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21 agarrado
adj.1 stingy, miserly, mean.2 clutched.past part.past participle of spanish verb: agarrar.* * *1→ link=agarrar agarrar► adjetivo1 familiar stingy, tight\bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek* * *ADJ1) mean, stingy2)* * *I- da adjetivoa) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in loveII III* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- da adjetivoa) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in loveII III* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *2masculine, feminine( fam)bailar agarrado to dance closely, dance cheek to cheek* * *
Del verbo agarrar: ( conjugate agarrar)
agarrado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
agarrado
agarrar
agarrado 1◊ -da adjetivo
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
agarrado 2 adverbio:
agarrar ( conjugate agarrar) verbo transitivo
1 ( sujetar) to grab, get hold of;
(con violencia, rapidez) she grabbed me by the arm
2 (esp AmL) ‹ objeto› ( tomar) to take;
( atajar) to catch;
3 (AmL) (pescar, atrapar) to catch;◊ si lo agarro, lo mato if I get o lay my hands on him, I'll kill him
4 (esp AmL) ( adquirir) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;
‹costumbre/vicio› to pick up;
‹ ritmo› to get into;
‹ velocidad› to gather, pick up;
le agarró asco he got sick of it;
le he agarrado odio I've come to hate him
5 (AmL) ( entender) ‹indirecta/chiste› to get
verbo intransitivo
1 (asir, sujetar):◊ toma, agarra here, hold this;
agarra por ahí take hold of that part
2 [planta/injerto] to take;
[ tornillo] to grip, catch;
[ ruedas] to grip;
[ tinte] to take
agarrarse verbo pronominal
1 ( asirse) to hold on;
agárrate bien or fuerte hold on tight;
agarradose a or de algo to hold on to sth;
2 ‹dedo/manga› to catch;
3 (esp AmL) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;
agarradose un disgusto/una rabieta to get upset/into a temper
4 (AmL fam) ( pelearse) to get into a fight;
agarradose con algn to have a set-to with sb (colloq)
agarrado,-a adjetivo
1 familiar stingy, tight
2 (baile) cheek-to-cheek dancing
agarrar verbo transitivo
1 (sujetar con fuerza) to grasp, seize: lo tienes bien agarrado, you are holding it tightly
2 LAm (coger) to take
3 fam (pillar a alguien, un resfriado) to catch
agarrar(se) una borrachera, to get drunk o fam pissed
' agarrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agarrar
- agarrada
- soltar
English:
meanie
- clutch
- grasp
- grip
- tight
* * *agarrado, -a♦ adj1. [asido]me tenía agarrado de un brazo/del cuello he had me by the arm/the throat;agarrados del brazo arm in arm;agarrados de la mano hand in hand♦ nm,fFam [tacaño]ser un agarrado to be tight o stingy♦ nmFam [baile] slow dance♦ advFambailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek* * *adj1 fammean, stingy fam2:bailar agarrado dance close together* * * -
22 albano
adj.Albanian, pertaining to Albania or its people.m.Albanian, native or inhabitant of Albania.* * *= albanés* * *= Albanian.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. In Sicily, several towns were founded or repopulated by the Albanians, who in Sicilian records were often described as 'Greeks'.* * *= Albanian.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: In Sicily, several towns were founded or repopulated by the Albanians, who in Sicilian records were often described as 'Greeks'.
* * *I adj AlbanianII m, albana f Albanian -
23 albino
adj.albino, albinic.m.albino, person lacking melanin.* * *► adjetivo1 albino► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 albino* * *albino, -aADJ SM / F albino* * *- na adjetivo/masculino, femenino albino* * *= albino.Ex. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.* * *- na adjetivo/masculino, femenino albino* * *= albino.Ex: Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.
