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  • 61 golfillo

    m.
    street urchin, street Arab, gamin, guttersnipe.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 street urchin
    * * *
    SM urchin, street urchin
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - lla masculino, femenino street urchin
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    urchin, street urchin
    * * *

    golfillo
    ◊ - lla sustantivo masculino, femenino

    street urchin

    ' golfillo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    urchin
    * * *
    urchin
    * * *
    m (street) urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfillo

  • 62 granuja

    adj.
    rascally, impish, mischievous.
    f. & m.
    1 rogue, scoundrel (pillo).
    2 rascal, little wretch, urchin, gamin.
    3 loose grape separate from the bunch.
    4 seeds of the grape and other small fruits.
    * * *
    1 (uva) grapes plural
    1 (pilluelo) ragamuffin, urchin
    2 (estafador) crook, trickster
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=bribón) rogue; [dicho con afecto] rascal; (=pilluelo) urchin, ragamuffin
    2.
    SF (=uvas) loose grapes pl ; (=semilla) grape seed
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.
    Ex. When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex. He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex. It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex. He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino rascal
    * * *
    = shyster, miscreant, villain, tearaway, lager lout, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion, cad, ragamuffin, ruffian, hoodlum, swine, pig, crook.

    Ex: When loss of physical and mental rigor is accompanied by financial problems, the retiree may reject himself and fall victim to the con man and shyster.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.
    Ex: He acused politicians of 'losing the plot' on crime as the 'thriving yob culture' of hooligans and tearaways terrorise the streets.
    Ex: It is routine for people to complain about the 'hordes of lager louts' who turn city centres into 'no-go areas'.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    Ex: The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex: Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex: In German law it is a criminal offense for A to insult B, for example, by calling him a swine.
    Ex: He was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his fury, no one calls him a pig and gets away with it.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

    * * *
    rascal
    ¿dónde se habrá metido este granujilla? where's that little rascal o monkey got(ten) to?
    * * *

    granuja sustantivo masculino y femenino
    rascal
    granuja sustantivo masculino
    1 (pícaro) urchin
    2 (estafador, truhán) swindler
    ' granuja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - pájaro
    - sinvergüenza
    - canalla
    - pajarraco
    - rufián
    English:
    rascal
    - rogue
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    1. [pillo] rogue, scoundrel
    2. [canalla] trickster, swindler
    * * *
    m/f rascal
    * * *
    granuja nmf
    pilluelo: rascal, urchin
    * * *
    granuja adj rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > granuja

  • 63 guardar rencor

    v.
    to hold a grudge, to have a grudge, to bear a grudge, to have a chip on one's shoulder.
    * * *
    to harbour resentment (a, against)
    * * *
    (v.) = bear + a grudge, harbour + resentment, carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder
    Ex. Bearing a grudge leads one to bitterness, wrath, and hatred.
    Ex. On the other hand, anonymous review does not always stop authors harbouring resentment if their paper is rejected.
    Ex. Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
    * * *
    guardar rencor (hacia)
    (v.) = bear + ill will (toward)

    Ex: Bailey says he left Norfolk bearing no ill will toward anyone, though perhaps he had reason to.

    (v.) = bear + a grudge, harbour + resentment, carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder

    Ex: Bearing a grudge leads one to bitterness, wrath, and hatred.

    Ex: On the other hand, anonymous review does not always stop authors harbouring resentment if their paper is rejected.
    Ex: Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > guardar rencor

  • 64 guardar resentimiento

    v.
    to bear a grudge, to hold a grudge.
    * * *
    (v.) = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder
    Ex. Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
    * * *
    (v.) = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder

    Ex: Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > guardar resentimiento

  • 65 hobesiano

    Ex. In the Hobbesian world depicted in 'Dragnets', the bad criminals -- if left to their own devices by the good police & citizenry -- would destroy a helpless society in an orgy of brutality.
    * * *

    Ex: In the Hobbesian world depicted in 'Dragnets', the bad criminals -- if left to their own devices by the good police & citizenry -- would destroy a helpless society in an orgy of brutality.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hobesiano

  • 66 indeterminable

    adj.
    1 indeterminable.
    2 irresolute, undecided.
    * * *
    1 indeterminable
    * * *
    Ex. Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.
    ----
    * de origen indeterminable = irretraceable.
    * * *

    Ex: Sixteen years later, the truth remains indeterminable but this much is clear: Thomas carries a huge chip on his shoulder.

