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  • 41 coletazo

    m.
    1 flick or swish of the tail.
    2 whisk of the tail.
    * * *
    1 (de la cola-perro) wag of the tail; (-vaca, caballo, etc) swisch of the tail
    2 figurado death throes plural, final tremor, stir
    \
    dar coletazos (un coche) to sway about
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de animal] blow or thrash or swipe with the tail
    2) (Aut) swaying movement
    * * *
    a) ( con la cola) thrash of the tail
    b) (Auto)
    c) (de movimiento, régimen)
    * * *
    ----
    * los últimos coletazos = fag-end.
    * últimos coletazos = Indian summer.
    * * *
    a) ( con la cola) thrash of the tail
    b) (Auto)
    c) (de movimiento, régimen)
    * * *
    * los últimos coletazos = fag-end.
    * últimos coletazos = Indian summer.
    * * *
    1
    (con la cola): volcó la embarcación de un coletazo it capsized the boat with a swipe of its tail
    intentando evitar los coletazos de los tiburones trying to avoid the lashing o thrashing tails of the sharks
    2 ( Auto):
    al salir de la curva dio un coletazo the car fishtailed o the rear of the car skidded as we came out of the curve
    3
    (de un movimiento, régimen): la dictadura está dando los últimos coletazos the dictatorship is in its death throes
    * * *

    coletazo sustantivo masculino


    b) (Auto):


    coletazo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un pez) flap of the tail
    2 figurado los últimos coletazos del colonialismo, the death throes of colonialism
    ' coletazo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flick
    * * *
    1. [golpe] flick o swish of the tail;
    un coletazo de la ballena hundió la embarcación a blow from the whale's tail sank the boat
    2. [de crisis, régimen]
    está dando los últimos coletazos it's in its death throes
    * * *
    m swish of the tail
    * * *
    : lash, flick (of a tail)

    Spanish-English dictionary > coletazo

  • 42 conscupiscente

    = lustful, lecherous.
    Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * * *
    = lustful, lecherous.

    Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

    Spanish-English dictionary > conscupiscente

  • 43 coquetamente

    * * *
    = flirtatiously, teasingly.
    Ex. Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * * *
    = flirtatiously, teasingly.

    Ex: Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.

    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

    Spanish-English dictionary > coquetamente

  • 44 cúmulo de conocimiento

    (n.) = repository of knowledge, knowledge repository
    Ex. Before knowledge was recorded individuals formed the repository of knowledge, the bridge between successive generations and between those who generated new information and those who required to use it.
    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    * * *
    (n.) = repository of knowledge, knowledge repository

    Ex: Before knowledge was recorded individuals formed the repository of knowledge, the bridge between successive generations and between those who generated new information and those who required to use it.

    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cúmulo de conocimiento

  • 45 cúmulo de saber

    (n.) = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge
    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    Ex. Before knowledge was recorded individuals formed the repository of knowledge, the bridge between successive generations and between those who generated new information and those who required to use it.
    * * *
    (n.) = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge

    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    Ex: Before knowledge was recorded individuals formed the repository of knowledge, the bridge between successive generations and between those who generated new information and those who required to use it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cúmulo de saber

  • 46 cúmulo de sabiduría

    (n.) = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge
    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    Ex. Before knowledge was recorded individuals formed the repository of knowledge, the bridge between successive generations and between those who generated new information and those who required to use it.
    * * *
    (n.) = knowledge repository, repository of knowledge

    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    Ex: Before knowledge was recorded individuals formed the repository of knowledge, the bridge between successive generations and between those who generated new information and those who required to use it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cúmulo de sabiduría

  • 47 duende

    f. & m.
    goblin, elf, ghost, fairy.
    m.
    1 imp, goblin (personaje).
    2 charm (encanto).
    * * *
    1 (espíritu travieso) goblin, elf
    2 (encanto) charm, magic
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=elfo) goblin, elf
    2) (=niño travieso) imp
    3) (=encanto) magic
    4) (Inform) gremlin
    * * *
    a) ( en cuentos) goblin, imp
    c) (encanto, magia)
    * * *
    = leprechaun, goblin, troll.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.
    Ex. The game 'Memory for Goblins' has been developed primarily for use in the assessment of working memory.
    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    * * *
    a) ( en cuentos) goblin, imp
    c) (encanto, magia)
    * * *
    = leprechaun, goblin, troll.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.

