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1 protestar
v.1 to complain.protestaron por el mal servicio they complained about the poor serviceprotestaban contra la detención del líder sindical they were protesting against the arrest of the union leader¡protesto! (law) objection!2 to grumble.haz lo que te digo sin protestar do what I tell you and no grumbling3 to protest, to object, to remonstrate, to present an objection.María se quejó contra los perros Mary complained against the dogs.* * *1 (mostrar disconformidad) to protest ( contra, against)2 DERECHO to raise an objection■ ¡protesto, su señoría! objection, Your Honour!3 (refunfuñar) to moan\sin protestar without protest* * *verb* * *1. VI1) (=quejarse) to complainprotestaron contra la subida de la gasolina — they complained o frm protested against the rise in the price of petrol
protestó por lo mal que la habían tratado — she complained o frm protested about how badly she had been treated
2) (Jur)¡protesto, Su Señoría! — objection, Your Honour!
¡protesto contra esa observación! — I resent that!, I object to that remark!
2. VT1) [+ letra, pagaré] to protest, note2) frm (=declarar) to protest* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) ( mostrar desacuerdo) to protestprotestar CONTRA algo — to protest against o about something
protesto, su señoría! — objection, your Honor*, I object, your Honor
b) ( quejarse) to complainprotestar POR or DE algo — to complain about something
2.nadie protestó cuando lo propuse — nobody complained o objected when I made the proposal
protestar vt1)b) <actuación/decisión> to protest about o at2) (frml) < inocencia> to protest* * *= protest, remonstrate, make + protest, squwak, be (all) up in arms, find + a voice, mouth off, rail against, speak out against, cry + foul, raise + Posesivo + voice, stage + protest, make + a noise about, make + noises about.Ex. 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.Ex. 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.Ex. This announcement caused a lot of concern among organisations such as OCLC and the library community in the USA, and many protests have been made.Ex. Again, I must squawk about the futility of seeking consensus on specific meanings of words.Ex. And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.Ex. The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.Ex. She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.Ex. She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Ex. Such restraint creates a ridiculous and pathetic situation in which librarians refuse to speak out against, or work to defeat legislation destructive to libraries such as California's Propositions.Ex. Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.Ex. As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.Ex. Fishermen from across the UK have staged a protest in London over the impact of spiralling fuel prices on their industry.Ex. The really good news is that we can stand up as one and that all we have to do is make a noise about it.Ex. The government have been making noises about it for some time but haven't quite got round to it.----* aceptar Algo sin protestar = take + Nombre + lying down.* protestar enérgicamente = protest + forcefully.* protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.* protestar furiosamente = rage against.* protestar por = bridle at.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) ( mostrar desacuerdo) to protestprotestar CONTRA algo — to protest against o about something
protesto, su señoría! — objection, your Honor*, I object, your Honor
b) ( quejarse) to complainprotestar POR or DE algo — to complain about something
2.nadie protestó cuando lo propuse — nobody complained o objected when I made the proposal
protestar vt1)b) <actuación/decisión> to protest about o at2) (frml) < inocencia> to protest* * *= protest, remonstrate, make + protest, squwak, be (all) up in arms, find + a voice, mouth off, rail against, speak out against, cry + foul, raise + Posesivo + voice, stage + protest, make + a noise about, make + noises about.Ex: 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.
Ex: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.Ex: This announcement caused a lot of concern among organisations such as OCLC and the library community in the USA, and many protests have been made.Ex: Again, I must squawk about the futility of seeking consensus on specific meanings of words.Ex: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.Ex: The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.Ex: She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.Ex: She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Ex: Such restraint creates a ridiculous and pathetic situation in which librarians refuse to speak out against, or work to defeat legislation destructive to libraries such as California's Propositions.Ex: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.Ex: As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.Ex: Fishermen from across the UK have staged a protest in London over the impact of spiralling fuel prices on their industry.Ex: The really good news is that we can stand up as one and that all we have to do is make a noise about it.Ex: The government have been making noises about it for some time but haven't quite got round to it.* aceptar Algo sin protestar = take + Nombre + lying down.* protestar enérgicamente = protest + forcefully.* protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.* protestar furiosamente = rage against.* protestar por = bridle at.* * *protestar [A1 ]vito protest protestar CONTRA algo to protest AGAINST o ABOUT sthprotestan contra la carestía de vida they're protesting against o about the high cost of livingprotestar POR or DE algo to complain ABOUT sthprotestó por el trato recibido he complained about o protested about o at the way he had been treatedhágalo ahora mismo y sin protestar do it right now and no complaining o don't start complaining¡protesto, señoría! objection, your Honor! o I object, your Honor!—no es culpa mía —protestó it's not my fault, he protestednadie protestó cuando lo propuse nobody complained o objected when I made the proposal■ protestarvtA2 ‹actuación› to protest about o atprotestaron la decisión del árbitro they protested about o at the referee's decision, they protested the referee's decision ( AmE)B ( frml); ‹inocencia› to protest* * *
protestar ( conjugate protestar) verbo intransitivo
protestar CONTRA algo to protest against o about sth
protestar POR or DE algo to complain about sth
protestar verbo intransitivo
1 (manifestar desacuerdo) to protest: vamos a protestar contra la subida de impuestos, we're going to protest against the rise in taxes
2 (quejarse) to complain: siempre está protestando por el frío, he's always complaining about the cold
3 Jur to object
4 Com to protest
' protestar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bien
- chistar
- levantarse
- pitar
- rechistar
- sentada
- alegar
- energía
- patalear
- plantón
- quejarse
- valer
- valor
- venga
- zapatear
English:
constrained
- fuss
- protest
- rage
- remonstrate
- contest
- move
* * *♦ vi1. [quejarse] to complain (por/contra about/against); [en manifestación] to protest (por/contra about/against);protestaron por el mal servicio they complained about the poor service;los manifestantes protestaban contra la detención del líder sindical the demonstrators were protesting against the arrest of the union leader2. [refunfuñar] to grumble;haz lo que te digo sin protestar do what I tell you and no grumbling♦ vt1. Com to protest2. Méx [prometer]el presidente protestó su cargo ante el congreso the president was sworn in before parliament* * *I v/t protestII v/i1 ( quejarse) complain (por, de about)* * *protestar vi: to protest, to objectprotestar vt1) : to protest, to object to2) : to declare, to profess* * *protestar vb1. (oponerse a) to protest2. (quejarse) to complain / to moan -
2 queja
f.1 complaint (protesta).presentar una queja to make o lodge a complaint (formalmente)tener queja de algo/alguien to have a complaint about something/somebody2 moan, groan (lamento).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: quejar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: quejar.* * *1 (descontento) complaint2 (de dolor) moan, groan\dar queja de algo/alguien to complaint about something/somebodypresentar una queja DERECHO to lodge a complaintno tener queja de alguien to have no complaints about somebody* * *noun f.1) complaint2) protest* * *SF1) (=reclamación) [gen] complaint; [refunfuñando] grumble, grouse *; [con rencor] grudge, resentmentpresentar una queja — to make o lodge a complaint
2) (=gemido) moan, groan3) (Jur) protest* * *a) ( protesta) complaint* * *= complaint, cry, discontent, grievance, remonstration, demand, hand-wringing, reproach, axe + to grind, gripe, whining, jeremiad, beef, plaint, letter of complaint, nag, niggle.Ex. CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.Ex. The cry is often heard that it is impossible to put nonbook materials on open shelves because they will be stolen.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).Ex. Interestingly enough, the immediate effect of Bodley's remonstrations was the inclusion in the inventory lists of additional separate entries for books bound with other books.Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.Ex. The book is simply an occasion for ritual hand-wringing about Northern Ireland's troubled past and present troubles = El libro es simplemente una ocasión para lamentarse sobre los problemas pasados y presentes de Irlanda del Norte.Ex. A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.Ex. The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.Ex. The article 'Interlibrary loan: automation, whither thou goest; some gripes and an accolade' advises postponing automation until dedicated funds are available and hardware is standardized.Ex. Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex. My major beef about ProCite (and it's actually true of Reference Manager as well) is that the import filters are not updated.Ex. A common plaint among some critics is that resemblance is a necessary condition of pictorial representation.Ex. In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.Ex. The article is entitled 'One last nag or two or three: it's the last chance this year for vendors to take my advice: put users first!'.Ex. Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.----* atender quejas = handle + complaints.* dar lugar a queja = evoke + complaint.* desbaratar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* después de la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* expresar queja = voice + complaint.* interponer una queja = file + complaint, file + grievance.* invalidar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* motivo de queja = pet peeve.* persona que se queja = complainant.* posterior a la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.* quejas = grumbling(s).* * *a) ( protesta) complaint* * *= complaint, cry, discontent, grievance, remonstration, demand, hand-wringing, reproach, axe + to grind, gripe, whining, jeremiad, beef, plaint, letter of complaint, nag, niggle.Ex: CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.
