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121 historia
f.1 history (ciencia).pasar a la historia to go down in historyhistoria antigua/universal ancient/world historyhistoria del arte art historyhistoria natural natural history2 story.una historia de amor/fantasmas a love/ghost storyes siempre la misma historia it's the same old story3 story (informal) (excusa, enredo).¡déjate de historias! that's enough of that!no me vengas ahora con historias don't give me that!, you don't expect me to believe that, do you?4 recorded history, written history.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: historiar.* * *1 (estudio) history2 (narración) story, tale\¡déjate de historias! get to the point!, stop beating about the bush!es la historia de siempre it's the same old storyir con historias to tell storiespasar a la historia to go down in historytener una historia con alguien (lío) to have some trouble with somebody 2 (aventura) to have a fling with somebodyhistoria antigua ancient historyhistoria natural natural historyhistoria universal world history* * *noun f.1) history2) story3) tale* * *SF1) [de país, institución] historyla historia del cine — the history of film o cinema
es licenciado en historia — he has a degree in history, he has a history degree
pasar a la historia —
pasará a la historia como la primera mujer en el espacio — she will go down in history as the first woman in space
nuestro problema ya pasó a la historia — our problem is a thing of the past o has long since disappeared
tiene historia cómo conseguimos este libro — how we got hold of this book is an interesting story, there's an interesting story behind how we got hold of this book
historia del arte — history of art, art history
Historia Sagrada — Biblical history; [en la escuela] † Scripture
2) (=relato) storyla historia de siempre o la misma historia o la historia de todos los días — the same old story
3) (=enredo) story¡ahora no me cuentes la historia de tu vida! — don't tell me your whole life story now!
4) (=excusa) [sobre algo pasado] excuse, story; [sobre algo presente o futuro] excuseseguro que te viene con alguna historia — she's sure to give you some excuse o tell you some story
¿así que has estado trabajando hasta ahora? ¡no me vengas con historias o déjate de historias! — so you've been working right up to now, have you? don't give me any of your stories!
dijo que llegaba tarde por no se qué historia — he said he was going to be late for some reason or other
5) * (=lío) business *6) * (=romance) fling ** * *1) (Hist) historyhacer historia — to make history
2) ( relato) storyla historia de su familia/vida — his family history/the story of his life
3) (fam)a) (cuento, excusa)me vino con la historia de que... — he came up with this story o tale about...
b) ( asunto)c) ( lío amoroso) scene (colloq)* * *1) (Hist) historyhacer historia — to make history
2) ( relato) storyla historia de su familia/vida — his family history/the story of his life
3) (fam)a) (cuento, excusa)me vino con la historia de que... — he came up with this story o tale about...
b) ( asunto)c) ( lío amoroso) scene (colloq)* * *historia11 = history, chronology.Ex: It is important to recognise, then, that a variety of different indexing approaches are inevitable, not only for reasons of history and indexer preference, but because different situations demand different approaches.
Ex: This article provides a chronology of key developments in the evolution of standards for archival description = Este artículo presenta una cronología de los avances más importantes en la evolución de las normas para la descripción de documentos de archivo.* aficionado a la historia = history buff.* a lo largo de la historia = over time.* amante de la historia = history buff.* a través de la historia = over time.* clase de historia = history lesson.* colección de historia local = local history collection.* en el curso de la historia = in the course of history.* en el transcurso de la historia = in the course of history.* fiel desde el punto de vista de la historia = historically accurate.* hacer historia = make + history, history in the making, go down in + history.* historia accidentada = chequered history.* historia clínica = case history.* historia de la humanidad = human history.* historia de la humanidad, la = history of humanity, the, history of mankind, the.* historia de la imprenta = history of printing.* historia de la literatura = literary history.* historia del arte = art history.* historia de las bibliotecas = library history.* historia del libro = book history.* historia de los archivos = archival history.* historia de un condado = county history.* historia de vida = life history.* historia + enseñar = history + teach, lesson from history.* historia escrita = written history.* historia escrita, la = recorded history.* historia familiar = family history.* historia hablada = oral history.* historia literaria = literary history.* historia local = local history.* historia marítima = maritime history.* historia natural = natural history.* historia oral = oral history.* historia personal = personal history.* historia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.* historia social = social history.* historia trágica = tragic history.* la historia + repetirse = history + come full circle.* la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.* lección de historia = lesson from history, history lesson.* libro de historia = history book.* llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.* museo de historia natural = natural history museum.* pasar a la historia = history in the making, go down in + history.* pasar a la historia como = go down as, go down in + the history books as.* pasar a la historia como = go down in + history as, go down in + the annals of history as.* pasar a los anales de la historia como = go down in + history, go down in + history as, go down in + the history books as, go down in + the annals of history as.* que hace historia = history-making.* relatar la historia de = trace + the history of.* Sala de Manuscritos e Historia Local = Manuscript and Local History Room.* sentido de la historia = sense of history.* tener una larga historia = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.historia22 = story, story book [storybook], tale, yarn, account.Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.
