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to be heartless (

Толкование Перевод

1 falta de humanidad

• heartless

• heartrending

• lack of certainty

• lack of competition

• lack of harmony

• lack of importance

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > falta de humanidad
2 desalmado

adj.

cruel, inhuman, heartless, conscienceless.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: desalmar.

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desalmado

► adjetivo

1 (malvado) wicked

2 (cruel) cruel, heartless

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (malvado) wicked person

2 (cruel) cruel person, heartless person

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ADJ cruel, heartless

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- da masculino, femenino

es un desalmado — he's completely heartless

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= cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.

Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

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.

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- da masculino, femenino

es un desalmado — he's completely heartless

* * *

= cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.

Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

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.

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desalmado¹ -da

adjective

heartless, callous

desalmado² -da

masculine, feminine

heartless o callous swine ( colloq)

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desalmado,-a
I adjetivo cruel, heartless
II sustantivo masculino y femenino heartless person: solo un desalmado cometería un crimen así, only a cruel, heartless person could have committed such a crime
' desalmado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desalmada
English:
fiend
- fiendish

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desalmado, -a

♦ adj

heartless

♦ nm,f

heartless person;

es un desalmado he's completely heartless

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desalmado

I adj heartless

II m, desalmada f

:

es un desalmado he is heartless

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desalmado, -da adj

: heartless, callous

Spanish-English dictionary > desalmado
3 despiadado

adj.

merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.

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despiadado

► adjetivo

1 ruthless, merciless

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(f. - despiadada)

adj.

ruthless

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ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless

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- da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless

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= 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.

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* actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.

* ser despiadado = play + hardball.

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- da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless

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= 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.

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despiadado -da

adjective

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

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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

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despiadado, -a adj
[persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
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despiadado

adj ruthless

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despiadado, -da adj

cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless

♦ despiadadamente adv

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despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado
4 corazón

intj.

sweetheart, honey.

m.

1 heart, bottom, core, center.

2 heart, cor.

3 sweetheart.

4 heart, center of personality and emotion.

5 Corazón.

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corazón

► nombre masculino

1 ANATOMÍA heart

2 figurado (parte central) heart, core

■ en el corazón de la ciudad in the heart of the city

3 (de fruta) core

4 (apelativo) darling, dear, sweetheart

■ ¿qué quieres, corazón? what do you want, darling?

► nombre masculino plural corazones

1 (naipes) hearts

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir el corazón a alguien figurado to open one's heart to somebody

de corazón / de todo corazón figurado sincerely, in all sincerity

estar con el corazón en un puño figurado to have one's heart in one's mouth

estar enfermo del corazón to have heart trouble

hablar con el corazón en la mano figurado to speak from the heart

llegar al corazón de alguien to touch somebody's heart

llevar el corazón en la mano to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

me dice el corazón que... I have a feeling that...

padecer del corazón to have heart trouble

romper el corazón a alguien figurado to break somebody's heart

ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted

ser todo corazón figurado to be all heart, be kindness itself

tener buen corazón figurado to be kind-hearted

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noun m.

1) heart

2) core

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SM

1) (Anat) heart

le falló el corazón — his heart failed, he had heart failure

estar enfermo o mal del corazón — to have heart trouble o problems

padecer o sufrir del corazón — to have a weak heart, have heart trouble o problems

ser operado a corazón abierto — to have open heart surgery
ataque 2)
2)

- abrir el corazón a algn

no caberle a algn el corazón en el pecho —

cuando me lo dijeron no me cabía el corazón en el pecho — when they told me I was over the moon *

- de corazón

te lo digo de corazón — I mean it sincerely

- de buen corazón

- de gran corazón

de todo corazón —

se lo agradezco de todo corazón — I thank you with all my heart o from the bottom of my heart

la quería con todo mi corazón — I loved her with all my heart

- ser duro de corazón

encoger a algn el corazón —

aquellas imágenes me encogieron el corazón — those scenes made my heart bleed

un grito en la noche me encogió el corazón — a scream during the night made my heart miss a beat

llegar al corazón de algn —

sus palabras me llegaron al corazón — I was deeply touched by her words, her words touched my heart

- con el corazón en la mano

- partir o romper el corazón a algn

- tener el corazón en la boca o en un puño

- tener un corazón de oro

- tener el corazón de piedra

- no tener corazón

una mujer sin corazón — a heartless woman

- no tener corazón para hacer algo

3) (Prensa)

la prensa del corazón — gossip magazines pl

una revista del corazón — a gossip magazine

4) [apelativo]

sí, corazón — yes, sweetheart

¡hijo de mi corazón! — (my) darling!

5) (=centro) [de ciudad, zona, alcachofa] heart; [de manzana] core

limpie las manzanas y quíteles el corazón — wash and core the apples

6) pl corazones (Naipes) hearts

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masculino

1)

a) (Anat) heart

lo operaron a corazón abierto — he underwent open heart surgery

sufre del corazón — she has heart trouble

abrirle el corazón a alguien — to open one's heart to somebody

con el corazón en la boca or un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en la boca hasta que... our hearts were in our mouths until...; con el corazón en la mano with one's hand on one's heart; el corazón me/le dio un vuelco my/his heart missed a beat; se me/le encogió el corazón ( de tristeza) it made my/his heart bleed; ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted; tener un corazón de oro/de piedra — to have a heart of gold/of stone

b) ( sentimientos) heart

es un hombre de buen/gran corazón — he's very kind-hearted/big-hearted

no tener corazón — to be heartless (colloq)

tener buen corazón — to be kind-hearted

tiene su corazoncito — his heart's in the right place

con todo mi corazón — with all my heart

de (todo) corazón — sincerely

le destrozó or partió el corazón — it broke her heart

no caberle a alguien el corazón en el pecho — I/he was bursting with pride (o joy etc)

c) ( apelativo cariñoso) (fam) sweetheart (colloq)

2)

a) (de manzana, pera) core; ( de alcachofa) heart

b) (de ciudad, área) heart

3) ( en naipes)

a) ( carta) heart

b) corazones masculino plural ( palo) hearts (pl)

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= core, focal point, heart.

Ex. The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex. The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.

Ex. A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.

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* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* ataque al corazón = heart attack.

* cirugía a corazón abierto = open surgery, open heart surgery.

* con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted.

* con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón en un puño = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón partido = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* conquistar el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* corazón de oro = heart of gold.

* corazón de piedra = stony heart, heart of stone.

* corazón de una región = heartland.

* corazón de un país = heartland.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de todo corazón = heart-to-heart, with all + Posesivo + heart.

* dolor de corazón = heartache.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.

* el corazón de = the heart of.

* enfermedad coronaria del corazón = coronary heart disease.

* enfermedad del corazón = heart disease.

* enfermedad reumática del corazón = rheumatic heart disease.

* ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.

* hacer de tripas corazón = bite + the bullet.

* ladrón de corazones = lady-killer.

* latido del corazón = heartbeat, heart beating.

* limpio de corazón = pure of heart.

* llegar al corazón de = go to + the heart of.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = ignorance is bliss.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind.

* operación de corazón = heart operation.

* puro de corazón = pure of heart.

* revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.

* ser todo corazón = have + a heart of gold.

* soplo en el corazón = heart murmur.

* tener el corazón de un león = have + the heart of a lion.

