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  • 1 Knights of the Noble Order of Britannia

    Jocular: KNOB

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Knights of the Noble Order of Britannia

  • 2 Noble, James

    SUBJECT AREA: Textiles
    [br]
    fl. 1850s England
    [br]
    English inventor of the most generally used wool-combing machine.
    [br]
    For many years James Noble had been experimenting with combing machines and had taken out patents, but it was not until he was nearly 50 that he invented a really successful one. In 1853 he took out patents for the machine with which his name has become associated. His invention differed from all others in that the combing and clearing away of the noil was done by and through circles revolving in the same direction with practically the same surface speed. It consisted of a large horizontal revolving circle of vertical pins onto which the wool fibres were fed, and inside this were smaller circles of heated pins revolving at the same speed and which also caught the fibres. The combing occurred at the point where the circles separated. Further rollers drew the fibres off the pins of the other circles. The Noble comb became the machine mostly used for wool combing because of its mechanical simplicity, adaptability for varying classes of wool, superior output and economy, for it required little supervision.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1853, British patent no. 890 (wool-combing machine). 1853, British patent no. 894 (wool-combing machine).
    Further Reading
    L.J.Mills, 1927, The Textile Educator, London (for a full description of the Noble comb).
    W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (provides a good short account of the principles of Noble's machine).
    RLH

    Biographical history of technology > Noble, James

  • 3 noble

    noble [nɔbl]
    1. adjective
    2. masculine noun
    3. feminine noun
    * * *
    nɔbl
    1.
    1) [personne] of noble birth; [famille] aristocratic
    2) [sentiments, maintien] noble; [cause] worthy, noble
    3) [matériau] ( naturel) natural, non-synthetic; ( raffiné) fine; [filière, section] prestigious; [sport] noble

    2.
    nom masculin et féminin ( personne) nobleman/noblewoman
    * * *
    nɔbl
    1. adj
    1) (= aristocrate) noble
    2) (métal) precious
    2. nm/f
    (= homme) nobleman, (= femme) noblewoman
    * * *
    A adj
    1 ( aristocrate) [personne] of noble birth; [famille] aristocratic;
    2 ( qui a de la grandeur) [sentiments, maintien] noble; [dessein, cause, tâche] worthy, noble; une mission noble a worthy ou noble undertaking;
    3 ( supérieur) [matériau] ( naturel) natural, non-synthetic; ( raffiné) fine, delicate; [filière, section] prestige ( épith), prestigious; [activité, sport] noble; métaux nobles precious metals; morceaux nobles d'un animal choice cuts of meat.
    B nmf ( personne) nobleman/noblewoman; les nobles the nobility (sg).
    C nm Hist ( monnaie) noble.
    noble art Sport noble art.
    [nɔbl] adjectif
    1. [de haute naissance] noble
    4. MÉTALLURGIE & PHYSIQUE noble
    ————————
    [nɔbl] nom masculin et féminin
    ————————
    [nɔbl] nom masculin

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > noble

  • 4 NOBLE

    • Noble ancestry makes a poor dish at the table - Худое дворянство хуже пономарства (X)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > NOBLE

  • 5 noble

    adj.
    noble.
    los nobles the nobility
    m.
    1 nobleman, man of nobility, noble.
    2 noblewoman, woman of nobility.
    * * *
    1 (gen) noble; (madera) fine
    1 (hombre) nobleman; (mujer) noblewoman
    1 the nobility sing
    * * *
    1. noun mf.
    nobleman / noblewoman
    2. adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=aristocrático) noble
    2) (=honrado) noble
    3) [madera] fine
    2.
    SMF nobleman/noblewoman

    los nobles — the nobility sing, the nobles

    * * *
    I
    a) <familia/ascendencia> noble

    un caballero de noble linaje — (liter) a knight of noble lineage (liter)

    b) ( bondadoso) noble
    c) < animal> noble
    d) < madera> fine
    II
    (m) nobleman; (f) noblewoman

