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  • 21 de un modo molesto

    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo molesto

  • 22 engaño

    m.
    1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.
    2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.
    3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.
    4 delusion, false impression.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.
    * * *
    1 deceit, deception
    2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle
    3 (mentira) lie
    4 (error) mistake
    \
    estar en un engaño to be mistaken
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusion

    aquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *

    2) (=trampa) trick, swindle
    3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstanding

    padecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)

    4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks
    5) [de pesca] lure
    6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
    Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.
    Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.
    Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.
    Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    ----
    * autoengaño = self-deception.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

    Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.
    Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.
    Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.
    Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    * autoengaño = self-deception.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.

    * * *
    A
    1 (mentira) deception
    lo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me most
    fue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken in
    vivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceit
    es un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)
    2 (ardid) ploy, trick
    se vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own way
    llamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceived
    para que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheated
    C ( Dep) fake
    * * *

     

    Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)

    engaño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    engañó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    engañar    
    engaño    
    engañó
    engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo


    tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
    lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
    engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)


    engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
    engaño sustantivo masculino

    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)


    engañar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to deceive, mislead
    2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
    3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
    4 (timar) to cheat, trick
    5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
    II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
    engaño sustantivo masculino
    1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
    (estafa) fraud
    (infidelidad) unfaithfulness
    2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
    ♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
    ' engaño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañarse
    - farsa
    - maña
    - montaje
    - tramar
    - trampear
    - coba
    - descubrir
    - desengañar
    - engañar
    - tapadera
    - tranza
    English:
    deceit
    - deception
    - delusion
    - double-cross
    - game
    - guile
    - impersonation
    - put over
    - ride
    - sham
    - unfaithful
    - hoax
    * * *
    1. [mentira] deception, deceit;
    se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;
    lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;
    todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;
    llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;
    [lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;
    que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;
    no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;
    para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards
    2. [estafa] swindle;
    ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land
    3. [ardid] ploy, trick;
    de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;
    las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need
    4. Taurom bullfighter's cape
    5. [para pescar] lure
    * * *
    m
    1 ( mentira) deception, deceit
    2 ( ardid) trick;
    llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated
    * * *
    1) : deception, trick
    2) : fake, feint (in sports)
    * * *
    1. (mentira) lie
    2. (trampa) trick
    3. (timo) swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > engaño

  • 23 enojosamente

    adv.
    1 vexatiously, crossly.
    2 angrily.
    * * *
    1 angrily
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.
    Ex. The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.

    Ex: The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojosamente

  • 24 fastidiosamente

    adv.
    1 fastidiously.
    2 annoyingly, irksomely, naggingly, tiredly.
    * * *
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fastidiosamente

  • 25 fraudulento

    adj.
    fraudulent, fake, scammy, bogus.
    * * *
    1 fraudulent
    * * *
    ADJ fraudulent, dishonest
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < negocio> fraudulent; < elecciones> rigged
    * * *
    = fraudulent, dishonest, fly-by-night.
    Ex. In August 1990, ACS sued DIALOG over breach of contract alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    ----
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < negocio> fraudulent; < elecciones> rigged
    * * *
    = fraudulent, dishonest, fly-by-night.

    Ex: In August 1990, ACS sued DIALOG over breach of contract alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures.

    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.

    * * *
    ‹quiebra/negocio› fraudulent; ‹elecciones› rigged
    por medios fraudulentos by fraudulent o dishonest means
    * * *

    fraudulento
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ negocio› fraudulent;


    ‹ elecciones› rigged
    fraudulento,-a adjetivo fraudulent: es un negocio fraudulento, it is an illegal business
    ' fraudulento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fraudulenta
    - sucia
    - sucio
    English:
    dishonest
    - fraudulent
    * * *
    fraudulento, -a adj
    fraudulent;
    consiguió la victoria de forma fraudulenta he won by fraudulent means o by cheating
    * * *
    adj fraudulent
    * * *
    fraudulento, -ta adj
    : fraudulent

    Spanish-English dictionary > fraudulento

  • 26 incumplimiento de contrato

    breach of contract
    * * *
    Ex. In August 1990, ACS sued DIALOG over breach of contract alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures.
    * * *

    Ex: In August 1990, ACS sued DIALOG over breach of contract alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures.

    Spanish-English dictionary > incumplimiento de contrato

  • 27 interponer una contrademanda

    (v.) = file + countersuit
    Ex. In August 1990 ACS filed countersuit against DIALOG, alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures by DIALOG which, says ACS, have resulted in a multi-million-dollar underpayment of royalties to ACS.
    * * *
    (v.) = file + countersuit

    Ex: In August 1990 ACS filed countersuit against DIALOG, alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures by DIALOG which, says ACS, have resulted in a multi-million-dollar underpayment of royalties to ACS.

    Spanish-English dictionary > interponer una contrademanda

  • 28 irritantemente

    adv.
    annoyingly, sorely, stringently.
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.
    Ex. The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.

    Ex: The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritantemente

  • 29 las apariencias engañan

    appearances can be deceptive
    * * *
    appearances are misleading; appearances can be deceptive
    * * *
    = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye
    Ex. The old saying ' Don't judge a book by its cover' is very appropriate in our lives today -- it is very important not to judge a person because of what you assume they are like.
    Ex. So don't be too hasty to write it off -- there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * * *
    = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye

    Ex: The old saying ' Don't judge a book by its cover' is very appropriate in our lives today -- it is very important not to judge a person because of what you assume they are like.

    Ex: So don't be too hasty to write it off -- there's more to it than meets the eye.

