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  • 61 Geschäftsreise

    Geschäftsreise f 1. FREI business travel; 2. GEN business trip
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    f 1. < Frei> business travel; 2. < Geschäft> business trip
    * * *
    Geschäftsreise
    business tour (travel, mission, trip, round), journey on business, itineration, industrial tour (US);
    • Geschäftsreise mit zwingenden Gründen belegen to justify a trip with good business reasons;
    • Geschäftsreise unternehmen, sich auf einer Geschäftsreise befinden to travel for the (on) business;
    • Geschäftsreisebudget business travel accounts.

    Business german-english dictionary > Geschäftsreise

  • 62 Geschäftsbeziehung

    die Geschäftsbeziehung
    business connection
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    Ge·schäfts·be·zie·hung
    f business connection
    gute \Geschäftsbeziehungen good business relations
    \Geschäftsbeziehungen pflegen to keep up business relations
    * * *
    f.
    business connection n.
    business relation n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Geschäftsbeziehung

  • 63 agudeza

    f.
    1 keenness.
    2 sharpness, shrewdness (mental).
    3 sharpness.
    4 witticism (dicho ingenioso).
    5 witty remark, sharp remark, witty stroke, bon mot.
    6 shrillness.
    7 acuity, sharpness of the senses.
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    1 sharpness, keenness (dolor) acuteness
    2 figurado (viveza) wit, wittiness
    3 figurado (ingenio) witticism, witty saying
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    noun f.
    1) sharpness, acuteness
    2) wit, wittiness
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de los sentidos, de la mente] acuteness, sharpness
    2) (=ingenio) wit, wittiness
    3) (=comentario, golpe) witticism
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de voz, sonido) high pitch
    b) ( de dolor - duradero) intensity; (- momentáneo) sharpness
    2) ( perspicacia) sharpness; (de sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    3) ( comentario ingenioso) witty comment
    * * *
    = acumen, insight, penetration, acuity, witticism, quip.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    Ex. Results indicate that UK chief librarians consider acuity of political knowledge to be crucial to management.
    Ex. It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.
    Ex. His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.
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    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * agudeza visual = visual acuity.
    * con agudeza = perceptively, subtly.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de voz, sonido) high pitch
    b) ( de dolor - duradero) intensity; (- momentáneo) sharpness
    2) ( perspicacia) sharpness; (de sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    3) ( comentario ingenioso) witty comment
    * * *
    = acumen, insight, penetration, acuity, witticism, quip.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex: Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    Ex: Results indicate that UK chief librarians consider acuity of political knowledge to be crucial to management.
    Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.
    Ex: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.
    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * agudeza visual = visual acuity.
    * con agudeza = perceptively, subtly.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una voz, un sonido) high pitch; (irritante) shrillness
    2 (de un dolor — duradero) intensity; (— momentáneo) sharpness
    B
    1 (perspicacia) sharpness
    2 (de la vista) keenness, sharpness; (del oído) keenness, sharpness, acuteness; (de un sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    C (comentario ingenioso) witticism, witty comment
    * * *

    agudeza sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (de voz, sonido) high pitch


    (— momentáneo) sharpness
    2 ( perspicacia) sharpness;
    (de sentido, instinto) keenness, sharpness
    3 ( comentario ingenioso) witty comment
    agudeza sustantivo femenino
    1 sharpness
    2 (intensidad de un dolor) acuteness
    3 fig (comentario ingenioso) witticism, witty saying
    ' agudeza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    roma
    - romo
    - salida
    - viveza
    - ingenio
    - ingenioso
    English:
    intellect
    - one-liner
    - wit
    - wittiness
    - witticism
    * * *
    1. [de vista, olfato] keenness;
    agudeza visual keen-sightedness, sharp-sightedness
    2. [mental] sharpness, shrewdness;
    respondió con agudeza she replied shrewdly
    3. [dicho ingenioso] witticism
    4. [de filo, punta] sharpness
    5. [de sonido] high pitch
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    f
    1 de voz, sonido high pitch
    2 MED intensity
    3 ( perspicacia) sharpness
    * * *
    1) : keenness, sharpness
    2) : shrillness
    3) : witticism

