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to snub

Толкование Перевод

1 apagar el cigarrillo

• snub out the cigarette

• snuff out the cigarrette

• stub out the cigarette

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > apagar el cigarrillo
2 chato de nariz

• snub-nosed

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > chato de nariz
3 de nariz chata

• snub-nosed

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > de nariz chata
4 de nariz chata y respingona

• snub-nosed

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > de nariz chata y respingona
5 nariz chata y respingona

• snub nose

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > nariz chata y respingona
6 desaire

m.

1 snub, slight.

hacer un desaire a alguien to snub somebody

2 brush-off, snub, slight, put-down.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: desairar.

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desaire

► nombre masculino

1 (menosprecio) slight, rebuff

2 (falta de gracia) lack of charm

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacerle un desaire a alguien to snub somebody

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SM

1) (=menosprecio) slight, snub

fue un desaire sin precedentes — it was an unprecedented slight o snub

no lo tomes como un desaire — don't be offended

dar o hacer un desaire a algn — (=rechazar) to slight sb, snub sb; (=ofender) to offend sb

¿no me va usted a hacer ese desaire? — I won't take no for an answer!

sufrir un desaire — to suffer a rebuff

2) (=falta de garbo) unattractiveness, gracelessness

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masculino snub, slight

hacerle un desaire a alguien — to snub o slight somebody

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= rebuff, put-down, snub, cold shoulder, diss, scoff.

Ex. It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.

Ex. Overt abuse definitions included put-downs, criticism, foul language, explosive anger, and neglect.

Ex. This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Ex. According to researchers, these are the cities where 'immigrants find friendly welcomes or cold shoulders'.

Ex. I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.

Ex. To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.

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* hacer un desaire = slight.

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masculino snub, slight

hacerle un desaire a alguien — to snub o slight somebody

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= rebuff, put-down, snub, cold shoulder, diss, scoff.

Ex: It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.

Ex: Overt abuse definitions included put-downs, criticism, foul language, explosive anger, and neglect.

Ex: This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Ex: According to researchers, these are the cities where 'immigrants find friendly welcomes or cold shoulders'.

Ex: I think the disses come from frustration with the way his work was handled rather than from desperation.

Ex: To be sure, the largest portion of the fans greeted this news with a scoff.

* hacer un desaire = slight.

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desaire

masculine

snub, slight

hacerle un desaire a algn to snub o slight sb

sería un desaire no llamarlos it would be rude not to call them

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Del verbo desairar: ( conjugate desairar)

desairé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

desaíre es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
desairar
desaire
desaire sustantivo masculino
snub, slight;
◊ hacerle un desaire a algn to snub o slight sb

desairar verbo transitivo to slight, snub: aceptaron la invitación para no desairar a su hermana, they accepted the invitation so her sister wouldn't be offended
desaire sustantivo masculino slight, rebuff, snub

' desaire' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desprecio
- fea
- feo
English:
rebuff
- slight
- snub

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desaire nm
[desprecio] snub, slight;
sería un desaire por tu parte no acudir it will be seen as a snub if you don't go;

hacer un desaire a alguien to snub sb;

sufrir un desaire to receive a rebuff

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desaire

m snub;

hacer un desaire a alguien snub s.o.

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desaire nm

: rebuff, snub, slight

Spanish-English dictionary > desaire
7 desprecio

m.

1 scorn, contempt.

una mirada/un gesto de desprecio a scornful o contemptuous look/gesture

con desprecio contemptuously, with contempt

2 snub (acto despreciativo).

hacer un desprecio a alguien to snub somebody

3 disregard.

muestran un desprecio olímpico por los derechos humanos they show complete disregard for human rights

4 disdain, scorn, contempt, sneer.

5 brush-off.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: despreciar.

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desprecio

► nombre masculino

1 (desestima) contempt, scorn, disdain

2 (desaire) slight, snub

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noun m.

disdain, contempt

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SM

1) (=desdén) scorn, contempt

lo miró con desprecio — she looked at him contemptuously

2) (=desaire) slight, snub

le hicieron el desprecio de no acudir — they snubbed him by not coming

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masculino

a) ( menosprecio) disdain

un gesto de desprecio — a disdainful gesture

me miró con desprecio — she gave me a disdainful o scornful look

sentía un desprecio infinito por él — she felt profound contempt for him

b) ( indiferencia) disregard

sienten un profundo desprecio por la autoridad — they have a deep-seated contempt for authority

c) ( desaire) snub, slight

hacerle un desprecio a alguien — to snub o slight somebody

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= scorn, disdain, contempt, put-down, deprecation, snub, sneer.

Ex. I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.

Ex. 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.

Ex. Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.

Ex. Overt abuse definitions included put-downs, criticism, foul language, explosive anger, and neglect.

Ex. It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

Ex. This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Ex. At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.

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* decir con desprecio = sneer.

* desprecio por envidia = sour grapes.

* gesto de desprecio = gesture of disdain.

* hacer un desprecio = slight.

* manifestar desprecio = profess + disdain.

* mirar a la gente con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.

* mirar con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

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masculino

a) ( menosprecio) disdain

un gesto de desprecio — a disdainful gesture

me miró con desprecio — she gave me a disdainful o scornful look

sentía un desprecio infinito por él — she felt profound contempt for him

b) ( indiferencia) disregard

sienten un profundo desprecio por la autoridad — they have a deep-seated contempt for authority

c) ( desaire) snub, slight

hacerle un desprecio a alguien — to snub o slight somebody

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= scorn, disdain, contempt, put-down, deprecation, snub, sneer.

Ex: I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.

Ex: 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.

Ex: Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.

Ex: Overt abuse definitions included put-downs, criticism, foul language, explosive anger, and neglect.

Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

Ex: This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Ex: At most I have gotten a few sneers and a little derision for my involvement, and I certainly am not doing anything illegal.

* decir con desprecio = sneer.

* desprecio por envidia = sour grapes.

* gesto de desprecio = gesture of disdain.

* hacer un desprecio = slight.

* manifestar desprecio = profess + disdain.

* mirar a la gente con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.

* mirar con desprecio = look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

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desprecio

masculine

1 (menosprecio) disdain

con un gesto de desprecio salió de la habitación with a disdainful gesture, he left the room

me miró con desprecio she gave me a disdainful o scornful look

sentía un desprecio infinito por él she felt profound contempt for him

—no tiene donde caerse muerto —dijo con desprecio he doesn't have a penny to his name, she said contemptuously o disdainfully o scornfully

2 (indiferencia) disregard

conducen con total desprecio por la vida de los demás they drive with complete disregard for the lives of others

sienten un profundo desprecio por la autoridad they have a deep-seated contempt for authority

3 (desaire) snub, slight

si no vas, será interpretado como un desprecio if you don't go, they'll take it as a snub o slight

está harto de que le hagan desprecios he's fed up with being snubbed o slighted

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Del verbo despreciar: ( conjugate despreciar)

desprecio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

despreció es:

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

Multiple Entries:
despreciar
desprecio
despreciar ( conjugate despreciar) verbo transitivo
a) ( menospreciar) ‹ persona› to look down on;

( profundamente) to despise
b) ( rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to reject

desprecio sustantivo masculino
a) ( menosprecio) disdain;

( más intenso) contempt;
◊ me miró con desprecio she gave me a disdainful o scornful look

b) (indiferencia por el peligro, la vida) disregard

c) ( desaire) snub, slight;