Ex: The cry is often heard that it is impossible to put nonbook materials on open shelves because they will be stolen.Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).Ex: Interestingly enough, the immediate effect of Bodley's remonstrations was the inclusion in the inventory lists of additional separate entries for books bound with other books.Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.Ex: The book is simply an occasion for ritual hand-wringing about Northern Ireland's troubled past and present troubles = El libro es simplemente una ocasión para lamentarse sobre los problemas pasados y presentes de Irlanda del Norte.Ex: A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.Ex: The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.Ex: The article 'Interlibrary loan: automation, whither thou goest; some gripes and an accolade' advises postponing automation until dedicated funds are available and hardware is standardized.Ex: Electronic, peer review journals provide the clearest examples of the value of the Internet as a medium for serious scholarship, a counterpoint to whinings over digital disinformation and knowledge fragmentation.Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex: My major beef about ProCite (and it's actually true of Reference Manager as well) is that the import filters are not updated.Ex: A common plaint among some critics is that resemblance is a necessary condition of pictorial representation.Ex: In the course of reading this article, you may spot a factual error which makes you bristle, or you may think the writing is biased, but by now the ink has dried; all you can do is send a letter of complaint.Ex: The article is entitled 'One last nag or two or three: it's the last chance this year for vendors to take my advice: put users first!'.Ex: Wilson was limping around so he must have picked up a knock or aggravated a niggle that he already had.* atender quejas = handle + complaints.* dar lugar a queja = evoke + complaint.* desbaratar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* después de la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* expresar queja = voice + complaint.* interponer una queja = file + complaint, file + grievance.* invalidar las quejas = disarm + complaints.* motivo de queja = pet peeve.* persona que se queja = complainant.* posterior a la queja = postcomplaint [post-complaint].* presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.* quejas = grumbling(s).* * *1 (protesta) complaintpresentar una queja to make o lodge o file a complaintnunca hemos tenido motivo de queja con él he has never given us any cause for complaintme han dado quejas de ti I've received complaints about youestoy harto de tus constantes quejas I've had enough of your endless complaining* * *
Del verbo quejarse: ( conjugate quejarse)
se queja es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
queja sustantivo femenino ( protesta) complaint;
queja sustantivo femenino
1 (reproche, protesta) complaint: no tenemos ninguna queja de ella, we've got no complaints about her
han presentado una queja a la administración, they complained to the administration
2 (de dolor) groan, moan
' queja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encima
- escrita
- escrito
- llorica
- presentar
- reclamación
- todavía
- embargo
- formular
- protesta
- reclamo
- reporte
- vicio
English:
air
- complaint
- file
- fuss
- grievance
- gripe
- grouse
- grumble
- lodge
- moan
- never
- strident
* * *queja nf1. [lamento] moan, groan2. [protesta] complaint;tener queja de algo/alguien to have a complaint about sth/sb;no tienes ningún motivo de queja you've got nothing to complain about, you've no cause for complaint;no me ha dado ningún motivo de queja I've got no complaints about him* * *f complaint;no tener queja de alguien have no complaints about s.o.* * *queja nf: complaint* * *queja n1. (protesta) complaint2. (grito) moan / groan -
3 gorrón
adj.cadging, sponging.m.1 freeloader, deadbeat, sponger, cadger.2 pebble.3 pivot, male pivot.4 paving stone.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar scrounging, sponging► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 sponger, scrounger* * *ISM1) (=guijarro) pebble; (=adoquín) cobblestone2) (Mec) pivot, journalIIgorrón, -ona* SM / F (=aprovechado) sponger *, cadger *, parasite* * *- rrona masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx fam) scrounger (colloq)* * *= scrounger, deadbeat, free rider.Nota: Persona que se beneficia de un actividad de un individuo o grupo sin contribuir a él.Ex. Consequently, claimants became disillusioned and, if they complained, were dismissed scroungers who were never satisfied.Ex. It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.Ex. Free riders are those who use the information provided by others without contributing evaluations of their own.* * *- rrona masculino, femenino (Esp, Méx fam) scrounger (colloq)* * *= scrounger, deadbeat, free rider.Nota: Persona que se beneficia de un actividad de un individuo o grupo sin contribuir a él.Ex: Consequently, claimants became disillusioned and, if they complained, were dismissed scroungers who were never satisfied.
Ex: It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.Ex: Free riders are those who use the information provided by others without contributing evaluations of their own.* * *(Esp, Méx fam): no seas gorrón why don't you stop scrounging? ( colloq), stop being such a scrounger o freeloader ( colloq)masculine, feminineestoy harta de que esa gorrona me pida tabaco I'm sick to death of that scrounger asking me for cigarettes o of that woman scrounging cigarettes off me ( colloq)2* * *
gorrón
gorrón,-ona m,f fam sponger, scrounger
' gorrón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gorrona
- sablista
- vividor
- vividora
English:
gatecrasher
- scrounger
* * *♦ adjsponging, scrounging;es muy gorrón he's always sponging o scrounging, he's always on the scrounge♦ nm,fsponger, scrounger* * *m, gorrona f famscrounger fam* * * -
4 parásito
adj.parasitic, parasitical.m.parasite, infester, epiphyte.* * *► adjetivo1 parasitic1 BIOLOGÍA parasite2 peyorativo (persona) parasite, hanger-on————————1 BIOLOGÍA parasite2 peyorativo (persona) parasite, hanger-on* * *1.ADJ parasitic (de on)2. SM1) (Bio) parasite (tb fig)3) CAm squatter* * *I- ta adjetivo parasiticII1) parasite2) parásitos masculino plural ( interferencia) atmospherics (pl)* * *= hanger-on, scrounger, parasite, mite.Ex. Reference librarians must have the capability of kindly and tactfully disentangling themselves from hangers-on who would monopolize their time, to the detriment of others.Ex. Consequently, claimants became disillusioned and, if they complained, were dismissed scroungers who were never satisfied.Ex. I have nothing against Aussies but I do have something against parasites who steal off someone else's ideas.Ex. The diseases and infestations caused by mites, lice, bed bugs, fleas, and ticks are discussed.----* como parásito = parasitically.* en forma de parásito = parasitically.* infección de parásitos = parasitisation [parasitization, -USA].* parásito de la sociedad = parasite.* parásito del libro = book insect.* * *I- ta adjetivo parasiticII1) parasite2) parásitos masculino plural ( interferencia) atmospherics (pl)* * *= hanger-on, scrounger, parasite, mite.Ex: Reference librarians must have the capability of kindly and tactfully disentangling themselves from hangers-on who would monopolize their time, to the detriment of others.
Ex: Consequently, claimants became disillusioned and, if they complained, were dismissed scroungers who were never satisfied.Ex: I have nothing against Aussies but I do have something against parasites who steal off someone else's ideas.Ex: The diseases and infestations caused by mites, lice, bed bugs, fleas, and ticks are discussed.* como parásito = parasitically.* en forma de parásito = parasitically.* infección de parásitos = parasitisation [parasitization, -USA].* parásito de la sociedad = parasite.* parásito del libro = book insect.* * *parasiticA2 (persona) parasiteparásitos sociales social parasites* * *
Del verbo parasitar: ( conjugate parasitar)
parasito es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
parasitó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
parasitar
parásito
parásito sustantivo masculino
parasite
parásito,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino parasite: su cuñado es un auténtico parásito, her brother-in-law is a real bloodsucker
' parásito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
parásita
English:
hanger-on
- parasite
* * *parásito, -a♦ adjBiol parasitic♦ nm1. Biol parasite2. [persona] parasiteparásito social social parasite* * *m parasite;* * *parásito nm: parasite -
5 retraso
m.1 delay (demora).perdón por el retraso I'm sorry about the delayel vuelo ha sufrido un pequeño retraso the flight has been slightly delayedllegar con (15 minutos de) retraso to be (15 minutes) latelos trenes circulan hoy con (una hora de) retraso trains are running (an hour) late today2 backwardness (subdesarrollo).llevar (siglos de) retraso to be (centuries) behindtener un retraso mental to be mentally retarded3 latency, delay.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: retrasar.* * *1 (demora) delay2 (subdesarrollo) backwardness, underdevelopment\ir con retraso to be running latellevar un año de retraso to be a year behind scheduleretraso mental mental handicap, backwardness* * *noun m.1) delay2) lag* * *SM1) [al llegar] delayllegar con retraso — to be late, arrive late
llegó con 25 minutos de retraso — he was o arrived 25 minutes late
2) [en una actividad] delayprotestaron por el retraso en el cobro de sus salarios — they complained about the delay in the payment of their wages
el mitin comenzó con una hora de retraso — the rally began an hour late, the rally was delayed (by) an hour
3) [en país, investigación] backwardnessel retraso cultural del país con relación a los países vecinos — the cultural backwardness of the country compared to its neighbours
4)padece un leve retraso mental — he has mild learning difficulties, he's slightly retarded
* * *a) ( demora) delayb) ( de país) backwardnessc) (Psic)niños con retraso mental — mentally retarded o handicapped children
* * *= deferment, delay, lag, retrogression, backwardness, lag time [lag-time].Ex. Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.Ex. If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.Ex. If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.Ex. Some of the proposals brought forth in this connection represent not technological progress but rather ideological retrogression.Ex. Libraries in developing countries suffer from technological backwardness.Ex. This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.----* con retraso mental = mentally retarded.* ir con retraso con respecto a = lag + behind.* retraso del envío = delivery delay.* retraso mental = mental retardation.* sin retrasos = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.* sufrir un retraso = encounter + delay.* * *a) ( demora) delayb) ( de país) backwardnessc) (Psic)niños con retraso mental — mentally retarded o handicapped children
* * *= deferment, delay, lag, retrogression, backwardness, lag time [lag-time].Ex: Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.