    los noble — the nobles, the nobility

    * * *
    = noble [nobler -comp., noblest -sup.], lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], gallant, high-minded, patrician, noble, nobleman [noblemen, -pl.], noblewoman [noblewomen, -pl.].
    Ex. The bookseller is concerned with a more noble form of merchandise than any other and he is thus an aristocrat among traders.
    Ex. Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
    Ex. The conference produced a high-minded, challenging agenda for the library community in the coming year = El congreso elaboró un programa lleno de retos y de principios muy elevados para la comunidad bibliotecaria en el año entrante.
    Ex. The patrician and merchant Hans Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) was one of the foremost collectors of musical sources in the 16th century.
    Ex. The nobles had always claimed a preference for advancement in the army, the navy, the church, and the parliaments.
    Ex. He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.
    Ex. It is no coincidence that what literary and artistic works by women have survived are by noblewomen.
    ----
    * gas noble = noble gas.
    * * *
    I
    a) <familia/ascendencia> noble

    un caballero de noble linaje — (liter) a knight of noble lineage (liter)

    b) ( bondadoso) noble
    c) < animal> noble
    d) < madera> fine
    II
    (m) nobleman; (f) noblewoman

    los noble — the nobles, the nobility

    * * *
    = noble [nobler -comp., noblest -sup.], lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], gallant, high-minded, patrician, noble, nobleman [noblemen, -pl.], noblewoman [noblewomen, -pl.].

    Ex: The bookseller is concerned with a more noble form of merchandise than any other and he is thus an aristocrat among traders.

    Ex: Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
    Ex: The conference produced a high-minded, challenging agenda for the library community in the coming year = El congreso elaboró un programa lleno de retos y de principios muy elevados para la comunidad bibliotecaria en el año entrante.
    Ex: The patrician and merchant Hans Heinrich Herwart (1520-83) was one of the foremost collectors of musical sources in the 16th century.
    Ex: The nobles had always claimed a preference for advancement in the army, the navy, the church, and the parliaments.
    Ex: He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.
    Ex: It is no coincidence that what literary and artistic works by women have survived are by noblewomen.
    * gas noble = noble gas.

    * * *
    1 ‹familia/ascendencia› noble
    un caballero de noble linaje ( liter); a knight of noble lineage ( liter)
    2 (magnánimo) noble
    un gesto muy noble a very noble gesture
    3 ‹animal› noble
    4 ‹madera› fine
    Compuesto:
    el noble bruto the horse
    palmeó al noble bruto he patted his noble steed ( liter)
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) nobleman
    los noble the nobles, the nobility
    B ( feminine) noblewoman
    * * *

    noble adjetivo


    b) ‹ madera› fine

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) nobleman;
    (f) noblewoman;

    noble
    I adjetivo
    1 (aristocrático) noble
    2 (sincero, honrado) honest, noble
    II mf (hombre) nobleman
    (mujer) noblewoman

    ' noble' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    elevada
    - elevado
    - par
    - proceder
    - señorial
    - solar
    - solariega
    - solariego
    - altivo
    - hermoso
    - metal
    - sangre
    - sublime
    English:
    baron
    - count
    - countess
    - lofty
    - noble
    - nobleman
    - noblewoman
    - dowager
    - lord
    - title
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la nobleza] noble
    2. [sentimiento, causa] noble;
    fue un gesto muy noble it was a very noble gesture
    3. [animal] noble
    4. [metal] noble;
    [madera] fine
    5. [gas] noble
    ♦ nmf
    noble;
    los nobles the nobility
    * * *
    m/f & adj noble
    * * *
    noble adj
    : noble
    ♦ noblemente adv
    noble nmf
    : nobleman m, noblewoman f
    * * *
    noble adj n noble

    Spanish-English dictionary > noble

  • 6 noble

    [ˈnəubl]
    1. adjective
    1) honourable; unselfish:

    a noble deed.

    نَبيل الشُّعور
    2) of high birth or rank:

    of noble birth.

    كَريم الأصْل، نَبيل
    2. noun
    a person of high birth:

    The nobles planned to murder the king.

    نَبيل، أحد النُّبَلاء

    Arabic-English dictionary > noble

  • 7 noble

    مُمْتَاز \ de luxe: of very high quality: a de luxe hotel. excellent: very good; of high quality: excellent food; an excellent cook. fantastic: very good, wonderful: How was the party? - fantastic!. first- rate: (second, third, etc.) of the highest quality; first class: She’s a first-rate swimmer. Her swimming is first-rate. first-class, first-rate: of the best quality: He is a first-class photographer. gorgeous: delightful; very pleasant: a gorgeous meal. ideal: perfect; very good: an ideal place for swimming. incredible: wonderful; very good: She had an incredible flat. noble: splendid; deserving admiration: a noble animal; a noble attempt to save life. posh: expensive very fine: a posh house; posh clothes. select: carefully chosen; not including anything (or anybody) unsuitable: a select club. splendid: very good: a splendid idea. super: especially fine: a super car; a super girl. superb: splendid; grand; very fine: a superb performance; a superb hotel.

