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1 hound
1. noun(a hunting-dog: The fox threw the hounds off the scent and escaped.) perro de caza
2. verb(to pursue or hunt (someone): The film star was constantly hounded by newspaper reporters.) perseguir, acosarhound n perro de cazatr[haʊnd]1 perro de caza1 (harass) acosar, perseguirhound ['haʊnd] vt: acosar, perseguirhound n: perro m (de caza)n.• galgo s.m.• perro s.m.• podenco s.m.• sabueso s.m.v.• acosar v.• perseguir v.• rondar v.• seguir v.
I haʊndnoun perro m de caza, sabueso m
II
transitive verb acosar[haʊnd]she was hounded out of office — tanto la acosaron, que tuvo que dejar el cargo
1.N perro m de caza2.VT (fig) perseguir, acosarthey hounded him for the money — le persiguieron or acosaron para conseguir el dinero
- hound on* * *
I [haʊnd]noun perro m de caza, sabueso m
II
transitive verb acosarshe was hounded out of office — tanto la acosaron, que tuvo que dejar el cargo
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2 hound
1. nounJagdhund, der2. transitive verbthe [pack of] hounds — (Brit. Hunting) die Meute (Jägerspr.)
jagen; (fig.) verfolgenPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/87928/hound_out">hound out* * *1. noun(a hunting-dog: The fox threw the hounds off the scent and escaped.) der Jagdhund2. verb(to pursue or hunt (someone): The film star was constantly hounded by newspaper reporters.) verhetzen* * *[haʊnd]I. nto be an attention \hound immer im Mittelpunkt stehen wollento be a publicity \hound publicitysüchtig seinII. vt* * *[haʊnd]1. nto ride to hounds (person) — mit der Meute jagen
2. vthetzen, jagen* * *hound1 [haʊnd]A s1. Jagdhund m:3. pej Hund m, gemeiner Kerlmovie hound Kinonarr mB v/the is hounded by his creditors seine Gläubiger sitzen ihm im Nacken;hound down erlegen, zur Strecke bringen;of aus)hound2 [haʊnd] s1. SCHIFF Mastbacke f2. pl TECH Seiten-, Diagonalstreben pl (an Fahrzeugen)* * *1. nounJagdhund, der2. transitive verbthe [pack of] hounds — (Brit. Hunting) die Meute (Jägerspr.)
jagen; (fig.) verfolgenPhrasal Verbs:* * *n.Hund -e m.Jagdhund -e m. -
3 asedio
m.1 siege (military).2 nuisance, tribulation.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: asediar.* * *1 siege2 figurado harassment■ los famosos tienen que soportar el asedio de fotógrafos y periodistas famous people have to put up with harassment by photographers and reporters* * *SM1) (Mil) siege; (Náut) blockade2) (Econ) run* * *a) (Mil) siege, blockadeb) ( acoso)* * *a) (Mil) siege, blockadeb) ( acoso)* * *1 ( Mil) siege, blockade2(acoso): para escapar del asedio de sus admiradoras to escape from the mob o crowd of fans that surrounded himel asedio de sus acreedores the harassment o constant pressure from his creditors* * *
Del verbo asediar: ( conjugate asediar)
asedio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
asedió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
asediar
asedio
asediar ( conjugate asediar) verbo transitivo
‹ ejército› to surround, besiege
asediar verbo transitivo to besiege
asedio sustantivo masculino siege
' asedio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerco
English:
siege
* * *asedio nm1. [de ciudad] siege;estar bajo asedio to be under siegeen la segunda parte el equipo local sufrió un asedio constante the home team was under siege for the whole of the second half* * *m1 MIL siege, blockade2 a alguien hounding* * *asedio nm1) : siege2) acoso: harassment -
4 acharner
s'acharner aʃaʀne verbe pronominal1) ( s'obstiner) to perseveres'acharner contre — to fight against [projet]
2) ( continuer des violences)s'acharner sur — [personne, animal] to keep going at [victime, proie]; fig [personne] to hound [enfant, collaborateur]
