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81 chupa-chups
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82 corajina
f.fit of temper, explosion of rage.* * *SF fit of rage* * *Ex. Temper tantrums and other fits of anger erode not only people's respect for you, but also your own self-respect.* * *Ex: Temper tantrums and other fits of anger erode not only people's respect for you, but also your own self-respect.
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83 dar una patada
to kick* * *(v.) = kick, bootEx. Here is a snatch of Garner's version: 'I was in a fine rage, and should liked to have kicked him, but it was no good, there wasn't enough of him to get my boot against'.Ex. I booted him so hard in the pants as he left, I still have some of his teeth embedded in my porch door.* * *(v.) = kick, bootEx: Here is a snatch of Garner's version: 'I was in a fine rage, and should liked to have kicked him, but it was no good, there wasn't enough of him to get my boot against'.
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84 de mal genio
(adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-naturedEx. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.* * *(adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-naturedEx: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people. -
85 debate + durar
(n.) = debate + rage, debate + simmer* * *(n.) = debate + rage, debate + simmer -
86 debate + mantenerse
(n.) = debate + rage* * *(n.) = debate + rage -
87 debate + perdurar
(n.) = debate + rage, debate + simmer* * *(n.) = debate + rage, debate + simmer -
88 debate + seguir
(n.) = debate + rage* * *(n.) = debate + rage -
89 desesperado
adj.desperate, hopeless, despairing, anguished.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desesperar.* * *1→ link=desesperar desesperar► adjetivo1 (sin esperanza) hopeless, desperate2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 desperate person\a la desesperada figurado as a last hope, in desperationcomo un,-a desesperado,-a figurado like a mad person* * *(f. - desesperada)adj.desperate, hopeless* * *desesperado, -a1. ADJ1) (=sin esperanza) [persona] desperate; [caso, situación] hopelessestar desesperado de algo — to have despaired of sth, have lost hope of sth
2) [esfuerzo] furious, frenzied2.SM / F* * *I- da adjetivo desperateII- da masculino, femeninocorrió como un desesperado — he ran like crazy (colloq)
* * *= frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.Ex. Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.Ex. This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.Ex. Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.Ex. The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.Ex. With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.----* en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.* estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.* * *I- da adjetivo desperateII- da masculino, femeninocorrió como un desesperado — he ran like crazy (colloq)
* * *= frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.Ex: Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.
Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.Ex: This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.Ex: Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.Ex: The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.Ex: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.* en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.* estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.* * *desperateuna maniobra desesperada a desperate moveen un intento desesperado por salvarse in a desperate attempt to save himselfestá desesperado porque no sabe cómo lo va a pagar he's desperate o frantic because he doesn't know how he's going to paydesesperado, llegó a pensar en el suicidio he was o felt so desperate that he even contemplated suicidemiraba desesperado cómo las llamas consumían el edificio he looked on in desperation as the flames consumed the buildingestaba desesperado de dolor the pain was driving him mad, he was in excruciating paina la desesperada in desperationmasculine, femininecome como un desesperado he eats as if he were half-starved ( colloq)corrió como un desesperado he ran like crazy o mad ( colloq), he ran as if his life depended on it* * *
Del verbo desesperar: ( conjugate desesperar)
desesperado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desesperado
desesperar
desesperado◊ -da adjetivo
desperate
desesperar ( conjugate desesperar) verbo transitivo
to drive … to distraction o despair
verbo intransitivo
to despair, give up hope
desesperarse verbo pronominal
to become exasperated
desesperado,-a adjetivo
1 (sin esperanza) desperate, hopeless, in despair
2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated
(esfuerzo, intento) frenzied, desperate
desesperar verbo transitivo
1 to drive to despair
2 (poner nervioso, irritado) to exasperate
' desesperado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desesperada
English:
anything
- despair
- despairing
- desperate
- frantic
- hopeless
- last-ditch
