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  • 81 acarrear

    v.
    1 to carry.
    El furgón transporta provisiones The van transports provisions
    Esa frase lleva mala intención That phrase carries bad intention.
    2 to give rise to.
    * * *
    1 (transportar) to carry, transport
    2 figurado (producir) to cause, bring, give rise to
    * * *
    verb
    1) to carry, haul
    2) bring, give rise to
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=transportar) to transport, carry; (=arrastrar) to cart
    2) (=causar) to cause, bring in its train o wake

    le acarreó muchos disgustos — it caused o brought him lots of problems

    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < problema> to give rise to, lead to
    b) <materiales/paquetes> to carry
    c) (Chi fam) < persona> to take
    * * *
    = haul, mean, cart, tote.
    Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
    Ex. These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.
    Ex. In England, this job fell to the nightmen, who came after dark to cart the city waste into the countryside for fertilizer.
    Ex. These bags are the best way to tote around your books, groceries, beach stuff, or even your puppy.
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    * acarrear con las consecuencias = bear + the consequences.
    * acarrear consecuencias = carry + implications.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < problema> to give rise to, lead to
    b) <materiales/paquetes> to carry
    c) (Chi fam) < persona> to take
    * * *
    = haul, mean, cart, tote.

    Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

    Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.
    Ex: In England, this job fell to the nightmen, who came after dark to cart the city waste into the countryside for fertilizer.
    Ex: These bags are the best way to tote around your books, groceries, beach stuff, or even your puppy.
    * acarrear con las consecuencias = bear + the consequences.
    * acarrear consecuencias = carry + implications.

    * * *
    acarrear [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹desgracia/problema› to give rise to, lead to, result in
    acarrea un peligro real de pérdida de identidad it brings with it o it gives rise to o it leads to a genuine risk of loss of identity
    2 ‹materiales/paquetes› (en un camión) to carry, truck ( AmE); (cargar, llevar en peso) to cart, carry, lug ( colloq)
    3 ( Chi fam) (en el auto) to take, drive
    4 ( Méx) (movilizar) to mobilize
    ■ acarrear
    vi
    ( Chi fam)
    1 (arrasar) acarrear CON algo to sweep sth away
    2 (robar) acarrear CON algo to make off WITH sth
    ( Chi fam) to move
    acarréate para acá come o move over this way
    * * *

    acarrear ( conjugate acarrear) verbo transitivo


    b) ‹materiales/paquetes› to carry

    acarrear verbo transitivo
    1 (transportar) to carry, transport: tuvimos que acarrear los sacos de cemento, we had to lug the sacks full of cement
    2 fig (tener consecuencias) to entail
    ' acarrear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    involve
    - entail
    - hod
    - incur
    - result
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ocasionar] to give rise to;
    el abuso del medicamento acarrea problemas musculares if this medicine is not used in the correct dosage it can give rise to muscular problems;
    los hijos acarrean muchos gastos bringing up children involves a lot of expense;
    el cambio de ciudad le acarreó muchos problemas moving to another city created a lot of problems for her;
    un delito que puede acarrear penas de cárcel a crime which can carry a prison sentence
    2. [transportar] to carry;
    [carbón] to haul
    * * *
    v/t
    1 carry
    2 fig
    give rise to, cause
    * * *
    1) : to haul, to carry
    2) : to bring, to give rise to
    los problemas que acarrea: the problems that come along with it

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  • 82 actuar de puente

    (v.) = act as + a bridge
    Ex. Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.
    * * *
    (v.) = act as + a bridge

    Ex: Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.

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  • 83 aflojar el paso

    (v.) = slow down, slow up
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    * * *
    (v.) = slow down, slow up

    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aflojar el paso

  • 84 aflojar la marcha

    (v.) = slow down, slow up
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    * * *
    (v.) = slow down, slow up

    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aflojar la marcha

  • 85 aminorar el paso

    to slow down
    * * *
    (v.) = slow down, slow up
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    * * *
    (v.) = slow down, slow up

    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.