    Arabic-English glossary > noble

  • 8 noble

    iz. noble; \nobleak the nobility io.
    1. noble, genteel
    2. Kim. noble; gas \nobleak noble gases
    3. ( egurra) fine

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > noble

  • 9 noble bruto

    masculino (liter): el noble bruto the horse
    * * *
    masculino (liter): el noble bruto the horse

    Spanish-English dictionary > noble bruto

  • 10 noble

    نَبِيل \ aristocrat: sb. of noble birth. noble: of high rank: a woman of noble birth. peer: (in Britain) a member of the House of Lords.

    Arabic-English glossary > noble

  • 11 gas noble

    m.pl.
    noble gas.
    * * *
    inert gas
    * * *
    (n.) = noble gas
    Ex. Because of their inertness, the noble gases form no chemical compounds in nature.
    * * *
    (n.) = noble gas

    Ex: Because of their inertness, the noble gases form no chemical compounds in nature.

    * * *
    rare o
    noble gas

    Spanish-English dictionary > gas noble

  • 12 आर्य _ārya

    आर्य a. [ऋ-ण्यत्]
    1 Āryan, an inhabitant of आर्यावर्त, N. of the race migrated into India in Vedic times.
    -2 Worthy of an Ārya.
    -3 Worthy, venerable, respectable, honourable, noble, high; यदार्यमस्यामभिलाषि मे मनः Ś.1.22; R.2.33; so आर्यवेषः respectable dress; oft. used in theatrical language as an honorific adjective and a respectful mode of address; आर्यचाणक्यः, आर्या अरुन्धती &c.; आर्य revered or honoured Sir; आर्ये revered or honoured lady. The following rules are laid down for the use of आर्य in addressing persons:-- (1) वाच्यौ नटीसूत्रधारावार्यनाम्ना परस्परम् । (2) वयस्येत्युत्तमैर्वाच्यो मध्यैरार्येति चाग्रजः । (3) (वक्तव्यो) अमात्य आर्येति चेतरैः । (4) स्वेच्छया नामभिर्विप्रैर्विप्र आर्येति चेतरैः । S. D.431.
    -4 Noble, fine, excellent.
    -र्यः 1 N. of the Hindu and Iranian people, as distinguished from अनार्य, दस्यु and दास; विजानीह्यार्यान्ये च दस्यवः Rv.1.51.8.
    -2 A man who is faithful to the religion and laws of his country; कर्तव्यमाचरन् कार्यमकर्तव्यमनाचरन् । तिष्ठति प्रकृताचारे स वा आर्य इति स्मृतः ॥
    -3 N. of the first three castes (as opp. to शूद्र).
    -4 res- pectable or honourable man, esteemed person; वृत्तेन हि भवत्यार्यो न धनेन न विद्यया Mb.; परमार्यः परमां कृपां बभार Bu. Ch.5.6.
    -5 A man of noble birth.
    -6 A man of noble character.
    -7 A master, owner.
    -8 A preceptor; वैमानि- कार्यसमभूमा Viś. Guṇā.124; Mu.3.33.
    -9 A friend.
    -1 A Vaiśya.
    -11 A father-in-law (as in आर्यपुत्र).
    -12 A Buddha.
    -13 (With the Buddhists) A man who has thought on the four chief principles of Buddhism and lives according to them.
    -14 A son of Manu Sāvarṇa.
    -र्या 1 N. of Pārvatī.
    -2 A mother-in-law.
    -3 A respectable woman; यत्रार्या रुदती भीता पाण़्डवानिदमब्रवीत् Mb.3.12.87.
    -4 N. of a metre; राजानमुद्दिश्य आर्यामिमां पपाठ K.
    ˚गीतिः f. A variety of the Āry&amacr metre, see Appendix.
    -5That which comes from truth; आराद् याता तत्त्वेभ्य इति आर्या.
    -र्यम् 1 Virtue, sacredness; नहि दुष्टा- त्मनामार्यमावसत्यालये चिरम् Rām.3.5.12.
    -2 Discrimination (विवेक); कोपमार्येण यो हन्ति स वीरः पुरुषोत्तमः Rām.4.31.6.
    -Comp. -अष्टशतम् title of a work of Ārya Bhaṭṭa consisting of eight hundred verses.
    -आगमः The appro- aching an Ārya woman sexually; अन्त्यस्यार्यागमे वधः Y.2.294.
    -आवर्तः [आर्यां आवर्तन्ते अत्र] 'abode of the noble or excellent (Āryas)'; particularly N. of the tract extending from the eastern to the western ocean, and bounded on the north and south by the Himālaya and Vindhya respectively; cf. Ms..2.22; आ समुद्रात्तु वै पूर्वादा समुद्राच्च पश्चिमात् । तयोरेवान्तरं गिर्योः (हिमवद्विन्ध्ययोः) आर्यावर्तं विदुर्बुधाः ॥; also 1.34.
