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  • 81 مثقف

    مُثَقَّف \ cultured: having and showing knowledge of culture; showing fineness of feeling and good manners: a cultured person; a cultured voice. learned: having or showing deep knowledge of serious matters, as a result of study: a learned writer.

    Arabic-English dictionary > مثقف

  • 82 learned

    مُثَقَّف \ cultured: having and showing knowledge of culture; showing fineness of feeling and good manners: a cultured person; a cultured voice. learned: having or showing deep knowledge of serious matters, as a result of study: a learned writer.

    Arabic-English glossary > learned

  • 83 интеллигент

    2) Colloquial: a cultured person (образованный, высоконравственный, высокодуховный человек a sensitive, keenly moral person, usually well-educated and cultured), a refined person, a white-collar worker (человек умственного труда a person who makes his/her living by non-physical labor)
    3) American: point-head, pointy-head, wig
    5) Scornful: egghead
    6) Psychology: intelligent

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > интеллигент

  • 84 кисло-молочный продукт

    1) Food industry: paneer, torba, tulum, villi, yakult

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > кисло-молочный продукт

  • 85 культивированный жемчуг

    1) General subject: cultured pearls
    2) Jewelry: (возделанный) cultural pearl
    3) Makarov: cultured pearl

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > культивированный жемчуг

  • 86 культивируемые клетки

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > культивируемые клетки

  • 87 hochgebildet

    Adj. (very) erudite
    * * *
    Adjektiv (präd. getrennt geschrieben) highly cultured
    * * *
    hochgebildet adj (very) erudite
    * * *
    Adjektiv (präd. getrennt geschrieben) highly cultured

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > hochgebildet

  • 88 hochkultiviert

    Adj. highly civilized; Person etc.: highly cultivated ( oder cultured)
    * * *
    hoch|kul|ti|viert
    adj
    highly sophisticated; Lebensart highly civilized
    * * *
    hochkultiviert adj highly civilized; Person etc: highly cultivated ( oder cultured)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > hochkultiviert

  • 89 Kultiviertheit

    f culture, refinement; Art: cultured manner
    * * *
    die Kultiviertheit
    cultivation; culture
    * * *
    Kul|ti|viert|heit
    f -, no pl
    refinement
    * * *
    Kultiviertheit f culture, refinement; Art: cultured manner

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Kultiviertheit

  • 90 kulturalny

    adj
    (centrum, rozwój) cultural; (człowiek, sposób bycia) well-mannered, cultured
    * * *
    a.
    1. (= dotyczący kultury) cultural; życie kulturalne cultural life; prąd kulturalny cultural tendencies.
    2. (= taktowny, wyrobiony) polite; kulturalne towarzystwo/zachowanie polite company; kulturalne zachowanie polite behaviour.
    3. (= wyrafinowany, wykształcony) cultured, refined, sophisticated.

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

  • 91 dannet

    образо́ванный, воспи́танный
    * * *
    cultivated, cultured, ladylike, literate, well-mannered
    * * *
    adj cultured,
    ( bogligt dannet, skolet) educated,
    ( med gode manerer) well-bred;
    [ det dannede selskab] people of culture.

    Danish-English dictionary > dannet

  • 92 astuto

    adj.
    1 sly, artful, astute, crafty.
    2 clever, sharp, quick-witted, sharp-witted.
    * * *
    1 astute, cunning, shrewd
    * * *
    (f. - astuta)
    adj.
    1) astute, shrewd
    * * *
    ADJ (=sagaz) astute, clever; (=mañoso) crafty, sly
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo ( sagaz) shrewd, astute; (pey) ( taimado) crafty, cunning
    * * *
    = clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.], wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], streetwise [street-wise], astute, skilful [skillful, -USA], cunning, crafty, shifty, canny, artful, sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.].
    Ex. It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex. The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex. The article 'Collection development policies: a cunning plan' looks at the value of collection development policy statements and what they can and cannot do.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    ----
    * ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo ( sagaz) shrewd, astute; (pey) ( taimado) crafty, cunning
    * * *
    = clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.], wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], streetwise [street-wise], astute, skilful [skillful, -USA], cunning, crafty, shifty, canny, artful, sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.].

    Ex: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
    Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
    Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex: The article 'Collection development policies: a cunning plan' looks at the value of collection development policy statements and what they can and cannot do.
    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex: The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    * ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.
    * tan astuto como un zorro = as sly as a fox, as wily as a fox.