Ex: These he bound up in three volumes, and on the fly leaf of the first volume wrote 'I have always retained a kind of affection for little story books, as they recall muy early days'.Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.Ex: Every teacher, I suppose, has his own collection of favorite yarns based on personal experiences.Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.* contar historias = tell + tales.* contar una historia = spin + a yarn, weave + a tale, narrate + story, weave + story.* historia amorosa = fling.* historia de amor = love story.* historia de detectives = detective story.* historia + desvelar = story + unfold.* historia heróica = heroic story.* historia nunca contada = untold story.* historia pintoresca = colourful story.* historia + revelar = story + unfold.* historia verídica = true story.* narrar una historia = narrate + story.* recrear una historia = recreate + story.* tejer una historia = weave + story.* urdir una historia = weave + story.* * *A ( Hist) historyhistoria de la literatura/música history of literature/musicclase/libro de historia history class/bookeste tapiz tiene una larga historia this tapestry has a long historyel robo más espectacular de la historia de este país the most spectacular robbery in this country's historyla historia se repite history repeats itselfdejar algo/a algn para la historia ( Chi fam): dejó el auto para la historia he wrecked the car, he totalled the car ( AmE colloq), he wrote the car off ( BrE colloq)lo dejaron para la historia con tanto golpe they knocked the living daylights out of him ( colloq)hacer historia to make historyun concierto que hará historia a concert which will go down in o make historypasar a la historia (por ser importante) to go down in historypasará a la historia como un gran político he will go down in history as a great statesmanuna fecha que pasará a la historia a date that will go down in historyCompuestos:ancient history( AmL) medical historymodern historynatural history● Historia Sagrada or SacraBiblical historyworld historyB (relato) storyel libro cuenta la historia de su vida the book tells the story of his lifemira, no me cuentes la historia de tu vida ( fam); look, I don't want to hear your whole life story ( colloq)me contó toda la historia de su familia he told me his whole family historyme contó toda la historia she told me the whole storyes una historia larga de contar it's a long storyuna historia de amor a love storyC ( fam)1(cuento, excusa): ahora me viene con la historia de que le robaron la cartera now he's come up with this story o tale about his wallet being stolenno me vengas con historias don't give me any of your storiesdéjate de historias y dime por qué no viniste ayer stop making excuses and tell me why you didn't come yesterdayya estoy harta de escuchar siempre la misma historia I'm fed up with hearing the same old excuse o story time and again ( colloq)2(asunto): alguien se quejó de no sé qué historias somebody complained about something or other ( colloq)estuvo metido en una historia de drogas he was mixed up in some business o something to do with drugs ( colloq)3 (lío amoroso) scene ( colloq)tuvo una historia con una inglesa he had a scene with an English girl* * *
Del verbo historiar: ( conjugate historiar)
historia es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
historia
historiar
historia sustantivo femenino
1 (Hist) history;
historia clínica medical history;
pasar a la historia ( por ser importante) to go down in history;
( perder actualidad) (fam):◊ aquello ya pasó a la historia that's ancient history now (colloq)
2 ( relato) story;
3 (fam) (cuento, asunto):◊ me vino con la historia de que … he came up with this story o tale about …;
déjate de historias stop making excuses;
se quejó de no sé qué historias he complained about something or other (colloq)
historia sustantivo femenino
1 history
2 (cuento) story, tale
familiar ¡no me cuentes historias!, don't give me that!
