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  • 21 отходить в прошлое

    • ОТХОДИТЬ/ОТОЙТИ <УХОДИТЬ/УЙТИ, КАНУТЬ> В ПРОШЛОЕ
    [VP; subj: abstr]
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    ⇒ no longer to exist or be current:
    - X отошёл в прошлое≈ X is (has become) a thing of the past;
    - X has disappeared into the past.
         ♦ Теперь, после тридцать девятого [ года], деятельность этих людей уже, вроде бы, отошла в прошлое (Гинзбург 2). In the post-1939 period the activity of these people had, it seemed, become a thing of the past (2a).
         ♦ Больше пятнадцати лет она [Тваржинская] была объектом насмешек нашей институтской прогрессивной молодёжи. Но время это ушло в прошлое (Зиновьев 2). For more than fifteen years she [Tvarzhinskaya] was the butt of all the sarcasm of the progressive young people of our institute, but that is now all in the past (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > отходить в прошлое

  • 22 уйти в прошлое

    • ОТХОДИТЬ/ОТОЙТИ <УХОДИТЬ/УЙТИ, КАНУТЬ> В ПРОШЛОЕ
    [VP; subj: abstr]
    =====
    ⇒ no longer to exist or be current:
    - X отошёл в прошлое≈ X is (has become) a thing of the past;
    - X has disappeared into the past.
         ♦ Теперь, после тридцать девятого [ года], деятельность этих людей уже, вроде бы, отошла в прошлое (Гинзбург 2). In the post-1939 period the activity of these people had, it seemed, become a thing of the past (2a).
         ♦ Больше пятнадцати лет она [Тваржинская] была объектом насмешек нашей институтской прогрессивной молодёжи. Но время это ушло в прошлое (Зиновьев 2). For more than fifteen years she [Tvarzhinskaya] was the butt of all the sarcasm of the progressive young people of our institute, but that is now all in the past (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > уйти в прошлое

  • 23 уходить в прошлое

    • ОТХОДИТЬ/ОТОЙТИ <УХОДИТЬ/УЙТИ, КАНУТЬ> В ПРОШЛОЕ
    [VP; subj: abstr]
    =====
    ⇒ no longer to exist or be current:
    - X отошёл в прошлое≈ X is (has become) a thing of the past;
    - X has disappeared into the past.
         ♦ Теперь, после тридцать девятого [ года], деятельность этих людей уже, вроде бы, отошла в прошлое (Гинзбург 2). In the post-1939 period the activity of these people had, it seemed, become a thing of the past (2a).
         ♦ Больше пятнадцати лет она [Тваржинская] была объектом насмешек нашей институтской прогрессивной молодёжи. Но время это ушло в прошлое (Зиновьев 2). For more than fifteen years she [Tvarzhinskaya] was the butt of all the sarcasm of the progressive young people of our institute, but that is now all in the past (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > уходить в прошлое

  • 24 быльём поросло

    < это всё> быльём (былью) поросло, тж. было, да быльём поросло; что было, то быльём поросло
    разг.
    it's gone and < long> forgotten; it's all over and done with (all past and done with); that's ancient history; it's a thing of the past; it's all part of the deep dark past; it's all old hat now

    Яснев строго и укоризненно смотрел прямо в глаза Василия. - Что вы мне войну поминаете? Это всё былью поросло. Может, в прошлые годы вы хорошо работали, а почему в нынешнем плохо хозяевали? (Г. Николаева, Жатва) — Yasnev looked Vasili squarely in the eyes with a stern expression of reproach. 'Why do you keep harping on the war? It's all over and done with. I don't say, you may have worked well in the past, but what's wrong with you now?'

    - Что было когда-то между нами, то - быльём поросло! Жаль, но ничего не поделаешь! (Ю. Бондарев, Выбор) — 'What there once was between us - has been long forgotten! It's too bad, but there's not a thing can be done about it!'

    Не желаю оправдываться... Нет, не буду: Тем более теперь, когда всё и было, и быльём поросло. (А. Рекемчук, Мальчики) — I don't want to start justifying myself... I'm not going to sink to that, particularly as it's all old hat now, something that belongs to the past.

