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21 tarea
f.1 task (trabajo).tareas domésticas household chores, housework2 homework, school work, schoolwork, school assignment.* * *1 task, job\las tareas de la casa the housework sing, the chorestareas escolares homework sing* * *noun f.job, task, work* * *SF1) (=trabajo) task, jobuna de sus tareas es repartir la correspondencia — one of his tasks o jobs is to hand out the mail
tareas domésticas — housework sing, household chores
2) [de colegial]3) (Inform) task* * *a) ( trabajo) task, jobb) ( deberes escolares) homework* * *= assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], endeavour [endeavor, -USA], exercise, job, labour [labor, -USA], operation, routine, task, work, quest, undertaking, item of business.Ex. The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.Ex. Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.Ex. Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.Ex. As a concluding exercise, therefore, it would be helpful for you to try some examples of analysis and translation on your own.Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.Ex. With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.Ex. Chain indexing is a simple mechanical routine for generating a limited number of index entries for a subject.Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.Ex. The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.Ex. It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.Ex. Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.Ex. The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.----* aceptar una tarea = take on + task.* aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias = library application.* asignar una tarea = allot + task, set + task, give + task, assign + responsibility, task.* asumir una tarea = assume + duty.* con una tarea especial = mission-oriented.* cumplir una tarea = accomplish + task.* dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.* dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.* delegar una tarea = delegate + operation.* desempeñar una tarea = carry out + task, cope with + task, perform + task.* ejecutar una tarea = execute + task.* emprender una tarea = go on + expedition.* encargado de las tareas domésticas = housekeeper.* encargarse una tarea = undertake + task.* encomendar una tarea a Alguien = assign + task.* endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.* enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.* en la tarea de = in the drive to.* fijarse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.* formación en diferentes tareas = cross-training [cross training], multiskilling [multi-skilling].* hacer una tarea = do + assignment.* imponerse una tarea = task + Reflexivo.* imponer una tarea = task.* imponer una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.* liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.* multitarea = multitasking [multi-tasking].* ponerse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.* programador automático de tareas = scheduler.* realización de varias tareas simultáneamente = concurrent tasking.* realizar una tarea = accomplish + task, carry out + duty, conduct + task, implement + task, undertake + task, perform + duty.* realizar una tarea paso a paso = go through.* tarea administrativa = administrative task.* tarea ardua = uphill struggle.* tarea asignada = appointed task.* tarea bibliotecaria = library operation, library task, library function, library duty, library process.* tarea complementaria = follow-up activity.* tarea de aprendizaje = learning activity, learning task.* tarea del hogar = domestic duty, domestic task.* tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* tarea difícil = hard task.* tarea educativa = learning activity.* tarea encomendada = assigned task.* tarea escolar = homework, homework assignment.* tarea falta de interés = chore.* tarea imposible = wild goose chase.* tarea inútil = exercise in futility.* tarea monumental = Herculean task, Herculanian task.* tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.* tarea orientada hacia la gente = people-oriented task.* tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.* tarea rutinaria = routine, mundane task, daily chore.* tareas bibliotecarias = library housekeeping routines, library housekeeping, library activities, library procedures.* tareas bibliotecarias complementarias = library support services.* tareas de extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.* tareas del personal = staff duties.* tareas domésticas = housework.* tareas escolares = school work [schoolwork].* tareas informáticas = computer work.* tareas relacionadas con la información = information operations.* tener tarea para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* * *a) ( trabajo) task, jobb) ( deberes escolares) homework* * *= assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], endeavour [endeavor, -USA], exercise, job, labour [labor, -USA], operation, routine, task, work, quest, undertaking, item of business.Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.
Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.Ex: Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.Ex: As a concluding exercise, therefore, it would be helpful for you to try some examples of analysis and translation on your own.Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.Ex: With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.Ex: Chain indexing is a simple mechanical routine for generating a limited number of index entries for a subject.Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.Ex: The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.Ex: It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.Ex: Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.Ex: The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.* aceptar una tarea = take on + task.* aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias = library application.* asignar una tarea = allot + task, set + task, give + task, assign + responsibility, task.* asumir una tarea = assume + duty.* con una tarea especial = mission-oriented.* cumplir una tarea = accomplish + task.* dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.* dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.* delegar una tarea = delegate + operation.* desempeñar una tarea = carry out + task, cope with + task, perform + task.* ejecutar una tarea = execute + task.* emprender una tarea = go on + expedition.* encargado de las tareas domésticas = housekeeper.* encargarse una tarea = undertake + task.* encomendar una tarea a Alguien = assign + task.* endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.* enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.* en la tarea de = in the drive to.* fijarse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.* formación en diferentes tareas = cross-training [cross training], multiskilling [multi-skilling].