    * de origen indeterminable = irretraceable.

    * * *
    indeterminable
    * * *
    adj indeterminable

    Spanish-English dictionary > indeterminable

  • 67 insigne

    adj.
    1 distinguished, illustrious.
    2 notable, celebrated, famous, noble.
    * * *
    1 distinguished, eminent
    * * *
    ADJ (=distinguido) distinguished; (=famoso) famous
    * * *
    adjetivo famous, notable
    * * *
    = palmy [palmier -comp., palmiest -sup.], eminent, famous, notable.
    Ex. In the palmier days of 1949, Bernard Berelson argued that 'the public library should be organized for those relatively few people in the community who can make 'serious' use of library materials'.
    Ex. The Colon Classification was devised by the eminent Indian librarian and classificationist the late S R Ranganathan.
    Ex. The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.
    Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    * * *
    adjetivo famous, notable
    * * *
    = palmy [palmier -comp., palmiest -sup.], eminent, famous, notable.

    Ex: In the palmier days of 1949, Bernard Berelson argued that 'the public library should be organized for those relatively few people in the community who can make 'serious' use of library materials'.

    Ex: The Colon Classification was devised by the eminent Indian librarian and classificationist the late S R Ranganathan.
    Ex: The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.
    Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.

    * * *
    famous, notable
    * * *

    insigne adjetivo distinguished
    ' insigne' also found in these entries:
    English:
    notable
    * * *
    insigne adj
    distinguished, illustrious
    * * *
    adj famous
    * * *
    insigne adj
    : noted, famous

    Spanish-English dictionary > insigne

  • 68 intercambiar saludos

    (v.) = exchange + greeting
    Ex. The 'empty sincerity' of the greeting one might exchange on passing an acquaintance on the street is not sufficient for reference enquirers, as Thomas Lee Eichman has recently explained.
    * * *
    (v.) = exchange + greeting

    Ex: The 'empty sincerity' of the greeting one might exchange on passing an acquaintance on the street is not sufficient for reference enquirers, as Thomas Lee Eichman has recently explained.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intercambiar saludos

  • 69 jarana

    f.
    1 rumpus, shindy (alboroto).
    2 noise, racket, din.
    3 spree, revel, high jinks, jinks.
    * * *
    1 familiar (juerga) wild party, spree
    2 (jaleo) racket, din
    \
    armar jarana to make a racket
    irse de jarana to go out on the town
    * * *
    SF
    1) * (=juerga) binge *

    andar/ir de jarana — to be/go out on the town

    2) Méx (Mús) small guitar
    3) Perú (=baile) dance
    4) Caribe (=banda) dance band
    5) CAm (=deuda) debt
    6) And (=embuste) fib
    7) LAm (=broma) practical joke, hoax

    la jarana sale a la cara — CAm a joke can come back on you

    * * *
    1) (fam)
    a) ( bromas)

    basta de jarana — that's enough fun and games o fooling around (colloq)

    b) ( juerga)

    salir de jarana — to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)

    3)
    b) (Per) ( fiesta) party ( with folk music)
    * * *
    = fireworks, high jinks [hijinks], horseplay, hijinks [high jinks], revels, partying, beano.
    Ex. 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.
    Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.
    Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.
    Ex. Again and again, the author races past important events in Evans' life in order to dwell on all his bedroom conquests and juvenile hijinks.
    Ex. Virtually all of the revels at court and many of the temporary, purpose built banqueting houses used to celebrate diplomatic occasions between 1543 and 1559 were produced and built under the supervision of Sir Thomas Cawarden.
    Ex. The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex. Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when Herman suggests that the three of them head off for a beano by the sea.
    ----
    * de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.
    * irse de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.
    * salir de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.
    * * *
    1) (fam)
    a) ( bromas)

    basta de jarana — that's enough fun and games o fooling around (colloq)

    b) ( juerga)

    salir de jarana — to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)

    3)
    b) (Per) ( fiesta) party ( with folk music)
    * * *
    = fireworks, high jinks [hijinks], horseplay, hijinks [high jinks], revels, partying, beano.