    Ex: The game 'Memory for Goblins' has been developed primarily for use in the assessment of working memory.
    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    * * *
    1 (en cuentos) goblin, imp
    3
    (encanto, magia): un pueblo con duende a magical o an enchanting village
    un cantante que tiene duende a singer who has a certain magic about him o who has a certain magical quality
    * * *

     

    duende sustantivo masculino


    duende sustantivo masculino
    1 (ser fantástico) goblin, elf
    2 (gracia, atractivo) magic, charm: este bailarín tiene mucho duende, this dancer has a lot of charisma
    ' duende' also found in these entries:
    English:
    goblin
    - leprechaun
    * * *
    duende nm
    1. [personaje] imp, goblin
    2. [espíritu] spirit;
    una casa habitada por duendes a house haunted by spirits
    3. [encanto] charm, magical quality;
    toca muy bien pero le falta duende he plays very well but he lacks that indefinable something;
    un bailaor con mucho duende a dancer with a magical quality;
    Granada tiene mucho duende Granada is a truly magical place
    * * *
    m
    1 imp
    2 cualidad magic;
    tener duende have a magical quality
    * * *
    duende nm
    1) : elf, goblin
    2) encanto: magic, charm
    una bailarina que tiene duende: a dancer with a certain magic
    * * *
    duende n elf [pl. elves]

    Spanish-English dictionary > duende

  • 48 hacer pagar tributos

    (v.) = exact + tributes
    Ex. And having conquered all the mountains and the kings that reigned there, and bringing them under his sway, he exacted tributes from all.
    * * *
    (v.) = exact + tributes

    Ex: And having conquered all the mountains and the kings that reigned there, and bringing them under his sway, he exacted tributes from all.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer pagar tributos

  • 49 influir en

    v.
    to influence, to sway, to have influence upon, to have sway over.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + an influence on
    Ex. There is, however, no reason to despair of schools having an influence on children from subliterate and illiterate homes.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + an influence on

    Ex: There is, however, no reason to despair of schools having an influence on children from subliterate and illiterate homes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > influir en

  • 50 jardín amurallado

    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    * * *

    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jardín amurallado

  • 51 lascivo

    adj.
    1 lascivious, immodest, lewd, lustful.
    2 tentiginous.
    m.
    lewd person, lewd individual, lascivious man, lecher.
    * * *
    1 lascivious, lewd
    * * *
    ADJ [gesto, mirada, comentario] lewd, lascivious; [persona] lecherous, lascivious
    * * *
    - va adjetivo lascivious, lustful
    * * *
    = lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lascivious, salacious, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], leering, wanton, lustful, lecherous.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex. Being salacious in character, he spread the gossip that the boss and his new secretary were an item.
    Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex. I'm appalled that this film was ever released, not because of its themes, but because of its lurid and leering portrayal of those themes.
    Ex. Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.
    Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    ----
    * mujer lasciva = wanton woman.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo lascivious, lustful
    * * *
    = lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lascivious, salacious, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], leering, wanton, lustful, lecherous.

    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.

    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex: Being salacious in character, he spread the gossip that the boss and his new secretary were an item.
    Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex: I'm appalled that this film was ever released, not because of its themes, but because of its lurid and leering portrayal of those themes.
    Ex: Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.
    Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.
    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * mujer lasciva = wanton woman.