    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aminorar el paso

  • 86 aminorar la marcha

    (v.) = slow up
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    * * *
    (v.) = slow up

    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aminorar la marcha

  • 87 aprender de memoria

    (v.) = memorise [memorize, -USA], learn + Nombre + off pat
    Ex. This practice was discontinued in 1975 since staff found the codes hard to memorise and time-consuming to check.
    Ex. Kids are always going to learn the language off-pat if they are provided with the opportunity to listen and repeat.
    * * *
    (v.) = memorise [memorize, -USA], learn + Nombre + off pat

    Ex: This practice was discontinued in 1975 since staff found the codes hard to memorise and time-consuming to check.

    Ex: Kids are always going to learn the language off-pat if they are provided with the opportunity to listen and repeat.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprender de memoria

  • 88 bibliotecario encargado de las adquisiciones

    Ex. This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere.
    * * *

    Ex: This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bibliotecario encargado de las adquisiciones

  • 89 búsqueda de información

    = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking
    Ex. Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.
    Ex. Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.
    Ex. Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
    * * *
    = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking

    Ex: Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, of fact-finding and didacticism, children too often come to suppose that this is the sole nature and purpose of all books.

    Ex: Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.
    Ex: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda de información

  • 90 caro

    adj.
    1 expensive, costly, dear, high-priced.
    2 dear, cherished, beloved.
    * * *
    1 (costoso) expensive, dear
    2 (difícil) difficult
    1 at a high price
    \
    costar caro,-a / salir caro,-a (ser costoso) to cost a lot 2 (causar daño) to cost dear
    pagar caro,-a to pay a high price (for)
    vender caro,-a to sell at a high price
    ————————
    1 at a high price
    * * *
    (f. - cara)
    adj.
    2) dear
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=costoso) expensive, dear

    • costar caro — to be expensive, cost a lot

    el abrigo me costó muy caro — my coat was very expensive, my coat cost a lot

    • pagar caro algo — to pay dearly for sth

    • salir caro, un piso amueblado sale más caro — a furnished flat is more expensive

    2) (=querido) liter dear, beloved

    ¡mi caro amigo! — my dear o beloved friend!

    2.
    ADV

    vender caro: esa tienda vende caro — that shop is expensive

    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <coche/entrada/ciudad> expensive

    la vida está muy cara — everything costs so much o things are so expensive nowadays

    b) (como adv)
    2) (liter) ( querido) dear
    II
    adverbio <comprar/vender>

    en esa tienda venden muy caro — they charge a lot in that store; ver tb caro I 1) b)

    * * *
    = costly [costlier -comp., costliest -sup.], expensive, dear [dearer -comp., dearest -sup.], expensively, pricey [pricier -comp., priciest -sup.], pricy [pricier -comp., priciest -sup.].
    Nota: También escrito pricey.
    Ex. Controlled-language indexing is extremely time-consuming and costly.
    Ex. However, since most hosts are in South East England, access can be expensive from other parts of the UK.
    Ex. The author argues that delivery of knowledge via books and periodicals is too expensive and examines possible reasons why periodicals are so dear.
    Ex. In 1800 all paper was made, rather expensively, by hand.
    Ex. My understanding is that this is fairly pricey, too.
    Ex. These could be the next hot thing but they are still very pricy, almost too pricy for most golfers.
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    * de cara a = face-to-face [face to face].
    * de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.
    * demasiado caro = overpriced [over-priced].
    * de tres caras = three-sided.
    * de una sola cara = single sided.
    * extremadamente caro = prohibitively expensive.
    * lo caro = expensiveness.
    * mantenimiento caro = high maintenance.
    * muy caro = high priced [high-priced].
    * otra cara de + Nombre, la = flip side of + Nombre, the.
    * pagar caro = pay + penalty, pay + dearly.
    * resultar caro = prove + expensive, prove + costly.
    * ser caro = be steep.
    * venderse caro = play + hard to get, play it + cool.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <coche/entrada/ciudad> expensive

    la vida está muy cara — everything costs so much o things are so expensive nowadays

    b) (como adv)
    2) (liter) ( querido) dear
    II
    adverbio <comprar/vender>

    en esa tienda venden muy caro — they charge a lot in that store; ver tb caro I 1) b)

    * * *
    = costly [costlier -comp., costliest -sup.], expensive, dear [dearer -comp., dearest -sup.], expensively, pricey [pricier -comp., priciest -sup.], pricy [pricier -comp., priciest -sup.].
    Nota: También escrito pricey.