    * * *
    astuto -ta
    1 (sagaz) shrewd, astute
    no la podrás engañar, es demasiado astuta you won't be able to fool her, she's too shrewd o astute o ( colloq) smart
    2 ( pey) (taimado) crafty, wily, cunning
    * * *

    astuto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ( sagaz) shrewd, astute;


    ( ladino) (pey) crafty, sly, cunning
    astuto,-a adjetivo astute, shrewd
    ' astuto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astuta
    - cuca
    - cuco
    - espabilada
    - espabilado
    - guachinanga
    - guachinango
    - hábil
    - ladina
    - ladino
    - pilla
    - pillo
    - zorra
    - zorro
    - jodido
    - listo
    - pícaro
    - piola
    - taimado
    - vivo
    English:
    artful
    - astute
    - canny
    - crafty
    - cunning
    - foxy
    - outfox
    - outsmart
    - sharp
    - shrewd
    - sly
    - tricky
    - worldly-wise
    - wily
    * * *
    astuto, -a adj
    1. [ladino, tramposo] cunning
    2. [sagaz, listo] astute
    * * *
    adj shrewd, astute
    * * *
    astuto, -ta adj
    1) : astute, shrewd
    2) : crafty, tricky
    ♦ astutamente adv
    * * *
    astuto adj
    1. (hábil) shrewd / astute
    2. (malicioso) cunning / sly [comp. slyer; superl. slyest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > astuto

  • 93 bagaje

    m.
    1 background.
    bagaje cultural cultural baggage
    2 baggage, luggage, equipment.
    * * *
    1 baggage
    \
    bagaje cultural experience, background
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=conocimientos) experience, background
    2) (Mil) (=equipaje) baggage, equipment
    3) (=mula) pack mule
    * * *

    bagaje cultural — ( de persona) cultural knowledge; ( de un pueblo) cultural heritage

    un bagaje de conocimientos/experiencias — a wealth of knowledge/experience

    * * *
    = baggage, luggage.
    Ex. This article examines the potential of electronic and computer based technology to improve passenger and baggage reconciliation at airports.
    Ex. They are the best source for quality luggage, backpacks, travelgear, with the best customer service in the industry.
    * * *

    bagaje cultural — ( de persona) cultural knowledge; ( de un pueblo) cultural heritage

    un bagaje de conocimientos/experiencias — a wealth of knowledge/experience

    * * *
    = baggage, luggage.

    Ex: This article examines the potential of electronic and computer based technology to improve passenger and baggage reconciliation at airports.

    Ex: They are the best source for quality luggage, backpacks, travelgear, with the best customer service in the industry.

    * * *
    bagaje cultural (de una persona) cultural knowledge; (de un pueblo, una nación) cultural heritage
    su bagaje de experiencia en este campo his wealth of experience in this field
    útil tanto para quien posee un bagaje previo como para el que no sabe nada equally useful for those with previous knowledge of the subject and those without
    el bagaje cultural de un pueblo the cultural heritage of a nation
    * * *

    bagaje sustantivo masculino:


    ( de un pueblo) cultural heritage
    bagaje sustantivo masculino
    1 (conjunto de conocimientos) wealth, background: es una persona con un extraordinario bagaje cultural, he is a very cultured person
    2 frml (equipaje) baggage
    * * *
    bagaje nm
    [profesional] experience;
    el candidato tiene bagaje político suficiente the candidate has plenty of political experience;
    el bagaje conceptual del Renacimiento the philosophical heritage of the Renaissance;
    tener un amplio bagaje cultural to be very cultured
    * * *
    m fig
    heritage
    * * *
    bagaje nm
    1) equipaje: baggage, luggage
    2) : background
    bagaje cultural: cultural baggage

    Spanish-English dictionary > bagaje

  • 94 culto1

    1 = literate, cultivated, educated, well educated [well-educated], highbrow [high-brow], highbrow [high-brow], cultured, refined.
    Ex. Unsupported by any other teaching methods, browsing is not, of course enough to make children into literate readers.
    Ex. So the narrator's style has to be articulate, cultivated, correct, steady.
    Ex. This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.
    Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex. People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.
    ----
    * menos cultos, los = less literate, the.
    * poco culto = unenlightened.

