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to sway about

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1 coletazo

m.

1 flick or swish of the tail.

está dando (los últimos) coletazos (figurative) it's in its death throes

2 whisk of the tail.

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coletazo

► nombre masculino

1 (de la cola-perro) wag of the tail; (-vaca, caballo, etc) swisch of the tail

2 figurado death throes plural, final tremor, stir

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar coletazos (un coche) to sway about

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SM

1) [de animal] blow or thrash or swipe with the tail

2) (Aut) swaying movement

dar coletazos — to sway about

- está dando los últimos coletazos

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masculino

a) ( con la cola) thrash of the tail

dar coletazos — to thrash about

b) (Auto)

el coche dio un coletazo — the rear of the car skidded

c) (de movimiento, régimen)

dar los últimos coletazos — to be in its death throes

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* los últimos coletazos = fag-end.

* últimos coletazos = Indian summer.

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masculino

a) ( con la cola) thrash of the tail

dar coletazos — to thrash about

b) (Auto)

el coche dio un coletazo — the rear of the car skidded

c) (de movimiento, régimen)

dar los últimos coletazos — to be in its death throes

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* los últimos coletazos = fag-end.

* últimos coletazos = Indian summer.

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coletazo

masculine

1

(con la cola): volcó la embarcación de un coletazo it capsized the boat with a swipe of its tail

intentando evitar los coletazos de los tiburones trying to avoid the lashing o thrashing tails of the sharks

2 ( Auto):

al salir de la curva dio un coletazo the car fishtailed o the rear of the car skidded as we came out of the curve

3

(de un movimiento, régimen): la dictadura está dando los últimos coletazos the dictatorship is in its death throes

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coletazo sustantivo masculino
a) ( con la cola) thrash of the tail;

◊ dar coletazos to thrash about

b) (Auto):

◊ el coche dio un coletazo the rear of the car skidded

coletazo sustantivo masculino
1 (de un pez) flap of the tail
2 figurado los últimos coletazos del colonialismo, the death throes of colonialism
' coletazo' also found in these entries:
English:
flick

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coletazo nm

1. [golpe] flick o swish of the tail;

un coletazo de la ballena hundió la embarcación a blow from the whale's tail sank the boat

2. [de crisis, régimen]
está dando los últimos coletazos it's in its death throes

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coletazo

m swish of the tail

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coletazo nm

: lash, flick (of a tail)

Spanish-English dictionary > coletazo
2 dar coletazos

v.

to thrash one's tail about, to lash one's tail about, to swing one's tail forcibly, to lash one's tail.

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dar coletazos

(un coche) to sway about

Spanish-English dictionary > dar coletazos
3 balanceo

m.

1 swinging.

2 wheel balance. ( Latin American Spanish)

3 balancing.

4 rocking, oscillation, sway, swing.

5 equilibrium.

pres.indicat.

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

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balanceo

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) swinging; (suave) rocking

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noun m.

sway, rocking

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SM

1) (=vaivén) [al andar] to-and-fro motion; [al mecerse] rocking; [de barco, avión] roll, rolling

2) LAm (Aut) (tb: balanceo de ruedas) wheel balancing

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masculino ( de hamaca) swinging; ( de árboles) swaying; ( de barco) rocking

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= swaying, sway.

Ex. The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

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masculino ( de hamaca) swinging; ( de árboles) swaying; ( de barco) rocking

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= swaying, sway.

Ex: The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

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balanceo

masculine

el suave balanceo del barco sobre las olas the gentle rocking of the boat on the waves

con el balanceo de la hamaca se quedó dormida the swinging of the hammock sent her to sleep

el balanceo de los árboles the swaying of the trees

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Del verbo balancear: ( conjugate balancear)

balanceo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

balanceó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
balancear
balanceo
balancear ( conjugate balancear) verbo transitivo
1 ‹paquetes/carga› to balance
2 ‹pierna/brazo› to swing;
‹ barco› to rock
balancearse verbo pronominal
a) [árbol/ramas] to sway;

[ objeto colgante] to swing
b) [ barco] to rock

balanceo sustantivo masculino ( de hamaca) swinging;
( de árboles) swaying;
( de barco) rocking
balancear vtr (una silla, una mecedora) to rock
(los brazos, las piernas) to swing
balanceo sustantivo masculino rocking, swinging
' balanceo' also found in these entries:
English:
roll
- sway
- swing

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balanceo nm

1. [de columpio, hamaca] swinging;
[de cuna, mecedora] rocking
2. [de barco] rolling;

el balanceo del barco me marea the rolling motion of the boat makes me feel sick

3. Am Aut wheel balance

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balanceo

m

1 swinging, swaying

2 MAR rocking

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balanceo nm

1) : swaying, rocking

2) : vacillation

Spanish-English dictionary > balanceo
4 controlar

v.

1 to control.

Pedro controla su vida al fin Peter controls his life at last.

María controla a sus hijos con lástima Mary controls her kids through pity.

2 to check.

3 to watch, to keep an eye on.

4 to take over, to control.

María controla los negocios Mary takes over business.

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controlar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to control

2 (comprobar) to check

► verbo pronominal controlarse

1 (moderarse) to control oneself

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verb

1) to control

2) monitor

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1. VT

1) (=dominar) [+ situación, emoción, balón, vehículo, inflación] to control

los rebeldes controlan ya todo el país — the rebels now control the whole country, the rebels are now in control of the whole country

mis padres quieren controlarme la vida — my parents want to control my life

no pudo controlar el impulso de pegarle — he couldn't control the urge to hit him

medidas para controlar la calidad — quality-control measures

los bomberos consiguieron controlar el fuego — the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control

no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *

2) (=vigilar)

inspectores para controlar el proceso electoral — observers to monitor the electoral process

deberías controlar tu peso — you should watch your weight

contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out

estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well

controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil

3) (=regular) to control

este termostato controla la temperatura — this thermostat controls the temperature

2.

VI *

he bebido tanto que ya no controlo — I've drunk so much I can't see straight *

3.