♦ Locuciones: hacer historia, to make history
pasar a la historia, (por ser importante) to go down in history
(no tener actualidad) to be a thing of the past
' historia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cala
- contar
- deprimente
- exagerada
- exagerado
- hermosa
- hermoso
- hinchar
- histórica
- histórico
- inflar
- jamás
- lacrimógena
- lacrimógeno
- meramente
- momento
- motor
- narrar
- real
- reivindicar
- tejer
- accidentado
- amañar
- colar
- culminante
- encachado
- ir
- jugoso
- moderno
- mundial
- novelesco
- protagonista
- relatar
- relato
- rico
- sabroso
- seguir
- serie
- tonto
- trabar
- triste
- verdadero
- verde
- verosímil
English:
account
- ball
- ball game
- borderline
- concoct
- cook up
- creepy
- cuff
- DPhil
- earthy
- embellish
- embroider
- end
- exclusive
- extensive
- fascination
- first
- fudge
- ghost
- hand down
- history
- hoax
- improbable
- invest
- made-up
- make up
- moral
- pity
- plot
- spin
- story
- student
- touch
- trace
- true
- twist
- unlikely
- untold
- woe
- yarn
- base
- case
- course
- go
- life
- making
- natural
- past
- saga
- study
* * *historia nf1. [ciencia] history;un profesor/libro de historia a history teacher/book;historia de la ciencia/literatura history of science/literature;he comprado una historia de Grecia I've bought a history of Greece;ha sido la mayor catástrofe de la historia it was the worst disaster in history;hacer historia to make history;pasar a la historia: una victoria que pasará a la historia a victory that will go down in history;el cine mudo ya pasó a la historia silent movies are now a thing of the pasthistoria antigua ancient history;historia del arte art history;historia contemporánea = modern history since the French Revolution;historia económica economic history;historia medieval medieval history;historia moderna = history of the period between 1492 and the French Revolution;historia natural natural history;historia oral oral history;historia política political history;historia sagrada biblical history;historia universal world history2. [narración] story;una historia de amor/fantasmas a love/ghost story;una historia real a true story;nos contó varias historias de su viaje a Rusia she told us several stories about her trip to Russia;es siempre la misma historia it's the same old story;es una historia larga de contar it's a long story¡déjate de historias! that's enough of that!;no me vengas ahora con historias don't give me that!, you don't expect me to believe that, do you?está metido en una historia muy turbia he's involved in a very shady business;está metido en una historia de drogas he's mixed up in something to do with drugstener una historia con alguien to have a fling with sb* * *f1 history;pasar a la historia go down in history2 ( cuento) story;una historia de drogas fam some drugs business;déjate de historias fam stop making excuses* * *historia nf1) : history2) narración, relato: story* * *historia n1. (asignatura) history3. (excusa) excuse -
122 archivística
= archive science, archiving, archival science, archives work.Ex. Archive science is information science applied to the organization, administration and operations of archives.Ex. The editorial board of the journal, which is devoted to the theory and practice of archiving, consists of leading specialists in the field.Ex. The modern world has seen two documentary disciplines -- library science and archival science -- arise and flesh out a theory, methodology, and practice.Ex. There is a need for good postgraduate training in archives work.----* archivística y museología = archival and museum studies.* * *= archive science, archiving, archival science, archives work.Ex: Archive science is information science applied to the organization, administration and operations of archives.
Ex: The editorial board of the journal, which is devoted to the theory and practice of archiving, consists of leading specialists in the field.Ex: The modern world has seen two documentary disciplines -- library science and archival science -- arise and flesh out a theory, methodology, and practice.Ex: There is a need for good postgraduate training in archives work.* archivística y museología = archival and museum studies.* * *archivística nfarchiving -
123 dársena
f.1 dock, anchorage, shipside.2 waterfront.* * *1 dock, basin* * *SF1) (Náut) dock2) (Aut) bus shelter* * *femenino dock* * *= dock, dry dock, bus bay.Ex. It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.Ex. After the dry dock had been completed the water was pumped out but the cement floor and sides were not strong enough to prevent rupture by the pressure from below.Ex. The existing bus shelter and bus bay shall only be demolished and removed after the new ones are completed and satisfactorily inspected.* * *femenino dock* * *= dock, dry dock, bus bay.Ex: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.
