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  • 61 llegar a un acuerdo

    to come to an agreement
    * * *
    (v.) = conclude + agreement, reach + agreement, make + an undertaking, make + bargain, come to + consensus, reach + understanding, have + meeting of the minds, reach + consensus, hammer out + agreement, develop + compromise, work out + agreement, strike + deal, conclude + deal
    Ex. At the same time publishers and booksellers combined once more to fix retail prices, concluding in 1900 a 'net book agreement' by which booksellers were forbidden to retail new books at less than list prices.
    Ex. Agreements have been reached with the National Library of Canada and the Biblothèque Nationale not only to use their records this way but also to redistribute them in an unaltered form.
    Ex. An undertaking has been made that a piece of notation will not be revised and given another meaning.
    Ex. The bargain which I made with Mr Johnson was seventy-five pounds (or guineas) a volume.
    Ex. We found it difficult to come to a consensus of the professional staff on several key points.
    Ex. Once the silent reading session is accepted then an understanding should also be reached that at these times classmates should not be interrupted, either for idle chatter or for sharing responses.
    Ex. If we begin to think about the new technology as different from the three-by-five card perhaps then we can have some meeting of the minds.
    Ex. Perhaps it is an understatement to say that it is easy to reach consensus on the basic elements to be included in the evaluation form.
    Ex. Trustees will have to consider the conditions of membership in online networks and, in some instances, may need to hammer out ground breaking agreements to govern operations.
    Ex. Ultimately, a compromise was developed that provided for the fully spelled-out form as a parenthetical addition in the heading if it is needed to differentiate names = En última instancia se llegó a un acuerdo que permitía que la forma totalmente deletreada se le añadiese entre paréntesis al encabezamiento si se necesitaba diferenciar los nombres.
    Ex. We have to seek and work out partnership agreements with other stakeholders.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The Times newspaper strikes deal with Gale to digitise back issues from 1785'.
    Ex. Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.
    * * *
    (v.) = conclude + agreement, reach + agreement, make + an undertaking, make + bargain, come to + consensus, reach + understanding, have + meeting of the minds, reach + consensus, hammer out + agreement, develop + compromise, work out + agreement, strike + deal, conclude + deal

    Ex: At the same time publishers and booksellers combined once more to fix retail prices, concluding in 1900 a 'net book agreement' by which booksellers were forbidden to retail new books at less than list prices.

    Ex: Agreements have been reached with the National Library of Canada and the Biblothèque Nationale not only to use their records this way but also to redistribute them in an unaltered form.
    Ex: An undertaking has been made that a piece of notation will not be revised and given another meaning.
    Ex: The bargain which I made with Mr Johnson was seventy-five pounds (or guineas) a volume.
    Ex: We found it difficult to come to a consensus of the professional staff on several key points.
    Ex: Once the silent reading session is accepted then an understanding should also be reached that at these times classmates should not be interrupted, either for idle chatter or for sharing responses.
    Ex: If we begin to think about the new technology as different from the three-by-five card perhaps then we can have some meeting of the minds.
    Ex: Perhaps it is an understatement to say that it is easy to reach consensus on the basic elements to be included in the evaluation form.
    Ex: Trustees will have to consider the conditions of membership in online networks and, in some instances, may need to hammer out ground breaking agreements to govern operations.
    Ex: Ultimately, a compromise was developed that provided for the fully spelled-out form as a parenthetical addition in the heading if it is needed to differentiate names = En última instancia se llegó a un acuerdo que permitía que la forma totalmente deletreada se le añadiese entre paréntesis al encabezamiento si se necesitaba diferenciar los nombres.
    Ex: We have to seek and work out partnership agreements with other stakeholders.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The Times newspaper strikes deal with Gale to digitise back issues from 1785'.
    Ex: Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llegar a un acuerdo

  • 62 naciente

    adj.
    1 dawning.
    2 new, fledgling (Gobierno, Estado).
    3 nascent, budding, dawning, emergent.
    f.
    1 spring, water source.
    2 East.
    * * *
    1 (nuevo) new
    2 (creciente) growing
    1 (este) East
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=que nace) nascent frm; (=nuevo) new, recent; (=creciente) growing; [sol] rising

    el naciente interés por... — the new-found o growing interest in...