    -गृह्य a. [आर्यस्य गृह्यः पक्षः]
    1 to be respected by the noble.
    -2 a friend of the noble, readily accessible to honourable men; तमार्यगृह्यं निगृहीतधेनुः R.2.33.
    -3 respectable, right, decorous.
    -जुष्ट a. liked by or agreeable to noble ones.
    -देशः a country inhabited by the Āryas.
    -पुत्रः 1 son of an honourable man.
    -2 the son of a spiritual preceptor.
    -3 honorific designation of the son of the elder brother; of a husband by his wife; or of a prince by his general &c.
    -4 the son of the father-in-law, i. e. a husband (occurring in every drama; mostly in the vocative case in the last two senses).
    -प्राय a.
    1 inhabited by the Āryas.
    -2 a bounding with respectable people; Ms.7.69.
    -बलः N. of a Bodhisattva.
    -भट्टः N. of a renowned astronomer, the inventor of Algebra among the Hindus; he flourished before the 5th century of the Christian era. Hence his work is called आर्यभटीय.
    -भावः honourable character or behaviour.
    -मतिः One having a noble intellect; संक्षिप्तमार्यमतिना Sāṅ. K.71.
    -मार्गः the path or course of the respectable, a respectable way.
    -मिश्र a. respectable, worthy, distinguished. (
    -श्रः) a gentleman, a man of consequence; (pl.)
    1 worthy or respectable men, an assembly of honourable men; आर्य- मिश्रान् विज्ञापयामि V.1.
    -2 your reverence or honour (a respectful address); नन्वार्यमिश्रैः प्रथममेव आज्ञप्तम् Ś.1; आर्य- मिश्राः प्रमाणम् M.1.
    -युवन् m. an Āryan youth.
    -रूप a. having only the form of an Āryan, a hypocrite, impostor; आर्यरूपमिवानार्यं कर्मभिः स्वैर्विभावयेत् Ms.1.57.
    -लिङ्गिन् m. an impostor; Ms.9.26.
    -वाक् a. speaking the Aryan language; म्लेच्छवाचश्चार्यवाचः सर्वे ते दस्यवः स्मृताः Ms.1.45.
    -वृत्त a. virtuous, good, pious; Ms.9. 253; R.14.55. (
    -त्तम्) the conduct of an Āryan or nobleman; Ms.4.175.
    -वेश a. well-clothed, having a respectable dress, fine.
    -व्रत a. observing the laws and ordinances of the Āryans or noblemen. (
    -तम्) the duty of an Aryan.
    -शील a. Having an honest charac- ter.
    -श्वेतः a noble or honourable man.
    -संघः the whole body of the Āryans, especially Buddhists; it is also the name of a renowned philosopher (founder of the school of Yogāchāras).
    -सत्यम् a noble or sublime truth; (there are four such truths forming the chief principles of Buddhism. In Pāli they are called चत्तारि अरियसच्चानि. They are, (1) life is suffering, (2) Desire of life is the cause of suffering, (3) Extinction of that desire is the cessation of suffering, (4) The eightfold path leads to that extinction).
    -सिद्धान्तः N. of a work of आर्यभट्ट.
    -स्त्री An Āryan woman, or a woman of the first three castes.
    -हलम् ind. forcibly.
    -हृद्य a. liked by the noble.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > आर्य _ārya

  • 13 edel

    1 [van adel] noble ⇒ aristocratic
    2 [in zedelijk opzicht voortreffelijk] noble ⇒ magnanimous
    3 [voortreffelijk in zijn soort] noble ⇒ perfect, fine
    4 [met betrekking tot bezigheden, kunsten] noble ⇒ gentle
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   van edel(e) geboorte/ras • high-bred, high-born
         〈 formeel〉 U Edele • Your Honour/Worship
    2   een edel mens • a noble man
         dat is edel van u • that's very noble of you
    3   de edele delen • the private parts
         een edel paard • a high-bred horse
         edele trekken • noble features
    4   de edele kunst 〈bijvoorbeeld van het hengelen enz.〉 • the noble art (of angling, etc.)