* tener un corazón de oro = have + a heart of gold.

* una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.

* válvula del corazón = heart valve.

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masculino

1)

a) (Anat) heart

lo operaron a corazón abierto — he underwent open heart surgery

sufre del corazón — she has heart trouble

abrirle el corazón a alguien — to open one's heart to somebody

con el corazón en la boca or un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en la boca hasta que... our hearts were in our mouths until...; con el corazón en la mano with one's hand on one's heart; el corazón me/le dio un vuelco my/his heart missed a beat; se me/le encogió el corazón ( de tristeza) it made my/his heart bleed; ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted; tener un corazón de oro/de piedra — to have a heart of gold/of stone

b) ( sentimientos) heart

es un hombre de buen/gran corazón — he's very kind-hearted/big-hearted

no tener corazón — to be heartless (colloq)

tener buen corazón — to be kind-hearted

tiene su corazoncito — his heart's in the right place

con todo mi corazón — with all my heart

de (todo) corazón — sincerely

le destrozó or partió el corazón — it broke her heart

no caberle a alguien el corazón en el pecho — I/he was bursting with pride (o joy etc)

c) ( apelativo cariñoso) (fam) sweetheart (colloq)

2)

a) (de manzana, pera) core; ( de alcachofa) heart

b) (de ciudad, área) heart

3) ( en naipes)

a) ( carta) heart

b) corazones masculino plural ( palo) hearts (pl)

* * *

= core, focal point, heart.

Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.

Ex: A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* ataque al corazón = heart attack.

* cirugía a corazón abierto = open surgery, open heart surgery.

* con corazón de piedra = stony-hearted.

* con el corazón destrozado = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón en un puño = on tenterhooks.

* con el corazón partido = broken-hearted.

* con el corazón roto = broken-hearted.

* conquistar el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* corazón de oro = heart of gold.

* corazón de piedra = stony heart, heart of stone.

* corazón de una región = heartland.

* corazón de un país = heartland.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de todo corazón = heart-to-heart, with all + Posesivo + heart.

* dolor de corazón = heartache.

* duro de corazón = hard-hearted.

* editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.

* el corazón de = the heart of.

* enfermedad coronaria del corazón = coronary heart disease.

* enfermedad del corazón = heart disease.

* enfermedad reumática del corazón = rheumatic heart disease.

* ganarse el corazón de Alguien = win + Nombre + heart.

* ganarse un lugar en el corazón de Alguien = win + a place in + heart.

* hacer de tripas corazón = bite + the bullet.

* ladrón de corazones = lady-killer.

* latido del corazón = heartbeat, heart beating.

* limpio de corazón = pure of heart.

* llegar al corazón de = go to + the heart of.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = ignorance is bliss.

* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind.

* operación de corazón = heart operation.

* puro de corazón = pure of heart.

* revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.

* ser todo corazón = have + a heart of gold.

* soplo en el corazón = heart murmur.

* tener el corazón de un león = have + the heart of a lion.

* tener un corazón de oro = have + a heart of gold.

* una estaca en el corazón = a stake in the heart.

* válvula del corazón = heart valve.

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corazón

masculine

A

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) heart

lo operaron a corazón abierto he underwent open heart surgery

sufre del corazón she has heart trouble

abrirle el corazón a algn to open one's heart to sb

con el corazón en la boca or un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en un puño hasta que … our hearts were in our mouths o we were on tenterhooks until …

con el corazón en la mano (con toda sinceridad) with one's hand on one's heart, from the heart; (angustiado) on tenterhooks

me/le dio un vuelco el corazón my/his heart missed o skipped a beat

no me/le cabía el corazón en el pecho I/he was bursting with pride ( o joy etc)

se me/le encogió el corazón (de tristeza) it made my/his heart bleed; (de susto) my/his heart missed o skipped a beat

ser duro de corazón to be hard-hearted

tener un corazón de oro to have a heart of gold

tener un corazón de piedra to have a heart of stone

2 (sentimientos) heart

es un hombre de gran corazón he's very big-hearted

no tienes corazón you're heartless ( colloq)

no tengo corazón para hacerlo I haven't the heart to do it

pero en el fondo tiene su corazoncito but his heart's in the right place

te quiero con todo mi corazón I love you with all my heart

te lo digo de (todo) corazón I mean it sincerely

te deseo de (todo) corazón que todo te salga bien I hope with all my heart that everything works out for you

le destrozó or partió or desgarró el corazón it broke her heart o left her heartbroken

aquellas palabras me llegaron al corazón those words touched me deeply

haz lo que te dicte el corazón do as your heart tells you, follow (the dictates of) your heart

3 (apelativo cariñoso) ( fam); sweetheart ( colloq)

B

1 (de una manzana, pera) core; (de una alcachofa) heart

se quita el corazón a la manzana core the apple

2 (de una ciudad, un área) heart

C (en naipes)

1 (carta) heart

2 corazones mpl (palo) hearts (pl)

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corazón sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( en general) heart;

◊ sufre del corazón she has heart trouble;

es un hombre de buen/grancorazón he's very kind-hearted/big-hearted;
no tener corazón to be heartless (colloq);
con todo mi corazón with all my heart;
de (todo) corazón sincerely;
le partió el corazón it broke her heart;
tener un corazón de oro/de piedra to have a heart of gold/of stone
b) ( apelativo cariñoso) (fam) sweetheart (colloq)

2
a) (de manzana, pera) core;

( de alcachofa) heart
b) (de ciudad, área) heart

3 ( en naipes)
a) ( carta) heart

b)

◊ corazones sustantivo masculino plural ( palo) hearts (pl)

corazón sustantivo masculino
1 Anat heart
2 (núcleo) heart
3 (de una manzana, etc) core
4 Naipes corazones, hearts
♦ Locuciones: ser todo corazón, to be kind-hearted
tener el corazón en un puño, to be terrified
de (todo) corazón, in all sincerity
' corazón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ataque
- dar
- dedo
- delicada
- delicado
- desnuda
- desnudo
- electro
- encoger
- latido
- palpitar
- palpitación
- palpitante
- partir
- revista
- salto
- soplo
- torácica
- torácico
- traspasar
- tripa
- vuelco
- ablandar
- conquistar
- desgarrar
- destrozar
- dilatarse
- enfermo
- especialista
- fallar
- hondo
- latir
- llenar
- mano
- operación
- operar
- padecer
- piedra
- prensa
- rencor
- tierno
English:
aching
- beat
- break
- brokenhearted
- condition
- congenital
- core
- finger
- flutter
- give out
- goodness
- heart
- heart-broken
- heart-shaped
- heartbeat
- into
- murmur
- pith
- pound
- pounding
- race
- soft
- soften
- tender-hearted
- throb
- thump
- thump out
- trouble
- wholeheartedly
- hard
- have
- heartless
- kind
- nail
- plunge
- -shaped
- still
- weak
- wrong

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corazón nm

1. [órgano] heart;

a corazón abierto [operación] open-heart;

padecer del corazón to have heart trouble;

Comp

con el corazón en la mano frankly, openly;

Comp

con el corazón en un puño: estuvimos con el corazón en un puño esperando el resultado del análisis we were on tenterhooks waiting for the results of the test;

Comp

me dice el corazón que… I have this feeling inside that…;

Comp

se me encoge el corazón al ver… it breaks my heart to see…;

Comp

llegar al corazón: [m5] sus comentarios me llegaron al corazón I was deeply touched by what he said;

Comp

romper o [m5] partir el corazón a alguien to break sb's heart;

Comp

no tener corazón to have no heart, to be heartless;

Comp

tener buen corazón to be kindhearted;

Comp

tener un corazón de oro to have a heart of gold;

Comp

tener un corazón de piedra to have a heart of stone;

Comp

de todo corazón: [m5] se lo agradezco de todo corazón I thank you with all my heart o from the bottom of my heart;

te pido de todo corazón que les dejes marchar I'm begging you to let them go

Comp
corazón artificial artificial heart
2. [sentimientos] heart;

se deja llevar por el corazón she lets her heart rule her head

3. [apelativo] sweetheart;

¡Ana de mi corazón! Ana, sweetheart!

