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to demythologize

  • 1 desmitologizar

    = demythologise [demythologize, -USA].
    Ex. A likely reason for this is the tendency of the art sociologist to demystify & demythologize the art world & the arts themselves.
    * * *
    = demythologise [demythologize, -USA].

    Ex: A likely reason for this is the tendency of the art sociologist to demystify & demythologize the art world & the arts themselves.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmitologizar

  • 2 desmitificar

    v.
    to demystify.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to demystify
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to demystify, destroy the myths surrounding
    * * *
    Ex. This article demystifies the technospeak surrounding the concept of workflow.
    ----
    * desmitificar un mito = demystify + myth.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to demystify, destroy the myths surrounding
    * * *

    Ex: This article demystifies the technospeak surrounding the concept of workflow.

    * desmitificar un mito = demystify + myth.

    * * *
    vt
    to demythologize
    * * *
    el libro desmitifica la democracia helénica the book demythologizes ancient Greek democracy;
    hay que desmitificar el mundo del espectáculo we have to dispel people's illusions about show business;
    el escándalo desmitificó al presidente the scandal showed the president had feet of clay
    * * *
    v/t demystify, demythologize

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmitificar

  • 3 hippie

    f. & m.
    hippie, hippy, flower child.
    * * *
    1 hippy
    1 hippy
    * * *
    = hippie [hippy], bum.
    Ex. Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    ----
    * extravagancia típica de los hippies = hippiedom.
    * hippie de la playa = beach bum.
    * * *
    = hippie [hippy], bum.

    Ex: Whoever said Moby is the leader of dickheads that beat people up? He is just a bald-headed hippie who wouldn't hurt a fly.

    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    * extravagancia típica de los hippies = hippiedom.
    * hippie de la playa = beach bum.

    * * *
    * * *
    hippie or
    hippy ['hipi] nmf, pl hippies [-pis] : hippie

    Spanish-English dictionary > hippie

  • 4 holgazán

    adj.
    lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.
    m.
    loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.
    * * *
    1 idle, lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 lazybones, layabout
    * * *
    (f. - holgazana)
    noun
    * * *
    holgazán, -ana
    1.
    ADJ idle, lazy
    2.
    SM / F idler, loafer, layabout *
    * * *
    I
    - zana adjetivo lazy
    II
    - zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)
    * * *
    = bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    * * *
    I
    - zana adjetivo lazy
    II
    - zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)
    * * *
    = bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.

    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.

    * * *
    lazy
    es muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle ( BrE)
    masculine, feminine
    idler, lazybones ( colloq)
    * * *

    holgazán
    ◊ - zana adjetivo

    lazy
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idler, lazybones (colloq)
    holgazán,-ana
    I adjetivo lazy, idle
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout

    ' holgazán' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    holgazana
    - señorito
    - vaga
    - vago
    - atorrante
    - cómodo
    - golfo
    - huevón
    - patán
    - perezoso
    English:
    bum
    - do-nothing
    - idle
    * * *
    holgazán, -ana
    ♦ adj
    idle, lazy
    ♦ nm,f
    layabout, lazybones
    * * *
    m idler
    * * *
    holgazán, - zana adj, mpl - zanes : lazy
    holgazán, - zana n, mpl - zanes haragán: slacker, idler
    * * *
    holgazán adj lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > holgazán

  • 5 malos tratos a la mujer

    (n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse
    Ex. Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.
    Ex. The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    * * *
    (n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse

    Ex: Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.

    Ex: The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.
    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > malos tratos a la mujer

  • 6 maltrato a la mujer

    (n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse
    Ex. Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.
    Ex. The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    * * *
    (n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse

    Ex: Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.

    Ex: The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.
    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > maltrato a la mujer

  • 7 maltrato de mujeres

    (n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse
    Ex. Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.
    Ex. The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    * * *
    (n.) = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse

    Ex: Try finding prison reform, wife beating, intellectual freedom, or vasectomy in the 18th edition index.

    Ex: The book 'How to get out' deals with wife battering.
    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > maltrato de mujeres

  • 8 golfo2

    2 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex. This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex. Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    ----
    * golfo de la playa = beach bum.

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfo2

  • 9 vago1

    1 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
    Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    ----
    * persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vago1

  • 10 golfo

    m.
    1 gulf.
    2 ragamuffin, rapscallion, street urchin, street Arab.
    * * *
    1 (niño) naughty; (joven) idle, lazy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout; (niño) rascal, little devil
    \
    sesión golfa late-night showing
    ————————
    1 gulf, large bay
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) (Geog) (=bahía) gulf

    golfo de México — LAm Gulf of Mexico

    2) (=mar) open sea
    II
    SM (=gamberro) lout; (=travieso) rascal; (=pilluelo) street urchin; (=holgazán) layabout

    ¡menudo golfo estás hecho! — hum you rascal!