* hacer una tarea = do + assignment.* imponerse una tarea = task + Reflexivo.* imponer una tarea = task.* imponer una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.* liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.* multitarea = multitasking [multi-tasking].* ponerse una tarea = set + Reflexivo + task.* programador automático de tareas = scheduler.* realización de varias tareas simultáneamente = concurrent tasking.* realizar una tarea = accomplish + task, carry out + duty, conduct + task, implement + task, undertake + task, perform + duty.* realizar una tarea paso a paso = go through.* tarea administrativa = administrative task.* tarea ardua = uphill struggle.* tarea asignada = appointed task.* tarea bibliotecaria = library operation, library task, library function, library duty, library process.* tarea complementaria = follow-up activity.* tarea de aprendizaje = learning activity, learning task.* tarea del hogar = domestic duty, domestic task.* tarea de tontos = fool's errand.* tarea difícil = hard task.* tarea educativa = learning activity.* tarea encomendada = assigned task.* tarea escolar = homework, homework assignment.* tarea falta de interés = chore.* tarea imposible = wild goose chase.* tarea inútil = exercise in futility.* tarea monumental = Herculean task, Herculanian task.* tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.* tarea orientada hacia la gente = people-oriented task.* tarea orientada hacia una actividad = activity-oriented task.* tarea rutinaria = routine, mundane task, daily chore.* tareas bibliotecarias = library housekeeping routines, library housekeeping, library activities, library procedures.* tareas bibliotecarias complementarias = library support services.* tareas de extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.* tareas del personal = staff duties.* tareas domésticas = housework.* tareas escolares = school work [schoolwork].* tareas informáticas = computer work.* tareas relacionadas con la información = information operations.* tener tarea para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* * *1 (trabajo) task, jobno le gustan nada las tareas de la casa he hates doing household chores o the houseworkno es tarea fácil it is not easy, it is no easy task2 (deberes escolares) homeworktengo que hacer la(s) tarea(s) I have to do my homework o ( AmE) assignments* * *
tarea sustantivo femenino
tarea sustantivo femenino
1 (labor) job, task
tarea escolar, homework, US assignments pl 2 tareas domésticas, housework sing
' tarea' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- absorbente
- acometer
- afanosa
- afanoso
- apresurada
- apresurado
- asignación
- cometido
- corresponder
- cumplir
- desagradecida
- desagradecido
- emprender
- empresa
- encargo
- ensimismarse
- evadir
- fijarse
- función
- gratificar
- hacer
- hueso
- imponerse
- imposición
- lanzarse
- marrón
- muerta
- muerto
- terminar
- trabajo
- ultimar
- zafarse
- abrumador
- acabar
- alcanzar
- antipático
- asignar
- asumir
- atrancar
- cargo
- colaborador
- colaborar
- costoso
- deber
- dejadez
- dejado
- despachar
- diario
- empezar
English:
accomplish
- accomplishment
- allocation
- arduous
- assign
- assignment
- begin
- challenging
- chore
- cinch
- delegate
- distasteful
- do over
- embark
- execute
- execution
- finish
- finished
- get off
- get over
- go about
- job
- labour
- massive
- mission
- rush
- set
- task
- thankless
- uphill
- work
- admittedly
- home
- labor
- throw
- under
* * *tarea nf1. [trabajo] task;fue una ardua tarea it was a hard task;mantener limpia la ciudad es tarea de todos keeping the city clean is everyone's responsibility;las tareas del campo agricultural o farm worktareas domésticas household chores, housework2. [escolar] homework;hace la tarea she's doing her homework3. Informát task* * *f task, job* * *tarea nf1) : task, job2) : homework* * *tarea n1. (en general) task / job2. (deberes) homeworktareas del hogar / tareas domésticas housework -
22 trabajo manual
m.1 manual labor, handiwork, craft, manual work.2 manual labor, manual labour.3 handicraft, manual work.* * *(n.) = craft, craft activity, handiwork, manual labourEx. He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.Ex. Children are offered quiz, crossword and craft activities, many utilising the 150 or so library books on pets and related subjects.Ex. Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.* * *(n.) = craft, craft activity, handiwork, manual labourEx: He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.
Ex: Children are offered quiz, crossword and craft activities, many utilising the 150 or so library books on pets and related subjects.Ex: Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication. -
23 turno de guardia
(n.) = guard dutyEx. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.* * *(n.) = guard dutyEx: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.
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24 vanguardia
f.1 vanguard (military).2 avant-garde, vanguard (cultural).* * *1 (corriente) avant-garde, vanguard2 (parte de ejército) vanguard, van\ir a la vanguardia de to be at the forefront of* * *noun f.* * *SF(Mil) (tb fig) vanguardde vanguardia — (Arte) avant-garde; (Pol) vanguard [antes de s]
ir a la o en vanguardia — (lit) to be in the vanguard; (fig) to be at the forefront
* * *femenino (Mil) vanguard; (Art, Lit) avant-gardeir or estar a la vanguardia (de algo) — to be in the vanguard (of something)
* * *= cutting edge, vanguard, front-line.Ex. The article ' Cutting edge' describes current developments in microcomputer hardware which are likely to become commonplace adjuncts to library microcomputers in the next decade.Ex. In the process of achieving this goal, the deaf and other handicapped individuals could become the vanguard of computer technology.Ex. The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.----* a la vanguardia = on the cutting edge, on the leading edge, in the fast lane, on the fast track, at the leading edge, on the bleeding edge.* a la vanguardia de = in the vanguard of, at the forefront of, in the forefront of/in, at the vanguard of.* en la vanguardia = on the cutting edge, on the leading edge, on the bleeding edge.* vanguardia, la = avant-garde, the, leading edge, the.* * *femenino (Mil) vanguard; (Art, Lit) avant-gardeir or estar a la vanguardia (de algo) — to be in the vanguard (of something)
* * *la vanguardia(n.) = avant-garde, the, leading edge, theEx: My point is that all literature, every example we can think of, depends for its existence on the tradition out of which it springs -- even the most avant of the avant-garde.
Ex: The leading edge is on the digital battlefield, where an entire new concept in military medicine is evolving.= cutting edge, vanguard, front-line.Ex: The article ' Cutting edge' describes current developments in microcomputer hardware which are likely to become commonplace adjuncts to library microcomputers in the next decade.