    * * *
    lascivo -va
    lascivious, lustful, lecherous
    * * *

    lascivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    lascivious, lustful
    lascivo,-a
    I adjetivo lecherous, lascivious
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino lewd person, lascivious person

    ' lascivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lasciva
    - asqueroso
    English:
    lewd
    - prurient
    - raunchy
    - wanton
    - dirty
    * * *
    lascivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    [comportamiento] lascivious, lewd; [gesto] lewd; [persona, mirada] lustful, lecherous
    ♦ nm,f
    lascivious o lewd person;
    es un lascivo he's a lecher
    * * *
    adj lewd, lascivious
    * * *
    lascivo, -va adj
    : lascivious, lewd
    ♦ lascivamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > lascivo

  • 52 lujurioso

    adj.
    lustful, lusty, lewd, wanton.
    * * *
    1 lustful, lecherous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lecher
    * * *
    ADJ lustful, lecherous, lewd
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo lecherous, lustful
    * * *
    = lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lustful, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], wanton, lecherous.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.
    Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.
    Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex. Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo lecherous, lustful
    * * *
    = lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lustful, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], wanton, lecherous.

    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.

    Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.
    Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex: Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.
    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

    * * *
    lecherous, lustful
    * * *

    lujurioso,-a adjetivo lustful
    ' lujurioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lujuriosa
    - sátiro
    English:
    lecherous
    - lustful
    * * *
    lujurioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    lecherous
    ♦ nm,f
    lecher
    * * *
    I adj lecherous
    II m, lujuriosa f lecher
    * * *
    lujurioso, -sa adj
    : lustful, lecherous

    Spanish-English dictionary > lujurioso

  • 53 menearse

    1 (moverse) to move
    2 (darse prisa) to hurry (up), get a move on
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [gen] to shake; [cola] to wag; (=contonearse) to swing, sway

    yo de aquí no me meneo — I'm staying right here, I'm staying put

    2) (=apresurarse) to get a move on

    ¡menearse! — get going!, jump to it!

    * * *
    (v.) = twitch
    Ex. He was really fat, too, with a massive pink beard and eyes that twitched all the time and looked in different directions to each other.
    * * *
    (v.) = twitch

    Ex: He was really fat, too, with a massive pink beard and eyes that twitched all the time and looked in different directions to each other.

    * * *
    vpr
    1. [moverse] to move (about);
    [agitarse] to shake; [oscilar] to sway;
    siéntate ahí y ni te menees sit there and don't move o budge
    2. [darse prisa, espabilarse] to get a move on
    3. muy Fam
    meneársela [masturbarse] Br to wank, US to jerk off;
    Esp
    me la menea I couldn't give a shit o Br toss
    4. Comp
    Esp Fam
    de no te menees: un susto de no te menees a hell of a scare;
    es un idiota de no te menees he's a complete idiot;
    cogí un resfriado de no te menees I caught a stinking cold
    * * *
    v/r
    1 ( moverse) fidget
    2 ( apresurarse) hurry up
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to wiggle one's hips
    2) : to fidget

    Spanish-English dictionary > menearse

  • 54 persuadir

    v.
    1 to persuade.
    persuadir a alguien para que haga algo to persuade somebody to do something
    2 to be convincing, to be persuasive, to persuade.
    * * *
    1 to persuade, convince
    1 to be convinced
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.

    persuadir a algn de algo/para hacer algo — to persuade sb of sth/to do sth

    dejarse persuadir — to allow o.s. to be persuaded

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to persuade

    persuadir a alguien DE QUE or PARA QUE + SUBJ — to persuade somebody to + inf

    2.
    persuadirse v pron
    * * *
    = dissuade, persuade, sway, proselytise [proselytize, -USA], work on + Persona, win over.
    Ex. Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.
    Ex. Teachers of other subjects should also be drawn in to persuade their pupils that life-long use of libraries would also contribute to the country's scientific and technological advancement.
    Ex. Some children are swayed more than others by the attitudes, opinions, behavior of friends and fellows, but none escapes unaffected, not even the outsider, the loner.
    Ex. Provided that the library is accessible to them and offers an atmosphere of welcome, it is not our business to proselytize them into using it.
    Ex. I went to work on Patterson this morning, and he's given me until two this afternoon to let me know.
    Ex. It is the latest incentive being offered to attract the Web user and win over their loyalty of custom.
    ----
    * intentar persuadir = court.
    * persuadir a Alguien = prevail on/upon + Alguien.
    * persuadir a Alguien para que deje Algo = lure away from.
    * persuadir de que + Subjuntivo = wheedle into + Gerundio.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to persuade