    Ex: 'You know, Tom, if I ever find another job -- and I'm already looking -- there will be some fireworks around here before I leave, I can guarantee you that!'.

    Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.
    Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.
    Ex: Again and again, the author races past important events in Evans' life in order to dwell on all his bedroom conquests and juvenile hijinks.
    Ex: Virtually all of the revels at court and many of the temporary, purpose built banqueting houses used to celebrate diplomatic occasions between 1543 and 1559 were produced and built under the supervision of Sir Thomas Cawarden.
    Ex: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex: Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when Herman suggests that the three of them head off for a beano by the sea.
    * de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.
    * irse de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.
    * salir de jarana = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.

    * * *
    A ( fam)
    1
    (bromas): basta de jarana that's enough fun and games o larking around o fooling around ( colloq)
    2
    (juerga): salir de jarana to go out on the town ( colloq), to go out partying ( colloq)
    C
    * * *

    jarana sustantivo femenino
    1 (fam)
    a) ( bromas):

    ◊ basta de jarana that's enough fun and games o fooling around (colloq)

    b) ( juerga):

    ◊ salir de jarana to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)

    2


    jarana f fam (juerga) binge, spree
    ' jarana' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pachanga
    English:
    revelry
    * * *
    jarana nf
    Fam
    1. [juerga]
    estar de jarana to party;
    irse de jarana to go out on the town
    2. [alboroto] rumpus;
    se organizó una gran jarana all hell broke loose
    3. Méx [guitarra] small guitar
    4. Méx [baile] = traditional dance of the Yucatan
    5. CAm [deuda] debt
    * * *
    f fam
    1 partying fam ;
    irse de jarana go out on the town fam, go out partying fam
    2 ( alboroto) racket
    * * *
    jarana nf
    1) fam : revelry, partying, spree
    2) fam : joking, fooling around
    3) : small guitar

    Spanish-English dictionary > jarana

  • 70 juerga

    f.
    1 rave-up, binge (informal).
    irse de juerga to go out on the town
    estar de juerga to be partying
    tomar algo a juerga to take something as a joke
    ¡qué juerga nos pasamos anoche con su primo! what a laugh we had with her cousin last night!
    2 drunken party, drinking session, rave-up, wassail.
    3 merrymaking.
    4 spree, boisterous merrymaking, drinking bout, good time.
    * * *
    1 familiar rave-up, bash
    ■ está siempre de juerga he's always out having a good time, he's always out partying
    \
    correrse una juerga to have a ball
    irse de juerga to go out on the town
    * * *
    femenino (fam)

    ir de juerga — to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)

    organizar una juerga — to have o throw a party

    correrse una juerga — (fam) to have a ball o a great time (colloq)

    * * *
    = bash, revels, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, partying, beano.
    Ex. The 'Book bash' designed to recruit special needs children and their families to the library.
    Ex. Virtually all of the revels at court and many of the temporary, purpose built banqueting houses used to celebrate diplomatic occasions between 1543 and 1559 were produced and built under the supervision of Sir Thomas Cawarden.
    Ex. Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.
    Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.
    Ex. After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.
    Ex. The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex. Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when Herman suggests that the three of them head off for a beano by the sea.
    ----
    * correrse una juerga = have + a ball, have + a great time.
    * de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.
    * irse de juerga = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.
    * juerga de cerveza = beer bash.
    * salir de juerga = go out + boozing, paint + the town red, go out on + the town.
    * * *
    femenino (fam)

    ir de juerga — to go out on the town o out partying (colloq)

    organizar una juerga — to have o throw a party

    correrse una juerga — (fam) to have a ball o a great time (colloq)

    * * *
    = bash, revels, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, partying, beano.