    Spanish-English dictionary > culto1

  • 95 delicado

    adj.
    1 delicate, frail, breakable, fragile.
    2 touch-and-go, delicate, sensible.
    3 finicky, overparticular about trivial details, fiddly, pernickety.
    * * *
    1 (fino) delicate; (exquisito) exquisite; (refinado) refined
    2 (difícil) delicate, difficult
    3 (enfermizo) frail, delicate
    4 (frágil) fragile
    5 (exigente) fussy, fastidious, hard to please
    6 (cortés) refined, polite
    7 (muy sensible) hypersensitive, extremely sensitive
    \
    manjar delicado delicacy
    * * *
    (f. - delicada)
    adj.
    2) fine
    3) ill
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=suave) [tejido, piel] delicate; [tela] fine; [color] soft
    2) (=frágil) [máquina] sensitive; [salud] delicate
    3) (=fino) [rasgos] delicate, fine; [gusto] delicate, subtle
    4) (=difícil) [situación] delicate, tricky; [punto] sore; [tema] delicate
    5) [persona] (=difícil de contentar) hard to please, fussy; (=sensible) hypersensitive; (=discreto) tactful; (=atento) considerate
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( fino) <rasgos/manos> delicate; < sabor> delicate, subtle; <lenguaje/modales> refined
    2)
    a) ( que requiere cuidados) <cerámica/cristal> fragile; < tela> delicate; < piel> sensitive

    prendas delicadas — delicates, delicate garments

    3) <asunto/cuestión/tema> delicate, sensitive; < situación> delicate, tricky
    4)
    a) ( melindroso) delicate, fussy
    b) ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sensitive, tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], delicate, ticklish, awkward, choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], touchy, frail, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], lissom(e), fragile, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.
    Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.
    Ex. Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.
    Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex. The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.
    Ex. Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.
    Ex. I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex. Censorship is a touchy subject with prison librarians.
    Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex. A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * pregunta delicada = awkward question.
    * ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.
    * tejido muy delicado = gossamer.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( fino) <rasgos/manos> delicate; < sabor> delicate, subtle; <lenguaje/modales> refined
    2)
    a) ( que requiere cuidados) <cerámica/cristal> fragile; < tela> delicate; < piel> sensitive

    prendas delicadas — delicates, delicate garments

    3) <asunto/cuestión/tema> delicate, sensitive; < situación> delicate, tricky
    4)
    a) ( melindroso) delicate, fussy
    b) ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sensitive, tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], delicate, ticklish, awkward, choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], touchy, frail, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], lissom(e), fragile, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

    Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.
    Ex: Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.
    Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex: The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.
    Ex: Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.
    Ex: I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex: Censorship is a touchy subject with prison librarians.
    Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex: A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * pregunta delicada = awkward question.
    * ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.
    * tejido muy delicado = gossamer.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

    * * *
    A (fino) ‹rasgos/manos› delicate; ‹sabor› delicate, subtle; ‹lenguaje/modales› refined
    ¡qué delicada eres! ¿qué más da si está un poco quemado? you're so fussy! what does it matter if it's a little burned?
    B (que requiere cuidados) ‹cerámica/cristal› fragile; ‹tela› delicate
    prendas delicadas delicates, delicate garments
    una crema para pieles delicadas a cream for sensitive skin
    la delicada piel del bebé the baby's delicate skin
    ¡qué delicado eres! no lo dijo por molestarte don't be so touchy! he didn't mean to upset you
    está delicado del estómago his stomach's a little delicate
    tiene el corazón delicado he has a weak o delicate o bad heart
    después de la operación quedó muy delicado he was very frail o weak after his operation
    D ‹asunto/cuestión/tema› delicate, sensitive; ‹situación› delicate, tricky
    * * *

     

    delicado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ( fino) ‹rasgos/manos› delicate;
    ‹ sabor› delicate, subtle;
    ‹lenguaje/modales› refined
    2
    a) ( que requiere cuidados) ‹cerámica/cristal› fragile;

    ‹ tela› delicate;
    ‹ piel› sensitive
    b) ‹salud/estómago› delicate;