- agony
- forlorn
- frenetic
- hopelessness
- last
- wild
- wit
* * *desesperado, -a♦ adjdesperate;estar desesperado [sin alternativa] to be desperate;[sin esperanza] to be in despair;lo hice porque estaba desesperado I did it out of desperation;gritaba desesperado que lo ayudaran he was screaming frantically for them to help him;en un intento desesperado por huir del incendio in a desperate attempt to escape from the fire;el estado de la población es desesperado the people are in a desperate state;(hacer algo) a la desesperada (to do sth) in desperation♦ nm,fFamcomo un desesperado like mad o crazy;comer como un desesperado to eat as if one were half-starved* * *adj in despair;a la desesperada out of desperation* * *desesperado, -da adj: desperate, despairing, hopeless♦ desesperadamente adv* * *desesperado adj1. (en general) desperate2. (situación) hopeless -
90 despotricar
v.1 to rant on.2 to talk inconsiderately. (Colloquial)3 to talk incessantly to.Me despotricó Ricardo Ricardo talked incessantly to me.* * *1 to rave, rant on ( contra, about)* * *VI to rant and rave ( contra about)* * *verbo intransitivo (fam) to rant and ravedespotricar contra algo/alguien — to sound off o rant and rave about something/somebody
* * *= rant, rant and rave, rave at.Ex. I am here to rant, think out loud and possibly provide relevant information for all.Ex. Under a cloudy sky, he ranted and raved, confounding the real with the unreal.Ex. In later sessions, he vented his rage towards his mother by shouting, swearing and raving at her and wanting to kill her.----* despotricar de = fulminate about.* * *verbo intransitivo (fam) to rant and ravedespotricar contra algo/alguien — to sound off o rant and rave about something/somebody
* * *= rant, rant and rave, rave at.Ex: I am here to rant, think out loud and possibly provide relevant information for all.
Ex: Under a cloudy sky, he ranted and raved, confounding the real with the unreal.Ex: In later sessions, he vented his rage towards his mother by shouting, swearing and raving at her and wanting to kill her.* despotricar de = fulminate about.* * *despotricar [A2 ]vi( fam); to complain, rant and rave despotricar CONTRA algn to complain ABOUT sb, rail AGAINST sb* * *
despotricar ( conjugate despotricar) verbo intransitivo (fam) despotricar (contra algo/algn) to rant and rave (about sth/sb)
despotricar verbo intransitivo to rant and rave [contra, about]: no para de despotricar contra sus jefes, he keeps ranting and raving about his bosses
' despotricar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sapo
English:
rant
- rave
- storm
- cuss
* * *despotricar vito rant on ( contra o de about);se puso a despotricar contra el gobierno he launched into a tirade against the government, he started ranting on about the government;deja de despotricar del jefe stop ranting on about the boss* * *v/i famrant and rave fam( contra about)* * *despotricar {72} vi: to rant and rave, to complain excessively -
91 disputa + continuar
(n.) = dispute + rageEx. This dispute has been raging over the last 30 years = Esta disputa ha continuado durante los últimos 30 años.* * *(n.) = dispute + rageEx: This dispute has been raging over the last 30 years = Esta disputa ha continuado durante los últimos 30 años.
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92 disputa + perdurar
(n.) = dispute + rageEx. This dispute has been raging over the last 30 years = Esta disputa ha continuado durante los últimos 30 años.* * *(n.) = dispute + rageEx: This dispute has been raging over the last 30 years = Esta disputa ha continuado durante los últimos 30 años.
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93 dotes diplomáticas
= diplomatic talents, diplomatic skillsEx. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.Ex. Although a reference librarian may exercise superb diplomatic skills, such a situation may be corrected only when the bottleneck boss leaves.* * *= diplomatic talents, diplomatic skillsEx: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
Ex: Although a reference librarian may exercise superb diplomatic skills, such a situation may be corrected only when the bottleneck boss leaves. -
94 durar
v.1 to last (continuar siendo).la leche fresca sólo dura unos pocos días fresh milk only lasts o keeps a few daysno durará mucho en ese puesto he won't stay o last long in that jobaquellas botas me duraron tres años those boots lasted me three years¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?aún dura la fiesta the party's still going onaún le dura el enfado she's still angryLa fiesta duró hasta el amanecer The party lasted until morning.Este carro le durará diez años This car will last you ten years.Me duró la mensualidad My monthly allowance lasted.2 to last for, to go on for, to run for.El galón duró tres horas The gallon lasted for three hours.* * *1 to last, go on for2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last* * *verb1) to last2) endure* * *VI1) [aventura, programa, enfermedad] to last¿cuánto dura la representación? — how long is the play?, how long does the play last?