    persuadir a alguien DE QUE or PARA QUE + SUBJ — to persuade somebody to + inf

    2.
    persuadirse v pron
    * * *
    = dissuade, persuade, sway, proselytise [proselytize, -USA], work on + Persona, win over.

    Ex: Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.

    Ex: Teachers of other subjects should also be drawn in to persuade their pupils that life-long use of libraries would also contribute to the country's scientific and technological advancement.
    Ex: Some children are swayed more than others by the attitudes, opinions, behavior of friends and fellows, but none escapes unaffected, not even the outsider, the loner.
    Ex: Provided that the library is accessible to them and offers an atmosphere of welcome, it is not our business to proselytize them into using it.
    Ex: I went to work on Patterson this morning, and he's given me until two this afternoon to let me know.
    Ex: It is the latest incentive being offered to attract the Web user and win over their loyalty of custom.
    * intentar persuadir = court.
    * persuadir a Alguien = prevail on/upon + Alguien.
    * persuadir a Alguien para que deje Algo = lure away from.
    * persuadir de que + Subjuntivo = wheedle into + Gerundio.

    * * *
    persuadir [I1 ]
    vt
    to persuade
    no lo pude persuadir I couldn't persuade him
    la persuadieron con la promesa de un ascenso she was won over with the promise of promotion
    persuadir a algn DE QUE or PARA QUE + SUBJ to persuade sb to + INF
    la persuadió para que no fuera he persuaded her not to go, he talked her out of going
    me persuadió para or de que lo comprara she persuaded me to buy it, she talked me into buying it
    no se persuadió he wasn't convinced
    persuadirse DE algo to become convinced OF sth
    se persuadieron de la importancia de la investigación they became convinced of the importance of the inquiry
    * * *

    persuadir ( conjugate persuadir) verbo transitivo
    to persuade;
    persuadir a algn DE QUE or PARA QUE haga algo to persuade sb to do sth
    persuadir verbo transitivo to persuade, convince
    ' persuadir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    convencer
    English:
    bring
    - bring round
    - get round
    - induce
    - move
    - persuade
    - talk
    - susceptible
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to persuade;
    persuadir a alguien para que haga algo to persuade sb to do sth
    * * *
    v/t persuade
    * * *
    : to persuade
    * * *
    persuadir vb to persuade