    Spanish-English dictionary > agudeza

  • 64 astuto

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

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

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

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

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


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

    Spanish-English dictionary > astuto

  • 65 despabilado

    adj.
    1 wide-awake, aware, awake, alert.
    2 smart, sharp-witted, perky, quick-witted.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: despabilar.
    * * *
    1→ link=despabilar despabilar
    1 (desvelado) wide-awake
    2 figurado (listo) smart, sharp, quick
    \
    ser despabilado,-a figurado to be quick on the uptake, have one's wits about one
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=despierto) wide awake
    2) (=despejado) sharp, quick
    * * *
    - da adjetivo espabilado I
    * * *
    = savvy [savvier comp., savviest sup.], on the ball, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. The article 'Survival of the savvy: rethinking library public relations' suggests strategies for promoting the corporate libraries image within an organization.
    Ex. He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo espabilado I
    * * *
    = savvy [savvier comp., savviest sup.], on the ball, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: The article 'Survival of the savvy: rethinking library public relations' suggests strategies for promoting the corporate libraries image within an organization.

    Ex: He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    * * *
    espabilado1 (↑ espabilado (1))
    * * *

    Del verbo despabilar: ( conjugate despabilar)

    despabilado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    despabilado    
    despabilar
    despabilado
    ◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ espabilado

    despabilar ( conjugate despabilar) verbo transitivo See Also→ espabilar
    despabilado,-a adjetivo ➣ espabilado,-a

    ' despabilado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despabilada
    English:
    alert
    * * *
    despabilado, -a = espabilado
    * * *
    adj fig
    bright

    Spanish-English dictionary > despabilado

  • 66 hombre de negocios

    businessman
    * * *
    = mujer de negocios businessman / businesswoman
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = businessman [businessmen, -pl.], entrepreneur
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. Particular attention is paid to deregulation of telecommunications and the role of European entrepreneurs such as Robert Maxwell.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = businessman [businessmen, -pl.], entrepreneur

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: Particular attention is paid to deregulation of telecommunications and the role of European entrepreneurs such as Robert Maxwell.

    * * *
    businessman

    Spanish-English dictionary > hombre de negocios

  • 67 ingenio

    m.
    1 ingenuity (inteligencia).
    aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    2 wit, wittiness (agudeza).
    3 device.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ingeniar.
    * * *
    1 (talento) talent; (chispa) wit
    2 (habilidad) ingenuity
    3 (individuo) genius
    4 (aparato) device
    \
    aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) wit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=inventiva) ingenuity, inventiveness; (=talento) talent; (=gracia) wit
    2) (=persona) wit
    3) (Mec) apparatus, device; (Mil) device
    4) (=fábrica) mill, plant

    ingenio azucarero, ingenio de azúcar — sugar mill, sugar refinery

    5) And [de acero] steel works; (=fundición) foundry
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( talento) ingenuity, inventiveness

    aguzar el ingenio — to rack one's brains

    b) (chispa, agudeza) wit
    2) ( aparato) device
    3) (AmL) ( refinería) tb
    * * *
    = acumen, invention, wit, genius, ingeniousness, finessing, finesse.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex. The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.
    Ex. Kipling and Shaw are both writers of genius.
    Ex. But if, in the digital era, libraries must continue to compete, it will be about services -- the ingeniousness with which individual libraries tailor resource access to particular needs of their user communities.
    Ex. He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.
    Ex. Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.
    ----
    * la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.
    * lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( talento) ingenuity, inventiveness

    aguzar el ingenio — to rack one's brains

    b) (chispa, agudeza) wit
    2) ( aparato) device
    3) (AmL) ( refinería) tb
    * * *
    = acumen, invention, wit, genius, ingeniousness, finessing, finesse.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.
    Ex: Kipling and Shaw are both writers of genius.
    Ex: But if, in the digital era, libraries must continue to compete, it will be about services -- the ingeniousness with which individual libraries tailor resource access to particular needs of their user communities.
    Ex: He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.
    Ex: Having failed apparently with her trump card, she fell back on finesse.
    * la necesidad agudiza el ingenio = necessity mothers invention, necessity is the mother of invention.
    * lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.

