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1 С-723

НА СЧЕТУ1 PrepP Invar
1. \С-723 (у кого) ( subj-compl with бытыз ( subj: any count noun)
if subj: sing, it is usu. preceded by каждый) every person (or thing) is taken into consideration, is important, valued, significant: (y Y-a) каждый X на счету = every X counts (for Y) every X is precious (to Y) every X means something (a lot, a great deal) (to Y).
...Кто-то выпустил Абдула, он, кажется, не покусал никого, но напугал сильно и одежду порвал. Лёвке-то что, а у Антона всякая тряпочка была на счету (Трифонов 2). One of them let Abdul off the leash, and although he didn't actually bite anyone, he gave the victims a bad fright and tore their clothes. This didn't bother Lev too much, but to Anton every scrap of clothing was precious (2a).

2. \С-723 (укого) ( subj-compl with бытье (subj: human, often pl, or collect)) a person or group is kept under observation (often by s.o. in a position of authority who believes that that person or group has done sth. illegal, reprehensible etc): все Х-ы на счету (у Y-a) = all Xs are monitored by Y
Y keeps tab(s) (an eye) on all Xs Y keeps track of all Xs all Xs live (fall) under the watchful eye of Y.
Мать Лены хотела поскорее выдать дочь замуж, и все потенциальные женихи были у неё на счету. Lena's mother wanted to marry her off as soon as possible and kept track of all eligible young men.

Городок у нас маленький, все наркоманы на счету у милиции. Our town is small, and all the drug addicts live under the watchful eye of the militia.

3. - чьёмy (у) кого ( subj-compl with бытье ( subj: count abstr or concr, usu. pi) or obj-compl with иметь ( obj: count abstr or concr, usu. pi)) ( s.o. has the specified achievements or, occas., undesirable actions) as part of his past experience: у X-a на счету много Y-ов = X has many Ys under his belt
X has many Ys to his name (his credit) X has racked up (accumulated etc) a lot ofYs.
У Дмитрия на счету больше ста изобретений. Dmitry has more than one hundred inventions under his belt.

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2 на счету

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• НА СЧЕТУ

[PrepP; Invar]

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1. на счету (у кого) [subj-compl with быть (subj: any count noun); if subj: sing, it is usu. preceded by каждый]

⇒ every person (or thing) is taken into consideration, is important, valued, significant:

- (y Y-a) каждый X на счету≈ every X counts (for Y);

- every X is precious (to Y);

- every X means something (a lot, a great deal) (to Y).

     ♦...Кто-то выпустил Абдула, он, кажется, не покусал никого, но напугал сильно и одежду порвал. Лёвке-то что, а у Антона всякая тряпочка была на счету (Трифонов 2). One of them let Abdul off the leash, and although he didn't actually bite anyone, he gave the victims a bad fright and tore their clothes. This didn't bother Lev too much, but to Anton every scrap of clothing was precious (2a).

2. на счету (,у кого) [subj-compl with быть (subj: human, often pi, or collect)]

⇒ a person or group is kept under observation (often by s.o. in a position of authority who believes that that person or group has done sth. illegal, reprehensible etc):

- все Х-ы на счету (у Y-a) ≈ all Xs are monitored by Y;

- Y keeps tab(s) (an eye) on all Xs;

- Y keeps track of all Xs;

- all Xs live (fall) under the watchful eye of Y.

     ♦ Мать Лены хотела поскорее выдать дочь замуж, и все потенциальные женихи были у неё на счету. Lena's mother wanted to marry her off as soon as possible and kept track of all eligible young men.

     ♦ Городок у нас маленький, все наркоманы на счету у милиции. Our town is small, and all the drug addicts live under the watchful eye of the militia.

3. на счету чьём, (у) кого [subj-compl with быть (subj: count abstr or concr, usu. pl) or obj-compl with иметь (obj: count abstr or concr, usu. pl)]

⇒ (s.o. has the specified achievements or, occas., undesirable actions) as part of his past experience:

- у X-a на счету много Y-ов≈ X has many Ys under his belt;

- X has many Ys to his name (his credit);

- X has racked up (accumulated etc) alot of Ys.

     ♦ У Дмитрия на счету больше ста изобретений. Dmitry has more than one hundred inventions under his belt.

II

• НА СЧЕТУ каком (у кого)

[PrepP; Invar; the resulting PrepP is subj-compl with copula (subj: human)]

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⇒ one is looked upon, perceived in the way specified:

- X на хорошем <плохом и т.п.> счету( у Y-a) - X is in good <bad etc> standing (with Y);

- X is in Y's good < bad> books;

- X is well < ill> thought of (by Y);

- X has a good <bad etc> reputation.

     ♦ В активистках в университете она не состояла, но была на хорошем счету (Мандельштам 2). Though not an activist at the university, she was nevertheless in good standing (2a).

     ♦ "А ты спроси у отрядного, что надо делать, чтобы быть на хорошем счету" (Марченко 1). "And you ask the company commander what one has to do in order to be in his good books" (1a).

     ♦ Во всё время пребывания в училище был он на отличном счету... (Гоголь 3). All the time he was at school he was well thought of... (3a).

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3 μοιράω

μοιρ-άω, ([etym.] μοῖρα)

A share, divide, distribute, κρέα Luc.Prom.6
:—[voice] Med., divide among themselves, ἐμοιράσαντο.. κτήματα A.Th. 907
(lyr.):—[voice] Med., also, have assigned one, receive for one's lot, c. acc., εἰ δέ κεν ἄλλως ἀνέρα μοιρήσαιο Naumach.
ap. Stob.4.23.7: c. gen., ὅσα ψυχῆς μεμοίρατυι Ph.2.400
, cf. Phalar.Ep. 104; οὐ μεμοιραμένα ἐγκλίσεως ῥήματα non-enclitics, A.D.Adv.131.24:—[voice] Pass., to be assigned, τεθνάναι μεμοίραται ἡμῖν (like εἵμαρται, v. μείρομαι) Alciphr.1.25; τὰ μεμοιραμένα Hp.Ep.26
, Luc.Deor.Conc.13.

II [voice] Med., ἐμοιρήσαντο χαίτας divided, i. e. tore their hair, A.R.4.1533.

III [voice] Pass., melt, ἐνὶ φλογὶ μοιρηθεῖσα χαλβάνη, v. l. for ζωγρηθεῖσα, Nic.Th.51.

Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μοιράω
4 ἐπάνωθεν

ἐπάνωθεν adv. (s. prec. entry; Eur., Thu., Pla.+; LXX; EpArist 105) from above αὐτοὶ περιεσχίσαντο ἐ. ἕως κάτω they (themselves) tore (their garments) from top to bottom GJs 24:3 (v.l. ἀπὸ ἄνωθεν; cp. Mt. 27:51; Mk 15:38).

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > ἐπάνωθεν
5 deshacer

v.

1 to undo (nudo, paquete).

deshacer las maletas to unpack one's suitcases o bags

tuvo que deshacer todo el camino porque se había olvidado las llaves en casa she had to go all the way back because she had left her keys at home

Ella deshizo el enredo She undid the mess.

2 to melt (disolver) (helado, mantequilla).

3 to tear up (despedazar) (libro).

4 to cancel (poner fin a) (contrato, negocio).

tenemos que deshacer este lío we have to sort this problem out

5 to rout (destruir) (enemigo).

6 to devastate.

7 to destroy, to bring down, to dismantle, to tear apart.

La bomba deshizo el puente The bomb destroyed the bridge.

8 to rescind.

Ella deshizo el pacto She rescinded the pact.

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deshacer

Conjugation model [ HACER], like link=hacer hacer (pp deshecho,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (destruir) to destroy

2 (estropear) to ruin, damage; (romper) to break; (desordenar) to upset

3 (nudo) to untie, loosen; (paquete) to undo, unwrap; (cama) to strip; (equipaje) to unpack; (puntadas) to unpick

4 MILITAR (poner en fuga) to rout, put to flight

5 (romper un acuerdo) to break off

6 (disolver) to dissolve; (derretir) to melt

7 (desandar) to retrace

8 (desmontar) to take apart, take to pieces

9 (planes, proyectos) to spoil, ruin

► verbo pronominal deshacerse

1 (nudo) to come undone, come untied; (puntada) to come unsewn

2 (disolverse) to dissolve; (derretirse) to melt

3 (desaparecer) to disappear, fade away

■ la nube se deshizo y salió el sol the cloud disappeared and the sun came out

4 (afligirse) to go to pieces, be shattered

■ cuando fue despedido se deshizo when he was fired he went to pieces

5 (librarse) to get rid (de, of)

■ se deshizo del cadáver he got rid of the corpse

6 (agotarse) to break one's back, wear oneself out

7 (desvivirse) to go out of one's way ( por, to), bend over backwards

8 (chiflarse) to be crazy ( por, about), be mad ( por, about)

■ se deshace por las películas del oeste he's crazy about westerns

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FRASEOLOGÍA

deshacerse en atenciones to be extremely kind

deshacerse en elogios/cumplidos to be full of praise

deshacerse en excusas to apologize profusely

deshacerse en llanto/lágrimas to cry one's eyes out

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verb

1) to destroy

2) dissolve, melt

3) break

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- deshacerse
- deshacerse de
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( pp deshecho)
1. VT

1) (=separar) [+ nudo, lazo] to untie, undo; [+ costura] to unpick; [+ fila, corro] to break up

2) (=desarreglar) [+ maleta] to unpack; [+ rompecabezas] to break up; [+ paquete] to undo, unwrap; [+ cama] [al dormir] to mess up; [para cambiar las sábanas] to strip

deshacía una y otra vez su peinado — she kept redoing her hair

era imposible deshacer lo hecho — what had been done couldn't be undone

puede hacer y deshacer a su antojo — she is free to do as she wishes

la cama estaba sin deshacer — the bed hadn't been slept in

3) (=derretir) [+ nieve, helado] to melt

4) (=disolver) [+ pastilla, grumos] to dissolve; (=desmenuzar) [+ bizcocho, pastel, cubito de caldo] to crumble

deshacer algo en agua — to dissolve sth in water

5) (=desgastar) [+ zapatos, ropa] to wear out; [+ metal] to wear down, wear away

6) (=estropear) [+ vista, proyecto, vida] to ruin

la marea deshizo los castillos de arena — the tide washed away o broke up our sandcastles

este contratiempo nos ha deshecho los planes — this setback has ruined our plans

7) [+ persona] to shatter

8) [+ contrato, alianza, acuerdo] (=romper) to break; (=cancelar) to annul

9) (=enmendar) [+ agravio] to right, put right; [+ equívoco, malentendido] to resolve

- deshacer el camino

10) (=dispersar) [+ manifestación] to break up; [+ enemigo] to rout

11) (=derrotar) [+ contrario] to take apart, dismantle

2.