Ex: In the process of achieving this goal, the deaf and other handicapped individuals could become the vanguard of computer technology.Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.* a la vanguardia = on the cutting edge, on the leading edge, in the fast lane, on the fast track, at the leading edge, on the bleeding edge.* a la vanguardia de = in the vanguard of, at the forefront of, in the forefront of/in, at the vanguard of.* en la vanguardia = on the cutting edge, on the leading edge, on the bleeding edge.* vanguardia, la = avant-garde, the, leading edge, the.* * *La Vanguardia (↑ vanguardia a1)1 ( Mil) vanguardpintura/teatro de vanguardia avant-garde art/theaterir or estar a la vanguardia to be in the vanguardun músico a la vanguardia de su época one of the most innovative musicians of his day* * *
vanguardia sustantivo femenino (Mil) vanguard;
(Art, Lit) avant-garde;
ir or estar a la vanguardia (de algo) to be in the vanguard (of sth)
vanguardia sustantivo femenino
1 Arte Lit, etc vanguard, avant-garde
2 Mil vanguard
♦ Locuciones: a la vanguardia/en vanguardia, at the forefront of: su estilo está a la vanguardia de la poesía inglesa, his style is in the vanguard of English poetry
' vanguardia' also found in these entries:
English:
avant-garde
- forefront
- ground
- state-of-the-art
- vanguard
* * *vanguardia nf1. Mil vanguard2. [cultural] avant-garde, vanguard;la literatura/música de vanguardia avant-garde literature/music;las vanguardias del siglo XX the avant-gardes of the 20th century;van a la vanguardia de los avances tecnológicos they are at the forefront of o at the cutting edge of technological progress* * *f1 MIL vanguard2 cultural avant-garde;de vanguardia avant-garde* * *vanguardia nf1) : vanguard2) : avante-garde3)a la vanguardia : at the forefront -
25 liarse
VPR1) (=confundirse) to get muddled upexplícalo mejor, que ya te has vuelto a liar — explain it a bit better, you've got all muddled up again
2) * [sentimentalmente]liarse con algn — to have an affair with sb, get involved with sb
3)liarse a * + infin —
nos liamos a ver fotos y estuve allí toda la tarde — we got to looking through photos and I stayed there all evening
4)manta I, 1)liarse a golpes o a palos — * to lay into one another *
* * *
■liarse verbo reflexivo
1 (embrollarse) to get muddled up
2 fam (tener un idilio) to get involved 3 se lía a coser y no para, she starts sewing and never stops
♦ Locuciones: liarse a tortas, to come to blows
' liarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
liar
- torta
* * *vpr1. [complicarse] to get complicated2. [confundirse] to get muddled (up) o confused;me lié y tardé tres horas en terminar I got muddled o confused and took three hours to finishme lié hablando con los amigos y llegué tarde I got caught up talking to some friends and arrived lateliarse a hacer algo to start o begin doing sth;se liaron a puñetazos they started hitting each other;se liaron a insultarse they started insulting each other5. Esp Fam [sentimentalmente] to get involved ( con with);se ha liado con una compañera de clase he's got a thing going with a girl in his class* * *liarse a hacer algo get tied up doing sth;liarse con alguien fam get involved with s.o.;liarse a golpes start fighting* * *vr: to get mixed up* * *liarse vb (confundirse) to get confused -
26 théâtre
théâtre [teαtʀ]masculine noun► de théâtre [accessoires, costumes, décors] stage• homme/femme de théâtre man/woman of the theatreb. [d'événement, crime] scene* * *teɑtʀnom masculin1) Littérature ( genre) theatre [BrE]de théâtre — [acteur, directeur, billet] theatre [BrE] (épith); [décor, costume, masque] stage (épith); fig [gestes] histrionic
coup de théâtre — lit coup de théâtre; fig dramatic turn of events
2) ( art dramatique)faire du théâtre — ( comme profession) to be an actor; ( à l'école) to do drama; ( en amateur) to be involved in amateur dramatics
c'est du théâtre — fig it's just a put-on (colloq)
3) ( lieu) theatre [BrE]être le théâtre d'émeutes — fig to be the scene of riots
le théâtre des opérations — Armée the theatre [BrE] of operations
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *teɒtʀ nm1) (= art dramatique) theatre Grande-Bretagne theater USA2) (= salle, bâtiment) theatre Grande-Bretagne theater USA3) (= techniques, genre) drama, theatre Grande-Bretagne theater USA4) (= activité) stage, theatre Grande-Bretagne theater USAfaire du théâtre (en professionnel) — to be on the stage, (en amateur) to do some acting
5) (= œuvres) plays pl dramatic works pl6) fig (= lieu)7) péjoratif histrionics pl playacting* * *théâtre nm1 littér ( genre) theatreGB; le théâtre de l'absurde the theatreGB of the absurd; aimer le théâtre classique/burlesque/expérimental to like classical/burlesque/experimental theatreGB; le théâtre de Molière/de Racine Molière's/Racine's plays; le théâtre antique Greek classical drama; de théâtre [acteur, directeur, billet] theatreGB ( épith); [décor, costume, masque] stage ( épith); fig [gestes] histrionic; c'est un homme de théâtre he's a man of the theatreGB; coup de théâtre lit coup de théâtre; fig dramatic turn of events, coup de théâtre sout;2 ( art dramatique) faire du théâtre ( comme profession) to be an actor; ( à l'école) to do drama; ( en amateur) to be involved in amateur dramatics; se destiner au théâtre to intend to go on stage; adapter une nouvelle pour le théâtre to adapt a short story for the stage; faire son théâtre○ fig to put on one's act; c'est du théâtre fig it's just a put-on○;3 ( lieu) theatreGB; le théâtre était plein the theatreGB was full; être le théâtre d'affrontements/d'émeutes fig to be the scene of fighting/of riots; le théâtre des opérations Mil the theatreGB of operations.théâtre de Boulevard farce; théâtre antique amphitheatreGB; théâtre de marionnettes puppet theatreGB; théâtre d'ombres shadow theatreGB; théâtre en plein air open-air theatreGB; théâtre de verdure = théâtre en plein air.