    * * *
    I
    - fa masculino, femenino
    a) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout
    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf
    * * *
    I
    - fa masculino, femenino
    a) ( holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout
    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf
    * * *
    golfo2
    2 = street urchin, slum urchin, urchin, street arab, bum, rapscallion, ragamuffin.

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

    Ex: Victorian photographs of social commentary ranged from the pseudo-sentimental slum urchins of Oscar Rejlander to the stark honest portrayal of the horrible conditions of the Glascow slums by Thomas Annan.
    Ex: This is a film that that will melt hearts of stone, with its cast of scruffy urchins who learn both song and life lessons under the tutelage of a paternalistic mentor at a grim boarding school for 'difficult' boys.
    Ex: Many New York citizens blamed the street arabs for crime and violence in the city and wanted them placed in orphan homes or prisons.
    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: He was looking affably at the two dubious ragamuffins and, moreover, even making inviting gestures to them.
    * golfo de la playa = beach bum.

    * * *
    golfo1 -fa
    naughty
    ¡qué golfo es ese niño! that child is a little devil!
    ¡no seas golfo! don't be so naughty!
    golfo2 -fa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (holgazán) good-for-nothing, layabout, bum ( AmE colloq)
    2 (gamberro) lout, yob ( BrE)
    3 ( fam) (niño travieso) rascal ( colloq), little devil ( colloq)
    ( Geog, Náut) gulf
    Compuestos:
    Bay of Bengal
    Gulf of California
    Gulf of Guinea
    Gulf of Mexico
    Gulf of Panama
    Gulf of St Lawrence
    Gulf of Tehuantepec
    Bay of Biscay
    Persian Gulf
    * * *

    golfo 1
    ◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (fam) ( niño travieso) rascal (colloq), little devil (colloq)

    golfo 2 sustantivo masculino (Geog, Náut) gulf;

    Ggolfo de Vizcaya Bay of Biscay
    golfo,-a 1
    I adj fam ayer tenía el día golfo y me fui de copas, yesterday I had a lazy day and went drinking
    II mf good-for-nothing
    (descarado) cheeky person
    III f fam pey ofens tart
    golfo 2 m Geog gulf
    el golfo de Cádiz, the Gulf of Cádiz

    ' golfo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    golfa
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    English:
    bay
    - escalate
    - gulf
    - Gulf Stream
    - Persian
    * * *
    golfo, -a
    ♦ adj
    [gamberro] loutish, Br yobbish; [pillo] roguish
    ♦ nm
    1. [gamberro] lout, Br yob;
    [pillo] rogue, wide boy
    2. Geog gulf, bay
    el golfo de Bengala the Bay of Bengal;
    el golfo de California the Gulf of California;
    el golfo de Guinea the Gulf of Guinea;
    el golfo de León the Gulf of Leon;
    el golfo de México the Gulf of Mexico;
    el golfo de Omán the Gulf of Oman;
    el golfo de Panamá the Gulf of Panama;
    el golfo Pérsico the Persian Gulf;
    el golfo de Tonkín the Gulf of Tonkin;
    el golfo de Venezuela the Gulf of Venezuela;
    el golfo de Vizcaya the Bay of Biscay
    * * *
    I m GEOG gulf
    II m, golfa f good-for-nothing; niño little devil
    * * *
    golfo nm
    : gulf, bay
    * * *
    1. (sinvergüenza) good for nothing
    2. (pillo) rascal / little devil
    3. (de mar) gulf

    Spanish-English dictionary > golfo

  • 11 vago

    adj.
    1 footloose, errant, roving, shiftless.
    2 nebulous, amorphous, formless, shapeless.
    3 vague, general, unspecific.
    4 rambling, excursive.
    f. & m.
    1 bum, loafer, deadbeat, good-for-nothing.
    2 vagus.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vagar.
    * * *
    1 (impreciso) vague
    ————————
    1 (vacío) empty; (desocupado) vacant
    2 (holgazán) lazy, idle
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (holgazán) idler, layabout, slacker
    2 DERECHO vagrant
    \
    hacer el vago to laze around
    * * *
    1. (f. - vaga)
    adj.
    1) idle, lazy
    2. (f. - vaga)
    noun
    * * *
    vago, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (gen) vague; (Arte, Fot) blurred, ill-defined; (=indeterminado) indeterminate
    2) [persona] (=perezoso) lazy, slack; (=poco fiable) unreliable; (=ocioso) idle, unemployed
    3) [ojo] lazy; [objeto] idle, unused; [espacio] empty
    4) (=errante) roving, wandering
    5) †

    en vago — [mantenerse] unsteadily; [esforzarse] in vain

    dar golpes en vago — to flail about, beat the air

    2. SM/ F
    1) (=holgazán) idler, lazybones *; (=inútil) useless individual, dead loss
    2) (=vagabundo) tramp, vagrant, bum (EEUU); (=pobre) down-and-out
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle
    2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vague
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle
    2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vague
    II
    - ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)
    * * *
    vago1
    1 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.

    Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
    Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.
    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
    Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.
    * persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

    vago2
    2 = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: Some of the terms are vague.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.
    Ex: On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
    * de manera vaga = hazily.

    * * *
    vago1 -ga
    A ( fam); ‹persona› lazy, idle
    B ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy; ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct
    hay un vago parecido entre los dos there is a vague resemblance between them
    me dio una explicación muy vaga de lo que había sucedido she gave me a very vague explanation of what had happened, she only explained very vaguely what had happened
    tengo la vaga sensación de haberlo visto antes I have a vague feeling I've seen him before
    vago2 -ga
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    layabout, slacker ( colloq)
    deja ya de hacer el vago y ponte a trabajar stop lazing around and get some work done ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo vagar: ( conjugate vagar)

    vago es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    vagó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    vagar    
    vago
    vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
    to wander, roam
    vago
    ◊ -ga adjetivo

    1 (fam) ‹ persona› lazy, idle
    2 ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy;
    ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct;
    ‹explicación/parecido› vague
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq);

    vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
    vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
    vago,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 pey (holgazán) lazy
    2 (difuso) slight, vague: tiene una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, he has a vague idea of what happened
    II m,f (gandul) layabout
    ' vago' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boluda
    - boludo
    - floja
    - flojo
    - sambenito
    - señorito
    - vaga
    - hecho
    - indeterminado
    English:
    bone-idle
    - dim
    - do-nothing
    - easy-going
    - faint
    - hazy
    - indistinct
    - layabout
    - obscure
    - screw around
    - slack
    - slob
    - swan about
    - swan around
    - vague
    - work shy
    - bum
    - wooly
    * * *
    vago, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] lazy, idle;
    Fam Hum
    2. [imagen, recuerdo] vague
    3. Med
    nervio vago vagus nerve
    ♦ nm,f
    lazy person, idler;
    ser un vago to be lazy o idle
    ♦ nm
    hacer el vago to laze around
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( holgazán) lazy;
    hacer el vago laze around
    2 ( indefinido) vague
    II m, vaga f idler, Br
    layabout fam
    * * *
    vago, -ga adj
    1) : vague
    2) perezoso: lazy, idle
    vago, -ga n
    1) : idler, loafer
    2) vagabundo: vagrant, bum
    * * *
    vago1 adj
    1. (gandul) lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]
    2. (impreciso) vague
    vago2 n lazybones

    Spanish-English dictionary > vago

См. также в других словарях:

  • demythologize — v. t. to remove the mythical elements from; of writings, such as the Bible. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • demythologize — (Amer.) v. remove mythological characteristics, make less mysterious and more human (also demythologise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • demythologize — [dē΄mi thäl′ə jīz΄] vt. demythologized, demythologizing Theol. to eliminate elements viewed as mythological from (the Bible, a belief, etc.) …   English World dictionary

  • demythologize — demythologization, n. demythologizer, n. /dee mi thol euh juyz /, v., demythologized, demythologizing. v.t. 1. to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize …   Universalium

  • demythologize — transitive verb Date: 1950 1. to divest of mythological forms in order to uncover the meaning underlying them < demythologize the Gospels > 2. to divest of mythical elements or associations • demythologization noun • demythologizer …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • demythologize — verb to remove the mythological elements of something in order to find the underlying meaning …   Wiktionary

  • demythologize — Synonyms and related words: account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, give reason for, give the meaning, illuminate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • demythologize — or demythologise verb reinterpret (a subject) so that it is free of mythical elements …   English new terms dictionary

  • demythologize — de·mythologize …   English syllables

  • demythologize —  Демифологизировать …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • demythologize — de•my•thol•o•gize [[t]ˌdi mɪˈθɒl əˌdʒaɪz[/t]] v. t. gized, giz•ing cvb to divest of mythological attributes, as to permit clearer understanding • Etymology: 1945–50 de my•thol o•gi•za′tion, n. de my•thol′o•giz er, n …   From formal English to slang

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