    * * *
    A
    1 (talento) ingenuity, inventiveness
    aguzar el ingenio to rack one's brains
    2 (chispa, agudeza) wit
    B
    1 (aparato) device
    2
    ( AmL) (refinería) tb ingenio azucarero sugar refinery
    Compuestos:
    spacecraft
    nuclear device
    * * *

    Del verbo ingeniar: ( conjugate ingeniar)

    ingenio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    ingenió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    ingeniar    
    ingenio
    ingeniar ( conjugate ingeniar) verbo transitivo ‹método/sistema› to devise, think up;
    ◊ ingeniárselas (fam): se las ingenió para arreglarlo he managed to fix it

    ingenio sustantivo masculino
    1

    ◊ aguzar el ingenio to rack one's brains

    b) (chispa, agudeza) wit

    2 ( aparato) device
    3 (AmL) ( refinería) tb

    ingeniar verbo transitivo to invent, devise
    ♦ Locuciones: ingeniárselas para hacer algo, to manage to do sthg: me las voy a ingeniar para conocerle mejor, I'm going to figure out how to get to know him better
    ingenio sustantivo masculino
    1 (para idear cosas, soluciones) talent, inventiveness
    2 (para dar respuestas, argumentos) wit
    3 (aparato, máquina) device
    ' ingenio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguzar
    - artificio
    - chispa
    - espabilar
    - gala
    - habilidad
    - humor
    - palidecer
    - roma
    - romo
    - chispeante
    - desplegar
    - ingeniar
    - viveza
    English:
    display
    - ingenuity
    - subtlety
    - wit
    - wittiness
    * * *
    1. [inteligencia] ingenuity;
    aguzar el ingenio to sharpen one's wits
    2. [agudeza] wit, wittiness
    3. [máquina] device
    4. [azucarero] sugar mill
    * * *
    m
    1 ingenuity;
    golpe de ingenio flash of inspiration
    2 ( aparato) device
    * * *
    1) : ingenuity
    2) chispa: wit, wits
    3) : device, apparatus
    4)
    ingenio azucarero : sugar refinery

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingenio

  • 68 intuición

    f.
    intuition, perception, nose, gut feeling.
    * * *
    1 intuition
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino intuition

    hacer/saber algo por intuición — to do/know something intuitively

    tuve la intuición de que... — I had a feeling that...

    * * *
    = acumen, hunch, intuition, insight, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones, vibes.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
    Ex. Some features of the process can be specified, but others rely to a large extent upon experience and intuition.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex. There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex. But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.
    Ex. The path of least resistance would be to go with his vibes and decide that marriage was not for him.
    * * *
    femenino intuition

    hacer/saber algo por intuición — to do/know something intuitively

    tuve la intuición de que... — I had a feeling that...

    * * *
    = acumen, hunch, intuition, insight, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones, vibes.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
    Ex: Some features of the process can be specified, but others rely to a large extent upon experience and intuition.
    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex: But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.
    Ex: The path of least resistance would be to go with his vibes and decide that marriage was not for him.

    * * *
    intuition
    hacer/saber algo por intuición to do/know sth intuitively
    la intuición me dice que aquí hay algo extraño my intuition o instinct tells me that there's something funny going on around here
    tuve la intuición de que era un engaño I had a feeling o an instinctive o intuitive feeling it was a trick
    la intuición femenina female intuition
    * * *

    intuición sustantivo femenino
    intuition;

    tuve la intuición de que … I had a feeling that …
    intuición sustantivo femenino intuition

    ' intuición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    olfato
    - presagio
    - sensación
    English:
    intuition
    * * *
    intuition;
    la intuición femenina feminine intuition;
    lo hice por intuición I did it instinctively;
    tuvo la intuición de que algo iba a salir mal she had a feeling something was going to go wrong
    * * *
    f intuition
    * * *
    intuición nf, pl - ciones : intuition
    * * *
    intuición n intuition