See:

controlarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

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= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex. Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex. Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex. The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex. The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex. This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

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= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

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controlar [A1 ]

vt

A (dominar)

1 ‹nervios/impulsos/emociones› to control; ‹persona/animal› to control

controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation, we have the situation under control

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado por los bomberos the firemen quickly got o brought the fire under control

controlan ahora toda la zona they now control o they are now in control of the whole area

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company

2 ( fam); ‹tema› to know about

estos temas no los controlo I don't know anything about these things, I'm not too well up on o hot on these things ( colloq)

B

(vigilar): tiene que controlar su peso he has to watch o check o ( frml) monitor his weight

deja de controlar todos mis gastos stop checking up on how much I spend the whole time

me tienen muy controlada they keep a close watch o they keep tabs on everything I do, they keep me on a very tight rein

el portero controlaba las entradas y salidas the porter kept a check on everyone who came in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed myself o how long it took me

C (regular) to control

este mecanismo controla la presión this mechanism regulates o controls the pressure

medidas para controlar la inflación measures to control inflation o to bring inflation under control

D ( Dep) (en doping) to administer a test to

fue controlado positivo tras su victoria he tested positive after his victory

lo controlaron negativo he was tested negative

■ controlarse

v pron

A (dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado if he doesn't get a grip o a hold on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

B (vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, watch, monitor ( frml)

se controla el peso regularmente she checks her weight regularly, she keeps a regular check on her weight

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Multiple Entries:
controlar
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;
◊ controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation;

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;
◊ controlar el peso/la línea to watch one's weight/one's waistline;

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly

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controlar

♦ vt

1. [dominar] to control;

controlar la situación to be in control of the situation;

la empresa controla el 30 por ciento del mercado the company controls 30 percent of the market;

los bomberos todavía no han conseguido controlar el incendio firefighters have still not managed to bring the fire under control;

medidas para controlar los precios measures to control prices

2. [comprobar, verificar] to check;

controla el nivel del aceite check the oil level;

controlan continuamente su tensión arterial they are continuously monitoring his blood pressure

3. [vigilar] to watch, to keep an eye on;

la policía controla todos sus movimientos the police watch his every move;

nos controlan la hora de llegada they keep a check on when we arrive;

controla que no se cuele nadie see o make sure that no one Br jumps the queue o US cuts in line

♦ vi
Fam [saber] to know;
Rosa controla un montón de química Rosa knows loads about chemistry

♦ See also the pronominal verb controlarse

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controlar

v/t

1 control

2 ( vigilar) check

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controlar vt

1) : to control

2) : to monitor, to check

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controlar vb

1. (dominar) to control [pt. & pp. controlled]

controló la situación he controlled the situation

2. (comprobar) to check

un programa que controla los errores de ortografía a program that checks spelling mistakes

Spanish-English dictionary > controlar
5 bamboleo

m.

1 swaying.

2 wobble, sway, swaying, rocking.

3 ballottement.

pres.indicat.

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

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bamboleo

► nombre masculino

1 swaying

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noun m.

sway

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SM [de péndulo, lámpara] swinging, swaying; [de silla, mesa] wobbling, unsteadiness; [de tren] rolling

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masculino (de árbol, torre) swaying; ( de objeto colgante) swinging; (de barco, tren) rocking; (de avión, ascensor) lurching

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= flip-flop, swaying, sway.

Ex. Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.

Ex. The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

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masculino (de árbol, torre) swaying; ( de objeto colgante) swinging; (de barco, tren) rocking; (de avión, ascensor) lurching

* * *

= flip-flop, swaying, sway.

Ex: Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.

Ex: The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

bamboleo

masculine

1 (de un árbol, una torre) swaying; (de un objeto colgante) swinging

2 (de un barco, tren) rocking; (de un avión) lurching

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bamboleo nm

1. [de árbol, persona] swaying;
[de mesa, silla] wobbling
2. [de tren, autobús] shaking and vibrating, Br juddering

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bamboleo

m

1 de persona swaying

2 ( oscilación) swinging, rocking

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bamboleo nm

1) : swaying, swinging

2) : wobbling

Spanish-English dictionary > bamboleo
6 oscilación

f.

oscillation, sway, swinging, swing.

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oscilación

► nombre femenino

1 (de precios) fluctuation

2 FÍSICA oscillation

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SF

1) [de péndulo] swinging, swaying, oscillation

2) [de luz] winking, blinking; [de llama] flickering

3) [de precios, peso, temperatura] fluctuation

4) [de parecer, pensar] hesitation, wavering

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femenino ( movimiento) oscillation; ( fluctuación) fluctuation

la oscilación de los precios — the fluctuation in prices

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= oscillation, flicker, flip-flop, seesaw [see-saw], swaying, sway.

Ex. This is proposed to reduce the oscillation while maintaining fast response to network dynamics.

Ex. Recent research suggests that screen flicker and the patterns formed by lines of text on a screen may be crucial factors in visual discomfort.

Ex. Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.

Ex. The data provides statistical evidence for the existence of a ' seesaw' relationship between density in spring, autumn, and the following spring.

Ex. The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

femenino ( movimiento) oscillation; ( fluctuación) fluctuation

la oscilación de los precios — the fluctuation in prices

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= oscillation, flicker, flip-flop, seesaw [see-saw], swaying, sway.

Ex: This is proposed to reduce the oscillation while maintaining fast response to network dynamics.

Ex: Recent research suggests that screen flicker and the patterns formed by lines of text on a screen may be crucial factors in visual discomfort.

Ex: Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.

Ex: The data provides statistical evidence for the existence of a ' seesaw' relationship between density in spring, autumn, and the following spring.

Ex: The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

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oscilación

feminine

1 (movimiento) oscillation

2 (fluctuación) fluctuation

la oscilación de los precios/de la temperatura the fluctuation in prices/in temperature

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oscilación sustantivo femenino ( movimiento) oscillation;
( fluctuación) fluctuation
oscilación sustantivo femenino
1 (movimiento) oscillation
2 (cambio en un valor) fluctuation
' oscilación' also found in these entries:
English:
swing

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oscilación nf

1. [de péndulo] [movimiento] swinging;
[espacio recorrido] swing
2. [de llama] flickering

3. Fís oscillation

4. [variación] fluctuation;

la oscilación de los precios the fluctuation in prices

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oscilación

f oscillation; de precios fluctuation

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oscilación nf, pl - ciones

1) : oscillation

2) : fluctuation

3) : vacillation, wavering

Spanish-English dictionary > oscilación
7 vaivén

m.

sway, oscillation, back and forth motion, back and forth movement.

Las clases reiniciaron The courses reopened.