    2. SM
    1) (=este) east
    2) pl nacientes Cono Sur (=manantial) spring sing, source sing
    * * *
    I
    a) < sol> rising (before n)
    b) < amistad> newly-formed
    II

    el naciente — (liter) the Orient (liter)

    III
    femenino, nacientes femenino plural (CS) source
    * * *
    = emerging, nascent, infant, a-borning.
    Ex. We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.
    Ex. Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. The article 'A new alliance a-borning?' reports the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Association of American University Presses.
    ----
    * mercado naciente = emerging market.
    * sol naciente = rising sun.
    * * *
    I
    a) < sol> rising (before n)
    b) < amistad> newly-formed
    II

    el naciente — (liter) the Orient (liter)

    III
    femenino, nacientes femenino plural (CS) source
    * * *
    = emerging, nascent, infant, a-borning.

    Ex: We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.

    Ex: Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex: The article 'A new alliance a-borning?' reports the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Association of American University Presses.
    * mercado naciente = emerging market.
    * sol naciente = rising sun.

    * * *
    1 ‹sol› rising ( before n)
    2 ‹amistad› newly-formed
    su naciente interés por la música her newfound interest in music
    el naciente interés por la ecología the new interest in ecology
    el naciente ( liter); the East, the Orient ( liter)
    (CS)
    source
    * * *

    naciente adjetivo ‹ sol› rising ( before n);

    naciente
    I adj (incipiente) new, incipient
    (sol) rising
    II sustantivo masculino East

    ' naciente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rising
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [día] dawning;
    [sol] rising
    2. [gobierno, estado] fledgling, new;
    [interés, amistad] budding;
    la fragilidad de la naciente democracia the precarious nature of the fledgling democracy
    ♦ nm
    [este] east
    naciente2 nf, nacientes nfpl
    RP [nacimiento] source
    * * *
    adj
    1 país, gobierno newly formed
    2 sol rising
    * * *
    1) : newfound, growing
    2) : rising
    el sol naciente: the rising sun

    Spanish-English dictionary > naciente

  • 63 petulante

    adj.
    1 opinionated, arrogant.
    2 petulant, boasting, vain, cynical.
    f. & m.
    1 opinionated person.
    2 smug person, self-righteous person, self-satisfied person.
    * * *
    1 vain
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

    * * *
    smug, self-satisfied
    smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *

    petulante adjetivo
    smug, self-satisfied
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    smug o self-satisified fool
    ' petulante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    opinionated, arrogant
    ♦ nmf
    opinionated person;
    es un petulante he's very opinionated
    * * *
    adj smug
    * * *
    insolente: insolent, petulant

    Spanish-English dictionary > petulante

  • 64 vagar

    v.
    to wander about, to stroll, to wander, to gad.
    * * *
    1 (errar) to wander ( por, about), roam ( por, about)
    ————————
    1 (estar ocioso) to idle about, loaf around
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=errar) to wander (about), roam; (=rondar) to prowl about; (=pasear) to saunter up and down, wander about the streets; (=entretenerse) to loiter; (=gandulear) to idle, loaf
    2) (Mec) to be loose, move about
    2.
    SM (=tiempo libre) leisure, free time; (=pereza) idleness; (=calma) lack of anxiety, freedom from worry
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander, roam
    * * *
    = bob about, meander, roam (about/around), range, wander, drift off, rove.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex. We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    ----
    * vagar libremente = roam + free.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to wander, roam
    * * *
    = bob about, meander, roam (about/around), range, wander, drift off, rove.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: Unless children are given time to roam about unhindered among books of many kinds, left alone to choose for themselves, and to do what any avid adult reader does, then maybe we labor in vain.
    Ex: We will be bringing scholars from all over the world both to range widely in our multiform collections and put things together rather than just take them apart.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Wandering the Web: further developments on the global information bazaar'.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: The production is extremely lively: Wandering musicians rove the tiny stage and aisles, competing with birdsong and baroque concertos over the tannoy.
    * vagar libremente = roam + free.