Ex: After the dry dock had been completed the water was pumped out but the cement floor and sides were not strong enough to prevent rupture by the pressure from below.Ex: The existing bus shelter and bus bay shall only be demolished and removed after the new ones are completed and satisfactorily inspected.* * *A ( Náut) dockCompuesto:tidal basinB ( Esp) (en terminal de autobuses) bay* * *dársena nf1. [en puerto] dock2. [en estación de autobuses] bay* * *f dock -
124 gestar
v.to gestate.La mujer gestaba a su hijo The woman gestated her son.El pillo gestó un plan The thief gestated a plan.* * *1 to gestate■ el plan de recuperación se gestó en varias reuniones the recovery plan was the product of several meetings■ este movimiento se gestó en Europa en el siglo quince this movement developed in Europe in the fifteenth century* * *1.VT (Bio) to gestate2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to gestate2.gestarse v pronse gestaba una revolución/una huelga — a revolution/a strike was brewing
* * *= incubate.Ex. It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.----* polémica + gestarse = controversy + brew.* que se lleva gestando hace tiempo = long-simmering.* * *1.verbo transitivo to gestate2.gestarse v pronse gestaba una revolución/una huelga — a revolution/a strike was brewing
* * *= incubate.Ex: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.
* polémica + gestarse = controversy + brew.* que se lleva gestando hace tiempo = long-simmering.* * *gestar [A1 ]vtA ( Biol) to gestateB (preparar) to put togethergestan un plan destinado a crear un caos they are putting together a plan to cause chaos■ gestarsela revolución venía gestándose desde hacía mucho tiempo the revolution had been developing o brewing for a long timese gestaba una huelga a strike was brewing o was being organized* * *♦ vito gestate -
125 muelle
adj.1 easy, comfortable (vida).2 soft, bland, fluffy, attenuated.3 easy-going, easy.m.1 spring (resorte).2 dock, quay.3 box spring.* * *► adjetivo1 (vida) cushy2 (blando) soft, springy1 (elástico) spring\colchón de muelles spring mattress————————* * *noun m.1) dock, wharf2) spring* * *I1.SM (=resorte) spring2. ADJ1) (=blando) soft; (=delicado) delicate; (=elástico) springy, bouncy2) [vida] soft, easyIISM1) (Náut) (=puerto) wharf, quay; (=malecón) piermuelle de atraque — (Náut) mooring quay; (Aer) docking bay
2) (Ferro) (tb: muelle de carga) loading bay* * *Iadjetivo comfortableII1)a) (Náut) ( saliente) pier, mole; (rústico, más pequeño) jetty; ( sobre la costa) quay, wharfb) (Ferr) freight platform; ( para camiones) loading bay2) ( resorte) spring•* * *= spring, wharf [wharves, -pl.], dock, pier.Ex. There is a film on the camera for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film is inserted.Ex. Entries beginning with a place name may have corporate body, subject, or geographical qualifiers: London -- London wharves.Ex. It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.Ex. Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.----* industria de la fabricación de muelles, la = spring industry, the.* muelle de carga = loading dock, loading bay.* muelle de juguete = slinky.* que se cierra automáticamente mediante un muelle = spring-loaded.* * *Iadjetivo comfortableII1)a) (Náut) ( saliente) pier, mole; (rústico, más pequeño) jetty; ( sobre la costa) quay, wharfb) (Ferr) freight platform; ( para camiones) loading bay2) ( resorte) spring•* * *= spring, wharf [wharves, -pl.], dock, pier.Ex: There is a film on the camera for a hundred exposures, and the spring for operating its shutter and shifting its film is wound once for all when the film is inserted.