    - Что-то там не заладилось. Подробностей не знаю, а сейчас уже всё быльём поросло. (В. Черняк, Час пробил) — 'Something didn't work out. I don't know the details, and now it's all part of the deep dark past.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > быльём поросло

  • 25 estirado

    adj.
    1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.
    2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.
    f. & m.
    stuck-up person, stiff shirt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: estirar.
    * * *
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    ————————
    1→ link=estirar estirar
    1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy
    2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    * * *
    (f. - estirada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=alargado) stretched
    2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *
    3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted
    2.
    SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straightening

    estirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

    * * *
    estirado1 -da
    ( fam); stuck-up ( colloq), snooty ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar)

    estirado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    estirado    
    estirar
    estirado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

    estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹goma/elástico/suéter› to stretch;

    ‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch
    b) ‹sábanas/mantel› ( con las manos) to smooth out;

    ( con la plancha) to run the iron over
    2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch;

    3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further
    estirarse verbo pronominal
    to stretch
    estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
    estirar verbo transitivo
    1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
    2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
    3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
    estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
    ' estirado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estirada
    English:
    shirt
    - snooty
    - snotty
    - standoffish
    - stiff
    - stiff-necked
    - stuffy
    - stuck
    - toffee
    * * *
    estirado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;
    [adusto] uptight
    2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched
    3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless
    ♦ nm
    stretching
    * * *
    I adj snooty fam, stuck-up fam
    II m face-lift;
    hacerse un estirado have a face-lift
    * * *
    estirado, -da adj
    1) : stretched, extended
    2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited

    Spanish-English dictionary > estirado

  • 26 Д-151

    ВЧЕРАШНИЙ ДЕНЬ (чего) NP sing only often subj-compl with copula ( subj: abstr) or (when used in gen) non-agreeing postmodif fixed WO
    (that which belongs to) the past: (be) a thing of the past
    (be) yesterday' NP (in limited contexts) (be) behind the times (be living) in the past (be) passe (outmoded).
    "...Не считайте меня глухим консерватором, человеком вчерашнего дня» (Аксёнов 6). "You would be wrong...to regard me as a dull conservative, one of yesterday's men" (6a).
    Теория, на которую опирается ваш эксперимент, уже не представляет никакого интереса, это вчерашний день науки. The theory on which your experiment is based is no longer of any interest, it's a thing of the past.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-151

  • 27 вчерашний день

    [NP; sing only; often subj-compl with copula (subj: abstr) or (when used in gen) nonagreeing postmodif; fixed WO]
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    ⇒ (that which belongs to) the past:
    - [in limited contexts] (be) behind the times;
    - (be) раввё (outmoded).
         ♦ "...Не считайте меня глухим консерватором, человеком вчерашнего дня" (Аксёнов 6). "You would be wrong...to regard me as a dull conservative, one of yesterday's men" (6a).
         ♦ Теория, на которую опирается ваш эксперимент, уже не представляет никакого интереса, это вчерашний день науки. The theory on which your experiment is based is no longer of any interest, it's a thing of the past.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вчерашний день

  • 28 принадлежа

    belong (на, към to)
    (отнасям се) pertain, appertain (to)
    принадлежа към организация belong to an organization, be a member of an organization
    на кого принадлежи това? whom does 'this belong to? whose is this?
    * * *
    принадлежа̀,
    гл. belong (на, към to); ( отнасям се) pertain, appertain (to); (за власт, право, привилегия) reside (in); това принадлежи на миналото this is a thing of the past.
    * * *
    belong: All this land принадлежаs to me. - Всичката тази земя ми принадлежи.; appertain
    * * *
    1. (отнасям се) pertain, appertain (to) 2. belong (на, към to) 3. ПРИНАДЛЕЖА към организация belong to an organization, be a member of an organization 4. на кого принадлежи това? whom does 'this belong to?whose is this? 5. това принадлежи на миналото this is a thing of the past

    Български-английски речник > принадлежа

  • 29 дело

    с.
    1) (работа, занятие, отсутствие безделья) work, business

    он за́нят де́лом — he is busy

    у него́ мно́го дел — he has many things to do

    сиде́ть без де́ла — have nothing to do; be idle

    бра́ться сра́зу за де́сять дел — tackle a dozen jobs at once; have many irons in the fire идиом.

    вы сюда́ прие́хали по де́лу или на о́тдых? — are you here on business or for pleasure?

    де́лать де́ло, занима́ться де́лом — do real work; keep oneself busy

    быть при де́ле разг. — have what to do

    2) (круг вопросов; сфера интересов) concern, business, affair

    ли́чное / ча́стное де́ло — private affair

    дела́ семе́йные — family matters

    э́то моё [его́] де́ло — that is my [his] business / affair

    э́то не моё [его́] де́ло — that is no business / concern of mine [his]; that is none of my [his] business

    не его́ де́ло (+ инф.) — he has no business (+ to inf), it is not [none of] his business (+ to inf)

    э́то на́ше вну́треннее де́ло — it's our own domestic concern

    вме́шиваться не в своё де́ло — interfere in other people's affairs

    не вме́шивайтесь не в своё де́ло — mind your own business

    приводи́ть свои́ дела́ в поря́док — put one's affairs in order

    3) разг. (важный, серьёзный вопрос) business

    без де́ла не входи́ть — no admission except on business

    приходи́ть по де́лу — come on business

    у меня́ к нему́ де́ло, я хочу́ говори́ть с ним по де́лу — I have some business (to discuss) with him

    говори́ть де́ло — talk sense, talk sensibly

    вот э́то де́ло!, вот тепе́рь вы де́ло говори́те! — now you're talking (sense)!