    Ex: Controlled-language indexing is extremely time-consuming and costly.

    Ex: However, since most hosts are in South East England, access can be expensive from other parts of the UK.
    Ex: The author argues that delivery of knowledge via books and periodicals is too expensive and examines possible reasons why periodicals are so dear.
    Ex: In 1800 all paper was made, rather expensively, by hand.
    Ex: My understanding is that this is fairly pricey, too.
    Ex: These could be the next hot thing but they are still very pricy, almost too pricy for most golfers.
    * de cara a = face-to-face [face to face].
    * de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.
    * demasiado caro = overpriced [over-priced].
    * de tres caras = three-sided.
    * de una sola cara = single sided.
    * extremadamente caro = prohibitively expensive.
    * lo caro = expensiveness.
    * mantenimiento caro = high maintenance.
    * muy caro = high priced [high-priced].
    * otra cara de + Nombre, la = flip side of + Nombre, the.
    * pagar caro = pay + penalty, pay + dearly.
    * resultar caro = prove + expensive, prove + costly.
    * ser caro = be steep.
    * venderse caro = play + hard to get, play it + cool.

    * * *
    caro1 -ra
    A
    1 ‹coche/entrada› expensive
    es demasiado caro it's too expensive o dear
    la fiesta nos salió carísima the party cost us a small fortune
    2 ‹ciudad/restaurante› expensive
    la vida está muy cara hoy en día everything costs so much o things are so expensive nowadays
    tú tienes gustos muy caros you have very expensive tastes
    3 ( como adv):
    pagarás caro tu error you'll pay dearly for your mistake
    esa actitud negativa le costó caro his negative attitude cost him dear
    venden sus tapices carísimos they sell their tapestries at very high prices, they charge a lot for their tapestries
    las entradas les costaron muy caras they had to pay a lot of money for the tickets, their tickets were very expensive
    B ( liter) (querido) dear
    recuerdos que me son muy caros memories which are very dear to me
    caros hermanos dearly beloved
    ‹comprar/vender›
    en esa tienda venden muy caro they charge a lot in that store
    ver tb caro1 adj A 3. (↑ caro (1))
    * * *

     

    caro 1
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    a) ‹coche/entrada/ciudad› expensive;


    b) ( como adv):


    pagarás caro tu error you'll pay dearly for your mistake
    caro 2 adverbio:

    ver tb caro 1 b
    caro,-a
    I adjetivo expensive, dear
    II adverbio (en el precio) el piso nos costó caro, we paid a lot for the flat
    (en las consecuencias) pagará caro su desprecio, he'll pay dearly for his scorn

    ' caro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amortizar
    - cara
    - costar
    - de
    - demasiada
    - demasiado
    - inasequible
    - llenado
    - mantenimiento
    - pagadera
    - pagadero
    - peaje
    - realmente
    - salada
    - salado
    - clavar
    - encarecer
    - encima
    - estar
    - hablar
    - poco
    - salir
    - sí
    English:
    as
    - competition
    - deal
    - dear
    - expensive
    - hog
    - matter
    - mention
    - side
    - twice
    - which
    - white elephant
    - dearly
    - go
    - grant
    - most
    - over
    - price
    * * *
    caro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [costoso] expensive;
    ser muy caro to be very expensive o dear;
    la vida está muy cara everything is so expensive
    2. Formal [querido] cherished
    ♦ adv
    costar caro to be expensive;
    este televisor nos salió muy caro this television cost us a lot;
    pagar caro algo to pay dearly for sth;
    salir caro: un día te va a salir cara tu conducta you'll pay dearly for this behaviour one day;
    vender caro algo not to give sth up easily;
    vendieron cara su derrota their enemy paid a high price for their victory
    * * *
    adj expensive, dear;
    costar caro fig cost dear
    * * *
    caro adv
    : dearly, a lot
    pagué caro: I paid a high price
    caro, -ra adj
    1) : expensive, dear
    2) querido: dear, beloved
    * * *
    caro adj expensive / dear