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > edel

  • 14 бокс

    1) General subject: bout with the gloves, box, box calf, boxing, manly art, pugilism, ring, spar, the gloves, the noble science ( of defence), the science (art) of defence, the science of self-defence, butch (короткая мужская стрижка), heinie (короткая мужская стрижка, типичная для солдат немецкой армии во время второй мировой войны), workshop (помещение для ремонта техники), footlocker (для хранения и транспортировки вещей, инструмента и т.д.)
    3) Sports: the ring
    4) Military: cell
    6) Agriculture: cubicle, stall
    7) Jocular: (of defence) the noble science
    8) Automobile industry: lock-up garage
    11) Cinema: housing
    12) Textile: case
    15) Immunology: cabinet
    16) Astronautics: cell
    17) Makarov: art of self-defence, blimp, box (камера), box calf (хромовая телячья кожа), box stall, clean bench (напр., для сборки ИС), compartment, pen, the art of self-defence

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > бокс

  • 15 acosar

    v.
    1 to pursue relentlessly.
    2 to harass.
    3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.
    El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.
    * * *
    1 to pursue, chase
    \
    acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions
    * * *
    verb
    to harass, hound
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=atosigar) to hound, harass

    ser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed

    2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    ----
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to hound

    me acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions

    b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *
    = plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

    Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.
    Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.
    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.
    Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.
    Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.
    Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    * acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.

    * * *
    acosar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to hound
    lo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after him
    un compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing her
    se ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and disease
    me acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts
    2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly
    * * *

     

    acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to hound;

    ( sexualmente) to harass;
    ◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions


    acosar verbo transitivo
    1 to harass
    2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
    ' acosar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrinconar
    - asediar
    - hostigar
    English:
    assault
    - beset
    - harass
    - hound
    - mob
    - molest
    - persecute
    - plague
    - ply
    - stalk
    - bait
    - goad
    - harry
    - worry
    * * *
    acosar, Méx acosijar vt
    1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly
    2. [hostigar] to harass;
    lo acosaron a o [m5] con preguntas they fired questions at him;
    fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work
    * * *
    v/t hound, pursue;
    me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions
    * * *
    acosar vt
    perseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass

    Spanish-English dictionary > acosar

  • 16 indiferente

    adj.
    1 indifferent.
    2 unresponsive, apathetic, having little or no interest.
    f. & m.
    indifferent person.
    * * *
    1 indifferent
    \
    me es indiferente I don't care
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=impasible) [actitud, mirada] indifferent

    dejar indiferente a algn: esas imágenes no pueden dejarnos indiferentes — those images cannot fail to move us

    permanecer o quedarse indiferente — to remain indifferent (a, ante to)

    2) (=que da igual)

    -¿desea salir por la mañana o por la tarde? -me es indiferente — "do you want to leave in the morning or the afternoon?" - "it makes no difference to me o I don't mind"

    es indiferente que vengáis hoy o mañana — it makes no difference o it doesn't matter whether you come today or tomorrow

    * * *
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés)

    es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether it goes today or tomorrow

    ¿té o café? - me es indiferente — tea or coffee? - either

    me es indiferente su amistad — I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    b) ( poco interesado) indifferent

    indiferente al peligro — indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger

    * * *
    = listless, unsympathetic, indifferent, half-hearted [halfhearted], uninterested, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, detached, impassive, unengaged, apathetic, careless, feckless, insouciant, nonchalant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], soulless, unemotional.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. But of its four sentences, the third was so determined to present a grammatically structured metaphor for its meaning that it dazzled my eye, never mind my already unsympathetic brain.
    Ex. Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
    Ex. Yet the response from government has been half-hearted at best.
    Ex. Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex. What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
    Ex. The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    ----
    * de un modo indiferente = listlessly.
    * mostrarse indiferente = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.
    * * *
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés)

    es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether it goes today or tomorrow