    перейдём к де́лу — let us get down to business

    пуска́ть / употребля́ть (вн.) в де́ло — put (d) to (good) use; make use (of)

    идти́ / пойти́ в де́ло — be put to use; be brought into play

    5) высок. (цель, задача деятельности) cause

    о́бщее де́ло — common cause

    пра́вое де́ло — just cause

    благоро́дное де́ло — good / noble cause

    де́ло ми́ра — the cause of peace

    6) (поступок, деяние) deed, act; ( свершение) work, feat, accomplishment

    де́лать до́брые дела́ — do good deeds

    вы сде́лали большо́е де́ло — you have accomplished a great feat

    э́то де́ло его́ жи́зни — it is his life's / life work

    суди́ть о ком-л по его́ дела́м — judge smb by smb's deeds

    7) (событие, происшествие) happening, event

    там произошли́ стра́нные дела́ — there have been some strange happenings there

    де́ло бы́ло в 1990 г. — it happened in 1990

    расскажи́те, как бы́ло де́ло — tell me how it happened

    бы́ло (тако́е) де́ло (в ответ на вопрос) разг. — yes, it did happen; that's right

    8) обыкн. мн. (положение, обстоятельства) things

    дела́ поправля́ются — things are improving, things are on the mend

    попра́вить свои́ дела́ — improve the state of one's affairs

    как (иду́т) дела́? — how are things going?

    как у вас [тебя́] дела́? — how are you doing?

    как его́ дела́? — how is he getting on?; how are things going with him?

    таки́е-то дела́! разг. — that's how things are!, that is the way it is!

    де́ло поверну́лось таки́м о́бразом — matters took such a turn

    положе́ние дел — state of affairs

    как обстои́т де́ло с э́тим? — what about this business?

    де́ло обстои́т так — the situation is this

    е́сли бы де́ло обстоя́ло ина́че — if things were different

    де́ло идёт (к) — things are heading (towards / to)

    де́ло ниско́лько не меня́ется от того́, что — the situation is no way altered by the fact that

    9) (рд.; вопрос, зависящий от чего-л) matter (of)

    э́то де́ло привы́чки [вку́са, при́нципа] — it is a matter of habit [taste, principle]

    10) (дт. до; отношение, касательство) переводится с помощью глагольных сочетаний have to do (with), care (about)

    ва́м(-то) что за де́ло (до э́того)?, а вам како́е де́ло? — what do you have to do with it?, what does it matter to you?

    кому́ како́е де́ло до э́того? — what business is that of anybody's?; who cares?

    како́е ему́ де́ло до нас с ва́ми! — what does he care about us!

    ей нет де́ла до меня́ — she doesn't care about me

    11) ( суть) point, matter

    в чём де́ло? — what is the matter?

    бли́же к де́лу! — come / get to the point!

    де́ло в том, что — the fact / point is that

    в то́м-то и де́ло, что — the whole point is that

    де́ло вот в чём — the point is this

    де́ло не (в пр.) — it is not a matter (of)

    де́ло не в э́том — that's not the point

    э́то к де́лу не отно́сится — that has nothing to do with the matter, that is beside the point

    замеча́ние не по де́лу (не по существу) разг. — a remark off the point

    12) ( предприятие) business

    э́то дохо́дное де́ло — it is a profitable business

    откры́ть своё де́ло — start one's own business

    взять кого́-л в де́ло — accept smb as a partner (in the business)

    го́рное де́ло и т.п. — см. соответствующие прил.

    14) ( папка с документами) file, dossier [-sɪeɪ]

    ли́чное де́ло — personal file / record(s) (pl)

    подши́ть / приложи́ть к де́лу (вн.) — file (d)

    15) юр. ( судебное) case

    вести́ де́ло — plead a case

    возбуди́ть де́ло (про́тив) — bring an action (against), take / institute proceedings (against)

    изложи́ть своё де́ло — state one's case

    16) (в названиях ведомств, органов)

    сове́т по дела́м рели́гий — council for religious affairs

    коми́ссия по иностра́нным дела́м — foreign relations / affairs commission

    17) уст. ( сражение) battle, fighting, combat
    18) жарг. (преступная операция, воровская вылазка) job; trick ( criminal action)
    ••

    де́ло ва́ше / твоё — it's up to you; it is for you to decide

    де́ло деся́тое / двадца́тое разг. — a thing of little importance

    де́ло за (тв.) — the matter depends (on)

    де́ло тепе́рь то́лько за тобо́й — now this matter depends only on you

    де́ло за ма́лым (ста́ло) — there's only one little thing left

    за чем де́ло ста́ло? — what's holding matters / things up?; what's the hitch? разг.