Ex: If there are excessive delays in the record becoming available, and long delays become a common phenomenon, the librarian who is anxious to make new stock available for the user as soon as possible will resort to local cataloguing.Ex: If this periodical is normally received about the middle of the month, the lag is about 15 days.Ex: Some of the proposals brought forth in this connection represent not technological progress but rather ideological retrogression.Ex: Libraries in developing countries suffer from technological backwardness.Ex: This article covers ways in which producers of business information on-line have to increase the speed with which searchers can retrieve information, with particular emphasis on increased update frequencies and reduced lag times.* con retraso mental = mentally retarded.* ir con retraso con respecto a = lag + behind.* retraso del envío = delivery delay.* retraso mental = mental retardation.* sin retrasos = in a timely fashion, in a timely manner.* sufrir un retraso = encounter + delay.* * *1 (demora) delayperdona por el retraso I'm sorry about the delay, I'm sorry it's lateviene con media hora de retraso it's (running) half an hour latellevamos or tenemos un retraso de dos meses sobre el programa previsto we're two months behind scheduleno podemos permitir otro retraso en el proceso we cannot allow another delay to o hold-up in the processcualquier retraso en el pago/la entrega de los productos any delay in payment/delivery of the products2 (de un país) backwardness3 ( Psic):niños con retraso mental children with learning difficulties; (más grave) mentally retarded o handicapped children* * *
Del verbo retrasar: ( conjugate retrasar)
retraso es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
retrasó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
retrasar
retraso
retrasar ( conjugate retrasar) verbo transitivo
retrasarse verbo pronominal
retraso sustantivo masculino
llevamos un retraso de dos meses sobre lo previsto we're two months behind schedule
retrasar
I verbo transitivo
1 (hacer que algo vaya más lento) to slow down: las obras retrasaron el tráfico, the road works held up the traffic
2 (posponer) to delay, postpone: tendremos que retrasar las vacaciones, we will have to put off our holidays ➣ Ver nota en delay 3 (un reloj) to put back: retrasé el reloj una hora al llegar a Dublín, I put my clock back one hour when I arrived in Dublin
retraso sustantivo masculino
1 (en el tiempo) delay: llegó con retraso, he was late
2 (con el trabajo, etc) behind schedule: llevamos dos meses de retraso, we are two months behind
3 (en el desarrollo físico o mental) subnormality
' retraso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- ida
- retrasarse
- atraso
- compensar
- corriente
- demora
- impacientarse
- llevar
- pequeño
- retrasar
English:
account
- board
- concoct
- delay
- excuse
- experience
- further
- hold up
- hold-up
- late
- retardation
- schedule
- takeoff
- apologize
- behind
- handicap
- hold
- lag
- slow
* * *retraso nm1. [demora] delay;el vuelo ha sufrido un pequeño retraso the flight has been slightly delayed;perdón por el retraso I'm sorry about the delay;llegar con (quince minutos de) retraso to be (fifteen minutes) late;los trenes circulan hoy con (una hora de) retraso trains are running (an hour) late today;el gobierno anunció el retraso de las elecciones the government announced that the elections were to be put back o postponed2. [por sobrepasar un límite]el proyecto lleva dos semanas de retraso the project is two weeks behind schedule;llevo en mi trabajo un retraso de veinte páginas I'm twenty pages behind with my work3. [subdesarrollo] backwardness;llevar (siglos de) retraso to be (centuries) behind4. retraso mental mental deficiency;tener un retraso mental to be mentally retarded* * *m delay;ir con retraso be late;llegar con retraso arrive late, be late o delayed;llevar retraso be late o delayed* * *retraso nm1) atraso: delay, lateness2)retraso mental : mental retardation* * *retraso n delay -
6 acaparamiento
m.1 monopolization (monopolio).2 hoarding, hogging, stockpiling, heaping.3 hoarding of goods, monopolization, monopolizing.* * *1 hoarding2 (monopolio) monopolizing* * *SM1) (=acumulación) hoarding, stockpilinghizo acaparamiento de víveres — he hoarded o stockpiled provisions
2) (Com) (=monopolio) [de ventas] monopolizing; [del mercado] cornering3) (=apropiamiento)se quejaron del acaparamiento del teléfono por uno de ellos — they complained that one of them was hogging * o monopolizing the phone
* * *masculino hoarding, stockpiling* * *masculino hoarding, stockpiling* * *hoarding, stockpiling* * *1. [monopolio] monopolization2. [en tiempo de escasez] hoarding -
7 incomunicación
f.solitary confinement.* * *1 (de un lugar) isolation2 (de un preso) solitary confinement3 (entre dos personas) lack of communication* * *SF1) (=aislamiento) [gen] isolation; [para presos] solitary confinement2) (=falta de comunicación) lack of communication* * *a) ( incomprensión) lack of communicationb) ( entre lugares) lack of communicationsc) ( de un detenido) solitary confinement* * *a) ( incomprensión) lack of communicationb) ( entre lugares) lack of communicationsc) ( de un detenido) solitary confinement* * *1 (incomprensión) lack of communication2 (entre lugares) lack of communications3 (de un detenido — como castigo) solitary confinement(— para interrogar): solicitó la incomunicación del detenido he requested that the prisoner be held incommunicado* * *
incomunicación sustantivo femenino
1 lack of communication
2 (de un preso) solitary confinement
' incomunicación' also found in these entries:
English:
solitary
* * *1. [falta de comunicación] lack of communication2. [de una localidad] isolation3. [de preso] solitary confinement;protestaron por la incomunicación de los detenidos they complained about the fact that the detainees had been held incommunicado* * *f1 lack of communication2 JUR solitary confinement* * * -
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adv.even (incluso).hasta en verano hace frío it's even cold in summerconj.even.prep.1 as far as, up to.voy hasta la próxima estación I'm going as far as the next stationdesde aquí hasta allí from here to thereCaminamos hasta el lago We walked all the way to the lake.2 until, till.hasta ahora (up) until now, so farhasta el final right up until the endhasta luego o pronto o la vista see you (later)hasta que until, tillhasta que vuelvas until you get back3 up to.un interés de hasta el 7 por ciento interest rates of up to 7 percent4 as many as, so many as.5 so much as, as much as.* * *1 (tiempo) until, till, up to2 (lugar) as far as, up to, down to3 (cantidad) up to, as many as4 (incluso) even5 (como despedida) see you■ ¡hasta el lunes! see you on Monday!■ ¡hasta mañana! see you tomorrow!\desde... hasta... from... to...¿hasta cuándo? until when?, how long?■ ¿hasta cuándo tendremos que aguantar este gobierno? how long are we going to have to put up with this government?¿hasta dónde? how far?hasta el punto que... to such a point that...¡hasta la vista! see you!, cheerio!, US so long!¡hasta luego! see you later!hasta más no poder as much as possiblehasta que until* * *prep.1) until, till2) as far as* * *1. PREP1) [en el espacio] [gen] to, as far as; (=hacia arriba) up to; (=hacia abajo) down tofuimos juntos hasta el primer pueblo, luego nos separamos — we went to o as far as the first village together, then we split up
sus tierras llegan hasta las montañas — their lands stretch to o as far as the mountains
te acompaño, pero solo hasta el final de la calle — I'll go with you, but only to o up to o down to the end of the street
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¿hasta dónde...? — how far...?¿hasta dónde vais? — how far are you going?
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hasta tan lejos — that far, as far as that-fuimos andando hasta la ermita -¿hasta tan lejos? — "we walked to o as far as the chapel" - "that far?" o "as far as that?"
2) [en el tiempo] until, tillse va a quedar hasta el martes — she's staying until o till Tuesday
no me levanto hasta las nueve — I don't get up until o till nine o'clock
no iré hasta después de la reunión — I won't go until o till after the meeting
falta una semana hasta los exámenes — there's a week to go to o until o till the exams
¿siempre escuchas música hasta tan tarde? — do you always listen to music so late (at night)?
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hasta ahora — so far, up to nowhasta ahora nadie se ha quejado — so far no one has complained, no one has complained up to now
hasta ahora no se había quejado nadie — no one had complained before o until now o till now
tuve problemas al principio, pero luego las cosas se tranquilizaron y hasta ahora — I had problems at the beginning but then things calmed down and since then it's been OK
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¿hasta cuándo...? — how long... for?¿hasta cuándo podemos seguir así? — how long can we carry on like this for?
¿hasta cuándo os quedáis? — how long are you staying (for)?
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hasta entonces — until then, (up) till then•
hasta el momento — so far, up to now, thus far frm3) [con cantidades] [gen] up to; [con valor enfático] as much as/as many as4) [en expresiones de despedida]•
hasta la vista — see you, so long•
hasta luego — see you, bye *•
hasta siempre — * goodbye, farewell frmhasta mañana viene — he's not coming until o till tomorrow
lo hizo hasta el martes — he didn't do it until o till Tuesday
hasta hoy lo conocí — I only met him today, I hadn't met him until o till today
2. CONJ1)• hasta que — until, till
vivió aquí hasta que murió su mujer — he lived here until o till his wife died
no me iré hasta que (no) me lo des — I won't go until o till you give it to me
2) + infin until, tillno se fueron hasta acabar — they didn't leave until o till they were finished
3.ADV (=incluso) evenHASTA La preposición hasta tiene varias traducciones posibles, dependiendo de si se emplea en expresiones de tiempo o de lugar. En expresiones de tiempo ► Generalmente se traduce por till o until. Till tiene un uso más informal que until y no suele ir al principio de la frase. El paquete no me llegó hasta dos semanas después The parcel did not arrive until o till two weeks later Hasta entonces las cosas nos iban bien Until then things were going well for us ► Además, hasta también se puede traducir por to en la construcción desde... hasta...: Estoy aquí todos los días desde las ocho hasta las tres I'm here every day from eight until o till o to three Te estuve esperando desde las once de la mañana hasta la una de la tarde I was waiting for you from eleven in the morning until o till o to one in the afternoon En expresiones de lugar ► Cuando usamos hasta en expresiones de lugar, podemos traducirlo por (up/down) to o por as far as: Caminó hasta el borde del acantilado He walked (up) to o as far as the edge of the cliff ¿Vamos hasta la orilla? Shall we go down to the shore? Ya anda solo hasta el sofá He can already walk on his own as far as o (up) to the sofa Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entradala música estaba tan alta que se oía hasta desde la calle — the music was so loud that you could even hear it from the street
* * *I1) ( en el tiempo)a) until¿hasta cuándo te quedas? - hasta el viernes — how long are you staying? - until o till Friday
hasta hace unos años — (up) until o up to a few years ago
hasta ahora or hasta el momento — so far, up to now
¿siempre trabajas hasta tan tarde? — do you always work so late?
b)hasta que — until, till
hasta que + subj: espera hasta que pare de llover wait until o till it stops raining; es inocente hasta que (no) se demuestre lo contrario — he is innocent until proven guilty
c)d) (AmC, Col, Méx) ( con valor negativo)cierran hasta las nueve — they don't close until o till nine
e) ( en saludos)hasta luego — see you (colloq), bye (colloq)
hasta siempre, amigos — farewell, my friends
2) ( en el espacio) to¿hasta dónde va usted? — how far are you going?
3) ( en cantidades) up toIIadverbio evenhasta te diría que... — I'd even go as o so far as to say that...