¿cuánto dura el trayecto? — how long is the journey?, how long does the journey take?
fue hermoso mientras duró — it was wonderful while it lasted o for as long as it lasted
estuvo refugiado mientras duró la guerra — he was a refugee throughout the (whole length of the) war
2) [comida, congelado, ropa] to lastesta camisa es mala, durará poco — this shirt is poor quality, it won't last long
* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) reunión/guerra/relación to last¿cuánto dura la película? — how long is the film?
b) coche/zapatos to lastc) (Col, Ven) ( tardar) to take2.durarse v pron (Ven)* * *= endure, last, run + Expresión Temporal, run over, stay in + place.Ex. This code had an important impact upon cataloguing practices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and endured for over half a century.Ex. Their assignments lasted from four months to one year in such diverse posts as Chile, Finland, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritius, and Turkey.Ex. This session ran from May 1979 to October 1980.Ex. An initiative for environmental education which will run over the next few years focuses on Victoria region by region.Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.----* debate + durar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.* durar hasta + Fecha = run into + Fecha.* durar más que = outlive.* durar mucho = last + long.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.* durar poco = be short term.* durar tiempo = take + time, take + long.* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.* que dura todo el año = year-round.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) reunión/guerra/relación to last¿cuánto dura la película? — how long is the film?
b) coche/zapatos to lastc) (Col, Ven) ( tardar) to take2.durarse v pron (Ven)* * *= endure, last, run + Expresión Temporal, run over, stay in + place.Ex: This code had an important impact upon cataloguing practices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and endured for over half a century.
Ex: Their assignments lasted from four months to one year in such diverse posts as Chile, Finland, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritius, and Turkey.Ex: This session ran from May 1979 to October 1980.Ex: An initiative for environmental education which will run over the next few years focuses on Victoria region by region.Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.* debate + durar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.* durar hasta + Fecha = run into + Fecha.* durar más que = outlive.* durar mucho = last + long.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.* durar poco = be short term.* durar tiempo = take + time, take + long.* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.* que dura todo el año = year-round.* * *durar [A1 ]vi1 «reunión/guerra/relación» to last¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?, how long does the film go on for?la dictadura no puede durar mucho más the dictatorial regime cannot last o survive much longerno le duró nada el entusiasmo his enthusiasm didn't last longes demasiado bueno para que dure it's too good to lastel resfriado me duró todo el invierno my cold lasted all winter2 «coche/zapatos» to lastesas pilas no duran nada those batteries don't last very longcómpralo de cuero que dura más buy a leather one, it'll last longer o wear betteréstos duran más these last longerlas secretarias no le duran nada her secretaries don't stay o last longla carta duró una semana a llegar the letter took a week to arrive■ durarse( Ven): no te dures tanto en el baño don't be long o take too long in the bathroomme duré muchísimo haciendo el mercado it took me ages o a long time to do the shopping* * *
durar ( conjugate durar) verbo intransitivo
◊ ¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?
c) (Col, Ven) See Also→ demorar a
durarse verbo pronominal (Ven) See Also→
durar verbo intransitivo
1 to last
2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last
' durar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguantar
- dilatar
- persistir
- siempre
English:
hold out
- last
- outlast
- run
- take
- wear
- out
- supply
* * *durar vi1. [prolongarse] to last;¿cuánto dura la obra? how long is the play?;el viaje/la película dura tres horas the journey/the movie lasts three hours;aún dura la fiesta the party's still going on;aún le dura el enfado she's still angry;les duró poco la felicidad their happiness was short-lived;estuvo bien mientras duró it was good while it lasted2. [permanecer, aguantar] to last;no durará mucho en ese puesto he won't stay o last long in that job;la leche fresca sólo dura unos pocos días fresh milk only lasts a few days3. [ropa, calzado, pilas] to last;cómprate ropa/calzado que dure buy clothes/footwear that will last;aquellas botas me duraron tres años those boots lasted me three years;los juguetes no le duran nada his toys don't last long;pilas que duran más batteries which last longer* * *v/i last* * *durar vi: to last, to endure* * *durar vb1. (en general) to last¿cuánto dura la película? how long does the film last? / how long is the film?esos zapatos te han durado mucho those shoes have lasted a long time / those shoes have worn very well -
95 encenderse
1 (incendiarse) to catch fire, ignite3 figurado (excitarse) to flare up4 figurado (ruborizarse) to blush, go red* * *verb* * *VPR1) (=prenderse) to light¿cuándo se encienden las luces? — when is lighting-up time?