◊ hacerle un desprecio a algn to snub o slight sb

despreciar verbo transitivo
1 (odiar) to despise
2 (menospreciar) to look down on, to scorn
3 (desdeñar) to reject, spurn
desprecio sustantivo masculino
1 (menosprecio, falta de estima) contempt, scorn, disdain: no puede disimular el desprecio que siente hacia esa familia, she can't hide the contempt she has for that family
2 (descortesía, desaire) slight, snub: para ella sería un desprecio que no aceptases la invitación, she would feel slighted should you not accept the invitation
' desprecio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bofetada
- cara
- caro
- disfraz
- larvada
- larvado
- pequeña
- pequeño
- rechazo
- rictus
- vilipendio
- bah
- profundo
English:
beneath
- contempt
- curl
- disdain
- doormat
- nose
- scornfully
- sneer
- deprecating
- put

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desprecio nm

1. [desdén] scorn, contempt;

siente un desprecio especial por los grandes estudios cinematográficos he feels particular contempt for the big movie studios;

con desprecio scornfully, contemptuously;

habla con desprecio de todo el mundo she speaks contemptuously o scornfully of everyone, she speaks of everyone with contempt;

una mirada/un gesto de desprecio a scornful o contemptuous look/gesture

2. [acto despreciativo] snub;

hacer un desprecio a alguien to snub sb

3. [desinterés] disregard;

muestran un desprecio olímpico por los derechos humanos they show complete disregard for human rights

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desprecio

m

1 ( desdén) contempt

2 acto slight

3 ( indiferencia) disregard

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desprecio nm

desdén, menosprecio: disdain, contempt, scorn

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desprecio n contempt / scorn

Spanish-English dictionary > desprecio
8 chato

adj.

1 snub, pug-nosed, flat-nosed, snub-nosed.

2 flattened.

3 flat-bottomed.

4 short.

5 coarse.

m.

tavern glass for drinking wine, short and chubby glass of wine used in taverns in Spain.

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chato

► adjetivo

1 (nariz) snub; (persona) snub-nosed

2 (objeto) flat, flattened; (barco) flat, shallow; (torre) low, squat

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona) snub-nosed person

2 familiar (cariño) love, dear, duckie

■ ¡adiós, chata! bye, love!

► nombre masculino chato

1 familiar (vaso de vino) (small) glass of wine

■ tomamos unos chatos we had a few glasses of wine

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar chato,-a a alguien (vencer) to crush somebody, defeat somebody 2 (engañar) to trick somebody, deceive somebody

quedarse chato,-a figurado to be left dumbfounded

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chato

► nombre masculino

1 familiar (vaso de vino) (small) glass of wine

■ tomamos unos chatos we had a few glasses of wine

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1. ADJ

1) [nariz] snub

2) (=plano) [objeto] flattened, blunt; [barco] flat

3) (Arquit) low, squat

4) And, Chile [persona] short

5) Méx (=pobre) poor, wretched

- quedarse chato

2.

SM tumbler, wine tumbler

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) < nariz> snub (before n)

b) < embarcación> flat-bottomed

c) (Per fam) ( bajo) short

2) (AmS) < nivel> low; < obra> pedestrian

un ambiente chato — an atmosphere lacking intellectual/artistic interest
II
masculino (Esp) tb

chato de vino — glass of wine

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= pug-nosed.

Ex. In particular, pug-nosed animals should not fly; their short nasal passages make the changes in air pressure very difficult for them to endure.

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* de nariz chata = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* nariz chata = pug nose.

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) < nariz> snub (before n)

b) < embarcación> flat-bottomed

c) (Per fam) ( bajo) short

2) (AmS) < nivel> low; < obra> pedestrian

un ambiente chato — an atmosphere lacking intellectual/artistic interest
II
masculino (Esp) tb

chato de vino — glass of wine

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= pug-nosed.

Ex: In particular, pug-nosed animals should not fly; their short nasal passages make the changes in air pressure very difficult for them to endure.

* de nariz chata = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* nariz chata = pug nose.

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chato¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 ‹nariz› snub ( before n)

2 ‹embarcación› flat-bottomed

3 ‹mujer› ( RPl fam) flat-chested

4 ( Per fam) (bajo) short

B ( AmS) ‹nivel› low; ‹obra› pedestrian

un ambiente chato an atmosphere lacking intellectual/artistic interest

chato²

masculine

( Esp) tb

chato de vino glass of wine

chato³ -ta

masculine, feminine

( Esp fam) (apelativo) chaval m,f 2. (↑ chaval)

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chato
◊ -ta adjetivo

a) ‹ nariz› snub ( before n)

b) (Per fam) ( bajo) short

c) (AmS) ‹ nivel› low;

‹ obra› pedestrian
chato,-a
I adjetivo
1 (nariz) snub
(persona) snub-nosed
2 (objeto) flat, flattened, squat
II sustantivo masculino (small) glass of wine
' chato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chata

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chato, -a

♦ adj

1. [nariz] snub

2. [persona] snub-nosed

3. [superficie, objeto] flat

4. PRico, RP Fam [sin ambiciones] commonplace;

una vida chata a humdrum existence

♦ nm,f

1. [persona] snub-nosed person

2. Fam [apelativo] love, dear

♦ nm
Esp Fam
chato (de vino) = small glass of wine

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chato

I adj

1 nariz snub

2 L.Am.

nivel low

II m wine glass

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chato, -ta adj

1) : pug-nosed

2) : flat

Spanish-English dictionary > chato
9 desairar

v.

to snub, to slight (person).

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desairar

► verbo transitivo

1 (desatender) to slight, snub

■ lo desairó durante el cóctel de la embajada she snubbed him during the cocktail party at the embassy

2 (desestimar) to reject

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1. VT

1) [+ persona] to slight, snub; [+ cosa] to disregard

2) (Com) to default on

2.

VI

lo haré por no desairar — I'll do it rather than cause offence o (EEUU) offense

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verbo transitivo to snub

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= rebuff, slight, snub, spurn, diss.

Nota: Derivado del verbo disrespect.

Ex. 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.

Ex. Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.

Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.

Ex. And she has the gall to diss a Nobel Prize winner who isn't even in the academic world.

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verbo transitivo to snub

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= rebuff, slight, snub, spurn, diss.

Nota: Derivado del verbo disrespect.

Ex: 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.

Ex: Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.

Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.

Ex: And she has the gall to diss a Nobel Prize winner who isn't even in the academic world.

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desairar [A1 ]

vt

to snub

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desairar verbo transitivo to slight, snub: aceptaron la invitación para no desairar a su hermana, they accepted the invitation so her sister wouldn't be offended
' desairar' also found in these entries:
English:
rebuff
- slight
- snub

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desairar vt
[persona] to snub, to slight
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desairar

v/t snub

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desairar {5} vt

: to snub, to rebuff

Spanish-English dictionary > desairar
10 feo

adj.

1 ugly, homely, bad-looking, ill-favored.

2 ugly.

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feo

► adjetivo

1 (persona - nada atractiva) ugly; (- poco atractiva) plain

2 (aspecto, situación, tiempo, etc) nasty, horrible, unpleasant, awful

■ hizo un tiempo feísimo the weather was really awful

■ al asunto se está poniendo feo things are turning nasty

3 (acción) horrible, awful

■ robar a un amigo es una acción muy fea stealing from a friend is a horrible thing to do

4 (indigno) rude, not nice, improper

■ insultar es feo it's rude to insult people

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 ugly person

► nombre masculino feo

1 (ofensa) slight, snub

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacerle un feo a alguien to slight somebody, snub somebody

ser más feo que Picio to be as ugly as sin

siempre me (te, etc) toca bailar con la más fea I (you, etc) always get the short end of the stick

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feo

► nombre masculino

1 (ofensa) slight, snub

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= fea, adj.