* * *albino -naadj/m,falbino* * *
albino◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino
albino
albino,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino albino
' albino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
albina
English:
albino
* * *albino, -a♦ adjalbino♦ nm,falbino* * *m, albina f albino* * *albino, -na adj & n: albino♦ albinismo nm -
24 alejado
adj.far away, faraway, far-out, remote.past part.past participle of spanish verb: alejar.* * *1→ link=alejar alejar► adjetivo1 (lejano) far away, remote2 (separado) aloof, apart* * *(f. - alejada)adj.remote, distant* * *ADJ1) (=distanciado) remotevivimos algo alejados — we live quite far away, we live quite a distance away
alejado de — [lugar] distant from; [persona] away from
viven completamente alejados de la realidad — they live completely cut off from the real world o from reality
2) (=diferente) removed (de from)* * *- da adjetivoa) < lugar> remoteb) ( distanciado) < persona>alejado de algo/alguien: hace tiempo que está alejado de la política he's been away from o out of politics for some time; está alejado de su familia — he's estranged from his family
* * *= outlying, further afield, at arm's length, aloof.Ex. Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.Ex. The number of users of mobile libraries is falling because of improved transport facilities which allow users to visit library services further afield.Ex. Because transfer prices can he manipulated to avoid paying taxes, governments insist that these prices must be set as if the firms were at arm's length.Ex. The article takes up the present discussion about youths' aloof attitudes towards politics.----* alejado del mundanal ruido = far from the maddening crowd(s).* estar alejado + Expresión Numérica = be + Número + away.* estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.* estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.* mantener alejado = keep away, keep + Nombre + out.* mantener Algo alejado = keep + Nombre + at arm's length.* mantenerse alejado = stay away, remain + aloof.* mantenerse alejado de = stay away from, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.* mantenerse alejado de la mirada pública = shun + the public eye.* más alejado = further afield, furthest away.* muy alejado de = a long way removed from.* permanecer alejado = stay out of + sight.* * *- da adjetivoa) < lugar> remoteb) ( distanciado) < persona>alejado de algo/alguien: hace tiempo que está alejado de la política he's been away from o out of politics for some time; está alejado de su familia — he's estranged from his family
* * *= outlying, further afield, at arm's length, aloof.Ex: Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
Ex: The number of users of mobile libraries is falling because of improved transport facilities which allow users to visit library services further afield.Ex: Because transfer prices can he manipulated to avoid paying taxes, governments insist that these prices must be set as if the firms were at arm's length.Ex: The article takes up the present discussion about youths' aloof attitudes towards politics.* alejado del mundanal ruido = far from the maddening crowd(s).* estar alejado + Expresión Numérica = be + Número + away.* estar bastante alejado = be a distance apart.* estar muy alejado de = be a long way from.* mantener alejado = keep away, keep + Nombre + out.* mantener Algo alejado = keep + Nombre + at arm's length.* mantenerse alejado = stay away, remain + aloof.* mantenerse alejado de = stay away from, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.* mantenerse alejado de la mirada pública = shun + the public eye.* más alejado = further afield, furthest away.* muy alejado de = a long way removed from.* permanecer alejado = stay out of + sight.* * *alejado -da1 ‹lugar› remotesu casa está algo alejada her house is a little remote o out of the way2 (distanciado) ‹persona› alejado DE algo/algn:hace tiempo que está alejado de la política he's been away from o out of politics for some timedesde que pasó, está alejado de su familia he's been estranged from his family since it happened, there's been a rift between him and his family since it happened* * *
Del verbo alejar: ( conjugate alejar)
alejado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
alejado
alejar
alejado◊ -da adjetivo
◊ hace tiempo que está alejado de la política he's been away from o out of politics for some time;
está alejado de su familia he's estranged from his family
alejar ( conjugate alejar) verbo transitivoa) (poner lejos, más lejos) to move … (further) away;
alejado algo/a algn de algo/algn to move sth/sb away from sth/sbb) ( distanciar) alejado a algn de algn to distance sb from sb
alejarse verbo pronominal
to move away;
( caminando) to walk away;
se alejó de su familia he drifted apart from his family;
necesito alejadome de todo I need to get away from everything
alejado,-a adjetivo
1 (lugar) far away, remote
