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  • 21 patronize

    ['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]
    1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) πατρονάρω,φέρομαι(σε κάποιον)συγκαταβατικά
    2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) είμαι τακτικός πελάτης

    English-Greek dictionary > patronize

  • 22 patronize

    ['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]
    1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) správať sa blahosklonne
    2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) pravidelne chodiť

    English-Slovak dictionary > patronize

  • 23 patronize

    [ˈpæ-] (American) [ˈpeɪ-] verb
    1) to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person:

    He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.

    يَتَعامَل باسْتِعلائِيَّه
    2) to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly:

    That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.

    يزور، يَتَرَدَّد على، يَشْتَري من

    Arabic-English dictionary > patronize

  • 24 patronize

    ['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]
    1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) traiter avec condescendance
    2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) fréquenter

    English-French dictionary > patronize

  • 25 patronize

    ['pæ-, ]( American[) 'pei-]
    1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) tratar com condescendência
    2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) ser freguês de

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > patronize

  • 26 patronize pat·ron·ize vt

    ['pætrəˌnaɪz]
    1) (fig: treat condescendingly) trattare con condiscendenza
    2) (shop) essere cliente abituale di, (cinema) frequentare

    English-Italian dictionary > patronize pat·ron·ize vt

  • 27 patronize

    1. v покровительствовать, опекать
    2. v относиться свысока, покровительственно, снисходительно
    3. v разг. оказывать частную финансовую поддержку
    4. v разг. быть постоянным посетителем, клиентом
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. disdain (verb) disdain; disparage; scorn
    2. frequent (verb) buy from; deal with; do business with; frequent; habituate; have an account with; purchase from; shop with; sponsor; support; trade with; traffic with
    3. patronise (verb) condescend; patronise; talk down
    4. treat condescendingly (verb) flatter; humor; humour; indulge; look down on; put down; talk down to; tolerate; treat condescendingly; underestimate
    Антонимический ряд:

    English-Russian base dictionary > patronize

  • 28 patronize

    vt štititi, zaštićivati; braniti, pomagati, potpomagati; pokroviteljski, superiorno s kim postupati; [com] ići na ruku, pomagati (čiji posao) / to # a shop = biti stalna mušterija
    * * *

    braniti
    potpomagati
    Å¡tititi
    zaštićivati

    English-Croatian dictionary > patronize

  • 29 patronize

    (a) (shop) accorder sa clientèle à
    (b) (support) parrainer

    English-French business dictionary > patronize

  • 30 patronize

    vt.
    1 patrocinar (artist); frecuentar (shop, restaurant)
    2 tratar con condescendencia o paternalismo (treat condescendingly)
    3 auspiciar, contemporizar.
    4 tomar una actitud condescendiente hacia, mirar despreciativamente.
    5 condescender.
    6 ser cliente de, comprar habitualmente en. (pt & pp patronized)

    Nuevo Diccionario Inglés-Español > patronize

  • 31 patronize

    kkt. berlangganan (a certain shop).

    English-Malay dictionary > patronize

  • 32 comprar regularmente en una tienda

    (v.) = patronise + shop
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    * * *
    (v.) = patronise + shop

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprar regularmente en una tienda

  • 33 frecuentar una tienda

    (v.) = patronise + shop
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    * * *
    (v.) = patronise + shop

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > frecuentar una tienda

  • 34 ser cliente de una tienda

    (v.) = patronise + shop
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    * * *
    (v.) = patronise + shop