1) ugly

2) nasty

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1. ADJ

1) (=sin belleza) [persona, casa, ropa] ugly

un edificio muy feo — a very ugly building

- más feo que Picio o un grajo

bailar con la más fea —

me tocó bailar con la más fea — I drew the short straw

2) (=desagradable) [asunto, tiempo] nasty, unpleasant; [jugada] dirty

tiene la fea costumbre de irse sin despedirse — he has a nasty habit of leaving without saying goodbye

esto se está poniendo feo — things are getting nasty

3) (=de mala educación)

está muy feo contestarle así a tu madre — it's very rude o it's not nice to answer your mother like that

está o queda feo comerse las uñas en público — it's bad manners to bite your nails in public

4) LAm [olor, comida] nasty, unpleasant

2. SM

1) (=desaire)

hacer un feo a algn — to snub sb

le hizo el feo de no devolverle la llamada — she snubbed him by not returning his call

-no puedo ir a tu boda -¿me vas a hacer ese feo? — "I can't come to your wedding" - "but you can't refuse!" o "how can you refuse!"

2) * (=fealdad)

hoy está con el feo o de feo subido — he's looking really ugly today

3.

ADV LAm * bad, badly

cantar feo — to sing badly

oler feo — to smell bad, have a nasty smell

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fea adjetivo

a) <persona/edificio> ugly; < peinado> unflattering

es fea de cara — she has a very plain face

es un barrio/color feo — it's not a very nice neighborhood/color

era una corbata feísima — it was the most awful tie

ser más feo que Picio or que un pecado — to be as ugly as sin (colloq)

b) <asunto/situación> unpleasant; <olor/sabor> (esp AmL) unpleasant

qué feo está el día! — what an awful day!

la cosa se está poniendo fea — things are getting nasty o ugly

es or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así — it's not nice to talk like that

tiene la fea costumbre de contestar — he has an unpleasant habit of answering back
II
adverbio (AmL) <oler/saber> bad

me miró feo — she gave me a dirty look

sentir feo — (Méx) to feel terrible
III
masculino (fam) ( desaire)

hacerle un feo a alguien — to snub somebody

vamos, acéptalo, no me hagas ese feo — oh go on take it, I'll be hurt if you don't

es de un feo... — (Esp) he's as ugly as they come (colloq)

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= ugly [uglier -comp., ugliest -sup.], unsightly, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unlovely, minging, nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

Ex. This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.

Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex. The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.

Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.

* grotescamente feo = grotesquely ugly.

* patito feo = ugly duckling.

* Patito Feo, el = Ugly Duckling, the.

* vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

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I
fea adjetivo

a) <persona/edificio> ugly; < peinado> unflattering

es fea de cara — she has a very plain face

es un barrio/color feo — it's not a very nice neighborhood/color

era una corbata feísima — it was the most awful tie

ser más feo que Picio or que un pecado — to be as ugly as sin (colloq)

b) <asunto/situación> unpleasant; <olor/sabor> (esp AmL) unpleasant

qué feo está el día! — what an awful day!

la cosa se está poniendo fea — things are getting nasty o ugly

es or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así — it's not nice to talk like that

tiene la fea costumbre de contestar — he has an unpleasant habit of answering back
II
adverbio (AmL) <oler/saber> bad

me miró feo — she gave me a dirty look

sentir feo — (Méx) to feel terrible
III
masculino (fam) ( desaire)

hacerle un feo a alguien — to snub somebody

vamos, acéptalo, no me hagas ese feo — oh go on take it, I'll be hurt if you don't

es de un feo... — (Esp) he's as ugly as they come (colloq)

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= ugly [uglier -comp., ugliest -sup.], unsightly, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unlovely, minging, nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

Ex: This is not to say that the library should be cluttered with ugly signs; all notices should be carefully contrived and aesthetically pleasing.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: The article 'Lovely idea, but unlovely pricing' criticizes the pricing level of a new service aimed at research scientists in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies.

Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.

* grotescamente feo = grotesquely ugly.

* patito feo = ugly duckling.

* Patito Feo, el = Ugly Duckling, the.

* vieja fea = old hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.

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feo¹ fea

adjective

1 ‹persona/animal/edificio› ugly; ‹peinado› unflattering

es fea de cara she's not at all pretty, she has a very plain face

es feo con ganas he's as ugly as sin ( colloq)

la pobre chica es feíta or feúcha the poor girl is rather plain o ( AmE colloq) homely

es un barrio feo it's not a very nice neighborhood

es un color bastante feo it isn't a very attractive o nice color

llevaba una corbata feísima he was wearing the most awful tie

ser más feo que Picio or que un pecado or que pegarle a Dios or que pegarle a la madre ( fam); to be as ugly as sin ( colloq)

siempre me toca bailar con la más fea ( fam); I always get the short end of the stick o draw the short straw ( colloq)

2 ‹asunto/situación› unpleasant; ‹olor/sabor› ( esp AmL) unpleasant

¡qué feo está el día! ( AmL); what an awful day!

me has dado cartas muy feas you've dealt me horrible cards

la cosa se está poniendo fea, vámonos things are getting nasty o ugly o this is getting unpleasant, let's go

es or ( Esp) está muy feo hablar así de los amigos it's not nice to talk about your friends like that

tiene la fea costumbre de contestar he has an unpleasant habit of answering back

feo²

adverb

( AmL) ‹oler/saber› bad

me miró feo she gave me a dirty look

sentir feo ( Méx); to feel terrible

se siente feo que te traten así it's really terrible to be treated like that

feo³

masculine

( fam)

1

(desaire): hacerle un feo a algn to snub sb

2 ( fam)

(fealdad): es encantador, pero es de un feo … he's charming, but boy, is he (ever) ugly! ( AmE), he's charming but he isn't half ugly! ( BrE colloq)

es de un feo que asusta he's as ugly as sin o as ugly as they come ( colloq)

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feo 1,
◊ fea adjetivo

a) ‹persona/edificio› ugly;

‹ peinado› unflattering;
◊ es fea de cara she has a very plain face;

es un barrio feo it's not a very nice neighborhood
b) ‹asunto/situación› unpleasant;

‹olor/sabor› (esp AmL) unpleasant;
◊ ¡qué feo está el día! what an awful day!;

la cosa se está poniendo fea things are getting nasty o ugly;
es or (Esp) está muy feo hablar así it's not nice to talk like that
feo 2 adverbio (AmL) ‹oler/saber› bad;
◊ me miró feo she gave me a dirty look

feo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (carente de belleza) ugly
2 (turbio) nasty: esto se pone feo, this is looking bad
una herida fea, a bad wound
II m (desaire, descortesía) snub: no le hagas ese feo, don't snub him
♦ Locuciones: ser más feo que Picio, to be as ugly as sin

' feo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espantosa
- espantoso
- esperpento
- fea
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- monstruosa
- monstruoso
- encima
- espantar
- feroz
- gana
- horrible
English:
hideous
- nasty
- ugly
- ugly duckling
- unsightly
- dull
- homely
- nice
- plain

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feo, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona, animal, traje] ugly;

es un pueblo muy feo it's a very ugly town;

es fea con ganas she's as ugly as sin;

Comp

ser más feo que Picio to be as ugly as sin;

Comp
Fam
ser más feo que pegarle a un padre to be as ugly as sin

2. [aspecto, herida] nasty;
[tiempo] foul, horrible; [color] unpleasant;
está metido en un asunto muy feo he's mixed up in some really nasty business;

ponerse feo [situación, tiempo] to turn nasty;

la cosa está fea things are looking bad

3. [desagradable] unpleasant;
[ofensivo] rude;
es o [m5] está feo escupir it's rude to spit;

cuando me vio me hizo un gesto feo when she saw me she made a rude gesture;

lo que hiciste quedó feo that wasn't a very nice thing to do

4. Am [olor, sabor] unpleasant

♦ nm,f
[persona] ugly person;
Comp
Fam
le tocó bailar con la más fea he drew the short straw

♦ nm
[desaire]
hacer un feo a alguien to offend o slight sb;

le hizo el feo de no saludarla he snubbed her by not saying hello

♦ adv
Am [oler, saber] bad;
tus zapatos huelen muy feo your shoes smell awful

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feo

I adj ugly; fig

nasty;

la(s) cosa(s) se pone(n) feo(s) fig things are looking grim

II m

:

hacer un feo a alguien fam snub s.o.

