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  • 21 aclarar

    v.
    1 to rinse (enjuagar). (peninsular Spanish)
    María aclaró su cabello Mary rinsed her hair.
    2 to clarify, to explain.
    aclaremos una cosa let's get one thing clear
    María aclarará los puntos mañMaría Mary will clarify the points tomorrow.
    3 to make lighter (color).
    el sol aclara el pelo the sun makes one's hair lighter
    4 to thin (down) (lo espeso) (chocolate, sopa).
    Pedro aclara la mezcla para pastel Peter thins the cake mixture.
    5 to become clear, to become brighter, to brighten, to clear.
    Aclarará dentro de un rato It will become clear in a while.
    6 to filter.
    Mario aclara el destilado Mario filters the distilled liquid.
    7 to make it clear for, to explain, to make clear for.
    * * *
    1 (cabello, color) to lighten, make lighter
    2 (líquido) to thin (down)
    3 (enjuagar) to rinse
    4 (explicar) to explain; (poner en claro) to make clear, clarify
    5 figurado (mejorar) to improve
    ■ las zanahorias aclaran la vista carrots improve your eyesight, carrots are good for your eyes
    1 (mejorar el tiempo) to clear (up)
    1 (entender) to understand
    2 (explicarse) to explain oneself
    3 (decidirse) to make up one's mind
    4 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject) (el tiempo) to clear (up)
    \
    aclarar la voz to clear one's throat
    * * *
    verb
    1) to clarify, explain
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=explicar) [+ suceso, motivo] to clarify; [+ duda, malentendido] to clear up; [+ misterio] to solve

    • le he escrito para aclarar las cosas — I've written to him to make things clear

    • aclarar que — to make it clear that

    2) Esp [+ ropa, vajilla, pelo] to rinse
    3) (=diluir) [+ pintura, salsa] to thin, thin down
    4) (=hacer más claro) [+ color, pelo] to make lighter, lighten
    5) [+ bosque] to clear
    2. VI
    1) (=amanecer) to get light
    2) (=despejarse las nubes) to clear up

    en cuanto aclare, saldremos — as soon as it clears up, we'll go out

    3) Esp (=enjuagar) to rinse
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo impersonal
    a) ( amanecer)

    cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando — dawn o day was breaking when we got up

    b) ( escampar) to clear up
    2.
    a) día ( empezar) to break, dawn
    b) tiempo/día ( escampar) to clear up
    3.
    1) ( quitar color a) to lighten
    2) < ideas> to get... straight; < duda> to clear up, clarify
    3)
    a) < salsa> to thin
    b) <vegetación/bosque> to clear
    4) (Esp) <ropa/vajilla> to rinse
    4.
    aclararse v pron
    1)
    2) (Esp fam)
    a) ( entender) to understand

    a ver si nos aclaramos — let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight

    b) ( decidirse) to make up one's mind
    * * *
    = clarify, elucidate, qualify, rinse, sort out, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, make + the point that, spell out, explicate, make + explicit, clear up, shed + understanding, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of, rinse off.
    Ex. The examples above should serve also to clarify the relationship between the authority entry and the reference entry.
    Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex. Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.
    Ex. After treatment with NM2P a drawing is rinsed several times with acetone.
    Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex. It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.
    Ex. However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.
    Ex. Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.
    Ex. Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.
    Ex. The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.
    Ex. The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.
    Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex. He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex. The only thing that rinsing off baby carrots will do is remove any dirt that might be on the surface -- it won't wash away any bacteria.
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    * aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.
    * aclarar el sentido = clarify + meaning.
    * aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.
    * aclarar las ideas de Uno = clarify + Posesivo + mind.
    * aclarar lo que sucedió = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclarar los detalles = work out + details.
    * aclarar lo sucedido = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclararse = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place.
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.
    * aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.
    * aclarar un concepto = clarify + idea, clarify + concept.
    * aclarar un malentendido = clear up + misunderstanding.
    * aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * aclarar un punto = clarify + point.
    * tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo impersonal
    a) ( amanecer)

    cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando — dawn o day was breaking when we got up

    b) ( escampar) to clear up
    2.
    a) día ( empezar) to break, dawn
    b) tiempo/día ( escampar) to clear up
    3.
    1) ( quitar color a) to lighten
    2) < ideas> to get... straight; < duda> to clear up, clarify
    3)
    a) < salsa> to thin
    b) <vegetación/bosque> to clear
    4) (Esp) <ropa/vajilla> to rinse
    4.
    aclararse v pron
    1)
    2) (Esp fam)
    a) ( entender) to understand

    a ver si nos aclaramos — let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight

    b) ( decidirse) to make up one's mind
    * * *
    = clarify, elucidate, qualify, rinse, sort out, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, make + the point that, spell out, explicate, make + explicit, clear up, shed + understanding, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of, rinse off.

    Ex: The examples above should serve also to clarify the relationship between the authority entry and the reference entry.

    Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex: Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.
    Ex: After treatment with NM2P a drawing is rinsed several times with acetone.
    Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.
    Ex: However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.
    Ex: Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.
    Ex: Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.
    Ex: The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.
    Ex: The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.
    Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex: He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex: The only thing that rinsing off baby carrots will do is remove any dirt that might be on the surface -- it won't wash away any bacteria.
    * aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.
    * aclarar el sentido = clarify + meaning.
    * aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.
    * aclarar las ideas de Uno = clarify + Posesivo + mind.
    * aclarar lo que sucedió = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclarar los detalles = work out + details.
    * aclarar lo sucedido = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclararse = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place.
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.
    * aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.
    * aclarar un concepto = clarify + idea, clarify + concept.
    * aclarar un malentendido = clear up + misunderstanding.
    * aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * aclarar un punto = clarify + point.
    * tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.

    * * *
    aclarar [A1 ]
    1
    (amanecer): cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando dawn o day was breaking when we got up, it was starting to get light when we got up
    2 (escampar) to clear up
    si aclara, podemos salir if the weather o if it clears up, we can go out
    vi
    1 «día» (empezar) to break, dawn
    2 «día/tiempo» (escampar) to clear up
    ■ aclarar
    vt
    A ‹color› to lighten
    B
    1 ‹duda/problema› to clarify
    intentaré aclarárselo I'll try to clarify it for you, I'll try to explain it to you
    me aclaró varias dudas que tenía she clarified several points I wasn't sure of, she cleared up several queries I had
    no pudo aclararme nada sobre el tema she couldn't throw any light on the subject
    quiero aclarar que yo no sabía nada sobre el asunto I want to make it clear that I didn't know anything about the matter
    2 ( Chi) ‹persona› ( fam) to tell … straight, tell … a few home truths ( colloq)
    C
    1 ‹salsa› to thin
    2 ‹vegetación/bosque› to clear
    D ( Esp) (enjuagar) ‹ropa/vajilla› to rinse; ‹pelo› to rinse
    1 ‹pelo› to lighten
    se aclaraba el pelo she lightened her hair
    2
    aclararse la voz to clear one's throat
    3
    ( Esp fam) «persona»: explícamelo otra vez, sigo sin aclararme explain it to me again, I still haven't got it straight o I still don't understand
    comparemos las listas, a ver si nos aclaramos let's compare the lists and see if we can sort things out o get things straight
    no me aclaro con esta máquina I can't work out how to use this machine, I can't get the hang of this machine ( colloq)
    lleva una borrachera que no se aclara he's so drunk he doesn't know what's going on
    tengo un sueño que no me aclaro I'm so tired I can't think straight
    unos días de descanso para aclararme las ideas a few days' rest to get my ideas straight
    * * *

     

    aclarar ( conjugate aclarar) v impers
    a) ( amanecer):


    cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando dawn o day was breaking when we got up

    verbo intransitivo

    b) [tiempo/día] ( escampar) to clear up

    verbo transitivo
    1 ( quitar color a) to lighten
    2 ‹ ideas› to get … straight;
    ‹ duda› to clear up, clarify;
    ◊ quiero aclarar que … I want to make it clear that …