4. [parte central] heart;

en pleno corazón de la ciudad right in the heart of the city

5. [de frutas] core;
[de alcachofa] heart;
sácale el corazón a la manzana core the apple

6.
(dedo) corazón middle finger

7. [naipe] heart

8.
corazones [palo] hearts

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corazón

m

1 heart;

a corazón abierto MED operación open-heart atr ;

ser todo corazón be all heart;

te digo, con el corazón en la mano, que … I can say, hand on heart, that …;

de todo corazón with all one’s heart;

de buen corazón good-hearted;

tener un corazón de oro have a heart of gold;

con el corazón encogido upset;

se me encoge el corazón I get upset;

se me parte o

rompe el corazón my heart breaks;

no tener corazón be heartless;

¡(mi) corazón!, ¡corazón (mío)! (my) darling!, sweetheart!

2 de fruta core

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corazón nm, pl - zones

1) : heart

de todo corazón: wholeheartedly

de buen corazón: kindhearted

2) : core

3) : darling, sweetheart

* * *

corazón n

1. (en general) heart

el corazón bombea la sangre the heart pumps the blood

2. (de fruta) core

3. (dedo) middle finger

con la mano en el corazón / de corazón from the heart

estar con el corazón en un puño to have your heart in your mouth

Spanish-English dictionary > corazón
5 cruel

adj.

cruel.

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cruel

► adjetivo

1 (persona) cruel (con/para, to)

2 (clima) harsh, severe

* * *

adj.

cruel

* * *

ADJ cruel

fue una cruel ironía — it was a cruel irony

el destino cruel — cruel fate

ser cruel con algn — to be cruel to sb

* * *

adjetivo cruel

ser cruel con alguien — to be cruel to somebody

la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

* * *

= brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.

Ex. With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.

Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.

Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.

Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

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.

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* volverse cruel = become + vicious.

* * *

adjetivo cruel

ser cruel con alguien — to be cruel to somebody

la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

* * *

= brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.

Ex: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.

Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.

Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.

Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.

Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.

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.

* volverse cruel = become + vicious.

* * *

cruel

adjective

cruel

aquello fue una jugada cruel del destino that was a cruel twist of fate

fueron muy crueles con él they were very cruel to him

la venganza será cruel ( hum); just you wait! (I'll get you!) ( colloq)

* * *

cruel adjetivo
cruel;
◊ ser cruel con algn to be cruel to sb

cruel adjetivo cruel

' cruel' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bárbara
- bárbaro
- cebarse
- desalmada
- desalmado
- draconiana
- draconiano
- mirada
- salvaje
- sañosa
- sañoso
- sañuda
- sañudo
- truculenta
- truculento
- verduga
- verdugo
- crueldad
- inhumano
- sanguinario
English:
brutal
- callous
- cheap
- cruel
- cutthroat
- hard
- heartless
- inhuman
- savage
- unkind
- vicious
- blood
- cold
- fiend
- inhumane
- inhumanity
- outrage

* * *

cruel adj

1. [persona, acción] cruel;

fuiste muy cruel con ella you were very cruel to her

2. [dolor] excruciating, terrible

3. [clima] harsh

4. [duda] terrible

* * *

cruel

adj cruel

* * *

cruel adj

: cruel

♦ cruelmente adv

* * *

cruel adj cruel

Spanish-English dictionary > cruel
6 entrañas

f.pl.

1 entrails, insides, innards, bowels.

2 innermost parts, center, core, heart.

pres.indicat.

2^nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: entrañar.

* * *

entrañas

► nombre femenino plural

1 (órgano) entrails plural, bowels plural

2 figurado (parte importante) core, heart

3 figurado (parte oculta) bowels

■ las entrañas de la tierra the bowels of the earth

4 figurado (sentimiento, afecto) feelings

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de buenas entrañas figurado good-hearted

de malas entrañas figurado heartless

echar las entrañas figurado to puke, throw up

no tener entrañas figurado to be heartless

sacarle a uno las entrañas figurado to bleed somebody dry

sin entrañas figurado heartless

* * *

bowels, entrails

* * *

= innards, insides, offal.

Ex. Maps of science are a metaphor to abstract from the intricate details of the innards of a scientific discipline.

Ex. This book provides background information on the layers of the earth, the relationship between changes on the surface of the earth and its insides, and plate tectonics.

Ex. This document discusses the factors to be considered in the purchase of meat and offal (liver, kidneys, heart, etc.), fish, fruit, vegetables, dairy produce, and frozen foods.

* * *

= innards, insides, offal.

Ex: Maps of science are a metaphor to abstract from the intricate details of the innards of a scientific discipline.

Ex: This book provides background information on the layers of the earth, the relationship between changes on the surface of the earth and its insides, and plate tectonics.

Ex: This document discusses the factors to be considered in the purchase of meat and offal (liver, kidneys, heart, etc.), fish, fruit, vegetables, dairy produce, and frozen foods.

* * *

Del verbo entrañar: ( conjugate entrañar)

entrañas es:

2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
entrañar
entrañas
entrañar ( conjugate entrañar) verbo transitivo
to entail, involve
entrañas sustantivo femenino plural ( vísceras) entrails (pl)
entrañar verbo transitivo to entail
entrañas fpl
1 Anat (de persona) entrails
(de animal) guts
2 figurado bowels: un documental sobre las entrañas de la tierra, a documentary on the core of the earth
no tiene entrañas, he's a heartless person
' entrañas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
seno
English:
bowel
- entrails
- heart
- innards
- loin

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entrañas nfpl

1. [vísceras] entrails, insides;

Comp

arrancar las entrañas a alguien to break sb's heart;

Comp
Fam
echar (hasta) las entrañas [vomitar] to puke o throw one's guts up;

Comp

no tener entrañas to be heartless;

¿es que no tienes entrañas? do you have no feelings?, are you made of stone?

2. [centro] heart;

en las entrañas de la cueva/selva in the depths of the cave/forest;

las entrañas de la Tierra the bowels of the earth

* * *

entrañas

fpl entrails;

no tener entrañas be cruel o hard-hearted

Spanish-English dictionary > entrañas
7 desalmada

desalmado,-a
I adjetivo cruel, heartless
II sustantivo masculino y femenino heartless person: solo un desalmado cometería un crimen así, only a cruel, heartless person could have committed such a crime

* * *

desalmado

I adj heartless

II m, desalmada f

:

es un desalmado he is heartless

Spanish-English dictionary > desalmada
8 malvado

adj.

wicked, devilish, evil, perverse.

m.

villain, evildoer, wrongdoer.