III adv Méx

oler, saber bad

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feo adv

: badly, bad

feo, fea adj

1) : ugly

2) : unpleasant, nasty

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feo adj

1. (en general) ugly [comp. uglier; superl. ugliest]

es un pueblo feo it's an ugly town

2. (malo) unpleasant / nasty [comp. nastier; superl. nastiest]

el asunto se está poniendo feo this is getting nasty

decir mentiras es algo muy feo telling lies is not very nice

Spanish-English dictionary > feo
11 chingo

1. ADJ

1) CAm [vestido] short; [cuchillo] blunt; [animal] tailless

2) CAm (=desnudo) naked, half-naked

3) Ven (=pequeño) small

4) Ven * [persona] snub-nosed; [nariz] snub

5) Ven
* (=loco)
estar chingo por algo — to be crazy about sth

2. SM

1) And (=caballo) colt

2) And, CAm (=barca) small boat

3) pl chingos CAm underclothes

4) Méx
*
un chingo de algo — loads of sth *

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I
- ga adjetivo (AmC fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)
II
masculino (Méx fam o vulg)

un chingo de — loads of (colloq)

me costó un chingo — it cost me a bundle o packet (BrE) (colloq)

me gustó un chingo — I loved it (colloq)
III
- ga masculino, femenino (Ven fam) flat-nosed o snub-nosed person (o guy etc)

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I
- ga adjetivo (AmC fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)
II
masculino (Méx fam o vulg)

un chingo de — loads of (colloq)

me costó un chingo — it cost me a bundle o packet (BrE) (colloq)

me gustó un chingo — I loved it (colloq)
III
- ga masculino, femenino (Ven fam) flat-nosed o snub-nosed person (o guy etc)

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chingo¹ -ga

adjective

A ( AmC fam) (desnudo) stark naked ( colloq)

B ( Ven fam) (con la nariz aplastada) snub-nosed, flat-nosed

chingo²

masculine

( Méx fam)

te quiero un chingo I'm crazy about you ( colloq)

hubo un chingo de gente en la fiesta there were loads of people at the party ( colloq)

esa mesa me costó un chingo that table cost me a packet o a bomb ( colloq)

me gustó un chingo la película que pasaron anoche I thought that movie they showed last night was great ( colloq)

chingo³ -ga

masculine, feminine

( Ven fam) flat-nosed o snub-nosed person ( o guy etc)

si no lo agarra el chingo, lo agarra el sin nariz ( Ven fam); it's Hobson's choice

* * *

Del verbo chingar: ( conjugate chingar)

chingo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

chingó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
chingar
chingo
chingar ( conjugate chingar) verbo intransitivo
a) (esp Méx vulg) ( copular) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)

b) (Méx vulg) ( molestar):

◊ te lo dijo para chingo nada más he only said it to annoy you;

¡deja de chingo! stop being such a pain in the ass! (vulg);
¡no chingues! ( no digas) you're kidding! (colloq)
verbo transitivo
a) (AmL vulg) ( en sentido sexual) to fuck (vulg), to screw (vulg)

b) (Méx vulg) ( jorobar) to screw (vulg);

◊ chingola: ¡no la chingues! (Méx vulg) shit! (vulg)

chingarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( enf) (AmL vulg) ( en sentido sexual) to fuck (vulg), to screw (vulg)

b) (esp Méx vulg) ( jorobarse):

◊ creyó que ganaría pero se chingó he thought he'd win but he got a shock;

se chingó el motor the engine's had it (colloq);
estamos chingados we're in deep shit (vulg)
2 (Méx vulg)
a) ( aguantarse):

◊ si no te gusta, te chingas if you don't like it, tough (colloq)

b) ( robar) to rip … off (colloq)

chingo 1
◊ -ga adjetivo (AmC fam) ( desnudo) stark naked (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Ven fam) snub-nosed person
chingo 2 sustantivo masculino (Méx fam o vulg): un chingo de loads of (colloq);
me costó un chingo it cost me a bundle o (BrE) packet (colloq)

' chingo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chingar

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chingo, -a

♦ adj

1. CAm, Ven [persona] snub-nosed

2. CAm [ropa] short;
[persona] in one's underwear
3. CAm [animal] bobtailed

♦ nm
Méx muy Fam
un chingo de [un montón de] a shitload of;

tengo un chingo de hambre I'm Br bloody o US goddamn starving

♦ chingos nmpl
CAm underwear

Spanish-English dictionary > chingo
12 despropósito

m.

piece of nonsense, nonsense, irrelevant remark.

* * *

despropósito

► nombre masculino

1 absurdity, nonsense

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

decir despropósitos to talk nonsense

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SM

1) (=salida de tono) inappropriate remark

2) (=disparate) piece of nonsense

* * *

masculino

1) ( desatino) silly thing to say/do

no dice más que despropósitos — he talks nothing but nonsense

2) (Col frml) ( desaire) snub, slight

* * *

= absurdity, nonsense, snub, mixed signal.

Ex. It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.

Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

Ex. This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Ex. Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.

* * *

masculino

1) ( desatino) silly thing to say/do

no dice más que despropósitos — he talks nothing but nonsense

2) (Col frml) ( desaire) snub, slight

* * *

= absurdity, nonsense, snub, mixed signal.

Ex: It is true that the newspapers sensationalized some of the Community's absurdities and gave prominence to the unpopular practice of disposing of surplus food at taxpayers' expense.

Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

Ex: This is yet another snub to the United Nations Security Council which has imposed economic sanctions on Iran over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.

Ex: Instead, this may come off as a sort of mixed signal considering that God has chosen to smite California right after a proposition was passed banning same sex marriage.

* * *

despropósito

masculine

A (desatino) silly thing to say/do

no dice más que despropósitos he talks nothing but nonsense

B ( Col frml) (desaire) snub, slight

* * *

despropósito sustantivo masculino nonsense, absurdity: no digas depropósitos, don't speak nonsense
' despropósito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barbaridad

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despropósito nm

1. [comentario absurdo] stupid thing to say;

fue un despropósito it was a stupid thing to say;

decir despropósitos to say stupid things, to talk nonsense

2. [acción absurda] stupid thing to do;

sería un despropósito invertir en bolsa ahora it would be stupid to invest on the stock market now

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despropósito

m stupid thing

* * *

despropósito nm

: piece of nonsense, absurdity

Spanish-English dictionary > despropósito
13 romo

adj.

blunt, dull, edgeless, obtuse.