    де́ло пло́хо / дрянь, дела́ пло́хи — things are in a bad way

    де́ло про́шлое — that's a thing of the past

    де́ло рук (рд.) — the work / doing (of)

    чьих рук э́то де́ло? — whose work / doing is this?

    большо́е / вели́кое де́ло! разг. ирон., пренебр. (в знач. "подумаешь!") — big deal!; as if it mattered!

    бра́ться / взя́ться не за своё де́ло — be the wrong man / person for the job

    в / на са́мом де́ле как вводн. сл. — 1) (в действительности, не на словах) in (actual) fact, in reality 2) (действительно, верно) really, indeed 3) (выражает побуждение, раздражение) after all

    да прекрати́шь ты, в са́мом де́ле! — stop that, will you?

    на са́мом же де́ле — but the fact is

    в са́мом де́ле? — is it / that true?, really?

    (с)де́лать своё де́ло (выполнить свою роль; тж. воздействовать) — do one's work; do one's part

    сде́лать свои́ дела́ (о ребёнке, собаке - облегчить кишечник) эвф. — do one's duty, do the deed

    есть тако́е де́ло! разг. — all right!; it's a deal!

    за де́ло! (призыв) — to work!; (let's) get down to work!

    знать своё де́ло — know one's job / stuff / onions ['ʌ-]

    изве́стное де́ло как вводн. сл. — sure enough; naturally

    име́ть де́ло (с тв.) — have to do (with), deal (with), have dealings (with)

    когда́ де́ло дойдёт (до) — when it comes (to)

    когда́ де́ло дойдёт до меня́ [тебя́] — when it is my [your] turn

    ме́жду де́лом разг. — at odd moments, between times

    мину́тное / секу́ндное де́ло — it can be done in a minute / second / flash

    моё [на́ше] де́ло ма́ленькое / сторона́ — it is none of my [our] business

    на де́ле (в действительности) — in reality; in practice; in actual fact

    испыта́ть (вн.) на де́ле — test (d) in practice

    на слова́х и на де́ле — in word and deed

    наказа́ть кого́-л за де́ло — punish smb for a good reason

    но́вое де́ло!, хоро́шенькое де́ло!, ну и дела́!, что за дела́! — how do you like that!; that's a fine kettle of fish! идиом.; well, I'll be darned!

    пе́рвым де́лом — first of all; the first thing

    показа́ть себя́ в де́ле — show what one is worth

    пусти́ть в де́ло — put (d) to use; find a good use (for)

    раз тако́е де́ло разг. — if that's how it is

    стра́нное де́ло как вводн. сл. — strangely, strange thing

    то и де́ло — 1) ( часто) every now and then 2) ( беспрестанно) continually, incessantly; time and again; часто переводится гл. keep on (+ ger)

    то и де́ло раздаю́тся звонки́ — the phone keeps on ringing

    то́ ли де́ло (гораздо лучше) разг. — how much better; what a difference

    э́то (совсе́м) друго́е де́ло — that's (quite) another story

    э́то не де́ло — it's no good; such things aren't done

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > дело

  • 30 przeszłość

    - ci
    * * *
    f.
    (the) past; w przeszłości in the past; daleka l. odległa przeszłość distant past; czyjaś burzliwa przeszłość sb's wild past; należeć (już) do przeszłości be a thing of the past; żyć przeszłością live in the past; kobieta z przeszłością euf. a woman with a past.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > przeszłość

  • 31 heredero

    m.
    heir, inheritor, heritor, legatee.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) heir; (mujer) heiress
    \
    nombrar heredero,-a a alguien to make somebody one's heir/heiress
    príncipe heredero / princesa heredera crown prince / crown princess
    único heredero,-a (hombre) sole heir 2 (mujer) sole heiress
    * * *
    (f. - heredera)
    noun
    heir / heiress
    * * *
    heredero, -a
    SM / F heir/heiress (de to) inheritor (de of)

    heredero/a de la corona — heir to the crown

    heredero/a del trono — heir to the throne

    heredero/a forzoso/a — heir apparent

    heredero/a presunto/a — heir presumptive

    * * *
    - ra (m) heir; (f) heir, heiress
    * * *
    = heir [heiress, -fem.], inheritor, heir apparent [heiress apparent].
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    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. The new heir apparent is probably a man of a very different stamp.
    ----
    * herederos = surviving family.
    * presunto heredero = heir presumptive [heiress presumptive].
    * primer heredero = heir apparent [heiress apparent].
    * * *
    - ra (m) heir; (f) heir, heiress
    * * *
    = heir [heiress, -fem.], inheritor, heir apparent [heiress apparent].