    Ex: The 'Book bash' designed to recruit special needs children and their families to the library.

    Ex: Virtually all of the revels at court and many of the temporary, purpose built banqueting houses used to celebrate diplomatic occasions between 1543 and 1559 were produced and built under the supervision of Sir Thomas Cawarden.
    Ex: Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.
    Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.
    Ex: After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.
    Ex: The party raged into the early morning hours drawing the attention of police, who have increased patrols in the area because of end of the year partying.
    Ex: Things take a turn for the unexpected, however, when Herman suggests that the three of them head off for a beano by the sea.
    * correrse una juerga = have + a ball, have + a great time.
    * de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.
    * irse de juerga = paint + the town red, go out on + the town.
    * juerga de cerveza = beer bash.
    * salir de juerga = go out + boozing, paint + the town red, go out on + the town.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    partying
    anoche nos fuimos de juerga last night we went out on the town o we went out partying ( colloq)
    organizar or montar una juerga to have o throw a party
    no puedo estar todas las noches de juerga I can't live it up every night, I can't go out on the town every night ( colloq)
    correrse una juerga ( fam); to have a ball o a great time ( colloq)
    * * *

    juerga sustantivo femenino (fam):
    ◊ ir de juerga to go out on the town o out partying (colloq);

    organizar una juerga to have o throw a party
    juerga f fam binge, rave-up
    correrse una juerga, to go on a binge

    ' juerga' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amiguete
    - compinche
    - correrse
    - desmadre
    - jarana
    - jolgorio
    - farra
    English:
    approve of
    - binge
    - booze-up
    - fling
    - night
    - out
    - piss-up
    - spree
    - bash
    * * *
    juerga nf
    Fam
    montar una juerga to party, Br to have a rave-up;
    correrse una juerga, irse de juerga to go out on the town;
    estar de juerga to be partying;
    tomar algo a juerga to take sth as a joke;
    ¡qué juerga nos pasamos anoche con su primo! what a laugh we had with her cousin last night!
    * * *
    f fam
    partying fam ;
    irse de juerga go out on the town fam, go out partying fam ;
    correrse una juerga have a ball fam
    * * *
    juerga nf
    : partying, binge
    irse de juerga: to go on a spree
    * * *
    juerga n party [pl. parties]

    Spanish-English dictionary > juerga

  • 71 literatura folclórica

    Ex. The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.
    * * *

    Ex: The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > literatura folclórica

  • 72 literatura tradicional

    Ex. The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.
    * * *

    Ex: The date of the publication of Bishop Thomas Percy's 'Reliques of ancient English poetry' made the study of folk literature academically respectable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > literatura tradicional

  • 73 mundo de fantasía

    (n.) = fantasy world, world of fancy
    Ex. The author presents a critique of some of the settings used in her novels (school, circus, nursery, holiday adventure, family, detectives, and fantasy worlds).
    Ex. 'A radically atheoretical posture is conceivable only in a purely theoretical world of wild fancy,' he wrote in response to Gary Thomas's article, 'What's the Use of Theory?'.
    * * *
    (n.) = fantasy world, world of fancy

    Ex: The author presents a critique of some of the settings used in her novels (school, circus, nursery, holiday adventure, family, detectives, and fantasy worlds).

    Ex: 'A radically atheoretical posture is conceivable only in a purely theoretical world of wild fancy,' he wrote in response to Gary Thomas's article, 'What's the Use of Theory?'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo de fantasía

  • 74 pagar una deuda

    (v.) = repay + debt, satisfy + debt, pay off + debt, pay up
    Ex. The company, which was close to bankruptcy in 1988, repaid its debts in 1989.
    Ex. Thomas Jefferson willed his book collection to the University of Virginia of which he was the first rector (these books, in fact, were auctioned by his executors to satisfy his debts).
    Ex. It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.
    Ex. Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.
    * * *
    (v.) = repay + debt, satisfy + debt, pay off + debt, pay up

    Ex: The company, which was close to bankruptcy in 1988, repaid its debts in 1989.