Ex: Entries beginning with a place name may have corporate body, subject, or geographical qualifiers: London -- London wharves.Ex: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.Ex: Finally, the upkeep of these bridges was a massive task requiring the constant removal of sediment from river beds, piers and abutments.* industria de la fabricación de muelles, la = spring industry, the.* muelle de carga = loading dock, loading bay.* muelle de juguete = slinky.* que se cierra automáticamente mediante un muelle = spring-loaded.* * *1 ‹sillón/almohadón› comfortable2 ‹vida› comfortable, easyA2 ( Ferr) freight platform; (para camiones) loading bayB (resorte) springCompuestos:coil springmainspring* * *
muelle sustantivo masculino
1 (Náut) ( saliente) pier, mole;
(rústico, más pequeño) jetty;
( sobre la costa) quay, wharf
2 ( resorte) spring
muelle 1 sustantivo masculino spring
muelle 2 m Náut dock
' muelle' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ceder
- espiral
- resorte
English:
bay
- dock
- loading
- pier
- quay(side)
- spring
- switchblade
- wave off
- wharf
- quay
* * *♦ adj1. [asiento] comfortable2. [vida] easy, comfortable♦ nm1. [resorte] spring2. [en puerto] dock, quay;[en el río] wharf3. [de carga y descarga] loading zone o Br baymuelle de carga loading platform* * *m1 TÉC spring2 MAR wharf* * *muelle adj: soft, comfortable, easymuelle nm1) : wharf, dock2) resorte: spring* * *muelle n1. (en el puerto) dock2. (pieza elástica) spring -
126 privado
adj.1 private, confidential, personal, privy.Este es un asunto privado This is private business.2 private, restricted, restricted-access.3 reserved.4 unconscious, fainted.5 sound asleep, asleep, sleeping, fast asleep.past part.past participle of spanish verb: privar.* * *1→ link=privar privar► adjetivo1 private\en privado in private* * *(f. - privada)adj.* * *1. ADJ1) [club, colegio, avión] private2) LAm (=alocado) mad, senseless3) Caribe (=débil) weak, faint2. SM1)en privado — privately, in private
2) (Pol) (=favorito) favourite, favorite (EEUU), protégé; ( Hist) royal favourite, chief minister* * *- da adjetivoa) <reunión/vida> privateb) (Col, Méx) ( desmayado) unconsciousc) (Méx) <teléfono/número> unlisted (AmE), ex-directory (BrE)* * *= personal, private, confidential, privately run.Ex. Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.Ex. SWALCAP supports a network arrangement of remote terminals and minicomputers linked to the central computer via private lines.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. It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.----* ámbito privado, el = private sector, the.* archivo privado = private archives.* biblioteca privada = private library.* ceremonia privada = private ceremony.* detective privado = private eye.* empresa privada = private firm.* en privado = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors.* entidad privada = private institution.* espacio privado = personal space, territorial space, personal space territory.* financiado con fondos privados = privately supported [privately-supported], privately funded, privately financed.* finca privada = private estate.* información privada = private information.* investigador privado = private eye, private detective.* invitación a inauguración privada = private view card (PVC).* mantener en privado = be out of the public eye.* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.* Posesivo + partes privadas = Posesivo + crown jewels, Posesivo + family jewels, Posesivo + privates.* propiedad privada = private estate.* red privada = peer-to-peer network.* red privada virtual (VPN) = virtual private network (VPN).* sector privado, el = private sector, the, profit sector, the.* sociedad privada = private society.* universidad privada = private university.* urbanización privada = private estate.* vida privada = private life.* * *- da adjetivoa) <reunión/vida> privateb) (Col, Méx) ( desmayado) unconsciousc) (Méx) <teléfono/número> unlisted (AmE), ex-directory (BrE)* * *= personal, private, confidential, privately run.Ex: Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.