2 (distanciado de una actividad) away from: lleva años alejado de la docencia, he's been out of teaching for years
alejar verbo transitivo to move further away
' alejado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alejada
- alejarse
- allá
- apartada
- apartado
- aislado
English:
apart
- keep back
- clear
- keep
- out
* * *alejado, -a adjsu casa está más alejada de aquí que la mía her house is further o farther (away) from here than mine;la enfermedad le obligó a permanecer alejado de los escenarios durante dos meses his illness kept him off the stage for two monthsle acusaron de estar alejado de la realidad they accused him of being out of touch (with reality)* * *adj remote, far away* * *alejado, -da adj: remote -
25 aporrear
v.1 to bang on (puerta).aporrear el piano to bang o plonk away on the piano2 to beat, to beat up, to club, to pound.El matón aporreó al chico The bully beat the boy.3 to beat on, to wham.4 to beat out, to plonk away at.Aporrea el piano todos los días He beat out the piano every day.* * ** * *verbto beat, club* * *1. VT1) (=pegar) to beat, club; (=dar una paliza a) to beat up2) [con el puño] to thump, pound3) LAm (=vencer) to beat, defeat4) (=acosar) to bother, pester2.See:* * *1. 2.aporrearse v pron (Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq)* * *= pound, club, pummel, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, cosh, clobber, whack.Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.Ex. At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = En el momento de su arresto le habían golpeado, dado patadas y golpeado en la cabeza con la culata de una pistola, causándole problemas de salud que están siendo tratados adecuadadamente en la cárcel.Ex. During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.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. An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.Ex. Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex. The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.* * *1. 2.aporrearse v pron (Andes fam) to take a tumble (colloq)* * *= pound, club, pummel, knock + the living daylights out of, knock + the hell out out of, cosh, clobber, whack.Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.
Ex: At the time of his arrest he was beaten, kicked and clubbed in the head with the butt of a pistol, resulting in health problems which are not being properly treated in prison = En el momento de su arresto le habían golpeado, dado patadas y golpeado en la cabeza con la culata de una pistola, causándole problemas de salud que están siendo tratados adecuadadamente en la cárcel.Ex: During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.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: An off-duty doorman was coshed over the head as he confronted a man smashing up his car outside a nightclub, a jury heard.Ex: Clobbering the rich with taxes doesn't help anyone.Ex: The assailants, he said, did not know 'if I was straight or gay, I just happened to pass by and got whacked on the head'.* * *aporrear [A1 ]vt1 ‹puerta/mesa› to bang o hammer on; «piano» to bang on2 ( fam); ‹persona› to beat* * *
aporrear ( conjugate aporrear) verbo transitivo ‹puerta/mesa› to bang o hammer on;
‹ persona› (fam) to beat
aporrear verbo transitivo (persona) to beat, hit
(puerta) to bang on
' aporrear' also found in these entries:
English:
bludgeon
- club
- pound
- whack
* * *aporrear vt1. [puerta] to bang o hammer on;2. [persona] to beat;lo aporreó a puñetazos she beat him with her fists* * *v/t pound on* * *aporrear vt: to bang on, to beat, to bludgeon* * *aporrear vb to bang on / to hammer at -
26 bajo las garras de
Ex. During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.* * *Ex: During the German occupation, the Italian populace lived under the grip of fear as Allied bombardments pummeled towns.
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27 baratijas
f.pl.small cheap articles, junk, loose objects, miscellaneous junk.m.pl.trifles, toys.* * *= trinkets, bric-a-bracEx. The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.Ex. In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such ' bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.* * *= trinkets, bric-a-bracEx: The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.
Ex: In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such ' bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come. -
28 barriada de chabolas
(n.) = shanty townEx. The problem of library provision to the shanty towns is noted.* * *(n.) = shanty townEx: The problem of library provision to the shanty towns is noted.
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29 barriada pobre
f.slum, slum area, slummy part of town.* * *(n.) = shanty townEx. The problem of library provision to the shanty towns is noted.* * *(n.) = shanty townEx: The problem of library provision to the shanty towns is noted.