    Ex: Thomas Jefferson willed his book collection to the University of Virginia of which he was the first rector (these books, in fact, were auctioned by his executors to satisfy his debts).
    Ex: It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.
    Ex: Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pagar una deuda

  • 75 pasar sin

    v.
    to go without, to do without.
    * * *
    to do without
    * * *
    (v.) = get along without, forego [forgo], do without, live without
    Ex. It is thus that the library makes itself almost impossible to get along without.
    Ex. I cannot forgo commenting first on Mr Gorman's presentation because I think that it characterizes best the spirit of the present revision.
    Ex. Serials management is one application that a majority of the public libraries have opted to do without.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'I cannot live without books': Thomas Jefferson, bibliophile'.
    * * *
    (v.) = get along without, forego [forgo], do without, live without

    Ex: It is thus that the library makes itself almost impossible to get along without.

    Ex: I cannot forgo commenting first on Mr Gorman's presentation because I think that it characterizes best the spirit of the present revision.
    Ex: Serials management is one application that a majority of the public libraries have opted to do without.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'I cannot live without books': Thomas Jefferson, bibliophile'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar sin

  • 76 pillo

    f. & m.
    1 rascal, scamp, sly fellow.
    2 burglar, thief.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pillar.
    * * *
    1 (travieso) naughty
    2 (astuto) crafty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (niño) little monkey, little devil
    2 (adulto) rogue, rascal
    * * *
    pillo, -a
    1.
    ADJ [adulto] sly, crafty; [niño] naughty
    2.
    SM / F (=adulto) rogue, scoundrel; (=niño) rascal, scamp
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex. In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    * * *
    I
    - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq); ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    II
    - lla masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq); ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = streetwise [street-wise], crafty, street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, rascal, scallywag [scalawag, -USA], rapscallion.

    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.

    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals.
    Ex: In other words, we either have morons or thugs running the White House -- or perhaps one moron, one thug, and a smattering of scalawags in between.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) naughty, wicked ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty, cunning
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (travieso) rascal ( colloq)
    2 (astuto) crafty o cunning devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo pillar: ( conjugate pillar)

    pillo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    pilló es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pillar    
    pillo
    pillar ( conjugate pillar) verbo transitivo
    1 (fam)

    ◊ le pilló un dedo it caught o trapped her finger;

    ¡te pillé! caught o got you!
    b) ‹catarro/resfriado› to catch

    2 (Esp fam) [ coche] to hit
    pillarse verbo pronominal (fam) ‹dedos/manga› to catch
    pillo
    ◊ - lla adjetivo (fam) ( travieso) naughty, wicked (colloq);


    ( astuto) crafty, cunning
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( travieso) rascal (colloq);
    ( astuto) crafty o cunning devil (colloq)
    pillar verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa, enfermedad) to catch
    2 (atropellar) to run over
    3 (sorprender) to catch
    4 (un chiste, una idea) to get
    5 (robar) to steal ➣ Ver nota en catch
    ♦ Locuciones: me pilla de camino, it's on my way
    pillo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (travieso, trasto) naughty
    2 (astuto) cunning
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (niño travieso) rascal
    2 (astuto) cunning devil
    ' pillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pilla
    - renuncio
    - sinvergüenza
    - tuna
    - tuno
    - pillar
    English:
    rascal
    - roguish
    - tag
    - rogue
    * * *
    pillo, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [travieso] mischievous
    2. [astuto] crafty
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [pícaro] rascal
    2. [astuto] crafty person
    * * *
    I adj mischievous
    II m, pilla f rascal
    * * *
    pillo, - lla adj
    : cunning, crafty
    pillo, - lla n
    1) : rascal, brat
    2) : rogue, scoundrel
    * * *
    pillo n (niño) rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pillo

  • 77 pilluelo

    m.
    1 rascal, vagabond, hoodlum.
    2 little devil, rascal, urchin, gamin.
    * * *
    1 scamp, ragamuffin, urchin
    * * *
    SM rascal, scamp
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) little rascal (colloq)
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * * *
    - la masculino, femenino (fam) little rascal (colloq)
    * * *
    = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, ragamuffin.