* * *

malvado

► adjetivo

1 wicked, evil

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 villain, evil person

* * *

(f. - malvada)

adj.

evil, wicked

* * *
malvado, -a
1.

ADJ evil, wicked

2.

SM / F villain

* * *

- da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked

* * *

= wicked, evil, heartless.

Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

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.

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* vieja malvada = evil old woman.

* * *

- da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked

* * *

= wicked, evil, heartless.

Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

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.

* vieja malvada = evil old woman.

* * *

malvado¹ -da

adjective

wicked, evil; (uso hiperbólico) wicked

malvado² -da

masculine, feminine

el malvado que la había engañado the evil man who had deceived her

no llores por esa malvada don't cry over that evil o wicked woman

* * *

malvado
◊ -da adjetivo

wicked, evil
malvado,-a adjetivo evil, wicked

' malvado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
malvada
- miserable
- siniestra
- siniestro
- tenebrosa
- tenebroso
- satánico
English:
evil
- fiend
- ungodly
- villainous
- wicked

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malvado, -a

♦ adj

evil, wicked

♦ nm,f

villain, evil person;

es un malvado he's evil o wicked

* * *

malvado

I adj evil

II m, malvada f evil man; mujer evil woman

* * *

malvado, -da adj

: evil, wicked

malvado, -da n

: evildoer, wicked person

* * *

malvado adj evil / wicked [comp. wickeder; superl. wickedest]

Spanish-English dictionary > malvado
9 entraña

f.

1 innermost part, core, center, heart.

2 entrail.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: entrañar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: entrañar.

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noun f.

heart

- entrañas

* * *

SF

1) pl entrañas (Anat) entrails, bowels

en las entrañas de la Tierra — in the bowels of the Earth

- arrancar las entrañas a algn

- dar hasta las entrañas

- echar las entrañas

2) (=lo esencial) core

3) pl entrañas (=sentimientos) heart sing, feelings; (=temperamento) disposition sing

no tener entrañas — to be heartless

¡hijo de mis entrañas! — my precious child!, my beloved son!

de malas entrañas — malicious, evil-minded

de buenas entrañas — well-intentioned, kind-hearted

* * *

femenino

1) ( de un asunto) heart, core

2) entrañas femenino plural ( vísceras) entrails (pl)

hijo de mis entrañas — my dear child

una persona sin entrañas or de malas entrañas — a heartless o callous person

las entrañas de la tierra — the bowels of the earth

dar (hasta) las entrañas — to give one's all

* * *

femenino

1) ( de un asunto) heart, core

2) entrañas femenino plural ( vísceras) entrails (pl)

hijo de mis entrañas — my dear child

una persona sin entrañas or de malas entrañas — a heartless o callous person

las entrañas de la tierra — the bowels of the earth

dar (hasta) las entrañas — to give one's all

* * *

entraña

feminine

A

1 (de un asunto) heart, core

2 ( RPl) ( Coc) ≈ skirt

B entrañas fpl (vísceras) entrails (pl)

hijo de mis entrañas my dear child

una persona sin entrañas or de malas entrañas a heartless o callous person

las entrañas de la tierra the bowels of the earth

dar (hasta) las entrañas to give one's all

* * *

entraña nf
RP skirt;
churrasco de entraña grilled skirt steak

* * *

entraña nf

1) meollo: core, heart, crux

2) entrañas nfpl

vísceras: entrails

Spanish-English dictionary > entraña
10 esbirro

m.

henchman.

* * *

esbirro

► nombre masculino

1 HISTORIA bailiff

2 (ayudante) henchman

* * *

SM

1) (=ayudante) henchman, minion; (=sicario) killer

2) Caribe ** (=soplón) grass **, fink (EEUU) **, informer

3) ( Hist) (=alguacil) bailiff, constable

* * *

masculino ( secuaz) henchman; (Hist) bailiff, constable

* * *

= henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey].

Ex. Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

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.

* * *

masculino ( secuaz) henchman; (Hist) bailiff, constable

* * *

= henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey].

Ex: Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

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.

* * *

esbirro

masculine

1 (secuaz) henchman

2 ( Hist) bailiff, constable

* * *

esbirro m pey thug, henchman

* * *

esbirro nm
[matón] henchman, thug
* * *

esbirro

m henchman

* * *

esbirro nm

: henchman

Spanish-English dictionary > esbirro
11 lacayo

m.

1 footman (criado).

2 manservant, flunky, servant, house-servant.

* * *

lacayo

► nombre masculino

1 lackey, footman

* * *

SM

1) (=criado) footman

2) pey (=adulador) lackey

* * *

masculino ( criado) footman; ( persona servil) lackey

* * *

= menial worker, menial, flunky [flunkey].

Ex. These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.

Ex. However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.

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.

* * *

masculino ( criado) footman; ( persona servil) lackey

* * *

= menial worker, menial, flunky [flunkey].

Ex: These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.

Ex: However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.

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.

* * *

lacayo

masculine

(criado) footman; (persona servil) lackey

* * *

lacayo m Hist (criado con librea) footman, lackey
' lacayo' also found in these entries:
English:
foot

* * *

lacayo nm

1. [criado] footman

2. Pey [persona servil] lackey

* * *

lacayo

m fig

pej lackey

* * *

lacayo nm

: lackey

Spanish-English dictionary > lacayo
12 lameculos

m.&f. s&pl.

1 brown-nose, arse-licker (very informal).

2 bootlicker, ingratiating person, greaser.

* * *

lameculos

► nombre masulino o femenino invariable

1 tabú arse licker, US ass licker

* * *

masculino y femenino (pl lameculos) (vulg) asskisser (AmE vulg), arselicker (BrE vulg)

* * *

= arse licker, flunky [flunkey], toady, creep, fawning.

Ex. The way this government and its arse lickers conduct themselves is beyond belief.

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. He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.

Ex. Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.

Ex. Over the past two days, the fawning American media has provided rave reviews of John McCain's visit to France.

* * *

masculino y femenino (pl lameculos) (vulg) asskisser (AmE vulg), arselicker (BrE vulg)

* * *

= arse licker, flunky [flunkey], toady, creep, fawning.

Ex: The way this government and its arse lickers conduct themselves is beyond belief.

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: He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.

Ex: Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.

Ex: Over the past two days, the fawning American media has provided rave reviews of John McCain's visit to France.

* * *

lameculos

masculine and feminine

(pl lameculos) ( Méx) lamehuevos

masculine and feminine

(pl lameculos) ( vulg)

asslicker ( AmE vulg), arse licker ( BrE vulg), brown nose o noser ( AmE vulg)

* * *

lameculos, Méx lambeculo nmf inv
muy Fam brown-nose, Br arse-licker, US ass-licker
* * *

lameculos

m inv vulg

asslicker vulg, brown-nose pop, Br

arselicker vulg

Spanish-English dictionary > lameculos
13 personaje secundario

(n.) = secondary character

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.

* * *

(n.) = secondary character

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.

Spanish-English dictionary > personaje secundario
14 secuaz

f. & m.

1 minion (Pejorative).

2 cohort, stooge, thug, underling.

3 ally, sidekick.