See:

deshacerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <costura/bordado> to unpick

b) <nudo/lazo> to undo, untie; < ovillo> to unwind; < trenza> to undo

el viento me deshizo el peinado — the wind ruined o messed up my hair

2)

a) (desarmar, desmontar) <maqueta/mecanismo> to take... apart; < paquete> to undo, unwrap

b) < cama> ( para cambiarla) to strip; ( desordenar) to mess up; < maleta> to unpack

3)

a) ( derretir) <nieve/helado> to melt

b) ( desmenuzar) to break up

4)

a) (destrozar, estropear)

la lejía te deshace las manos — bleach ruins your hands

tengo los nervios deshechos — my nerves are in shreds

la muerte de su hijo le deshizo la vida — her life was shattered by the death of her son

la guerra deshizo el país — the war tore the country apart

b) < ejército> to rout, crush; < contrincante> to thrash (colloq)

aquella derrota lo deshizo moralmente — he was shattered by that defeat

c) (fam) (cansar, agotar) to wear... out

5) <acuerdo/trato> to break; < noviazgo> to break off; < sociedad> to dissolve; <planes/compromiso> to cancel
2.
deshacerse v pron

1) dobladillo/costura to come undone o unstitched; nudo to come undone o untied; trenza/moño to come undone; peinado to get messed up, be ruined

2)

a) ( desintegrarse) to disintegrate

cocina las verduras hasta que se deshacen — she cooks the vegetables until they are o go mushy

dejar deshacerse en la boca — allow it to dissolve in your mouth

b) ( destruirse)

el vaso se cayó y se deshizo — the glass fell and smashed

c) nieve/helado to melt

d) sociedad to dissolve

3) ( desvivirse)

deshacerse por alguien/algo: me deshago por complacerla — I go out of my way to please her

4)

deshacerse en algo: deshacerse en llanto or lágrimas to dissolve into tears; me deshice en cumplidos — I went out of my way to be complimentary

5) deshacerse de

a) ( librarse de) to get rid of

logró deshacerse de sus perseguidores — he managed to shake off o lose his pursuers

b) ( desprenderse de) to part with

* * *

= undo.

Ex. The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.

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* deshacer el entuerto = sort out + the mess.

* deshacer el pasado = undo + the past.

* deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.

* deshacer lo tejido = unweave.

* deshacerse = fall + apart, come + undone, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams.

* deshacerse en elogios = wax + lyrical, wax + rapturous, sing + Posesivo + praises, go into + raptures.

* deshacer un entuerto = right + a wrong.

* deshacer un nudo = untie + knot.

* persona que nunca se deshace de nada = hoarder, packrat, magpie.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <costura/bordado> to unpick

b) <nudo/lazo> to undo, untie; < ovillo> to unwind; < trenza> to undo

el viento me deshizo el peinado — the wind ruined o messed up my hair

2)

a) (desarmar, desmontar) <maqueta/mecanismo> to take... apart; < paquete> to undo, unwrap

b) < cama> ( para cambiarla) to strip; ( desordenar) to mess up; < maleta> to unpack

3)

a) ( derretir) <nieve/helado> to melt

b) ( desmenuzar) to break up

4)

a) (destrozar, estropear)

la lejía te deshace las manos — bleach ruins your hands

tengo los nervios deshechos — my nerves are in shreds

la muerte de su hijo le deshizo la vida — her life was shattered by the death of her son

la guerra deshizo el país — the war tore the country apart

b) < ejército> to rout, crush; < contrincante> to thrash (colloq)

aquella derrota lo deshizo moralmente — he was shattered by that defeat

c) (fam) (cansar, agotar) to wear... out

5) <acuerdo/trato> to break; < noviazgo> to break off; < sociedad> to dissolve; <planes/compromiso> to cancel
2.
deshacerse v pron

1) dobladillo/costura to come undone o unstitched; nudo to come undone o untied; trenza/moño to come undone; peinado to get messed up, be ruined

2)

a) ( desintegrarse) to disintegrate

cocina las verduras hasta que se deshacen — she cooks the vegetables until they are o go mushy

dejar deshacerse en la boca — allow it to dissolve in your mouth

b) ( destruirse)

el vaso se cayó y se deshizo — the glass fell and smashed

c) nieve/helado to melt

d) sociedad to dissolve

3) ( desvivirse)

deshacerse por alguien/algo: me deshago por complacerla — I go out of my way to please her

4)

deshacerse en algo: deshacerse en llanto or lágrimas to dissolve into tears; me deshice en cumplidos — I went out of my way to be complimentary

5) deshacerse de

a) ( librarse de) to get rid of

logró deshacerse de sus perseguidores — he managed to shake off o lose his pursuers

b) ( desprenderse de) to part with

* * *

= undo.

Ex: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.

* deshacer el entuerto = sort out + the mess.

* deshacer el pasado = undo + the past.

* deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.

* deshacer lo tejido = unweave.

* deshacerse = fall + apart, come + undone, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams.

* deshacerse en elogios = wax + lyrical, wax + rapturous, sing + Posesivo + praises, go into + raptures.

* deshacer un entuerto = right + a wrong.

* deshacer un nudo = untie + knot.

* persona que nunca se deshace de nada = hoarder, packrat, magpie.

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deshacer [ E18 ]

vt

A

1 ‹costura/bordado› to unpick

tuve que deshacer las mangas del suéter I had to unravel o undo the sleeves of the sweater

2 ‹nudo/lazo› to undo, untie; ‹ovillo› to unwind; ‹trenza› to undo

el viento me deshizo el peinado the wind ruined o messed up my hair

B

1 (desarmar, desmontar) ‹maqueta/radio/reloj› to take … to pieces, take … apart; ‹paquete› to undo, unwrap; ‹prenda› to take … apart, cut up

2 ‹cama› (para cambiarla) to strip; (desordenar) to mess up

deshacer la maleta to unpack one's suitcase

C

1 (derretir) ‹nieve/helado› to melt

2 (desmenuzar) to break up

deshacer el cubo de caldo con los dedos crumble the stock cube in your fingers

trata de deshacer los grumos con un tenedor try to break up the lumps with a fork

D

1

(destrozar, estropear): la lejía te deshace las manos bleach ruins your hands

este niño deshace un par de zapatos en menos de un mes this child gets through a pair of shoes in less than a month

tengo los nervios deshechos my nerves are in tatters o shreds o are shot (to pieces)

la muerte de su hijo le deshizo la vida her life was shattered by the death of her son

deshizo todo lo bueno que había hecho su antecesor he undid all the good his predecessor had done

aquello terminó por deshacer su matrimonio that eventually destroyed their marriage o caused the breakup of their marriage

la guerra deshizo al país the war tore the country apart

lo deshizo de una patada he knocked it down o destroyed it with one kick

2 ‹ejército› to rout, crush

¿va a pelear con Bruno? ¡lo va a deshacer! he's going to fight Bruno? he'll make mincemeat of him o he'll thrash him! ( colloq)

casi lo deshace de una paliza he beat the living daylights out of him ( colloq)

aquella derrota lo deshizo moralmente he was shattered by that defeat

3 ( fam) (cansar, agotar) to wear … out

la caminata me deshizo the walk wore me out, I was shattered o bushed after the walk ( colloq)

E ‹acuerdo/trato› to break; ‹noviazgo› to break off; ‹sociedad› to dissolve

un compromiso que no puedo deshacer an engagement I can't break

me han deshecho todos los planes they've wrecked o ruined o spoiled all my plans

tuve que deshacer todos los planes que había hecho I had to cancel all the plans I had made

¿ahora quién va a deshacer el entuerto? now who's going to sort out this mess?

■ deshacerse

v pron

A

1 «dobladillo/costura» to come undone o unstitched

2 «nudo» to come undone o untied; «trenza/moño» to come undone; «peinado» to get messed up, be ruined

B

1 (desintegrarse) to disintegrate

se deshizo al entrar en contacto con el aire it disintegrated when it came into contact with the air

dejar deshacerse la pastilla en la boca allow the tablet to dissolve in your mouth

esta tiza se deshace en las manos this chalk crumbles o disintegrates in your hand

cocina las verduras hasta que se deshacen she cooks the vegetables until they are o go mushy

se deshacen en la boca they melt in your mouth

2

(destruirse): el vaso se cayó y se deshizo the glass fell and smashed

3 «nieve/helado» to melt

4 «reunión» to break up; «sociedad» to dissolve

C (desvivirse) deshacerse POR algn/algo:

me deshago por complacerla I go out of my way to please her

está que se deshace por él she's wild o crazy about him ( colloq)

están que se deshacen por echarle el guante they're dying to get their hands on him ( colloq)

D deshacerse EN algo:

se deshizo en llanto or lágrimas she dissolved o burst into floods of tears

me deshice en cumplidos I was extremely complimentary, I went out of my way to be complimentary

E deshacerse de

1 (librarse de) to get rid of

no veía la hora de deshacerme de ese trasto I couldn't wait to get rid of that piece of junk

al fin me deshice de ese pesado I finally got rid of that bore

logró deshacerse de sus perseguidores he managed to shake off o lose his pursuers

voy a tener que deshacerme de la nueva secretaria I'm going to have to get rid of the new secretary o ( euph) to let the new secretary go

2 (desprenderse de) to part with

no quisiera tener que deshacerme de este cuadro I wouldn't like to have to part with this picture

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deshacer ( conjugate deshacer) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹costura/bordado› to unpick

b) ‹nudo/lazo/trenza› to undo;

‹ ovillo› to unwind
2
a) (desarmar, desmontar) ‹maqueta/mecanismo› to take … apart;

‹ paquete› to undo, unwrap
b) ‹ cama› ( para cambiarla) to strip;

( desordenar) to mess up;
‹ maleta› to unpack
3
a) ( derretir) ‹nieve/helado› to melt

b) ( desmenuzar) to break up

c) ( en líquido) to dissolve

4 ‹acuerdo/trato› to break;
‹ noviazgo› to break off;
‹planes/compromiso› to cancel
deshacerse verbo pronominal
1 [dobladillo/costura] to come undone o unstitched;
[nudo/trenza/moño] to come undone;
[ peinado] to get messed up, be ruined
2
a) ( desintegrarse) to disintegrate

b) [nieve/helado] to melt

c) ( en líquido) to dissolve

3 deshacerse en algo:
◊ deshacerse en llanto to dissolve into tears;

me deshice en cumplidos I went out of my way to be complimentary
4
◊ deshacerse de

a) ( librarse de) to get rid of

b) ( desprenderse de) to part with

deshacer verbo transitivo
1 (un nudo, paquete) to undo
(el equipaje) to unpack
(una cama) to strip
2 (estropear) to destroy, ruin
3 (un trato) to break off
4 (en un líquido) to dissolve
5 (derretir) to melt
' deshacer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
disolver
- deshaga
- deshice
- deshizo
English:
strip
- undo
- unpack
- break
- go
- unfasten