    * * *
    vagar [A3 ]
    vi
    to wander, roam, drift
    * * *

    vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
    to wander, roam
    vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
    vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
    ' vagar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    errar
    - rondar
    English:
    drift
    - mooch
    - roam
    - rove
    - wander
    - meander
    * * *
    vagar vi
    vagar (por) to wander (around), to roam;
    vagando por las calles de la ciudad wandering around o roaming the streets of the city
    * * *
    v/i wander
    * * *
    vagar {52} vi
    errar: to roam, to wander
    * * *
    vagar vb to wander

    Spanish-English dictionary > vagar

  • 65 embragar

    v.
    1 to engage the clutch.
    2 to put in gear, to connect, to engage, to throw in gear.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to engage the clutch
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Aut, Mec) [+ motor] to engage; [+ piezas] to connect, couple
    2) (Náut) to sling
    2.
    VI (Aut etc) to put the clutch in
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to engage the clutch
    * * *
    = depress + the clutch.
    Ex. However, if you try to brake below this speed without depressing the clutch, the engine will stall because it's being forced to carry a load while operating below idle speed.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to engage the clutch
    * * *
    = depress + the clutch.

    Ex: However, if you try to brake below this speed without depressing the clutch, the engine will stall because it's being forced to carry a load while operating below idle speed.

    * * *
    embragar [A3 ]
    vi
    to put in the clutch, to depress the clutch
    ■ embragar
    vt
    (Ur arg) to annoy, wind … up ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    embragar ( conjugate embragar) verbo intransitivo
    to engage the clutch
    ' embragar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clutch
    * * *
    to engage the clutch
    * * *
    AUTO
    I v/t engage
    II v/i engage the clutch
    * * *
    embragar {52} vi
    : to engage the clutch

    Spanish-English dictionary > embragar

  • 66 holgado

    adj.
    loose, loose-fitting, ample, wide.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: holgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=holgar holgar
    2 (ropa) loose, baggy
    3 (espacio) roomy
    4 (victoria) easy, comfortable; (mayoría) comfortable
    5 (posición) comfortable, well-off
    \
    andar/estar holgado,-a de tiempo to have plenty of time
    ir holgado,-a to have plenty of room
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ropa] (=suelto) loose, comfortable, baggy
    2) (=amplio) roomy
    3) (=cómodo) comfortably off, well-to-do

    vida holgada — comfortable life, life of ease

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < prenda> loose-fitting, baggy
    b) < posición> comfortable
    c) < victoria> comfortable, easy; < mayoría> comfortable
    * * *
    = loose fitting, loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.], loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    Ex. Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.
    Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.
    Ex. With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.
    Ex. A nightgown (also called a nightdress) is a loosely hanging item of nightwear nowadays mostly for women.
    Ex. After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex. The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < prenda> loose-fitting, baggy
    b) < posición> comfortable
    c) < victoria> comfortable, easy; < mayoría> comfortable
    * * *
    = loose fitting, loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.], loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

    Ex: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.

    Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.
    Ex: With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.
    Ex: A nightgown (also called a nightdress) is a loosely hanging item of nightwear nowadays mostly for women.
    Ex: After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex: The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.

    * * *
    holgado -da
    1 ‹vestido/camisa› loose-fitting, baggy
    2 ‹posición› comfortable
    su situación económica es holgada they're comfortably off
    3 ‹victoria› comfortable, easy; ‹mayoría› comfortable
    4
    (de espacio): si pones la maleta en la baca iremos más holgados if you put the suitcase on the roof rack we'll have more room o we'll be more comfortable
    * * *

    Del verbo holgar: ( conjugate holgar)

    holgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    holgado    
    holgar
    holgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo




    c) ‹victoria/mayoría› comfortable

    d) ( de espacio):


    holgar ( conjugate holgar) verbo intransitivo (en 3a pers) (frml) ( estar de más):
    ◊ huelga decir que … it goes without saying that …;

    huelgan los comentarios what can one say?
    holgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (despegado del cuerpo) loose, baggy
    2 (sobrado: de dinero) comfortable
    (: de espacio, etc) ample, roomy: es un presupuesto holgado, it's an ample budget
    andar holgado de tiempo, to have plenty of time
    holgar vi frml
    1 (estar ocioso) to be idle
    2 (ser ocioso, estar de más) huelga decir que no estaré allí, it goes without saying that I won't be there

    ' holgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cumplida
    - cumplido
    - desahogada
    - desahogado
    - holgada
    English:
    baggy
    - loose
    - roomy
    - shell-suit
    - comfortable
    * * *
    holgado, -a adj
    1. [ropa] baggy, loose-fitting;
    los pantalones me están muy holgados the trousers are very loose on me
    2. [habitación, espacio] roomy;
    en los asientos de atrás cabemos cuatro holgados there's (more than enough) room for four of us in the back seat
    3. [victoria, situación] comfortable;
    gobernará con una holgada mayoría he will govern with an ample o comfortable majority;
    vamos holgados de tiempo we're fine for time, we've got plenty of time
    4. [económicamente] comfortable;
    están en una posición muy holgado they're very comfortably off
    * * *
    adj ropa loose, comfortable;
    estar holgado de tiempo have time to spare
    * * *
    holgado, -da adj
    1) : loose, baggy
    2) : at ease, comfortable
    * * *
    holgado adj loose

    Spanish-English dictionary > holgado

  • 67 presumido

    adj.
    conceited, arrogant, vain, assuming.
    f. & m.
    conceited person, swell-headed person, vain person, poseur.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: presumir.
    * * *
    1 (arrogante) conceited; (en el vestir) vain
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (arrogante) conceited person; (en el vestir) vain person
    * * *
    (f. - presumida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=creído) conceited; (=coqueto) vain
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( engreído) conceited, full of oneself; ( arrogante) arrogant
    b) ( coqueto) vain
    * * *
    = conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( engreído) conceited, full of oneself; ( arrogante) arrogant
    b) ( coqueto) vain
    * * *
    = conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

    * * *
    1 (engreído) conceited, full of oneself; (arrogante) arrogant
    2 (coqueto) vain
    * * *

     

    Del verbo presumir: ( conjugate presumir)

    presumido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    presumido    
    presumir
    presumido
    ◊ -da adjetivo


    ( arrogante) arrogant

    presumir ( conjugate presumir) verbo intransitivo
    to show off;
    presumido DE algo ‹ de dinero› ( hablando) to boast o brag about sth;
    ( enseñándolo) to flash sth around;

    verbo transitivo: se presume una reacción violenta there is likely to be a violent reaction;
    era de presumido occurriría it was quite predictable what would happen
    presumido,-a
    I adjetivo vain
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino vain person, familiar poser
    presumir
    I vtr (sospechar) to predict, suppose
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (de una cualidad) to fancy oneself as: presume de listo, he thinks he's very smart
    2 (de una posesión) to boast [de, about]: le gusta presumir de coche, he likes to show off his car

    ' presumido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presumida
    - presuntuosa
    - presuntuoso
    - autosuficiente
    - vanidoso
    English:
    overconfident
    - toffee-nosed
    - vain
    - self
    * * *
    presumido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [jactancioso]
    ser presumido to be a show-off
    2. [vanidoso] vain
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [jactancioso] show-off
    2. [vanidoso]
    ser un presumido to be vain
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( creído) conceited
    2 ( coqueto) vain
    II m, presumida f bighead
    * * *
    presumido, -da adj
    vanidoso: conceited, vain
    * * *
    presumido adj vain

    Spanish-English dictionary > presumido

  • 68 seguro de sí mismo

    (adj.) = smug, assured, self-assured, poised
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    Ex. The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex. She is poised and manicured -- 'prissy,' according to her friends -- measuring her words with soft-spoken formality.
    * * *
    (adj.) = smug, assured, self-assured, poised

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    Ex: The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex: She is poised and manicured -- 'prissy,' according to her friends -- measuring her words with soft-spoken formality.

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguro de sí mismo

  • 69 a falta de

    = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of
    Ex. A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
    Ex. In the absence of, or in addition to, an ISADN an alternative number assigned by a regional or national agency may be given.
    Ex. Wire staplers were first introduced in about 1875 in default of satisfactory book-sewing machines (which were not fully developed until 1882).
    Ex. There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.
    Ex. After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.
    * * *
    = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of

    Ex: A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.