    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

    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: The new heir apparent is probably a man of a very different stamp.
    * herederos = surviving family.
    * presunto heredero = heir presumptive [heiress presumptive].
    * primer heredero = heir apparent [heiress apparent].

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) heir; ( feminine) heir, heiress
    el heredero/la herederaa del trono the heir/heiress to the throne
    príncipe heredero crown prince
    heredero DE algo heir TO sth
    fue heredero/herederoa de una inmensa fortuna he was heir to a vast fortune/she was the heiress to a vast fortune
    nuestro pueblo es heredero de un rico folklore our nation has inherited a rich culture
    Compuestos:
    heir apparent
    residuary legatee
    * * *

    heredero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) heir;


    (f) heir, heiress;

    heredero de algo heir to sth
    heredero,-a m,f (hombre) heir
    (mujer) heiress: la infanta Isabel fue la heredera del trono español, Princess Isabel was the heir to the Spanish throne
    son los herederos de una pequeña fortuna, they are going to inherit a small fortune
    Recuerda que heiress se refiere a una mujer que hereda una fortuna y no a una heredera del trono.

    ' heredero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    heredera
    - príncipe
    - sucesor
    - sucesora
    - legítimo
    - varón
    English:
    apparent
    - crown prince
    - heir
    - heiress
    - to
    - crown
    * * *
    heredero, -a nm,f
    heir, f heiress;
    el príncipe heredero the crown prince;
    el heredero al trono the heir to the throne;
    el heredero del título the heir to the title;
    instituir heredero o [m5] por heredero a to name as one's heir, to name in one's will;
    es el heredero de la generosidad de su madre he has his mother's generosity;
    un estilo heredero de los grandes clásicos a style in the tradition of the classics
    Der heredero forzoso heir apparent; Der heredero legal heir (at law); Der heredero universal residuary legatee
    * * *
    m heir
    * * *
    heredero, -ra n
    : heir, heiress f
    * * *
    heredero n heir

    Spanish-English dictionary > heredero

  • 32 polémico

    adj.
    1 polemical, argumentative, controversial, polemic.
    2 polemic, controversial, divisive, debatable.
    * * *
    1 controversial
    * * *
    (f. - polémica)
    adj.
    polemical, controversial
    * * *
    ADJ controversial, polemical frm
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo controversial, polemic (frml)
    * * *
    = controversial, polemic, polemical, divisive, argumentative, contentious, fractious, vexed, disputed.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. The paper discusses some remaining 'grey areas' in faceted classification and the value for expository purposes of a mildly polemic approach to issues in classification.
    Ex. I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    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. 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.
    Ex. One of the most contentious issues dividing publishers and librarians centres on the interpretation of fair use in the context of digital technologies.
    Ex. Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
    Ex. A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.
    Ex. Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    ----
    * cuestión polémica = vexing question.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * extremadamente polémico = highly controversial.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * levantar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * muy polémico = highly controversial.
    * no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial].
    * polémica + abundar = controversy + rage.
    * polémica + continuar = controversy + rage, argument + rage.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * polémica + perdurar = argument + rage.
    * suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * tema polémico = vexing issue.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo controversial, polemic (frml)
    * * *
    = controversial, polemic, polemical, divisive, argumentative, contentious, fractious, vexed, disputed.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.

    Ex: The paper discusses some remaining 'grey areas' in faceted classification and the value for expository purposes of a mildly polemic approach to issues in classification.
    Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    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: 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.
    Ex: One of the most contentious issues dividing publishers and librarians centres on the interpretation of fair use in the context of digital technologies.
    Ex: Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
    Ex: A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.
    Ex: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    * cuestión polémica = vexing question.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * extremadamente polémico = highly controversial.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * levantar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * muy polémico = highly controversial.
    * no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial].
    * polémica + abundar = controversy + rage.
    * polémica + continuar = controversy + rage, argument + rage.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * polémica + perdurar = argument + rage.
    * suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * tema polémico = vexing issue.