[teatr] nom masculinA.1. [édifice - généralement] theatre2. [compagnie théâtrale] theatre companyelle veut faire du théâtre she wants to go on the stage ou to become an actress ou to actje vis pour le théâtre [acteur] I live for the theatre ou stageje préfère le théâtre au cinéma I prefer theatre ou plays to filmsle théâtre élisabéthain/romantique Elizabethan/Romantic theatre ou dramale théâtre de boulevard mainstream popular theatre (as first played in theatres on the Paris boulevards)6. [attitude pleine d'outrance] histrionicsle voilà qui fait son théâtre there he goes, putting on his usual actB.1. [lieu d'un événement] scenenotre région a été le théâtre de nombreuses mutations our part of the country has seen a lot of changes2. MILITAIREthéâtre d'opérations ou des opérations the theatre of operations————————de théâtre locution adjectivale[cours] drama (modificateur)[agence] booking[jumelles] opera (modificateur)[accessoire, décor] stage (modificateur)une femme de théâtre a woman of the stage ou theatre -
27 torta
f.1 cake (cooking) (de harina) (dulce). (peninsular SpanishSouthern Cone, Venezuelan Spanish)2 slap (in the face) (informal) (bofetada).dar o pegar una torta a alguien to slap somebody (in the face)3 thump (informal) (golpe, accidente).4 pie, tart.5 flapjack, slapjack.6 sponge cake.7 blow.8 sandwich, butty.* * *1 COCINA cake3 familiar (borrachera) binge\coger una torta / pillar una torta figurado to get plasteredpegarse una torta familiar to give oneself a bumpte va a costar la torta un pan familiar it's more trouble than it's worth* * *noun f.* * *SF1) * (=bofetada) thump; (=puñetazo) punch, sock *; (=caída) fall; (=choque) crash4) Esp** (=borrachera)5) (Tip) font* * *1) (Coc)a) (AmL) ( de verduras) pie; ( sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tartb) (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau2) (Méx) ( bocadillo) sandwich3) (esp Esp) ( bizcocho basto) sponge cakeme/te salió la torta un pan — things didn't work out the way I/you had planned
ni torta — (Esp fam) not a thing
nos/les está costando la torta un pan — it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving
4) (fam) ( golpe)darle una torta a alguien — to hit o wallop somebody (colloq)
pegarse una torta — to bang one's head (o arm etc)
* * *1) (Coc)a) (AmL) ( de verduras) pie; ( sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tartb) (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau2) (Méx) ( bocadillo) sandwich3) (esp Esp) ( bizcocho basto) sponge cakeme/te salió la torta un pan — things didn't work out the way I/you had planned
ni torta — (Esp fam) not a thing
nos/les está costando la torta un pan — it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving
4) (fam) ( golpe)darle una torta a alguien — to hit o wallop somebody (colloq)
pegarse una torta — to bang one's head (o arm etc)
* * *torta11 = cake.Ex: Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.
* torta caliente = hotcake.torta22 = whack.Ex: Suddenly there was a loud ' whack- whack- whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.
* dar una torta = slap.* dar una torta a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.* * *A ( Coc)me/te/le salió la torta un pan ( AmL); things didn't work out the way I/you/she had plannedCompuestos:wedding cake● torta de matrimonio or de novios( AmS) wedding cake( RPl) fritter ( fried in fat)spinach and egg pieB ( Méx) (bocadillo) sandwichC ( esp Esp) (bizcocho basto) sponge cakeno entiendo ni torta I don't understand a thingno ve ni torta he can't see a thing o he's as blind as a batnos/les está costando la torta un pan it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving o it's a false economyCompuestos:D ( fam)(golpe): como no te estés quieto te doy una torta if you don't keep still, I'll hit o wallop you ( colloq)por una tontería se liaron a tortas they came to blows o they started fighting over nothingse dio una torta con el coche he crashed the carse cayó del árbol y se pegó una torta he fell out of the tree and hit the ground very hard* * *
torta sustantivo femenino
1 (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake;
(decorada, con crema, etc) gateau
2 (Méx) ( bocadillo) sandwich
3 (fam) ( golpe):◊ darle una torta a algn to hit o wallop sb (colloq);
pegarse una torta to bang one's head (o arm etc);
liarse a tortas to come to blows
torta sustantivo femenino
1 Culin flat cake, LAm cake, tart
2 fam (bofetada) slap
3 fam (golpe fuerte) blow, thump, whack: me di una torta con la mesa, I bumped my head on the table
(de coche, moto, etc) crash, smash
4 figurado ni torta, not a thing: no oía ni torta, I couldn't hear a thing
' torta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tortazo
English:
flapjack
- thump
- cake
* * *torta nfFamni torta [nada] not a thing;no veo ni torta I can't see a thing;Famnos costó la torta un pan it cost us an arm and a leg2. CSur, Ven [dulce] cake;RP Famle salió una torta de plata it cost him an arm and a legtorta de cumpleaños birthday cake;torta helada ice cream gâteau3. Andes, CAm, Carib, RP [salada] pietorta pascualina spinach and egg pietorta de huevos plain omelette[con el coche] to have a smash; Fighabía tortas para entrar people were fighting to get in* * *f1 cake; plana tart2 famslap;le pegó una torta fam I slapped him;darse una torta fam have an accident3:no sabes ni torta de fútbol fam you don’t know diddly-squat about soccer pop ;no ver ni torta fam not be able to see in front of one’s nose fam* * *torta nf1) : torte, cake* * *torta n1. (dulce) cake2. (bofetada) slapdarse una torta / pegarse una torta to have an accident -
28 party
n1) партия2) группа3) отряд4) участник, юр. сторона•to ban a party — запрещать партию; объявлять партию вне закона
to be a party to smth — быть причастным к чему-л.
to belong to a party — принадлежать какой-л. партии
to call upon the parties to smth — призывать стороны к чему-л.; требовать от сторон чего-л.