    ¿té o café? - me es indiferente — tea or coffee? - either

    me es indiferente su amistad — I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    b) ( poco interesado) indifferent

    indiferente al peligro — indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger

    * * *
    = listless, unsympathetic, indifferent, half-hearted [halfhearted], uninterested, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, detached, impassive, unengaged, apathetic, careless, feckless, insouciant, nonchalant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], soulless, unemotional.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: But of its four sentences, the third was so determined to present a grammatically structured metaphor for its meaning that it dazzled my eye, never mind my already unsympathetic brain.
    Ex: Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
    Ex: Yet the response from government has been half-hearted at best.
    Ex: Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex: What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
    Ex: The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    * de un modo indiferente = listlessly.
    * mostrarse indiferente = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

    * * *
    1
    (poco importante, de poco interés): es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana it doesn't matter o it makes no difference o it's immaterial whether it goes today or tomorrow
    ¿té o café? — me es indiferente tea or coffee? — either o I don't mind o it makes no difference
    no me cae mal, me es indiferente I don't dislike her, I don't really have any feelings one way or the other
    todo lo que no sea de su especialidad le es indiferente he's not interested in anything that isn't connected with his speciality
    me es indiferente su amistad I'm not concerned o ( colloq) bothered about his friendship
    2 (poco interesado) indifferent
    se mostró totalmente indiferente ante mi propuesta he was totally indifferent to o uninterested in my suggestion
    indiferente A algo indifferent TO sth
    indiferente al peligro indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger
    permanecieron/se mostraron indiferentes a mis súplicas they remained/they were indifferent to my pleas
    3
    (poco amable, afectuoso): conmigo es fría e indiferente she's cold and distant with me, she treats me coldly and with indifference
    4 (mediocre) indifferent
    * * *

    indiferente adjetivo
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés):

    ◊ es indiferente que venga hoy o mañana it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether he comes today or tomorrow;

    me es indiferente su amistad I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    indiferente a algo indifferent to sth
    indiferente adjetivo
    1 (irrelevante) unimportant: le es indiferente el color, colour makes no difference to her
    2 (impasible) indifferent: es indiferente a mi dolor, he doesn't care about my grief
    ' indiferente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fresca
    - fresco
    - igual
    - despreocupado
    - displicente
    - frío
    - resbalar
    English:
    care
    - cold
    - hard
    - indifferent
    - listless
    - lukewarm
    - nonchalant
    - skin
    - unconcerned
    - unemotional
    - uninterested
    - detached
    - uncaring
    - unresponsive
    - unsympathetic
    * * *
    1. [indistinto] indifferent;
    me es indiferente [me da igual] I don't mind, it's all the same to me;
    me es indiferente que vayas o no it's all the same to me whether you go or not;
    ¿prefieres hacerlo hoy o mañana? – me es indiferente would you rather do it today or tomorrow? – I don't mind
    2. [apático]
    siempre se muestra indiferente he always seems so apathetic;
    es indiferente a la miseria ajena other people's suffering means nothing to him;
    no puedo permanecer indiferente ante tanto sufrimiento I cannot remain indifferent in the face of so much suffering;
    su belleza me deja indiferente her beauty leaves me cold o does nothing for me
    * * *
    adj
    1 indifferent
    2 ( irrelevante) immaterial
    * * *
    1) : indifferent, unconcerned
    2)
    ser indiferente : to be of no concern
    me es indiferente: it doesn't matter to me
    * * *
    indiferente adj (persona) indifferent / not interested
    ser indiferente to make no difference / not to matter
    serle indiferente a alguien not to mind / not to care

    Spanish-English dictionary > indiferente

  • 17 despreocupado

    adj.
    unworried, care-free, carefree, free and easy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: despreocuparse.
    * * *
    1→ link=despreocuparse despreocuparse
    1 (tranquilo) unconcerned, unworried
    2 (negligente) negligent, careless, sloppy
    3 (indiferente) indifferent
    * * *
    (f. - despreocupada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin preocupación) unworried, unconcerned
    2) [al hablar, jugar] nonchalant
    3) [en el vestir] casual; pey careless, sloppy
    4) (=imparcial) unbias(s)ed, impartial
    5) (Rel) (=indiferente) indifferent, apathetic; (=tolerante) broad-minded
    6) † [mujer] loose
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( sin preocupaciones) < vida> carefree
    b) ( descuidado) negligent
    c) ( indiferente) unworried
    * * *
    = freewheeling [free-wheeling], unconcerned, footloose, blithe, carefree, breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], insouciant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], nonchalant, airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.
    Ex. According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex. Alcohol in moderation is effective in reducing stress and may increase overall affective expression, happiness, euphoria, conviviality, & carefree feelings.
    Ex. This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex. Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
    ----
    * de manera despreocupada = casually.
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( sin preocupaciones) < vida> carefree
    b) ( descuidado) negligent
    c) ( indiferente) unworried
    * * *
    = freewheeling [free-wheeling], unconcerned, footloose, blithe, carefree, breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], insouciant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], nonchalant, airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.