    Spanish-English dictionary > persuadir

  • 55 poder1

    1 = force, strength, power, leverage, authority, clout, might, muscle power, power of attorney, sway.
    Ex. Her reason admitted the force of his arguments, but her instinct opposed it.
    Ex. The strength of the acetone rinsing on the strength of the paper is investigated, and its efficiency in removing NM2P is also examined using gas liquid chromatography.
    Ex. She added that she felt sorry for the assistant because he had so little power.
    Ex. At certain times, dubious interpretations of the rules have even been used as leverage in gaining ground on matters of dispute between Community partners.
    Ex. One of the great virtues of networking is that it democratizes access to information and access to authority.
    Ex. IT executives would like to see their role in the organization elevated, giving them more ' clout', stature and visibility.
    Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.
    Ex. Their development, particularly for replacing human muscle power, has been in parallel with that of information technology, but largely independent of it.
    Ex. A power of attorney is a legal instrument that is used to delegate legal authority to another.
    Ex. During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway south.
    ----
    * abusar del poder = lord over, lord it over.
    * abuso de poder = abuse of power.
    * altas esferas del poder, las = echelons of power, the.
    * ansioso de poder = power-hungry.
    * asumir poder = assume + power.
    * ceder las riendas del poder = hand over + the reins of power.
    * círculo de poder = circle of power.
    * con ansias de poder = power-hungry.
    * conceder poderes = give + powers.
    * con hambre de poder = power-hungry.
    * con poder = powerful.
    * con sed de poder = power-hungry.
    * control del poder = hold on power.
    * dar poderes = give + powers.
    * dejar sin poder = disempower.
    * división de poderes = division of powers.
    * ejercer poder = wield + power, exercise + power.
    * en el poder = in office.
    * equilibrio de poder = balance of power.
    * estructura de poder = power structure.
    * frecuentar los pasillos del poder = stalk + the corridors of power.
    * gente de poder = wielders of power, powerful people.
    * gobierno en el poder = ruling government.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * hambriento de poder = power-hungry.
    * igualdad de poder = parity of power.
    * inversión de poderes = power reversal.
    * jerarquía de poder = scalar chain.
    * llevar al poder = bring + Nombre + to power.
    * los poderes fáticos = the powers-that-be.
    * los que detentan el poder = the powers-that-be.
    * lucha de poderes = power struggle.
    * lucha por el poder = power struggle.
    * luchar de poderes = battle of wills.
    * partido en el poder, el = ruling party, the.
    * pasar las riendas del poder a = hand + the reins over to.
    * pasillos del poder, los = corridors of power, the.
    * perder poder = lose + power.
    * pérdida de poder = disempowerment.
    * poder adquisitivo = spending power, purchasing power, buying power.
    * poder colectivo = collective power.
    * poder curativo = healing power.
    * poder de atracción = drawing power.
    * poder de curación = healing power.
    * poder de discriminación = discretion.
    * poder de enganche = holding power.
    * poder del estado = state power.
    * poder de negociación = bargaining power.
    * poder de representación = power of representation.
    * poder de retención = holding power.
    * poder divino = divine power.
    * poder económico = economic leverage.
    * poder ejecutivo = chief executive, executive arm, executive power.
    * poder ejecutivo, el = Executive, the.
    * poder estatal = state power.
    * poder imperial = imperial power.
    * poder judicial = judicial arm, judicial system.
    * poder judicial, el = judiciary, the.
    * poder legal = statutory power.
    * poder legislativo = legislative power, legislative arm.
    * poder mágico = magical power, magic power.
    * poder notarial = power of attorney.
    * poder político = political power.
    * poder presidencial = presidential power.
    * poder público = public power, public authority.
    * poder remunerativo = earning power, earning capacity.
    * poder sobrenatural = supernatural power.
    * política del poder = power politics.
    * por poderes = by proxy.
    * posición de poder = position power.
    * quitar el poder = disempower.
    * relación de poder = power relationship.
    * relaciones de poder = power relations.
    * sediento de poder = power-hungry.
    * subida al poder = seizure of power.
    * subir al poder = rise to + power.
    * tener el poder = be the boss, call + the shots, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * tener el poder de = have + the power to.
    * tener las riendas del poder = hold + the reins of power.
    * tomar el poder = take + power.
    * tomar las riendas del poder = take + the reins of power.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poder1

  • 56 provocadoramente

    adv.
    provocatively, defiantly.
    * * *
    * * *
    = provocatively, tantalisingly [tantalizingly, -USA], defiantly, flirtatiously, teasingly.
    Ex. There was no support for a hypothesis that there would be more provocatively dressed women in sporting event adverts than in those accompanying soap operas or prime time shows = No se confirmó la hipótesis de que habría más mujeres vestidas de una forma provocativa en los anuncios de los acontecimientos deportivos que en los que se emiten con las telenovelas o con los programas de mayor audiencia.
    Ex. This is a term variously defined but conveying the idea of a goal which has proved to be tantalizingly elusive.
    Ex. 'This is an order then,' she said defiantly, 'even though I'm supposedly in charge of pages'.
    Ex. Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * * *
    = provocatively, tantalisingly [tantalizingly, -USA], defiantly, flirtatiously, teasingly.