to campaign for a party — вести предвыборную кампанию какой-л. партии
to emerge from the general election as the biggest single party — получать абсолютное большинство голосов на выборах ( о партии)
to follow a party — быть сторонником какой-л. партии
to hold a party together — сплачивать партию; сохранять единство партии
to inflict a smashing defeat on a party — наносить какой-л. партии сокрушительное поражение
to legalize / to legitimize a party — легализовывать / узаконивать партию
to merge with a party — объединяться с какой-л. партией
to place the parties in a position of inequality before the court — ставить стороны в неравное положение перед судом
to put the party on a good footing to fight for smth — создавать хорошие предпосылки для борьбы партии за что-л.
to rejuvenate a party — омолаживать партию; оживлять деятельность партии
to relinquish one's presidency of a party — отказываться от своего поста председателя партии
to shoot past a party — обходить какую-л. партию ( на выборах)
- agrarian partyto write a part's obituary — перен. хоронить партию
- approved party
- attacking party
- authorized party
- beleaguered party
- breakaway party
- breakup of a party
- center party
- centrist party
- clerical party
- coalition parties
- communist party
- conflicting parties
- Congress party
- Conservative party
- conservative wing of a party
- constitution of a party
- contending parties
- contracting party
- decline center-right parties
- defaulting party
- demise of a political party
- Democratic party
- departure from a party
- disbandment of a party
- disputing parties
- dissolution of a party
- dominant party
- ecological party
- environmentally responsible party
- expulsion from the party
- extreme right-wing party
- far-right party
- feuding parties
- founder of a party
- fraternal party
- fringe party
- fusion of two parties
- G.O.P
- governing party
- Grand Old Party
- grassroot organization of a party
- Green party
- groups outside the party
- guilty party
- hard-line party
- High Contracting Parties
- incumbent party
- independent party
- influential party
- injured party
- interested party
- involved parties
- Labour Party
- landing party
- lay parties
- leading parties
- left party
- leftist party
- left-of-center party
- left-wing party
- legal party
- legitimate party
- Liberal Democratic Party
- liberal party
- Liberal Party
- liberal wing of the party
- mainstream parties
- majority party
- marginalization of a party
- mature party
- merged party
- merger of two parties
- middle-of-the-road party
- middle-road party
- militant and tried party
- minor party
- moderate party
- much-shrunk party
- multiplicity of parties
- national convention of a party
- national-democratic party
- nationalist party
- Nazi party
- new splinter party
- newly formed party
- one's power base in the party
- opposing parties
- opposite party
- opposition party
- parliamentary party
- party at fault
- party has disintegrated
- party in office
- party in power
- party in the war
- party is down one per cent
- party is very much back in its stride
- party is well ahead of all the other parties combined
- party of division
- party of government
- party of privilege
- party of social concern
- party of the people
- party of the right
- party to a case
- party to a conference
- party to a lawsuit
- party to an agreement
- party to conflict
- party to dispute
- party to legal proceedings
- party wedded to a system
- parties concerned
- parties involved
- parties of the government coalition
- parties to a treaty
- parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice
- people's party
- pillar of a party
- political extinction of a party
- political in-fighting within a party
- political party
- progressive party
- pro-reform party
- pro-western party
- purge of the party
- radical party
- raiding party
- reactionary party
- rebels within a party
- reformist party
- registered party
- Republican Party
- rescue party
- revolutionary party
- right party
- right-wing party
- rigidly disciplined party
- routing of a party
- row within the party
- ruling party
- Social Democratic Party
- socialist party
- Social-Liberal Democratic Party
- split within a party over smth
- suspension of political parties
- the biggest single party
- the two parties are split on smth
- third party
- Tory party
- ultra-religious parties
- unity of the party
- viable party
- warring parties
- with the consent of the parties
- working party -
29 В-118
ЧЕГО Я (ты и т. п.) ТАМ (ТУТ, ЗДЕСЬ) НЕ ВИДАЛ (НЕ ВИДЕЛ)? highly coll VP subj. past only usu. indep. sent fixed WOthere is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here): чего X там (тут) не видал? - why on earth (would X want to) go there (stay here)?what's the point of going there (staying here etc)? X won't see anything there (here) he hasn't seen before what does X want there (around here)?who needs it? Так было с Францией - вдруг (Сергей) сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: «Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь...» (Трифонов 3)...Не (Sergei) had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go...He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found (only) here" (3a).«Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?» (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).Первые же слова Егорши: «Здорово, невеста!» -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: «Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать» (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words-"Hi there, fiancee!"-...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a). -
30 чего я здесь не видал?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я здесь не видал?
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31 чего я здесь не видел?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я здесь не видел?
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32 чего я там не видал не видел?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я там не видал не видел?
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33 чего я там не видал?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я там не видал?
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34 чего я там не видел?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я там не видел?
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35 чего я тут не видал?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я тут не видал?
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36 чего я тут не видел?
[VPsubj; past only; usu. indep. sent; fixed WO]=====⇒ there is no reason why I (you etc) need to or would want to go there (or stay here):- whaft the point of going there (staying here etc)?;- what does X want there (around here)?;- who needs it?♦ Так было с Францией - вдруг [Сергей] сказал, что исчезло всякое желание ехать... Сказал ей: "Чего я там не видел? То, что мне нужно, я могу найти только здесь..." (Трифонов 3)... Не [Sergei] had decided against the trip to France. He suddenly announced that he had lost all desire to go....He said to her, "What's the point of going to France? Everything that I need can be found [only] here" (3a).♦ "Говорил я тебе, чудаку, не связывайся... Майор узнает, на фронт пойдешь, а чего ты там не видел на фронте-то, или не навоевался?" (Максимов 1). "I told you, you crank, don't get involved....If the major finds out you'll be off to the front, and you won't see anything there you haven't seen before. Haven't you had enough of fighting?" (1a).♦ Первые же слова Егорши: "Здорово, невеста!" -...полымем одели ее щёки. Но она не растерялась: "Проваливай! Чего здесь не видал?.. Нечего тебе тут делать" (Абрамов 1). Egorsha's first words - "Hi there, fiancee!" -...brought a blush to her cheeks. But she did not lose her head. "Get lost! What do you want around here?...There's nothing here for you" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чего я тут не видел?