    * * *
    controversial, polemical, polemic
    * * *

    polémico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    controversial, polemic (frml)
    polémico,-a adjetivo controversial: es un hombre muy polémico, he's a controversial man

    ' polémico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    candente
    - conflictiva
    - conflictivo
    - polémica
    English:
    controversial
    - euthanasia
    - contentious
    - dispute
    - polemical
    * * *
    polémico, -a adj
    controversial
    * * *
    adj controversial
    * * *
    polémico, -ca adj
    controvertido: controversial, polemical
    * * *
    polémico adj controversial

    Spanish-English dictionary > polémico

  • 33 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.
    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.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse
    2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back
    3 MEDICINA to reject
    * * *
    verb
    1) to reject, decline
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    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.
    * * *
    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.

    * * *
    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
    * * *

     

    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
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    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

  • 34 faltar a clase

    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school
    Ex. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
    Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

    Ex: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

    Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.

    Spanish-English dictionary > faltar a clase

  • 35 hacer novillos

    v.
    to play hooky, to bunk off, to play truant, to bunk off school.
    * * *
    familiar to play truant, skip school, US play hooky
    * * *
    [gen]to stay away, not turn up, skive off*; (Escol)to play truant, play hooky(EEUU)*, skive off*
    * * *
    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school
    Ex. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
    Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

    Ex: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

    Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer novillos

  • 36 no atreverse a

    (v.) = flinch at/from, have + no stomach for
    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 an interview earlier this week, he had the gall to declare that the resolution would show the United States had no stomach for finishing the war.
    * * *
    (v.) = flinch at/from, have + no stomach for

    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 an interview earlier this week, he had the gall to declare that the resolution would show the United States had no stomach for finishing the war.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no atreverse a

  • 37 temer

    v.
    1 to fear, to be afraid of (tener miedo de).
    yo no te temo I'm not afraid of you
    temo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelings
    Ella teme lo peor She fears the worst.
    Ella teme She is afraid.
    2 to fear.
    3 to be afraid.
    no temas don't worry
    le teme mucho al fuego she's very afraid of fire
    temer por to fear for
    4 to be afraid to, to be afraid of, to dread to, to fear to.
    Ella teme cometer un error She is afraid to make a mistake.
    * * *
    1 (tener miedo) to fear, be afraid of
    2 (sospechar) to fear, be afraid
    3 RELIGIÓN to fear
    1 (tener miedo) to be afraid
    2 (preocuparse) to worry
    1 to be afraid
    \
    era de temer it had to happen
    me lo temía I was afraid this would happen
    temer por to be afraid for, fear for, be in fear of
    * * *
    verb
    to fear, dread
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ persona, castigo, consecuencias] to be afraid of, fear

    teme al profesor — he's afraid o frightened of the teacher

    temer que — to be afraid (that), fear (that)

    teme que no vaya a volver — she's afraid o she fears (that) he might not come back

    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <castigo/reacción> to fear, dread; < persona> to be afraid of

    temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing

    temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it

    2.
    temer vi to be afraid

    estos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)

    temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody

    3.
    temerse v pron
    a) ( sospechar) to fear

    ya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen

    me temo que... — I fear that...

    b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid
    * * *
    = fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).
    Ex. For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
    Ex. I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    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. At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.
    Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
    Ex. His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
    ----
    * hacer temer = misgive.
    * temer por = become + apprehensive about.
    * temer tratar = fear to + tread.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <castigo/reacción> to fear, dread; < persona> to be afraid of

    temer + INF — to be frightened o afraid of -ing

    temer QUE + SUBJ: teme que le echen la culpa a él — he's afraid that they'll blame him for it

    2.
    temer vi to be afraid

    estos niños son de temer — (fam) these kids are terrible! (colloq)

    temer POR algo/alguien — to fear for something/somebody

    3.
    temerse v pron
    a) ( sospechar) to fear

    ya me lo temía — I knew this/that would happen

    me temo que... — I fear that...

    b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid
    * * *
    = fear, be afraid, flinch at/from, dread, be frightful of, be apprehensive (about).

    Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.

    Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    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: At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.
    Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
    Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
    * hacer temer = misgive.
    * temer por = become + apprehensive about.
    * temer tratar = fear to + tread.

