommitted, compromise, neutralist.Ex: There is an objective, neutral name for those people, and that's Burakumin.
Ex: We will not disserve readers by instructing them through our subject headings in nonbiased terminology; we will, in fact, be keeping all of our readers in focus.Ex: Observations were made at random by uninvolved observers.Ex: When such suggestions are subjected to critical analysis by the discerning, uncommitted controllers of finance, one fundamental question must surely emerge -- 'Why?' = Cuando los interventores de finanzas exigentes y neutrales someten estas sugerencias a un análisis crítico, sin duda debe surgir una cuestión fundamental: "¿Por qué?".Ex: Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.Ex: The article 'What our children are dying to know: AIDS information dissemination and the library' examines the paternalist approach (which censors information available and advocates abstinence) and the neutralist approach (which is based a respect for adolescent autonomy and reservation of moral judgement).* neutral desde el punto de vista de la raza = race-neutral.* permanecer neutral = remain + neutral.* zona neutral = buffer zone.* * *neutralse mantuvo neutral en el debate he remained neutral o he didn't take sides in the debate* * *
neutral adjetivo
neutral
neutral adjetivo neutral
' neutral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
muerta
- muerto
- neutra
- neutro
- pequeña
- pequeño
- punto
- zona
English:
middle ground
- neutral
* * *♦ adjneutral♦ nmfneutral* * *adj neutral* * *neutral adj: neutral* * *neutral adj neutral
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