2) [cara, ojos] to light up3) [persona] (=exaltarse) to get excited; (=ruborizarse) to blush; (=estallar) to break outencenderse de ira — to flare up with rage, fly into a temper
* * *(v.) = light upEx. Toys are grouped into the following categories: (1) toys that light up or sing; (2) toys that catch your eye; (3) toys that shake, rattle, and roll; (4) switch toys; and (5) toys for the creative artist.* * *(v.) = light upEx: Toys are grouped into the following categories: (1) toys that light up or sing; (2) toys that catch your eye; (3) toys that shake, rattle, and roll; (4) switch toys; and (5) toys for the creative artist.
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■encenderse verbo reflexivo
1 (un fuego) to catch
(una luz) to come on
2 (acalorarse) to get heated
3 Lit (el rostro) to blush, go red
' encenderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encender
English:
fire
- flare
- go on
- ignite
- light
- come
- switch
* * *vpr1. [fuego, gas] to ignite;[luz, bombilla, estufa] to come on; [llama, piloto] to light;se encendió en ella la llama de la venganza the desire for revenge was kindled within her2. [persona, rostro] to go red, to blush;[ojos] to light up; [de ira] to flare up;cuando oigo estas cosas me enciendo I get really mad when I hear things like that3. [guerra, contienda] to break out* * *v/r2 fig:se le encendió la cara her face went bright red;se le encendió la sangre his blood boiled;encenderse de rabia be furious, be incandescent with rage lit* * *vr1) : to get excited2) : to blush* * * -
96 encerrar
v.1 to shut up or in.2 to contain.sus palabras encerraban una amenaza there was a threat in his words3 to shut in, to close in, to confine, to lock in.Ella encerró al chico mal portado She shut in the misbehaving boy.4 to enclose, to encompass, to contain, to comprise.Ese poema encierra mucha verdad That poem encloses much truth.5 to surround, to hem.La cerca encierra el potrero The fence surrounds the pasture.6 to block in, to box in, to box up.* * *1 (gen) to shut in, shut up2 (con llave) to lock in, lock up3 (palabras, frases, etc) to put4 (ajedrez, damas) to block1 (recogerse) to go into retreat; (en sí mismo) to become withdrawn* * *verb1) to lock up, shut up2) contain* * *1. VT1) (=meter) to shut (up); [con llave] to lock (up)2) (=contener) to contain3) (=implicar) to involve4) (Ajedrez, Damas) to block2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivome encerró en mi habitación — he shut me o locked me in my room
está para que lo encierren — (fam) he's crazy o a nut (colloq)
2)a) ( contener) to containb) ( conllevar) to involve, entail2.encerrarse v pron (refl) ( en una habitación) to shut oneself in; (en una fábrica, universidad) obreros/estudiantes to lock oneself in* * *= enclose, lock, intern, shut up, closet, hold + prisoner, coop up, hem + Nombre + in, pen.Ex. The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.Ex. The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.Ex. Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex. Too often guests are snatched up on arrival and closeted away from the children before being produced like a rabbit out of a hat for the 'official' appearance.Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex. We've all heard of road rage: being cooped up in a car on a crowded freeway with no means of escape.Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Ex. There's also goats, but I don't think they're penned anywhere -- they seem to have the run of the place as much as the chickens.----* encerrar con candado = padlock.* encerrar en una jaula = cage.* hora de encerrarse = curfew.* * *1.verbo transitivome encerró en mi habitación — he shut me o locked me in my room
está para que lo encierren — (fam) he's crazy o a nut (colloq)