    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); little rascal ( colloq)
    * * *
    pilluelo, -a nm,f
    Fam rascal, scamp
    * * *
    m, pilluela f fam
    scamp, little rascal
    * * *
    pilluelo, -la n
    : urchin

    Spanish-English dictionary > pilluelo

  • 78 portavoz

    f. & m.
    spokesman, (f) spokeswoman (person).
    m.
    1 voice.
    2 spokesman, spokesperson of a cause, spokesperson, mouthpiece.
    3 spokeswoman.
    4 megaphone, speaking trumpet.
    * * *
    1 (gen) spokesperson; (hombre) spokesman; (mujer) spokeswoman
    * * *
    noun mf.
    spokesperson, spokesman / spokeswoman
    * * *
    1.
    SMF spokesman/spokeswoman, spokesperson
    2. SM
    1) pey (=periódico, emisora) mouthpiece
    2) (=altavoz) megaphone, loudhailer
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (m) spokesperson, spokesman; (f) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    * * *
    = spokesman [spokesmen, -pl.], spokesperson [spokespeople, -pl.], mouthpiece, spokeswoman [spokeswomen, -pl.], spin doctor, megaphone, spinner, voice.
    Ex. The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.
    Ex. Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
    Ex. This is the 1st issue of a journal intended as the mouthpiece of the Scottish Branch of the Library Association (UK) = Éste es el primer número de una revista cuyo objetivo es ser el portavoz de la Filial Escocesa de la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Británica.
    Ex. The UK Labour Party spokeswoman on information technology reviewed some of the future applications of the information superhighway to education.
    Ex. The author suggests that the spin doctor is a new communication role, and raises questions about its relationship to the traditional public relations model.
    Ex. When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
    Ex. The writer discusses how presidential spinner Ari Fleischer responded to questions about the proposed war with Iraq.
    Ex. There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    ----
    * el portavoz de = the voice of.
    * portavoz del gobierno = press spokesman.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (m) spokesperson, spokesman; (f) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    * * *
    = spokesman [spokesmen, -pl.], spokesperson [spokespeople, -pl.], mouthpiece, spokeswoman [spokeswomen, -pl.], spin doctor, megaphone, spinner, voice.

    Ex: The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.

    Ex: Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
    Ex: This is the 1st issue of a journal intended as the mouthpiece of the Scottish Branch of the Library Association (UK) = Éste es el primer número de una revista cuyo objetivo es ser el portavoz de la Filial Escocesa de la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Británica.
    Ex: The UK Labour Party spokeswoman on information technology reviewed some of the future applications of the information superhighway to education.
    Ex: The author suggests that the spin doctor is a new communication role, and raises questions about its relationship to the traditional public relations model.
    Ex: When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
    Ex: The writer discusses how presidential spinner Ari Fleischer responded to questions about the proposed war with Iraq.
    Ex: There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    * el portavoz de = the voice of.
    * portavoz del gobierno = press spokesman.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) spokesperson, spokesman; ( feminine) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    Compuesto:
    foreman
    * * *

    portavoz sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) spokesperson, spokesman;
    (f) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    portavoz mf spokesperson
    (hombre) spokesman
    (mujer) spokeswoman: este periódico es el portavoz del partido socialista, this newspaper is the voice of the Socialist Party
    ' portavoz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    erigirse
    - vocera
    - vocero
    - autorizado
    - personero
    English:
    mouthpiece
    - shadow cabinet
    - spokesman
    - spokesperson
    - spokeswoman
    - mouth
    - spin
    * * *
    1. [persona] spokesperson, spokesman, f spokeswoman
    2. [medio de comunicación] mouthpiece;
    esa cadena de televisión es la portavoz del gobierno that television channel is the voice o mouthpiece of the government
    * * *
    m/f hombre spokesman; mujer spokeswoman
    * * *
    portavoz nmf, pl - voces : spokesperson, spokesman m, spokeswoman f
    * * *
    portavoz n spokesperson
    Si es un hombre, se puede decir spokesman [pl. spokesmen]; si es una mujer, spokeswoman [pl. spokeswomen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > portavoz