    3 (Esp) ‹ropa/vajilla› to rinse
    aclararse verbo pronominal
    1

    2 (Esp fam) ( entender) to understand;
    ◊ a ver si nos aclaramos let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight

    aclarar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (hacer comprensible) to clarify, explain: deberían aclarar las cosas entre ellos, they should clear things up among themselves
    2 (suavizar color) to lighten, make lighter
    3 (quitar el jabón) to rinse
    II v impers Meteor to clear (up)
    ' aclarar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despejar
    - determinar
    - judicialmente
    - ir
    English:
    air
    - bleach
    - clarify
    - clear
    - clear up
    - elucidate
    - explain
    - illuminate
    - inquest
    - lighten
    - meaning
    - rinse
    - straight
    - straighten out
    - talk over
    - sort
    - straighten
    - thin
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Esp [enjuagar] to rinse
    2. [explicar] to clarify, to explain;
    aclaremos una cosa let's get one thing clear;
    eso lo aclara todo that explains everything;
    ¿me podría aclarar ese último punto? could you clarify o explain that last point for me?
    3. [color] to make lighter;
    el sol aclara el pelo the sun makes your hair lighter
    4. [lo espeso] [chocolate, sopa] to thin (down);
    [bosque] to thin out;
    aclaró la pintura con un poco de aguarrás she thinned the paint with a little turpentine
    ♦ v impersonal
    ya aclaraba [amanecía] it was getting light;
    [se despejaba] the sky was clearing;
    la tarde se fue aclarando it brightened up during the afternoon
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 duda, problema clarify, clear up
    2 ropa, vajilla rinse
    II v/i
    1 de día break, dawn
    2 de tiempo clear up
    * * *
    1) clarificar: to clarify, to explain, to resolve
    2) : to lighten
    3)
    aclarar la voz : to clear one's throat
    1) : to get light, to dawn
    2) : to clear up
    * * *
    1. (clarificar) to clarify [pt. & pp. clarified]
    2. (dudas) to clear up
    3. (color) to lighten
    4. (enjuagar) to rinse
    5. (mejorar el tiempo) to clear up

    Spanish-English dictionary > aclarar

  • 22 شوش

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English dictionary > شوش

  • 23 bewilder

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > bewilder

  • 24 confuse

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > confuse

  • 25 disorganize

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > disorganize

  • 26 mix up

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > mix up

  • 27 muddle

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > muddle

  • 28 ruffle

    شَوَّشَ \ bewilder: to make sb. confused: The farmer’s boy was bewildered by the noises of the city. confuse: to throw into disorder (of thought): The shock confused me. disorganize: to put sth. (a plan, etc.) out of working order or into a state of confusion: Our holiday was disorganized by our son’s sudden illness. mix up: to confuse; mix thoroughly or too thoroughly: The telephone wires got mixed up with the electricity wires. muddle: to confuse; bring into disorder: They muddled me with their various accounts of the event. ruffle: to put into disorder (sth. smooth or calm): The wind ruffled his hair. Their rudeness ruffled his temper. \ See Also أربك (أَرْبَكَ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > ruffle

  • 29 sembrar

    v.
    1 to sow.
    Mario siembra trigo Mario sows wheat.
    Mario siembra en la mañana Mario sows in the morning.
    María siembra la discordia Mary sows discord.
    2 to scatter, to strew.
    3 to sow.
    4 to kill, to murder, to assassinate, to bump off.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 AGRICULTURA to sow
    2 figurado (esparcir) to scatter, spread
    \
    sembrar el pánico figurado to spread panic
    sembrar la discordia to sow discord
    * * *
    verb
    to sow, plant
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Agr) to sow (de with)

    sembrar un campo de nabos — to sow o plant a field with turnips

    2) [+ superficie] to strew (de with)
    3) (=extender) [+ objetos] to scatter, spread; [+ noticia] to spread; [+ minas] to lay

    sembrar minas en un estrecho, sembrar un estrecho de minas — (Náut) to mine a strait, lay mines in a strait

