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  • 121 irreflexivo

    adj.
    thoughtless, foolhardy, reckless, irreflexive.
    m.
    thoughtless person, impulsive person.
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    1 (acto) rash; (persona) impetuous
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    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=inconsciente) thoughtless, unthinking; (=impetuoso) rash, impetuous
    2) [acto] rash, ill-considered
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    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
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    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex. The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.
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    - va adjetivo < persona> unthinking, rash; <acto/impulso> rash
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    = ill-considered, mindless, unthinking, foolhardy, thoughtless.

    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

    Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
    Ex: The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: Frivolous or thoughtless spending can eat up your income and hence your future savings.

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    ‹persona› unthinking, rash; ‹acto/impulso› rash
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    irreflexivo, -a adj
    rash;
    es muy irreflexivo he's very rash
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    adj rash
    * * *
    irreflexivo, -va adj
    : rash, unthinking

    Spanish-English dictionary > irreflexivo

  • 122 irse a la porra

    familiar (proyecto, objetivo) to go up in smoke, go down the drain
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    (v.) = go + pear-shaped, go down + the tube, go down + the drain
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex. No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.
    Ex. These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.
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    (v.) = go + pear-shaped, go down + the tube, go down + the drain

    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.

    Ex: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.
    Ex: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse a la porra

  • 123 irse a pique

    (barco) to sink 2 (plan, proyecto) to go under, fall through
    ————————
    (barco) to sink 2 (proyecto etc) to fall through
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    (v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spout
    Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
    Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
    Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex. No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.
    Ex. These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.
    Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
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    (v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spout

    Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.

    Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
    Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.
    Ex: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.
    Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse a pique

  • 124 irse al carajo

    (v.) = go + pear-shaped, go to + shit
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex. The reason this country is going to shit is because we're not willing to give up our creature comforts, not willing to get off our asses and do something about it.
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    (v.) = go + pear-shaped, go to + shit

    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.

    Ex: The reason this country is going to shit is because we're not willing to give up our creature comforts, not willing to get off our asses and do something about it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse al carajo

  • 125 irse al trasto

    (v.) = go + pear-shaped
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    * * *
    (v.) = go + pear-shaped

    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse al trasto

  • 126 matar el rato

    (v.) = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle
    Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.
    Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.
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    (v.) = hang around, hang about, pootle, dawdle

    Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.

    Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > matar el rato

  • 127 merodear

    v.
    to snoop, to prowl.
    Nos merodea la mafia The Mafia marauds around us.
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    1 (curiosear) to prowl about
    2 MILITAR to maraud
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    VI
    1) (=rondar) to prowl (about); [pandillas, tropas] to maraud
    2) Méx to make money by illicit means
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    verbo intransitivo to prowl
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    = hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.
    Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.
    Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
    Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.
    Ex. Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.
    Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to prowl
    * * *
    = hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.

    Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.

    Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
    Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.
    Ex: Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.
    Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.

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    merodear [A1 ]
    vi
    to prowl
    lo vi merodeando por aquí I saw him prowling around here
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    merodear ( conjugate merodear) verbo intransitivo
    to prowl
    merodear verbo intransitivo to prowl, loiter: le he visto merodeando por aquí antes, I've seen him prowling around here before
    ' merodear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rondar
    English:
    hover
    - loiter
    - lurk
    - prowl
    - skulk
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    to snoop, to prowl ( por about)
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    v/i loiter
    * * *
    1) : to maraud, to pillage
    2) : to prowl around, to skulk

    Spanish-English dictionary > merodear

  • 128 ominoso

    adj.
    ominous, premonitory, fateful, ill-boding.
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    1 formal abominable
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    ADJ
    1) (=de mal agüero) ominous
    2) (=pasmoso) awful, dreadful
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) ( abominable) despicable; ( de mal agüero) ominous
    * * *
    = ominous, inauspicious, portentous.
    Ex. At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.
    Ex. In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
    Ex. Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.
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    - sa adjetivo (frml) ( abominable) despicable; ( de mal agüero) ominous
    * * *
    = ominous, inauspicious, portentous.

    Ex: At first blush, nothing seemed particularly ominous about the formation of the ad hoc committee.

    Ex: In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.
    Ex: Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade.

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    ominoso -sa
    ( frml)
    1 (abominable) despicable
    * * *
    ominoso, -a adj
    1. [abominable] abominable
    2. [de mal agüero] ominous
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( despreciable) detestable
    2 (de mal agüero) ominous
    * * *
    ominoso, -sa adj
    : ominous
    ♦ ominosamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > ominoso

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