* * *

secuaz

► nombre masulino o femenino (pl secuaces)

1 follower, supporter (uso peyorativo) underling, henchman

* * *

SMF (=partidario) [gen] follower, supporter; pey henchman

* * *

(m) follower, henchman; (f) follower

* * *

= partisan, henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey], sidekick.

Ex. Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed partisans.

Ex. Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

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. Her sidekick and confidante is Gabrielle, the rightful queen of the Amazons who abdicated her throne in order to join Xena.

* * *

(m) follower, henchman; (f) follower

* * *

= partisan, henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey], sidekick.

Ex: Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed partisans.

Ex: Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

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: Her sidekick and confidante is Gabrielle, the rightful queen of the Amazons who abdicated her throne in order to join Xena.

* * *

secuaz

masculine, feminine

A ( masculine) follower, henchman

B ( feminine) follower, henchwoman

* * *

secuaz nmf
Pey minion
* * *

secuaz

m/f follower

* * *

secuaz nmf, pl secuaces : follower, henchman, underling

Spanish-English dictionary > secuaz
15 cachetón

adj.

chubby-cheeked, chubby-faced.

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ADJ *

1) LAm (=de cara rechoncha) plump-cheeked, fat-faced

2) Méx (=descarado) impudent, barefaced; Cono Sur (=orgulloso) proud, haughty

3) CAm (=atractivo) attractive, congenial

* * *

- tona adjetivo (Andes, Méx fam) ( carrilludo) chubby-cheeked

* * *

- tona adjetivo (Andes, Méx fam) ( carrilludo) chubby-cheeked

* * *

cachetón - tona

adjective

A (Andes, Méx fam) (carrilludo) chubby-cheeked

B ( Chi fam) (fanfarrón) bigheaded ( colloq), cocky

* * *

cachetón
◊ - tona adjetivo (Andes, Méx fam) ( carrilludo) chubby-cheeked

* * *

cachetón, -ona

♦ adj

1. Am Fam [mofletudo] chubby-cheeked

2. Méx Fam [despreocupado] heartless, selfish

3. Chile Fam [presumido] bigheaded

♦ nm,f
Méx Fam selfish, heartless person

Spanish-English dictionary > cachetón
16 alma

adj.&f.

feminine of ALMO.

f.

1 soul.

sentir algo en el alma to be truly sorry about something

agradecer algo en el alma to be deeply grateful for something

lo que dijo me llegó al alma her words really struck home

se le cayó el alma a los pies his heart sank

como alma en pena like a lost soul

como alma que lleva el diablo like a bat out of hell

el alma de la fiesta (figurative) the life and soul of the party

el alma del proyecto (figurative) the driving force behind the project

2 soul (person).

un pueblo de doce mil almas a town of twelve thousand people

no se ve un alma there isn't a soul to be seen

almas gemelas kindred spirits

3 bore.

4 core, heart.

5 Alma.

* * *

alma

(Takes el in singular)

► nombre femenino

1 soul

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agradecer a alguien con toda el alma to thank somebody from the bottom of one's heart

caerse el alma a los pies to become disheartened

como alma que lleva el diablo in a flash

con toda el alma wholeheartedly, with all one's heart

llegar al alma de alguien to touch somebody, move somebody

llevar en el alma a alguien to love somebody deeply

no había ni una alma there wasn't a soul, there was nobody there

no poder alguien con su alma to be absolutely exhausted

parecer una alma en pena to look like a ghost

partir el alma a alguien to break somebody's heart

sentir algo en el alma to be deeply sorry about something

ser el alma de la fiesta to be the life and soul of the party

tener el alma en un hilo to have one's heart in one's mouth, be worried sick

alma de Dios figurado good soul

alma en pena lost soul

alma gemela kindred spirit

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noun f.

soul

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SF

1) (=espíritu) soul

una oración por su alma — a prayer for his soul

no había ni un alma en la iglesia — there wasn't a soul in the church

un pueblo de 2.000 almas — a village of 2,000 souls

tenía alma de poeta — she had a poetic spirit

es mi amigo del alma — he's my soulmate

ni alma viviente — not a single living soul

alma bendita — kind soul

alma cándida — poor innocent

¡alma de cántaro! — you idiot!

alma caritativa, alma de Dios — kind soul

alma en pena — lost soul

almas gemelas — soul mates, kindred spirits más frm

2)

- tener el alma en su almario

- le arrancó el alma

- estaba con el alma en la boca

- se le cayó el alma a los pies

- huir o ir como alma que lleva el diablo

- se echó el alma a las espaldas

en el alma —

te lo agradezco en el alma — I'm eternally o deeply grateful

me dolió en el alma — it broke my heart

lo siento en el alma — I am truly sorry

- entregar el alma a Dios

hasta el alma —

me mojé hasta el alma — I got soaked to the skin

vomitó hasta el alma — she was violently sick

- estar con el alma en un hilo o en vilo

- en lo más hondo de mi alma

- irse el alma tras algo/algn

- me llegó al alma

de mi alma —

¡madre mía de mi alma!, ¡Dios mío de mi alma! — good God!, good grief!

¡hijo de mi alma! — [con cariño] my darling boy!, my precious child!; [con ironía] my dear child!

¡mi alma! o ¡alma mía!, ¿qué te ha pasado? — my love! what's wrong?

- partir o romper el alma a algn

partirse el alma —

se parten el alma trabajando — they work themselves into the ground

se me parte el alma — it breaks my heart

- no puedo con mi alma

- rendir el alma

- romperse el alma

- me salió del alma

- no tener alma

con toda el alma —

lo deseo con toda el alma — I want it desperately

la quiero con toda mi alma — I love her with all my heart

lo odio con toda mi alma — I detest him, I hate his guts *

tiró fuerte, con toda su alma — he pulled hard, with all his might

- vender el alma al diablo

- le volvió el alma al cuerpo

3) (=parte vital) [de grupo, organización] driving force; [de asunto] heart, crux

hasta que no lleguemos al alma del asunto — until we get to the heart o crux of the matter

es el alma de la fiesta — she's the life and soul of the party

4) (Téc) [de cable] core; [de cuerda] core, central strand; [de cañón] bore; [de raíl] web

5) (Bot) pith

6) And (=cadáver) corpse

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femenino‡

1) ( espíritu) soul

tiene alma de poeta — she has the soul of a poet

tener alma de niño — to be a child at heart

alma mía or mi alma — (como apelativo) my love

clavársele en el alma a alguien: lo que me dijo se me clavó en el alma I've never forgotten what he said; lleva clavada en el alma esa traición he's never got(ten) over that betrayal; como (un) alma en pena like a lost soul; con el alma en un hilo worried to death; con toda el or mi/tu/su alma with all my/your/his/ heart; lo odiaba con toda su alma she hated him intensely; del alma: su amigo del alma his bosom friend; de mi alma: hija de mi alma! my darling!; en el alma: lo siento en el alma I'm really o terribly sorry; me duele or pesa en el alma it hurts me deeply; te lo agradezco en el alma I can't tell you how grateful I am; hasta el alma (fam): me dolió hasta el alma it was excruciatingly painful; se le vio hasta el alma she bared her all (colloq); llegarle a alguien al alma: aquellas palabras me llegaron al alma ( me conmovieron) I was deeply touched by those words; ( me dolieron) I was deeply hurt by those words; me/le parte el alma it breaks my/his heart; no poder con su alma to be tired out; romperle el alma a alguien (fam) to beat the living daylights out of somebody (colloq); romperse el alma (fam) to break one's neck (colloq); salir/ir como alma que lleva el diablo to run like a bat out of hell; salirle a alguien del alma: siento habérselo dicho pero me salió del alma I'm sorry I said that, it just came out; el suspiro le salió del alma she sighed deeply; se me/le cayó or fue el alma a los pies my/his heart sank; venderle el alma al diablo — to sell one's soul (to the Devil)

2)

a) ( persona) soul

no hay un alma por la calle — there isn't a soul on the streets

ni un alma viviente — not a living soul

ser almas gemelas — to be soul mates

ser un alma bendita or de Dios — to be a kind soul

b) (centro, fuerza vital)

el alma de la fiesta — the life and soul of the party

el alma del movimiento nacionalista — the key figure in the nationalist movement

3) ( ánimo) feeling

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= soul, lifeblood, psyche.