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser cliente de una tienda

  • 35 Laden

    Laden I n LOGIS loading, ldg, lading Laden II m V&M (BE) shop, (AE) store
    * * *
    m <V&M> shop (BE), store (AE):
    n < Transp> loading (ldg), lading
    * * *
    dichtmachen, Laden
    to shut up shop (fam.).
    Laden
    shop (Br.), store (US), outfit, repository, market (US), (Verladen) loading, (Vorladen) summons, citation;
    • im Laden vorrätig kept in store (US);
    • wohl assortierter Laden well-assorted (well-stocked) shop;
    • betriebseigener Laden industrial (company) store (US);
    • billiger Laden cheap (US);
    • gut eingerichteter Laden well-furnished shop;
    • der ganze Laden the whole outfit (coll.);
    • gut geführter Laden well-managed shop;
    • im Stadtzentrum gelegener Laden downtown (inner-city) store (US);
    • offener Laden open shop;
    • preisgünstiger Laden economy-priced shop;
    • vermieteter Laden store for rent (US);
    • virtueller Laden virtual shop;
    • zollfreier Laden duty-free shop;
    • nur von der Straße aus zugänglicher Laden lockup shop;
    • Laden mit erstklassiger Bedienung high-class service store (US);
    • Laden um die Ecke corner store (US);
    • Laden für Einkäufe vom Auto aus drive-in establishment;
    • Laden und Löschen zulasten des Schiffs gross terms;
    • Laden im Parterre basement store (US);
    • betriebseigener Laden eines Versorgungsbetriebes utility-operated store (US);
    • seinen Laden aufmachen to open one’s shop;
    • auf den Laden aufpassen to mind the store (US);
    • Laden besorgen to take the counter;
    • Schwung in den Laden bringen to put life into an enterprise, to make things hum;
    • Laden dichtmachen to put up the shutters, to shut up shop;
    • regelmäßig in einem Laden einkaufen to patronize a shop;
    • Laden einrichten to fit out a shop;
    • Laden eröffnen to set up (start) a shop, (frühmorgens) to take down the shutters;
    • Laden mit der ganzen Ausstattung erwerben to buy a shop with all fixtures;
    • Laden führen (haben) to keep [a] shop, to storekeep (US);
    • Laden offen halten to keep a shop open;
    • Laden schließen to shut up (close down) shop, to put up the shutters;
    • ganzen Laden schmeißen to run (boss, US coll.) the show;
    • Laden übernehmen to take a shop;
    • im Laden verkaufen to sell across (over) the counter;
    • Laden vermieten to rent (lease) a shop;
    • j. im Laden kurzfristig vertreten to keep shop for s. o.;
    • Laden zumachen (zuschließen) to shut up shop.

    Business german-english dictionary > Laden

  • 36 laden

    Laden I n LOGIS loading, ldg, lading Laden II m V&M (BE) shop, (AE) store
    * * *
    v 1. < Comp> Programm download, load; 2. < Recht> issue a summons
    * * *
    dichtmachen, Laden
    to shut up shop (fam.).
    Laden
    shop (Br.), store (US), outfit, repository, market (US), (Verladen) loading, (Vorladen) summons, citation;
    • im Laden vorrätig kept in store (US);
    • wohl assortierter Laden well-assorted (well-stocked) shop;
    • betriebseigener Laden industrial (company) store (US);
    • billiger Laden cheap (US);
    • gut eingerichteter Laden well-furnished shop;
    • der ganze Laden the whole outfit (coll.);
    • gut geführter Laden well-managed shop;
    • im Stadtzentrum gelegener Laden downtown (inner-city) store (US);
    • offener Laden open shop;
    • preisgünstiger Laden economy-priced shop;
    • vermieteter Laden store for rent (US);
    • virtueller Laden virtual shop;
    • zollfreier Laden duty-free shop;
    • nur von der Straße aus zugänglicher Laden lockup shop;
    • Laden mit erstklassiger Bedienung high-class service store (US);
    • Laden um die Ecke corner store (US);
    • Laden für Einkäufe vom Auto aus drive-in establishment;
    • Laden und Löschen zulasten des Schiffs gross terms;
    • Laden im Parterre basement store (US);
    • betriebseigener Laden eines Versorgungsbetriebes utility-operated store (US);
    • seinen Laden aufmachen to open one’s shop;
    • auf den Laden aufpassen to mind the store (US);
    • Laden besorgen to take the counter;
    • Schwung in den Laden bringen to put life into an enterprise, to make things hum;
    • Laden dichtmachen to put up the shutters, to shut up shop;
    • regelmäßig in einem Laden einkaufen to patronize a shop;
    • Laden einrichten to fit out a shop;
    • Laden eröffnen to set up (start) a shop, (frühmorgens) to take down the shutters;
    • Laden mit der ganzen Ausstattung erwerben to buy a shop with all fixtures;
    • Laden führen (haben) to keep [a] shop, to storekeep (US);
    • Laden offen halten to keep a shop open;
    • Laden schließen to shut up (close down) shop, to put up the shutters;
    • ganzen Laden schmeißen to run (boss, US coll.) the show;
    • Laden übernehmen to take a shop;
    • im Laden verkaufen to sell across (over) the counter;
    • Laden vermieten to rent (lease) a shop;
    • j. im Laden kurzfristig vertreten to keep shop for s. o.;
    • Laden zumachen (zuschließen) to shut up shop.