Ex: SWALCAP supports a network arrangement of remote terminals and minicomputers linked to the central computer via private lines.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: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.* ámbito privado, el = private sector, the.* archivo privado = private archives.* biblioteca privada = private library.* ceremonia privada = private ceremony.* detective privado = private eye.* empresa privada = private firm.* en privado = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors.* entidad privada = private institution.* espacio privado = personal space, territorial space, personal space territory.* financiado con fondos privados = privately supported [privately-supported], privately funded, privately financed.* finca privada = private estate.* información privada = private information.* investigador privado = private eye, private detective.* invitación a inauguración privada = private view card (PVC).* mantener en privado = be out of the public eye.* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.* Posesivo + partes privadas = Posesivo + crown jewels, Posesivo + family jewels, Posesivo + privates.* propiedad privada = private estate.* red privada = peer-to-peer network.* red privada virtual (VPN) = virtual private network (VPN).* sector privado, el = private sector, the, profit sector, the.* sociedad privada = private society.* universidad privada = private university.* urbanización privada = private estate.* vida privada = private life.* * *privado -da1 ‹reunión/fiesta› privatevida privada private lifeen privado in private2 (Col, Méx) (desmayado) unconscious* * *
Del verbo privar: ( conjugate privar)
privado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
privado
privar
privado◊ -da adjetivo
privar ( conjugate privar) verbo transitivo
1 privado a algn DE algo ‹de derecho/libertad› to deprive sb of sth
2 (Col, Méx) ( dejar inconsciente) to knock … unconscious
privarse verbo pronominal
1 privadose DE algo ‹de lujos/placeres› to deprive oneself of sth
2 (Col, Méx) ( desmayarse) to lose consciousness, pass out
privado,-a adj (personal) private: siempre está metiéndose en la vida privada de los demás, he's always sticking his nose into the private lives of others
(secreto, reservado) private, confidential
(no público) una clínica privada, a private clinic
♦ Locuciones: en privado, in private: los problemas familiares se discuten en privado, family issues should be discussed in private
privar
I vt
1 (despojar) to deprive [de, of]
2 fam (gustar mucho) me priva la fruta, I love fruit
II vi argot (beber) to booze
' privado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colegio
- coto
- detective
- particular
- privada
- rincón
- sabueso
- sector
- estudiar
- intimidad
English:
celebrate
- clinic
- in
- personal
- prep school
- private
- privately
- Pte.
- public school
- enterprise
- ex-directory
- finishing
- investigator
- preparatory
- public
* * *privado, -a♦ adjprivate;en privado in private♦ nmAm [despacho] private office* * *I part → privarII adj private;en privado in private* * *privado, -da adj: private♦ privadamente adv* * *privado adj private -
127 colgado
adj.hanging, hung-up, hung, underslung.past part.past participle of spanish verb: colgar.* * *1→ link=colgar colgar► adjetivo1 hanging (de, from)2 (ahorcado) hanged3 familiar (pendiente de resolución) pending■ le ha quedado una asignatura colgada she has to resit one exam, she has to do one retake4 familiar (totalmente pendiente) dependent (de, on)► nombre masculino,nombre femenino\dejar a alguien colgado,-a familiar to leave somebody in the lurch, leave somebody high and dry, leave somebody strandedestar colgado,-a (en apuros) to be in a fix, be in a tight spot* * *(f. - colgada)adj.hanging, hanged, hung* * *1.PP de colgar2. ADJ1) (=pendiente)colgar 2.este cuadro estuvo colgado muchos años en el museo de la ciudad — this picture hung for many years in the city museum
2) (=ahorcado) hanged, hung3) * [asignatura]tengo la física colgada — I have to resit o retake physics
4)• dejar colgado a algn — * [en una situación difícil] to leave sb in the lurch *; [en una cita] to stand sb up *
se fue del país y me dejó colgado con todas las facturas del negocio — he's left the country and left me in the lurch with all the company invoices to sort out *
vendrás ¿no?, espero que no me dejes colgado — you'll be there, won't you? I hope you're not going to stand me up *
5) ** (=drogado) spaced out **; (=chiflado) nuts *; (=sin dinero) broke *, short of money6) ** (=enviciado)•
colgado de algo — hooked on sth *7) ** (=enamorado)8) Chile * (=ignorante) clueless *estoy muy colgado en geografía — I haven't got a clue about geography *, I'm clueless in geography *