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vaivén

► nombre masculino

1 (oscilación) swaying, swinging, to-and-fro movement; (balanceo) rocking

2 (ir y venir) coming and going, bustle

3 figurado (cambio) fluctuation, change

4 figurado (intercambio) exchange

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FRASEOLOGÍA

los vaivenes de la vida figurado life's ups and downs

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noun m.

1) swing

2) change, instability

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SM

1) (=balanceo) swaying; (=acción de mecerse) rocking; [de columpio] swinging; (=ir y venir) to-ing and fro-ing; [de pistón] backward and forward motion; (=sacudidas) lurching

2) [de tráfico, circulación] constant movement

3) [de la suerte] change of fortune

4) (Pol) swing, seesaw, teeter-totter (EEUU)

5) pl vaivenes (=altibajos) ups and downs, vicissitudes frm

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masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging; ( de tren) rocking; ( de barco) rolling; ( de mecedora) rocking; ( de gente) toing and froing

los vaivenes de la fortuna — the swings of fortune

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= shuttling back and forth, flip-flop, seesaw [see-saw], swaying, sway.

Ex. Bereday calls this type of comparison 'balanced' and describes it as 'a systematic shuttling back and forth between the areas under study'.

Ex. Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.

Ex. The data provides statistical evidence for the existence of a ' seesaw' relationship between density in spring, autumn, and the following spring.

Ex. The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging; ( de tren) rocking; ( de barco) rolling; ( de mecedora) rocking; ( de gente) toing and froing

los vaivenes de la fortuna — the swings of fortune

* * *

= shuttling back and forth, flip-flop, seesaw [see-saw], swaying, sway.

Ex: Bereday calls this type of comparison 'balanced' and describes it as 'a systematic shuttling back and forth between the areas under study'.

Ex: Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.

Ex: The data provides statistical evidence for the existence of a ' seesaw' relationship between density in spring, autumn, and the following spring.

Ex: The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

vaivén

masculine

1 (de un columpio, péndulo) swinging; (de un tren) rocking; (de un barco) rolling; (de una mecedora) rocking

2 (de gente) toing and froing

los vaivenes de la fortuna the ups and downs of fortune, the swings of fortune

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vaivén sustantivo masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging;
( de tren) rocking;
( de barco) rolling;
( de mecedora) rocking;
( de gente) toing and froing
vaivén sustantivo masculino
1 (movimiento oscilante: de un cuerpo suspendido) swinging
(: de una cuna, de un tren) rocking
(: de un barco) rolling
(: de una persona) swing
2 (cambio inesperado) swing
los vaivenes de la fortuna, the ups and downs of fortune
' vaivén' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tumbo
English:
jigsaw
- swing

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vaivén nm

1. [balanceo] [de barco] swaying, rocking;
[de péndulo, columpio] swinging
2. [fluctuación]
vaivenes ups and downs;

los vaivenes de la economía the ups and downs of the economy

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vaivén

m to-and-fro;

vaivenes pl fig ups and downs

* * *

vaivén nm, pl vaivenes

1) : swinging, swaying, rocking

2) : change, fluctuation

los vaivenes de la vida: life's ups and downs

Spanish-English dictionary > vaivén
8 cimbrear

v.

1 to wave about (vara).

2 to sway (caderas).

3 to shake, to sway, to waggle.

4 to make quiver, to shake.

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cimbrear

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer vibrar) to make quiver; (caña) to waggle

2 (contonear) to sway

► verbo pronominal cimbrearse

1 (contonearse) to sway

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1.

VT (=hacer oscilar) to swish, swing; (=curvar) to bend; (=agitar) to shake

2.

VI to swing round

3.

See:

cimbrearse

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1.
cimbrar verbo transitivo

a) < vara> to shake

b) < caderas> to sway
2.
cimbrearse, cimbrarse v pron to sway

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1.
cimbrar verbo transitivo

a) < vara> to shake

b) < caderas> to sway
2.
cimbrearse, cimbrarse v pron to sway

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cimbrear [A1 ], cimbrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹vara› to shake

2 ‹caderas› to sway

■ cimbrearse cimbrarse

v pron

to sway

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cimbrear = cimbrar

* * *

cimbrar (cimbrear)

v/t swing

Spanish-English dictionary > cimbrear
9 vacilar

v.

1 to hesitate.

El chico vaciló brevemente The boy hesitated briefly.

2 to falter.

3 to flicker (fluctuar) (light).

La llama vaciló en el viento The flame flickered in the wind.

4 to wobble, to sway.

5 to swank, to show off (informal) (chulear).

6 to tease, to pull the leg of, to ride, to spoof.

María vaciló a Ricardo todo el día Mary teased Richard the whole day.

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vacilar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (oscilar) to sway, vacillate

2 (estar poco firme) to wobble

3 (al andar) to sway, stagger, wobble; (al hablar) to falter

4 (luz) to flicker

5 figurado (dudar) to hesitate, waver

6 familiar (tomar el pelo) to joke, tease

■ ¡no me vaciles! don't tease me!

7 familiar (presumir) to show off

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer vacilar figurado to shake

sin vacilar without hesitation

memoria que vacila shaky memory

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verb

to hesitate

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1. VI

1) (=dudar) to hesitate, waver; (=ser indeciso) to vacillate; (=esperar) to hold back from doing sth

sin vacilar — unhesitatingly

vacilar en hacer algo — to hesitate to do sth

vacilar entre dos posibilidades — to hesitate between two possibilities

es un hombre que vacila mucho — he is a very indecisive man, he is a man who dithers a lot

no vaciles en decírmelo — don't hesitate to tell me about it

2) (por falta de estabilidad) [mueble] to be unsteady, wobble
[persona] (al andar) to totter, reel; (al hablar) to falter; [memoria] to fail; [moralidad] to be collapsing
3) [luz] to flicker

4) (=variar)

un sabor que vacila entre agradable y desagradable — a taste which varies o ranges between nice and nasty

5) *
(=guasearse)
vacilar con algn — to tease sb, take the mickey out of sb **

6) (Méx)
* (=divertirse) to have fun, lark about *; (=ir de juerga) to go on a spree
7) * (=presumir) to talk big *, show off, swank *

2. VT

1) (=burlarse de) to take the mickey out of **, make fun of

¡no me vaciles! — stop messing me about! *

2) (CAm)
* (=engañar) to trick
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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( dudar) to hesitate

sin vacilar — without hesitating

vaciló antes de entrar — he hesitated before going in

vacila entre irse o quedarse — she's hesitating over whether to go or stay

no vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it

vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

no vaciló en aceptar — he accepted without hesitation

b) fe/determinación to waver

c) luz to flicker

2) ( oscilar) persona to stagger, totter

vacilaba al andar — he swayed from side to side as he walked

3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)

4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
2.
vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease

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= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.

Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.

Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.

Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.

Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.

Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.

Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

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* sin vacilar = unswervingly.

* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( dudar) to hesitate

sin vacilar — without hesitating

vaciló antes de entrar — he hesitated before going in

vacila entre irse o quedarse — she's hesitating over whether to go or stay

no vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it

vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

no vaciló en aceptar — he accepted without hesitation

b) fe/determinación to waver

c) luz to flicker

2) ( oscilar) persona to stagger, totter

vacilaba al andar — he swayed from side to side as he walked

3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)

4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
2.
vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease

* * *

= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.

Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.

Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.

Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.

Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.

Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.

Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

* sin vacilar = unswervingly.

* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

* * *

vacilar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 (dudar) to hesitate

respondió sin vacilar he replied without hesitating o without hesitation

vacila entre aceptar la propuesta y seguir aquí she's hesitating over whether to accept the offer or stay here, she can't make up her mind whether to accept the offer or stay here

no vaciles más, hazlo stop dithering and do it

vacilar EN algo:

no vaciló en la elección he made his choice without hesitation

no vacilaron en aceptar they did not hesitate to accept, they accepted without hesitation

2 «fe/determinación» to waver

3 «luz» to flicker

B (oscilar)

1 «mueble» to wobble, rock

2

«persona»: vaciló pero enseguida recuperó el equilibrio she staggered/tottered but she regained her balance immediately

vacilaba al andar, como si estuviese borracho he swayed from side to side as he walked, as if he were drunk

C (Esp, Méx fam) (bromear) to joke, to kid ( colloq), to fool around ( colloq)

D

( AmL exc CS fam) (divertirse): vacilamos un montón en la fiesta we had a great time o a lot of fun at the party

E ( Esp fam) (alardear) to show off vacilar DE algo to boast ABOUT sth

■ vacilar

vt

(Esp, Méx fam) to tease

lo estuvieron vacilando toda la noche they were teasing him o pulling his leg all evening

¡no me vaciles! be serious!

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vacilar ( conjugate vacilar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( dudar) to hesitate;

◊ sin vacilar without hesitating;

no vaciló en aceptar he did not hesitate to accept, he accepted without hesitation
b) [fe/determinación] to waver

c) [ luz] to flicker

2 ( oscilar) [ persona] to stagger, totter
3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
vacilar verbo intransitivo
1 (titubear, dudar) to hesitate: vaciló en responder, he hesitated before answering
2 (una voz) to falter
(una luz) to flicker
3 argot (hacer burla soterradamente) to tease: ¿me estás vacilando?, are you winding me up?
4 argot (presumir, fanfarronear) to boast, show off
' vacilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
titubear
English:
dilly-dally
- falter
- hang back
- hesitate
- hold back
- little
- shilly-shally
- shrink
- straight
- vacillate
- waver
- dither

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vacilar

♦ vi

1. [dudar] to hesitate;

contestó sin vacilar she replied without hesitation;

vacilaba entre ambas opciones he hesitated o wavered between the two options;

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2. [voz, principios, régimen] to falter

3. [fluctuar] [luz] to flicker;
[pulso] to be irregular
4. [oscilar] [mueble, persona] to wobble

5. Fam [causar sensación] to be really cool;

una moto de esas vacila mucho a bike like that is really cool

6. Esp, Carib, Méx Fam [bromear]
está vacilando he's pulling your leg o kidding, Br he's taking the mickey

7. CAm, Carib, Méx Fam [parrandear] to party

♦ vt
Fam
1. Esp, Carib, Méx
vacilar a alguien [tomar el pelo] to pull sb's leg, Br to take the mickey out of sb;

me estás vacilando you're pulling my leg

2. Carib [mirar con atención] to get a load of, to check out;

vacílate ese carro get a load of that car, check out that car

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vacilar

I v/i

1 hesitate; de fe, resolución waver

2 de objeto wobble, rock; de persona stagger

3 Méx fam ( divertirse) have fun

II v/t fam

make fun of

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vacilar vi

1) : to hesitate, to vacillate, to waver

2) : to be unsteady, to wobble

3) : to flicker

4) fam : to joke, to fool around

* * *

vacilar vb (dudar) to hesitate

el jugador vaciló antes de chutar el balón the player hesitated before shooting

¡no me vaciles! come off it!

Spanish-English dictionary > vacilar
10 balancearse

balancearse

► verbo pronominal

1 (mecerse) to rock; (columpio, brazo) to swing

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to swing, rock, sway

* * *

VPR

1) (=oscilar) [persona] [al andar] to move to and fro; [en mecedora, columpio] to rock; [péndulo] to swing; [barco, avión] to roll

2) (=vacilar) to hesitate, waver, vacillate frm

* * *

(v.) = sway

Ex. The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.

* * *

(v.) = sway

Ex: The floor lamp swayed and the window curtains waved back and forth.

* * *

■balancearse vr (en una mecedora) to rock
(en un columpio) to swing
(uno mismo) to move to and fro
' balancearse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balancear
English:
bob
- rock
- roll
- roll about
- roll around
- sway
- swing

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vpr

1. [en columpio, hamaca] to swing;
[de pie] to sway; [en cuna, mecedora] to rock;
el borracho bajaba por la calle balanceándose the drunk was swaying from side to side as he walked down the street

2. [barco] to roll

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balancearse

v/r

1 swing, sway

2 MAR rock

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vr

1) oscilar: to swing, to sway, to rock

2) vacilar: to hesitate, to vacillate

* * *

balancearse vb to swing [pt. & pp. swung] / to rock

el acróbata se balancea colgado del trapecio the acrobat swings on the trapeze

se balanceaba en la silla she rocked in the chair

Spanish-English dictionary > balancearse
11 gobernar

v.

1 to govern, to rule.

se deja gobernar por su marido she allows herself to be ruled by her husomebodyand

sus sentimientos gobiernan sus acciones his feelings govern his actions

2 to steer (barco).