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deshacer

♦ vt

1. [desarmar, despedazar] to take apart;
[nudo, paquete] to undo; [libro] to tear up; [roca] to break up; [castillo de arena] to destroy; [maleta] to unpack; [costura] to unpick;
deshacer las maletas to unpack (one's bags);

el aire le deshizo el peinado the wind messed up her hair;

la cama estaba sin deshacer the bed hadn't been stripped;

deshacer un puzzle to pull apart a jigsaw;

la tormenta deshizo el techo de la vivienda the storm caused serious damage to the roof of the house;

tuvo que deshacer todo el camino porque se había olvidado las llaves en casa she had to go all the way back because she had left her keys at home;

tiene los nervios deshechos his nerves are in shreds

2. [disolver] [helado, mantequilla] to melt;
[pastilla, terrón de azúcar] to dissolve;
deshacer un comprimido en agua to dissolve a tablet in water

3. [destruir] [matrimonio] to ruin;
[enemigo] to rout;
tres años de guerra deshicieron al país three years of war devastated the country;

deshicieron al equipo rival they destroyed o dismantled the opposition

4. [poner fin a] [contrato, negocio] to cancel;
[pacto, tratado] to break; [plan, intriga] to foil; [organización] to dissolve;
tenemos que deshacer este lío we have to sort this problem out

5. [afligir] to devastate;

la noticia de su asesinato deshizo a la familia the news of his murder devastated his family

6. Informát to undo

♦ See also the pronominal verb deshacerse

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deshacer

<part deshecho> v/t

1 undo; costura unpick

2 maleta unpack; cama strip

3 pastilla crush

4 nieve, mantequilla melt

5 tratado break; planes wreck, ruin;

eso los obligó a deshacer todos sus planes this forced them to cancel their plans

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deshacer {40} vt

1) : to destroy, to ruin

2) desatar: to undo, to untie

3) : to break apart, to crumble

4) : to dissolve, to melt

5) : to break, to cancel

♦ See also the reflexive verb deshacerse

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deshacer vb

1. (nudo, paquete) to undo [pt. undid; pp. undone]

2. (maleta) to unpack

3. (hielo, nieve, helado) to melt

el calor deshace la nieve the heat melts the snow

Spanish-English dictionary > deshacer
6 carrera

f.

1 race.

carreras races, racing

¿echamos una carrera? shall we race each other?

carrera armamentística o de armamentos arms race

carrera de caballos horse race

carrera de coches motor race

carrera contrarreloj time trial (en ciclismo)

la carrera espacial the space race

carrera de fondo long-distance race

carrera de obstáculos steeplechase

carrera de relevos relay (race)

2 university course (estudios).

hacer la carrera de derecho/físicas to study law/physics (at university)

cuando acabes la carrera when you finish your studies

3 career.

hacer carrera to succeed (in life) (triunfar)

4 route (trayecto).

5 ride.

¿cuánto es la carrera a la estación? what's the fare to the station?

6 ladder (British), run (United States).

7 stroke (Tec) (de émbolo).

8 run.

9 parting (en el pelo). (Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)

10 run in stocking, run in hose, run, ladder.

11 travel, sliding gap.

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carrera

► nombre femenino

1 (acción) run

2 (trayecto - de desfile) route; (- de taxi) ride, journey; (- de planeta) course

3 (camino) road

4 DEPORTE race

■ ganó la carrera she won the race

5 (estudios) degree course, university education

■ hacer la carrera de medicina to study medicine

■ ¿qué carrera hiciste? what did you study at University?, US what did you major in?

6 (profesión) career

■ quiere una carrera en el teatro he wants a career in the theatre

■ es una mujer de carrera she's a career woman

7 (de media) ladder, US run

8 (calle) street, avenue

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a la carrera in a hurry

dar carrera a alguien to pay for somebody's studies

darse una carrera to hurry, run as fast as one can

de carrera figurado parrot fashion

hacer carrera figurado to get on

hacer carrera en la vida figurado to succeed in life

hacer la carrera eufemístico to walk the streets

no poder hacer carrera con/de alguien not to be able to do a thing with somebody

■ Mariano es muy cabezota y no se puede hacer carrera de él Mariano is so stubborn that you can't get anywhere with him

tomar carrera to take a run

carrera contra reloj race against the clock

carrera de armamentos / carrera armamentística arms race

carrera de caballos horse race

carrera de coches / carrera de automóviles car race

carrera de fondo long-distance race

carrera de medio fondo middle-distance race

carrera de relevos relay race

carrera de vallas hurdle race

carrera diplomática diplomatic career

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noun f.

1) run

2) race

3) course

4) career

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SF

1) (=acción) (tb Béisbol) run

tuvimos que pegarnos una carrera para no perder el tren — we had to run for it so as not to miss the train

emprendí una loca carrera en dirección a la salida — I made a mad dash o rush for the exit

¿nos echamos una carrera hasta el muro? — race you to the wall!

nos fuimos de una carrera y llegamos en cinco minutos — we ran for it o rushed over and got there in five minutes

- a la carrera

consiguieron escapar a la carrera — they managed to make a quick getaway

siento tener que dar explicaciones tan a la carrera — I'm sorry to have to explain in such a rush

tuvo que hacer el trabajo a la carrera — he had to rush through the job o do the job in a rush

- a carrera tendida

carrera de aterrizaje — landing run

carrera de despegue — take-off run

carrera del oro — gold rush

2) (=competición) race

las carreras de Fórmula 1 — Formula 1 races

carrera armamentista, carrera armamentística — arms race

carrera campo a través — cross country race

carrera ciclista — (bi)cycle race

carrera contrarreloj — (lit) time trial; (fig) race against time

carrera corta — dash, sprint

carrera de armamentos — arms race

carrera de caballos — horse race

carrera de coches — motor race

carrera de ensacados — Cono Sur sack race

carrera de fondo — long-distance race

carrera de galgos — greyhound race

la Carrera de Indias — ( Hist) the Indies run

carrera de medio fondo — middle-distance race

carrera de obstáculos — (Atletismo, Equitación) steeplechase; [para niños] obstacle race

carrera de relevos — relay, relay race

carrera de resistencia — long-distance race

carrera de sacos — sack race

carrera de vallas — (Atletismo) hurdles; (Equitación) steeplechase

carrera espacial — space race

carrera pedestre — walking race

carrera popular — fun run

3) (tb: carrera universitaria) (university) course

no sabe qué hará cuando termine la carrera — he doesn't know what he'll do after university o when he finishes his course

está en primero de carrera — she's in her first year (at university)

quiere que sus hijos estudien una carrera — she wants her children to go to university

había comenzado a estudiar la carrera de Medicina — she had started studying medicine

• dar carrera a algn — to pay sb through college

• hacer una carrera, estoy haciendo la carrera de Económicas — I'm doing a degree in economics

• tener carrera — to have a (university) degree

carrera de ciencias — science degree

carrera de letras — arts degree

4) (tb: carrera profesional) career

tuvo una brillante carrera como actriz — she had an outstanding career as an actress

se encuentra en uno de los momentos más difíciles de su carrera política — this is one of the most difficult moments of her political career

• diplomático de carrera — career diplomat

militar de carrera — career officer

• hacer carrera — to advance one's career, pursue a career

quiso hacer carrera en el partido — he tried to pursue a career o advance his career in the party

muchos prefieren hacer carrera en el extranjero — many prefer to pursue careers abroad

- hacer carrera de o con algn

no hago carrera con este niño — I can't make any headway o I'm getting nowhere with this child

- hacer la carrera

carrera artística — [de actor] career as an actor; [de pintor, escultor] artistic career

carrera cinematográfica — film career

carrera literaria — literary career, career as a writer

carrera militar — career as a soldier, military career

carrera política — political career, career as a politician

5) [en medias] run, ladder

6) (=recorrido) [de desfile] route; [de taxi] ride, journey; [de barco] run, route; [de estrella, planeta] course

la carrera del sol — the course of the sun

7) (=avenida) avenue

8) (Mec) [de émbolo] stroke; [de válvula] lift

carrera ascendente — upstroke

carrera descendente — downstroke

9) (=hilera) row, line; [de ladrillos] course

10) (=viga) beam, rafter

11) (Mús) run

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femenino

1) (Dep) ( competición) race

carrera de caballos — horse race

las carreras — the races

la carrera de los 100 metros vallas — the 100 meters hurdles

te echo or (RPl) te juego una carrera — I'll race you

- carrera armamentista or -tística

- carrera contra reloj

- carrera de armamentos

- carrera de fondo

- carrera de obstáculos

- carrera de postas or de relevos

- carrera de sacos or de costales or de embolsados or de ensacados

- carrera espacial

2)

a) (fam) ( corrida)

tendremos que echar una carrera si queremos alcanzar el tren — we'll have to run if we want to catch the train (colloq)

darse or pegarse una carrera — to run as fast as one can

me fui de una carrera a su casa — I tore o raced o rushed round to her house (colloq)

a la(s) carrera(s): siempre anda a la(s) carrera(s) she's always in a hurry o rush; hice la última parte a la(s) carrera(s) — I really rushed through the last part

b) (Esp fam)

hacer la carrera — to turn tricks (AmE sl), to be on the game (BrE sl)

3)

a) (Educ) degree course

seguir or hacer una carrera universitaria — to do a degree course, to study for a degree

está haciendo la carrera de Derecho — he's doing a degree in law

tiene la carrera de Física(s) — she has a degree in physics

dejó la carrera a medias — he dropped out halfway through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

les dieron (una) carrera a sus hijos — they put their children through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

b) (profesión, trayectoria) career

es una mujer de carrera — she's a career woman

un diplomático/militar de carrera — a career diplomat/officer

hizo su carrera en el cuerpo diplomático — he pursued a career in the diplomatic corps

hacer carrera — to carve out a career

no poder hacer carrera de or con alguien: no puedo hacer carrera de este hijo mío — I can't do a thing with this son of mine

- carrera media/superior

4) ( recorrido)

a) ( de taxi) ride, journey

b) (AmL) ( en baloncesto)

hacer carrera — to travel

- carrera ascendente/descendente

5) ( en la media) run, ladder (BrE); ( en el pelo) (Col, Ven) part (AmE), parting (BrE)

6) ( en nombres de calles) street

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femenino

1) (Dep) ( competición) race

carrera de caballos — horse race

las carreras — the races

la carrera de los 100 metros vallas — the 100 meters hurdles

te echo or (RPl) te juego una carrera — I'll race you

- carrera armamentista or -tística

- carrera contra reloj

- carrera de armamentos

- carrera de fondo

- carrera de obstáculos

- carrera de postas or de relevos

- carrera de sacos or de costales or de embolsados or de ensacados

- carrera espacial

2)

a) (fam) ( corrida)

tendremos que echar una carrera si queremos alcanzar el tren — we'll have to run if we want to catch the train (colloq)

darse or pegarse una carrera — to run as fast as one can

me fui de una carrera a su casa — I tore o raced o rushed round to her house (colloq)

a la(s) carrera(s): siempre anda a la(s) carrera(s) she's always in a hurry o rush; hice la última parte a la(s) carrera(s) — I really rushed through the last part

b) (Esp fam)

hacer la carrera — to turn tricks (AmE sl), to be on the game (BrE sl)

3)

a) (Educ) degree course

seguir or hacer una carrera universitaria — to do a degree course, to study for a degree

está haciendo la carrera de Derecho — he's doing a degree in law

tiene la carrera de Física(s) — she has a degree in physics

dejó la carrera a medias — he dropped out halfway through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

les dieron (una) carrera a sus hijos — they put their children through college (AmE) o (BrE) university

b) (profesión, trayectoria) career

es una mujer de carrera — she's a career woman

un diplomático/militar de carrera — a career diplomat/officer

hizo su carrera en el cuerpo diplomático — he pursued a career in the diplomatic corps

hacer carrera — to carve out a career

no poder hacer carrera de or con alguien: no puedo hacer carrera de este hijo mío — I can't do a thing with this son of mine

- carrera media/superior

4) ( recorrido)

a) ( de taxi) ride, journey

b) (AmL) ( en baloncesto)

hacer carrera — to travel

- carrera ascendente/descendente

5) ( en la media) run, ladder (BrE); ( en el pelo) (Col, Ven) part (AmE), parting (BrE)

6) ( en nombres de calles) street

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carrera¹

¹ = race.

