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1 tabú
m.taboo, tabu, no-no.* * *1 taboo1 taboo* * *1.ADJ INV taboo2.SM(pl tabús, tabúes) taboo* * *Iadjetivo invariable tabooII* * *= taboo, unmentionable.Ex. The word 'censorship', now considered taboo by librarians, was frequently used in the pages of the professional literature.Ex. Different from the run-of-the-mill 'taboo' ( unmentionable), the unsayable represents the very fact of speechlessness.* * *Iadjetivo invariable tabooII* * *= taboo, unmentionable.Ex: The word 'censorship', now considered taboo by librarians, was frequently used in the pages of the professional literature.
Ex: Different from the run-of-the-mill 'taboo' ( unmentionable), the unsayable represents the very fact of speechlessness.* * *tabú1tabooen esta casa la política es un tema tabú politics is a taboo subject in this house, politics are taboo in this housetabú2taboo* * *
tabú adjetivo invariable
taboo
■ sustantivo masculino (pl
tabú adjetivo & mpl tabúes taboo
♦ Locuciones: para algunos el sexo es tabú, sex is taboo for some people
' tabú' also found in these entries:
English:
taboo
* * *♦ adjtaboo;es un tema tabú it's taboo subject♦ nmtaboo* * *m taboo* * *tabú adj: taboo -
2 lamentable
adj.1 terribly sad (triste).2 lamentable, deplorable (malo).* * *► adjetivo1 (injusticia) regrettable, deplorable; (estado) sorry, pitiful* * *ADJ [conducta] deplorable; [injusticia] shameful; [error] regrettable; [escena, aspecto, estado] sorry, pitiful; [pérdida] sades lamentable que... — it is regrettable that...
* * *a) <conducta/error/suceso> deplorable, terrible* * *= regrettable, wretched, sad, deplorable, miserable, parlous, embarrassing, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.], woeful, pitiful, abject, abjected.Ex. All these networks have standard record formats, although it is regrettable that they all operate to different standards.Ex. A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.Ex. It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.Ex. We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex. Book provision to many schools is in a parlous state and the school book market also has its problems.Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.Ex. The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.Ex. In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.Ex. Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Ex. In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.----* de forma lamentable = miserably.* de manera lamentable = lamentably, miserably.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.* ser lamentable = be a pity.* * *a) <conducta/error/suceso> deplorable, terrible* * *= regrettable, wretched, sad, deplorable, miserable, parlous, embarrassing, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.], woeful, pitiful, abject, abjected.Ex: All these networks have standard record formats, although it is regrettable that they all operate to different standards.
Ex: A card catalog has the capability of being kept up to date, but it is a wretched way to make information available.Ex: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.Ex: We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex: Book provision to many schools is in a parlous state and the school book market also has its problems.Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.Ex: The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.Ex: In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.Ex: Her art works incorporate such abject materials as dirt, hair, excrement, dead animals, menstrual blood and rotting food in order to confront taboo issues of gender and sexuality.Ex: In this study of sapphism in the British novel, Moore often directs our attention to the periphery of sapphic romances, when an abjected body suffers on behalf of the stainless heroine.* de forma lamentable = miserably.* de manera lamentable = lamentably, miserably.* fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.* fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.* ser lamentable = be a pity.* * *1 (deplorable) ‹conducta/error/suceso› deplorable, terrible, lamentable2 (triste) ‹pérdida› sad; ‹estado/aspecto› pitiful; ‹error› regrettableverle suplicando de esa manera era un espectáculo lamentable it was a pitiful sight to see him begging like that* * *
lamentable adjetivo
‹estado/aspecto› pitiful;
‹ error› regrettable
lamentable adjetivo
1 (que causa pena o disgusto) regrettable
2 (estropeado) terrible: el coche quedó en un estado lamentable, the car was in a terrible state
' lamentable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estado
- fatal
- vergonzosa
- vergonzoso
- papel
- penoso
English:
deplorable
- lamentable
- pathetic
- pitiful
- regrettable
- sad
- sorry
- woeful
- meet
- miserable
- miserably
* * *lamentable adj1. [conducta, accidente, confusión] regrettable;sería lamentable que no pudiera acudir it would be a shame if she couldn't come2. [malo] lamentable, deplorable;llegó a casa con un aspecto lamentable she looked terrible o she was in a pitiful state when she got home* * *adj deplorable* * *lamentable adj1) : unfortunate, lamentable2) : pitiful, sad -
3 preñada
adj.1 full, pregnant.2 big with child, pregnant.3 enclosing within itself something undiscovered.f.pregnancy (embarazo), gestation.past part.past participle of spanish verb: preñar.* * *= pregnant, in the family way.Ex. For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.Ex. Sex was taboo, premarital sex was not accepted and if a girl found herself ' in the family way' many times she was shipped off to live with relatives.----* dejar a Alguien preñada = knock + Alguien + up.* estar preñada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.* quedarse preñada = become + pregnant, be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.* * *= pregnant, in the family way.Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
Ex: Sex was taboo, premarital sex was not accepted and if a girl found herself ' in the family way' many times she was shipped off to live with relatives.* dejar a Alguien preñada = knock + Alguien + up.* estar preñada = be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.* quedarse preñada = become + pregnant, be up the spout, have + a bun in the oven.* * *
preñado,-a adjetivo (una mujer) pregnant
' preñada' also found in these entries:
English:
pregnant
* * *preñada nfpregnant woman* * *preñada adj pregnant
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