    Spanish-English dictionary > caro

  • 91 catálogo de publicaciones periódicas

    Ex. These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.
    * * *

    Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > catálogo de publicaciones periódicas

  • 92 consultable

    ADJ
    * * *
    = browsable, queriable.
    Ex. The Index Menu lists the browsable indexes for the database, with a two-letter label for each index.
    Ex. In other words making the entire site queriable might be a complex and a time-consuming task.
    * * *
    = browsable, queriable.

    Ex: The Index Menu lists the browsable indexes for the database, with a two-letter label for each index.

    Ex: In other words making the entire site queriable might be a complex and a time-consuming task.

    Spanish-English dictionary > consultable

  • 93 dar lugar a

    to give rise to
    * * *
    (v.) = cause, generate, give + rise to, mean, result (in), leave + room for, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to
    Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.
    Ex. Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.
    Ex. Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex. Pavements is included in the American sense; as Sidewalks does not rate a mention at all, this could leave room for ambiguity.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. At each of these levels, entry of a 'd' for detail and a line number leads to display of the information about the item chosen.
    Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.
    Ex. Thus Cutter opens the door to compounds and phrases of all kinds -- so long as they are 'nameable' -- and also opens the door to inversion, but gives no rule for this.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * * *
    (v.) = cause, generate, give + rise to, mean, result (in), leave + room for, bring about, lead to, cause, open + the door to, give + cause to, give + occasion to

    Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

    Ex: Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.
    Ex: Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex: Pavements is included in the American sense; as Sidewalks does not rate a mention at all, this could leave room for ambiguity.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: At each of these levels, entry of a 'd' for detail and a line number leads to display of the information about the item chosen.
    Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.
    Ex: Thus Cutter opens the door to compounds and phrases of all kinds -- so long as they are 'nameable' -- and also opens the door to inversion, but gives no rule for this.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar lugar a

  • 94 desenterrar

    v.
    1 to disinter.
    2 to recall, to revive.
    3 to dig up, to dig out, to plough up, to plow up.
    El perro desentierra huesos The dog digs up bones.
    4 to exhume, to disentomb, to disinter, to unbury.
    La policía desenterró el cadáver The police exhumed the corpse.
    5 to bring to light, to uncover, to dig up, to rake up.
    El periodista desenterró sus secretos The reporter raked up his secrets.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 (un objeto) to unearth, dig up; (cadáver) to disinter, exhume
    2 figurado (recuerdos) to recall, revive
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ cadáver] to disinter; [+ tesoro] to unearth
    2) [+ recuerdo, odio] to rake up
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < cadáver> to exhume, dig up; <hueso/tesoro> to unearth, dig up
    b) <recuerdo/rencor> to rake up, dig up
    * * *
    = excavate, unearth, disinter, dredge up, exhume, dig out.
    Ex. The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.
    Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex. Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.
    Ex. The learning situations must be so structured that the child will dredge up, so to speak, his or her own vocabulary.
    Ex. This article describes a human rights investigation designed to identify bodies exhumed from mass graves in Bosnia.
    Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.
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    * desenterrar el hacha de guerra = take up + the tomahawk, dig up + the tomahawk, dig up + the hatchet, dig up + the war axe.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < cadáver> to exhume, dig up; <hueso/tesoro> to unearth, dig up
    b) <recuerdo/rencor> to rake up, dig up
    * * *
    = excavate, unearth, disinter, dredge up, exhume, dig out.

    Ex: The department has undertaken studies of dinosaurs from material excavated on the Victorian coastline.

    Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    Ex: Tests such as this one will often disinter the real citation intended but it is a time consuming task.
    Ex: The learning situations must be so structured that the child will dredge up, so to speak, his or her own vocabulary.
    Ex: This article describes a human rights investigation designed to identify bodies exhumed from mass graves in Bosnia.
    Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.
    * desenterrar el hacha de guerra = take up + the tomahawk, dig up + the tomahawk, dig up + the hatchet, dig up + the war axe.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹cadáver› to exhume, dig up; ‹hueso/tesoro› to unearth, dig up
    2 ‹recuerdo/rencor› to rake up, dig up
    * * *

    desenterrar ( conjugate desenterrar) verbo transitivo ‹ cadáver› to exhume, dig up;
    ‹ruinas/tesoro› to unearth, dig up
    desenterrar verbo transitivo
    1 (un cadáver) to disinter, exhume
    (un hueso, cofre, etc) to dig up
    2 (un recuerdo) to revive
    ' desenterrar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dig up
    - disinter
    - unearth
    - dig
    - dredge
    - resurrect
    * * *
    1. [cadáver] to disinter;
    [tesoro, restos arqueológicos] to dig up;
    2. [recordar] to recall, to revive
    3. [sacar a la luz]
    desenterrar viejos rencores to rake up old quarrels;
    un sello discográfico dedicado a desenterrar viejos éxitos a record label which specializes in reviving old hits
    * * *
    v/t disinter, dig up; fig: viejo amor, odios resurrect; escándalo dig up
    * * *
    desenterrar {55} vt
    1) exhumar: to exhume
    2) : to unearth, to dig up

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenterrar

  • 95 despiadado

    adj.
    merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 ruthless, merciless
    * * *
    (f. - despiadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex. The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.

    * * *
    ‹persona› ruthless, heartless; ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    * * *

    despiadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› ruthless, heartless;


    ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
    ' despiadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - despiadada
    English:
    cold-blooded
    - cold-hearted
    - cutthroat
    - merciless
    - pitiless
    - remorseless
    - ruthless
    - unmerciful
    - vicious
    - cold
    * * *
    despiadado, -a adj
    [persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
    * * *
    adj ruthless
    * * *
    despiadado, -da adj
    cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless
    * * *
    despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado

  • 96 disminuir la velocidad

    to slow down
    * * *
    (v.) = slow up
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    * * *
    (v.) = slow up

    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminuir la velocidad

  • 97 documentos primarios

    (n.) = primary material, primary source material
    Ex. Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.
    Ex. Libraries, archives and record offices must collect and preserve for posterity as much primary source material as they are able and exploit it as much as possible.
    * * *
    (n.) = primary material, primary source material

    Ex: Librarians must now act as a bridge between vital sources of primary material and users who need guidance in the difficult and time-consuming quest for information.

    Ex: Libraries, archives and record offices must collect and preserve for posterity as much primary source material as they are able and exploit it as much as possible.

    Spanish-English dictionary > documentos primarios

  • 98 donde se pueden hacer búsquedas

    (adj.) = queriable
    Ex. In other words making the entire site queriable might be a complex and a time-consuming task.
    * * *
    (adj.) = queriable

    Ex: In other words making the entire site queriable might be a complex and a time-consuming task.

    Spanish-English dictionary > donde se pueden hacer búsquedas

  • 99 en activo

    = practising [practicing, -USA]
    Ex. The practising classifier is almost obliged to thumb index the volumes to make their use less time-consuming.
    * * *
    = practising [practicing, -USA]

    Ex: The practising classifier is almost obliged to thumb index the volumes to make their use less time-consuming.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en activo

  • 100 en ejercicio

    practising (US practicing)
    * * *
    = incumbent, practising [practicing, -USA]
    Ex. The incumbent director, who had held the position for 28 years, planned to retire as soon as the board found a suitable replacement.
    Ex. The practising classifier is almost obliged to thumb index the volumes to make their use less time-consuming.
    * * *
    = incumbent, practising [practicing, -USA]

    Ex: The incumbent director, who had held the position for 28 years, planned to retire as soon as the board found a suitable replacement.

    Ex: The practising classifier is almost obliged to thumb index the volumes to make their use less time-consuming.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en ejercicio

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