Ex: Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.

* bicicleta de carreras = racing bike.

* bici de carreras = racing bike.

* carrera a pie = foot race.

* carrera armamentista, la = arms race, the.

* carrera contra el tiempo = race against time, race against the clock.

* carrera contra reloj = race against time, race against the clock.

* carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.

* carrera de entrenamiento = training run.

* carrera de motocross = motocross race.

* carrera de motos = motorcycle racing.

* carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.

* carrera de relevos = relay race, relay race.

* carrera de sacos = sack race, potato sack race.

* carrera de tres piernas = three-legged race, three-legged race.

* carrera informal = fun run.

* carrera pedestre = foot race.

* carrera presidencial = presidential race.

* carreras = racing.

* carreras de caballos = horse-racing.

* carreras de galgos = greyhound racing.

* circuito de carreras = race track.

* coche de carreras = competition car.

* corredor de carreras = race driver.

carrera²

² = career, career pattern, course of study.

Ex: She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.

Ex: Non-traditional career patterns include part-time work; job share, flexitime, freelance and services by consultants and information brokers.

Ex: The notion that a course of study, whether academic or vocational/technical, prepares a person for a lifetime career is outdated and dangerous.

* avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.

* carrera académica = academic career.

* carrera política = political career.

* carrera profesional = career choice, professional career.

* carrera universitaria = university career, degree programme, academic major.

* primer año de carrera = freshman year.

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carrera

feminine

A ( Dep) (competición) race

carrera de caballos horse race

las carreras the races

la carrera de los 100 metros vallas the 100 meters hurdles

carrera ciclista cycle race

todavía quedan en carrera 124 competidores there are still 124 competitors in the race

te echo or ( RPl) te juego una carrera I'll race you

Compuestos:

● carrera armamentista or armamentística

arms race

● carrera contra reloj

( Dep) time trial

una carrera contra reloj para salvar el monumento a race against time o against the clock to save the monument

● carrera de armamentos

arms race

● carrera de costales

( Col) sack race

● carrera de embolsados

( RPl) sack race

● carrera de ensacados

( Chi) sack race

● carrera de fondo

long-distance race

● carrera de obstáculos

( Equ) steeplechase; (en atletismo) steeplechase; (para niños) obstacle race

● carrera de persecución

pursuit race

● carrera de relevos or ( AmL tb) de postas

relay race

● carrera de regularidad

rally

● carrera de resistencia

long-distance race

● carrera de sacos

sack race

● carrera de tres pies

three-legged race

● carrera de trotones

sulky o harness race

● carrera espacial

space race

● carrera pedestre

footrace

● carrera popular

fun run

● carreras cuatreras

fpl gaucho horse races (pl)

B

1 ( fam)

(corrida): tendremos que echar una carrera si queremos alcanzar el tren we'll have to get moving o get a move on if we want to catch the train ( colloq)

darse or pegarse una carrera to run as fast as one can, run like the clappers ( BrE colloq)

me fui de una carrera a casa de la abuela I tore o raced o rushed round to my grandmother's house ( colloq)

a la carreraor a las carreras: siempre anda a las carreras she's always in a hurry o rush

se llevó el dinero y huyó a la carrera he took the money and ran

hice la última parte a las carreras I really rushed through the last part

tomar carrera to take a run-up

2

( Esp fam): hacer la carrera to work as a prostitute, turn tricks ( AmE sl)

hace la carrera por las Ramblas she works her beat o turns tricks along the Ramblas (sl)

C

1 ( Educ) degree course

seguir or hacer una carrera universitaria to do a degree course, to study for a degree

está haciendo la carrera de Derecho he's doing a degree in law o a law degree

tiene la carrera de Físicas she has a degree in physics

cuando termine la carrera piensa colocarse de profesora when she finishes her studies o degree o when she graduates she intends to get a job as teacher

dejó la carrera a medias he dropped out halfway through college ( AmE), he dropped out halfway through university o through his degree course ( BrE)

muy pocos podían dar carrera a sus hijos very few people could afford to put their children through college ( AmE) o ( BrE) university

2 (profesión, trayectoria) career

es una mujer de carrera she's a career woman

un diplomático/militar de carrera a career diplomat/officer

hizo su carrera en el cuerpo diplomático he pursued a career in the diplomatic corps

hacer carrera to carve out a career

empieza a hacer carrera en el cine she is beginning to make a name for herself in movies

no poder hacer carrera de or con algn: no puedo hacer carrera de este hijo mío I can't do a thing with this son of mine

Compuestos:

● carrera media

three-year university course

● carrera superior

five-year university course

D (recorrido)

1 (de taxi) ride, journey

el importe de la carrera hasta el aeropuerto the fare to the airport

2 (de un desfile) route

3 ( Astron) course

4

( AmL) (en baloncesto): hacer carrera to travel

5 ( Auto, Mec) (del émbolo) stroke

Compuestos:

● carrera ascendente

upstroke

● carrera descendente

downstroke

E

1 (de puntos) row; (en la media) run, ladder ( BrE)

2 (Col, Ven) (en el pelo) part ( AmE), parting ( BrE)

¿de qué lado te haces la carrera? which side do you part your hair on?

F ( Arquit, Const) joist

G

1 (en nombres de calles) street ( that was once a main route out of town)

2 (en Col) street ( which runs from north to south)

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carrera sustantivo femenino
1 (Dep) ( competición) race;
◊ carrera de caballos horse race;

la carrera de los 100 metros vallas the 100 meters hurdles;
te echo una carrera I'll race you;
carrera de armamentos arms race;
carrera contra reloj (Dep) time trial;
carrera de fondo long-distance race;
carrera de postas o relevos relay race
2 (fam) ( corrida): darse or pegarse una carrera to run as fast as one can;
◊ me fui de una carrera a su casa I raced o rushed round to her house (colloq);

a la(s) carrera(s) in a rush
3
a) (Educ) degree course;

◊ está haciendo la carrera de Derecho he's doing a degree in law

b) (profesión, trayectoria) career;

◊ un diplomático de carrera a career diplomat;

carrera media/superior three-year/five-year university course
4 ( en la media) run, ladder (BrE);
( en el pelo) (Col, Ven) part (AmE), parting (BrE)
carrera sustantivo femenino
1 (en una media) run, ladder
2 (competición) race: te echo una carrera, I'll race you
carrera contrarreloj, race against the clock
carrera de armamentos, arms race
(de caballos) horse race
3 (estudios universitarios) degree
carrera técnica, technical degree
4 (profesión) career, profession
5 (trayecto en taxi) journey
♦ Locuciones: a la carrera, in a hurry
' carrera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonar
- acabar
- año
- antepenúltima
- antepenúltimo
- comprometer
- conquistar
- cumbre
- disputar
- Ecuador
- hacer
- obstáculo
- plenitud
- relevo
- rutilante
- sprint
- terminar
- trayectoria
- truncar
- ventaja
- vivir
- abandono
- accidentado
- acortar
- ascender
- auge
- auto
- automovilístico
- cima
- clasificar
- contrarreloj
- cross
- culminación
- culminante
- descolgar
- diplomacia
- diplomático
- eliminatoria
- encabezar
- enfermería
- estudiar
- fondo
- huincha
- largar
- llenar
- magisterio
- mentalizar
- participante
- peleado
- regata
English:
academic
- arms race
- blow
- career
- chequered
- circuit
- climax
- clock
- competitor
- course
- dash
- exert
- fall behind
- fortuitous
- fourth
- grandstand
- grueling
- gruelling
- hesitation
- high
- horse
- ladder
- leg
- mad
- obstacle race
- outright
- peak
- prep
- promising
- race
- relay
- run
- sack race
- scramble
- start
- stay
- steeplechase
- win
- drop
- early
- graduate
- hold
- junior
- late
- low
- move
- part
- parting
- professional
- racing

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carrera nf

1. [acción de correr]
me acerqué a la tienda en una carrera I ran down to the shop;

tuve que dar una carrera para atrapar el autobús I had to run to catch the bus;

me di o [m5] pegué una carrera y lo alcancé I ran and managed to catch it;

a carrera abierta o [m5] tendida at full speed;

a la carrera [corriendo] running, at a run;
[rápidamente] fast, quickly; [alocadamente] hastily;
ir a un sitio de una carrera to run somewhere;

tomar carrera to take a Br run-up o US running start

2. [competición] race;

carreras races, racing;

un caballo de carreras a racehorse;

un coche de carreras a racing car;

sólo quedan diez motos en carrera only ten motorbikes are left in the race;

echaron una carrera hasta la puerta they raced each other to the door;

¿echamos una carrera? shall we race each other?;

varias empresas han entrado en la carrera por ganar el concurso a number of firms have joined the race to win the competition

Comp
carrera armamentística arms race;
carrera de armamentos arms race;

carrera de caballos horse race;

me gustan las carreras de caballos I like horseracing;

carrera ciclista cycle race;

carrera de coches Br motor o US auto race;

carrera contrarreloj [en ciclismo] time trial;
Fig race against the clock; RP carrera de embolsados sack race; Méx carrera de encostalados sack race;
la carrera espacial the space race;

carrera por etapas [en ciclismo] stage race;

carrera de fondo long-distance race;

carrera de fondo en carretera [en ciclismo] road race;

carrera de galgos greyhound race;

carrera hípica horse race;

carrera de medio fondo middle-distance race;

carrera de motos motorcycle race;

me gustan las carreras de motos I like motorcycle racing;

carrera de obstáculos steeplechase;
Fig
este proyecto se ha convertido en una carrera de obstáculos it has been one problem after another with this project;

carrera popular fun run;

carrera de relevos relay (race);

carrera de sacos sack race;

carrera de vallas hurdles race;

carrera de velocidad [en atletismo] sprint

3. [en béisbol, críquet] run

Comp
carrera completa home run
4. [estudios] university course;

hacer la carrera de derecho/físicas to study law/physics (at university);

tengo la carrera de Medicina I'm a medicine graduate, I have a degree in medicine;

¿qué piensas hacer cuando acabes la carrera? what do you want to do when you finish your studies?;

dejar o [m5] abandonar la carrera a medias to drop out of university o US college;

darle (una) carrera a alguien to pay for sb's studies;
Fam Fig
¡vaya carrera lleva tu hijo! your son's got quite a record!