3. SMF **1) (=drogadicto) druggie *2) (=chiflado) nutter ** * *1) ( plantado)2)a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)
d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behinde) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money* * *----* colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.* * *1) ( plantado)2)a) (Esp arg) < asignatura>b) (Esp arg) ( por drogas) spaced out (colloq)c) (Chi, Esp fam or arg) (que no entiende, no sabe)estar colgado — to be completely lost (colloq)
d) (Col fam) ( atrasado) behinde) (Col, Esp fam or arg) ( de dinero) short of money* * ** colgado de un lazo continuo = looped.* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.* * *(ver tb colgar)A(plantado): me dejó colgada con la comida hecha I had the food all ready and he didn't show o turn upme dejó colgado y tuve que hacerlo todo yo she didn't turn up o she left me in the lurch o she let me down and I had to do it all myselfB1 ( arg) ‹asignatura›¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada para septiembre? do you have to do any retakes in September?3( Chi fam) (que no entiende, no sabe): quedé más colgado con su explicación … his explanation left me completely in the darken física estamos todos colgados none of us has a clue about physicsestoy colgado de trabajo I'm behind with my workviven colgados they're always short of money, they live from hand to mouthmasculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo colgar: ( conjugate colgar)
colgado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
colgado
colgar
colgado◊ -da adjetivo: dejar a algn colgado ( dejarlo en la estacada) to leave sb in the lurch;
ver tb colgar
colgar ( conjugate colgar) verbo transitivo
‹ lámpara› to put up;
‹ ropa lavada› to hang (out);
colgado algo de algo to hang sth on sth;
verbo intransitivo
el vestido me cuelga de un lado my dress is hanging down on one sideb) (Telec) to hang up;◊ no cuelgue, por favor hold the line please, please hold;
me colgó he hung up on me
colgarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
1
b) (agarrarse, suspenderse):
no te cuelges de mí don't cling on to me;
se pasa colgada del teléfono (fam) she spends her time on the phone
2 (Chi, Méx) (Elec):
colgado,-a adjetivo
1 (suspendido) hanging
2 argot (extravagante, temerario) weird
(drogado) high
♦ Locuciones: familiar dejar a alguien colgado, to leave sb in the lurch
quedarse colgado, to be disappointed
colgar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un cuadro) to hang (up)
(tender la ropa) to hang (out)
2 (suspender) to fail
3 (ahorcar) to hang
4 (el teléfono) to hang up o put down
II verbo intransitivo
1 to hang [de, from]
2 Tel (cortar la comunicación) to hang up
' colgado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colgada
- sambenito
- colgar
English:
dangle
- strand
- wasted
- hang
* * *colgado, -a♦ adj2. [teléfono] on the hook;deben tener el teléfono mal colgado they can't have put the receiver back properlycancelaron la excursión y me quedé colgado todo el fin de semana they cancelled the trip and I was left with nothing to do all weekendestá colgado de María he's stuck on Maria;está colgado del alcohol he can't stay off the drink;se pasa el día colgado del teléfono he's on the phone all day long6. Fam [pendiente]tengo colgado el inglés del curso pasado I have to resit the exam for last year's English course♦ nm,fFam1. [atontado, loco] loony, Br nutter2. [desamparado] drip3. [drogadicto] junkie* * *adj1:dejar colgado a alguien fam let s.o. down;estar oquedarse colgado be (left) on one’s own2:estar colgado por alguien fam be nuts about s.o. fam* * *colgado, -da adj1) : hanging, hanged2) : pending3)dejar colgado a : to disappoint, to let down* * *colgado adj1. (en general) hanging2.¿te ha quedado alguna asignatura colgada? have you got to resit any exams? -
128 de gestión
(adj.) = managerial, back-officeEx. The course had concentrated on executive decision making, with a side excursion into the study and findings of Henry Mintzberg as reported in his book, 'The Nature of managerial Work'.Ex. As an organization, MCN has always championed back-office, mission-critical, 'heavy lifting' aspects of museum technologies.* * *(adj.) = managerial, back-officeEx: The course had concentrated on executive decision making, with a side excursion into the study and findings of Henry Mintzberg as reported in his book, 'The Nature of managerial Work'.
Ex: As an organization, MCN has always championed back-office, mission-critical, 'heavy lifting' aspects of museum technologies.
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