    Spanish-English dictionary > intuición

  • 69 perspicacia

    f.
    1 insight, perceptiveness.
    2 perspicacity, clear-sightedness, farsightedness, sharp insight.
    * * *
    1 sharpness, perspicacity
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=agudeza mental) perceptiveness, shrewdness
    2) (=agudeza visual) keen-sightedness
    * * *
    femenino shrewdness, insight
    * * *
    = acumen, perspicuity, shrewdness, perspicacity, insight, penetration.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    Ex. I feel particularly happy to be associated on this occasion with Mr. Gorman whose writings I have admired for some time not only for their thoughtfulness and perspicuity but for the style and wit they have brought to the literature of cataloging.
    Ex. If the incomplete question is difficult to detect at the initial stage, to recognise those instances where it may be the wrong question that is being asked requires almost a sixth sense, or at least an uncommon shrewdness.
    Ex. The reference librarian must possess the sensitivity and perspicacity to observe the reactions of his enquirer to the progress of the search, so that it can be adjusted and redirected more precisely towards the desired objective.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    ----
    * con perspicacia = perceptively.
    * * *
    femenino shrewdness, insight
    * * *
    = acumen, perspicuity, shrewdness, perspicacity, insight, penetration.

    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    Ex: I feel particularly happy to be associated on this occasion with Mr. Gorman whose writings I have admired for some time not only for their thoughtfulness and perspicuity but for the style and wit they have brought to the literature of cataloging.
    Ex: If the incomplete question is difficult to detect at the initial stage, to recognise those instances where it may be the wrong question that is being asked requires almost a sixth sense, or at least an uncommon shrewdness.
    Ex: The reference librarian must possess the sensitivity and perspicacity to observe the reactions of his enquirer to the progress of the search, so that it can be adjusted and redirected more precisely towards the desired objective.
    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex: Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.
    * con perspicacia = perceptively.

    * * *
    shrewdness, insight, perspicacity ( frml)
    * * *

    perspicacia sustantivo femenino
    shrewdness, insight
    perspicacia sustantivo femenino perceptiveness, shrewdness
    ' perspicacia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    claridad
    - sagacidad
    - agudeza
    - miope
    - miopía
    - ojo
    - olfato
    English:
    insight
    - perceptiveness
    - acumen
    - perception
    * * *
    insight, perceptiveness;
    actuó con perspicacia she acted shrewdly
    * * *
    f shrewdness, perspicacity fml
    * * *
    : shrewdness, perspicacity, insight

    Spanish-English dictionary > perspicacia

  • 70 perspicaz

    adj.
    1 sharp, perceptive.
    2 perspicacious, sharp, clever, intelligent.
    * * *
    1 sharp, perspicacious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=agudo, sagaz) perceptive, shrewd
    2) [vista] keen; [persona] keen-sighted
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, perceptive
    * * *
    = percipient, sharp-eyed, perceptive, observant, clear-sighted, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time.
    Ex. Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.
    Ex. Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex. As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, perceptive
    * * *
    = percipient, sharp-eyed, perceptive, observant, clear-sighted, penetrating, razor-sharp, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time.

    Ex: Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.
    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex: Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.
    Ex: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.
    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    * * *
    shrewd, perceptive, perspicacious ( frml)
    * * *

    perspicaz adjetivo
    shrewd, perceptive
    perspicaz adjetivo perceptive, sharp
    ' perspicaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sagaz
    - agudo
    - clarividente
    English:
    acute
    - clear-sighted
    - discerning
    - penetrating
    - perception
    - perceptive
    - searching
    - sharp-witted
    - shrewd
    - subtle
    * * *
    sharp, perceptive
    * * *
    adj shrewd, perspicacious fml
    * * *
    perspicaz adj, pl - caces : shrewd, perspicacious

    Spanish-English dictionary > perspicaz

  • 71 sagaz

    adj.
    astute, shrewd.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl sagaces)
    1 clever, sagacious
    2 (astuto) shrewd, astute
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=astuto) shrewd, clever; (=perspicaz) sagacious
    2) [perro] keen-scented
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, astute
    * * *
    = canny, politic, vivacious, wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.], perceptive, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
    Ex. Libraries are often confronted with finding a way of dealing with gift books which is both efficient and politic.
    Ex. This petite, agile, graceful and vivacious artiste was a picture of self-confidence on the stage.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    Ex. In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex. She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * * *
    adjetivo shrewd, astute
    * * *
    = canny, politic, vivacious, wily [wilier -comp., wiliest -sup.], sly [slyer/slier -comp., slyest/sliest -sup.], perceptive, keen-witted, shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.