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romo

► adjetivo

1 (sin punta) blunt, dull

2 (nariz) snub

* * *

ADJ

1) (=sin punta) blunt; [persona] snub-nosed

2) (=aburrido) dull, lifeless

* * *

- ma adjetivo

1) <cuchillo/tijeras> blunt; < nariz> snub (before n)

2) < persona> dull

* * *

= dull, chipped.

Ex. These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

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* antigua Roma = ancient Rome.

* Tratado de Roma, el = Treaty of Rome, the.

* * *

- ma adjetivo

1) <cuchillo/tijeras> blunt; < nariz> snub (before n)

2) < persona> dull

* * *

= dull, chipped.

Ex: These librarians are given Haykin upon the day of their arrival and are expected to read the entire dull document and use it as a guideline in establishing subject headings.

Ex: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

* antigua Roma = ancient Rome.

* Tratado de Roma, el = Treaty of Rome, the.

* * *

romo -ma

adjective

A

1 ‹cuchillo/tijeras› blunt

2 ‹nariz› snub ( before n)

B ‹persona›

1 (tosco) uncouth

2 (lerdo) dull

* * *

romo,-a adjetivo
1 (cuchillo, tijeras) blunt
2 (sin gracia, sin agudeza) dull, boorish, uncouth: tiene un ingenio muy romo, his humour is quite boorish
3 (nariz) snub
' romo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
roma
English:
blunt
- dull

* * *

romo, -a adj

1. [sin filo] blunt

2. [de nariz] snub-nosed

* * *

romo

adj blunt

* * *

romo, -ma adj

: blunt, dull

Spanish-English dictionary > romo
14 nariz

f.

1 nose.

operarse (de) la nariz to have a nose job

sangraba por la nariz her nose was bleeding

sonarse la nariz to blow one's nose

nariz aguileña/chata/respingona hooked/snub/turned-up nose

2 nostril (orificio).

3 sense of smell (olfato).

4 snout, muzzle, nose, lug.

5 latch pin.

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nariz

► nombre femenino (pl narices)

1 ANATOMÍA nose

2 figurado (sentido) sense of smell

► interjección ¡narices!

1 familiar not on your life!

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

asomar las narices to nose about, nose around

dar en la nariz algo a alguien to get the feeling (that)...

■ me da en la nariz que nos oculta algo I get the feeling he's hiding something

darle a alguien con la puerta en las narices to slam a door in somebody's face

darse de narices con algo/alguien to bump into something/somebody

dejar a alguien con tantas narices / dejar a alguien con un palmo de narices to let somebody down

¡de narices! familiar brilliant!

en las narices de alguien right under somebody's nose

estar hasta las narices de familiar to be fed up (to the back teeth) with

hacer lo que le sale a uno de las narices familiar to do whatever one likes, do whatever one feels like

meter las narices en algo to poke one's nose into something

no ver uno más allá de sus narices to see no further than the end of one's nose

pasar algo por las narices a alguien to keep going on about something to somebody, harp on about something to somebody

romper las narices a alguien to smash somebody's face in

romperse las narices to fall flat on one's face

salirle algo a uno de las narices to feel like doing something

■ no voy porque no me sale de las narices I'm not going because I don't bloody well feel like it

tener narices familiar (ser abusivo) to be beyond a joke, be too much 2 (tener valor) to have guts

¡tiene narices (la cosa)! familiar it's a bit much!

tocar las narices familiar to be a nuisance, be a pest

■ ¡quieres dejar de tocarme las narices! will you get off my back!

tocarse las narices familiar to do sod all

¡tócate las narices! familiar (con asombro) would you believe it? 2 (con enfado) (isn't it) bloody marvellous!

nariz aguileña aquiline nose

nariz griega straight nose

nariz respingona turned-up nose

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noun f.

nose

* * *

SF

1) (Anat) nose

tengo un grano en la nariz — I have a spot on my nose

tengo la nariz tapada — I have a blocked nose, my nose is blocked

no te metas el dedo en la nariz — don't pick your nose

tiene las narices muy grandes — he has a very big nose

hablar con o por la nariz — to talk through one's nose

nariz aguileña — aquiline nose

nariz chata — snub nose

nariz de boxeador — boxer's nose

nariz griega — Greek profile

nariz respingona — turned-up nose
sangre 1), sonarse
2)

darle en la nariz a algn * —

me da en la nariz que no está diciendo la verdad — I get the feeling o something tells me that she is not telling the truth

- darse de narices con algo/algn

darse de narices con la puerta — to bump into the door *

darse de narices contra el suelo — to fall flat on one's face

- de las narices

ya estamos otra vez con el ruidito ese de las narices — there's that damn * o bloody ** noise again

de narices Esp * —

me echó una bronca de narices — he gave me a hell of a telling off *

hace un frío de narices — it's absolutely freezing *

era guapa de narices — she was a real stunner *

he dormido de narices — I slept really well

me encuentro de narices — I feel fantastic o great

delante de o en las narices de algn * —

le robaron el coche en sus propias narices — they stole his car right under his nose *

- estar hasta las narices de algo/algn

- hinchar las narices a algn

ese tío me hincha las narices — that guy really gets up my nose *

hinchársele las narices a algn Esp * —

se le hincharon las narices — he blew his top *, he hit the roof

- meter las narices en algo

pasarse algo por las narices * —

eso me lo paso por las narices — * I couldn't care less * o I don't give two hoots * about that

por narices Esp * —

dijo que su hija no iba y por narices tuvo que ser así — she said that her daughter was not going and that was that

con una alineación así tienen que ganar por narices — with a lineup like this they'd better win

esto tiene que estar listo para el lunes por narices — this has to be ready by Monday no matter what

pasar o restregar por las narices * —

le gustaba pasar a su novia por las narices de su ex — he liked to show off his girlfriend in front of his ex

siempre nos están restregando por las narices que tienen mucho dinero — they're always rubbing our noses in the fact that they have a lot of money

- romper las narices a algn

hazlo o te rompo las narices — do it or I'll smash your face in *

tener narices Esp * —

¡tiene narices la cosa! — it's outrageous!

tocar las narices a algn Esp * —

ya me está tocando las narices con sus comentarios — his comments really get up my nose

me toca las narices lo que diga ella — I don't give a damn what she says *

- tocarse las narices

en esa oficina se están todo el día tocando las narices — they sit around all day twiddling their thumbs in that office

- no ven más allá de sus narices
palmo
3) Esp
* [frases de sentido exclamativo]
¡narices! — rubbish!, nonsense!

¿dónde narices están mis calcetines? — where on earth are my socks? *

¿qué días de fiesta ni que narices? ¡aquí todo el mundo trabaja! — holidays! what are you talking about? here everybody has to work!

4) (=olfato) nose, sense of smell

perros de presa con muy buena nariz — gun dogs with a good nose o keen sense of smell

5) [del vino] nose

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femenino

a) (Anat) nose

sonarse la nariz — to blow one's nose

habla con or por la nariz — he has a nasal voice o twang

no te metas los dedos en la nariz — don't pick your nose

lo tenía delante de las narices — it was right under my nose

darle en or por las narices a alguien — (fam) to get one up on somebody (colloq)

darse de narices con alguien — (fam) to bump into somebody (colloq)

darse de narices con or contra algo — (fam)

nos dimos de narices contra un árbol — we went smack into a tree (colloq)

en mis/sus propias narices — (fam) right under my/his nose

estar hasta las narices de algo/alguien — (fam) to be fed up (to the back teeth) with something/somebody (colloq)

hincharle las narices a alguien — (Esp fam) to get on somebody's nerves (colloq)

meter las narices or la nariz en algo — (fam) to poke one's nose into something (colloq)

no ve más allá de sus narices — (fam) he can't see further than the end of his nose

por narices — (Esp fam)

ahora te lo comes, por narices — now you're going to eat it, if it's the last thing you do (colloq)

refregarle algo a alguien por las narices — (fam)

no tienes por qué refregármelo por las narices — there's no need to keep rubbing it in (colloq)

romperle las narices a alguien — (fam) to smash somebody's face in (colloq)

tener narices — (Esp fam)

si tendrá narices el tío! — he has some nerve! (AmE colloq), he's got a nerve o cheek! (BrE colloq)

tiene narices la cosa! — it's ridiculous!

b) ( de avión) nose

- nariz griega

* * *

= nose.

Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

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* cirugía estética de la nariz = nose job.

* de nariz chata = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* de nariz respingada = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* de nariz respingona = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* ¿dónde narices...? = where on (this) earth...?.

* hablar con la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hablar por la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hurgarse la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in.

* meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* nariz chata = pug nose.

* nariz respingada = pug nose.

* nariz respingona = pert nose, pug nose.

* ¿qué narices...? = what on (this) earth...?, What the heck...?.

* sangrar por la nariz = have + a nose bleed, bleed through + Posesivo + nose.

* sonarse la nariz = blow + Posesivo + nose.

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femenino

a) (Anat) nose

sonarse la nariz — to blow one's nose

habla con or por la nariz — he has a nasal voice o twang

no te metas los dedos en la nariz — don't pick your nose

lo tenía delante de las narices — it was right under my nose

darle en or por las narices a alguien — (fam) to get one up on somebody (colloq)

darse de narices con alguien — (fam) to bump into somebody (colloq)

darse de narices con or contra algo — (fam)

nos dimos de narices contra un árbol — we went smack into a tree (colloq)

en mis/sus propias narices — (fam) right under my/his nose

estar hasta las narices de algo/alguien — (fam) to be fed up (to the back teeth) with something/somebody (colloq)

hincharle las narices a alguien — (Esp fam) to get on somebody's nerves (colloq)

meter las narices or la nariz en algo — (fam) to poke one's nose into something (colloq)

no ve más allá de sus narices — (fam) he can't see further than the end of his nose

por narices — (Esp fam)

ahora te lo comes, por narices — now you're going to eat it, if it's the last thing you do (colloq)

refregarle algo a alguien por las narices — (fam)

no tienes por qué refregármelo por las narices — there's no need to keep rubbing it in (colloq)

romperle las narices a alguien — (fam) to smash somebody's face in (colloq)

tener narices — (Esp fam)

si tendrá narices el tío! — he has some nerve! (AmE colloq), he's got a nerve o cheek! (BrE colloq)

tiene narices la cosa! — it's ridiculous!

b) ( de avión) nose

- nariz griega

* * *

= nose.

Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.

* cirugía estética de la nariz = nose job.

* de nariz chata = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* de nariz respingada = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* de nariz respingona = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* ¿dónde narices...? = where on (this) earth...?.

* hablar con la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hablar por la nariz = talk through + Posesivo + nose.

* hurgarse la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* meter la nariz en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in.

* meter las narices en = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

* meterse el dedo en la nariz = pick + Posesivo + nose.

* nariz chata = pug nose.

* nariz respingada = pug nose.

* nariz respingona = pert nose, pug nose.

* ¿qué narices...? = what on (this) earth...?, What the heck...?.

* sangrar por la nariz = have + a nose bleed, bleed through + Posesivo + nose.

* sonarse la nariz = blow + Posesivo + nose.

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nariz

feminine

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

sonarse la nariz to blow one's nose

¡suénate esas narices! ( fam); blow your nose!

me sale sangre de la nariz my nose is bleeding

habla con or por la nariz he has a nasal voice o twang

no te metas los dedos en la nariz or no te hurgues la nariz don't pick your nose

lo tenía delante de las narices or la nariz it was right under my nose

darle en las narices a algn ( Esp fam): me da en las narices que no le ha gustado I get the feeling she didn't like it

darle en or por las narices a algn ( fam); to get one up on sb ( colloq)

darse de narices con algn ( fam); to bump into sb ( colloq)

darse de narices con or contra algo ( fam): nos dimos de narices contra un árbol we crashed into o ( colloq) went smack into a tree

se dio de narices contra el suelo/la puerta he fell flat on his face/walked smack into the door

de las narices ( Esp fam); damned ( colloq), bloody ( BrE colloq)

estoy harta de este teléfono de las narices I'm fed up with this damned phone

de narices ( Esp fam): la fiesta estuvo de narices it was a great party ( colloq)

es un problema de narices it's a really tricky problem ( colloq)

en mis/sus propias narices ( fam): se lo quitó en sus propias narices she took it from right under his nose o from right in front of him

se rió de ella en sus propias narices he laughed in her face

estar hasta las narices de algo/algn ( fam); to be fed up (to the back teeth) with sth/sb ( colloq)

hincharle las narices a algn ( Esp fam); to get on sb's nerves ( colloq), to get up sb's nose ( BrE colloq)

meter las narices or la nariz en algo ( fam); to poke one's nose into sth ( colloq)

nariz para arriba ( Arg fam); toffee-nosed, snooty

ni … ni narices ( Esp fam): aquí no quiero ni cuchicheos, ni bromas, ni narices ¡a trabajar! no whispering, no jokes, no nothing, get down to some work! ( colloq)

no ve/no ven más allá de sus narices ( fam); he can't see further than the end of his nose/they can't see further than the ends of their noses

por narices ( Esp fam): tiene que estar en ese cajón por narices it just has to be in that drawer, I know it's in that drawer somewhere, it has to be o it must be

ahora te lo vas a comer, por narices now you're going to eat it, if it's the last thing you do ( colloq), now you're jolly well going to eat it ( BrE colloq)

refregarle algo a algn por las narices ( fam): no tienes por qué refregármelo por las narices there's no need to keep rubbing it in o to keep rubbing my nose in it ( colloq)

romperle las narices a algn ( fam); to smash sb's face in ( colloq)

se me/le están hinchando las narices ( Esp fam euf); I'm/he's getting sick and tired ( colloq)

tener narices ( Esp fam): ¡si tendrá narices el tío! he has some nerve! ( AmE colloq), he's got a nerve o cheek! ( BrE colloq)

¡tiene narices la cosa! it's ridiculous o outrageous!

2 (de un avión) nose

Compuestos:

● nariz aguileña

aquiline nose

● nariz chata

(aplanada) flat nose; (con la punta redondeada) snub nose

● nariz griega

Grecian profile

● nariz respingona or respingada

turned-up nose

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nariz sustantivo femenino
a) (Anat) nose;

