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tetchy

  • 1 correa de sujeción

    • tetchy
    • tethered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > correa de sujeción

  • 2 irascible

    adj.
    1 irascible.
    2 angry, crabby, gnarled, morose.
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    1 irascible, irritable
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    ADJ irascible frm
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    adjetivo irascible
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    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], peevish, irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], ornery, waspish, explosive, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).
    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. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex. The explosive Cameron Shepherd then brought the Wallabies to within a point of France with the team's second try five minutes later.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
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    adjetivo irascible
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    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], peevish, irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], ornery, waspish, explosive, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).

    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: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex: The explosive Cameron Shepherd then brought the Wallabies to within a point of France with the team's second try five minutes later.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

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    irascible
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    irascible adjetivo irascible, irritable, short-tempered
    ' irascible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    temperamental
    English:
    cantankerous
    - hot-headed
    - irascible
    - quicktempered
    - crusty
    - hot
    - quick
    - snappy
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    irascible
    * * *
    adj irascible
    * * *
    : irascible, irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > irascible

  • 3 irritable

    adj.
    irritable.
    Ser colérico Be quick-tempered (different from Be angry=Estar colérico.)
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    1 irritable
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    adjetivo irritable
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    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], irritable, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], waspish, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).
    Ex. Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
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    adjetivo irritable
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    = tetchy [tetchier -comp., tetchiest -sup.], irritable, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], waspish, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: CC uses this device in Literature, where authors are specified by their date of birth (though Ranganathan has a rather tetchy note about the difficulty of establishing this in some cases).

    Ex: Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone -- an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: But as you read this sentence, you cannot fail to hear his voice, cosy, waspish, inimitable.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

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    irritable
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    irritable adjetivo
    irritable
    ' irritable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irascible
    - enojadizo
    - enojón
    English:
    cantankerous
    - impatient
    - irritable
    - prickly
    - snappy
    - inclined
    - moody
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    irritable
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    adj irritable
    * * *
    : irritable

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritable

  • 4 destemplado

    adj.
    1 out of tone, out of tune.
    2 harsh, angry, bad-tempered, gruff.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: destemplar.
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    1→ link=destemplar destemplar
    1 MÚSICA out of tune
    2 (voz, gesto) sharp, snappy
    3 (carácter) irritable, tetchy
    4 (tiempo) unpleasant
    5 MEDICINA off colour, unwell
    6 (acero) untempered
    \
    con cajas destempladas rudely, brusquely
    sentirse destemplado,-a not to feel well
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    ADJ
    1) (Mús) out of tune
    2) (Med) (=con fiebre) feverish
    3) [carácter] (=malhumorado) ill-tempered; (=áspero) harsh
    4) (Meteo) unpleasant
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    - da adjetivo
    1) < persona>

    estoy or ando destemplado — ( con fiebre) I have a slight fever; ( indispuesto) I'm feeling off-color*

    2)
    a) < instrumento> discordant, out-of-tune
    b) <voz/tono> harsh, discordant
    c) < nervios> frayed
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    = raucous, out of tune.
    Ex. This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.
    Ex. Soon they started receiving complaints that he left the pianos more out of tune than he found them.
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    - da adjetivo
    1) < persona>

    estoy or ando destemplado — ( con fiebre) I have a slight fever; ( indispuesto) I'm feeling off-color*

    2)
    a) < instrumento> discordant, out-of-tune
    b) <voz/tono> harsh, discordant
    c) < nervios> frayed
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    = raucous, out of tune.

    Ex: This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.

    Ex: Soon they started receiving complaints that he left the pianos more out of tune than he found them.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹persona›
    estoy or ando destemplado (con fiebre) I have a slight fever, I've got a bit of a temperature ( BrE) (indispuesto) I'm feeling out of sorts o a bit under the weather
    2 ‹tiempo› unpleasant
    ¡qué día tan destemplado! what a horrible o miserable day!
    B
    1 ‹instrumento› discordant, out-of-tune
    2 ‹voz/tono› harsh, discordant
    3 [ ESTAR] ‹nervios› frayed
    los ánimos están destemplados tempers are getting frayed, people are getting agitated, things are getting fraught
    C ‹diente› sensitive
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    Del verbo destemplar: ( conjugate destemplar)

    destemplado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    destemplado    
    destemplar
    destemplado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 persona›:


    ( indispuesto) I'm feeling off-color( conjugate color)
    2
    a)instrumento/voz/tono discordant

    b) nervios frayed

    destemplar ( conjugate destemplar) verbo transitivo
    1guitarra/violínto make … go out of tune
    2ánimos/nervios to fray
    3 (AmL) ‹ dientesto set … on edge
    destemplado,-a adjetivo
    1 (con malestar físico) out of sorts: estoy destemplada, I'm under the weather
    2 (clima, tiempo) unpleasant
    3 (actitudes, palabras) harsh, sharp
    4 Mús (desafinado) out of tune, discordant
    ' destemplado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destemplada
    - destemplarse
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    destemplado, -a adj
    1. [persona]
    me siento un poco destemplado I'm feeling out of sorts o under the weather
    2. [instrumento] out of tune
    3. [tiempo, clima] unpleasant
    4. [carácter, actitud] irritable
    5. [voz, tono] harsh, jarring
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    adj out of tune
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    destemplado, -da adj
    1) : out of tune
    2) : irritable, out of sorts
    3) : unpleasant (of weather)

    Spanish-English dictionary > destemplado

  • 5 enojadizo

    adj.
    short-tempered, cranky, fretful, huffy.
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    1 irritable, touchy, quick-tempered
    * * *
    ADJ esp LAm irritable, short-tempered
    * * *
    - za adjetivo (esp AmL) irritable, touchy
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    = cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.].
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    * * *
    - za adjetivo (esp AmL) irritable, touchy
    * * *
    = cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.].

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

    * * *
    ( esp AmL) irritable, tetchy, touchy
    * * *

    enojadizo
    ◊ -za adjetivo (esp AmL) irritable, touchy


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    enojadizo, -a adj
    esp Am irritable, touchy
    * * *
    adj irritable
    * * *
    enojadizo, -za adj
    irritable: irritable, cranky

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojadizo

  • 6 trabajoso

    adj.
    laborious, difficult, backbreaking, burdensome.
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    1 hard, laborious
    2 (difícil) difficult
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    ADJ
    1) (=difícil) hard, laborious; (=doloroso) painful
    2) (Med) pale, sickly
    3) Cono Sur (=exigente) exacting, demanding; (=astuto) wily
    4) And (=poco amable) unhelpful; (=malhumorado) bad-tempered, tetchy
    5) Cono Sur (=molesto) annoying
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    - sa adjetivo < subida> arduous; < tarea> laborious
    * * *
    = burdensome, laborious.
    Ex. This article examines the burdensome task archival appraisers face in dealing with the typically massive files created by major censuses and surveys.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
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    - sa adjetivo < subida> arduous; < tarea> laborious
    * * *
    = burdensome, laborious.

    Ex: This article examines the burdensome task archival appraisers face in dealing with the typically massive files created by major censuses and surveys.

    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

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    es un punto muy trabajoso it's a very laborious stitch to do
    su letra es muy trabajosa de leer it's very hard work reading his writing, his writing is very hard o difficult to read
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    trabajoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ subida arduous;


    tarea laborious
    trabajoso,-a adjetivo laborious, arduous: construir miniaturas es muy trabajoso, making miniatures is an arduous task
    ' trabajoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    costar
    - enojosa
    - enojoso
    - laboriosa
    - laborioso
    - trabajosa
    English:
    laborious
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    trabajoso, -a adj
    1. [difícil] laborious, difficult;
    un proceso más trabajoso a more laborious process
    2. Col [exigente] demanding
    * * *
    adj hard, laborious
    * * *
    trabajoso, -sa adj
    laborioso: laborious

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajoso

  • 7 enojón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, irritable, quick-tempered.
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    ADJ Chile, Col, Méx = enojadizo
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    - jona adjetivo (Chi, Méx fam) irritable, touchy
    * * *
    - jona adjetivo (Chi, Méx fam) irritable, touchy
    * * *
    (Chi, Méx fam) irritable, tetchy, touchy
    * * *

    enojón
    ◊ - jona adjetivo (Chi, Méx fam) irritable, touchy


    * * *
    enojón, -ona adj
    Méx Fam cranky, testy
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    adj L.Am.
    irritable, touchy
    * * *
    enojón, - jona adj, pl - jones Chile, Mex fam : irritable, cranky