    ‹ corazón› weak
    3 ‹asunto/cuestión/tema› delicate, sensitive;
    ‹ situación› delicate, tricky
    4


    delicado,-a adjetivo
    1 (frágil, primoroso) delicate
    una delicada porcelana, a delicate porcelain figure
    ese jarrón es muy delicado, that vase is very fragile
    2 (enfermizo) delicate: está delicada del corazón, she has a weak heart
    3 (exigente) fussy, hard to please: Juan es muy delicado para la comida, Juan is a fussy eater
    4 (difícil de tratar) un asunto delicado, a delicate matter
    ' delicado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delicada
    - dulce
    - exquisita
    - exquisito
    - primor
    - asunto
    - embromado
    - fregado
    - jorobado
    - maniático
    - melindroso
    - remilgón
    - tema
    English:
    dainty
    - delicate
    - fine
    - fragile
    - frail
    - picky
    - sensitive
    - slight
    - sore
    - subject
    - subtle
    - ticklish
    - touch on
    - touchy
    - tricky
    - awkward
    - delicacy
    - shaky
    - subtlety
    * * *
    delicado, -a adj
    1. [aroma, gesto, manos] delicate;
    un perfume muy delicado a very delicate perfume
    2. [material, objeto] delicate;
    piel delicada sensitive o delicate skin;
    loción hidratante para pieles delicadas moisturizing lotion for sensitive skin;
    detergente para ropa delicada o [m5] prendas delicadas detergent for delicates
    3. [asunto, situación] delicate, tricky;
    una situación delicada a delicate o tricky situation
    4. [persona] [débil, enfermizo] weak, delicate;
    su estado (de salud) es delicado his condition is delicate;
    estar delicado de salud to have delicate health;
    estar delicado del corazón to have a weak heart
    5. [persona] [sensible] sensitive
    6. [educado] [persona] polite;
    [lenguaje, modales] refined
    7. [persona] [tiquismiquis] fussy, choosy, picky;
    es demasiado delicado para ir de camping he likes his creature comforts too much to go camping;
    ¡no seas delicado, hay que comérselo todo! don't be so picky, you've got to eat all of it!
    * * *
    adj delicate
    * * *
    delicado, -da adj
    1) : delicate, fine
    2) : sensitive, frail
    3) : difficult, tricky
    4) : fussy, hard to please
    5) : tactful, considerate
    * * *
    delicado adj delicate

    Spanish-English dictionary > delicado

  • 96 etéreo

    adj.
    ethereal, intangible, immaterial, impalpable.
    * * *
    1 ethereal
    * * *
    * * *
    - rea adjetivo ethereal
    * * *
    = ethereal, lissom(e).
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    ----
    * volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].
    * * *
    - rea adjetivo ethereal
    * * *
    = ethereal, lissom(e).

    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    * volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].

    * * *
    1 ( liter) (vaporoso) ethereal ( liter)
    2 ( Fís, Quím) ethereal
    * * *

    etéreo
    ◊ - rea adjetivo

    ethereal
    etéreo,-a adjetivo ethereal

    ' etéreo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    etérea
    English:
    ethereal
    - intangible
    - dreamy
    * * *
    etéreo, -a adj
    ethereal
    * * *
    adj ethereal
    * * *
    etéreo, - rea adj
    : ethereal, heavenly

    Spanish-English dictionary > etéreo

  • 97 grácil

    adj.
    graceful, delicate, gracefully slender, nice.
    m.
    gracilis, gracilis muscle.
    * * *
    1 lissom, gracile
    * * *
    ADJ [figura, líneas, movimientos] graceful; [talle] slender
    * * *
    adjetivo graceful
    * * *
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    * * *
    adjetivo graceful
    * * *

    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.

    * * *
    ‹figura/talle› graceful; ‹paso/movimiento› graceful
    * * *

    grácil adjetivo graceful
    ' grácil' also found in these entries:
    English:
    graceful
    * * *
    grácil adj
    1. [armonioso] graceful
    2. [delicado] delicate
    * * *
    adj dainty
    * * *
    grácil adj
    1) : graceful
    2) : delicate, slender, fine
    * * *
    grácil adj graceful

    Spanish-English dictionary > grácil

  • 98 habilidoso

    adj.
    skillful, able, deft, artful.
    * * *
    1 skilful (US skillful), clever
    * * *
    ADJ handy, good with one's hands
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo [ser] good with one's hands, handy
    * * *
    = adroit, skilful [skillful, -USA], nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], artful.
    Ex. Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.
    Ex. The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex. To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo [ser] good with one's hands, handy
    * * *
    = adroit, skilful [skillful, -USA], nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], artful.

    Ex: Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.

    Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex: To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.