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gobernar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to govern

2 (un país) to rule

3 (una familia) to run

4 (un negocio) to run, handle

5 (un barco) to steer

6 (guiar) to guide

7 (dominar) to dominate, boss about

■ lo gobierna su mujer his wife bosses him about

► verbo intransitivo

1 (un barco) to steer

► verbo pronominal gobernarse

1 to manage one's own affairs, manage by oneself, look after oneself

■ desde que vive sola ha aprendido a gobernarse living alone has taught her to look after herself

* * *

verb

to govern, rule

* * *

1. VT

1) (Pol) to govern, rule

2) (=dirigir) to govern; (=guiar) to guide, direct; (=controlar) to manage, run; (=manejar) to handle

3) (Náut) to steer, sail

2. VI

1) (Pol) to govern, rule

gobernar mal — to misgovern

2) (Náut) to handle, steer

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo < país> to govern, rule; < barco> to steer
2.
gobernar vi (Gob, Pol) to govern; (Náut) to steer

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= govern, rule over, hold + sway (over).

Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex. From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

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* arte de gobernar = statesmanship.

* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo < país> to govern, rule; < barco> to steer
2.
gobernar vi (Gob, Pol) to govern; (Náut) to steer

* * *

= govern, rule over, hold + sway (over).

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

* arte de gobernar = statesmanship.

* la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

* * *

gobernar [A5 ]

vt

1 ‹país› to govern, rule

2 ‹barco› to steer

■ gobernar

vi

1 ( Gob, Pol) to govern

2 ( Náut) to steer

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gobernar ( conjugate gobernar) verbo transitivo ‹ país› to govern, rule;
‹ barco› to steer
verbo intransitivo (Gob, Pol) to govern;
(Náut) to steer
gobernar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
1 to govern
2 Náut to steer
' gobernar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
administrar
- gobierna
English:
administer
- control
- govern
- navigate
- rule
- sail
- statesmanship
- steer

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gobernar

♦ vt

1. [regir, dirigir] to govern, to rule;
[casa, negocio] to run, to manage;
no tiene carácter, se deja gobernar por su marido she has no character of her own, she allows herself to be ruled by her husband;

sus sentimientos gobiernan sus acciones his feelings govern his actions

2. [barco] to steer;
[avión] to fly
♦ vi

1. [político, partido] to govern, to be in power

2. [barco] to steer

* * *

gobernar

v/t & v/i rule, govern

* * *

gobernar {55} vt

1) : to govern, to rule

2) : to steer, to sail (a ship)

gobernar vi

1) : to govern

2) : to steer

* * *

gobernar vb

1. (país) to govern

2. (barco) to steer

Spanish-English dictionary > gobernar
12 menear

v.

1 to move.

El perro meneó su cola The dog waggles his tail.

2 to get moving.

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menear

► verbo transitivo

1 (cabeza) to shake; (cola) to wag; (cuerpo, caderas) to wiggle

► verbo pronominal menearse

1 (moverse) to move

2 (darse prisa) to hurry (up), get a move on

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de no te menees familiar a hell of a

■ se armó un follón de no te menees there was a hell of a fuss

meneársela tabú to wank, US jerk off

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ cola] to wag; [+ cabeza] to shake; [+ líquido] to stir; [+ pelo] to toss; [+ caderas] to swing

sin menear un dedo — without lifting a finger

peor es menearlo — it's best not to stir things up

- ¡me la menean!

2) [+ asunto] to get on with, get moving on; [+ negocio] to handle, conduct

3)

menear cálamo — to wield a pen

2.

See:

menearse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < rabo> to wag; < cabeza> to shake; < caderas> to wiggle

b) (fam) <asunto/problema> to go on about (colloq)
2.
menearse v pron

a) ( con inquietud) to fidget

b) ( provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

c) (fam) ( apresurarse) to hurry up

* * *

= stir, wiggle.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.

Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

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* menear el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.

* menearse = twitch.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < rabo> to wag; < cabeza> to shake; < caderas> to wiggle

b) (fam) <asunto/problema> to go on about (colloq)
2.
menearse v pron

a) ( con inquietud) to fidget

b) ( provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

c) (fam) ( apresurarse) to hurry up

* * *

= stir, wiggle.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Take 25 branches and stir gently... a recipe for success'.

Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.

* menear el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.

* menearse = twitch.

* * *

menear [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹rabo› to wag; ‹cabeza› to shake

caminaba meneando las caderas she wiggled her hips as she walked

2 ( fam); ‹asunto/problema› to go on about ( colloq)

■ menearse

v pron

1 (con inquietud) to fidget

2 (provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

de no te menees ( Esp fam): se armó un escándalo de no te menees there was one hell of a scandal ( colloq), the shit really hit the fan (sl)

meneársela ( vulg); to jerk off ( vulg), to wank ( BrE vulg)

3 ( fam) (apresurarse) to hurry up

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menear ( conjugate menear) verbo transitivo ‹ rabo› to wag;
‹ cabeza› to shake;
‹ caderas› to wiggle
menearse verbo pronominal
a) ( con inquietud) to fidget

b) ( provocativamente) to wiggle one's hips

menear verbo transitivo
1 to shake, move: mira cómo menea a la muñeca, look how he shakes the doll
2 (el rabo) to wag, waggle
' menear' also found in these entries:
English:
swing
- wag
- whisk
- wriggle
- sway

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menear

♦ vt

1. [mover] to move;
[cabeza] to shake; [cola] to wag; [caderas] to wiggle;
el viento meneaba las aguas the wind ruffled the water;

Comp
Ven Fam
menear la mata to shake things up

2. [activar] to get moving;

Comp
Fam
más vale no menearlo o [m5]meneallo: el tema ése, más vale no menearlo o [m5] meneallo it would be best not to mention that subject

♦ See also the pronominal verb menearse

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menear

v/t

1 ( agitar) shake

2 las caderas sway;

menear la cola wag its tail;

menear la cabeza shake one’s head

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menear vt

1) : to shake (one's head)

2) : to sway, to wiggle (one's hips)

3) : to wag (a tail)

4) : to stir (a liquid)

♦ See also the reflexive verb menearse

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menear vb

1. (cabeza) to shake [pt. shook; pp. shaken]

2. (cola) to wag [pt. & pp. wagged]

el perro meneaba el rabo the dog was wagging its tail

Spanish-English dictionary > menear
13 duende

f. & m.

goblin, elf, ghost, fairy.

m.