◊ sonarse la nariz to blow one's nose;

no te metas los dedos en la nariz don't pick your nose;
en mis/sus propias narices (fam) right under my/his nose;
estar hasta las narices de algo/algn (fam) to be fed up (to the back teeth) with sth/sb (colloq);
meter las narices or la nariz en algo (fam) to poke one's nose into sth (colloq)
b) ( de avión) nose

nariz sustantivo femenino
1 (tb en pl narices) nose: tengo taponada la nariz, my nose is blocked
(sentido del olfato) tengo muy mala nariz, I have a poor sense of smell
♦ Locuciones: familiar dar en la nariz: me da en la nariz que..., I've got this feeling that...
darse de narices con alguien, to bump into someone
en mis/tus/sus (propias) narices, right under my/your/his very nose
familiar hinchar a alguien las narices, to get on sb's wick
familiar meter las narices en algo, to poke one's nose into sthg
familiar restregar algo a alguien por las narices, to rub it in
Nariz se utiliza para sustituir el término malsonante de algunas locuciones: No tengo más narices que aceptar. I have no option but to agree to.
' nariz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afear
- aleta
- asomar
- caballete
- chata
- chato
- corva
- corvo
- dar
- empolvarse
- escarbar
- hurgarse
- moco
- orificio
- respingón
- respingona
- roma
- romo
- salir
- sonarse
- soplamocos
- sorber
- tabique
- ventana
- afilado
- aguileño
- arrugar
- chorrear
- despejar
- despellejar
- destapar
- grande
- hurgar
- limpiar
- moquillento
- mormado
- pañuelo
- pelado
- pelar
- picudo
- punta
- recto
- respingado
- sangrar
- sangre
- sonar
- tapar
- taponar
- torcido
English:
bleed
- blow
- bridge
- bung up
- dab
- end
- his
- hooked
- nasally
- nose
- nosebleed
- nostril
- on
- pick
- pointed
- poke
- prominent
- pug nose
- ridge
- runny
- sharp
- sniff
- snub-nosed
- stuffed-up
- twitch
- upturned
- wipe
- block
- drop
- itchy
- run
- sniffle
- snub

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nariz

♦ nf

1. [órgano] nose;

operarse (de) la nariz to have a nose job;

sangraba por la nariz her nose was bleeding;

sonarse la nariz to blow one's nose;

taparse la nariz to hold one's nose;

tengo la nariz tapada my nose is blocked;

tener la nariz aguileña/griega to have a Roman nose/Grecian profile;

tener la nariz chata/respingona to have a snub/turned-up nose

2. [olfato] sense of smell

3. Comp

dar a alguien en las narices con algo to rub sb's nose in sth;

me da en la nariz que… I've got a feeling that…;

darse de narices con o [m5]contra algo/alguien to bump into sth/sb;

el motorista se dio de narices contra el semáforo the motorcyclist went smack into the traffic lights;

delante de mis narices: me insultó delante de mis narices he insulted me to my face;

me han robado el bolso delante de mis narices they stole my Br handbag o US purse from right under my nose;
Esp Fam
de las narices: ¡otra vez el teléfono de las narices! that damn telephone's ringing again!;
Fam
de narices [estupendo] great, brilliant;

he agarrado un resfriado de narices I've got a really nasty cold;

llueve de narices it's raining like mad, it's chucking it down;

lo pasamos de narices we had a great time;
Fam
echarle narices: le eché narices y le pedí salir I plucked up my courage and asked her out;

a esto de las carreras de motos hay que echarle narices you've got to be really brave to be a racing driver;

en mis propias narices: me lo dijo/se reía de mí en mis propias narices she said it/she was laughing at me to my face;

me lo robaron en mis propias narices they stole it from right under my nose;
Fam
estar hasta las narices (de algo/alguien) to be fed up to the back teeth (with sth/sb);
Esp Fam
me estás hinchando las narices you're beginning to get up my nose;
Fam
meter las narices en algo to poke o stick one's nose into sth;
Fam
no hay más narices que hacerlo there's nothing for it but to do it;

no ve más allá de sus narices she can't see past the end of her nose;
RP Fam
ser un nariz para arriba to be stuck-up o snooty;
Esp Fam
por narices: tenemos que ir por narices we have to go whether we like it or not;

tuve que hacerlo por narices I had no choice but to do it;

restregar algo a alguien en o [m5] por las narices to rub sb's nose in sth;
Fam
romper las narices a alguien to smash sb's face in;

romperse las narices to fall flat on one's face;
Fam
porque me sale/no me sale de las narices because I damn well feel like it/damn well can't be bothered;
Esp Fam
¡tiene narices (la cosa)! it's an absolute scandal!;
Fam
tocarle las narices a alguien [fastidiar] to get up sb's nose;
Fam
tocarse las narices [holgazanear] to sit around doing nothing

♦ narices interj
Esp Fam [ni hablar] no way!
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nariz

f nose;

¡narices! fam nonsense!;

caerse de narices con fam bump into;

estar hasta las narices de algo fam be sick of sth fam, be up to here with sth fam ;

se le hincharon las narices fam he blew his top fam ;

hincharle las narices a alguien fam get on s.o.’s nerves fam, Br

tb get up s.o.’s nose fam ;

meter las narices en algo fam stick one’s nose in sth fam ;

nos restriegan por las narices su victoria they’re rubbing our noses in the fact that they won;

no ve más allá de sus narices fig he can’t see further than the end of his nose;

quedarse con un palmo de narices fam have the wind taken out of one’s sails fam

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nariz nf, pl narices

1) : nose

sonar(se) la nariz: to blow one's nose

2) : sense of smell

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nariz n nose

respira por la nariz breathe through your nose

darse de narices contra algo to bump into something

de narices fantastic / brilliant

estar hasta las narices to be sick of something

meter las narices en algo to poke your nose into something

sonarse la nariz to blow your nose [pt. blew; pp. blown]

Spanish-English dictionary > nariz
15 respingón

adj.

1 surly, jumpy.

2 turned-up, snubbed, upturned, retrousse.

3 touchy, finicky, delicate, fussy.

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respingón

► adjetivo

1 snub, upturned

■ nariz respingona snub nose

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ADJ turned-up

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- gona adjetivo

1) < nariz> turned-up

2) (Méx fam) < persona> touchy

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----

* culo respingón = pert bum, pert bottom, pert bottom.

* de nariz respingona = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* nariz respingona = pert nose, pug nose.

* trasero respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

* * *

- gona adjetivo

1) < nariz> turned-up

2) (Méx fam) < persona> touchy

* * *

* culo respingón = pert bum, pert bottom, pert bottom.

* de nariz respingona = pug-nosed, flat-nosed.

* nariz respingona = pert nose, pug nose.

* trasero respingón = pert bum, pert bottom.

* * *

respingón - gona

adjective

A (doblado hacia arriba) turned-up

una nariz respingona a turned-up o snub nose

B ( Méx fam) ‹persona› touchy

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respingón
◊ - gona adjetivo

a) ‹ nariz› turned-up

b) (Méx fam) ‹ persona› touchy

respingón,-ona adj (nariz) turned-up
' respingón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
respingona
English:
upturned
- snub
- turned-up
- up

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respingón, -ona adj
[nariz] turned up, retroussé; [trasero, pecho] pert
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respingón

adj

:

nariz respingona turned-up nose

Spanish-English dictionary > respingón
16 boche

m.

1 cherry-pit or chuck-hole, small hole in the ground.

2 shock of one bowl hitting another.

3 snub, slight. (Caribbean)

Dar boche a uno to snub somebody

4 uproar, fight, quarrel. (Andes)

5 muddle, mess. (Caribbean)

6 telling off, dressing down. (Caribbean)

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: bochar.

* * *

SM

1) Chile husks pl, chaff

2) LAm (=rechazo) snub

dar boche a algn — to snub sb

3) And, Cono Sur row, fuss

* * *

masculino (Andes) bochinche

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masculino (Andes) bochinche

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boche

masculine

( Andes)

bochinche

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boche nm
Andes Fam
1. [barullo] uproar, tumult;
[lío] mess, muddle
2. [riña, disputa] fight, quarrel

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boche

m Ven, Chi

brawl, fight

Spanish-English dictionary > boche
17 desdeñar

v.

to disdain, to despise, to disregard, to down-play.