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37 chance
f. & m.opportunity, chance. ( Latin American Spanish)tener chance de hacer algo to have the chance to do something¿me das un chance? can I have a go?m.1 chance, shot, turn, opportunity.2 risk, chance.3 probability, chance, odds, likelihood.* * *1 chance* * *1. SM[a veces] SF LAm1) (=oportunidad) chance2) (=suerte) good luck2.CONJ Méx maybe, perhaps* * *femenino o masculino (AmL) ( oportunidad) chancetiene pocas chances de ganar — he doesn't have o stand much chance of winning
* * *femenino o masculino (AmL) ( oportunidad) chancetiene pocas chances de ganar — he doesn't have o stand much chance of winning
* * *orA ( AmL) (oportunidad) chanceno me dio chance de defenderme he didn't give me the chance to defend myselfno hay ningún chance de que se salve he has no chance of escapingeste caballo tiene pocas chances de ganar this horse doesn't have o stand much chance of winningB1le salió un chance con una muchacha del pueblo he got involved with one of the village girls ( colloq)* * *
chance f or m (AmL) ( oportunidad) chance;
tiene pocas chances de ganar he doesn't have o stand much chance of winning
chance sustantivo masculino LAm opportunity
' chance' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
accidental
- accidente
- asomo
- azar
- casual
- casualidad
- casualmente
- chiripa
- cielo
- coincidir
- destinada
- destinado
- encuentro
- entrever
- fortuita
- fortuito
- inesperada
- inesperado
- juego
- malograr
- mía
- mío
- momento
- ninguna
- ninguno
- ocasión
- ocasional
- opción
- oportunidad
- presentarse
- primera
- primero
- probabilidad
- resquicio
- suerte
- terciarse
- última
- último
- una
- uno
- arriesgar
- carambola
- coincidencia
- facilidad
- hablar
- posibilidad
English:
avail
- blow
- bungle
- by
- cat
- chance
- encounter
- fact
- fair
- fifty
- fighting chance
- forfeit
- game
- hang back
- happy
- jump at
- last
- lifetime
- off-chance
- outside
- parting
- remote
- second
- accident
- accidentally
- any
- bump
- casual
- fifty-fifty
- grab
- have
- jump
- leave
- life
- miss
- muff
- now
- off
- pass
- proper
- providence
- purely
- seize
- slight
- slim
- to
* * *♦ nm o nfAm opportunity, chance;me dio una segunda chance he gave me a second chance;aprovechar la chance to seize the opportunity;tener chance de hacer algo to have the chance to do sth;¿me das un chance? can I have a go?♦ advMéx maybe;iré al cine hoy, chance mañana I'm going to the movies o Br cinema today, or maybe tomorrow* * *I m L.Am.chance;dame chance let me have a goII conj Méxperhaps, maybe* * *chance nmoportunidad: chance, opportunity -
38 rebelde
adj.1 rebel (sublevado).ejército rebelde rebel army2 rebellious (desobediente).ese niño es muy rebelde that child is very disobedient3 unmanageable (difícil de dominar) (pelo).4 defaulting (law).5 stubbornly disobedient, rebel, fractious, froward.6 not responding to treatment, intractable, refractory.f. & m.1 rebel (sublevado, desobediente).2 defaulter (law).* * *► adjetivo1 rebellious1 rebel* * *noun mf.* * *1. ADJ1) (=que se rebela) rebellious2) [niño] unruly; [resfriado] persistent; [mancha] stubborn; [pelo] wild; [problema] difficult; [sustancia] difficult to work with3) (Jur) defaulting2. SMF1) (Mil, Pol) rebel2) (Jur) defaulter* * *Ia) <tropas/ejército> rebel (before n)b) <niño/carácter> unruly, rebelliousd) (Der) defaulting (before n)IImasculino y femenino (Mil, Pol) rebel; (Der) defaulter* * *Ia) <tropas/ejército> rebel (before n)b) <niño/carácter> unruly, rebelliousd) (Der) defaulting (before n)IImasculino y femenino (Mil, Pol) rebel; (Der) defaulter* * *rebelde11 = punk, enfant terrible, insurgent, rebel.Ex: Cyberpunk is a cultural label encompassing many different kinds of punk attitudes, including clothing and lifestyle choices.
Ex: Vesalius, considered in his time a scientific ' enfant terrible,' revolutionized medicine and science by insisting that truth could be established only by direct observation.Ex: While the drug smugglers are said to be stronger than the states in which they live, Marxist insurgents have been fighting with them for several years.Ex: The article is entitled 'The Luddites and their war on the Industrial Revolution: rebels against the future: lessons for the computer age'.rebelde22 = unruly, rebellious, insurgent, fractious, wayward, resistive, disorderly, riotous, insurrectionary.Ex: 'Sometimes the kids get a little unruly!' she announced in that easy familiar style of hers as she sat down.