2)a) ( contener) to containb) ( conllevar) to involve, entail2.encerrarse v pron (refl) ( en una habitación) to shut oneself in; (en una fábrica, universidad) obreros/estudiantes to lock oneself in* * *= enclose, lock, intern, shut up, closet, hold + prisoner, coop up, hem + Nombre + in, pen.Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.Ex: The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.Ex: Certainly the last thing we want is that books be shut up in tastefully decorated warehouses, watched over by highly trained storekeepers whose main purpose is to see that everything is kept tidily in its place and, as far as possible, untouched by human hands -- especially the sticky-fingered hands of marauding children.Ex: Too often guests are snatched up on arrival and closeted away from the children before being produced like a rabbit out of a hat for the 'official' appearance.Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex: We've all heard of road rage: being cooped up in a car on a crowded freeway with no means of escape.Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Ex: There's also goats, but I don't think they're penned anywhere -- they seem to have the run of the place as much as the chickens.* encerrar con candado = padlock.* encerrar en una jaula = cage.* hora de encerrarse = curfew.* * *encerrar [A5 ]vtA ‹persona› to lock up; ‹ganado› to shut up, penlo han encerrado en la cárcel he's been locked up in prison o put behind barsme encerraban en mi habitación they used to shut me in my roomencierra al perro shut the dog inestá para que lo encierren ( fam); he's crazy o a nut ( colloq), he should be put away o certified ( colloq)nos dejaron encerrados en la oficina we got locked in the officeB1 (contener) to containla película encierra una gran carga moral the movie contains o has a strong moral message2 (conllevar) to involve, entailno sabe el peligro que encierra she does not know the danger which it involves o entails( refl) to shut oneself inse ha encerrado en su habitación he has shut himself in his roomse encerró en un convento she shut herself away in a conventlos trabajadores se encerraron en la fábrica the workers locked themselves in the factory o occupied the factory* * *
encerrar ( conjugate encerrar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ ganado› to shut up, pen;
‹ perro› to shut … in;
‹ persona› (en cárcel, calabozo) to lock up;◊ me encerró en mi habitación he shut me o locked me in my room;
me dejaron encerrada en la oficina I got locked in the office
2 ( conllevar) ‹peligro/riesgo› to involve, entail
encerrarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( en habitación) to shut oneself in;
(en fábrica, universidad) [obreros/estudiantes] to lock oneself in
encerrar verbo transitivo
1 to shut in: encerraron al perro en la cocina, they shut the dog in the kitchen
(con llave) to lock in
2 (entrañar) to contain, include: la Esfinge encierra la clave, the Sphinx holds the key
' encerrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encierra
English:
confine
- enclose
- hem in
- lock in
- lock up
- put away
- seal in
- shut away
- shut in
- shut up
- coop
- hem
- lock
- put
- shut
* * *♦ vt1. [recluir] to shut up o in;[con llave] to lock up o in; [en la cárcel] to lock away o up; [ganado, rebaño] to pen (up); [gallinas] to shut up; [en carreras] to box in;lo encerraron en un psiquiátrico they shut him away o up in a mental hospital;me encerraron en la curva y no pude esprintar they boxed me in on the bend and I couldn't put on a sprint;Fam2. [contener] to contain;el espectáculo encierra grandes sorpresas the show has some big surprises;sus palabras encerraban una amenaza there was a threat in his words3. [en ajedrez] to checkmate4. [con signos de puntuación] to enclose ( entre in);encerró el comentario entre paréntesis she enclosed the comment in brackets* * *v/t1 lock up, shut up2 ( contener) contain* * *encerrar {55} vt1) : to lock up, to shut away2) : to contain, to include3) : to involve, to entail* * *encerrar vb2. (con llave) to lock -
97 entrecruzar
v.1 to interweave.2 to interlace, to intersect, to crisscross, to intertwine.* * *1 to interweave* * *1. VT1) (=entrelazar) to interlace, interweave, intertwine2) (Bio) to cross, interbreed2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to intertwine, interweave2.entrecruzarse v pron1) hilos/cintas to intertwine, interweave2) razas to interbreed* * *= criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, interlock, interweave, knot together, interlace.Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.Ex. Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.Ex. In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.----* entrecruzar las piernas = overlap + legs.* que se entrecruzan = intertwined.* * *1.verbo transitivo to intertwine, interweave2.entrecruzarse v pron1) hilos/cintas to intertwine, interweave2) razas to interbreed* * *= criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, interlock, interweave, knot together, interlace.Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.Ex: Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.Ex: In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.* entrecruzar las piernas = overlap + legs.* que se entrecruzan = intertwined.* * *entrecruzar [A4 ]vtto intertwine, interweaveA «hilos/cintas» to intertwine, interweaveB «razas» to interbreed* * *
