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taciturna

  • 1 taciturna

    adj.&f.
    tacit, silent, reserved; melancholy.
    * * *

    taciturno,-a adjetivo
    1 (melancólico, triste) gloom, gloomy
    2 (silencioso, reservado) silent, uncommunicative, taciturn

    Spanish-English dictionary > taciturna

  • 2 persona taciturna

    f.
    melancholic person.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona taciturna

  • 3 taciturnus

        taciturnus adj. with comp.    [tacitus], not talkative, of few words, quiet, still, taciturn, silent, noiseless: (eum) taciturnum videbant: thalamos taciturna Intrat, noiselessly, O.: obstinatio, N.: tineas pasces (liber) taciturnus inertīs, i. e. unread, H.: (ingenium) statuā taciturnius, H.
    * * *
    taciturna, taciturnum ADJ
    silent, quiet

    Latin-English dictionary > taciturnus

  • 4 melancólico

    adj.
    melancholic, gloomy, sad, blue.
    m.
    melancholic person, melancholiac, yearner.
    * * *
    1 melancholic, melancholy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 melancholic person
    * * *
    (f. - melancólica)
    adj.
    melancholy, sad, blue
    * * *
    ADJ (=triste) melancholy, sad; (=soñador) wistful
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo <música/versos> melancholy, melancholic; < persona> melancholy
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino melancholic
    * * *
    = sombre [somber, -USA], melancholic, wistful.
    Ex. The major source of national library resourcing remains central governments and the general picture of funding is sombre.
    Ex. A historical outline of the study of personality is given with particular emphasis on the concept of the 4 humours: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic and sanguine.
    Ex. A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo <música/versos> melancholy, melancholic; < persona> melancholy
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino melancholic
    * * *
    = sombre [somber, -USA], melancholic, wistful.

    Ex: The major source of national library resourcing remains central governments and the general picture of funding is sombre.

    Ex: A historical outline of the study of personality is given with particular emphasis on the concept of the 4 humours: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic and sanguine.
    Ex: A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.

    * * *
    1 ‹música/versos› melancholy, melancholic
    2 ‹persona› [ SER] melancholic, melancholy [ ESTAR] melancholy
    te noto muy melancólico you seem very melancholy o sad o gloomy
    masculine, feminine
    melancholic
    * * *

    melancólico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    melancholy
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    melancholic
    melancólico,-a adjetivo melancholic, melancholy

    ' melancólico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    melancólica
    - taciturna
    - taciturno
    English:
    blue
    - broody
    - melancholic
    - melancholy
    - wistful
    * * *
    melancólico, -a
    ♦ adj
    [música] melancholy, melancholic; [paisaje] gloomy;
    está muy melancólico he's very melancholy
    ♦ nm,f
    melancholy o melancholic person
    * * *
    1 adj gloomy, melancholic
    2 adj melancholy
    * * *
    melancólico, -ca adj
    : melancholy, sad
    * * *
    melancólico adj sad [comp. sadder; superl. saddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > melancólico

  • 5 reservado

    adj.
    1 private, confidential.
    2 reserved, pre-selected, preselected.
    3 reserved, discreet, close-lipped, closemouthed.
    m.
    reserved place.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: reservar.
    * * *
    1 (en local) private room; (en tren) reserved compartment
    ————————
    1→ link=reservar reservar
    1 (plazas) booked, reserved
    2 (persona) reserved, discreet
    3 (asunto) confidential
    1 (en local) private room; (en tren) reserved compartment
    * * *
    (f. - reservada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [actitud, persona] (=poco comunicativo) reserved; (=discreto) discreet
    2) (=confidencial) [asunto, documento] confidential

    estos documentos son materia reservada — these documents are confidential, these documents contain confidential material

    2. SM
    1) (=habitación aparte) [en restaurante] private room; [en tren] reserved compartment
    2) Cono Sur (=vino) vintage wine
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> reserved; <asunto/tema> confidential; ver tb reservar
    II
    1) (en restaurante, bar) private room; ( en tren) reserved compartment
    2) (CS) ( vino) vintage wine
    * * *
    = on hold, reserved, retiring, confidential, subdued, uncommunicative, secretive.
    Ex. The librarian may also review the borrower status to see what documents he has on loan and on hold.
    Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.
    Ex. Who would want to here the the ramblings of a retiring past president?.
    Ex. There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.
    Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.
    Ex. He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.
    Ex. There is a tendency to be secretive about information, more prevalent in the UK and USA than in Japan, which is inimical to success.
    ----
    * cola de documentos reservados y disponibles = held-document-available queue.
    * documento reservado = held document.
    * espacio reservado para el estudio = study space.
    * reservados todos los derechos = all rights reserved.
    * tener algo reservado = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.
    * tener una alternativa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.
    * tener una sorpresa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.
    * todos los derechos reservados = all rights reserved.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> reserved; <asunto/tema> confidential; ver tb reservar
    II
    1) (en restaurante, bar) private room; ( en tren) reserved compartment
    2) (CS) ( vino) vintage wine
    * * *
    reservado2