    * * *
    temer [E1 ]
    vt
    ‹castigo/reacción/desenlace› to fear, dread; ‹persona› to be afraid of, fear
    sus hijos la or ( AmL) le temen her children are afraid o frightened of her
    todos temían lo peor they all feared the worst
    temer + INF to be frightened o afraid OF -ING
    temo ofenderlo I'm frightened o afraid of offending him
    temer QUE + SUBJ:
    teme que le echen la culpa a él he's afraid that they'll blame him for it
    temían que pudiera interpretarse mal they were afraid it might be misinterpreted
    ■ temer
    vi
    to be afraid
    no temas, no te voy a hacer daño don't be afraid o don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you
    estos niños son de temer ( fam); these kids are terrible! ( colloq)
    temer POR algo/algn to fear FOR sth/sb
    teme por sus hijos/su vida he fears for his children/his life
    1 (sospechar) to fear
    me temo que nuestro amigo tenía razón I fear o I have an awful feeling that our friend was right
    me temo que no puedo hacer nada más I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do
    * * *

     

    temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivo ‹castigo/reacción› to fear, dread;
    ‹ persona› to be afraid of;

    temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
    verbo intransitivo
    to be afraid;
    no temas don't be afraid
    temerse verbo pronominal


    me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right


    temer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
    sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
    2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
    II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
    ' temer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dread
    - fear
    - afraid
    - to
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [tener miedo de] [persona] to fear, to be afraid of;
    [represalias, consecuencias, reacción] to fear, to be afraid of;
    yo no te temo I'm not afraid of you;
    temo herir sus sentimientos I'm afraid of hurting her feelings;
    temen que los despidan they are afraid of losing their jobs;
    Fam
    cuando se pone a hablar le temo my heart sinks whenever he opens his mouth
    2. [sospechar] to fear;
    temo que vamos a tener que trabajar mucho I fear we're going to have to work hard;
    tememos lo peor we fear the worst
    ♦ vi
    to be afraid (a of);
    le teme mucho al fuego she's very afraid of fire;
    no temas don't worry;
    temer por to fear for;
    los médicos temen por su vida the doctors fear for her life;
    ser de temer [ser temible] to be formidable o fearsome;
    el equipo polaco es de temer the Polish team are formidable opponents;
    estos críos son de temer these kids are a menace;
    es de temer que… it is to be feared that…;
    son de temer nuevos atentados further attacks are to be feared
    * * *
    v/t be afraid of
    * * *
    temer vt
    : to fear, to dread
    temer vi
    : to be afraid
    * * *
    temer vb to be afraid / to be frightened

    Spanish-English dictionary > temer

  • 38 divisorio

    adj.
    1 dividing, separatory.
    2 dividing, partitive.
    3 divisive.
    * * *
    1 dividing
    * * *
    ADJ [línea] dividing
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo dividing (before n)

    pared/línea divisoria — dividing wall/line

    * * *
    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.
    ----
    * línea divisoria = cut-off point, dividing line.
    * linea divisoria, la = great divide, the.
    * panel divisorio = dividing board, screening.
    * panel divisorio de escayola = plaster partition.
    * pared divisoria = partition wall.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo dividing (before n)

    pared/línea divisoria — dividing wall/line

    * * *

    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.

    * línea divisoria = cut-off point, dividing line.
    * linea divisoria, la = great divide, the.
    * panel divisorio = dividing board, screening.
    * panel divisorio de escayola = plaster partition.
    * pared divisoria = partition wall.

    * * *
    dividing ( before n)
    pared/línea divisoria dividing wall/line
    * * *

    divisorio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    dividing ( before n)
    divisorio,-a adjetivo dividing

    ' divisorio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    divisoria
    * * *
    divisorio, -a adj
    dividing;
    línea divisoria dividing line
    * * *
    adj dividing;
    línea divisoria dividing line
    * * *
    divisorio, - ria adj
    : dividing

    Spanish-English dictionary > divisorio

  • 39 tieso

    adj.
    stiff, inflexible, rigid, tough.
    * * *
    1 (rígido) stiff, rigid
    2 (erguido) upright, erect
    3 (tenso) taut, tight
    4 figurado (terco) stubborn
    5 figurado (en forma) in good shape
    6 familiar figurado (envarado) stiff, starchy, stuffy
    1 hard, strongly
    \
    dejar tieso,-a a alguien (pasmado) to leave somebody agape 2 (muerto) to do somebody in 3 (sin dinero) to leave somebody penniless
    poner las orejas tiesas to prick up one's ears
    quedarse tieso,-a de frío figurado to be frozen stiff
    * * *
    (f. - tiesa)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=duro) stiff; (=rígido) rigid; (=erguido) erect; (=derecho) straight; (=tenso) taut
    2) (=sano) fit; (=vivo) sprightly; (=alegre) chirpy *
    3) (=poco amable) [en conducta] stiff; [en actitud] rigid
    4) (=orgulloso) proud; (=presumido) conceited, stuck-up *; (=pagado de sí mismo) smug
    5) (=terco) stubborn; (=firme) firm, confident

    ponerse tieso con algn — to stand one's ground, insist on one's rights; pey to be stubborn with sb

    tenerlas tiesas con algn — to put up a firm resistance to sb, stand up for o.s.