entrecruzar ( conjugate entrecruzar) verbo transitivo
to intertwine, interweave
' entrecruzar' also found in these entries:
English:
crisscross
* * *♦ vt[líneas, trazos, hilos] to interweave* * *entrecruzar {21} vtentrelazar: to interweave, to intertwine -
98 entrelazar
v.1 to interlace, to interlink.2 to intertwine, to mat, to enlace, to interlock.* * *1 to entwine, interweave, interlace\entrelazar las manos to join one's hands, hold hands* * *verbto intertwine, interweave* * *1.verbo transitivo <cintas/hilos> to interweave, intertwine2.entrelazarse v pron to intertwine, interweave* * *= lock together, criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, entwine, interlock, mesh, braid, knot together, interweave, twine, interlace.Ex. As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.Ex. The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.Ex. Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.Ex. This is a painting of a girl in a red dress with her hair braided, seated behind a parapet near a window.Ex. Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.Ex. This liana has an old stem twining around a tree branch in the tropical deciduous forest of Michoacan, Mexico.Ex. In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.----* entrelazarse = become + intertwined.* * *1.verbo transitivo <cintas/hilos> to interweave, intertwine2.entrelazarse v pron to intertwine, interweave* * *= lock together, criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, entwine, interlock, mesh, braid, knot together, interweave, twine, interlace.Ex: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.
Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.Ex: The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.Ex: Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.Ex: This is a painting of a girl in a red dress with her hair braided, seated behind a parapet near a window.Ex: Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.Ex: This liana has an old stem twining around a tree branch in the tropical deciduous forest of Michoacan, Mexico.Ex: In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.* entrelazarse = become + intertwined.* * *entrelazar [A4 ]vt‹cintas/hilos› to interweave, intertwinecaminaban con las manos entrelazadas they walked along hand in handto intertwine, interweave* * *
entrelazar ( conjugate entrelazar) verbo transitivo ‹cintas/hilos› to interweave, intertwine;
entrelazarse verbo pronominal
to intertwine, interweave
entrelazar verbo transitivo, entrelazarse verbo reflexivo to entwine
' entrelazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entrelazarse
- trabar
- entretejer
English:
entwine
- interlock
- intertwine
* * *♦ vt[dedos] to interlace; [líneas, trazos] to intertwine; [hilos, cintas] to interweave; [historias, destinos, vidas] to intertwine, to weave together;entrelazaron sus manos they joined hands* * *v/t interweave, intertwine* * *entrelazar {21} vtentrecruzar: to interweave, to intertwine -
99 epidemia
f.epidemic.* * *1 epidemic* * *noun f.* * *SF epidemic* * *femenino epidemic* * *= epidemic, infestation.Ex. In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.Ex. Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion.----* epidemia + arrasar = epidemic + rage.* * *femenino epidemic* * *= epidemic, infestation.Ex: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.
Ex: Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion.* epidemia + arrasar = epidemic + rage.* * *epidemic* * *
epidemia sustantivo femenino
epidemic
epidemia sustantivo femenino epidemic
' epidemia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ceder
- declararse
- localizar
- contener
- declarar
- desolador
- estragos
- extender
English:
epidemic
- grip
- stamp out
- sweep
* * *epidemia nf1. [de enfermedad] epidemic;una epidemia de gripe a flu epidemic2. [de problema] epidemic;este problema se está convirtiendo en una verdadera epidemia the problem is reaching epidemic proportions* * *f epidemic* * *epidemia nf: epidemic* * *epidemia n epidemic -
100 epidemia + arrasar
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