1 imp, goblin (personaje).

2 charm (encanto).

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duende

► nombre masculino

1 (espíritu travieso) goblin, elf

2 (encanto) charm, magic

■ es una chica con duende she's got charm

* * *

noun m.

elf

* * *

SM

1) (=elfo) goblin, elf

duende de imprenta — printer's devil

2) (=niño travieso) imp

3) (=encanto) magic

tiene duende — it has a certain magic

4) (Inform) gremlin

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masculino

a) ( en cuentos) goblin, imp

b) ( espíritu) spirit ( which inhabits a house or room)

c) (encanto, magia)

un pueblo con duende — an enchanting village

un cantante que tiene duende — a singer with a certain magic about him

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= leprechaun, goblin, troll.

Nota: Criatura mítica escadinava.

Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.

Ex. The game 'Memory for Goblins' has been developed primarily for use in the assessment of working memory.

Ex. Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

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masculino

a) ( en cuentos) goblin, imp

b) ( espíritu) spirit ( which inhabits a house or room)

c) (encanto, magia)

un pueblo con duende — an enchanting village

un cantante que tiene duende — a singer with a certain magic about him

* * *

= leprechaun, goblin, troll.

Nota: Criatura mítica escadinava.

Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.

Ex: The game 'Memory for Goblins' has been developed primarily for use in the assessment of working memory.

Ex: Like evil trolls guarding the gates, the copyright controllers are trying to hold sway over our actions and create walled gardens around knowledge repositories.

* * *

duende

masculine

1 (en cuentos) goblin, imp

2 (espíritu) spirit ( which inhabits a house or room)

3

(encanto, magia): un pueblo con duende a magical o an enchanting village

un cantante que tiene duende a singer who has a certain magic about him o who has a certain magical quality

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duende sustantivo masculino
a) ( en cuentos) goblin, imp

b) ( espíritu) spirit ( which inhabits a house or room)

duende sustantivo masculino
1 (ser fantástico) goblin, elf
2 (gracia, atractivo) magic, charm: este bailarín tiene mucho duende, this dancer has a lot of charisma
' duende' also found in these entries:
English:
goblin
- leprechaun

* * *

duende nm

1. [personaje] imp, goblin

2. [espíritu] spirit;

una casa habitada por duendes a house haunted by spirits

3. [encanto] charm, magical quality;

toca muy bien pero le falta duende he plays very well but he lacks that indefinable something;

un bailaor con mucho duende a dancer with a magical quality;

Granada tiene mucho duende Granada is a truly magical place

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duende

m

1 imp

2 cualidad magic;

tener duende have a magical quality

* * *

duende nm

1) : elf, goblin

2) encanto: magic, charm

una bailarina que tiene duende: a dancer with a certain magic

* * *

duende n elf [pl. elves]

Spanish-English dictionary > duende
14 arrastrar

v.

1 to drag (objeto, pies) (gen) & (computing).

el viento arrastró las hojas the wind blew the leaves along

arrastrar y soltar (computing) to drag and drop

El tractor arrastró el leño hacia abajo The tractor dragged the log down.

2 to win over, to sway.

arrastrar a alguien a algo/a hacer algo to lead somebody into something/to do something

dejarse arrastrar por algo/alguien to allow oneself to be swayed by something/somebody

3 to drag along the ground (rozar el suelo).

te arrastra el vestido your dress is dragging on the ground

El perrito arrastraba a su dueño The puppy dragged along his owner.

4 to carry along, to suffer, to drag.

El tractor arrastró el leño hacia abajo The tractor dragged the log down.

Él arrastra su culpa todo el tiempo He drags along his guilt feelings always

5 to bring along, to bring about.

La acciones arrastran consecuencias Actions carry along consequences.

6 to entrain.

La reacción arrastró las partículas The reaction entrained the particles.

7 to drag-and-drop.

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arrastrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to drag, pull

■ no arrastres los pies don't drag your feet

2 (corriente, aire) to sweep along

3 figurado to sway, win over, draw

■ este grupo arrastra a muchas quinceañeras this group draws lots of teenage girls

■ lo arrastra la pasión por el teatro he lives for the theatre

4 (traer como consecuencia) to cause, bring, lead to

5 (tener) to have

■ arrastra ese catarro desde hace un mes she's had that cold for a month

■ arrastran muchos problemas they've got lots of problems

► verbo intransitivo

1 to drag, trail

► verbo pronominal arrastrarse

1 to drag oneself, crawl

2 figurado (humillarse) to creep, crawl

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verb

1) to drag, pull

2) sweep away

3) attract

•

- arrastrarse

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1. VT

1) [+ objeto pesado] to drag; [+ carro] to pull; [+ caravana] to tow; [+ vestido, capa] to trail (along the ground)

no arrastres la silla por el suelo — don't drag that chair (along the ground)

arrastrar los pies — to drag one's feet, shuffle along

arrastrar las palabras — to slur one's words

2) (=transportar) [río, viento] to sweep away o along

la corriente arrastró las ramas — the current swept the branches away o along

3) (=atraer) to draw, attract

su última película ha arrastrado mucho público — his latest film has drawn o attracted large audiences

no te dejes arrastrar por esa idea — don't get carried away by that idea

arrastrar a algn a hacer algo — to sweep sb into doing sth

4) (=soportar)

este país arrastra desde hace décadas el problema del paro — this country's been dogged by unemployment for decades

arrastra un complejo de inferioridad desde la adolescencia — he's had an inferiority complex ever since he was a youth

5) (=provocar) [+ dificultad, problema] to bring with it

su dimisión arrastró varias crisis financieras — his resignation brought with it several financial crises

6) (Bridge) [+ triunfos] to draw

2. VI

1) [vestido, capa] to trail (along the ground), drag

te arrastra el vestido — your dress is trailing (along the ground) o dragging

2) (Bot) to trail

3.