* * *1 ( s'obstiner) to persevere; s'acharner à faire to try desperately to do; à force de s'acharner il a fini par réussir son examen by persevering he eventually passed his exam; une organisation qui s'acharne à dénoncer les manquements aux droits de l'homme an organization that is determined to denounce violations of Human Rights; pourquoi s'acharne-t-il à la faire souffrir? why is he so determined to make her suffer ou hell-bent on making her suffer?; s'acharner contre [personne, groupe] to fight against [projet];2 ( continuer des violences) s'acharner sur [personne, animal] to keep going at [victime, proie]; fig [personne] to hound [enfant, collaborateur]; [destin] to dog [personne, projet]; la fatalité s'acharne sur eux they're dogged by bad luck.[aʃarne]s'acharner verbe pronominal intransitif1. [tourmenter quelqu'un]s'acharner sur ou contre ou après quelqu'un to persecute ou to hound somebodyles médias s'acharnent sur ou contre moi I'm being hounded by the press2. [persévérer]inutile de t'acharner, tu ne la convaincras pas it's no use struggling, you won't persuade her -
5 proie
proie [pʀwα]feminine noun• être en proie à [+ guerre, crise, violence, difficultés financières] to be plagued by ; [+ doute, émotion] to be prey to ; [+ douleur, désespoir] to be racked by* * *pʀwɑnom féminin lit, fig prey* * *pʀwɒ nfprey no plêtre en proie à [doutes, sentiment] — to be prey to, [douleur, mal] to be suffering from
* * *proie nf lit, fig prey; l'aigle s'est abattu sur sa proie the eagle swooped down on its prey; sa générosité en fait une proie facile pour les parasites his/her generosity makes him/her an easy prey for scroungers; il a été la proie des journaux à scandale quand il a divorcé he fell prey to ou was hounded by the gutter press when he got divorced; toute la région est la proie des promoteurs immobiliers the whole area has fallen prey to property salesmen GB ou real estate developers US; le bâtiment était la proie des flammes the building was in flames; être en proie au doute to be prey to doubt, to be beset by doubts; être en proie à l'angoisse/aux remords/au désespoir to be racked by anguish/remorse/despair; être en proie à la maladie to be stricken by illness; pays en proie à une grave crise économique/la guerre civile country in the grip of a serious economic crisis/civil war; entreprise en proie à des difficultés insurmontables company beset ou plagued by overwhelming difficulties.lâcher la proie pour l'ombre to give up what one has already got to go chasing after shadows.[prwa] nom féminin1. [animal] prey2. [victime] preyvu son grand âge, il est une proie facile pour les cambrioleurs being so old makes him an easy prey for burglarsen proie à locution prépositionnelleen proie au doute racked with ou beset by doubt -
6 zadzi|obać
pf — zadzi|obywać impf vt 1. (zabić kłując dziobem) to peck [sb/sth] to death 2. pot. (pokonać atakując zbiorowo) to hound out- minister został zadziobany przez prasę the minister was hounded out (of political life) by the pressThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zadzi|obać
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7 травить
нсв vt1) убивать отравой to poisonтрави́ть тарака́нов — to poison cockroaches
её постоя́нно трави́ла жёлтая пре́сса — she was continually harassed/hounded by the yellow press
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8 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
9 perseguitare
persecute* * *perseguitare v.tr. to persecute; to pursue (anche fig.); to hound; ( di fantasmi, spiriti ecc.) to haunt: furono crudelmente perseguitati, they were cruelly persecuted; perseguitare il nemico, to pursue the enemy; essere perseguitato dai propri creditori, to be hounded by one's creditors; quel sogno mi perseguita, that dream haunts me; il rimorso lo perseguita, remorse pursues him; perseguitare una donna, ( molestarla) to press one's attentions on a woman // la sfortuna mi perseguita, I am dogged by bad luck.* * *[persegwi'tare]verbo transitivo1) (fare oggetto di persecuzioni) to persecute2) (tormentare) to pursue, to harass, to hound; [ incubo] to haunt [ persona]* * *perseguitare/persegwi'tare/ [1]1 (fare oggetto di persecuzioni) to persecute2 (tormentare) to pursue, to harass, to hound; [ incubo] to haunt [ persona]; la sfortuna lo perseguita he's dogged by misfortune.
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