    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.
    Ex: According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex: Alcohol in moderation is effective in reducing stress and may increase overall affective expression, happiness, euphoria, conviviality, & carefree feelings.
    Ex: This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex: Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
    * de manera despreocupada = casually.
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).

    * * *
    carefree
    llevaba una vida muy despreocupada she led a very carefree existence
    es muy despreocupado con sus hijos he's very easygoing with his children
    * * *

    Del verbo despreocuparse: ( conjugate despreocuparse)

    despreocupado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    despreocupado    
    despreocuparse
    despreocupado
    ◊ -da adjetivo




    despreocuparse ( conjugate despreocuparse) verbo pronominal
    a) See Also→




    despreocupado,-a adjetivo
    1 (tranquilo) unconcerned
    2 (negligente) careless
    (estilo) casual
    despreocuparse verbo reflexivo
    1 (liberarse de una preocupación) to stop worrying: es difícil despreocuparse del chequeo de mañana, it's hard to not to be worried about tomorrow's checkup
    2 (no prestar atención, cuidado, etc) to be unconcerned o indifferent [de, to]: se ha despreocupado completamente de preparar la boda, she has become totally indifferent to planning the wedding
    ' despreocupado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejada
    - dejado
    - despreocuparse
    - despreocupada
    - tranquila
    - tranquilo
    English:
    airy
    - breezy
    - carefree
    - careless
    - casual
    - easy-going
    - happy-go-lucky
    - nonchalant
    - slovenly
    - care
    - happy
    * * *
    despreocupado, -a adj
    1. [libre de preocupaciones] carefree;
    vive despreocupado he's very happy-go-lucky o laid-back;
    es demasiado despreocupado he doesn't take things seriously enough, he's too laid-back
    2. [negligente] unconcerned
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( descuidado) careless
    2 ( sin preocupaciones) carefree
    * * *
    despreocupado, -da adj
    : carefree, easygoing, unconcerned
    * * *
    despreocupado adj casual

    Spanish-English dictionary > despreocupado

  • 18 hostigar

    v.
    1 to pester, to bother.
    2 to harass (military).
    3 to whip a horse.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (azotar) to whip
    2 figurado (perseguir) to plague, persecute; (al enemigo) to harass
    3 figurado (molestar) to pester
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=molestar) to harass, plague, pester
    2) (=dar latigazos) to lash, whip
    3) LAm [+ comida] to surfeit, cloy
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( acosar) to bother, pester
    b) (Mil) to harass
    c) < caballo> to whip
    2) (Andes fam) comida/bebida to pall on
    * * *
    = harass, taunt, tease, twit, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], pressurise [pressurize, -USA], nobble, bear down on, harry.
    Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( acosar) to bother, pester
    b) (Mil) to harass
    c) < caballo> to whip
    2) (Andes fam) comida/bebida to pall on
    * * *
    = harass, taunt, tease, twit, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], pressurise [pressurize, -USA], nobble, bear down on, harry.

    Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.

    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.
    Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.
    Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.
    Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.

    * * *
    hostigar [A3 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (acosar) to bother, pester
    lo hostigaba para que se enfrentara con el jefe she kept pestering him to confront the boss
    2 ( Mil) to harass
    3 ‹caballo› to whip
    B
    ( Andes fam) «comida/bebida» (empalagar, hartar): tanto pollo terminó por hostigarme I eventually got sick of o fed up of eating so much chicken ( colloq)
    esto me hostiga this is too sickly o sickly-sweet for me
    * * *

    hostigar ( conjugate hostigar) verbo transitivo
    1

    b) (Mil) to harass

    c) ‹ caballo› to whip

    2 (Andes fam) [comida/bebida] to pall on
    hostigar verbo transitivo
    1 (a una persona, a un enemigo) to harass
    2 (con un látigo, esp a un caballo) to whip
    ' hostigar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    harass
    - harry
    * * *
    1. [acosar] to pester, to bother
    2. [golpear] to whip
    3. Mil to harass
    4. Andes, CAm, Méx [sujeto: dulces]
    los bombones me hostigan I find chocolates sickly
    * * *
    v/t
    1 pester
    2 MIL harass
    3 caballo whip
    * * *
    hostigar {52} vt
    acosar, asediar: to harass, to pester