See:

arrastrarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies — she dragged her feet as she walked

b) <remolque/caravana> to tow

c) ( llevar consigo)

el río arrastraba ramas — branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro — the current was carrying him out to sea

2)

a) <problema/enfermedad>

arrastra esa tos desde el invierno — that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años — they had that debt hanging over them for many years

b) ( atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público — it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda — they are slaves to fashion

3) ( en naipes) to draw
2.
arrastrar vi

1) mantel/cortina to trail along the ground

2) ( en naipes) to draw trumps (o spades etc)
3.
arrastrarse v pron

1) ( por el suelo) persona to crawl; culebra to slither

se arrastró hasta el teléfono — she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

2) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

* * *

= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.

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

Ex. The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.

Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex. 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.

Ex. Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.

Ex. The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

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* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* arrastrarse = crawl.

* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.

* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* introducir arrastrando = haul in.

* sacar arrastrando = haul out.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies — she dragged her feet as she walked

b) <remolque/caravana> to tow

c) ( llevar consigo)

el río arrastraba ramas — branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro — the current was carrying him out to sea

2)

a) <problema/enfermedad>

arrastra esa tos desde el invierno — that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años — they had that debt hanging over them for many years

b) ( atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público — it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda — they are slaves to fashion

3) ( en naipes) to draw
2.
arrastrar vi

1) mantel/cortina to trail along the ground

2) ( en naipes) to draw trumps (o spades etc)
3.
arrastrarse v pron

1) ( por el suelo) persona to crawl; culebra to slither

se arrastró hasta el teléfono — she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

2) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

* * *

= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.

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

Ex: The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.

Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.

Ex: Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.

Ex: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* arrastrarse = crawl.

* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.

* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* introducir arrastrando = haul in.

* sacar arrastrando = haul out.

* * *

arrastrar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies she dragged her feet as she walked

vas a ir aunque te tenga que arrastrar you are going even if I have to drag you there

2 ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

3

(llevar consigo): el río arrastraba piedras y ramas stones and branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea

4 ‹sector/mercado› to drag down

al desplomarse en la Bolsa arrastró a todo el sector when its stock price collapsed, it dragged down the whole sector

no hay que dejarse arrastrar por el pesimismo there's no need to give way to pessimism

B

1

‹problema/enfermedad› viene arrastrando esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter, she's had that cough since the winter and she just can't shake it off

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años they had that debt hanging over them for many years

2 (atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda they are slaves to fashion

arrastrar a algn A algo:

las malas compañías lo arrastraron a la delincuencia he was led o drawn into crime by the bad company he kept

la miseria lo arrastró a robar poverty drove him to steal

3 ( fam) ( Elec) to use

arrastra mucha corriente it uses a lot of power

4 ( Inf) to drag

arrastrar y soltar to drag and drop

C (en naipes) to draw

■ arrastrar

vi

A «mantel/cortina» to trail along the ground

la gabardina le arrastraba the raincoat was so long on him that it trailed along the ground

B (en naipes) to draw trumps ( o spades etc)

■ arrastrarse

v pron

A (por el suelo) «persona» to crawl; «culebra» to slither

llegué arrastrándome de cansancio I could hardly put one foot in front of the other by the time I got there

se arrastró hasta el teléfono she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

B (humillarse) to grovel, crawl

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arrastrar ( conjugate arrastrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( por el suelo) to drag

b) ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

c) ( llevar consigo):

◊ arrastró todo a su paso it swept away everything in its path;

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea
2
a) ‹problema/enfermedad›:

◊ arrastra esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter;

vienen arrastrando el problema desde hace años they've been dragging out the problem for years
b) ( atraer) to draw;

◊ se dejan arrastrar por la moda they are slaves to fashion

verbo intransitivo [mantel/cortina] to trail along the ground
arrastrarse verbo pronominal
a) ( por el suelo) [ persona] to crawl;

[ culebra] to slither
b) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

arrastrar verbo transitivo to pull (along), drag (along): la corriente lo arrastró mar adentro, he was swept out to sea by the current
' arrastrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
grúa
- seducir
- barrer
English:
carry along
- drag
- draw
- haul
- lug
- pull
- pull along
- shuffle
- slur
- sweep
- trail
- tug
- wash
- suck

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arrastrar

♦ vt

1. [objeto, persona] to drag;
[carro, vagón] to pull; [remolque] to tow;
el viento arrastró las hojas the wind blew the leaves along;
Fig
el presidente arrastró en su caída a varios ministros the president took several ministers down with him;

la caída de la Bolsa neoyorquina arrastró al resto de mercados the crash on the New York stock exchange pulled the other markets down with it;

arrastrar los pies to drag one's feet;

Comp
RP Fam
arrastrar el ala a alguien to set one's cap at sb

2. Informát to drag;

arrastrar y soltar to drag and drop

3. [convencer] to win over, to sway;

arrastrar a alguien a algo/a hacer algo to lead sb into sth/to do sth;

dejarse arrastrar por algo/alguien to allow oneself to be swayed by sth/sb

4. [producir] to bring;

la guerra arrastra ya 3.000 muertos the war has already claimed 3,000 lives

5. [atraer] to pull in;

un cantante que arrastra muchos seguidores a singer who pulls in large crowds

6. [soportar]
arrastra una vida miserable she leads a miserable life;

arrastra muchas deudas/muchos problemas he has a lot of debts/problems hanging over him;

arrastra esa dolencia desde hace varios años she has been suffering from this complaint for several years

7. [al hablar] to draw out;

arrastra las erres he rolls his r's

♦ vi

1. [rozar el suelo] to drag along the ground;

te arrastra el vestido your dress is dragging on the ground;

estas cortinas arrastran these curtains are touching the floor

2. [en juegos de cartas]
arrastrar con tréboles to lead with a club

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrastrarse

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arrastrar

I v/t

1 por el suelo, INFOR drag ( por along)

2 ( llevarse) carry away

II v/i

1 por el suelo trail on the ground

2 en juegos de cartas draw trumps

* * *

arrastrar vt

1) : to drag, to tow

2) : to draw, to attract

arrastrar vi

: to hang down, to trail

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrastrarse

* * *

arrastrar vb

1. (llevar por el suelo) to drag [pt. & pp. dragged]

coge la silla en vez de arrastrarla pick the chair up instead of dragging it

2. (soportar) to have

arrastra la enfermedad desde hace años she's had the illness for years

3. (rozar el suelo) to trail on the floor

el vestido arrastraba her dress trailed on the floor

Spanish-English dictionary > arrastrar
15 cimbrar

v.

1 to brandish a rod or wand.