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30 bolchevique
adj.1 Bolshevik.2 bolshevistik, extreme leftist, Bolshevist.f. & m.1 Bolshevik, Bolshevist, member of the Russian Communist party, bolshy.2 bolshevik, extreme leftist, extreme political radical.* * *► adjetivo1 Bolshevik1 Bolshevik* * *ADJ SMF Bolshevik* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino Bolshevik* * *= Bolshevik, Bolshevist.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.Ex. Marxism was swiftly propagated in the peasant and industrial areas by the Bolshevists and in the cities and towns by the Menshevists.* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino Bolshevik* * *= Bolshevik, Bolshevist.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.
Ex: Marxism was swiftly propagated in the peasant and industrial areas by the Bolshevists and in the cities and towns by the Menshevists.* * *adj/mfBolshevik* * *
bolchevique adjetivo, masculino y femenino
Bolshevik
bolchevique sustantivo masculino y femenino & adjetivo Bolshevik
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31 borrachera
f.1 drunkenness (embriaguez).tener/cogerse una borrachera to be/get drunk2 intoxication.3 drinking spree, bachannalia, drinking bout, binge.4 drunken state, drunken stupor, drunkenness, ebriety.* * *1 drunken state■ llevaba encima tal borrachera que no sabía dónde estaba she was so drunk she didn't know where she was■ ¡estoy harta de tus borracheras! I'm fed up of you getting drunk!\coger una borrachera / enganchar una borrachera / pillar una borrachera to get drunk* * *SF1) (=estado) drunkennesscoger o pillar o agarrar o Méx ponerse una borrachera — to get drunk
2) (=juerga) spree, binge* * *pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera — to get drunk
* * *= drunkenness, binge, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, binge drinking.Ex. During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages of the library to towns at present suffering from excesses of drunkenness and debauchery.Ex. Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.Ex. Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.Ex. After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.Ex. To prevent risky sexual behavior among young adults, attention should be paid to binge drinking & marijuana use during adolescence.* * *pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera — to get drunk
* * *= drunkenness, binge, bout of boozing, drinking bout, boozing bout, binge drinking.Ex: During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages of the library to towns at present suffering from excesses of drunkenness and debauchery.
Ex: Despite the vast monetary resources involved, America's imprisonment binge has had only minimal effects on crime.Ex: Did you know that heavy bouts of boozing damages the red muscle fibres you need for endurance?.Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.Ex: After another of his boozing bouts his bride-to-be throws him out of her house.Ex: To prevent risky sexual behavior among young adults, attention should be paid to binge drinking & marijuana use during adolescence.* * *¡tenía una borrachera encima …! he was so drunk!se duchó para quitarse or sacarse la borrachera he took a shower to sober upaquélla fue su última borrachera that was the last time he got drunken su borrachera de poder perdió toda noción de justicia drunk o intoxicated with power, she lost all sense of justice* * *
borrachera sustantivo femenino: pegarse or (Esp) cogerse or (esp AmL) agarrarse una borrachera to get drunk
borrachera sustantivo femenino
1 (embriaguez) drunkenness: cogí una buena borrachera, I got really drunk
2 fam fig (exceso, empacho) surfeit
una borrachera de números, a surfeit of numbers
3 (entusiasmo) excitement, fever: está en plena borrachera electoral, he has election fever
' borrachera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agarrar
- berza
- ciega
- ciego
- cogerse
- pedal
- pedo
- tajada
- torrija
- tranca
- trompa
- cuete
- embriaguez
- mona
English:
binge
- piss-up
- sober up
- bout
- drunkenness
* * *borrachera nf1. [embriaguez] drunkenness;tener una borrachera to be drunk;aún no se me ha pasado la borrachera I still haven't sobered upestá experimentando la borrachera del éxito she's drunk o dizzy with success* * *f drunkenness;agarrar una borrachera get drunk;borrachera de poder excitement that power brings* * *borrachera nf: drunkennessagarró una borrachera: he got drunk* * * -
32 cabalgata
f.1 cavalcade, procession. (peninsular Spanish)la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos = procession to celebrate the journey of the Three Kings, on 5th January2 horse ride, ride.* * *1 cavalcade\la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos the procession of the Three Wise Men* * *SF1) (=desfile) mounted procession, cavalcade2) [de jinete] rideCABALGATA DE REYES The cabalgata de Reyes is a float parade held on 5 January, the eve of Epiphany, in most Spanish towns and cities. It celebrates the coming of the Three Kings with their gifts for the infant Jesus. In the course of the cabalgatas, the Three Kings throw sweets into the crowd.See:ver nota culturelle DÍA DE REYES in rey* * *la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos — the Epiphany parade o procession
* * *= pageant, cavalcade.Ex. The reader is like her: he sits watching the diverse pageant of human thought and human feeling passing across the gleaming mirror of literature.Ex. There was an air of excitement and expectation from the many spectators who followed the cavalcade of vehicles.----* cabalgata motorizada = cavalcade.* * *la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos — the Epiphany parade o procession
* * *= pageant, cavalcade.Ex: The reader is like her: he sits watching the diverse pageant of human thought and human feeling passing across the gleaming mirror of literature.