    sembrar el pánico — to spread panic, sow panic liter

    4) Méx [+ jinete] to throw; (=derribar) to knock down
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <terreno/campo> to sow; <trigo/hortalizas> to sow, plant

    el que siembra recoge — as you sow, so shall you reap

    b) (liter) <pánico/odio> to sow (liter)
    c) ( llenar)

    sembrar algo DE algo — de flores/papeles strewn o covered with something

    * * *
    = sow, seed.
    Ex. The same spelling is sometimes used for different words, which may or may not be pronounced the same, eg sow and sow, China and china.
    Ex. This is the place where the Serb forces dug themselves into trenches and seeded the fields with mines.
    ----
    * quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.
    * sembrar cizaña = sow + the seed(s) of discord.
    * sembrar el germen de la discordia = sow + the seed(s) of discord.
    * sembrar el germen de la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sembrar el miedo = spread + fear.
    * sembrar el pánico = spread + panic, sow + panic.
    * sembrar la discordia = sow + the seed(s) of discord, plant + the seed(s) of discord.
    * sembrar la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sembrar la semilla de la discordia = sow + the seed(s) of discord.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <terreno/campo> to sow; <trigo/hortalizas> to sow, plant

    el que siembra recoge — as you sow, so shall you reap

    b) (liter) <pánico/odio> to sow (liter)
    c) ( llenar)

    sembrar algo DE algo — de flores/papeles strewn o covered with something

    * * *
    = sow, seed.

    Ex: The same spelling is sometimes used for different words, which may or may not be pronounced the same, eg sow and sow, China and china.

    Ex: This is the place where the Serb forces dug themselves into trenches and seeded the fields with mines.
    * quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.
    * sembrar cizaña = sow + the seed(s) of discord.
    * sembrar el germen de la discordia = sow + the seed(s) of discord.
    * sembrar el germen de la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sembrar el miedo = spread + fear.
    * sembrar el pánico = spread + panic, sow + panic.
    * sembrar la discordia = sow + the seed(s) of discord, plant + the seed(s) of discord.
    * sembrar la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sembrar la semilla de la discordia = sow + the seed(s) of discord.

    * * *
    sembrar [A5 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹terreno/campo› to sow; ‹trigo/hortalizas› to sow, plant
    el campo estaba sembrado de maíz the field was sown o planted with maize
    el que siembra recoge as you sow, so shall you reap
    2 ( liter); to sow ( liter)
    pretenden sembrar el pánico entre la población they are attempting to sow panic among the population
    3 (llenar) sembrar algo DE algo:
    los huelguistas sembraron de tachuelas la calle the strikers scattered tacks across the road
    la plaza quedó sembrada de papeles/flores the square was left strewn with o covered with bits of paper/flowers
    un mapa sembrado de banderitas rojas y azules a map dotted with little red and blue flags
    B ( Méx fam) (matar) to bump … off ( colloq)
    ( enf) ( Méx fam) to bump … off ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    sembrar ( conjugate sembrar) verbo transitivo ‹terreno/campo› to sow;
    ‹trigo/hortalizas› to sow, plant;
    sembrar algo de algo to plant sth with sth
    sembrar verbo transitivo
    1 Agr to sow
    2 fig (esparcir, difundir) to scatter
    sembrar el suelo de pétalos, to scatter petals on the floor
    (dar inicio, causar) to spread
    sembrar un rumor, to spread a rumour
    ' sembrar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cizaña
    - pánico
    English:
    plant
    - scatter
    - seed
    - sow
    - lay
    - spread
    - wreak
    * * *
    1. [plantar] to sow ( con o de with);
    quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades as you sow, so shall you reap
    2. [llenar] to scatter, to strew;
    sembró la habitación de confeti she showered the room with confetti
    3. [confusión, pánico] to sow;
    el anuncio del gobierno sembró el pánico the government's announcement sowed panic;
    los resultados financieros han sembrado la inquietud entre los inversores the financial results have spread unease among investors
    * * *
    v/t
    1 sow
    2 fig: pánico, inquietud etc spread
    * * *
    sembrar {55} vt
    1) : to plant, to sow
    2) : to scatter, to strew
    sembrar el pánico: to spread panic
    * * *
    sembrar vb to sow [pt. sowed; pp. sown]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sembrar