    Ex: Windows can place regular files in these reserved areas when the rest of the disk is full.

    * asiento reservado = reserved seat.
    * campo reservado = reserved field.
    * libro reservado = reserved book.

    = on hold, reserved, retiring, confidential, subdued, uncommunicative, secretive.

    Ex: The librarian may also review the borrower status to see what documents he has on loan and on hold.

    Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.
    Ex: Who would want to here the the ramblings of a retiring past president?.
    Ex: There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.
    Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.
    Ex: He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.
    Ex: There is a tendency to be secretive about information, more prevalent in the UK and USA than in Japan, which is inimical to success.
    * cola de documentos reservados y disponibles = held-document-available queue.
    * documento reservado = held document.
    * espacio reservado para el estudio = study space.
    * reservados todos los derechos = all rights reserved.
    * tener algo reservado = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.
    * tener una alternativa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.
    * tener una sorpresa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.
    * todos los derechos reservados = all rights reserved.

    * * *
    reservado1 -da
    A ‹persona/actitud› reserved
    B ‹asunto/tema› confidential
    un documento de carácter reservado a confidential document
    A
    1 (en un restaurante, bar) private room
    2 (en un tren) reserved compartment
    B (CS) (vino) vintage wine
    * * *

    Del verbo reservar: ( conjugate reservar)

    reservado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    reservado    
    reservar
    reservado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/actitud› reserved;


    ‹asunto/tema› confidential;
    ver tb

    reservar ( conjugate reservar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹asiento/habitación/mesa› to reserve, book;
    ‹pasaje/billete› to book
    2 ( guardar) ‹porción de comida/dinero› to set aside;

    reservó lo mejor para el final she kept the best till last
    reservarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( para sí mismo) ‹porción/porcentaje› to keep … for oneself;



    reservado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (información, etc) confidential
    2 (callado, discreto) reserved
    II sustantivo masculino private room
    reservar verbo transitivo
    1 (algo para más tarde) to keep back
    (guardar para alguien) to keep (aside): le reservamos una sorpresa, we have a surprise in store for him
    2 (en un hotel, restaurante, etc) to book, reserve: hemos reservado una mesa para cuatro (personas), we reserved a table for four
    ' reservado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    admisión
    - cámara
    - íntima
    - íntimo
    - privada
    - privado
    - reservar
    - reservada
    - sanctasanctórum
    - taciturna
    - taciturno
    - reticente
    English:
    antisocial
    - bay
    - cagey
    - close
    - distant
    - private
    - quiet
    - remote
    - reserved
    - secretive
    - shy
    - uncommunicative
    - unreserved
    - book
    - reserve
    - top
    * * *
    reservado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [mesa, plaza] reserved
    2. [tema, asunto] confidential
    3. [persona] reserved
    ♦ nm
    [en restaurante] private room; [en tren] reserved compartment
    * * *
    I adj reserved
    II m private room
    * * *
    reservado, -da adj
    1) : reserved, reticent
    2) : confidential
    * * *
    reservado adj reserved

    Spanish-English dictionary > reservado

  • 6 silencioso

    adj.
    1 silent, mute, quiet, noiseless.
    Ella es muy callada She is very quiet
    2 silent, soundless.
    * * *
    1 (persona) quiet; (objeto) silent
    * * *
    (f. - silenciosa)
    adj.
    quiet, silent
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] silent, quiet; [máquina] silent, noiseless
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <máquina/motor> quiet, silent, noiseless; < persona> silent, quiet
    2) <calle/barrio> quiet
    * * *
    = mute, silent, soundless, hushed, hushing, muffler.
    Ex. The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.
    Ex. He wrote a paper with the title 'Our silent enemy: ashes in our libraries'.
    Ex. Some of them were conversing together in soundless whispers.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. She lingered there a moment and watched the cars move on the highway with a hushing swiftness against the cold gray sky.
    Ex. Chapter 11 covers exhaust systems (air cleaners, turbochargers, exhaust manifolds, mufflers, and crankcase ventilationes).
    ----
    * asesino silencioso = silent killer.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) <máquina/motor> quiet, silent, noiseless; < persona> silent, quiet
    2) <calle/barrio> quiet
    * * *
    = mute, silent, soundless, hushed, hushing, muffler.