Comp
carrera media = three-year university course (as opposed to normal five-year course);
carrera superior = university course lasting five or six years;

carrera técnica applied science degree

5. [profesión] career;

eligió la carrera de las armas she decided to join the army;

de carrera [de profesión] career;

es diplomático/militar de carrera he's a career diplomat/soldier;

hacer carrera [triunfar] to get on;

está haciendo carrera en el mundo periodístico she's carving out a career for herself as a journalist;
Esp
con estos niños tan rebeldes no se puede hacer carrera you can't do anything with these badly behaved children

6. Comp
Fam
hacer la carrera [prostituirse] to walk the streets

7. [trayecto] route

8. [de taxi] ride;

¿cuánto es la carrera a la estación? what's the fare to the station?

9. [en medias] Br ladder, US run;

tener una carrera to have a Br ladder o US run

10. [calle] street, = name of certain streets

11. Náut route

Comp
Hist la Carrera de (las) Indias the Indies run, = trade route between Seville and Spain's American colonies
12. Astron course

13. [hilera] row, line;
[de ladrillos] course
14. Tec [de émbolo] stroke

Comp
carrera ascendente upstroke;
carrera de compresión compression stroke;

carrera descendente downstroke

15. Arquit girder, beam

16. Col, Méx, Ven [en el pelo] Br parting, US part

17. RP [tejido] row

18. ver carrero

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carrera

f

1 race;

a las carreras at top speed; con prisas in a rush;

hacer la carrera fam

de prostituta turn tricks fam, Br

be on the game fam

2 EDU degree course;

dar carrera a alguien put s.o. through college, Br put s.o. through university

3 profesional career;

hacer carrera pursue a career;

militar de carrera professional soldier

4 en béisbol run

5 Méx

en el pelo part, Br

parting

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carrera nf

1) : run, running

a la carrera: at full speed

de carrera: hastily

2) : race

3) : course of study

4) : career, profession

5) : run (in baseball)

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carrera n

1. (competición deportiva) race

¿quién ha ganado la carrera? who won the race?

2. (estudios universitarios) degree

hace la carrera de derecho he's doing a law degree

3. (profesión) career

tuvo mucho éxito a lo largo de su carrera de cantante he was very successful during his singing career

4. (en una media) ladder

llevas una carrera en la media you've got a ladder in your tights

carrera de obstáculos obstacle race

carrera de relevos relay race

carreras de caballos horse racing

Spanish-English dictionary > carrera
7 arrancar

v.

1 to uproot (sacar de su sitio) (árbol).

arrancar a alguien de un sitio (figurative) to shift somebody from somewhere

2 to start (poner en marcha) (coche, máquina).

El carro no arranca The car won't start.

3 to set off.

4 to pull out, to break off, to break away, to pluck.

Juana arrancó las hierbas Johanna pulled out the weeds.

5 to start up, to boot up, to boot, to get started.

Ricardo arrancó el auto sin problemas Richard started the car up without trouble

6 to begin, to start.

Arrancamos el año con optimismo We began the year with optimism.

7 to blow off.

El huracán arrancó las plantas The hurricane blew off the plants.

8 to avulse, to pull off forcibly.

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arrancar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (árbol) to uproot; (flor) to pull up

2 (plumas, cejas) to pluck; (cabello, diente) to pull out; (con violencia - página) to tear out

3 (arrebatar) to snatch, grab

■ me arrancó el bolso he snatched my bag

4 (obtener - aplausos, sonrisa) to get; (- confesión, información) to extract

5 (rescatar) to rescue, save

■ intentaron arrancarle de la droga they tried to get him off drugs

6 (coche) to start

► verbo intransitivo

1 (partir) to begin, start

2 (salir) to go, leave

3 (coche) to start; (tren) to pull out

4 figurado (provenir) to stem (de, from)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arrancar a correr to break into a run

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verb

1) to pull out, tear out

2) pluck

3) snatch

4) start

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1. VT

1) (=sacar de raíz)

a) [+ planta, pelo] to pull up; [+ clavo, diente] to pull out; [+ pluma] to pluck; [+ ojos] to gouge out; [+ botón, esparadrapo, etiqueta] to pull off, tear off; [+ página] to tear out, rip out; [+ cartel] to pull down, tear down

he estado arrancando las malas hierbas del jardín — I've been pulling up the weeds in the garden

le arrancó la oreja de un mordisco — he bit off his ear

azulejos arrancados de las paredes de una iglesia — tiles that have been pulled off the walls of a church

b) [explosión, viento] to blow off

una explosión le arrancó las dos piernas — an explosion blew both his legs off

el vendaval ha arrancado varios árboles — the gale has uprooted several trees

el golpe le arrancó dos dientes — the blow knocked two of his teeth out
cuajo, raíz
c) (Med) [+ flema] to bring up

2) (=arrebatar) to snatch (a, de from)
[con violencia] to wrench (a, de from)
le arrancó al niño de los brazos — she snatched the baby from his arms

no podían arrancarle el cuchillo — they were unable to get the knife off him, they were unable to wrest o wrench the knife from him

el viento me lo arrancó de las manos — the wind blew it out of my hands, the wind snatched it from my hands más frm

3) (=provocar) [+ aplausos] to draw; [+ risas] to provoke, cause

el tenor arrancó una gran ovación — the tenor received a great ovation

hemos conseguido arrancarle una sonrisa — we managed to get a smile out of him

el beso arrancó algunos suspiros entre el público — when they kissed part of the audience let out a sigh

• arrancar las lágrimas a algn — to bring tears to sb's eyes

4) (=separar)

• arrancar a algn de — [+ lugar] to drag sb away from; [+ éxtasis, trance] to drag sb out of; [+ vicio] to wean sb off a bad habit

no había forma de arrancarla del teléfono — there was no way I could drag her away from the phone

5) (=obtener) [+ apoyo] to gain, win; [+ victoria] to snatch; [+ confesión, promesa] to extract; [+ sonido, nota] to produce

no hubo forma de arrancarle una palabra — we couldn't get a word out of him

• arrancar información a algn — to extract information from sb, get information out of sb

6) (Aut) [+ vehículo, motor] to start

un motor de los que se arrancan con manivela — an engine that you crank up

7) (Inform) [+ ordenador] to boot, boot up, start up

tengo problemas para arrancar el ordenador — I have problems starting up o booting the computer

2. VI

1) [vehículo, motor] to start

el coche no arranca — the car won't start o isn't starting

esperé hasta que arrancó el tren — I waited until the train left

2) (=moverse) to get going, get moving

¡venga, arranca! — * come on, get going o get moving!, come on, get a move on! *

3) (=comenzar) to start

¿desde dónde arranca el camino? — where does the road start?

el momento donde arrancó nuestra relación — the moment when our relationship started

• arrancar a hacer algo — to start doing sth, start to do sth

arrancó a hablar a los dos años — she started talking o to talk when she was two

arrancó a cantar/llorar — he broke o burst into song/tears

• arrancar de — to go back to, date back to

esta celebración arranca del siglo XV — this celebration dates o goes back to the 15th century

problemas que arrancan de muy antiguo — problems that go back a long way

4) (Náut) to set sail

5) (Arquit) [arco] to spring (de from)

6) Chile
* (=escapar)
salieron arrancado — they ran away

arranquemos de aquí — let's get away from here

tuvieron que arrancar del país — they had to get out of the country

- arrancar a perderse

3.

See:

arrancarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

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arrancar¹

¹ = rip off, wrench, pluck up, rip + open, pluck out, strip off, winkle out, pull up, rip.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: The first thing that's worrying me is that things are getting wrenched out of context.

Ex: The article is entitled 'To everything there is a season...a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted: a life-cycle analysis of education for librarianship'.

Ex: The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.

Ex: According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.

Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex: Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused when youths pulled up and smashed two floodlights and kicked roof tiles from the chapel of rest.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* arrancar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.

* arrancar con los dientes = bite off.

* arrancar de = wretch from.

* arrancar de un mordisco = bite off.

* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar haciendo palanca = pry.

* arrancar la cabellera a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar + Nombre + de = wring + Nombre + out of/from.

* arrancarse el pelo a manojos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* arrancar una página = tear out + page.

arrancar²

² = boot, boot up, crank up.

Ex: In computer science to boot means to start up a computer system.

Ex: Since then, the computer has started to make a whirring noise everytime it is booted up.

Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.

* al arrancar = at startup.

* arrancar con cables = jump-start [jump start].

* arrancar + Sistema Operativo = start + Sistema Operativo.

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arrancar [A2 ]

vt

A ‹hoja de papel/página› to tear out; ‹etiqueta› to tear o rip off; ‹esparadrapo› to pull off; ‹botón› to tear o rip o pull off; ‹planta› to pull up; ‹flor› to pick; ‹diente› to pull out

arrancó la planta de raíz she pulled the plant up by the roots, she uprooted the plant

le arrancó un mechón de pelo he pulled out a clump of her hair

no le arranques hojas al libro don't tear pages out of the book

arrancó la venda he tore off the bandage

me arrancó la carta de las manos she snatched the letter out of my hands

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag, he grabbed her bag from her

cuando se apoltrona no hay quien consiga arrancarlo de casa when he gets into one of his stay-at-home moods it's impossible to drag him out

arrancar a algn de los brazos del vicio ( liter); to rescue sb from the clutches of evil ( liter)

el teléfono lo arrancó de sus pensamientos the sound of the telephone brought him back to reality with a jolt

B ‹confesión/declaración› to extract

consiguieron arrancarle una confesión they managed to extract a confession from o get a confession out of her

no hay quien le arranque una palabra de lo ocurrido no one can get a word out of him about what happened

por fin consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa she finally managed to get a smile out of him

C ‹motor/coche› to start; ( Inf) to boot; ( Inf) to boot (up)

■ arrancar

vi

A

1 ( Auto, Mec) «motor/vehículo» to start

el coche no arranca the car won't start

el tren está a punto de arrancar the train is about to leave

¡no arranques en segunda! don't try and move off o pull away in second gear!