  • 30 Т-142

    СБИВАТЬ/СБИТЬ С ТОЛКУ кого coll VP subj: human or abstr
    1. (more often pfv) to perplex s.o., throw s.o. into a state of (uneasy) confusion, make s.o. unable to see the situation clearly
    X сбил Y-a с толку = X confused (nonplussed, bewildered, muddled, disconcerted, derailed) Y
    X got Y confused (flustered) X got Y all mixed up (screwed up, shook up etc) X knocked Y off track (course) X rattled Y thing X threw Y off.
    Его рассуждения опять сбили Надю с толку (Дудинцев 1). His reasoning had again confused Nadia (1a).
    (Говорящий - мул) Молодец мой старик. Что мне в нём нравится, так это то, что никто его не может сбить с толку. Если уж он что-то сам решил, так пусть хоть всем селом навалятся на него, он всё равно будет делать по-своему (Искандер 3). (The speaker is а mule) Good for my old man. What I like is that no one can muddle him. Once he's made up his mind to something, even if the whole village puts pressure on him, he'll still do it his own way (3a).
    Гусев мне надоел, и я нарочно болтал разную ерунду, чтобы сбить его с толку (Войнович 5). I was fed up with Gusev and I was purposely babbling all sorts of nonsense to derail him (5a).
    «Да у тебя белая горячка, что ль! - заревел взбесившийся наконец Разумихин. - Чего ты комедии-то разыгрываешь! Даже меня сбил с толку...» (Достоевский 3). "Have you got brain fever or what?" Razumikhin bellowed, finally enraged. "What is this farce you're playing? You've even got me all screwed up..." (3c).
    «Когда вас спрашивают, вы должны отвечать», - тоном педагога сказал Радов. «Я вам вообще ничего не должен, - сказал я. - Если бы я пришёл вступать в Союз писателей, тогда был бы должен. А я пришёл с вами прощаться». Это их как-то сбило с толку... (Войнович 1). "When you're asked a question, you should answer it," said Radov in a teacherly tone of voice. "I don't have to do anything of the sort," I said. "I would if I were here trying to join the Writers' Union, but I'm here to say good-bye." Somehow that knocked them off course... (1a).
    Вы - не Достоевский», - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. «Ну, почём знать, почём знать», - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).
    2. by serving as a bad example or exerting some influence on s.o., to induce s.o. to change his behavior for the worse, drive s.o. to do sth. wrong
    X сбивает Y-a с толку - X is leading Y astray (into temptation, down the wrong path).
    Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray: the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).