Ex. I would venture to guess that he would have characterized these suggestions as the eructation of unhealthy souls'.

Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex. The author explores the history of the book in terms of its place of metaphor in the human psyche and compares it to electronic media.

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* alma caritativa = charitable soul.

* alma en pena = banshee.

* alma gemela = soulmate, kindred spirit.

* alma máter = Alma Mater.

* amiga del alma = soul sister.

* amigo del alma = soul brother.

* chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* compañero del alma = soulmate, kindred spirit.

* con el alma en vilo = on tenterhooks.

* correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life.

* estar con el alma en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* gemir como alma en pena = wail like + a banshee.

* gritar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* herir en el alma = cut to + the heart of, cut to + the quick.

* la edad se lleva en el alma = you are as old as you feel.

* perder el alma = lose + Posesivo + soul.

* ser el alma de = be the life of, be the life and soul of.

* toda alma viviente = every living soul.

* vender el alma al diablo = sell + Posesivo + soul to the devil.

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femenino‡

1) ( espíritu) soul

tiene alma de poeta — she has the soul of a poet

tener alma de niño — to be a child at heart

alma mía or mi alma — (como apelativo) my love

clavársele en el alma a alguien: lo que me dijo se me clavó en el alma I've never forgotten what he said; lleva clavada en el alma esa traición he's never got(ten) over that betrayal; como (un) alma en pena like a lost soul; con el alma en un hilo worried to death; con toda el or mi/tu/su alma with all my/your/his/ heart; lo odiaba con toda su alma she hated him intensely; del alma: su amigo del alma his bosom friend; de mi alma: hija de mi alma! my darling!; en el alma: lo siento en el alma I'm really o terribly sorry; me duele or pesa en el alma it hurts me deeply; te lo agradezco en el alma I can't tell you how grateful I am; hasta el alma (fam): me dolió hasta el alma it was excruciatingly painful; se le vio hasta el alma she bared her all (colloq); llegarle a alguien al alma: aquellas palabras me llegaron al alma ( me conmovieron) I was deeply touched by those words; ( me dolieron) I was deeply hurt by those words; me/le parte el alma it breaks my/his heart; no poder con su alma to be tired out; romperle el alma a alguien (fam) to beat the living daylights out of somebody (colloq); romperse el alma (fam) to break one's neck (colloq); salir/ir como alma que lleva el diablo to run like a bat out of hell; salirle a alguien del alma: siento habérselo dicho pero me salió del alma I'm sorry I said that, it just came out; el suspiro le salió del alma she sighed deeply; se me/le cayó or fue el alma a los pies my/his heart sank; venderle el alma al diablo — to sell one's soul (to the Devil)

2)

a) ( persona) soul

no hay un alma por la calle — there isn't a soul on the streets

ni un alma viviente — not a living soul

ser almas gemelas — to be soul mates

ser un alma bendita or de Dios — to be a kind soul

b) (centro, fuerza vital)

el alma de la fiesta — the life and soul of the party

el alma del movimiento nacionalista — the key figure in the nationalist movement

3) ( ánimo) feeling

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= soul, lifeblood, psyche.

Ex: I would venture to guess that he would have characterized these suggestions as the eructation of unhealthy souls'.

Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex: The author explores the history of the book in terms of its place of metaphor in the human psyche and compares it to electronic media.

* alma caritativa = charitable soul.

* alma en pena = banshee.

* alma gemela = soulmate, kindred spirit.

* alma máter = Alma Mater.

* amiga del alma = soul sister.

* amigo del alma = soul brother.

* chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* compañero del alma = soulmate, kindred spirit.

* con el alma en vilo = on tenterhooks.

* correr como alma que lleva el diablo = run for + Posesivo + life.

* estar con el alma en vilo = put + Posesivo + life on hold, Posesivo + life + be + on hold.

* gemir como alma en pena = wail like + a banshee.

* gritar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

* herir en el alma = cut to + the heart of, cut to + the quick.

* la edad se lleva en el alma = you are as old as you feel.

* perder el alma = lose + Posesivo + soul.

* ser el alma de = be the life of, be the life and soul of.

* toda alma viviente = every living soul.

* vender el alma al diablo = sell + Posesivo + soul to the devil.

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alma

f‡

A (espíritu) soul

encomendó su alma a Dios he commended his soul to God

entregó su alma a Dios en la madrugada de ayer ( liter); he departed this life in the early hours of yesterday morning ( liter)

tiene alma de artista/poeta he has an artistic soul/a poetic spirit

es un hombre con alma de niño he's a child at heart

alma mía or mi alma ( como apelativo) my love

clavársele en el alma a algn: lo que me dijo se me clavó en el alma I've never forgotten what he said

lleva clavado en el alma no haber podido estudiar una carrera he's never got(ten) over the fact that he couldn't go to college

como (un) alma en pena like a lost soul

con el alma en un hilo worried to death

hasta que el avión aterrizó estuvimos con el alma en un hilo until the plane landed our hearts were in our mouths

está con el alma en un hilo porque aún no ha tenido noticias suyas she's worried sick o to death because there's still no news of him

con toda el or mi/tu/su alma with all my/your/his/ heart

lo siento con toda el alma I'm truly sorry

lo odiaba con toda su alma she hated him intensely o vehemently

te lo agradezco con toda mi alma I want to thank you with all my heart o from the bottom of my heart

del alma: su amigo del alma his bosom friend

de mi alma: ¡hijo de mi alma, qué pesadito te pones a veces! oh, Ian ( o Ben etc), darling, you can be such a nuisance sometimes

¿qué te han hecho, hija de mi alma? what have they done to you, my darling?