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojón

  • 8 genioso

    adj.
    bad-tempered, irritable, snappish, snappy.
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    ADJ CAm bad-tempered
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    genioso -sa
    ( Méx fam) bad-tempered, tetchy ( colloq), touchy ( colloq)
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    genioso, -a adj
    Méx Fam bad-tempered, moody

    Spanish-English dictionary > genioso

  • 9 picajoso

    adj.
    tetchy, peevish, techy.
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    1 familiar touchy
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    picajoso, -a adj
    Fam touchy
    * * *
    adj touchy

    Spanish-English dictionary > picajoso

  • 10 atadero

    • cord
    • rope
    • tetchy
    • tethered
    • tie fastener

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > atadero

  • 11 coyunda

    • pizzle whip
    • tetchy
    • tethered
    • whip

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > coyunda

  • 12 lazo para atar los pies de un animal

    • knot used to tie an animal's feet
    • tetchy
    • tethered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > lazo para atar los pies de un animal

  • 13 manezuela

    • clasp
    • hook
    • hook in
    • knot used to tie an animal's feet
    • small hand
    • tetchy
    • tethered

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > manezuela

  • 14 tetania

    • tetanize
    • tetchy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tetania

  • 15 respingosa

    adj.
    1 kicking, wincing (animales).
    2 growing, tetchy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > respingosa

  • 16 respingoso

    adj.
    1 kicking, wincing (animales).
    2 growing, tetchy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > respingoso

См. также в других словарях:

  • tetchy — tetchy, touchy Tetchy means ‘irritable, peevish’, and is a near synonym of testy, whereas touchy means ‘oversensitive, likely to take offence’ …   Modern English usage

  • Tetchy — Tetch y, a. See {Techy}. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tetchy — easily irritated, 1592, teachie, in Romeo & Juliet I.iii.32; of uncertain origin. Perhaps from M.E. tatch a mark, quality, derived via O.Fr. from V.L. *tecca, from a Germanic source akin to O.E. tacen (see TOKEN (Cf. token)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tetchy — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ bad tempered and irritable. DERIVATIVES tetchily adverb tetchiness noun. ORIGIN probably from Scots tache «blotch, fault», from Old French teche …   English terms dictionary

  • tetchy — [tech′ē] adj. tetchier, tetchiest [< LME teche, touchy, prob. < ME, a mark, quality < OFr, spot, mark < VL * tecca < Frank * tekka < * tēkan; akin to OE tacn,TOKEN] touchy; irritable; peevish tetchily adv. tetchiness n …   English World dictionary

  • tetchy — [[t]te̱tʃi[/t]] tetchier, tetchiest ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is tetchy, you mean they are bad tempered and likely to get angry suddenly without an obvious reason. [mainly BRIT, INFORMAL] You always get tetchy when you re hungry... He… …   English dictionary

  • tetchy — UK [ˈtetʃɪ] / US adjective Word forms tetchy : adjective tetchy comparative tetchier superlative tetchiest old fashioned easily annoyed and likely to get angry quickly Derived words: tetchily adverb tetchiness noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • tetchy — adjective (tetchier; est) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete tetch habit Date: 1592 irritably or peevishly sensitive ; touchy < the tetchy manner of two women living in the same house Elizabeth Taylor †1975 > • tetchily adverb • tetchiness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tetchy — tetch|y [ˈtetʃi] adj BrE informal likely to get angry or upset easily ▪ Jane s a bit tetchy this morning. >tetchily adv >tetchiness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tetchy — adjective likely to get angry or upset easily: Jane s a bit tetchy this morning, watch what you say to her. tetchily adverb tetchiness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tetchy — tetchily, adv. tetchiness, n. /tech ee/, adj. tetchier, tetchiest. irritable; touchy. Also, techy. [1585 95; orig. uncert.; cf. TETCHED, Y1] * * * …   Universalium

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