Cimbrar a alguno to give one a drubbing

Cimbrar a uno to clout somebody

2 to bend, to vibrate.

3 to walk gracefully.

4 to shake, to sway, to swing.

5 to tremble.

6 to walk with a wobble.

7 to make quiver.

8 to swing one's hip when walking, to sway one's hip when walking.

9 to buttress.

* * *

cimbrar

► verbo transitivo

1→ link=cimbrear cimbrear

* * *

VT

1) (=agitar) to shake, swish, swing; (=curvar) to bend

2)

cimbrar a algn — * to clout sb (with a stick)

le cimbró de un porrazo — he clouted him with his stick

* * *

cimbrar, cimbrear

♦ vt

1. [vara] to wave about

2. [caderas] to sway

3. Arquit to erect the centring for

♦ See also the pronominal verb cimbrarse, cimbrearse

* * *

cimbrar (cimbrear)

v/t swing

* * *

cimbrar vt

: to shake, to rock

♦ See also the reflexive verb cimbrarse

Spanish-English dictionary > cimbrar
16 calenturiento

adj.

feverish, febrile.

* * *

calenturiento

► adjetivo

1 feverish

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

mente calenturienta (exaltada) hothead 2 (excitada) dirty mind

* * *

ADJ

1) (Med) feverish

2) (=impúdico) dirty, prurient; (=exaltado) rash, impulsive

las mentes calenturientas — (Pol etc) the hotheads

3) Cono Sur (=tísico) consumptive, tubercular

* * *

- ta, calenturoso -sa adjetivo feverish

* * *

= horny [hornier -comp., horniest -sup.], randy [randier -comp., randiest -sup.], lustful, lecherous.

Ex. This book will help people who complain that cannot get randy/ horny like they used to.

Ex. This book will help people who complain that cannot get randy/horny like they used to.

Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

- ta, calenturoso -sa adjetivo feverish

* * *

= horny [hornier -comp., horniest -sup.], randy [randier -comp., randiest -sup.], lustful, lecherous.

Ex: This book will help people who complain that cannot get randy/ horny like they used to.

Ex: This book will help people who complain that cannot get randy/horny like they used to.

Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

calenturiento -ta, calenturoso -sa

adjective

feverish, fevered ( liter)

* * *

calenturiento,-a adjetivo
1 (exaltado, obsesivo) tiene una imaginación calenturienta, he's got a very wild imagination
2 (con una ligera fiebre) feverish
3 vulgar (que se excita sexualmente) randy, lustful
' calenturiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calenturienta

* * *

calenturiento, -a adj

1. [con fiebre] feverish

2.
tener una imaginación calenturienta [incontrolada] to have a wild imagination;
[sexualmente] to have a dirty mind
3. Chile [tísico] tubercular, consumptive

* * *

calenturiento

adj feverish

Spanish-English dictionary > calenturiento
17 conscupiscente

= lustful, lecherous.

Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

= lustful, lecherous.

Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

Spanish-English dictionary > conscupiscente
18 coquetamente

ADV coquettishly

* * *

= flirtatiously, teasingly.

Ex. Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

= flirtatiously, teasingly.

Ex: Similarly, an English woman visiting Italy who touches her earlobes a lot, without realising the cultural significance of this action, would be behaving flirtatiously in that context.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

Spanish-English dictionary > coquetamente
19 lascivo

adj.

1 lascivious, immodest, lewd, lustful.

2 tentiginous.

m.

lewd person, lewd individual, lascivious man, lecher.

* * *

lascivo

► adjetivo

1 lascivious, lewd

* * *

ADJ [gesto, mirada, comentario] lewd, lascivious; [persona] lecherous, lascivious

* * *

- va adjetivo lascivious, lustful

* * *

= lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lascivious, salacious, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], leering, wanton, lustful, lecherous.

Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.

Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.

Ex. Being salacious in character, he spread the gossip that the boss and his new secretary were an item.

Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex. I'm appalled that this film was ever released, not because of its themes, but because of its lurid and leering portrayal of those themes.

Ex. Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.

Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

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* mujer lasciva = wanton woman.

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- va adjetivo lascivious, lustful

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= lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lascivious, salacious, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], leering, wanton, lustful, lecherous.

Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.

Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.

Ex: Being salacious in character, he spread the gossip that the boss and his new secretary were an item.

Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex: I'm appalled that this film was ever released, not because of its themes, but because of its lurid and leering portrayal of those themes.

Ex: Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.

Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* mujer lasciva = wanton woman.

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lascivo -va

adjective

lascivious, lustful, lecherous

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lascivo
◊ -va adjetivo

lascivious, lustful
lascivo,-a
I adjetivo lecherous, lascivious
II sustantivo masculino y femenino lewd person, lascivious person

' lascivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lasciva
- asqueroso
English:
lewd
- prurient
- raunchy
- wanton
- dirty

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lascivo, -a

♦ adj
[comportamiento] lascivious, lewd; [gesto] lewd; [persona, mirada] lustful, lecherous
♦ nm,f

lascivious o lewd person;

es un lascivo he's a lecher

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lascivo

adj lewd, lascivious

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lascivo, -va adj

: lascivious, lewd

♦ lascivamente adv

Spanish-English dictionary > lascivo
20 lujurioso

adj.

lustful, lusty, lewd, wanton.

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lujurioso

► adjetivo

1 lustful, lecherous

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 lecher

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ADJ lustful, lecherous, lewd

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- sa adjetivo lecherous, lustful

* * *

= lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lustful, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], wanton, lecherous.

Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.

Ex. This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex. Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.

Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

- sa adjetivo lecherous, lustful

* * *

= lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.], lustful, sex-hungry, lusty [lustier -comp., lustiest -sup.], wanton, lecherous.

Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.

Ex: This is helping change the perceived 'nature' of women from the medieval notion that they were especially violent and lustful to the modern image of women as gentle and asexual.

Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and ' lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex: Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.

Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.

* * *

lujurioso -sa

adjective

lecherous, lustful

* * *

lujurioso,-a adjetivo lustful
' lujurioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lujuriosa
- sátiro
English:
lecherous
- lustful

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lujurioso, -a

♦ adj

lecherous

♦ nm,f

lecher

* * *

lujurioso

I adj lecherous

II m, lujuriosa f lecher

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lujurioso, -sa adj

: lustful, lecherous

Spanish-English dictionary > lujurioso

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to sway about

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