Ex: There was an air of excitement and expectation from the many spectators who followed the cavalcade of vehicles.* cabalgata motorizada = cavalcade.* * *1 (desfile) parade, procession, cavalcade2 ( Equ) ridepor la mañana hicimos una cabalgata in the morning we went for a ride* * *
cabalgata sustantivo femenino ( desfile) parade;◊ la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos the Epiphany parade o procession
cabalgata sustantivo femenino cavalcade: vimos pasar la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos, we saw the procession of the Three Wise Men go by
' cabalgata' also found in these entries:
English:
cavalcade
- ride
* * *cabalgata nfla cabalgata de Reyes, la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos = procession to celebrate the journey of the Three Kings, on 5 JanuaryLA CABALGATA DE LOS REYES MAGOSIn Spain and Latin America children are traditionally given their Christmas presents on 6 January, the feast of Reyes (the Epiphany). The Reyes Magos (the Three Kings) are said to deliver the presents on the previous evening. In Spain, to celebrate their arrival on the evening of 5 January, there is a procession of floats through the centre of towns and cities. At the centre of the procession are three floats, each carrying an actor dressed as one of the Three Kings “Melchor”, “Gaspar” and “Baltasar”.* * *f procession* * *cabalgata nf: cavalcade, procession* * *cabalgata n procession -
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f.cattle trail.* * *(n.) = droving roadEx. This ancient route of droving roads established some 5000 years ago was used to take animals and goods between the market towns of the region.* * *(n.) = droving roadEx: This ancient route of droving roads established some 5000 years ago was used to take animals and goods between the market towns of the region.
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34 cercado
adj.fenced-in, enclosed, fenced, fenced-off.m.1 fence (valla).2 enclosure (place).3 fencing, enclosure.past part.past participle of spanish verb: cercar.* * *1 (lugar) enclosure2 (cerca) fence, wall* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=recinto) enclosure; (=huerto) enclosed garden, orchard2) (=valla) fence, wall3) And (=ejido) communal lands4) And ( Hist) state capital and surrounding towns* * *1)a) (de alambre, madera) fence; ( de piedra) wallb) ( terreno) enclosure2) (Per) ( distrito) district* * *= fencing, boma, palisade.Ex. Despite the addition of miles of new fencing & hundreds of border patrol personnel, the number of unauthorized border crossings have not been significantly reduced.Ex. Dinner will be served in the boma at the Lodge, where you will again spend the night.Ex. As a defensive structure, palisades were often used in conjunction with earthworks.----* cercado con alambre de púas = barbed-wire fencing.* * *1)a) (de alambre, madera) fence; ( de piedra) wallb) ( terreno) enclosure2) (Per) ( distrito) district* * *= fencing, boma, palisade.Ex: Despite the addition of miles of new fencing & hundreds of border patrol personnel, the number of unauthorized border crossings have not been significantly reduced.