* * *= through, till, down to, all the way to, up to, all the way up to, as far as.Ex. Taking 197 as the base year, the price index of journals for an academic veterinary library has risen 143.00 points, an annual average of 15.89 points through 1986.Ex. In this case when the < Page Down> key was pressed the display scrolled till the cursor reached the end of record.Ex. A user could formulate a request in natural language, which would then be processed by the system and matched against the data base to give a ranked output down to the set cut-off point.Ex. Indexes, abstracts, catalogues, bibliographies and so on, leading all the way to computer data bases, are set forth as the modern, timesaving and efficient ways to obtain information.Ex. If the contractor defaults in his performance and fails to fulfill his contractual promises, the surety can itself complete the contract, or pay damages up to the limit of the bond.Ex. This organization may vary from a one-person operation in a special library all the way up to an internationally known indexing and abstracting agency.Ex. The abstractor is expected to reflect the authors' emphases, priorities, order and language as far as is reasonable.----* Adjetivo + hasta la saciedad = endlessly + Adjetivo.* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.* desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk, from dawn (to/till/until) dusk.* desde entonces hasta la actualidad = from then to the present day.* desde + Expresión Temporal + hasta el presente = from + Expresión Temporal + up to the present.* desde + Expresión Temporal + hasta hoy día = from + Expresión Temporal + up to the present day.* desde + Fecha + hasta ahora = from + Fecha + to the present.* desde... hasta... = from... through..., during the period + Período de Tiempo, from... right across....* desde..., pasando por..., hasta... = from..., through..., to....* el mejor hasta ahora = the best yet.* el mejor que ha hecho hasta ahora = Posesivo + best yet.* fumar hasta desaparecer en una nube de humo = smoke + Reflexivo + into a cloud.* hacer hasta la presente = do + all along.* hacer + Nombre + llegar hasta aquí = get + Nombre + this far.* hasta ahora = as yet, hitherto, so far, thus far, to date, up to now, yet, heretofore, all along, up to this point, by now, as of today, until now, up until now, up till now, till now.* hasta ahora, todo bien = so far, so good.* hasta aquel entonces = until that time.* hasta aquel momento = until that time.* hasta aquí = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in, thus far, so far, until now, this far.* hasta aquí de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* hasta cierto punto = up to a point, to some degree, to some extent.* hasta donde alcance = to the limits of.* hasta donde alcanza la vista = as far as the eye can see, as far as the eye can see.* hasta donde es posible = as far as possible.* hasta donde llegue = to the limits of.* hasta donde + Pronombre + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.* hasta donde sea posible = as far as possible.* hasta el amanacer = till dawn.* hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out.* hasta el cuello = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in, to the hilt.* hasta el cuello de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* hasta el extremo de = to the point of, up to the point of.* hasta el extremo que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta el final = until the end, until the bitter end.* hasta el final de los tiempos = till the end of time.* hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.* hasta el límite de = to the limits of.* hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo/Alguien = to + Posesivo + full potential.* hasta el máximo de las posibilidades de Algo/Alguien = to + Posesivo + full potential.* hasta el mismo = right up to.* hasta el momento = as yet.* hasta el momento de = up to the point of, to the point of.* hasta el momento que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta el presente = until now, so far, up to now, to this day, as of this time, as of now, as of today, to date.* hasta el punto de = to the point of, up to the point of.* hasta el punto que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta el suelo = floor-length.* hasta el último minuto = until the last minute.* hasta entonces = hitherto, up till then, until that time, until then, till then.* hasta ese momento = up to that point.* hasta este momento = up to this point, up to this point.* hasta + Expresión Temporal = See you + Expresión Temporal, as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* hasta + Expresión Temporal + inclusive = on or before + Expresión Temporal.* hasta + Fecha = by + Fecha, up until + Fecha.* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.* hasta hace + Tiempo = up until + Tiempo.* hasta hoy = to date, up to now, so far.* hasta la actualidad = to date, up to now, so far.* hasta la cintura = waist deep, waist high, waist length.* hasta la empuñadura = to the hilt.* hasta la fecha = to date, up to now, so far.* hasta la muerte = until the end, forever, until the bitter end.* hasta la presente = to this day, as of this time, as of now, as of today, to date, so far, up to now.* hasta la rodilla = knee deep, knee-high.* hasta la saciedad = ad nauseam.* hasta los codos = up to + Posesivo + armpits, up to + Posesivo + elbows.* hasta los hombros = shoulder-high, shoulder-length.* hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.* hasta los topes = packed to capacity, bursting at the seams, choc-a-block, chock-full, overloaded, packed to the rafters.* hasta los topes (de) = bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.* hasta luego = I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hasta mañana = I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hasta + Nombre + incluido éste = up to and including + Nombre.* hasta + Nombre + inclusive = up to and including + Nombre.* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.* hasta + Número = up to + Número.* hasta pasar a una nueva situación = tide-over.* hasta pronto = bye for now, I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hasta (que) = until.* Hasta que la muerte nos separe = Till death do us part.* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.* hasta qué punto = how far, the extent to which, to what extent.* hasta tal grado que = so much so that.* hasta tal punto + Adjetivo = such a + Nombre.* hasta tal punto que = to a point where.* hasta última hora = until the last minute.* hasta un máximo de + Número = up to + Número.* hasta un punto limitado = to a limited extent.* justo hasta = down to.* llevar Algo hasta el final = carry + Nombre + to the end.* metido hasta la rodilla = knee deep.* metido hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.* no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.* que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.* que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.* * *I1) ( en el tiempo)a) until¿hasta cuándo te quedas? - hasta el viernes — how long are you staying? - until o till Friday
hasta hace unos años — (up) until o up to a few years ago
hasta ahora or hasta el momento — so far, up to now
¿siempre trabajas hasta tan tarde? — do you always work so late?
b)hasta que — until, till
hasta que + subj: espera hasta que pare de llover wait until o till it stops raining; es inocente hasta que (no) se demuestre lo contrario — he is innocent until proven guilty
c)d) (AmC, Col, Méx) ( con valor negativo)cierran hasta las nueve — they don't close until o till nine
e) ( en saludos)hasta luego — see you (colloq), bye (colloq)
hasta siempre, amigos — farewell, my friends
2) ( en el espacio) to¿hasta dónde va usted? — how far are you going?
3) ( en cantidades) up toIIadverbio evenhasta te diría que... — I'd even go as o so far as to say that...
* * *hasta (que)= untilEx: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
= through, till, down to, all the way to, up to, all the way up to, as far as.Ex: Taking 197 as the base year, the price index of journals for an academic veterinary library has risen 143.00 points, an annual average of 15.89 points through 1986.
Ex: In this case when the < Page Down> key was pressed the display scrolled till the cursor reached the end of record.Ex: A user could formulate a request in natural language, which would then be processed by the system and matched against the data base to give a ranked output down to the set cut-off point.Ex: Indexes, abstracts, catalogues, bibliographies and so on, leading all the way to computer data bases, are set forth as the modern, timesaving and efficient ways to obtain information.Ex: If the contractor defaults in his performance and fails to fulfill his contractual promises, the surety can itself complete the contract, or pay damages up to the limit of the bond.Ex: This organization may vary from a one-person operation in a special library all the way up to an internationally known indexing and abstracting agency.Ex: The abstractor is expected to reflect the authors' emphases, priorities, order and language as far as is reasonable.* Adjetivo + hasta la saciedad = endlessly + Adjetivo.* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.* desde el amanecer hasta el atardecer = from dawn (to/till/until) dusk, from dawn (to/till/until) dusk.* desde entonces hasta la actualidad = from then to the present day.* desde + Expresión Temporal + hasta el presente = from + Expresión Temporal + up to the present.* desde + Expresión Temporal + hasta hoy día = from + Expresión Temporal + up to the present day.* desde + Fecha + hasta ahora = from + Fecha + to the present.* desde... hasta... = from... through..., during the period + Período de Tiempo, from... right across....* desde..., pasando por..., hasta... = from..., through..., to....* el mejor hasta ahora = the best yet.* el mejor que ha hecho hasta ahora = Posesivo + best yet.* fumar hasta desaparecer en una nube de humo = smoke + Reflexivo + into a cloud.* hacer hasta la presente = do + all along.* hacer + Nombre + llegar hasta aquí = get + Nombre + this far.* hasta ahora = as yet, hitherto, so far, thus far, to date, up to now, yet, heretofore, all along, up to this point, by now, as of today, until now, up until now, up till now, till now.* hasta ahora, todo bien = so far, so good.* hasta aquel entonces = until that time.* hasta aquel momento = until that time.* hasta aquí = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in, thus far, so far, until now, this far.* hasta aquí de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* hasta cierto punto = up to a point, to some degree, to some extent.* hasta donde alcance = to the limits of.* hasta donde alcanza la vista = as far as the eye can see, as far as the eye can see.* hasta donde es posible = as far as possible.* hasta donde llegue = to the limits of.* hasta donde + Pronombre + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.* hasta donde sea posible = as far as possible.* hasta el amanacer = till dawn.* hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo = cast no clout till May is out.* hasta el cuello = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in, to the hilt.* hasta el cuello de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.* hasta el extremo de = to the point of, up to the point of.* hasta el extremo que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta el final = until the end, until the bitter end.* hasta el final de los tiempos = till the end of time.* hasta el fin del mundo = until the end of the world.* hasta el límite de = to the limits of.* hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo/Alguien = to + Posesivo + full potential.* hasta el máximo de las posibilidades de Algo/Alguien = to + Posesivo + full potential.* hasta el mismo = right up to.* hasta el momento = as yet.* hasta el momento de = up to the point of, to the point of.* hasta el momento que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta el presente = until now, so far, up to now, to this day, as of this time, as of now, as of today, to date.* hasta el punto de = to the point of, up to the point of.* hasta el punto que = up to the point where, to the point where.* hasta el suelo = floor-length.* hasta el último minuto = until the last minute.* hasta entonces = hitherto, up till then, until that time, until then, till then.* hasta ese momento = up to that point.* hasta este momento = up to this point, up to this point.* hasta + Expresión Temporal = See you + Expresión Temporal, as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* hasta + Expresión Temporal + inclusive = on or before + Expresión Temporal.* hasta + Fecha = by + Fecha, up until + Fecha.* hasta hace muy poco = until recently, up until recently.* hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo = until relatively recently.* hasta hace + Tiempo = up until + Tiempo.* hasta hoy = to date, up to now, so far.* hasta la actualidad = to date, up to now, so far.* hasta la cintura = waist deep, waist high, waist length.* hasta la empuñadura = to the hilt.* hasta la fecha = to date, up to now, so far.* hasta la muerte = until the end, forever, until the bitter end.* hasta la presente = to this day, as of this time, as of now, as of today, to date, so far, up to now.* hasta la rodilla = knee deep, knee-high.* hasta la saciedad = ad nauseam.* hasta los codos = up to + Posesivo + armpits, up to + Posesivo + elbows.* hasta los hombros = shoulder-high, shoulder-length.* hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.* hasta los topes = packed to capacity, bursting at the seams, choc-a-block, chock-full, overloaded, packed to the rafters.* hasta los topes (de) = bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.* hasta luego = I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hasta mañana = I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hasta + Nombre + incluido éste = up to and including + Nombre.* hasta + Nombre + inclusive = up to and including + Nombre.* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.* hasta + Número = up to + Número.* hasta pasar a una nueva situación = tide-over.* hasta pronto = bye for now, I'll see you on the flipside, I'll catch you on the flipside.* hasta (que) = until.* Hasta que la muerte nos separe = Till death do us part.* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.* hasta qué punto = how far, the extent to which, to what extent.* hasta tal grado que = so much so that.* hasta tal punto + Adjetivo = such a + Nombre.* hasta tal punto que = to a point where.* hasta última hora = until the last minute.* hasta un máximo de + Número = up to + Número.* hasta un punto limitado = to a limited extent.* justo hasta = down to.* llevar Algo hasta el final = carry + Nombre + to the end.* metido hasta la rodilla = knee deep.* metido hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.* no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.* que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.* que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.* * *1 until¿hasta cuándo te quedas? — hasta el viernes how long are you staying? — until o till Fridayno se levanta hasta las once she doesn't get up till o until elevenFrancisco Mera, el hasta ahora presidente de la Confederación Francisco Mera, hitherto president of the Confederation ( frml)hasta hace algunos años until o up until o up to a few years agodesde que asumieron el poder hasta la fecha or hasta ahora from the time they came to power until now o until the present dayhasta ahora or hasta el momento so far, up to now¿siempre trabajas hasta tan tarde? do you always work so late?hasta + INF:no descansó hasta terminar she didn't rest until she'd finished2hasta que until, tillesperamos hasta que paró de llover we waited until it stopped raininghasta QUE + SUBJ:espera hasta que pare de llover wait until o till it stops rainingdecidieron esperar hasta que parase de llover they decided to wait until o till it stopped raininges inocente hasta que (no) se demuestre lo contrario he is innocent until proven guiltyno se acuesta hasta que (no) termine de leerlo he doesn't go to bed until he has read it3hasta tanto until such time ashasta tanto el pueblo (no) se pronuncie en un referéndum until such (a) time as the people voice their opinion in a referendum4(AmC, Col, Méx) (con valor negativo): será publicado hasta fines de año it won't be published until the end of the yearhasta ahora la gente empieza a darse cuenta people are only (just) beginning to realize nowcierran hasta las nueve they don't close until o till ninehasta que tomé la píldora se me quitó el dolor the pain didn't go away until o till I took the tablet5(en saludos): hasta mañana/la semana que viene see you tomorrow/next weekhasta pronto see you soonhasta ahora see you soon, see you in a minutehasta siempre, compañeros farewell, my friendsB (en el espacio) toviajé con ella desde Puebla hasta Veracruz I traveled with her from Puebla to Veracruzel agua me llegaba hasta los hombros the water came up to o came up as far as my shoulderstraza una línea desde aquí hasta aquí draw a line from here to here¿me acompañas hasta la parada? will you come to o come as far as the stop with me?¿hasta dónde va usted? how far are you going?C (en cantidades) up tohasta el 80% del total up to 80% of the totalhay que hacer hasta el ejercicio diez inclusive we have to do up to and including exercise ten, we have to do as far as exercise tenhasta cierto punto tiene razón she's right, up to a point o to a certain extent, she's righteveneso lo sabe hasta un niño de dos años even a two-year-old knows thathasta te diría que … I'd even go as o so far as to say that …* * *
hasta preposición
1 ( en el tiempo)a) until;
hasta el momento so far, up to nowb)
espera hasta que pare de llover wait until o till it stops rainingc)
d) (AmC, Col, Méx) ( con valor negativo):◊ cierran hasta las nueve they don't close until o till ninee) ( en saludos):
hasta luego/pronto see you (colloq), see you soon
2 ( en el espacio) to;
el pelo le llega hasta la cintura her hair goes down to her waist;
¿hasta dónde llega? how far does it go?