en el alma: lo siento en el alma pero no puedo ayudarte I'm truly o really o terribly sorry but I can't help you

me duele or pesa en el alma it hurts me deeply

se alegró en el alma de que todo hubiera salido bien she was overjoyed that everything had turned out well

te lo agradezco en el alma I can't tell you how grateful I am

hasta el alma ( fam): ¡la inyección me dolió hasta el alma! the injection was excruciating o excruciatingly painful

se le vio hasta el alma you could see everything o she bared her all ( colloq)

me mojé hasta el alma I got soaked to the skin ( colloq)

llegarle a algn al alma: aquellas palabras me llegaron al alma (me conmovieron) I was deeply touched o affected o moved by those words; (me dolieron) I was deeply hurt by those words

me/le parte el alma it breaks my/his heart

no poder con su alma to be ready to drop ( colloq), to be tired out o worn out

estoy agotada, no puedo con mi alma I'm exhausted, I'm ready to drop

romperle el alma a algn ( AmS fam); to beat the living daylights out of sb ( colloq)

romperse el alma ( AmS fam); to break one's neck ( colloq)

salir/ir como alma que lleva el diablo to run like a bat out of hell, to run hell for leather

salirle a algn del alma: siento habérselo dicho pero me salió del alma I'm sorry I said that to him, it just came out

me salió del alma regalárselo I just gave it to him on an impulse

se me/le cayó or fue el alma a los pies my/his heart sank (into my/his boots)

vender el alma al diablo to sell one's soul (to the Devil)

ése es capaz de vender su alma al diablo para conseguirlo he'd sell his soul (to the Devil) for it, he'd do anything to get it, he'd sell his grandmother to get it ( colloq)

volverle a algn el alma al cuerpo: al oír que lo habían encontrado vivo le volvió el alma al cuerpo when she heard that he had been found alive, she felt a great sense of relief

después de aquella comida me volvió el alma al cuerpo I felt human again after that meal

B

1 (persona) soul

no hay un alma por la calle there isn't a soul on the streets

un pueblecito de 600 almas a little village of 600 inhabitants o people

ni un alma viviente not a single o living soul

ser almas gemelas to be soul mates

ser un alma bendita or de Dios to be kind-hearted, be a kind soul

2

(centro, fuerza vital): el alma de la fiesta the life and soul of the party

el alma del movimiento nacionalista the driving force behind o the key figure of the nationalist movement

C (sentimiento) feeling

baila sin alma there's no feeling in her dancing

D ( Const) strut

E (de un cable) core

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alma feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
1 ( espíritu) soul;
◊ tener alma de niño to be a child at heart;

alma mía or mi alma ( como apelativo) my love;
con toda el or mi/tu/su alma with all my/your/his/ heart;
del alma: su amigo del alma his bosom friend;
en el alma: lo siento en el alma I'm really o terribly sorry;
te lo agradezco en el alma I can't tell you how grateful I am;
llegarle a algn al alma: aquellas palabras me llegaron al alma ( me conmovieron) I was deeply touched by those words;

( me dolieron) I was deeply hurt by those words;
◊ me/le parte el alma it breaks my/his heart

2 ( persona) soul;
◊ ni un alma viviente not a living soul;

ser almas gemelas to be soul mates;
ser un alma bendita or de Dios to be a kind soul
alma sustantivo femenino
1 soul
(individuo) no había ni un alma, there was not a living soul
2 (la persona clave) key figure: su hijo es el alma de la familia, her son is the darling of the family
3 (ímpetu) heart: puse toda mi alma en ello, I put all my heart into it
♦ Locuciones: se me cayó el alma a los pies, my heart sank
como alma que lleva el diablo: salió huyendo como alma que lleva el diablo, he shot out like a bat out of hell
con toda el alma, with all my/your/his heart
partir el alma: me parte el alma verte tan triste, it breaks my heart to see you so sad
' alma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espíritu
- estar
- gemela
- gemelo
- limpiar
- reposo
- ánima
- grandeza
- mancha
English:
body
- bosom
- depth
- devil
- heart
- lifeblood
- mope about
- mope around
- sink
- soul
- soulmate
- spirit
- driving
- life
- touch

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alma nf Takes the masculine articles el and un.

1. [espíritu] soul;

es un chico de alma noble he's a noble-minded boy;

encomiendo mi alma a Dios I commend my soul to God

Comp
alma en pena soul in purgatory;
Comp

como alma en pena like a lost soul

2. [persona] soul;

un pueblo de doce mil almas a town of twelve thousand people;

no se ve un alma there isn't a soul to be seen

3. [de negocio, equipo] backbone;

son el alma de la compañía they're the backbone o core of the company;

el alma de la fiesta the life and soul of the party;

el alma del proyecto the driving force behind the project;

el humor es el alma de este espectáculo humour is at the heart of this show

Comp
alma máter driving force;
ser el alma máter de algo to be the driving force behind sth

4. [de cañón] bore

5. Mús [de instrumento] soundpost

6. [de viga] web

7. Comp

mi alma [apelativo] dearest, darling;

agradecer algo en el alma to be deeply grateful for sth;

arrancarle el alma a alguien [matarlo] to kill sb;
Fam
se le cayó el alma a los pies his heart sank;
Fam
como alma que lleva el diablo like a bat out of hell;

con toda mi/tu/ etc[m5]. alma with all my/your/ etc heart;

lo odia con toda su alma she hates him with all her heart;

cantaba con toda su alma he was singing his heart out, he was singing for all he was worth;

deseo con toda mi alma que seas feliz I hope with all my heart that you'll be happy;

me da en el alma que no llamarán I can feel it in my bones o deep down that they're not going to call o Br ring;

en el alma truly, from the bottom of one's heart;

entregar el alma to give up the ghost;

estar con el alma en un hilo to be worried stiff;

llegar al alma a alguien to touch sb's heart;

lo que dijo me llegó al alma her words really struck home;
Fam
no puedo con mi alma I'm ready to drop, I'm completely worn out;

partir el alma a alguien to break sb's heart;

me salió del alma contestarle así I didn't mean to answer him like that, it just came out that way;

sentirlo en el alma to be truly sorry;

lo siento en el alma pero no puedo ayudarte I'm truly sorry, but I can't help you;

ser el alma gemela de alguien to be sb's soul mate;

ser un alma atravesada o [m5] de Caín o [m5] de Judas to be a fiend o a villain;
Fam
ser un alma de cántaro to be a mug;

ser un alma de Dios to be a good soul;

no tener alma to be heartless

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alma

f soul;

se me cayó el alma a los pies fam my heart sank;

llegar al alma conmover move deeply; herir hurt deeply;

lo siento en el alma I am truly sorry;

¡alma mía! my love!;

arrancarle a uno el alma, destrozar o

partir el alma a uno break s.o.’s heart;

como alma que lleva el diablo like a bat out of hell;

con el alma en un hilo worried sick;

con toda el alma with all one’s heart;

me duele en el alma it hurts me deeply;

romperle a uno el alma fam beat the living daylights out of s.o. fam ;

no se ve un alma there isn’t a soul to be seen

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alma nf

1) : soul

2) : person, human being

3)

no tener alma : to be pitiless

4)

tener el alma en un hilo : to have one's heart in one's mouth

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alma n soul

no pasaba ni un alma por la calle there wasn't a soul in the street

agradecer en el alma to thank someone from the bottom of your heart

no poder con el alma to be shattered

se me cayó el alma a los pies my heart sank

Spanish-English dictionary > alma
17 empedernido

adj.

1 inveterate, recurrent, out-and-out, habitual.

2 licentious, vicious, corrupt.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: empedernir.

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empedernido

► adjetivo

1 confirmed, inveterate, hardened

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FRASEOLOGÍA

un,-a fumador,-ra/bebedor,-ra empedernido,-a a hardened smoker/drinker

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(f. - empedernida)

adj.