2 (moverse, decidirse) ( fam):

no hay quien lo haga arrancar it's impossible to get him moving o to get him off his backside ( colloq)

tarda horas en arrancar it takes him hours to get started o to get down to doing anything ( colloq)

3 (empezar) arrancar A + INF to start to + INF, to start -ING

arrancó a llorar he burst into tears, he started crying o to cry

B (provenir, proceder)

1 «problema/crisis/creencia»: arrancar DE algo; to stem FROM sth

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV this tradition dates from o back to the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias that's where all his misfortunes stem from

2 «carretera» to start

la senda que arranca de or en este punto the path that starts from this point

3 ( Const):

el punto del cual arranca el arco the point from which the arch springs o stems

de la pared arrancaba un largo mostrador a long counter came out from o jutted out from the wall

C ( Inf) to boot up

volver* a arrancar to reboot

D «toro» to charge

E ( Chi fam) (huir) to run off o away arrancar DE algo/algn to get away FROM sth/sb

fueron los primeros en arrancar del país they were the first to get out of o skip the country ( colloq)

arrancar a perderse ( Chi fam); to be off like a shot ( colloq)

■ arrancarse

v pron

A ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out; ‹piel› to pull off; ‹botón› to pull off

B

1 ( Taur) to charge

2 ( Mús):

arrancarse por sevillanas to break into dance o into a sevillana ; sevillanas

C

1 ( Chi fam) (huir) to run away

se les arrancó el prisionero the prisoner got away from them o ran away ( colloq)

arrancarse DE algo/algn to run away FROM sth/sb

2 ( Chi fam) «precios» to shoot up ( colloq)

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arrancar ( conjugate arrancar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ hoja de papel› to tear out;
‹ etiqueta› to tear off;
‹botón/venda› to pull off;
‹ planta› to pull up;
‹ flor› to pick;
‹diente/pelo› to pull out;
◊ le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag

2 ‹confesión/declaración› to extract
3 ‹motor/coche› to start
verbo intransitivo [motor/vehículo] to start
arrancarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out;
‹piel/botón› to pull off
2 (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away
arrancar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una planta) to uproot, pull up
arrancar de raíz, to uproot
2 (una página) to tear out
(un diente) to pull out
3 fig (una confesión) to extract
4 (mover) no había manera de arrancar a Rodrigo de allí, it was impossible to pull Rodrigo away
5 Auto Téc to start
II verbo intransitivo
1 Auto Téc to start
2 (empezar) to begin: estábamos tan tranquilos y de repente arrancó a llorar, everything was quiet when he suddenly started crying
' arrancar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrebatar
- mala
- malo
- calentar
- cuajo
- raíz
English:
boot
- crank
- dig up
- extract
- get
- light
- pick off
- pluck
- pull away
- pull off
- pull up
- rip off
- root out
- root up
- scalp
- start
- start up
- tear
- tear away
- tear off
- tear out
- tear up
- wrench
- yank
- dig
- draw
- exact
- jump
- kick
- move
- pull
- push
- rip
- root
- strip
- up

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arrancar

♦ vt

1. [sacar de su sitio] [árbol] to uproot;
[malas hierbas, flor] to pull up; [cable, página, pelo] to tear out; [cartel, cortinas] to tear down; [muela] to pull out, to extract; [ojos] to gouge out; [botón, etiqueta] to tear o rip off;
arranqué el póster de la pared I tore the poster off the wall;

arrancar la cabellera a alguien to scalp sb;

arrancar de cuajo o [m5] de raíz [árbol] to uproot;
[brazo, pierna] to tear right off; Fig
arrancar a alguien de un sitio to shift sb from somewhere;
Fig
arrancar a alguien de las drogas/del alcohol to get sb off drugs/alcohol

2. [arrebatar]
arrancar algo a alguien to grab o snatch sth from sb;

arrancar algo de las manos de alguien to snatch sth out of sb's hands;

tenía el bolso muy bien agarrado y no se lo pudieron arrancar she was holding on very tight to her handbag and they couldn't get it off her;

el vigilante consiguió arrancarle el arma al atracador the security guard managed to grab the robber's gun;

el Barcelona consiguió arrancar un punto en su visita a Madrid Barcelona managed to take a point from their visit to Madrid;

la oposición arrancó varias concesiones al gobierno the opposition managed to win several concessions from the government

3. [poner en marcha] [coche, máquina] to start;
Informát to start up, to boot (up)
4. [obtener]
arrancar algo a alguien [confesión, promesa, secreto] to extract sth from sb;
[sonrisa, dinero, ovación] to get sth out of sb; [suspiro, carcajada] to bring sth from sb;
no consiguieron arrancarle ninguna declaración they failed to get a statement out of him

♦ vi

1. [partir] to leave;

¡corre, que el autobús está arrancando! quick, the bus is about to leave;

el Tour ha arrancado finalmente the Tour has finally got o is finally under way

2. [máquina, coche] to start;

no intentes arrancar en segunda you shouldn't try to start the car in second gear

3. [empezar] to get under way, to kick off;

ya arrancó la campaña electoral the election campaign is already under way;

el festival arrancó con un concierto de música clásica the festival got under way o kicked off with a classical music concert;

empataron al poco de arrancar la segunda mitad they equalized shortly after the second half had got under way o kicked off

4. Fam
arrancar a hacer algo [persona] to start doing o to do sth;

arrancó a llorar de repente she suddenly started crying, she suddenly burst into tears

5. [provenir]
la tradición arranca de la Edad Media the tradition dates back to the Middle Ages;

el río arranca de los Andes the river has its source in the Andes;

todos los problemas arrancan de una nefasta planificación all the problems stem from poor planning

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrancarse

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arrancar

I v/t

1 planta, página pull out

2 vehículo start (up)

3 ( quitar) snatch;

le arrancaron el bolso they snatched her purse

II v/i

1 de vehículo, máquina start (up)

2 INFOR boot (up)

3

:

arrancar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth

4 Chi ( huir) run away

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arrancar {72} vt

1) : to pull out, to tear out

2) : to pick, to pluck (a flower)

3) : to start (an engine)

4) : to boot (a computer)

arrancar vi

1) : to start an engine

2) : to get going

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrancarse

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arrancar vb

1. (sacar) to pull out

el dentista me ha arrancado un diente I've had a tooth out

2. (página) to tear out [pt. tore; pp. torn]

arrancó una hoja del libro she tore a page out of the book

3. (planta) to pull up

han arrancado todas las plantas all the plants have been pulled up

4. (arrebatar) to snatch

me arrancó el libro de las manos he snatched the book out of my hands

5. (motor, coche) to start

el motor no arranca the engine won't start

Spanish-English dictionary > arrancar
8 viaggiatore

m travel(l)er

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viaggiatore s.m.

1 traveller: viaggiatore di commercio, commercial traveller (o travelling salesman o fam. amer. drummer)

2 ( passeggero) passenger: tutti i viaggiatori devono presentare il loro passaporto, all passengers must show their passports

◆ agg. travelling: commesso viaggiatore, travelling salesman // colombo, piccione viaggiatore, carrier (o homing) pigeon.

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[viaddʒa'tore] viaggiatore (-trice)
1. agg

travelling Brit, traveling Am

piccione viaggiatore — carrier pigeon

commesso viaggiatore — travel(l)ing salesman

2. sm/f

(gen) traveller Brit, traveler Am, (passeggero) passenger

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[vjaddʒa'tore, viaddʒa'tore] 1.
sostantivo maschile (f. - trice [tritʃe])

1) (passeggero) passenger

i -i in transito — transit passengers

2) (esploratore) traveller BE, traveler AE
2.
aggettivo

commesso viaggiatore — travelling salesman, commercial traveller

piccione viaggiatore — carrier o homing pigeon

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viaggiatore

/vjaddʒa'tore, viaddʒa'tore/

I sostantivo m.

(f. - trice /trit∫e/)

1 (passeggero) passenger; i -i in transito transit passengers

2 (esploratore) traveller BE, traveler AE

II aggettivo

commesso viaggiatore travelling salesman, commercial traveller; piccione viaggiatore carrier o homing pigeon.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > viaggiatore
9 destruir

v.

to destroy.

El temblor destruyó la pared The quake destroyed the wall.

Sus trucos destruyeron a María His tricks destroyed Mary.

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destruir

Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir

► verbo transitivo

1 to destroy

2 figurado to destroy, ruin, wreck

■ han destruido sus esperanzas they've shattered her hopes

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verb

to destroy

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1. VT

1) [+ objeto, edificio] to destroy

el acusado había destruido todas las pruebas — the defendant had destroyed all the evidence

el año pasado se destruyeron miles de empleos en la construcción — last year thousands of construction jobs were lost

2) (=estropear) [+ amistad, matrimonio, armonía] to wreck, destroy; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish; [+ esperanza] to dash, shatter; [+ proyecto, plan] to wreck, ruin

2.

See:

destruirse

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verbo transitivo

a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage

b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio — financial problems wrecked their marriage

le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

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= demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.

Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.

Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.

Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

Ex. That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.

Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.

Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.

Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

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* chocar destruyendo = smash into.

* destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* destruir un mito = explode + myth.

* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.

* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

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verbo transitivo

a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage

b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio — financial problems wrecked their marriage

le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

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= demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.

Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.

Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.

Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

Ex: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.

Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.

Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.

Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

* chocar destruyendo = smash into.

* destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* destruir un mito = explode + myth.

* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.

* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

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destruir [ I20 ]

vt

1 ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy; ‹ciudad› to destroy

productos que destruyen el medio ambiente products that damage the environment

2 (echar por tierra) ‹reputación› to ruin; ‹plan› to ruin, wreck; ‹esperanzas› to dash, shatter

los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio financial problems wrecked o ruined their marriage

la droga está destruyendo muchas vidas drugs are wrecking o ruining o destroying the lives of many people

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destruir ( conjugate destruir) verbo transitivo
a) ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy;

‹ ciudad› to destroy;
‹ medio ambiente› to damage
b) ( echar por tierra) ‹ reputación› to ruin;

‹ plan› to wreck;
‹ esperanzas› to dash, shatter
destruir verbo transitivo to destroy
' destruir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- barrer
- dinamitar
- minar
- socavar
- anular
- consumir
- liquidar
English:
destroy
- flatten
- gut
- nuke
- obliterate
- shatter
- zap
- explode
- ruin
- shred

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destruir

♦ vt

1. [destrozar] to destroy

2. [desbaratar] [argumento] to demolish;
[proyecto] to ruin, to wreck; [ilusión, esperanzas] to dash; [reputación] to ruin; [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up
3. [hacienda, fortuna] to squander

♦ See also the pronominal verb destruirse

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destruir

v/t

1 destroy

2 ( estropear) ruin, wreck

* * *

destruir {41} vt

: to destroy

♦ See also the reflexive verb destruirse

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destruir vb to destroy

Spanish-English dictionary > destruir
10 dar una paliza

to thrash

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(v.) = clobber, pummel, slaughter, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, whip, whitewash, thrash, wallop, lick, baste, take + a pounding, take + a beating, belt, trounce, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow

Ex. Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.

Ex. During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.

Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex. One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.

Ex. This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.

Ex. He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.

Ex. Oxford City proved too strong for Banbury A, whitewashing them 9-0.

Ex. Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Ex. They got licked by a bunch of little, ill-armed peasant guerillas.

Ex. I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.

Ex. He took a pounding in the press after his first tax cut when a deep recession pushed unemployment to 10 percent.

Ex. Devastated by natural disasters and caught in the middle of the war on terror, Asia's economy took a beating in 2001.