    Ex: Libraries are often confronted with finding a way of dealing with gift books which is both efficient and politic.
    Ex: This petite, agile, graceful and vivacious artiste was a picture of self-confidence on the stage.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
    Ex: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.
    Ex: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

    * * *
    shrewd, astute
    un político sagaz y avezado a shrewd o astute and experienced politician
    ten cuidado con él, es muy sagaz watch out for him, he's very shrewd o sharp o wily
    * * *

    sagaz adjetivo
    shrewd, astute
    sagaz adj (perspicaz, agudo) shrewd, astute
    ' sagaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astucia
    - astuto
    English:
    sagacious
    - astute
    - discriminating
    - probing
    * * *
    sagaz adj
    astute, shrewd
    * * *
    adj shrewd, sharp
    * * *
    sagaz adj, pl sagaces perspicaz: shrewd, discerning, sagacious

    Spanish-English dictionary > sagaz

  • 72 vigorizador

    adj.
    invigorating, fortifying, revitalizing.
    * * *
    1 invigorating, fortifying
    * * *
    = nourishing, vitalising [vitalizing, -USA].
    Ex. Good business is nourishing to supplier and purchaser alike.
    Ex. A national scale post-master's internship programme should improve the quality of working librarians and provide vitalising forces in academic institutions.
    * * *
    = nourishing, vitalising [vitalizing, -USA].

    Ex: Good business is nourishing to supplier and purchaser alike.

    Ex: A national scale post-master's internship programme should improve the quality of working librarians and provide vitalising forces in academic institutions.

    * * *
    invigorating
    * * *

    vigorizador,-ora
    I adjetivo invigorating
    II sustantivo masculino tonic
    ' vigorizador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vigorizadora
    * * *
    vigorizador, -ora, vigorizante adj
    [medicamento] fortifying; [actividad] invigorating

    Spanish-English dictionary > vigorizador

  • 73 vivo

    adj.
    1 live, alive, living, above-ground.
    2 lively, keen, alert, brisk.
    3 bright, shining, vivid.
    4 alive, passionate.
    f. & m.
    living person.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vivir.
    * * *
    2 (fuego, llama) live, burning
    3 (lengua) living
    4 figurado (color etc) bright, vivid
    5 figurado (animado) lively, vivacious
    6 figurado (dolor, emoción, etc) acute, deep, intense
    7 figurado (descripción etc) lively, graphic
    8 figurado (carácter) quick, irritable
    9 figurado (listo) quick-witted
    10 figurado (astuto) shrewd, sly
    11 figurado (llaga, herida) open
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 living person
    2 familiar figurado (astuto) quick-witted person
    1 COSTURA trimming, border
    \
    a lo vivo vividly
    de viva voz verbally, by word of mouth
    en carne viva raw, red raw 2 figurado fresh
    al rojo vivo red-hot
    herir a alguien en lo más vivo / tocar a alguien en lo más vivo figurado to cut somebody to the quick
    ¿quién vive? MILITAR who goes there?
    ser el vivo retrato de / ser la viva imagen de familiar to be the spitting image of
    tener el genio vivo to be quick-tempered
    fuerzas vivas figurado driving forces
    ————————
    1 COSTURA trimming, border
    * * *
    (f. - viva)
    adj.
    * * *
    vivo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=con vida)
    a) [persona, animal] (tras sustantivo) living; (tras verbo) alive

    se busca vivo o muerto — wanted, dead or alive

    b) [piel] raw

    me dio o hirió en lo más vivo — it cut me to the quick

    a lo vivo —

    cal, fuerza 5), lágrima, lengua 4)
    2) (TV, Radio)

    en vivo — (=en directo) live; (=en persona) in person

    un espectáculo con música en vivo — a live music show, a show with live music

    ¿has visto en vivo a algún famoso? — have you ever seen anyone famous in the flesh?