3 ( en cantidades) up to;
■ adverbio
even
hasta
I preposición
1 (marca límite: en el espacio) up to, as far as, down to
hasta el final, right to the end
(en el tiempo) until, till, up to
hasta junio, until June
hasta la fecha, up to now
hasta entonces todo había ido bien, until then everything had gone smoothly
(en la cantidad) up to, as many as: sólo puedo gastarme hasta cinco mil pesetas, I can only spend up to five thousand pesetas
(en la acción) till, until: hasta sus últimas consecuencias, till the bitter end
firme hasta la muerte, firm till death
2 (indica sorpresa) even: hasta nosotros nos divertimos con la película, even we enjoyed the film
II conj
1 (seguido de gerundio o cuando) even when: hasta cuando vamos al cine tiene que comer, even when we go to the cinema she has to be eating
hasta llorando está guapo, he's good-looking even when he cries
2 hasta que, until: estúdialo hasta que lo sepas, study it until you know it
♦ Locuciones: hasta luego, see you later
hasta mañana, see you tomorrow
hasta la coronilla, sick and tired
hasta el último detalle, to the last chapter and verse
hasta el día del juicio, till hell freezes o till the cows come home
' hasta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acompañar
- ahora
- alcanzar
- aquí
- armada
- armado
- aviso
- bandera
- calada
- calado
- calarse
- charla
- cierta
- cierto
- combatir
- coronilla
- derramamiento
- descolgarse
- desde
- disolución
- entonces
- escobilla
- esprintar
- fecha
- gorgorito
- gorro
- gruñido
- hartar
- inclusive
- incluso
- luego
- mañana
- media
- médula
- moño
- odisea
- paciencia
- pringada
- pringado
- punto
- rasa
- raso
- relativamente
- saciedad
- seguir
- sobremesa
- sopa
- tanta
- tanto
- tarde
English:
actually
- adjourn
- as
- attain
- be
- best
- bitter
- bleed
- blue
- blunder
- bonded warehouse
- brassed off
- brim
- brown
- buckle up
- burn
- bye
- bye-bye
- call at
- certain
- cheer
- cheerio
- cheese off
- clear
- come up to
- cross-country
- date
- death
- deep
- degree
- drip
- end
- even
- ex
- expect
- extend
- extent
- eye
- face
- far
- fast forward
- fight
- fight on
- fill up
- follow through
- further
- gallop up
- get up to
- hear of
- hitherto
* * *♦ prep1. [en el espacio] as far as, up to;desde aquí hasta allí from here to there;llegaré hasta allí en diez minutos I'll get there in ten minutes;¿hasta dónde va este tren? where does this train go?;¿hasta dónde viajas? where are you travelling to?, how far are you going?;voy hasta la próxima estación I'm going as far as the next station2. [en el tiempo] until, till;quedan dos semanas hasta Navidad there are two weeks to go until o till Christmas;hasta el final right up until the end;no vi el mar hasta los diez años I never saw the sea until I was ten years old;no parará hasta lograr su objetivo she won't stop until she gets what she wants;nos reímos hasta no poder más we laughed ourselves silly;hasta ahora [por ahora] (up) until now, so far;[como despedida] see you later o in a minute;Carolina Méndez, la hasta ahora portavoz del gobierno Carolina Méndez, who until now has been the government's spokesperson;hasta que until, till;esperaré hasta que llegues I'll wait until o till you arrive;no me detendré hasta que descubra la verdad I won't stop until o till I find out the truth;falta mucho hasta que esté acabado there's still a long way to go until o till o before it's finishedhasta mañana see you tomorrow;hasta más ver I'll be seeing you;hasta nunca I hope I never see you again;hasta otra I'll see you when I see you, see you again some time;hasta la próxima see you next time;hasta siempre farewell;hasta la vuelta I'll see you when you get back4. CAm, Col, Ecuad, Méx [no antes de]pintaremos la casa hasta fin de mes we won't start painting the house until the end of the month;¿llevas diez días aquí y hasta ahora me llamas? you've been here ten days and it's taken you that long to phone me?5. [con cantidades] up to;puedes ganar hasta un millón you can earn up to a million;un interés de hasta el 7 por ciento interest rates of up to 7 percent;leí hasta la página 30 I read as far as o up to page 30♦ adv[incluso] even;hasta en verano hace frío it's even cold in summer;hasta cuando descansa está pensando en el trabajo even when he's resting he's (still) thinking about work;hasta ellos querían venir even they wanted to come* * *I prp until, till;hasta que until;llegó hasta Bilbao he went as far as Bilbao;hasta aquí up to here;hasta ahora so far;¿hasta cuándo? how long?;no se levanta hasta las diez he doesn’t get up until ten o’clock;¡hasta luego! see you (later);¡hasta la vista! see you (later)II adv even;hasta un niño podría hacerlo even a child could do it* * *hasta adv: evenhasta prep1) : until, up untilhasta entonces: until then¡hasta luego!: see you later!2) : as far asnos fuimos hasta Managua: we went all the way to Managua3) : up tohasta cierto punto: up to a certain point4)hasta que : until* * *hasta1 adv evenhasta2 prep1. (tiempo) until / till2. (cantidad) up to3. (lugar) as far asdesde... hasta from... to¿hasta cuándo...? how long...?¿hasta cuándo te quedas? how long are you staying? -
9 quejarse
pron.v.1 to complain.siempre está quejándose del frío que hace en este país (refunfuñar) he's always complaining about how cold it is in this countryno sé de qué te quejas I don't know what you're complaining about2 to moan, to groan (expresar dolor, pena).últimamente se queja mucho de la espalda recently she's been complaining a lot that her back hurts* * *1 (de descontento) to complain (de, about)■ ¡no te quejes! stop complaining!2 (de dolor) to moan, groan* * *verb* * *VPR1) (=reclamar) [gen] to complain (de about, of)[refunfuñando] to grumble (de about, at) [protestando] to protest (de about, at)quejarse de vicio — * to be always complaining
2) (=gemir) [gen] to moan, groan; [lloriqueando] to whine* * *verbo pronominala) ( protestar) to complain; ( refunfuñar) to grumblequejarse DE algo/alguien — to complain about something/somebody
b) (de una afección, un dolor)c) ( gemir) to moan, groan* * *= complain, grieve, grumble, protest, remonstrate, moan, whinge [winge], be (all) up in arms, voice + complaint, whine, niggle, carp, groan, rail against, cry + foul, fuss, grouch (about), whimper.Ex. Then he complained to the reference librarian and said, 'Well, you have one edition under one title and another edition under another title'.Ex. If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Ex. Staff have continually grumbled about this extra effort.Ex. 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.Ex. 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.Ex. The article 'Don't you weep, don't you moan: a sermon on entrepreneurship for acquisitions librarians' urges librarians to become entrepreneurial, to market their services, and to become visible.Ex. The advice is summarized under the headings: be positive; be honest; be exact; and don't whinge.Ex. And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.Ex. Occasional users did not, as a rule, voice complaints.Ex. Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.Ex. The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.Ex. She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Ex. Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.Ex. A baby who fusses, cries or displays other colicky symptoms is most likely reacting quite negatively to something that his or her mother is eating.Ex. You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.Ex. My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.----* quejarse de = deplore, bemoan.* quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.* sin quejarse = uncomplaining, uncomplainingly.* * *verbo pronominala) ( protestar) to complain; ( refunfuñar) to grumblequejarse DE algo/alguien — to complain about something/somebody
b) (de una afección, un dolor)c) ( gemir) to moan, groan* * *= complain, grieve, grumble, protest, remonstrate, moan, whinge [winge], be (all) up in arms, voice + complaint, whine, niggle, carp, groan, rail against, cry + foul, fuss, grouch (about), whimper.Ex: Then he complained to the reference librarian and said, 'Well, you have one edition under one title and another edition under another title'.