    Ex: There was no support for a hypothesis that there would be more provocatively dressed women in sporting event adverts than in those accompanying soap operas or prime time shows = No se confirmó la hipótesis de que habría más mujeres vestidas de una forma provocativa en los anuncios de los acontecimientos deportivos que en los que se emiten con las telenovelas o con los programas de mayor audiencia.

    Ex: This is a term variously defined but conveying the idea of a goal which has proved to be tantalizingly elusive.
    Ex: 'This is an order then,' she said defiantly, 'even though I'm supposedly in charge of pages'.
    Ex: Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.
    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

    * * *
    provocatively

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocadoramente

  • 57 provocativamente

    adv.
    provocatively, acock.
    * * *
    = provocatively, teasingly.
    Ex. There was no support for a hypothesis that there would be more provocatively dressed women in sporting event adverts than in those accompanying soap operas or prime time shows = No se confirmó la hipótesis de que habría más mujeres vestidas de una forma provocativa en los anuncios de los acontecimientos deportivos que en los que se emiten con las telenovelas o con los programas de mayor audiencia.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * * *
    = provocatively, teasingly.

    Ex: There was no support for a hypothesis that there would be more provocatively dressed women in sporting event adverts than in those accompanying soap operas or prime time shows = No se confirmó la hipótesis de que habría más mujeres vestidas de una forma provocativa en los anuncios de los acontecimientos deportivos que en los que se emiten con las telenovelas o con los programas de mayor audiencia.

    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocativamente

  • 58 provocativo

    adj.
    1 provocative, defiant, challenging, provoking.
    2 coquettish, flirtatious, slinky.
    m.
    provocative man.
    * * *
    1 provocative
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=incitante) provocative
    2) [sexualmente] [mirada, vestido] provocative; [risa, gesto] inviting, provocative
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    1) ( insinuante) provocative
    2) (Col, Ven) ( apetecible) tempting, mouthwatering
    * * *
    = provocative, smouldering [smoldering, -USA], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].
    Ex. To instill a certain sense of one's own fallibility, there is nothing like an exhilarating hour at the reference desk where one is asked an array of provocative questions.
    Ex. We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.
    Ex. Although some British seaside resorts still sell saucy postcards, they are not as popular as they used to be.
    Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    ----
    * de manera provocativa = suggestively.
    * de modo provocativo = suggestively.
    * de un modo provocativo = defiantly.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    1) ( insinuante) provocative
    2) (Col, Ven) ( apetecible) tempting, mouthwatering
    * * *
    = provocative, smouldering [smoldering, -USA], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].

    Ex: To instill a certain sense of one's own fallibility, there is nothing like an exhilarating hour at the reference desk where one is asked an array of provocative questions.

    Ex: We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.
    Ex: Although some British seaside resorts still sell saucy postcards, they are not as popular as they used to be.
    Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.
    * de manera provocativa = suggestively.
    * de modo provocativo = suggestively.
    * de un modo provocativo = defiantly.

    * * *
    A (insinuante) provocative
    una mirada provocativa a provocative look
    B (Col, Ven) (apetecible) tempting, mouthwatering
    * * *

    provocativo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    1 ( insinuante) provocative
    2 (Col, Ven) ( apetecible) tempting, mouthwatering
    provocativo,-a adjetivo provocative
    ' provocativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    provocativa
    English:
    provocative
    - suggestive
    * * *
    provocativo, -a adj
    1. [ofensivo] provocative
    2. [insinuante] provocative
    * * *
    adj provocative
    * * *
    provocativo, -va adj
    : provocative

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocativo

  • 59 recinto cerrado

    m.
    enclosed area, compound.
    * * *
    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    * * *

    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recinto cerrado

  • 60 recinto protegido

    Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.
    * * *

    Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recinto protegido

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