    Ex: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.

    Ex: He wrote a paper with the title 'Our silent enemy: ashes in our libraries'.
    Ex: Some of them were conversing together in soundless whispers.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: She lingered there a moment and watched the cars move on the highway with a hushing swiftness against the cold gray sky.
    Ex: Chapter 11 covers exhaust systems (air cleaners, turbochargers, exhaust manifolds, mufflers, and crankcase ventilationes).
    * asesino silencioso = silent killer.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹máquina/motor› quiet, silent, noiseless
    2 ‹persona› silent, quiet
    la multitud avanzaba silenciosa the crowd moved forward silently o in silence
    B ‹calle/barrio› quiet
    * * *

    silencioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ‹máquina/motor› quiet, silent, noiseless;
    ‹ persona› silent, quiet
    2 ‹calle/barrio› quiet
    silencioso,-a adjetivo silent, quiet
    ' silencioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    silenciosa
    - taciturna
    - taciturno
    - callado
    English:
    noiseless
    - quiet
    - raise
    - silent
    - still
    - hushed
    * * *
    silencioso, -a adj
    1. [persona] silent, quiet
    2. [motor, coche] quiet
    * * *
    adj silent
    * * *
    silencioso, -sa adj
    : silent, quiet
    * * *
    silencioso adj silent / quiet

    Spanish-English dictionary > silencioso

  • 7 taciturno

    adj.
    1 morose, dour, glum, moody.
    2 taciturn, close-lipped, tight-lipped, silent.
    * * *
    1 (callado) taciturn, silent
    2 (triste) sad, melancholy
    * * *
    ADJ (=callado) taciturn, silent; (=malhumorado) sullen, moody; (=triste) glum
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) [SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn, uncommunicative
    b) [ESTAR] ( triste) glum, gloomy
    * * *
    = morose, moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], hipped, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.].
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    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. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) [SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn, uncommunicative
    b) [ESTAR] ( triste) glum, gloomy
    * * *
    = morose, moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], hipped, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.].

    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.

    Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    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: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn ( frml), uncommunicative
    2 [ ESTAR] (triste) glum, gloomy
    se hundió en un silencio taciturno he sank into a gloomy silence
    * * *

    taciturno
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) [SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn, uncommunicative

    b) [ESTAR] ( triste) glum, gloomy

    taciturno,-a adjetivo
    1 (melancólico, triste) gloom, gloomy
    2 (silencioso, reservado) silent, uncommunicative, taciturn
    ' taciturno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    seria
    - serio
    - taciturna
    English:
    moody
    - morose
    - taciturn
    * * *
    taciturno, -a adj
    [persona] silent, taciturn; [carácter, actitud] gloomy
    * * *
    adj taciturn
    * * *
    taciturno, -na adj
    1) : taciturn
    2) : sullen, gloomy

    Spanish-English dictionary > taciturno

  • 8 triste

    adj.
    1 sad (person).
    no te pongas triste don't be sad
    2 sad (que entristece) (noticia, suceso).
    es triste que… it's sad o a shame that…
    ofrecen un triste espectáculo they present a sorry spectacle
    3 poor (humilde).
    un triste viejo a poor old man
    * * *
    1 (infeliz) sad, unhappy; (futuro) bleak
    2 (oscuro, sombrío) gloomy, dismal
    3 (único) single, only
    4 (insignificante) poor, humble
    \
    es triste que... it's a pity...
    hacer un triste papel to cut a sorry figure
    poner triste a alguien to make somebody sad
    ponerse triste to become sad
    triste futuro bleak future
    * * *
    adj.
    1) sad, blue, gloomy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=entristecido) [persona] sad; (=desgraciado) miserable; [carácter] gloomy, melancholy

    poner triste a algn — to make sb sad, make sb unhappy, make sb miserable

    2) (=entristecedor) [noticia, canción] sad; [paisaje] dismal, desolate; [cuarto] gloomy
    3) * (=mustio) [flor] withered
    4) (=lamentable) sad, sorry

    es triste no poder ir — it's a pity o shame we can't go

    la triste verdad es que... — the sad truth is that...