Ex: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Ex: Staff have continually grumbled about this extra effort.Ex: 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.Ex: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.Ex: The article 'Don't you weep, don't you moan: a sermon on entrepreneurship for acquisitions librarians' urges librarians to become entrepreneurial, to market their services, and to become visible.Ex: The advice is summarized under the headings: be positive; be honest; be exact; and don't whinge.Ex: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.Ex: Occasional users did not, as a rule, voice complaints.Ex: Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.Ex: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.Ex: She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Ex: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.Ex: A baby who fusses, cries or displays other colicky symptoms is most likely reacting quite negatively to something that his or her mother is eating.Ex: You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.Ex: My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.* quejarse de = deplore, bemoan.* quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.* sin quejarse = uncomplaining, uncomplainingly.* * *quejarse [A1 ]luego no vengas quejándote don't come complaining to me afterward(s)quejarse DE algo/algn to complain ABOUT sth/sb¿de qué te quejas? what are you complaining about?si te quejas de tus vecinos, tendrías que conocer a los míos if you think your neighbors are bad, you should meet mine!2 (de una afección, un dolor) quejarse DE algo to complain OF sthse queja de que le duele el pecho or de un dolor de pecho she's complaining of chest pains3 (gemir) to moan, groan* * *
quejarse ( conjugate quejarse) verbo pronominal
( refunfuñar) to grumble;
quejarse DE algo/algn to complain about sth/sbb) (de una afección, un dolor) quejarse DE algo to complain of sth
quejarse verbo reflexivo
1 to complain [de, about]
2 (de dolor) to groan, moan
' quejarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dolerse
- lamentarse
- protestar
- valer
- vicio
English:
beneath
- bluster
- carry on
- complain
- go on
- grouse
- moan
- nag
- report
- the
- whine
- complaint
- grievance
- grumble
- protest
- remonstrate
* * *quejarse vpr1. [lamentarse] to groan, to moan;últimamente se queja mucho de la espalda recently she's been complaining a lot that her back hurts2. [protestar] to complain;[refunfuñar] to moan;siempre está quejándose del frío que hace en este país he's always complaining about how cold it is in this country;se quejó por la lentitud de la conexión he complained about how slow the connection was;no sé de qué te quejas I don't know what you're complaining about;Famquejarse de vicio to complain about nothing* * *v/r1 complain (a to;de about)2 de dolor moan, groan* * *quejarse vr1) : to complain2) : to groan, to moan* * *quejarse vb1. (protestar) to complain / to moan2. (gritar de dolor) to moan / to groan -
10 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 -
11 buscar
v.1 to look.2 to look for.estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for workse fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in AmericaMaría busca su bolso Mary looks for her purse.3 to look up.Busca esa palabra en el diccionario Look up that word in the dictionary.4 to search for (computing).El detective buscó incansablemente The detective searched tirelessly.5 to push, to try the patience of (informal) (provocar).buscar bronca/camorra to look for trouble6 to pick up.voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paperir a buscar a alguien to pick somebody uppasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine7 to seek to, to attempt to, to try to, to try how to.Ese plan busca destruirnos That plan seeks to destroy us.* * *1 (gen) to look for, search for■ la policía busca un hombre de unos treinta años the police are searching for a man of about thirty2 (en lista, índice etc) to look up3 (ir a coger) to go and get, fetch■ busca un médico, ¡rápido! fetch a doctor, quick!4 (recoger) to pick up■ iré a buscarte a la estación I'll pick you up at the station, I'll meet you at the station■ a la una voy a buscar a los chicos al colegio at one o'clock I go to pick the children up from school5 (intentar conseguir) to try to achieve1 (mirar) to look\buscársela familiar to be looking for troublebuscarse la vida familiar to try and earn one's living'Se busca...' "... wanted"* * *verb1) to look for, seek2) search* * *1. VT1) (=tratar de encontrar)a) [+ persona, objeto perdido, trabajo] to look forestuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers
llevo meses buscando trabajo — I've been job-hunting for months, I've been looking for a job for months
el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit
"se busca piso" — "flat wanted"
"chico busca chica" — "boy seeks girl"
b) [en diccionario, enciclopedia] to look upc) [con la vista] to try to spot, look forlo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him
2) (=tratar de conseguir) [+ solución] to try to findno sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude
con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style
solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money
como tienen una niña ahora van buscando la parejita — as they've got a girl they're trying for a boy now
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buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sthsiempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing
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ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkinve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother
- buscarlavino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *
3) (=recoger) to pick up, fetch¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?
vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants
4) (Inform) to search5) (=preguntar por) to ask for¿quién me busca? — who is asking for me?
2.VI to lookya puedes dejar de buscar, aquí tienes las llaves — you can stop looking, here are the keys
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( intentar encontrar)a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to findla policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police
b) (en libro, lista) to look up2)a) ( recoger) to collect, pick upvengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things
b) ( conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi
3)a) ( intentar conseguir)¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?
buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf
el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth
b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for2.buscar vi to lookbusca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
3.el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
buscarse v pron1) ( intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children
2) < problemas>no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble
tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right
buscársela(s) — (fam)
te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
* * *= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex. The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Ex. A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.Ex. In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex. Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.Ex. In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex. Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex. When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.----* buscando = in search of.* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* buscar a través de los índices = browse.* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.* buscar empleo = seek + employment.* buscar en = sift through, search through.* buscar en Google = google.* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscar los servicios de = engage.* buscar material = pursue + material.* buscar oro = pan for + gold.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* buscar por título = search by + title key.* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.* buscárselo = have it + coming.* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].* buscar solución = seek + solution.* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.* buscar y encontrar = match.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.* mandar a buscar = send for.* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.* que se puede buscar = searchable.* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( intentar encontrar)a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to findla policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police
b) (en libro, lista) to look up2)a) ( recoger) to collect, pick upvengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things
b) ( conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi
3)a) ( intentar conseguir)¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?
buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf
el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth
b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for2.buscar vi to lookbusca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer
¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?
3.el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
buscarse v pron1) ( intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children
2) < problemas>no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble
tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right
buscársela(s) — (fam)
te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
* * *= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.
Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex: The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.Ex: A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.Ex: In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.Ex: Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.Ex: In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.Ex: Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.Ex: When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.* buscando = in search of.* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).* buscar a través de los índices = browse.* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.* buscar empleo = seek + employment.* buscar en = sift through, search through.* buscar en Google = google.* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.* buscar los servicios de = engage.* buscar material = pursue + material.* buscar oro = pan for + gold.* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.* buscar por título = search by + title key.* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.* buscárselo = have it + coming.* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].* buscar solución = seek + solution.* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.* buscar y encontrar = match.* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.* mandar a buscar = send for.* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.* que se puede buscar = searchable.* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.* * *buscar [A2 ]vt1 ‹persona/objeto› to look for; ‹fama/fortuna› to seek; ‹trabajo/apartamento› to look for, try to find; ‹solución› to look for, try to findlo he buscado en or por todas partes I've looked o searched for it everywhereno trates de buscar excusas don't try to make excusesla policía lo está buscando the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police[ S ] se busca wantedlos hombres como él sólo buscan una cosa men like him are only after one thing ( colloq)te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at receptionlas flores buscan la luz flowers grow towards the lightla buscaba con la mirada or los ojos he was trying to spot herestá buscando la oportunidad de vengarse he's looking for a chance to get his own back ( colloq)busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo try and find an easier way of doing it2 (en un libro, una lista) to look upbusca el número en la guía look up the number in the directoryB1 (recoger) to collect, pick upfuimos a buscarlo al aeropuerto we went to pick him up from o fetch him from o collect him from o meet him at the airportvengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things2 (conseguir y traer) to getfue a buscar un médico he went to get a doctor, he fetched a doctorsalió a buscar un taxi/el pan he went to get a taxi/the breadsube a buscarme las tijeras go up and get me o bring me o fetch me the scissorsC1(intentar conseguir): una ley que busca la igualdad de (los) sexos a law which aims to achieve sexual equality o equality between the sexes¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?tiene cuatro hijas y busca el varón ( fam); she has four girls and she's trying for a boybuscar + INF to try to + INF, set out to + INFel libro busca destruir ese mito the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth2 (provocar) ‹bronca/camorra› to look forsiempre están buscando pelea they're always looking o spoiling for a fightme está buscando y me va a encontrar he's looking for trouble and he's going to get it■ buscarvito lookbusca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer¿has buscado bien? have you looked properly?, have you had a proper look?¡busca! ¡busca! (a un perro) fetch!el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás seek and ye shall find■ buscarseA (intentar encontrar) to look fordebería buscarse a alguien que le cuidara los niños she should look for o find somebody to look after the childrenB ‹complicaciones/problemas›no quiero buscarme complicaciones I don't want any troubletú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you rightse está buscando problemas she's asking for troublebuscársela(s) ( fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it ( colloq)no te quejes, la verdad es que te la buscaste don't complain, the truth is you had it coming to you o you brought it on yourself ( colloq)* * *
Multiple Entries:
buscar
buscar algo
buscar ( conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo
1
‹fama/fortuna› to seek;
2
(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things
fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi;
¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?
verbo intransitivo
to look;◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer
buscarse verbo pronominal
1 ( intentar encontrar) to look for
2 ‹ problemas› to ask for;◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;
tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right;
buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect
(recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work
' buscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- condicionamiento
- ir
- mirar
- sistema
- tienta
- aguja
- andar
- bronca
- camorra
- colocación
- pelea
- perro
- recoger
- refugio
- trabajo
- venir
English:
advertise
- collect
- dig around
- down-market
- expressly
- fetch
- fish
- forage
- fumble
- get
- go for
- hunt
- instrumental
- kerb-crawl
- look
- look for
- look out for
- look up
- meet
- needle
- pick
- pick up
- prospect
- pursue
- scout around
- search
- search for
- seek
- seek after
- spoil for
- want
- afield
- call
- collection
- court
- dig
- feel
- ferry
- go
- grope
- house
- job
- nook
- scout
- send
- trouble
- woo
* * *♦ vt1. [para encontrar] to look for, to search for;[provecho, beneficio propio, fortuna] to seek;estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work;la policía busca a los terroristas the police are searching o hunting for the terrorists;lo busqué, pero no lo encontré I looked o hunted for it, but I couldn't find it;¿me ayudas a buscar las llaves? can you help me to look for the keys?;se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America;fui a buscar ayuda I went in search of help;¡ve a buscar ayuda, rápido! quick, go for help o go and find help!;es como buscar una aguja en un pajar it's like looking for a needle in a haystack;CSur Fambuscar la vuelta a algo to (try to) find a way of doing sth2. [recoger] to pick up;vino a buscar sus libros he came to pick up his books;voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper;ir a buscar a alguien to pick sb up;ya iré yo a buscar a los niños al colegio I'll go and pick the children up from school;pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine3. [en diccionario, índice, horario] to look up;buscaré la dirección en mi agenda I'll look up the address in my address bookno sé qué está buscando con esa actitud I don't know what he is hoping to achieve with that attitude;con estas medidas buscan reducir la inflación these measures are intended to reduce inflation, with these measures they are seeking to reduce inflation;Famése sólo busca ligar he's only after one thing5. Informát to search forno me busques, que me voy a enfadar don't push me o it, I'm about to lose my temper;♦ vito look;busqué bien pero no encontré nada I had a thorough search, but didn't find anything;buscamos por toda la casa we looked o searched throughout the house, we searched the house from top to bottom* * *v/t search for, look for;ir/venir a buscar fetch;se la estaba buscando he was asking for trouble o for it* * *buscar {72} vt1) : to look for, to seek2) : to pick up, to collect3) : to provokebuscar vi: to look, to searchbuscó en los bolsillos: he searched through his pockets* * *buscar vb1. (tratar de encontrar) to look for2. (consultar) to look up4. (traer) to fetch / to get"Se busca" "Wanted" -
12 apunte
m.1 note (note).2 sketch (boceto).3 entry (commerce).4 prompt (Teatro).tomar apuntes to take notespres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: apuntar.* * *1 note2 (dibujo) sketch1 (de clase) notes\sacar un apunte to do a sketchtomar apuntes to take notes* * *noun m.1) note2) sketch* * *SM1) pl apuntes (=notas) notes¿me puedes pasar los apuntes de la última clase? — could you give me the notes from the last class?