    3) (=intenso) [descripción] vivid, graphic; [imaginación, mirada, ritmo] lively; [movimiento, paso] quick, lively; [color] bright; [sensación] acute; [genio] fiery; [ingenio] ready; [inteligencia] sharp, keen; [filo] sharp

    su recuerdo siempre seguirá vivo entre nosotros — her memory will always be with us, her memory will live on in our minds

    rojo 2., 1), voz 1)
    4) [persona] (=listo) clever; (=astuto) sharp; (=animado) lively
    2. SM/ F
    1) *
    (=aprovechado)

    es un vivo — he's a clever one *, he's a sly one *

    2)
    3.
    SM (Cos) edging, border
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( con vida) alive

    a lo vivo — (fam) without anesthetic*

    en vivo — <actuación/transmisión> live

    b) < lengua> living (before n)
    2)
    a) < persona> (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly; < descripción> vivid, graphic; <relato/imaginación> lively
    b) < color> bright, vivid; <llama/fuego> bright; <ojos/mirada> lively, bright
    c) <sentimiento/deseo> intense, strong

    en lo más vivo: me hirió en lo más vivo he cut me to the quick; me afectó en lo más vivo — it affected me very deeply

    3) (avispado, astuto) sharp

    no seas tan vivo — don't try to be clever

    II
    - va masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq); ( aprovechado) freeloader
    * * *
    = alive, live, living, vivid, quickened, vibrant + Color, bright [brighter -comp., brightest -sup.], living and breathing, surviving, walking, land of the living, the, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].
    Ex. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.
    Ex. By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.
    Ex. Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.
    Ex. There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.
    Ex. For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.
    Ex. The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.
    Ex. The openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.
    Ex. They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.
    Ex. Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.
    Ex. He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.
    Ex. This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.
    Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex. Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    ----
    * actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.
    * apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.
    * a viva voz = open outcry.
    * cal viva = quicklime.
    * comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.
    * concierto en vivo = live concert.
    * continuar vivo = live on.
    * cosa viva = living thing.
    * de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.
    * el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.
    * entre los vivos = land of the living, the.
    * en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.
    * imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.
    * leyenda vivida = living legend.
    * llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.
    * mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.
    * mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.
    * materia viva = living matter.
    * monumento vivo = living monument.
    * música en vivo = live music.
    * no vivo = nonliving [non-living].
    * organismo vivo = living thing.
    * permanecer vivo = remain + alive.
    * ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.
    * publicación seriada viva = active serial.
    * revista viva = active journal.
    * rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * sentirse vivo = feel + alive.
    * ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.
    * servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.
    * ser vivo = sentient being.
    * tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.
    * viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.
    * vivos, los = living, the.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( con vida) alive

    a lo vivo — (fam) without anesthetic*

    en vivo — <actuación/transmisión> live

    b) < lengua> living (before n)
    2)
    a) < persona> (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly; < descripción> vivid, graphic; <relato/imaginación> lively
    b) < color> bright, vivid; <llama/fuego> bright; <ojos/mirada> lively, bright
    c) <sentimiento/deseo> intense, strong

    en lo más vivo: me hirió en lo más vivo he cut me to the quick; me afectó en lo más vivo — it affected me very deeply

    3) (avispado, astuto) sharp

    no seas tan vivo — don't try to be clever

    II
    - va masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq); ( aprovechado) freeloader
    * * *
    = alive, live, living, vivid, quickened, vibrant + Color, bright [brighter -comp., brightest -sup.], living and breathing, surviving, walking, land of the living, the, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], shrewd [shrewder -comp., shrewdest -sup.].

    Ex: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

    Ex: By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.
    Ex: Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.
    Ex: There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.
    Ex: For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.
    Ex: The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.
    Ex: The openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.
    Ex: They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.
    Ex: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.
    Ex: He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.
    Ex: This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.
    Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
    * actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.
    * apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.
    * a viva voz = open outcry.
    * cal viva = quicklime.
    * comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.
    * concierto en vivo = live concert.
    * continuar vivo = live on.
    * cosa viva = living thing.
    * de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.
    * el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.
    * entre los vivos = land of the living, the.
    * en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.
    * imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.
    * leyenda vivida = living legend.
    * llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.
    * mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.
    * mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.
    * materia viva = living matter.
    * monumento vivo = living monument.
    * música en vivo = live music.
    * no vivo = nonliving [non-living].
    * organismo vivo = living thing.
    * permanecer vivo = remain + alive.
    * ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.
    * publicación seriada viva = active serial.
    * revista viva = active journal.
    * rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].
    * seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.
    * sentirse vivo = feel + alive.
    * ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.
    * servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.
    * ser vivo = sentient being.
    * tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.
    * viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.
    * vivos, los = living, the.