Ex. They chased him and one belted him over the head with the bar, forcing him to the ground.

Ex. Defending champions Japan fought back from 1-0 behind to trounce Thailand 4-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Ex. But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

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(v.) = clobber, pummel, slaughter, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, whip, whitewash, thrash, wallop, lick, baste, take + a pounding, take + a beating, belt, trounce, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow

Ex: Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.

Ex: During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.

Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex: One after another, young pianists sat down and knocked the living daylights out of the piano.

Ex: This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.

Ex: He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.

Ex: Oxford City proved too strong for Banbury A, whitewashing them 9-0.

Ex: Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Ex: They got licked by a bunch of little, ill-armed peasant guerillas.

Ex: I have been reading his post for a long time and I have been biting my fingers to keep from basting him.

Ex: He took a pounding in the press after his first tax cut when a deep recession pushed unemployment to 10 percent.

Ex: Devastated by natural disasters and caught in the middle of the war on terror, Asia's economy took a beating in 2001.

Ex: They chased him and one belted him over the head with the bar, forcing him to the ground.

Ex: Defending champions Japan fought back from 1-0 behind to trounce Thailand 4-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Ex: But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

Spanish-English dictionary > dar una paliza
11 derribar

v.

1 to knock down, to demolish.

Ella derribó la puerta She knocked down the door.

2 to overthrow.

El pueblo derribó al tirano The country overthrew the tyrant.

3 to down, to bring down.

Ella derriba las paredes She downs the walls.

4 to blow down, to blow over.

5 to crush.

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derribar

► verbo transitivo

1 (demoler) to pull down, demolish, knock down

■ derribar un edificio to demolish a building, knock down a building

2 (hacer caer a una persona) to knock over; (de un caballo) to throw

■ el viento derribó a cuatro transeúntes four people were blown over by the wind

■ el caballo lo derribó the horse threw him

3 (avión, enemigo) to shoot down, bring down

4 (una puerta) to batter down

5 figurado (gobierno) to overthrow; (ministro) to topple

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verb

1) to demolish

2) shoot down

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1. VT

1) (=derrumbar) [+ edificio] to knock down, pull down; [+ puerta] to batter down; [+ barrera] to tear down

van a derribar la fábrica — they are going to knock down o pull down the factory

el huracán derribó varias casas — the hurricane blew down o brought down a number of houses

2) [+ persona] to knock down; (Boxeo) to floor

3) (Aer) to shoot down, bring down

fue derribado sobre el lago — he was shot down over the lake

4) (Caza) to shoot, bag

5) [+ gobierno] to bring down, topple

6) [+ pasión] to subdue

2.

See:

derribarse

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verbo transitivo

a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down

b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down

c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over

d) viento to bring down

e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple

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= knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.

Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex. A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex. Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.

Ex. The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.

Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.

Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex. In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex. The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.

Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.

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* derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.

* derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.

* derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.

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verbo transitivo

a) <edificio/muro> to demolish, knock down; < puerta> to break down

b) < avión> to shoot down, bring down

c) < persona> to floor, knock... down; < novillo> to knock... over

d) viento to bring down

e) < gobierno> to overthrow, topple

* * *

= knock out, tear down, smash, pull down, topple, bulldoze, knock down, fell, raze, lay + Nombre + low.

Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex: A group opposing the incumbent alderman decided that the board's feasibility study amounted to a covert plan to tear down the house that served as the library and erect an ugly building.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex: Evacuation of the building was followed by a recovery process which included covering stacks with plastic, locating damaged books, pulling down water-soaked ceiling tiles and removing computer terminals.

Ex: The latest opinion polls show that 48 percent of Americans would back the use of armed force to topple Saddam Hussein.

Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.

Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex: In this study, thirty-four-year-old chestnut trees were felled, measured and weighed to evaluate their aboveground biomass.

Ex: The motel, which was built in 1953, will be razed to make way for a parking lot.

Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.

* derribar a Alguien de un golpe = knock + Nombre + to the ground, knock + Nombre + to the floor.

* derribar completamente = raze + Nombre + to the ground.

* derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.

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derribar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down, pull down; ‹puerta› to break down

2 ‹avión› to shoot down, bring down, down ( colloq)

3 ‹persona› to floor, knock … down, lay … out ( colloq); ‹novillo› to knock … over

4 «viento» to bring down

el viento derribó varios árboles the wind brought down several trees

5 ‹gobierno› to overthrow

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Multiple Entries:
derribar
derribar algo
derribar ( conjugate derribar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹edificio/muro› to demolish, knock down;

‹ puerta› to break down
b) ‹ avión› to shoot down, bring down

c) ‹ persona› to floor, knock … down;

‹ novillo› to knock … over
d) [ viento] to bring down

e) ‹ gobierno› to overthrow, topple

derribar verbo transitivo
1 (un edificio) to pull down
(a una persona) to knock down
(un avión) to shoot down
2 (un gobierno) to bring down
' derribar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatir
- echar
- tirar
- botar
English:
blow down
- blow over
- bowl over
- break down
- bring down
- bulldoze
- demolish
- fell
- floor
- kick down
- knock down
- pull down
- shoot down
- tear down
- bowl
- bring
- down
- knock
- shoot
- topple
- unseat

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derribar vt

1. [construcción, edificio, muro, pared] to knock down, to demolish;
[puerta] to break down, to smash down;
derribó el castillo de naipes she knocked down the house of cards

2. [árbol] [sujeto: leñador] to cut down, to fell;
[sujeto: viento, tormenta] to uproot
3. [avión, jugador, res] to bring down;
[púgil, luchador] to knock down, to floor; [jinete] to unseat
4. [gobierno, gobernante] to overthrow

5. [en equitación] [obstáculo] to knock over o down

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derribar

v/t

1 edificio, persona knock down

2 avión shoot down

3 POL bring down

* * *

derribar vt

1) demoler, derrumbar: to demolish, to knock down

2) : to shoot down, to bring down (an airplane)

3) derrocar: to overthrow

* * *

derribar vb

1. (edificio) to demolish / to pull down

han derribado aquella casa vieja that old house has been pulled down

2. (persona) to knock down

el boxeador fue derribado en el primer asalto the boxer was knocked down in the first round

Spanish-English dictionary > derribar
12 destrozar

v.

1 to smash (físicamente) (romper).

2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).

3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.

Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.

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destrozar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds

■ la explosión destrozó el puente the explosion wrecked the bridge

2 figurado (gastar) to wear out

■ destroza los zapatos she wears her shoes out

3 figurado (estropear) to ruin, spoil; (corazón) to break

■ destrozó sus sueños she shattered his dreams

4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate

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1. VT

1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter

ha destrozado el coche — he's wrecked the car

encontraron los cuerpos destrozados — they found the mangled bodies

2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crush

destrozar a algn en una discusión — to crush sb in an argument

le ha destrozado el que no quisiera casarse con él — her refusal to marry him has devastated o shattered him

3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin

destrozar la armonía — to ruin the harmony

2.

See:

destrozarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

vas a destrozar los zapatos — you'll ruin your shoes

b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios — she's making me a nervous wreck

su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
2.
destrozarse v pron (refl)

a) ( romperse)

se cayó al suelo y se destrozó — it fell to the ground and it smashed

se me destrozaron los zapatos — my shoes are ruined

b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies con esos zapatos — you're going to ruin your feet wearing those shoes

* * *

= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.

Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.

Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.

Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.

Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

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* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

vas a destrozar los zapatos — you'll ruin your shoes

b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios — she's making me a nervous wreck

su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
2.
destrozarse v pron (refl)

a) ( romperse)

se cayó al suelo y se destrozó — it fell to the ground and it smashed

se me destrozaron los zapatos — my shoes are ruined

b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies con esos zapatos — you're going to ruin your feet wearing those shoes

* * *

= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.

Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.

Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.

Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.

Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.

Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.

Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.

Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.

Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.

* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

* * *

destrozar [A4 ]

vt

1 (romper, deteriorar) to break

la bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings

no hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes

2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroy

me está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreck

la muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death

■ destrozarse

v pron

1

(romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashed

se me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces

2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

te vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes

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destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
a) (romper, deteriorar) ‹ zapatos› to ruin;

‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
b) ‹felicidad/matrimonio/vida› to wreck, destroy;

‹ corazón› to break;
◊ tiene los nervios destrozados he's a nervous wreck

destrozarse verbo pronominal
a) ( romperse) [ zapatos] to be ruined;

[jarrón/cristal] to smash
b) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- destroy
- mangle
- shatter
- smash
- smash up
- tear apart
- trash
- vandalize
- wreck
- write off
- get
- murder
- piece
- pull
- write

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destrozar

♦ vt

1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;
[estropear] to ruin;
el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;

vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much

2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;
[matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;
el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;

ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;

destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate

♦ See also the pronominal verb destrozarse

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destrozar

v/t

1 destroy

2 emocio- nalmente shatter, devastate

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destrozar {21} vt

1) : to smash, to shatter

2) : to destroy, to wreck

♦ See also the reflexive verb destrozarse

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destrozar vb

1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck

la bomba destrozó el coche por completo the bomb completely destroyed the car

2. (hacer trozos) to smash

han destrozado el escaparate they've smashed the shop window

destrozarle el corazón a alguien to break somebody's heart [pt. broke; pp. broken]

Spanish-English dictionary > destrozar
13 disculparse

disculparse

► verbo pronominal

1 to apologize ( por, for), excuse oneself

■ se disculpó por haber mentido she apologized for having lied

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to apologize

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VPR to apologize ( con to)

se disculpó por haber llegado tarde — he apologized for arriving late

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(v.) = apologise [apologize, -USA], eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex. I have to apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but things have been pretty hectic.

Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

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(v.) = apologise [apologize, -USA], eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex: I have to apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but things have been pretty hectic.

Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

* * *

■disculparse verbo reflexivo to apologize [por, for]: quisiera disculparme por lo de ayer, I'd like to apologize for what happened yesterday
' disculparse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
excusarse
- perdón
- corresponder
- disculpar
English:
apologize
- decency
- far
- sorry
- order

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vpr

to apologize (con/por to/for);
no te disculpes, hombre, son cosas que pasan don't go apologizing, these things happen;

después de su mala actuación, se disculpó con el público after his bad performance he apologized to the audience

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disculparse

v/r apologize

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vr

: to apologize

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disculparse vb to apologize

se disculpó por llegar tarde she apologized for being late

Spanish-English dictionary > disculparse
14 hacer Algo trocitos

(v.) = tear + Nombre + to shreds, tear + Nombre + to bits

Ex. I can't get over how librarians tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together.

Ex. According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.

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(v.) = tear + Nombre + to shreds, tear + Nombre + to bits

Ex: I can't get over how librarians tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together.

Ex: According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer Algo trocitos
15 pedir disculpas

v.

1 to excuse oneself, to tender one's apologies, to apologize, to apologise.

2 to apologize to.

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(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

* * *

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Spanish-English dictionary > pedir disculpas
16 pedir perdón

v.