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sacar apuntes — (Educ) to take notes; (Arte) to make sketches•
tomar apuntes — to take notes2) (Com) (=anotación) entry; Cono Sur (=listado) list of debts, note of money owing3) (Arte) sketch4) (Literat) outline5) (=amago) hint6) (Teat) (=persona) prompter; (=texto) prompt book7) (Naipes) (=jugador) punter; (=apuesta) bet* * *1)a) ( nota) noteb) apuntes masculino plural (Educ) notes (pl); ( texto preparado) handouttomar or (CS) sacar apuntes — to take notes
no llevar a alguien el or de apunte — (CS fam)
reclamé pero no me llevaron el or de apunte — I complained but they didn't take a blind bit of notice (colloq)
2)a) (Art) sketch; (Lit) outlineb) (AmL) (Teatr, TV) sketch3) (Com) entry* * *= written note.Ex. Sometimes it is wise for the rater to base judgment on written notes or a diary kept over a period of time.----* apuntes de clase = lecture notes, class notes.* toma de apuntes = note-taking.* * *1)a) ( nota) noteb) apuntes masculino plural (Educ) notes (pl); ( texto preparado) handouttomar or (CS) sacar apuntes — to take notes
no llevar a alguien el or de apunte — (CS fam)
reclamé pero no me llevaron el or de apunte — I complained but they didn't take a blind bit of notice (colloq)
2)a) (Art) sketch; (Lit) outlineb) (AmL) (Teatr, TV) sketch3) (Com) entry* * *= written note.Ex: Sometimes it is wise for the rater to base judgment on written notes or a diary kept over a period of time.
* apuntes de clase = lecture notes, class notes.* toma de apuntes = note-taking.* * *A1 (nota) noteno necesitas tomar apuntes en clase you don't need to take notes in classsacar apuntes (CS); to take notesno llevar a algn el or de apunte (CS fam): reclamamos pero no nos llevaron el or de apunte we complained but they didn't take a blind bit of notice ( colloq)BC ( Com) entry* * *
Del verbo apuntar: ( conjugate apuntar)
apunté es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
apunte es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
apuntar
apunte
apuntar ( conjugate apuntar) verbo transitivo
1
b) (para excursión, actividad) to put … down
2 (señalar, indicar) to point at;
verbo intransitivo
◊ preparen … apunten … ¡fuego! ready … take aim … fire!;
le apuntó con una pistola she pointed/aimed a gun at him
apuntarse verbo pronominal
‹ a clase› to sign up for sth;
apuntese al paro (Esp) to register as unemployed, to sign on (BrE colloq)
‹ victoria› to chalk up, achieve
apunte sustantivo masculino
1
b)
( texto preparado) handout;
tomar or (CS) sacar apuntes to take notes
2a) (Art) sketch;
(Lit) outlineb) (AmL) (Teatr, TV) sketch
3 (Com) entry
apuntar
I verbo transitivo
1 (escribir) to note down, make a note of
2 (sugerir, indicar) to indicate, suggest
apuntar a..., to point to...
3 (un arma) to aim
4 (señalar) to point out
5 Teat to prompt
II verbo intransitivo apuntaba el siglo, the century was dawning
apunte sustantivo masculino
1 note
2 tomar apuntes, to take notes
' apunte' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anotación
- apuntar
- nota
English:
delineate
- point
- prompt
- promptly
- sketch
* * *apunte nm1. [nota] note2.apuntes [en colegio, universidad] notes;3. [boceto] sketch4. Com entry5. Teatro prompt6. CompCSur Famllevar el apunte to pay attention;hace tiempo que se lo digo, pero nunca me lleva el apunte I've been telling her for some time, but she never takes any notice of me* * *m note;tomar apuntes take notes* * *apunte nm: note* * *apunte n note -
13 balde
m.pail, bucket.de balde free (of charge)en balde in vainpres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: baldar.* * *1 bucket, pail\de balde free, for nothingen balde in vain* * *ISM (=cubo) bucket, pailIIbalde de la basura — LAm trash can
SM1)de balde — (=gratis) (for) free, for nothing
obtener algo de balde — to get sth (for) free, get sth for nothing
2)estar de balde — (=ser superfluo) to be unwanted; (=estorbar) to be in the way
3)¡ni en balde! — LAm no way! *, not on your life!
4)¡no de balde! — CAm goodness!, I never noticed!
* * *1) ( cubo) bucket, pailcaer como un balde de agua fría — to come as a complete shock
2) (en locs)* * *----* aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.* de balde = for free.* en balde = in vain, vainly, to no avail, of no avail.* ser en balde = be of no avail, be to no avail.* * *1) ( cubo) bucket, pailcaer como un balde de agua fría — to come as a complete shock
2) (en locs)* * ** aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.* de balde = for free.* en balde = in vain, vainly, to no avail, of no avail.* ser en balde = be of no avail, be to no avail.* * *A (cubo) bucket, pailcaer como un balde de agua fría to come as a complete shockla noticia cayó como un balde de agua fría the news came as a complete shockme cayó como un balde de agua fría que me contestara así his reply was a real slap in the faceCompuesto:balde de or del hielo(Col, RPl) ice bucketB ( en locs):de balde: no pretenderás que trabaje de balde I hope you're not expecting me to work for nothingviajábamos de balde we used to ride (for) freeestoy aquí de balde there's no point in me being here o I'm not needed heretus excusas están de balde it's no good o it's no use making excusesen balde: los vecinos se han quejado muchas veces, pero en balde the neighbors have often complained, but to no avail o in vainno en balde no wonderno en balde insistía tanto que no fuera no wonder he was so insistent I shouldn't go* * *
Del verbo baldar: ( conjugate baldar)
baldé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
balde es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
balde sustantivo masculino
1 ( cubo) bucket, pail;◊ caer como un balde de agua fría to come as a complete shock
2 ( en locs)
en balde in vain
balde 1 sustantivo masculino bucket
balde 2 locución adverbial 1 de balde, (gratis) free: yo no trabajo de balde, I don't work for nothing 2 en balde, (en vano, para nada) in vain: le hicieron venir en balde, they sent for him in vain
' balde' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cubeta
English:
bucket
- pail
* * *balde nm1. [cubo] pail, bucketCSur balde de hielo ice bucket2. Compde balde [gratis] free (of charge);yo no trabajo de balde I don't work for nothing o for free;estar de balde [estar sin hacer nada] to be hanging around doing nothing;en balde: hice un viaje en balde I made a journey for nothing, it was a wasted journey;intentaron llamarlo en balde they tried unsuccessfully to call him;los años no pasan en balde I'm not getting any younger;no en balde es considerado el mejor hospital del país it's not for nothing that it's considered the finest hospital in the country* * *I m bucketII adv:de balde for nothing;en balde in vain* * *balde nm1) cubo: bucket, pail2)en balde : in vain, to no avail* * *balde n bowlde balde for nothing / free -
14 costumbre
f.habit, custom.tomar/perder la costumbre de hacer algo to get into/out of the habit of doing somethingcomo de costumbre as usualla cantidad de costumbre the usual amounttener la costumbre de o tener por costumbre hacer algo to be in the habit of doing somethingno hay que perder las buenas costumbres we don't want to break with traditionpres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: costumbrar.* * *1 (hábito) habit2 (tradición) custom3 DERECHO usage\como de costumbre as usualperder la costumbre to lose the habittener por costumbre + inf to be in the habit of + gerundla fuerza de la costumbre the force of habitpersona de buenas costumbres respectable person* * *noun f.1) custom2) habit* * *SF1) [tradicional] custompl costumbres customs, ways2) [de una persona] habitpersona de buenas costumbres — respectable person, decent person
tener la costumbre de hacer algo, tener por costumbre hacer algo — to be in the habit of doing sth
3)de costumbre — [adj] usual; [adv] usually
* * *1) ( de individuo) habitagarró la costumbre de... — she got into the habit of...
para no perder la costumbre — as always o usual
el sitio/a la hora de costumbre — the usual place/time
se quejó más/menos que de costumbre — he complained more/less than he usually does
2) (de país, pueblo) custom* * *= custom, habit, use, wont, practice, ritual.Ex. If we don't understand these customs and traditions we shall misunderstand books of that particular period.Ex. This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.Ex. This paper discusses factors which led to the need to reexamine the use of UK dealers, the major difference between UK and US dealers being their variance in pricing policies.Ex. He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.Ex. This practice ensures that a later match can be achieved between the document and its description.Ex. For example, a textbook on 'Social anthropology' will contain information on a large number of concepts such as social structure, kinship, marriage, ritual, etc.----* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.* buenas costumbres = propriety, decorum.* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.* consagrado por la costumbre = sanctified by custom.* consagrado por la costumbre y la tradición = sanctified by custom and tradition.* costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.* costumbre popular = folkway.* costumbres = mores.* costumbres relajadas = loose morals.* costumbres y convenciones = mores.* costumbre tradicional = traditional custom.* debido a la costumbre = inertial.* de costumbre = usual, usually.* desacatar las costumbres = flout + convention.* Posesivo + viejas costumbres = Posesivo + old ways.* según la costumbre = according to normal practice.* ser costumbre = be customary.* ser la costumbre = be customary.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tener la costumbre de = have + a habit of, have + the habit of.* tener la costumbre de + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* tener por costumbre + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.* viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.* * *1) ( de individuo) habitagarró la costumbre de... — she got into the habit of...
para no perder la costumbre — as always o usual
el sitio/a la hora de costumbre — the usual place/time
se quejó más/menos que de costumbre — he complained more/less than he usually does
2) (de país, pueblo) custom* * *= custom, habit, use, wont, practice, ritual.Ex: If we don't understand these customs and traditions we shall misunderstand books of that particular period.