Ex: Dinner will be served in the boma at the Lodge, where you will again spend the night.Ex: As a defensive structure, palisades were often used in conjunction with earthworks.* cercado con alambre de púas = barbed-wire fencing.* * *A1 (cerca — de alambre, madera) fence; (— de piedra) wall2 (terreno) enclosureB ( Per) (distrito) district* * *
Del verbo cercar: ( conjugate cercar)
cercado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
cercado
cercar
cercado sustantivo masculino
( de piedra) wall
cercar ( conjugate cercar) verbo transitivo
( con valla) to fence in
‹ enemigo› to surround
cercado sustantivo masculino
1 (vallado) enclosure
2 (valla) fence, wall: la tormenta nos obligó a levantar de nuevo el cercado, we had to put the fence up again because of the storm
cercar verbo transitivo
1 (con una valla) to fence, enclose
2 (al enemigo) to surround
' cercado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
potrero
English:
enclosure
- fencing
* * *cercado nm1. [valla] fence;[muro] wall2. [terreno] enclosure3. Bol, Perú [división territorial] district, = provincial capital and surrounding towns* * *m fence* * *cercado nm: enclosure -
35 chucherías
f.pl.cheap shoddy objects, bric-à-brac, tack.* * *(n.) = trinketsEx. The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.* * *(n.) = trinketsEx: The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.
* * *chucherías npl sweets -
36 cicatero
adj.1 niggardly, scrimpy, close-fisted, niggard.2 prudish.m.miser, skinflint, Scrooge, niggard.* * *► adjetivo1 stingy, mean► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 miser* * *cicatero, -a1.ADJ stingy, mean2.SM / F miser, skinflint* * *I- ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)II- ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)II- ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *se dice ahorrador, pero es más bien cicatero he says he's thrifty, but I'd call him a misermasculine, feminine* * *
cicatero◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)
' cicatero' also found in these entries:
English:
penny-pinching
* * *cicatero, -a♦ adjstingy, mean, Br miserly♦ nm,fskinflint, miser* * *I adj stingyII m, cicatera f miser, tightwad fam -
37 ciudad fortificada
(n.) = walled city, fortified townEx. Dubrovnik, Croatia, is a walled city, preserved as it existed in medieval times.Ex. The Netherlands has some lovely historical fortified towns which are all worth a visit.* * *(n.) = walled city, fortified townEx: Dubrovnik, Croatia, is a walled city, preserved as it existed in medieval times.
Ex: The Netherlands has some lovely historical fortified towns which are all worth a visit. -
38 ciudad industrial
(n.) = industrial town, industrial cityEx. The overall picture gained from this area analysis was that the hinterlands of the industrial towns were not areas where one could hope to find much in the way of bookshops.Ex. Now a thriving industrial city, it covers 40 square miles, has a population of 78,808, gives employment to 30,500 workers, and distributes an annual payroll of $640.6 million.* * *(n.) = industrial town, industrial cityEx: The overall picture gained from this area analysis was that the hinterlands of the industrial towns were not areas where one could hope to find much in the way of bookshops.
Ex: Now a thriving industrial city, it covers 40 square miles, has a population of 78,808, gives employment to 30,500 workers, and distributes an annual payroll of $640.6 million. -
39 ciudad universitaria
f.university campus, campus, university town.* * *university campus* * ** * *(n.) = university townEx. What was clear from the analysis was that major population centres such as Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Hull and York (all of which are university towns) had what might be called 'good' bookshop provision.* * ** * *(n.) = university townEx: What was clear from the analysis was that major population centres such as Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Hull and York (all of which are university towns) had what might be called 'good' bookshop provision.
* * *university campus -
40 compras de última hora
(n.) = last-minute shoppingEx. Today many major cities and towns around the world are going to be thronged with shoppers doing last-minute shopping before Christmas Day.* * *(n.) = last-minute shoppingEx: Today many major cities and towns around the world are going to be thronged with shoppers doing last-minute shopping before Christmas Day.
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