    6) * (=sin dinero) (flat) broke *
    2.
    ADV strongly, energetically, hard
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( rígido) stiff
    b) (Col, Ven) ( duro) < pan> hard; < carne> tough
    2) < persona>
    a) ( erguido) upright, erect; ( orgulloso) stiff
    b) (fam) ( muerto) stone dead (colloq)

    dejar a alguien tieso — (fam) ( matarlo) to bump somebody off (sl); ( pasmarlo) to leave somebody speechless

    II
    adverbio (Andes fam) ( lleno) full up (colloq)
    * * *
    = skint, broke, starched.
    Ex. How does it feel to be skint in a world that seems to be obsessed with money and riches?.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
    Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    ----
    * estar tieso de frío = be frozen stiff.
    * quedarse tieso = be frozen stiff.
    * quedarse tieso de frío = be frozen stiff.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( rígido) stiff
    b) (Col, Ven) ( duro) < pan> hard; < carne> tough
    2) < persona>
    a) ( erguido) upright, erect; ( orgulloso) stiff
    b) (fam) ( muerto) stone dead (colloq)

    dejar a alguien tieso — (fam) ( matarlo) to bump somebody off (sl); ( pasmarlo) to leave somebody speechless

    II
    adverbio (Andes fam) ( lleno) full up (colloq)
    * * *
    = skint, broke, starched.

    Ex: How does it feel to be skint in a world that seems to be obsessed with money and riches?.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
    Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    * estar tieso de frío = be frozen stiff.
    * quedarse tieso = be frozen stiff.
    * quedarse tieso de frío = be frozen stiff.

    * * *
    tieso1 -sa
    A
    1 (rígido) stiff
    con las orejas tiesas with ears pricked up
    2 ( Col) (duro) ‹pan› hard; ‹carne› tough
    B ‹persona›
    1 (erguido) upright, erect; (orgulloso) stiff
    2 ( fam) (muerto) stone dead ( colloq)
    dejar a algn tieso ( fam) (matarlo) to bump sb off (sl), to do sb in ( colloq) (pasmarlo) to leave sb speechless, amaze sb
    quedarse tieso ( fam) (morirse) to kick the bucket ( colloq), to croak (sl) (pasmarse) to be left speechless o amazed; (helarse) to freeze to death ( colloq), to get frozen stiff ( colloq)
    3 ( Col fam) (valiente, esforzado) gutsy ( colloq), feisty ( AmE colloq)
    ( Andes fam) (lleno) full up ( colloq), stuffed ( colloq)
    tieso y parejo ( Andes fam); flat out ( colloq)
    * * *

    tieso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1
    a) ( rígido) stiff;


    b) (Col, Ven) ( duro) ‹ pan› hard;

    ‹ carne› tough
    2 ‹ persona› ( erguido) upright, erect;
    ( orgulloso) stiff;
    ◊ quedarse tieso (fam) ( helarse) to get frozen stiff (colloq)

    tieso,-a adjetivo
    1 (erguido) upright, erect
    2 (rígido) stiff
    3 fam (serio) stiff
    4 (orgulloso) proud
    ♦ Locuciones: fam fig quedarse tieso (sorprenderse) to be amazed/stunned
    (morir) to die
    ' tieso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tiesa
    English:
    stiff
    - tight
    * * *
    tieso, -a adj
    1. [rígido] stiff;
    quedarse tieso [de frío] to be frozen stiff;
    me quedé tieso del susto I was scared stiff;
    tiene las orejas tiesas his ears are pricked;
    muy Fam
    se le puso tiesa he got a hard-on
    2. [erguido] erect
    3. Fam [engreído] haughty;
    iba muy tiesa con su vestido nuevo she was parading around in her new dress
    4. Fam [distante] distant
    5. Fam [sin dinero] broke
    6. Fam [muerto] stone dead;
    dejar tieso a alguien to bump sb off;
    quedarse tieso to croak
    * * *
    adj stiff, rigid;
    quedarse tieso fig be astonished;
    * * *
    tieso, -sa adj
    1) : stiff, rigid
    2) : upright, erect
    * * *
    tieso adj (rígido) stiff

    Spanish-English dictionary > tieso

  • 40 przeszłoś|ć

    f sgt 1. (historia) past
    - w przeszłości in the past
    - żyć przeszłością to live in the past
    2. książk. (miniony okres życia) past
    - on ma kryminalną przeszłość he has a criminal history a. record
    ■ należeć do przeszłości a. odejść w przeszłość to be a thing of the past
    - to już należy do przeszłości that’s all in the past, that’s all past now
    - kobieta z przeszłością a woman with a past

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > przeszłoś|ć

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