    5) (=insignificante) miserable
    6) And (=tímido) shy, timid
    2.
    SM LAm (=canción) sad love song
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] ( afligido) < persona> sad
    b) <expresión/mirada> sad, sorrowful
    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) <historia/película/noticia> sad; <paisaje/color> dismal, gloomy; <lugar/ambiente> gloomy

    un día nublado y triste — a miserable, cloudy day

    2) (delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    * * *
    = bleak, sad, sagging, wistful, depressing, glum, miserable, morose, doleful.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex. A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    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. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    ----
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).
    * triste de admitir = sad to relate.
    * triste realidad = fact of life.
    * triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.
    * triste recordatorio = painful reminder.
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] ( afligido) < persona> sad
    b) <expresión/mirada> sad, sorrowful
    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) <historia/película/noticia> sad; <paisaje/color> dismal, gloomy; <lugar/ambiente> gloomy

    un día nublado y triste — a miserable, cloudy day

    2) (delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    * * *
    = bleak, sad, sagging, wistful, depressing, glum, miserable, morose, doleful.

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.
    Ex: A wistful look appeared in his eyes as he lingered over memories of President Langeford.
    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: Children no less than adults are subject to fits of boredom, to times when they feel glum or restless when everything they usually enjoy lacks attraction, purpose or pleasure.
    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: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * la triste realidad es que = the sad fact is (that).
    * triste de admitir = sad to relate.
    * triste realidad = fact of life.
    * triste realidad, la = sad truth, the.
    * triste recordatorio = painful reminder.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] (afligido) ‹persona› sad
    esa música me pone triste that music makes me sad
    se puso muy triste cuando se lo dije he was very sad o unhappy when I told him
    ¿qué te pasa? te noto tristón ( fam); what's the matter? you look miserable o sad
    2 ‹expresión/mirada› sad, sorrowful
    tiene la mirada triste he has a sad look in his eyes
    3 [ SER] (que causa tristeza) ‹historia/película/noticia› sad; ‹paisaje/color› dismal, gloomy
    un día nublado y triste a miserable, cloudy day
    el cuarto se ve muy triste con esas cortinas those curtains make the room look very dreary o gloomy
    B ( delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable
    es la triste realidad it's the sad truth, sadly, that's the way it is
    tenía ante sí un triste futuro he faced an unhappy o a wretched future
    por cuatro tristes pesos for a few miserable o ( colloq) measly pesos
    hizo un triste papel he made a fool of himself, he performed poorly
    * * *

     

    triste adjetivo
    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› sad;


    b) ‹expresión/mirada› sad, sorrowful

    c) [SER] ( que causa tristeza) ‹historia/película/noticia› sad;

    ‹paisaje/color› dismal, gloomy;
    ‹lugar/ambiente› gloomy
    2 ( delante del n) (miserable, insignificante) miserable;

    es la triste realidad it's the sad truth
    triste adjetivo
    1 sad
    2 (paisaje, habitación, etc) gloomy, dismal
    3 (penoso) es triste reconocerlo, it's sad to admit it
    4 (insignificante, simple) single: no tenemos ni un triste limón en la nevera, we haven't got a single lemon in the fridge
    ' triste' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alicaída
    - alicaído
    - alma
    - cabizbaja
    - cabizbajo
    - deshecha
    - deshecho
    - destrozada
    - destrozado
    - fúnebre
    - negra
    - negro
    - pachucha
    - pachucho
    - polvo
    - sombría
    - sombrío
    - taciturna
    - taciturno
    - abatido
    - compungido
    - dejo
    - desolador
    - espectáculo
    - mirada
    - notar
    - penoso
    - poner
    - tanto
    English:
    blue
    - cheerless
    - dismal
    - doleful
    - downbeat
    - face
    - feel
    - forlorn
    - gloomy
    - leaden
    - lonesome
    - make
    - miserable
    - outwardly
    - rueful
    - sad
    - sorrowful
    - sorry
    - unhappy
    - wan
    - woeful
    - infamous
    - melancholy
    - note
    - obviously
    - pine
    - tearful
    * * *
    triste adj
    1. [entristecido] [persona] sad;
    ¿por qué estás triste? why are you looking so sad?;
    esa canción me pone triste that song makes me feel sad;
    no te pongas triste don't be sad;
    era un hombre triste y amargado he was a sad and embittered man
    2. [que entristece] [noticia, suceso] sad;
    [día, tiempo, paisaje] gloomy, dreary; [color, vestido, luz] dull, dreary;
    tiene los ojos tristes she has sad eyes
    3. [deplorable] sad;
    es triste que una empresa como ésa tenga que cerrar it's sad o a shame that a firm like that should have to close down
    4. [doloroso] sorry;
    los jueces ofrecen un triste espectáculo the judges present a sorry spectacle;
    el equipo hizo un triste papel the team gave a poor showing
    5. [humilde] poor;
    un triste viejo a poor old man;
    no es más que un triste empleado he's nothing but a humble worker
    6. [insignificante]
    un triste sueldo a miserable salary;
    nos dio dos tristes aceitunas he gave us two measly olives;
    es un triste consuelo it's small consolation, it's cold comfort;
    ni un triste… not a single…;
    ni una triste excusa not one single excuse;
    no tengo ni una triste radio I haven't even got a lousy radio
    * * *
    adj sad
    * * *
    triste adj
    1) : sad, gloomy
    ponerse triste: to become sad
    2) : desolate, dismal
    una perspectiva triste: a dismal outlook
    3) : sorry, sorry-looking
    la triste verdad: the sorry truth
    * * *
    triste adj
    1. (en general) sad [comp. sadder; superl. saddest]
    2. (lugar) gloomy [comp. gloomier; superl. gloomiest]
    una casa triste y oscura a dark, gloomy house