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  • 31 сбивать с толку

    • СБИВАТЬ/СБИТЬ С ТОЛКУ кого coll
    [VP; subj: human or abstr]
    =====
    1. [more often pfv]
    ⇒ to perplex s.o., throw s.o. into a state of (uneasy) confusion, make s.o. unable to see the situation clearly:
    - X сбил Y-а с толку≈ X confused <nonplussed, bewildered, muddled, disconcerted, derailed> Y;
    - X got Y confused < flustered>;
    - X got Y all mixed up (screwed up, shook up etc);
    - thing X threw Y off.
         ♦ Его рассуждения опять сбили Надю с толку (Дудинцев 1). His reasoning had again confused Nadia (1a).
         ♦ [Говорящий - мул] Молодец мой старик. Что мне в нём нравится, так это то, что никто его не может сбить с толку. Если уж он что-то сам решил, так пусть хоть всем селом навалятся на него, он всё равно будет делать по-своему (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule] Good for my old man. What I like is that no one can muddle him. Once he's made up his mind to something, even if the whole village puts pressure on him, he'll still do it his own way (3a).
         ♦ Гусев мне надоел, и я нарочно болтал разную ерунду, чтобы сбить его с толку (Войнович 5). I was fed up with Gusev and I was purposely babbling all sorts of nonsense to derail him (5a).
         ♦ "Да у тебя белая горячка, что ль! - заревел взбесившийся наконец Разумихин. - Чего ты комедии-то разыгрываешь! Даже меня сбил с толку..." (Достоевский 3). "Have you got brain fever or what?" Razumikhin bellowed, finally enraged. "What is this farce you're playing? You've even got me all screwed up..." (3c).
         ♦ "Когда вас спрашивают, вы должны отвечать", - тоном педагога сказал Радов. "Я вам вообще ничего не должен, - сказал я. - Если бы я пришёл вступать в Союз писателей, тогда был бы должен. А я пришёл с вами прощаться". Это их как-то сбило с толку... (Войнович 1). "When you're asked a question, you should answer it," said Radov in a teacherly tone of voice. "I don't have to do anything of the sort," I said. "I would if I were here trying to join the Writers' Union, but I'm here to say good-bye." Somehow that knocked them off course... (1a).
         ♦ "Вы - не Достоевский", - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. "Ну, почём знать, почём знать", - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).
    2. by serving as a bad example or exerting some influence on s.o., to induce s.o. to change his behavior for the worse, drive s.o. to do sth. wrong:
    - X сбивает Y-а с толку≈ X is leading Y astray (into temptation, down the wrong path).
         ♦ Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray: the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).

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  • 32 сбить с толку

    • СБИВАТЬ/СБИТЬ С ТОЛКУ кого coll
    [VP; subj: human or abstr]
    =====
    1. [more often pfv]
    ⇒ to perplex s.o., throw s.o. into a state of (uneasy) confusion, make s.o. unable to see the situation clearly:
    - X сбил Y-а с толку≈ X confused <nonplussed, bewildered, muddled, disconcerted, derailed> Y;
    - X got Y confused < flustered>;
    - X got Y all mixed up (screwed up, shook up etc);
    - thing X threw Y off.
         ♦ Его рассуждения опять сбили Надю с толку (Дудинцев 1). His reasoning had again confused Nadia (1a).
         ♦ [Говорящий - мул] Молодец мой старик. Что мне в нём нравится, так это то, что никто его не может сбить с толку. Если уж он что-то сам решил, так пусть хоть всем селом навалятся на него, он всё равно будет делать по-своему (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule] Good for my old man. What I like is that no one can muddle him. Once he's made up his mind to something, even if the whole village puts pressure on him, he'll still do it his own way (3a).
         ♦ Гусев мне надоел, и я нарочно болтал разную ерунду, чтобы сбить его с толку (Войнович 5). I was fed up with Gusev and I was purposely babbling all sorts of nonsense to derail him (5a).
         ♦ "Да у тебя белая горячка, что ль! - заревел взбесившийся наконец Разумихин. - Чего ты комедии-то разыгрываешь! Даже меня сбил с толку..." (Достоевский 3). "Have you got brain fever or what?" Razumikhin bellowed, finally enraged. "What is this farce you're playing? You've even got me all screwed up..." (3c).
         ♦ "Когда вас спрашивают, вы должны отвечать", - тоном педагога сказал Радов. "Я вам вообще ничего не должен, - сказал я. - Если бы я пришёл вступать в Союз писателей, тогда был бы должен. А я пришёл с вами прощаться". Это их как-то сбило с толку... (Войнович 1). "When you're asked a question, you should answer it," said Radov in a teacherly tone of voice. "I don't have to do anything of the sort," I said. "I would if I were here trying to join the Writers' Union, but I'm here to say good-bye." Somehow that knocked them off course... (1a).
         ♦ "Вы - не Достоевский", - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. "Ну, почём знать, почём знать", - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).
    2. by serving as a bad example or exerting some influence on s.o., to induce s.o. to change his behavior for the worse, drive s.o. to do sth. wrong:
    - X сбивает Y-а с толку≈ X is leading Y astray (into temptation, down the wrong path).
         ♦ Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray: the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).

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