1 to ask forgiveness, to beg pardon, to apologize, to ask for forgiveness.

2 to be begged forgiveness, to be asked for forgiveness, to be asked forgiveness, to be begged for forgiveness.

* * *

pedir perdón

to apologize, say sorry

* * *

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

* * *

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Spanish-English dictionary > pedir perdón
17 retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

* * *

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Spanish-English dictionary > retractarse de lo que Uno ha dicho
18 sacudir

v.

1 to shake.

El temblor sacude la tierra The quake shakes up the ground.

2 to beat (golpear) (alfombra).

3 to shake, to shock.

4 to do the dusting.

María sacude en las tardes Mary does the dusting in the afternoons.

5 to dust.

María sacude el mueble Mary dusts the furniture.

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sacudir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to shake

2 (alfombra etc) to shake out; (polvo, arena) to shake off

3 (golpear) to beat

4 (cabeza) to shake

5 (dar una paliza) to beat up

6 (moscas, mosquitos, etc) to flick away, flick off

7 figurado (emocionar, alterar) to shake

► verbo pronominal sacudirse

1 (quitarse) to shake off

■ se sacudió la arena he shook the sand off

2 (moscas, mosquitos, etc) to flick away, flick off

3 familiar figurado (desembarazarse) to get rid of, shake off

■ se lo sacudieron enseguida they soon got rid of him

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verb

1) to shake

2) jerk

•

- sacudirse

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1. VT

1) (=agitar) [+ árbol, edificio, cabeza] to shake; [+ ala] to flap; [+ alfombra] to beat; [+ colchón] to shake, shake the dust out of

2) (=quitar) [+ tierra] to shake off; [+ cuerda] to jerk, tug

3) (=conmover) to shake

una tremenda emoción sacudió a la multitud — a great wave of excitement ran through the crowd

sacudir a algn de su depresión — to shake sb out of his depression

sacudir los nervios a algn — to shatter sb's nerves

4) * (=pegar)

sacudir a algn — to belt sb *

5)

sacudir dinero a algn — * to screw money out of sb *

2.

See:

sacudirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( agitar) <toalla/alfombra> to shake; ( golpear) <alfombra/colchón> to beat

sacudió la arena de la toalla — he shook the sand out of the towel

b) (fam) < niño> to clobber (colloq)

sacudir la cabeza — ( para negar) to shake one's head; ( para afirmar) to nod (one's head)

c) ( hacer temblar) to shake

un escalofrío la sacudió de pies a cabeza — a shiver ran through her

d) (CS, Méx) ( limpiar) to dust, do the dusting

2) (conmover, afectar) to shake

una revolución que sacudió los cimientos de la sociedad — a revolution which shook society to its foundations
2.
sacudir vi (CS, Méx) to dust
3.
sacudirse v pron (refl)

a) ( apartar de sí) < problema> to shrug off; <sueño/modorra> to shake off

no sé cómo sacudirme a este tipo — I don't know how to get rid of this guy (colloq)

b) ( quitarse) <arena/polvo> to shake off

sacúdete los pelos del perro — (CS) brush the dog hairs off you

* * *

= shake up, jar, jolt, flail, thrash, wallop, rock, swish.

Nota: Produciendo un silbido o ruido.

Ex. This will shake up library managers no end.

Ex. She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.

Ex. When the area was jolted by a severe earthquake rescue teams rushed in from all over the country.

Ex. The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.

Ex. Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Ex. The earth tremor that rocked the centre of Melbourne was one of three quakes that hit Australia in the one day.

Ex. Swishing wine in the mouth helps you taste all the flavors in a wine.

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* sacudir de lo lindo = knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow.

* sacudir el polvo = dust.

* sacudir las telarañas = blow + the cobwebs away/off/out.

* sacudirse de encima = shake off.

* sacudirse las telarañas = blow + the cobwebs away/off/out.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( agitar) <toalla/alfombra> to shake; ( golpear) <alfombra/colchón> to beat

sacudió la arena de la toalla — he shook the sand out of the towel

b) (fam) < niño> to clobber (colloq)

sacudir la cabeza — ( para negar) to shake one's head; ( para afirmar) to nod (one's head)

c) ( hacer temblar) to shake

un escalofrío la sacudió de pies a cabeza — a shiver ran through her

d) (CS, Méx) ( limpiar) to dust, do the dusting

2) (conmover, afectar) to shake

una revolución que sacudió los cimientos de la sociedad — a revolution which shook society to its foundations
2.
sacudir vi (CS, Méx) to dust
3.
sacudirse v pron (refl)

a) ( apartar de sí) < problema> to shrug off; <sueño/modorra> to shake off

no sé cómo sacudirme a este tipo — I don't know how to get rid of this guy (colloq)

b) ( quitarse) <arena/polvo> to shake off

sacúdete los pelos del perro — (CS) brush the dog hairs off you

* * *

= shake up, jar, jolt, flail, thrash, wallop, rock, swish.

Nota: Produciendo un silbido o ruido.

Ex: This will shake up library managers no end.

Ex: She analyzes how her memory was jarred by this massacre.

Ex: When the area was jolted by a severe earthquake rescue teams rushed in from all over the country.

Ex: The crab's mouth has elongated setae, notably on the maxilla, which it repeatedly flails through the seawater to feed on suspended material.

Ex: Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Ex: The earth tremor that rocked the centre of Melbourne was one of three quakes that hit Australia in the one day.

Ex: Swishing wine in the mouth helps you taste all the flavors in a wine.

* sacudir de lo lindo = knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, beat + Nombre + (all) hollow.

* sacudir el polvo = dust.

* sacudir las telarañas = blow + the cobwebs away/off/out.

* sacudirse de encima = shake off.

* sacudirse las telarañas = blow + the cobwebs away/off/out.

* * *

sacudir [I1 ]

vt

A

1 (agitar) ‹toalla/alfombra› to shake; (golpear) ‹alfombra/colchón› to beat

sacudió la arena de la toalla he shook the sand out of the towel

2 ( fam); ‹niño› to clobber ( colloq)

3

sacudir la cabeza (para negar) to shake one's head; (para afirmar) to nod, nod one's head

sacudió la cabeza en señal de afirmación he nodded (his head) in agreement

4 (hacer temblar) to shake

el terremoto sacudió toda la ciudad the earthquake shook the entire city

un escalofrío la sacudió de pies a cabeza a shiver went right through her

5 (CS, Méx) (limpiar) to dust

tengo que sacudir el polvo I have to dust o do the dusting

B (conmover, afectar) to shake

su trágica muerte sacudió a la población his tragic death sent shock waves through o shook the population

una revolución que sacudió los cimientos de la sociedad a revolution which shook society to its foundations o which rocked the foundations of society

■ sacudir

vi

(CS, Méx) to dust

■ sacudirse

v pron

( refl)

1 (apartar de sí) ‹problema› to shrug off; ‹sueño/modorra› to shake off

no sé cómo sacudirme a este tipo I don't know how to get rid of this guy ( colloq), I don't know how to shake this guy off o get this guy off my back ( colloq)

la vaca se sacudía las moscas con el rabo the cow was flicking the flies off with its tail

2 (quitarse) ‹arena/polvo› to shake off

sacúdete los pelos del perro (CS); brush the dog hairs off you

* * *

sacudir ( conjugate sacudir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( agitar) ‹toalla/alfombra› to shake;

( golpear) ‹alfombra/colchón› to beat;
◊ sacudió la arena de la toalla he shook the sand out of the towel

b) (fam) ‹ niño› to clobber (colloq);

◊ sacudir la cabeza ( para negar) to shake one's head;

( para afirmar) to nod (one's head)
c) ( hacer temblar) to shake

d) (CS, Méx) ( limpiar) to dust, do the dusting

2 (conmover, afectar) to shake
verbo intransitivo (CS, Méx) to dust
sacudirse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( quitarse) ‹arena/polvo› to shake off
sacudir verbo transitivo
1 (de un lado a otro) to shake
2 (para limpiar) to shake off
(una alfombra) to beat
3 (algo molesto) to brush off
4 fam (pegar a alguien) to wallop, beat sb up
5 (con una emoción intensa) to shock, shake
6 fig (impresionar) la muerte del poeta sacudió a todo el país, the death of the poet affected all the country
' sacudir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
trapo
English:
agitate
- beat
- flail
- fluff
- jerk
- jolt
- shake
- shake down
- swish
- toss
- buffet
- dust
- flutter
- jar
- jiggle
- rock

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sacudir

♦ vt

1. [agitar] to shake;

el terremoto sacudió la ciudad the earthquake shook the city

2. [quitar] [agitando] to shake off;
[frotando] to brush off;
sacudir el polvo a una mesa to dust a table

3. [golpear] [alfombra] to beat;
[mantel, chaqueta] to shake out; Fam [persona] to whack;
sacude bien las migas del mantel shake all the crumbs off the tablecloth;

le sacudió una bofetada she slapped him

4. [conmover] to shake, to shock;

su asesinato sacudió a la población people were shaken by his assassination

♦ vi
RP to shake oneself, to give oneself a shake;
hay que sacudir bien, si no queda todo el polvo you have to give yourself a good shake, or you stay covered in dust

♦ See also the pronominal verb sacudirse

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sacudir

I v/t

1 tb fig

shake

2 fam

niño beat, wallop fam

* * *

sacudir vt

1) : to shake, to beat

2) : to jerk, to jolt

3) : to dust off

4) conmover: to shake up, to shock

♦ See also the reflexive verb sacudirse

* * *

sacudir vb

1. (en general) to shake [pt. shook; pp. shaken]

me sacudí el polvo de la chaqueta I shook the dust of my jacket

2. (golpear) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten]

sacudía la alfombra con un palo she was beating the carpet with a stick

Spanish-English dictionary > sacudir
19 tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

* * *

(v.) = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.

Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Spanish-English dictionary > tragarse lo que Uno ha dicho
20 С-127

ОТРЫВАТЬ/ОТОРВАТЬ ОТ СЕРДЦА VP subj: human
1. - что to force o.s. to part with, give up sth. dear to one

X оторвал Y от сердца = X ripped (tore) Y from X% heart.

(Ребров) трамваем поехал на Башиловку. Нужно было взять несколько книг, которые давно уже оторвал от сердца, мысленно свыкся: продать (Трифонов 1)....He (Rebrov) set off by streetcar to Bashilov Street. He needed to pick up some books which he was planning to sell, having torn them from his heart long ago and already adjusted himself to their absence (1a).

2. \С-127 кого to break one's emotional ties to s.o.: X оторвал Y-a от сердца - X tore (shut) Y out of X's heart
X closed his heart to Y.
"...Я, Ксюша, всё никак тебя от сердца оторвать не могу... Сам я наполовину седой сделался, сколько годов промеж нами пропастью легли... А всё думается о тебе» (Шолохов 4). "...I still can't tear you out of my heart, love....I'm half grey, we've been parted for so many years now...But I still think of you" (4a).

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