    Spanish-English dictionary > triste

  • 9 obstinātiō

        obstinātiō ōnis, f    [obstino], firmness, steadfastness, stubbornness, obstinacy: sententiae, adherence to my principles: taciturna, obstinate silence, N.
    * * *
    determination, stubbornness

    Latin-English dictionary > obstinātiō

  • 10 obstinatio

    obstĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [obstino], firmness, in a good and bad sense; resolution, steadfastness, determination, inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy (class.;

    syn.: pertinacia, contumacia): quae ego omnia obstinatione sententiae repudiavi,

    out of adherence to my principles, Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    animi,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 7:

    fidei,

    Tac. H. 3, 39:

    taciturna,

    obstinate silence, Nep. Att. 22, 2:

    inflexibilis,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 97, 3.—In plur., Tert. ad Nat. 1, 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obstinatio

  • 11 silentium

    sĭlentĭum, ii, n. [sileo].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a being still or silent, noiselessness, stillness, silence (freq. and class.; cf.

    taciturnitas): otium et silentium est, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 35: et ipse conticuit et ceteris silentium fuit,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 143; cf. id. ib. 1, 35, 160; id. Rep. 2, 38, 64:

    auditus est magno silentio,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

    silentio auditus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 19, 3:

    huic facietis Fabulae silentium,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 15:

    fac silentium,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 50; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:

    nec longa silentia feci,

    kept silence, Ov. F. 1, 183: silentio facto, silence being obtained, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 10; Liv. 24, 7 fin.; Petr. 14 fin.; Quint. 2, 5, 6 al.; also with the signif. to make or procure silence:

    Fabius cum silentium classico fecisset,

    Liv. 2, 45; Tac. H. 3, 20; Curt. 10, 6, 3; Phaedr. 5, 5, 15:

    facere silentia majestate manūs,

    Pers. 4, 7:

    tribuni plebis, cum inviti silentium tenuissent,

    Liv. 5, 9, 4; so,

    tenere silentium,

    id. 1, 16, 2; 1, 28, 8; 9, 38, 14:

    silentium obtinere,

    id. 1, 16, 2; cf.:

    obstinatum silentium obtinuit,

    id. 9, 38, 14:

    tenuere silentia cuncti,

    Ov. M. 1, 206:

    se silentium fieri jussisse,

    Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59; Luc. 1, 298:

    silentium imperare,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 7; Tac. G. 11:

    silentium significare,

    to give a signal for silence, Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

    cum silentio animadvertite,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 44:

    Athenienses cum silentio auditi sunt,

    Liv. 38, 10, 4:

    cum silentio ad aliquem convenire,

    id. 7, 35, 1; so,

    cum silentio,

    id. 25, 9, 15:

    agere per silentium,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 36; cf. id. Hec. prol. alt. 21; id. Phorm. prol. 30:

    per silentium noctis,

    Liv. 3, 42, 3; Tac. A. 4, 53; id. Agr. 3:

    ego illas omnes res egi silentio,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 29; cf.:

    ut nulla fere pars orationis silentio praeteriretur,

    in silence, without applause, id. Brut. 22, 88;

    more freq.: praeterire silentio,

    to pass over in silence, to say nothing about, id. Sull. 21, 62; id. Part. Or. 23, 82; id. Phil. 13, 6 Orell. N. cr.; Plin. Ep. 5, 20, 6;

    for which: silentio transire,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23:

    periculosissimum locum silentio sum praetervectus,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 3, 8:

    transmittere aliquem,

    Tac. A. 1, 13 fin. al.; cf.:

    cum M. Tullius de omnibus (oratoribus) aetatis suae silentium egerit,

    keeps silence, is silent, Quint. 10, 1, 38:

    tenere se intra silentium,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 8; 7, 6, 6:

    de Partho silentium est,

    nothing is said, Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:

    ut laudem eorum a silentio vindicarem,

    i. e. obscurity, id. de Or. 2, 2, 7; Sen. Ep. 21, 5; Plin. Ep. 9, 14, 1:

    gravissimas plagas ferre silentio,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:

    quam maximum silentium haberi jubet,

    Sall. J. 99, 1:

    lacrimae omnibus obortae, et diu maestum silentium tenuit,

    prevailed, Liv. 40, 8, 20.— Poet.: fer opem furtoque silentia deme, remove silence from, i. e. tell of, disclose, Ov. M. 2, 700.—Of the stillness, silence, dead of night:

    silentio noctis Caesar ex castris egressus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 36:

    in silentio noctis,

    id. ib. 7, 26; cf.:

    se vocem noctis silentio audisse clariorem humanā,

    Liv. 5, 32:

    paulo ante mediam noctem silentio ex oppido egressi,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 18; 7, 60; Liv. 8, 23, 9, 38.— Poet., in plur.:

    silentia noctis,

    Lucr. 4, 461; Stat. Th. 1, 441:

    quid me alta silentia cogis Rumpere,

    Verg. A. 10, 63; Ov. M. 7, 184:

    taciturna silentia,

    Lucr. 4, 585:

    torquent illum furibunda silentia,

    Stat. Th. 10, 890.— The stillness, quietness of the fields:

    nactus silentia ruris,

    Ov. M. 1, 232; cf.:

    vidit desolatas agere alta silentia terras,

    id. ib. 1, 349.—Of wood that makes no noise, does not snap, Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—
    B.
    In partic., in augural lang., freedom from disturbance; hence, faultlessness, perfectness in the taking of auspices:

    id silentium dicimus in auspiciis, quod omni vitio caret, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 2, 34, 71; cf. Fest. p. 348 Müll.; s. v. sinistrum, p. 351 ib.; and v. Becker, Antiq. vol. 2, pars 3, p. 76 sq.—
    II.
    Transf., a standstill (opp. to motion or activity); cessation, repose, inaction, tranquillity, etc. (rare but class.): mundus caeli vastus constitit silentio, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 2 med.:

    silentium perpetuum judiciorum ac fori,

    Cic. Pis. 14, 32; cf. Tac. Agr. 39:

    vitam silentio transire,

    Sall. C. 1, 1:

    silentium otiumque inter armatos,

    Liv. 2, 45: biduum deinde silentium [p. 1699] fuit neutris transgredientibus amnem, id. 37, 38:

    idem praeturae tenor et silentium,

    Tac. Agr. 6:

    quantum distant a morte silentia vitae?

    Sil. 3, 145.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > silentium

  • 12 taciturnus

    tăcĭturnus, a, um, adj. [1. tacitus], not talkative, of few words, quiet, still, taciturn, silent, noiseless (mostly poet., but cf. taciturnitas): quia tristem semper, quia taciturnum videbant, * Cic. Sest. 9, 21:

    silentia,

    Lucr. 4, 583; Ov. A. A. 2, 505; id. M. 8, 84:

    obstinatio,

    Nep. Att. 22:

    deserta loca et taciturna,

    Prop. 1, 18, 1:

    ripa,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 24: tineas pasces (liber) taciturnus inertes, silent, i. e. unread, id. Ep. 1, 20, 12:

    Liris taciturnus amnis,

    id. C. 1, 31, 8:

    vestigia,

    Ov. F. 1, 426.— Comp.:

    (ingenium) statuā taciturnius,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 83.— Sup.: Pa. Valetne ostium? Ph. Bellissimum hercle vidi et taciturnissimum, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 20.— No adv.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > taciturnus

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