Ex: The urge to mechanize paper-making came at first as much from the papermakers' desire to free themselves from dependence upon their skilled but rebellious workmen as from the pursuit of production economies.Ex: This growth accompanied an insurgent professionalism.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: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.Ex: This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.Ex: As expected, students in disorderly schools tend to have higher misbehavior and lower achievement.Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.Ex: Most obviously, the insurrectionary movements of the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were informed by notions of nationality.* ángel rebelde = rebel angel.* * *1 ‹tropas/ejército› rebel ( before n)2 ‹niño/carácter› unruly, rebellious3 ‹tos› persistent; ‹mancha› stubborn2 ( Der) defaulter* * *
rebelde adjetivo
‹ mancha› stubborn
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Mil, Pol) rebel
rebelde
I adjetivo
1 (carácter, actitud) rebellious: es un niño muy rebelde, he's a very unruly child
2 familiar tiene un pelo muy rebelde, her hair is quite unmanageable
3 (persistente) stubborn
una mancha rebelde, a stubborn stain
una tos rebelde, a persistent cough
4 Mil rebel
II mf rebel
' rebelde' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indómita
- indómito
- respondón
- respondona
- espíritu
English:
rebel
- rebellious
- stubborn
- unmanageable
- unruly
- defiant
* * *♦ adj1. [sublevado] rebel;ejército rebelde rebel army2. [desobediente] rebellious3. [difícil de dominar] [pelo] unmanageable;[tos] persistent; [mancha] stubborn; [pasiones] unruly4. Der defaulting♦ nmf1. [sublevado, desobediente] rebel2. Der defaulter* * *I adj rebel atrII m/f rebel* * *rebelde adj: rebellious, unrulyrebelde nmf1) : rebel2) : defaulter* * *rebelde1 adj1. (niño, etc) rebellious2. (tropas, etc) rebelrebelde2 n rebel -
39 sostener
v.1 to support, to hold up.sostenme esto, por favor hold this for me, pleaseLa columna sostiene la pared The column supports the wall.Elsa sostiene la verdad Elsa sustains=adduces the truth.2 to defend (defender) (idea, opinión, tesis).sostener que… to maintain that…3 to support.4 to hold, to have (tener) (conversación).sostener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with somebody5 to sustain.La organización sostiene a María The organization sustains Mary.6 to maintain to.Ella sostiene tener crédito She maintains to have a credit.7 to claim to, to hold to.Elsa sostiene la verdad Elsa sustains=adduces the truth.Ella sostuvo ser la heredera She claimed to be the heiress.* * *1 (mantener firme) to support, hold up2 (sujetar) to hold4 figurado (soportar) to endure, bear, put up with5 figurado (defender) to defend, uphold7 figurado (alimentar) to support, keep8 figurado (velocidad, correspondencia, relación, etc) to keep up, maintain1 (mantenerse) to support oneself; (de pie) to stand up2 (permanecer) to stay, remain\sostener la palabra figurado to keep one's wordsostener una conversación figurado to hold a conversationsostener la mirada a alguien figurado to stare somebody out* * *verb1) to support2) hold3) defend, uphold4) maintain, sustain•* * *1. VT1) (=sujetar)a) [en las manos, los brazos] to hold¡sostén esto un momentito! — hold this a minute!
yo llevaba las cajas mientras él me sostenía la puerta — I carried the boxes while he held the door open for me
b) [en pie] [+ construcción, edificio, techo] to hold up, supportlos pilares que sostienen el puente — the pillars which hold up o support the bridge
las piernas apenas me sostenían — my legs could barely hold me up o support me
entró borracho, sostenido por dos amigos — he came in drunk, held up o supported by two friends
c) (=soportar) [+ peso, carga] to bear, carry, sustain frm2) (=proporcionar apoyo a)a) [económicamente] to supportalgunas de las alternativas sugeridas para sostener al club — some of the alternatives suggested to keep the club going
b) (=alimentar) to support, sustain frmla tierra no da para sostener a todo el mundo — the land does not provide enough to support o frm sustain everyone
c) [moralmente] to supportuna mayoría capaz de sostener al Gobierno — a majority large enough to keep o support the government in power
3) (=mantener)a) [+ opinión] to holdsostiene un punto de vista muy diferente — he has o holds a very different point of view
no tiene datos suficientes para sostener esa afirmación — she doesn't have enough information to back up o support that statement
la investigación no ha terminado, como sostiene el juez — the investigation has not concluded, as the judge maintains o holds
sigue sosteniendo que es inocente — she still maintains o holds that she is innocent
b) [+ situación] to maintain, keep upno podrán sostener su puesto en la clasificación — they won't be able to maintain o keep up their place in the ranking
los campesinos han sostenido desde siempre una fuerte lucha con el medio — country people have always kept up o carried on a hard struggle against the environment
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sostener la mirada de algn — to hold sb's gaze4) (=tener) [+ conversación, enfrentamiento, polémica] to have[+ reunión, audiencia]sostuvo recientemente un enfrentamiento con el presidente — he recently had a clash with the president
5) (Mús) [+ nota] to hold, sustain2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( apoyar)a) <estructura/techo> to hold up, support; <carga/peso> to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up
b) ( en un estado) to keep2) (sujetar, tener cogido) < paquete> to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3) <conversación/relación/reunión> to have4)a) ( opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...
b) <argumento/afirmación> to support, back up5)a) <lucha/ritmo/resistencia> to keep up, sustainb) (Mús) < nota> to hold, sustain2.sostenerse v pron1)a) ( no caerse)b) ( en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power
2) ( mantenerse)se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( apoyar)a) <estructura/techo> to hold up, support; <carga/peso> to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos — it needed both of them to support him o hold him up o prop him up
b) ( en un estado) to keep2) (sujetar, tener cogido) < paquete> to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo — don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3) <conversación/relación/reunión> to have4)a) ( opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que... — I have always maintained o held that...
b) <argumento/afirmación> to support, back up5)a) <lucha/ritmo/resistencia> to keep up, sustainb) (Mús) < nota> to hold, sustain2.sostenerse v pron1)a) ( no caerse)b) ( en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder — she managed to stay o remain in power
2) ( mantenerse)se sostiene a base de leche — she lives on o survives on milk
* * *sostener11 = sustain, balance, hold.Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio held.Ex: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.
Ex: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.Ex: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.sostener22 = be + Posesivo + contention, contend, submit, uphold, underpin, hold, maintain.Ex: It is our contention that an understanding of such basic principles is fundamental to an appreciation of the many and varied contexts that the individual is likely to encounter.