    * * *
    él te lo arreglará que es muy habilidoso he'll fix it for you, he's very handy with o good with things like that
    mi mujer es muy habilidosa, le hace toda la ropa a la niña my wife is very good with her hands, she makes all our daughter's clothes
    * * *

    habilidoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo [ser] good with one's hands, handy

    habilidoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que tiene habilidad) handy, skilful
    2 (hecho con habilidad) skilled

    ' habilidoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diestra
    - diestro
    - habilidosa
    - torpe
    - mañoso
    English:
    handy
    - skillful
    * * *
    habilidoso, -a adj
    1. [diestro] handy, good with one's hands;
    es muy habilidoso he's very handy, he's very good with his hands
    2. [inteligente] skilled, clever
    * * *
    adj
    1 con las manos good with one’s hands, handy
    2 ( inteligente) clever, skillful, Br
    skilful
    * * *
    habilidoso, -sa adj
    : skillful, clever

    Spanish-English dictionary > habilidoso

  • 99 ingenioso

    adj.
    1 witty, ingenious, clever, gimmicky.
    2 ingenious, clever, sharp.
    * * *
    1 (inteligente) ingenious, clever; (con chispa) witty
    * * *
    (f. - ingeniosa)
    adj.
    witty, clever
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=mañoso) clever, resourceful; [invento, sistema] ingenious
    2) (=agudo) witty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( lúcido) <persona/idea> clever, ingenious
    b) (con chispa, agudeza) <persona/dicho/chiste> witty
    c) <aparato/invención> ingenious
    * * *
    = inventive, ingenious, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], resourceful, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], artful.
    Ex. As time goes by, the modern inventive mind multiplies these media and the bibliographical picture becomes increasingly complicated.
    Ex. The article 'The grad versus the undergrad debate: a most ingenious paradox' suggests that opinion is divided as to whether to focus bibliographic instruction on the undergraduate or the graduate student.
    Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex. Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex. Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    ----
    * comentario ingenioso = witty remark.
    * dicho ingenioso = witticism, quip.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( lúcido) <persona/idea> clever, ingenious
    b) (con chispa, agudeza) <persona/dicho/chiste> witty
    c) <aparato/invención> ingenious
    * * *
    = inventive, ingenious, witty [wittier -comp., wittiest -sup.], resourceful, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], artful.

    Ex: As time goes by, the modern inventive mind multiplies these media and the bibliographical picture becomes increasingly complicated.

    Ex: The article 'The grad versus the undergrad debate: a most ingenious paradox' suggests that opinion is divided as to whether to focus bibliographic instruction on the undergraduate or the graduate student.
    Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.
    Ex: Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex: Another reason why this is nifty is because this site has plenty of resources available for your use, so you're not having to re-invent the wheel should you decide to adopt this assignment for your course.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    * comentario ingenioso = witty remark.
    * dicho ingenioso = witticism, quip.

    * * *
    1 (lúcido) ‹persona/idea› clever, ingenious, inventive
    2 (con chispa, agudeza) ‹persona› witty; ‹dicho/chiste› witty
    3 ‹aparato/invención› ingenious
    * * *

    ingenioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ( lúcido) ‹persona/idea› clever, ingenious

    b) (con chispa, agudeza) ‹persona/dicho/chiste› witty

    c) ‹aparato/invención› ingenious

    ingenioso,-a adjetivo
    1 ingenious, clever
    2 (gracioso, agudo) witty: lo pasamos en grande con Luis porque es muy ingenioso, we had a great time with Luis as he's so witty
    ' ingenioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguda
    - agudeza
    - agudo
    - espabilada
    - espabilado
    - hábil
    - ingeniosa
    - ocurrencia
    - replicar
    - tramoya
    - ocurrente
    - puntada
    English:
    clever
    - ingenious
    - neat
    - nifty
    - quick-witted
    - resourceful
    - sharp-witted
    - wit
    - witty
    - cunning
    - ingenuity
    - inventive
    - slick
    * * *
    ingenioso, -a adj
    1. [inteligente] ingenious, clever
    2. [agudo] witty
    * * *
    adj ingenious
    * * *
    ingenioso, -sa adj
    1) : ingenious
    2) : clever, witty
    * * *
    1. (inteligente) ingenious
    2. (agudo) witty [comp. wittier; superl. wittiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingenioso

  • 100 refinado1

    1 = genteel, gracious, well-bred, polished, highbrow [high-brow], gourmet, cultured, refined.
    Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex. It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex. This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.
    Ex. The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.
    ----
    * gusto refinado = refined taste.
    * poco refinado = unrefined, unpolished.

    Spanish-English dictionary > refinado1

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