tiene un carácter muy peculiar

un rasgo peculiar de su carácter — a particular o characteristic trait of his

su comportamiento es un tanto peculiar — his behaviour is a bit peculiar o unusual

Ex: However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.

sin otro particular, se despide atentamente... — [en correspondencia] yours faithfully, sincerely yours (EEUU)

rasgos que les son particulares — characteristics (which are) peculiar o unique to them

tiene un estilo muy particular — she has a very individual o personal style

es un tipo muy particular — (fam) he's a very peculiar guy

no tiene nada de particular que vaya — there's nothing unusual o strange in her going

sin otro particular le saluda — sincerely yours (AmE), yours faithfully (BrE)

de particular — (RPl) out of uniform

rasgos que les son particulares — characteristics (which are) peculiar o unique to them

tiene un estilo muy particular — she has a very individual o personal style

es un tipo muy particular — (fam) he's a very peculiar guy

no tiene nada de particular que vaya — there's nothing unusual o strange in her going

sin otro particular le saluda — sincerely yours (AmE), yours faithfully (BrE)

de particular — (RPl) out of uniform

Ex: Special pricing policies introduced recently by several international publishers have resulted in libraries having to pay more than private individuals for books.

Ex: If access is limited to certain specified times, the term 'off-line' is applied.

de especial interés es el trabajo de este novelista — the work of this novelist is especially interesting o of special interest

pedimos disculpas a todos, y en especial a... — we apologize to everyone, and especially o particularly to...

qué especial eres para comer! — you're so picky o fussy about your food! (colloq)

qué especial eres para comer! — you're so picky o fussy about your food! (colloq)

Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.

sentido del ridículo, su sentido del ridículo le impidió hacerlo — he felt self-conscious o embarrassed so he didn't do it

tiene un gran sentido del ridículo — she easily feels self-conscious o embarrassed

la vida sin ti no tendría sentido — without you life would have no meaning o would be meaningless

• doble sentido — double meaning

• sin sentido — [palabras, comentario] meaningless

no le veo sentido a esta discusión — I can't see any sense o point in this argument

• sin sentido — [crueldad, violencia] senseless

• tener sentido — to make sense

solo tiene sentido quejarse si así puedes conseguir lo que quieres — it only makes sense to complain if o the only point in complaining is if you can then get what you want

no tiene sentido que te disculpes ahora — it's pointless (you) apologizing now, there's no sense o point in (you) apologizing now

• perder el sentido — to lose consciousness

• recobrar el sentido — to regain consciousness

• en el sentido de las agujas del reloj — clockwise

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise, counterclockwise (EEUU)

• en sentido amplio — in the broad sense

• en el buen sentido de la palabra — in the best o good sense of the word

• en cierto sentido — in a sense

• en ese sentido — [con nombre] to that effect; [con verbo] in that sense, in that respect

en ese sentido no sabemos qué hacer — in that sense o respect, we don't know what to do

• en sentido estricto — in the strict sense of the word o term

no es, en sentido estricto, un pez de río — it's not a freshwater fish in the strict sense of the word o term, it's not strictly speaking a freshwater fish

• en sentido figurado — in the figurative sense, figuratively

• en sentido lato — in the broad sense

• tomar algo en el mal sentido — to take sth the wrong way

• en tal sentido — to that effect

un acuerdo en tal sentido sería interpretado como una privatización — such an agreement o an agreement to that effect would be interpreted as privatization

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

Ex: In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.

rasgos — characteristics ( of one's handwriting)

rasgo de generosidad — act of generosity; (=acción noble) noble gesture

Ex: The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.

character assassination — ( public slander) difamación f

character reference — referencias fpl

he's a nasty character — es un mal tipo (fam)

chief character — protagonista mf

he's a very odd character — es un tipo muy raro *

character actor N — actor m de carácter

character actress N — actriz f de carácter

character assassination N — difamación f

character code N — (Comput) código m de caracteres

character development N — (in a novel, play, film) evolución f de los personajes

character part N — (Theat) papel m de carácter

character recognition N — (Comput) reconocimiento m de caracteres

character recognition software N — software m de reconocimiento de caracteres

character reference N — informe m, referencia f

character set N — (Typ) juego m de caracteres

character sketch N — esbozo m de carácter

character space N — (Typ) espacio m (de carácter)

character trait N — (=characteristic) rasgo m de carácter

character witness N — testigo de la defensa que atestigua el buen carácter del acusado

character assassination — ( public slander) difamación f

character reference — referencias fpl

he's a nasty character — es un mal tipo (fam)

sin sabor — tasteless; (fig) insipid

sabor local — local colour, local color (EEUU)

dejar a alguien con mal sabor de boca — to leave a bad taste in one's mouth

dejar a alguien con mal sabor de boca — to leave a bad taste in one's mouth

Ex: Plainly, in many documents sections that can be regarded as truly representative of the flavour of the original are absent or difficult to identify.