    * * *
    vivo1 -va
    A
    1 (con vida) alive
    [ S ] se busca vivo o muerto wanted, dead or alive
    los mosquitos me están comiendo vivo ( fam); I'm being eaten alive by mosquitoes
    no vimos ninguna serpiente viva we didn't see any live snakes
    es ya una leyenda viva he is a legend in his own lifetime, he is a living legend
    mantuvo viva su fé she kept her faith alive
    a lo vivo ( fam); without anesthetic*
    en vivo live
    música en vivo live music
    hicieron el programa en vivo they did the program live
    2 ‹lengua› living ( before n)
    el idioma sigue vivo the language is still alive
    B
    1 ‹persona› (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly
    2 ‹descripción› vivid, graphic; ‹relato/imaginación› lively
    aún tengo vivo en la memoria aquel momento I can still remember that moment vividly
    3 ‹color› bright, vivid; ‹llama/fuego› bright rojo2 (↑ rojo (2))
    4 ‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright
    5 ‹sentimiento/deseo› intense, strong
    lo más vivo: sus palabras me llegaron a lo más vivo her words cut me to the quick
    su muerte me afectó en lo más vivo his death affected me very deeply
    C (avispado, astuto) sharp
    ése es muy vivo y no se va a dejar engañar that guy is too smart o sharp to be taken in ( colloq)
    no seas tan vivo, que ésta es mi parte don't try to be clever o to pull a fast one, this is my share ( colloq)
    esos vendedores son muy vivos those salesmen are razor-sharp ( colloq)
    vivo2 -va
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (oportunista) sharp o smooth operator ( colloq)
    2 (aprovechado) crafty devil ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo vivir: ( conjugate vivir)

    vivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    vivir    
    vivo
    vivir ( conjugate vivir) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( en general) to live;
    ◊ vive solo he lives alone o on his own;

    vivo para algo/algn to live for sth/sb;
    vivo en paz to live in peace;
    la pintura no da para vivo you can't make a living from painting;
    el sueldo no le alcanza para vivo his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on;
    vivo de algo ‹ de la caridad› to live on sth;

    ‹del arte/de la pesca› to make a living from sth;
    ver tb
    ◊ renta

    2 ( estar vivo) to be alive
    3 ( como interj):
    ◊ ¡viva el Rey! long live the King!;

    ¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!;
    ¡viva! hurray!
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( pasar por):


    los que vivimos la guerra those of us who lived through the war
    b) ‹personaje/música› to live

    c) ‹ vida› to live

    vivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    1


    en vivo ‹actuación/transmisión› live
    b) ‹ lengua› living ( before n)

    2
    a) ‹ persona› (despierto, animado) vivacious, bubbly;

    ‹ descripción› vivid, graphic;
    ‹relato/imaginación› lively
    b) ‹ color› bright, vivid;

    ‹llama/fuego› bright;
    ‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright
    c) ‹sentimiento/deseo› intense, strong