Ex: This feature, portability, can be a mixed blessing-things which can be moved have a habit of disappearing.Ex: This paper discusses factors which led to the need to reexamine the use of UK dealers, the major difference between UK and US dealers being their variance in pricing policies.Ex: He had greeted her courteously, as was his wont, and had inquired if she minded his smoking; she told him to go ahead and slid over an ashtray.Ex: This practice ensures that a later match can be achieved between the document and its description.Ex: For example, a textbook on 'Social anthropology' will contain information on a large number of concepts such as social structure, kinship, marriage, ritual, etc.* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.* buenas costumbres = propriety, decorum.* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.* consagrado por la costumbre = sanctified by custom.* consagrado por la costumbre y la tradición = sanctified by custom and tradition.* costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.* costumbre popular = folkway.* costumbres = mores.* costumbres relajadas = loose morals.* costumbres y convenciones = mores.* costumbre tradicional = traditional custom.* debido a la costumbre = inertial.* de costumbre = usual, usually.* desacatar las costumbres = flout + convention.* Posesivo + viejas costumbres = Posesivo + old ways.* según la costumbre = according to normal practice.* ser costumbre = be customary.* ser la costumbre = be customary.* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.* tener la costumbre de = have + a habit of, have + the habit of.* tener la costumbre de + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* tener por costumbre + Infinitivo = be in the habit of + Gerundio.* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.* viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las = old ways never die, the.* * *A (de un individuo) habittenía (la) costumbre de madrugar he was in the habit of getting up early, he used to get up earlyagarró la costumbre de estudiar por la noche she got into the habit of studying at nighttiene por costumbre llamarme a esta hora he usually calls me at this timellegas tarde para no perder la costumbre you're late, as always o usualse van perdiendo las buenas costumbres good manners are becoming a thing of the pastde costumbre usualse encontraron en el sitio/a la hora de costumbre they met at the usual place/timelo hizo mal, como de costumbre she did it wrong, as usualB (de un país, pueblo) customsegún los usos y costumbres de nuestra región according to the customs and traditions of our regionno es costumbre en nuestro país festejar la Navidad it is not customary o it is not the custom to celebrate Christmas in our country* * *
costumbre sustantivo femenino
agarró la costumbre de … she got into the habit of …;
hacer algo por costumbre to do sth out of habit;
a la hora de costumbre at the usual time;
como de costumbre as usual;
se quejó menos que de costumbre he complained less than he usually does
costumbre sustantivo femenino
1 (práctica habitual) habit: llegarán tarde, para no perder la costumbre, they will be late, as always
es una persona de costumbres, he's used to a routine
tengo la costumbre de acostarme a las doce, I usually go to bed at midnight
como de costumbre, as usual
2 (de un pueblo, cultura, etc) custom
' costumbre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acogerse
- acostumbrar
- arábiga
- arábigo
- arraigada
- arraigado
- enraizada
- enraizado
- hábito
- manía
- perder
- pervivir
- práctica
- puñetera
- puñetero
- quitarse
- resucitar
- rígida
- rigidez
- rígido
- sana
- sancionar
- sano
- subsistir
- superada
- superado
- usanza
- uso
- vicio
- vigente
- vulgarización
- vulgarizar
- adoptar
- agarrar
- ancestral
- antiguo
- añejo
- arraigar
- asqueroso
- bueno
- calar
- campesino
- castizo
- coger
- consagrado
- desaparecer
- extendido
- falta
- introducir
- morir
English:
custom
- customary
- established
- habit
- institution
- nail-biting
- pass down
- practice
- practise
- self
- usage
- usual
- way
- wean
- fashion
- few
- get
- unusually
- wont
* * *costumbre nf1. [de persona] habit;tomar/perder la costumbre de hacer algo to get into/out of the habit of doing sth;costumbres habits;el hombre es un animal de costumbres man is a creature of habit;no hay que perder las buenas costumbres we don't want to break with tradition;como de costumbre as usual;la cantidad de costumbre the usual amount;nos vemos a las ocho, en el sitio de costumbre I'll see you at eight, in the usual place2. [de país, cultura] custom* * *f1 de país custommala costumbre bad habit;persona de costumbres creature of habit;tengo la costumbre de madrugar I usually get up early;de costumbre usual;como de costumbre as usual* * *costumbre nf1) : custom2) hábito: habit* * *1. (de persona) habit2. (de país) custom -
15 quejoso
adj.complaining, displeased, querulous.m.1 complainer, grouch, fussbudget, moaner.2 complainant, accusant, plaintiff, claimant.* * *► adjetivo1 complaining* * *ADJ [persona] complaining; [tono] plaintive* * *- sa masculino, femenino (Méx) ( persona que protesta)* * *= fusspot, fussbudget.Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.* * *- sa masculino, femenino (Méx) ( persona que protesta)* * *= fusspot, fussbudget.Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.* * *masculine, feminine( Méx)(persona que protesta): de acuerdo a los quejosos according to the people ( o the residents etc) who complained* * *quejoso, -a♦ adj♦ nm,f* * *quejoso, -sa adj: complaining, whining -
16 burla
f.1 taunt.hacer burla de to mock2 joke.3 trick.4 mockery, banter, chaffing, jeer.5 ridicule, taunt.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: burlar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: burlar.* * *1 (mofa) mockery, gibe2 (broma) joke3 (engaño) deception, trick\en son de burla in fun, tongue in cheekentre burlas y veras half-jokingly* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=mofa) gibe, taunthacer burla de algn — to make fun of sb, mock sb
hace burla de todo — he makes fun of o mocks everything
2) (=broma) jokede burlas — in fun, tongue in cheek
* * *a) ( mofa)todos le hacen la burla — everyone makes fun of her o mocks her
b) ( atropello)esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations
* * *= ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.Ex. Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.Ex. The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex. The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.Ex. Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex. This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Ex. The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Ex. I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Ex. The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.----* burla de = thumbing of the nose at.* objeto de burla = object of ridicule.* * *a) ( mofa)todos le hacen la burla — everyone makes fun of her o mocks her
b) ( atropello)esto es una burla del reglamento — this makes a mockery of the regulations
* * *= ridicule, derision, hoax, jibe, mockery, taunt, jeer, sniggering, snigger, sneer, scoff, snicker, banter.Ex: Sometimes running the gauntlet of criticism and ridicule allows an opportunity for defending oneself.
Ex: The article 'To perpetuate what is derisory without derision' laments the destruction of books.Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.Ex: The article highlights her countless subtle jibes at academe.Ex: Their disparagement of female emancipation & feminism borders on mockery.Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: Members of congress paid more attention to each other than to the president, responding with partisan jeers and cheers.Ex: This comedy is full of infantile jokes and adolescent sniggering about homosexuals.Ex: The jeering sniggers of the rest made Timmy blush with shame.Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.Ex: I do this all the time, and no one's complained, and sometimes it can garner a few snickers from the audience, which is always fun.Ex: The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.* burla de = thumbing of the nose at.* objeto de burla = object of ridicule.* * *1(mofa): era objeto de las burlas de todos he was the butt of everyone's jokestodos le hacen la burla everyone makes fun of her o mocks her2(chanza, broma): lo dije en son de burla I said it tongue in cheeklo dijo entre burlas y veras he said it only half in jest o he said it half joking, half serious3(atropello): el precio de las entradas es una burla al público they're robbing people o ( colloq) ripping people off charging that much for the ticketsno le perdonaría esa burla a su confianza she would not forgive him that betrayal of her trustesto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations* * *
Del verbo burlar: ( conjugate burlar)
burla es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
burla
burlar
burla sustantivo femeninoa) ( mofa):
b) ( atropello):◊ esto es una burla del reglamento this makes a mockery of the regulations
burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo
burlarse verbo pronominal burlase de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
burla sustantivo femenino
1 (mofa) mockery
2 (broma) joke
♦ Locuciones: hacer burla de, to make fun of
burlar verbo transitivo
1 (engañar) to outwit
2 (esquivar) to evade
' burla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mueca
- refinada
- refinado
- remedar
- sorna
- vacilar
- guasa
- son
- tomadura de pelo
English:
mockery
- spoof
* * *burla nf1. [mofa] taunt;hacer burla de to mock;fue el blanco de las burlas de sus compañeros he was the butt of his colleagues' jokes;fue la burla de todo el mundo everyone made fun of her;esa sentencia es una burla a la justicia that sentence is a travesty of justice2. [broma] joke;entre burlas y veras half-jokingly3. [engaño] trick* * *f1 ( mofa) joke;hacer burla de alguien fam make fun of s.o.2 ( engaño) trick* * *burla nf1) : mockery, ridicule2) : joke, trick3)hacer burla de : to make fun of, to mock* * *burla nhacer burla de... to make fun of... -
17 estar sediento
v.to be thirsty, to thirst.* * *(v.) = be thirsty, spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirstEx. They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.Ex. I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.Ex. It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.Ex. The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink.* * *(v.) = be thirsty, spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirstEx: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.
Ex: I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.Ex: It is smooth and refreshing with a taste that must be like drawing water from a cactus after being parched in a desert for days.Ex: The day was sultry, and some of the party, being parched with thirst, left the line of march, and scrambled down the bank of the river to drink. -
18 sentir hambre
(v.) = be hungry, feel + hungryEx. They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.Ex. I would suggest that when you feel hungry that you try having a drink since your body can not tell the difference between feelings for hunger and thirst.* * *(v.) = be hungry, feel + hungryEx: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.
Ex: I would suggest that when you feel hungry that you try having a drink since your body can not tell the difference between feelings for hunger and thirst. -
19 sentir sed
(v.) = be thirstyEx. They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.* * *(v.) = be thirstyEx: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour.
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20 ser el colmo
(v.) = be the last straw, bring + the situation to a head, take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limitEx. She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.Ex. But it was the government, rather than the workers and their bosses, who brought the situation to a head.Ex. The one thing which takes the biscuit is the fact they use a cardboard cutout which is strapped upon another actor's body.Ex. Health care workers take the cake for high absenteeism.Ex. ' It's the limit of arrogance,' complained the left-wing deputy representing OSCE, a pan-European body in charge of monitoring elections to ensure fair play.* * *(v.) = be the last straw, bring + the situation to a head, take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limitEx: She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.
Ex: But it was the government, rather than the workers and their bosses, who brought the situation to a head.Ex: The one thing which takes the biscuit is the fact they use a cardboard cutout which is strapped upon another actor's body.Ex: Health care workers take the cake for high absenteeism.Ex: ' It's the limit of arrogance,' complained the left-wing deputy representing OSCE, a pan-European body in charge of monitoring elections to ensure fair play.
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