    Spanish-English dictionary > hostigar

  • 19 impasible

    adj.
    1 impassive.
    2 impassible, cold, cold-blooded, deadpan.
    * * *
    1 impassive
    \
    quedarse impasible to remain impassive
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo impassive
    * * *
    = impassive, stolid, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, unflappable, straight-faced, insensible.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex. Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    ----
    * mantenerse impasible = keep + a stiff upper lip.
    * * *
    adjetivo impassive
    * * *
    = impassive, stolid, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, unflappable, straight-faced, insensible.

    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.

    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    Ex: Electrical stunning renders an animal instantly insensible by inducing a grand mal epileptic seizure.
    * mantenerse impasible = keep + a stiff upper lip.

    * * *
    impassive
    esperó impasible el resultado she remained impassive as she waited for the result
    se quedó impasible ante el espectáculo he remained impassive o unmoved at the sight
    * * *

    impasible adjetivo
    impassive
    impasible adjetivo
    1 (imperturbable) impassive, unemotional
    2 (insensible) impassive, insensitive: no podemos permanecer impasibles ante el hambre de tantos, we can't turn a blind eye to so much starvation
    ' impasible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indiferente
    - insensible
    English:
    exhibit
    - impassive
    - lip
    - quiet
    - stolid
    - undismayed
    - unmoved
    - unperturbed
    * * *
    impassive;
    su rostro permaneció impasible his face showed o betrayed no emotion;
    escuchó impasible el veredicto she listened impassively as the verdict was read out
    * * *
    adj impassive
    * * *
    : impassive, unmoved

    Spanish-English dictionary > impasible

  • 20 imperturbable

    adj.
    imperturbable.
    * * *
    1 imperturbable
    * * *
    ADJ (=no cambiable) imperturbable; (=sereno) unruffled; (=impasible) impassive
    * * *
    a) [ser] ( sereno) imperturbable, unflappable
    b) [estar] ( ante un peligro) unperturbed, unruffled
    c) <rostro/sonrisa> impassive
    * * *
    = imperturbable, impassive, stolid, unflappable, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, cool-headed.
    Ex. 'I always hit him on the top of his highs when I want something,' the imperturbable Passantino answered = "Siempre espero a que esté eufórico para darle el sablazo cuando quiero algo", respondió el imperturbable Passantino.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. But it is obvious that modern leftist philosophers are not simply cool-headed logicians systematically analyzing the foundations of knowledge.
    * * *
    a) [ser] ( sereno) imperturbable, unflappable
    b) [estar] ( ante un peligro) unperturbed, unruffled
    c) <rostro/sonrisa> impassive
    * * *
    = imperturbable, impassive, stolid, unflappable, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, cool-headed.

    Ex: 'I always hit him on the top of his highs when I want something,' the imperturbable Passantino answered = "Siempre espero a que esté eufórico para darle el sablazo cuando quiero algo", respondió el imperturbable Passantino.

    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: But it is obvious that modern leftist philosophers are not simply cool-headed logicians systematically analyzing the foundations of knowledge.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (sereno) imperturbable, unflappable
    2 [ ESTAR] (ante un peligro) unperturbed, unruffled
    el avión daba tumbos y ella seguía imperturbable although the plane was lurching about she remained quite composed o unruffled o unperturbed
    3 ‹rostro/sonrisa› impassive
    * * *

    imperturbable adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( sereno) imperturbable


    c) ‹rostro/sonrisa› impassive

    imperturbable adjetivo imperturbable, unruffled
    ' imperturbable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campante
    - impasible
    - inalterable
    English:
    unabashed
    - unshockable
    * * *
    1. [persona] imperturbable;
    escuchó imperturbable las acusaciones he listened impassively to the charges
    2. [sonrisa] impassive
    * * *
    adj imperturbable
    * * *
    : imperturbable, impassive, stolid

    Spanish-English dictionary > imperturbable

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