    Business german-english dictionary > laden

  • 37 acartonado

    adj.
    cardboard-like, resembling pasteboard.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acartonarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=acartonarse acartonarse
    1 cardboard-like, stiff
    2 (piel) wizened, shrivelled up
    * * *
    ADJ [superficie] like cardboard; (=enjuto) wizened
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    1 ‹piel/cara› wizened
    2 ‹estilo› stilted; ‹actuación/interpretación› wooden; ‹modales› stuffy, stilted; ‹sociedad› stultified
    3 ( Chi fam) ‹persona› stiff
    * * *
    acartonado, -a adj
    1. [piel] wizened;
    tengo la piel acartonada my skin feels dry
    2. [tela] stiff
    3. [estilo, personaje] wooden
    4. Am [persona] stiff
    * * *
    adj piel, persona wizened

    Spanish-English dictionary > acartonado

  • 38 convencional

    adj.
    conventional.
    * * *
    1 conventional
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo conventional
    * * *
    = conventional, stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], mainline, mainstream, conventionalised [conventionalized, -USA].
    Ex. The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex. Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex. Historically, knowledge about plant and animal species is systematised through conventionalised descriptive terminology.
    ----
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * nombre convencional = conventional name.
    * poco convencional = unconventional.
    * * *
    adjetivo conventional
    * * *
    = conventional, stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], mainline, mainstream, conventionalised [conventionalized, -USA].

    Ex: The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex: This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex: Historically, knowledge about plant and animal species is systematised through conventionalised descriptive terminology.
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * nombre convencional = conventional name.
    * poco convencional = unconventional.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/ideas/estilo› conventional
    viste de manera convencional he dresses conventionally
    2 ‹armas› conventional
    delegate
    * * *

    convencional adjetivo
    conventional
    convencional adjetivo conventional
    ' convencional' also found in these entries:
    English:
    conventional
    - off-beat
    - unconventional
    - uptight
    - off
    - straight
    - stuffy
    * * *
    1. [ideas, gustos, persona] conventional
    2. [armas] conventional
    * * *
    adj conventional
    * * *
    : conventional

    Spanish-English dictionary > convencional

  • 39 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    ----
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 40 desalentador

    adj.
    dispiriting, discouraging.
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    1 discouraging, disheartening
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    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
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    = bleak, daunting, disappointing, discouraging, off-putting, disheartening, dismaying, grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dispiriting.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex. The results obtained using this technique were somewhat disappointing, and led to a reappraisal of the approach.
    Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are very discouraging, especially if the titles give insufficient information for some documents to be rapidly rejected.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex. In such a rapidly developing field as online services, the birth and death rate of reference and selection tools is impressive but dismaying to those trying to stay abreast of new titles.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
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    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
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    = bleak, daunting, disappointing, discouraging, off-putting, disheartening, dismaying, grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dispiriting.

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex: The results obtained using this technique were somewhat disappointing, and led to a reappraisal of the approach.
    Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are very discouraging, especially if the titles give insufficient information for some documents to be rapidly rejected.
    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex: This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex: In such a rapidly developing field as online services, the birth and death rate of reference and selection tools is impressive but dismaying to those trying to stay abreast of new titles.
    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.

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    disheartening, discouraging
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    desalentador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    disheartening, discouraging
    desalentador,-ora adjetivo discouraging, disheartening: el contenido de su carta era desalentador, the contents of the letter were discouraging

    ' desalentador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desalentadora
    English:
    daunting
    - discouraging
    - grim
    - off-putting
    - demoralizing
    - disheartening
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    desalentador, -ora adj
    discouraging, disheartening
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    adj disheartening

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalentador

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