Ex: The author contends that it is possible to view the search conducted with the aid of a series of menus as having strong similarities with the search through the hierarchy of a enumerative classification scheme.Ex: I submit that no ordinary, right-minded library user who is looking for Western Behavioral Institute is going to look under LA JOLLA, California.Ex: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.Ex: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.Ex: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.* sostener la opinión = argue.* sostener una opinión = hold + view, hold + opinion.* sostener un punto de vista = assert + view, hold + point of view.* * *vtA (apoyar)1 ‹estructura/techo› to hold up, support; ‹carga/peso› to beartenían que sostenerlo los dos it needed both of them to support him o hold him o prop him up2 (en un estado) to keeplas fuerzas que lo sostuvieron en el poder the forces which kept him in powerlo único que la sostiene es la fuerza de voluntad it's sheer willpower that's keeping her going3 (sustentar) ‹familia› to support, maintainB (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹paquete› to holdno tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you o I'll keep hold of yousostén la puerta hold the door openponte un pasador para sostener el pelo put a barrette ( AmE) o ( BrE) slide in your hair to keep it in place ( o up etc)C ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to havesostuvieron una acalorada discusión they had a heated discussionno he sostenido nunca una relación duradera I've never had a lasting relationshipla polémica que sostiene con Godoy the dispute that he and Godoy are engaged in o that he is carrying on with GodoyD1 (opinar) to holdyo siempre he sostenido que … I have always maintained o held that …2 ‹argumento/afirmación› to support, back upno tienes pruebas para sostener esa afirmación you don't have any proof to back up o support that statementE1 ‹lucha/ritmo/resistencia› to keep up, sustainla miró y ella sostuvo su mirada he looked at her and she held his gaze2 ( Mús) ‹nota› to hold, sustainA1(no caerse): la estructura se sostiene sola the structure stays up o stands up without supportestaba tan débil que apenas se sostenía en pie he was so weak that he could hardly standla planta ya no se sostiene the plant doesn't stand up on its own o can't support itself any more2 (en un estado) to remainse sostuvo en el poder a pesar de la crisis she managed to stay o remain in power despite the crisisla economía se ha sostenido firme the economy has held o stood firmse sostuvo en su negativa he kept o stuck firmly to his refusalB(sustentarse): apenas puede sostenerse con lo que gana he can hardly support himself on what he earnsse sostiene a base de zumos y de leche she lives on o survives on fruit juice and milk* * *
sostener ( conjugate sostener) verbo transitivo
1 ( apoyar)
‹carga/peso› to bear
2 (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹ paquete› to hold;◊ no tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3 ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to have
4
5
sostenerse verbo pronominala) ( no caerse):
apenas se sostenía en pie he could hardly stand
sostener verbo transitivo
1 (un peso, cúpula, etc) to support, hold up
(con la mano) sosténme el paraguas un momento, hold the umbrella for me for a moment
2 fig (un derecho, etc) to uphold
(una teoría) to maintain
3 (a la familia) to support
4 (negociaciones, una conversación) to have
' sostener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
coger
- mantener
- mirada
- sujetarse
- aguantar
- sostuve
- sujetar
- tener
English:
allege
- argue
- bolster
- contend
- hold up
- submit
- support
- sustain
- uphold
- hold
- prop
* * *♦ vt1. [sujetar] [edificio, estructura, lo que se tambalea] to support, to hold up;[objeto, puerta, bebé] to hold;cuatro columnas sostienen todo el peso de la cúpula four columns take o support the entire weight of the dome;sosténgame esto, por favor hold this for me, please;si no nos llegan a sostener nos hubiéramos peleado if they hadn't held us back, we'd have started fighting;sólo les sostiene su inquebrantable optimismo the only thing that keeps them going is their unshakeable optimism2. [dar manutención a, sustentar] to support3. [mantener] [idea, opinión, tesis] to defend;[promesa, palabra] to keep;sostienen su oferta/invitación their offer/invitation still stands;sostener que… to maintain that…4. [tener] [conversación] to have;[reunión, negociaciones] to hold, to have;sostener correspondencia con alguien to correspond with sb;durante semanas sostuvo una agria polémica he was involved in a bitter dispute which lasted several weeks5. Fig [aguantar]el corredor no podía sostener aquel ritmo de carrera the athlete couldn't keep up with the pace of the race;era una situación imposible de sostener the situation was untenable;le sostuve la mirada I held her gaze* * *I v/t1 familia support2 opinión hold* * *sostener {80} vt1) : to support, to hold up2) : to holdsostenme la puerta: hold the door for mesostener una conversación: to hold a conversation3) : to sustain, to maintain* * *sostener vb2. (aguantar) to support3. (afirmar, mantener) to maintain -
40 action
action [ˈæk∫ən]1. nouna. action f• out of action [machine] hors service• his illness put him out of action for six weeks sa maladie l'a mis hors de combat pendant six semainesb. ( = deed) acte mc. ( = effect) effet md. [of play] action fe. ( = legal proceedings) action f en justicef. ( = military combat) combat ma. [+ idea] mettre en pratiqueb. [+ plan] mettre en œuvre3. compounds• action stations! à vos postes !* * *['ækʃn]1) [U] gen action f; ( to deal with situation) mesures fplto take action — agir, prendre des mesures ( against contre)
drastic/immediate action — des mesures draconiennes/immédiates
to be out of action — [machine] être en panne; [person] être immobilisé
2) ( deed) acte m3) ( fighting) action f, combat m4) Cinema, Theatre action f5) (colloq) ( excitement)they want a piece of the action — ( want to be involved) ils ne veulent pas être en reste; ( want some of the profits) ils veulent leur part du gâteau (colloq)
6) Law action f, procès m7) Technology (in machine, piano) mécanisme m••action stations! — Military, fig à vos postes!
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