  • 79 prescindir de

    v.
    to do without, to disregard, to abstain from, to dispense with.
    * * *
    1 (pasar sin) to do without; (no contar con) to leave out
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    (v.) = do without, cut out of + the loop, cut out, live without, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture
    Ex. Serials management is one application that a majority of the public libraries have opted to do without.
    Ex. Attempts to examine the likely future prospects for secondary services in an industry where the secondary services are increasingly seen as middlemen and may suffer the fate of many middlemen by being cut out of the loop.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'I cannot live without books': Thomas Jefferson, bibliophile'.
    Ex. Congress is being left out of the picture, and, more importantly, the American people are left in the dark once again.
    Ex. My reading of Joel's comments was that he'd be willing to drop all the others out of the picture if one of you were willing to do the whole thing.
    * * *
    (v.) = do without, cut out of + the loop, cut out, live without, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture

    Ex: Serials management is one application that a majority of the public libraries have opted to do without.

    Ex: Attempts to examine the likely future prospects for secondary services in an industry where the secondary services are increasingly seen as middlemen and may suffer the fate of many middlemen by being cut out of the loop.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'I cannot live without books': Thomas Jefferson, bibliophile'.
    Ex: Congress is being left out of the picture, and, more importantly, the American people are left in the dark once again.
    Ex: My reading of Joel's comments was that he'd be willing to drop all the others out of the picture if one of you were willing to do the whole thing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > prescindir de

  • 80 proclamar

    v.
    1 to proclaim.
    Ella declaró sus razones She declared her reasons.
    2 to acclaim.
    3 to declare.
    * * *
    2 (revelar) to broadcast
    1 to proclaim oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to proclaim
    2.
    proclamarse v pron to proclaim oneself
    * * *
    = enunciate, proclaim, trumpet.
    Ex. The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.
    Ex. Having proclaimed the merits of pre-coordination in effective and efficient retrieval, the next chapter examines pre-coordinate indexing systems in greater detail.
    Ex. Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.
    ----
    * proclamar abiertamente = be vociferous about/in.
    * proclamar a los cuatro vientos = shout + Nombre + from the rooftops.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to proclaim
    2.
    proclamarse v pron to proclaim oneself
    * * *
    = enunciate, proclaim, trumpet.

    Ex: The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.

    Ex: Having proclaimed the merits of pre-coordination in effective and efficient retrieval, the next chapter examines pre-coordinate indexing systems in greater detail.
    Ex: Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.
    * proclamar abiertamente = be vociferous about/in.
    * proclamar a los cuatro vientos = shout + Nombre + from the rooftops.

    * * *
    proclamar [A1 ]
    vt
    to proclaim
    fue proclamado rey he was proclaimed king
    fue proclamada la ley marcial martial law was declared o proclaimed
    proclamó su inocencia he proclaimed o protested his innocence
    to proclaim oneself
    se proclamó jefe supremo de las fuerzas armadas he proclaimed himself commander-in-chief of the armed forces
    se proclamó campeón por cuarta vez he became champion o he won the championship for the fourth time
    * * *

    proclamar ( conjugate proclamar) verbo transitivo
    to proclaim
    proclamarse verbo pronominal
    to proclaim oneself
    proclamar verbo transitivo to proclaim
    ' proclamar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    declarar
    English:
    declare
    - proclaim
    - nominate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [nombrar] to proclaim
    2. [anunciar] to declare;
    el presidente ha proclamado su inocencia en el escándalo the president has declared his innocence in the scandal;
    no es necesario proclamarlo a los cuatro vientos you don't need to broadcast it
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( decir públicamente) proclaim
    2 ( revelar) show
    * * *
    : to proclaim

    Spanish-English dictionary > proclamar

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