    Spanish-English dictionary > las apariencias engañan

  • 30 molestamente

    adv.
    1 troublesomely, vexatiously, grievously.
    2 annoyingly.
    * * *
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > molestamente

  • 31 negro como el azabache

    jet-black
    * * *
    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark
    Ex. The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.
    Ex. There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.
    * * *
    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark

    Ex: The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.

    Ex: There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > negro como el azabache

  • 32 negro como el carbón

    as black as coal
    * * *
    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark
    Ex. The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.
    Ex. There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.
    * * *
    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark

    Ex: The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.

    Ex: There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > negro como el carbón

  • 33 negro como el tizón

    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark
    Ex. The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.
    Ex. There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.
    * * *
    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark

    Ex: The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.

    Ex: There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > negro como el tizón

  • 34 oscuro como boca de lobo

    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark
    Ex. The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.
    Ex. There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.
    * * *
    (adj.) = pitch-black, pitch-dark

    Ex: The area dehydrated as a result of embolism appeared pitch-black.

    Ex: There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night.

    Spanish-English dictionary > oscuro como boca de lobo

  • 35 pago por debajo de lo debido

    (n.) = underpayment
    Ex. In August 1990 ACS filed countersuit against DIALOG, alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures by DIALOG which, says ACS, have resulted in a multi-million-dollar underpayment of royalties to ACS.
    * * *

    Ex: In August 1990 ACS filed countersuit against DIALOG, alleging fraudulent and deceptive accounting procedures by DIALOG which, says ACS, have resulted in a multi-million-dollar underpayment of royalties to ACS.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pago por debajo de lo debido

  • 36 volver a promover un producto

    (n.) = rehyping
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *
    (n.) = rehyping

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > volver a promover un producto

  • 37 mentiroso

    adj.
    deceptive, liar, deceitful, dishonest.
    m.
    liar, storyteller.
    * * *
    1 lying
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 liar
    * * *
    mentiroso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=que miente) lying

    ¡es tan mentiroso! — he's such a liar!

    ¡mentiroso! — you liar!

    2) [texto] full of errors, full of misprints
    2.
    SM / F (=que miente) liar
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo

    es muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)

    II
    - sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo

    es muy mentiroso — he's an awful o terrible liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)

    II
    - sa masculino, femenino liar; ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
    * * *
    mentiroso1
    1 = fibber, liar, fabulist, fabricator.

    Ex: The article 'Frequent fibbers can blame their brain' relates the deficit in grey matter volume to the impulsiveness of fibbers.

    Ex: That means human beings are natural-born liars.
    Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.
    * mentiroso compulsivo = pathological liar, compulsive liar.
    * mentiroso patológico = pathological liar, compulsive liar.

    mentiroso2
    2 = mendacious, lying, deceitful.

    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.

    * * *
    mentiroso1 -sa
    es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar; (dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber ( colloq)
    mentiroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo or más rápido cae un mentiroso que un cojo the liar is sooner caught than the cripple
    * * *

     

    mentiroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo: es muy mentiroso he's an awful o terrible liar;


    ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) he's a real fibber (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    liar;
    ( dicho sin ánimo de ofender) fibber (colloq)
    mentiroso,-a
    I adjetivo lying: es un chico muy mentiroso, he's a big liar
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino liar
    ' mentiroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañosa
    - engañoso
    - mentirosa
    - chanta
    - cuentero
    - deshonesto
    - hablador
    - incorregible
    English:
    consummate
    - habitual
    - liar
    - lying
    - storyteller
    - untruthful
    * * *
    mentiroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    lying;
    [engañoso] deceptive
    ♦ nm,f
    liar
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    ser muy mentiroso tell a lot of lies
    II m, mentirosa f liar
    * * *
    mentiroso, -sa adj
    embustero: lying, untruthful
    mentiroso, -sa n
    embustero: liar
    * * *
    mentiroso n liar

    Spanish-English dictionary > mentiroso

  • 38 antiabortista2

    2 = antiabortion [anti-abortion], pro-life.
    Ex. The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.
    Ex. Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.

    Spanish-English dictionary > antiabortista2

  • 39 argucia

    f.
    1 sophism.
    2 subterfuge, contrivance, scheme, chicanery.
    * * *
    1 sophism, subtlety
    * * *
    SF sophistry frm, hair-splitting
    * * *
    femenino cunning argument
    * * *
    = trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.
    Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex. With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
    * * *
    femenino cunning argument
    * * *
    = trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.

    Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.

    Ex: With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.
    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.

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    cunning argument
    gracias a las argucias de su abogado thanks to some cunning arguments from o some fancy footwork by his lawyer
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    argucia sustantivo femenino ruse
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    deceptive argument
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    f clever argument
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    : sophistry, subtlety

    Spanish-English dictionary > argucia

  • 40 capcioso

    adj.
    1 captious, catchy, treacherous, fishy.
    2 deceiving, ambiguous.
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    1 peyorativo cunning, insidious, artful
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    ADJ cunning, deceitful
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    - sa adjetivo artful, cunning
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    Ex. The view that the 'caring' professions, including librarianship, have of their clients is deeply insidious.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo artful, cunning
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    Ex: The view that the 'caring' professions, including librarianship, have of their clients is deeply insidious.

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    ‹razonamiento/palabras› artful, cunning
    preguntas capciosas trick questions
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    capcioso,-a adjetivo captious, cunning
    pregunta capciosa, catch question
    ' capcioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capciosa
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    capcioso, -a adj
    disingenuous;
    pregunta capciosa trick question
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    adj
    :
    pregunta capciosa trick question
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    capcioso, -sa adj
    : cunning, deceptive
    pregunta capciosa: trick question

    Spanish-English dictionary > capcioso

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