1) inveterate

2) heavy

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ADJ

1) [vicio] hardened, inveterate

un bebedor empedernido — a heavy drinker

un fumador empedernido — a heavy smoker

un pecador empedernido — an unregenerate sinner, a reprobate

un soltero empedernido — a confirmed bachelor

2) (=cruel) heartless, cruel

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- da adjetivo <bebedor/fumador> hardened, inveterate; < jugador> compulsive; < solterón> confirmed

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= hardened, out-and-out, habitual, diehard.

Ex. There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.

Ex. Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.

Ex. A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.

Ex. Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.

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* comprador empedernido = spendaholic.

* fumador empedernido = chain smoker.

* jugador empedernido = compulsive gambler.

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- da adjetivo <bebedor/fumador> hardened, inveterate; < jugador> compulsive; < solterón> confirmed

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= hardened, out-and-out, habitual, diehard.

Ex: There is a shift from considering children as innocent victims to viewing them as hardened criminals on a par with adults who commit similar acts.

Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.

Ex: A new study confirms that male gender, obesity, and weight gain are key determinants of habitual snoring in the adult population.

Ex: Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.

* comprador empedernido = spendaholic.

* fumador empedernido = chain smoker.

* jugador empedernido = compulsive gambler.

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empedernido -da

adjective

‹bebedor/fumador› hardened, inveterate; ‹jugador› compulsive; ‹solterón› confirmed

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empedernido
◊ -da adjetivo ‹bebedor/fumador› hardened, inveterate;

‹ jugador› compulsive;
‹ solterón› confirmed
empedernido,-a adj (fumador, jugador) hardened
' empedernido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empedernida
- bebedor
English:
confirmed
- habitual
- hard
- inveterate
- chronic
- confirm
- drinker
- hardened
- incurable

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empedernido, -a adj
[bebedor, fumador] heavy; [criminal, jugador] hardened; [solterón, solterona] confirmed;
un lector empedernido de novelas de terror a compulsive reader of horror stories

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empedernido

adj

:

fumador empedernido inveterate smoker;

solterón empedernido confirmed bachelor

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empedernido, -da adj

incorregible: hardened, inveterate

Spanish-English dictionary > empedernido
18 impío

adj.

impious, blasphemous, godless, profane.

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impío

► adjetivo

1 impious

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 infidel

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ADJ

1) (Rel) impious, ungodly

2) (=cruel) cruel, pitiless

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I
- pía adjetivo

a) ( falto de fe) heathen (before n), godless

b) ( irreverente) impious

c) ( falto de piedad) pitiless, merciless
II
- pía masculino, femenino (ant o hum) heathen (arch or hum)

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= sinful.

Ex. Neoclassical theorists, by contrast, saw man as an imperfect being, inherently sinful, whose potential was limited.

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I
- pía adjetivo

a) ( falto de fe) heathen (before n), godless

b) ( irreverente) impious

c) ( falto de piedad) pitiless, merciless
II
- pía masculino, femenino (ant o hum) heathen (arch or hum)

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= sinful.

Ex: Neoclassical theorists, by contrast, saw man as an imperfect being, inherently sinful, whose potential was limited.

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impío¹ - pía

adjective

1 (falto de fe) heathen ( before n), godless

2 ‹libro/creencias/acto› godless, irreligious

3 (falto de piedad) ruthless, heartless, pitiless, merciless

impío² - pía

masculine, feminine

( ant or hum); heathen ( archor hum)

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impío,-a adjetivo ungodly, irreligious
' impío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
impía
English:
ungodly

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impío, -a adj

1. [sin religión] godless, impious

2. [sin piedad] merciless

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impío

adj

1 ( sin piedad) impious

2 ( sin fe) godless, heathen

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impío, - pía adj

: impious, ungodly

Spanish-English dictionary > impío
19 inhumano

adj.

inhuman, cruel, inhumane, merciless.

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inhumano

► adjetivo

1 (persona) inhuman, cruel

2 (dolor, sufrimiento) inhuman

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(f. - inhumana)

adj.

inhumane, inhuman

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ADJ

1) (=no humano) inhuman

2) (=falto de compasión) inhumane

3) Cono Sur dirty, disgusting

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- na adjetivo

a) ( falto de compasión) inhumane

b) ( cruel) inhuman

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= inhumane.

Ex. This is part of the present government's inhumane and antisocial programme to diminish the value of people at work.

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* condiciones inhumanas = inhumane conditions.

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- na adjetivo

a) ( falto de compasión) inhumane

b) ( cruel) inhuman

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= inhumane.

Ex: This is part of the present government's inhumane and antisocial programme to diminish the value of people at work.

* condiciones inhumanas = inhumane conditions.

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inhumano -na

adjective

1 (falto de compasión) inhumane

2 (cruel) inhuman

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inhumano
◊ -na adjetivo

a) ( falto de compasión) inhumane

b) ( cruel) inhuman

inhumano,-a adjetivo inhuman
' inhumano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inhumana
English:
heartless
- inhuman
- inhumane

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inhumano, -a adj

1. [despiadado] inhuman

2. [desconsiderado] inhumane

3. Chile [sucio] filthy

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inhumano

adj inhuman; ( cruel) inhumane

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inhumano, -na adj

: inhuman, cruel, inhumane

Spanish-English dictionary > inhumano
20 ruin

adj.

1 low, contemptible (vil).

2 mean (avaro).

3 vile, base, perverse, wicked.

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ruin

► adjetivo

1 peyorativo (vil) mean, base, despicable, vile

2 (pequeño) petty, insignificant

3 (tacaño) stingy, mean

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ADJ

1) (=vil) [persona] contemptible, mean

2) [trato] (=injusto) mean, shabby; (=cruel) heartless, callous

3) (=tacaño) mean, stingy

4) (=pequeño) small, weak

5) [animal] vicious

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adjetivo

a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)

b) < animal> bad-tempered

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= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.

Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

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adjetivo

a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)

b) < animal> bad-tempered

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= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.

Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

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ruin

adjective

1 (mezquino, vil) ‹persona› despicable, contemptible; ‹acción› despicable, contemptible, base ( liter)

sus ruines intenciones his despicable o base intentions

2 (avaro) miserly, mean ( BrE)

3 ‹animal› bad-tempered, mean ( colloq)

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ruin adjetivo (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible;
( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
ruin adjetivo
1 (despreciable, vil) mean, despicable, stingy
2 (avariento, tacaño) stingy, miserly: era ruin con su familia y generoso consigo mismo, he was stingy to his family but generous to himself
' ruin' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismo
- abocada
- abocado
- arruinar
- baja
- bajo
- cagar
- cargarse
- castigar
- chafar
- dar
- desbaratar
- deshacer
- destrozar
- dinamitar
- ser
- estropear
- extemporánea
- extemporáneo
- fastidiar
- jorobar
- miserable
- pasar
- perder
- perderse
- polvo
- ruina
- salar
- significar
- tierra
- acabar
- chancho
- consumir
- destruir
- echar
- embromar
- fregar
- malograr
- perdición
- villano
English:
rack
- ruin
- ancient
- break
- destroy
- doom
- murder
- wreck

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ruin adj

1. [vil] contemptible

2. [avaro] mean

3. Cuba [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat

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ruin

adj

1 ( despreciable) despicable, mean

2 ( tacaño) mean, miserly

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ruin adj

1) : base, despicable

2) : mean, stingy

Spanish-English dictionary > ruin

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