    3 (avispado, astuto) sharp;
    ◊ no seas tan vivo don't try to be clever

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq);
    ( aprovechado) freeloader
    vivir
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (tener vida) to live: vivió ochenta años, she lived to be eighty
    ¡aún vive!, he's still alive!
    2 (estar residiendo) to live: viven en Australia, they live in Australia
    3 (en la memoria) su recuerdo aún vive en nosotros, our memories of him still live on
    4 (subsistir) no es suficiente para vivir, it's not enough to live on
    esa gente vive de la caza, those people live from o by hunting
    5 (convivir) viven juntos desde hace muchos años, they've been living together for years
    II vtr (pasar una experiencia) to live through
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 life, living
    2 (una persona) de mal vivir, loose, disreputable
    ♦ Locuciones: dejar vivir a alguien, (no molestar) vive y deja vivir, live and let live; familiar no vivir alguien, (preocupación, angustia) desde que tiene esa grave enfermedad, sus padres no viven, his parents have been in a state of anxiety since he's had this serious illness; familiar vivir la vida alguien, (libertad, ociosidad) ha acabado la carrera y ahora se dedica a vivir la vida, now he's finished his university studies he's going to enjoy life
    vivo,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 alive: todavía está vivo, he's still alive
    (un espectáculo) en vivo, live ➣ Ver nota en alive 2 (persona: vital, alegre) vivacious
    (astuta) sharp
    3 (intenso, brillante) bright
    una camisa de un rojo vivo, a bright red shirt
    4 (un relato, descripción) lively, graphic
    (un sentimiento) intense, deep
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (persona avispada, astuta) sharp
    ♦ Locuciones: al rojo vivo, red-hot
    familiar vivito y coleando, alive and kicking
    ' vivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    actualmente
    - alegre
    - alta
    - alto
    - ardiente
    - criatura
    - despierta
    - despierto
    - emisión
    - ser
    - estrangular
    - extremidad
    - fogón
    - macho
    - mantener
    - prodigio
    - retrato
    - revivir
    - roja
    - rojo
    - salud
    - subsistir
    - viva
    - crecer
    - espabilado
    - inquieto
    - listo
    - paseo
    - posibilidad
    - punta
    - que
    - vivir
    English:
    active
    - actually
    - alive
    - alone
    - animate
    - animated
    - bright
    - brighten up
    - dad
    - daddy
    - deep
    - develop
    - eat
    - fur
    - hot up
    - image
    - keen
    - live
    - lively
    - living
    - midway
    - near
    - on
    - out
    - quicktempered
    - red-hot
    - rich
    - solid
    - spit
    - still
    - up
    - vivid
    - beyond
    - concert
    - glow
    - hedge
    - hedgerow
    - home
    - longing
    - memory
    - pull
    - quick
    - red
    - sear
    - survive
    * * *
    vivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [ser, lengua] living
    2. [tras verbo] alive;
    estar vivo [persona, costumbre, recuerdo] to be alive;
    su recuerdo sigue vivo entre los suyos his memory lives on among his family;
    quemar vivo alguien to burn sb alive
    3. [intenso] [dolor, deseo, olor] intense;
    [luz, color, tono] bright; [genio] quick, hot; [paso, ritmo] lively;
    un vivo interés por algo a lively interest in sth
    4. [con vitalidad] [gestos, ojos] lively;
    [descripción, recuerdo] vivid;
    es el vivo retrato de su padre he's the spitting image of his father
    5. [despierto] quick, sharp;
    [astuto] shrewd, sly
    ♦ los vivos nmpl
    the living
    ♦ en vivo loc adj
    [en directo] live; [sin anestesia] without anaesthetic;
    haremos el programa en vivo we will do the programme live
    * * *
    I adj
    1 alive;
    los seres vivo living things;
    sharp, smart
    3 color bright
    4 ritmo lively
    II m, viva f sharp operator
    * * *
    vivo, -va adj
    1) : alive
    2) intenso: vivid, bright, intense
    3) animado: lively, vivacious
    4) astuto: sharp, clever
    5)
    en vivo : live
    transmisión en vivo: live broadcast
    6)
    al rojo vivo : red-hot
    * * *
    vivo adj
    1. (con vida) alive
    2. (intenso) bright
    3. (listo) clever [comp. cleverer; superl. cleverest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > vivo

  • 74 buen negocio

    m.
    good deal, good business, bargain, stroke of business.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buen negocio

  • 75 handelsgeest bezitten

    handelsgeest bezitten
    〈 zakeninstinct〉 have a good business instinct, have a good head for business

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > handelsgeest bezitten

  • 76 handelsgeest

    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   handelsgeest bezitten • 〈 zakeninstinct〉 have a good business instinct, have a good head for business

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > handelsgeest

  • 77 refinamiento

    • fineness of gold
    • finesse one's way out
    • gentility
    • Good Book
    • good business
    • good strong wine
    • good temper
    • purifier
    • purifying agent
    • refinement

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > refinamiento

  • 78 compra ventajosa

    • bargain
    • good business
    • good buy
    • good buying
    • real buy
    • take away
    • take wrong
    • take-away
    • takeaway meal

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > compra ventajosa

  • 79 ganga

    • bargain
    • gangue
    • good business
    • good buy
    • good buying
    • real gift

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ganga

  • 80 forretningsskikk

    subst. business practice, business usage (jus) (god forretningsskikk) good business practice

    Norsk-engelsk ordbok > forretningsskikk

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