    Ex: In the absence of, or in addition to, an ISADN an alternative number assigned by a regional or national agency may be given.
    Ex: Wire staplers were first introduced in about 1875 in default of satisfactory book-sewing machines (which were not fully developed until 1882).
    Ex: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.
    Ex: After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a falta de

  • 70 condescendiente

    adj.
    1 obliging.
    2 condescending, agreeable, assenting, accommodating.
    3 patronizing, obliging.
    * * *
    1 (transigente) condescending
    2 (complaciente) obliging, helpful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deferente) obliging; (=afable) affable; (=conforme) acquiescent
    2) pey
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex. Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

    * * *
    1 ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending
    2 (comprensivo) understanding
    eres muy poco condescendiente you're not very understanding
    * * *

    condescendiente adjetivo
    a) ‹actitud/respuesta› ( con aires de superioridad) condescending


    condescendiente adjetivo
    1 (amable, deferente) complacent
    2 (con aire de superioridad) condescending
    ' condescendiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compasiva
    - compasivo
    - contemplar
    English:
    condescending
    - patronizing
    - talk down
    - talk
    * * *
    1. [amable] obliging
    2. [altivo] condescending
    * * *
    adj actitud accommodating; desp
    condescending

    Spanish-English dictionary > condescendiente

  • 71 nutrir

    v.
    1 to nourish or feed.
    La comida sustenta a los chicos The food sustains the boys.
    2 to feed, to nurture.
    3 to supply.
    * * *
    1 (alimentar) to feed, nourish
    2 figurado to encourage
    3 (abastecer) to supply (de, with)
    1 (alimentarse) to receive nourishment (de, from)
    2 figurado (abastecerse) to draw (de, on)
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=alimentar) to feed, nourish
    2) (=fortalecer) [+ confianza, relaciones] to strengthen
    3) (=proveer) [de agua, ayuda] to provide
    4) (=llenar) to fill
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < organismo> to nourish; <niño/planta> to nourish, feed
    2) (liter) <odio/celos> to fuel, feed
    2.
    nutrirsev pron
    1) planta/organismo to receive nourishment
    2) (liter) odio/rencor
    * * *
    = nurture, nourish.
    Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex. The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) < organismo> to nourish; <niño/planta> to nourish, feed
    2) (liter) <odio/celos> to fuel, feed
    2.
    nutrirsev pron
    1) planta/organismo to receive nourishment
    2) (liter) odio/rencor
    * * *
    = nurture, nourish.

    Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

    Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

    * * *
    nutrir [I1 ]
    vt
    A ‹organismo› to nourish; ‹niño/planta› to nourish, feed
    B ( liter); ‹odio/celos› to fuel, feed
    intentando nutrir la virtud en sus alumnos trying to foster a sense of virtue in his pupils
    A «planta/organismo» to receive nourishment
    el feto se nutre a través de la placenta the fetus obtains o receives nourishment through the placenta
    la organización se nutre de subvenciones estatales the organization is funded by state subsidies
    B ( liter) «odio/rencor»: nutrirse DE algo; to be fueled BY sth
    su vida espiritual se nutría de aquellas lecturas he drew spiritual sustenance from his reading of those texts ( liter)
    * * *

    nutrir ( conjugate nutrir) verbo transitivo ‹ organismo› to nourish;
    ‹niño/planta› to nourish, feed
    nutrir verbo transitivo to nourish, feed
    ' nutrir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    nourish
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alimentar] to nourish, to feed ( con o de with)
    2. [fomentar] to feed, to nurture
    3. [suministrar] to supply (de with)
    * * *
    v/t nourish; fig: esperanzas cherish
    * * *
    nutrir vt
    1) alimentar: to feed, to nourish
    2) : to foster, to provide
    * * *
    nutrir vb to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

    Spanish-English dictionary > nutrir

  • 72 pinzas de arranque

    (n.) = jumper cables, booster cables, jumper leads
    Ex. The victim positioned himself between the two tractors and attached a set of jumper cables to the batteries.
    Ex. The use of booster cables, in some instances, may also cause damage to the vehicle's battery, ignition, or electrical system.
    Ex. After starting, allow both engines to idle for about five to eight minutes before disconnecting the jumper leads.
    * * *
    (n.) = jumper cables, booster cables, jumper leads

    Ex: The victim positioned himself between the two tractors and attached a set of jumper cables to the batteries.