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desdeñar

► verbo transitivo

1 (despreciar) to disdain, scorn

2 (rechazar) to turn down

► verbo pronominal desdeñarse

1 not to deign (de, to)

■ desdeñarse de hacer algo not to deign to do something

* * *

1. VT

1) (=despreciar) to scorn, disdain

2) (=rechazar) to turn up one's nose at

2.

See:

desdeñarse

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( menospreciar) to scorn

b) < pretendiente> to spurn

* * *

= disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.

Ex. If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.

Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.

Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.

Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.

Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.

Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.

Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.

Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.

Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( menospreciar) to scorn

b) < pretendiente> to spurn

* * *

= disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.

Ex: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.

Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.

Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.

Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.

Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.

Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.

Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.

Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.

Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.

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desdeñar [A1 ]

vt

1 (menospreciar) to scorn

no tienes por qué desdeñarlos porque no tienen estudios there's no reason to look down on them o to look down your nose at them just because they haven't had an education

desdeñó el dinero/la fama she scorned money/fame

2 ‹pretendiente› to spurn

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desdeñar ( conjugate desdeñar) verbo transitivo
a) ( menospreciar) to scorn

b) ‹ pretendiente› to spurn

desdeñar verbo transitivo to disdain
' desdeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despreciar
English:
disdain
- scorn
- sniff
- spurn
- scornful
- snub

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desdeñar vt

1. [despreciar] to scorn;

desdeñó a varios pretendientes she spurned several suitors;

desdeña a la gente que no es de su clase he looks down on anyone not of his class

2. [desestimar] to dismiss;

no conviene desdeñar las posibilidades del equipo inglés the English team's chances should not be ruled out

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desdeñar

v/t scorn

* * *

desdeñar vt

despreciar: to disdain, to scorn, to despise

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desdeñar vb to scorn

Spanish-English dictionary > desdeñar
18 despreciar

v.

1 to scorn.

2 to spurn.

3 to despise, to disdain, to flout, to hold in contempt.

Ricardo desprecia a los avaros Richard despises cheapskates.

4 to turn down, to snub.

La chica despreció su ayuda The girl turned down his help.

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despreciar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (desdeñar) to despise, scorn, look down on

■ desprecia a sus vecinos he looks down on his neighbours

2 (desestimar) to reject; (ignorar) to disregard, ignore

■ no debemos despreciar ningún dato we mustn't reject any piece of information

■ los conductores borrachos desprecian el peligro drunk drivers ignore danger

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1. VT

1) [+ persona] to despise, scorn

desprecian a los extranjeros — they look down on foreigners

2) (=rechazar) [+ oferta, regalo] to spurn, reject

despreciar los peligros — to scorn the dangers

no hay que despreciar tal posibilidad — one should not discount such a possibility

2.

See:

despreciarse

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verbo transitivo

a) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down on

lo desprecio profundamente — I despise him

b) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to reject

es un trabajo que todos desprecian — it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them

c) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount

* * *

= disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.

Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.

Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.

Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.

Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.

Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.

Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down on

lo desprecio profundamente — I despise him

b) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to reject

es un trabajo que todos desprecian — it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them

c) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount

* * *

= disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.

Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.

Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.

Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.

Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.

Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.

Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.

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despreciar [A1 ]

vt

1 (menospreciar) ‹persona› to look down on

la despreciaban por su humilde origen people looked down on her because of her humble background

lo desprecio profundamente I despise him

2 (rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to spurn ( liter), to reject

le despreció el regalo he spurned her gift

es un trabajo que todos desprecian it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them

3 (ser indiferente a) ‹peligro/muerte› to disregard, scorn ( liter)

4 (no tener en cuenta) ‹posibilidad/consejo› to disregard, discount

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despreciar ( conjugate despreciar) verbo transitivo
a) ( menospreciar) ‹ persona› to look down on;

( profundamente) to despise
b) ( rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to reject

despreciar verbo transitivo
1 (odiar) to despise
2 (menospreciar) to look down on, to scorn
3 (desdeñar) to reject, spurn
' despreciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
menospreciar
English:
despise
- disdain
- flout
- look down on
- disregard
- nose

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despreciar vt

1. [desdeñar] to look down on, to scorn;

lo desprecian por su egoísmo they look down on him because of his selfishness;

no sabes cómo te desprecio you can't imagine how much I despise you

2. [rechazar] to spurn;

ha despreciado muchas ofertas he has rejected many offers;

tómeselo, no me lo desprecie take it, don't turn it down

3. [ignorar] to scorn, to disregard;

despreció el mal tiempo y se fue a esquiar scorning o disregarding the poor weather, he went skiing

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despreciar

v/t

1 look down on, despise

2 propuesta reject

* * *

despreciar vt

desdeñar, menospreciar: to despise, to scorn, to disdain

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despreciar vb

1. (menospreciar) to look down on / to despise

no desprecies a los pobres don't look down on the poor

2. (rechazar) to reject

me despreció el regalo que le hice he rejected the present I gave him

Spanish-English dictionary > despreciar
19 rechazar

v.

1 to reject.

el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption

Ellos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.

2 to push away (repeler) (a una persona).

3 to reject (medicine) (órgano).

4 to clear (sport).

el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play

5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.

Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.

6 to refuse to.

Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.

7 to turn one's back on.

8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.

Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.

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rechazar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse

2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back

3 MEDICINA to reject

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verb

1) to reject, decline

2) refuse

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VT

1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back

2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist

3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off

4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject

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verbo transitivo

a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down

b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse

c) (Med) < órgano> to reject

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= condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.

Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.

Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.

Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.

Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.

Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.

Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.

Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.

Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.

Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.

Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.

Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.

Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.

Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.

Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.

Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.

Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.

Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.

Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.

Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.

Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.

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* cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.

* rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.

* rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.

* rechazarse = go by + the board.

* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.

* rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.

* rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.

* rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.

* rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.

* rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down

b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse

c) (Med) < órgano> to reject

* * *

= condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.

Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.

Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.

Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.

Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.

Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.

Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.

Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.

Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.

Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.

Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.

Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.

Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.

Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.

Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.

Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.

Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.

Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.

Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.

Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.

Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.

Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.

* cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.

* rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.

* rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.

* rechazarse = go by + the board.

* rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.

* rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.

* rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.

* rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.

* rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.

* rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.

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rechazar [A4 ]

vt

1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down

la moción fue rechazada the motion was defeated

rechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriage

se sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society

2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse

3 ‹luz› to reflect

4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject

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rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹invitación/propuesta/individuo› to reject;

‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
b) ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse

c) (Med) ‹ órgano› to reject

rechazar verbo transitivo
1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
(oferta, contrato) to turn down
2 Med (un órgano) to reject
3 Mil to repel
' rechazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
- declinar
- negar
- definitivamente
- desechar
- despreciar
- plano
English:
beat off
- brush off
- decline
- defeat
- deny
- disallow
- dismiss
- fend off
- fight off
- head-hunt
- offer
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- repulse
- shun
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- sweep aside
- turn away
- turn down
- ward off
- wave aside
- fend
- fight
- hand
- over
- parry
- rebuff
- repel
- throw
- turn
- ward
- wave

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rechazar vt

1. [no aceptar] to reject;
[oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject
2. [negar] to deny;

el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;

rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency

3. [órgano] to reject;

el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ

4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;
[a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;
rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack

5. Dep to clear;

el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play

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rechazar

v/t reject; MIL repel

* * *

rechazar {21} vt

1) : to reject

2) : to turn down, to refuse

* * *

rechazar vb to reject / to turn down

Spanish-English dictionary > rechazar
20 ñatita

femenino (Andes, RPl fam) snub nose

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femenino (Andes, RPl fam) snub nose

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ñatita

feminine

( AmL fam)

snub nose

Spanish-English dictionary > ñatita

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