    Ex: The use of booster cables, in some instances, may also cause damage to the vehicle's battery, ignition, or electrical system.
    Ex: After starting, allow both engines to idle for about five to eight minutes before disconnecting the jumper leads.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pinzas de arranque

  • 73 pinzas de la batería

    (n.) = jumper cables, booster cables, jumper leads
    Ex. The victim positioned himself between the two tractors and attached a set of jumper cables to the batteries.
    Ex. The use of booster cables, in some instances, may also cause damage to the vehicle's battery, ignition, or electrical system.
    Ex. After starting, allow both engines to idle for about five to eight minutes before disconnecting the jumper leads.
    * * *
    (n.) = jumper cables, booster cables, jumper leads

    Ex: The victim positioned himself between the two tractors and attached a set of jumper cables to the batteries.

    Ex: The use of booster cables, in some instances, may also cause damage to the vehicle's battery, ignition, or electrical system.
    Ex: After starting, allow both engines to idle for about five to eight minutes before disconnecting the jumper leads.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pinzas de la batería

  • 74 aliviar el tedio

    (v.) = relieve + tedium
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    * * *
    (v.) = relieve + tedium

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aliviar el tedio

  • 75 biblioteca de condado

    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    * * *

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca de condado

  • 76 bizantino

    adj.
    1 Byzantine, intricate.
    2 Byzantine, rich in detail, elaborate.
    3 Byzantine.
    4 Byzantine, from Byzantium.
    5 Byzantine, pertaining to Byzantium.
    * * *
    1 Byzantine
    3 figurado (decadente) decadent
    * * *
    bizantino, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) ( Hist) Byzantine
    2) (=baldío) idle, pointless; (=irreal) over-subtle, unreal
    3) (fig) (=decadente) decadent
    2.
    SM / F Byzantine
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) (Hist) Byzantine
    b) ( insoluble)
    * * *
    = Byzantine, byzantine.
    Ex. This Symposium acted as a brains trust on questions and problems of lexicography, as well as glossaries on Byzantine administrative terminology and the special language of hagiographic texts.
    Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    ----
    * discusión bizantina = pointless discussion, pointless argument.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) (Hist) Byzantine
    b) ( insoluble)
    * * *
    = Byzantine, byzantine.

    Ex: This Symposium acted as a brains trust on questions and problems of lexicography, as well as glossaries on Byzantine administrative terminology and the special language of hagiographic texts.

    Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    * discusión bizantina = pointless discussion, pointless argument.

    * * *
    1 ( Hist) Byzantine
    2
    (insoluble): nos metimos en una discusión bizantina we got involved in a protracted and pointless argument o a protracted and unresolvable argument
    * * *

    bizantino
    ◊ -na adjetivo (Hist) Byzantine

    bizantino,-a adjetivo
    1 (complicado e irrelevante) hair-splitting: no perdamos el tiempo en cuestiones bizantinas, let's not waste time splitting hairs
    2 (de Bizancio) Byzantine

    ' bizantino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bizantina
    * * *
    bizantino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Hist Byzantine
    2. [discusión, razonamiento] hair-splitting
    ♦ nm,f
    Byzantine
    * * *
    adj fig
    pointless

    Spanish-English dictionary > bizantino

  • 77 pisar el embrague

    (v.) = depress + the clutch
    Ex. However, if you try to brake below this speed without depressing the clutch, the engine will stall because it's being forced to carry a load while operating below idle speed.
    * * *
    (v.) = depress + the clutch

    Ex: However, if you try to brake below this speed without depressing the clutch, the engine will stall because it's being forced to carry a load while operating below idle speed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pisar el embrague

  • 78 briba

    f.
    1 truantship, idleness, neglect of business or duty.
    2 idle life.
    * * *
    SF vagabond's life, idle life

    andar o vivir a la briba — to loaf around, be on the bum (EEUU)

    Spanish-English dictionary > briba

  • 79 motor + calar

    (n.) = engine + stall
    Ex. However, if you try to brake below this speed without depressing the clutch, the engine will stall because it's being forced to carry a load while operating below idle speed.
    * * *
    (n.) = engine + stall

    Ex: However, if you try to brake below this speed without depressing the clutch, the engine will stall because it's being forced to carry a load while operating below idle speed.

    Spanish-English dictionary > motor + calar

  • 80 por falta de

    = for want of, for lack of
    Ex. A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
    Ex. There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.
    * * *
    = for want of, for lack of

    Ex: A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.

    Ex: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por falta de

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