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  • 41 despiadado

    adj.
    merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 ruthless, merciless
    * * *
    (f. - despiadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex. The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    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. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
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    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    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: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.

    * * *
    ‹persona› ruthless, heartless; ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    * * *

    despiadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› ruthless, heartless;


    ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
    ' despiadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - despiadada
    English:
    cold-blooded
    - cold-hearted
    - cutthroat
    - merciless
    - pitiless
    - remorseless
    - ruthless
    - unmerciful
    - vicious
    - cold
    * * *
    despiadado, -a adj
    [persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
    * * *
    adj ruthless
    * * *
    despiadado, -da adj
    cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless
    * * *
    despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado

  • 42 destrozar

    v.
    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.
    * * *
    1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds
    2 figurado (gastar) to wear out
    3 figurado (estropear) to ruin, spoil; (corazón) to break
    4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter
    2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crush
    3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (romper, deteriorar) to break
    b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

    su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death

    2.
    destrozarse v pron (refl)
    a) ( romperse)
    b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin
    * * *
    = 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
    b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

    su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death

    2.
    destrozarse v pron (refl)
    a) ( romperse)
    b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin
    * * *
    = 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
    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
    * * *

    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;

    destrozarse verbo pronominal

    [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
    * * *
    ♦ 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
    * * *
    v/t
    1 destroy
    2 emocio- nalmente shatter, devastate
    * * *
    destrozar {21} vt
    1) : to smash, to shatter
    2) : to destroy, to wreck
    * * *
    1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck
    2. (hacer trozos) to smash
    destrozarle el corazón a alguien to break somebody's heart [pt. broke; pp. broken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > destrozar

  • 43 difundir el conocimiento

    (v.) = spread + knowledge
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    * * *
    (v.) = spread + knowledge

    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > difundir el conocimiento

  • 44 disentir político

    Ex. The title of the work is slightly misleading: the focus of its key chapters is more on labor policy than on industrial unrest and political dissent.
    * * *

    Ex: The title of the work is slightly misleading: the focus of its key chapters is more on labor policy than on industrial unrest and political dissent.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disentir político

  • 45 efecto de la guerra

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > efecto de la guerra

  • 46 efervescencia

    f.
    1 effervescence.
    2 unrest.
    estar en plena efervescencia to be buzzing o humming with activity
    * * *
    1 (gen) effervescence
    2 (de bebida) fizziness
    3 figurado (excitación) high spirits plural; (agitación) turmoil
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de líquidos] fizziness

    entrar o estar en efervescencia — to effervesce

    2) (=alboroto) commotion; (=ánimo) high spirits pl
    * * *
    a) ( de líquido) effervescence
    c) ( vivacidad) vivacity; ( excitación) high spirits (pl)
    * * *
    = vibrance, vibrancy.
    Ex. Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex. The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.
    * * *
    a) ( de líquido) effervescence
    c) ( vivacidad) vivacity; ( excitación) high spirits (pl)
    * * *
    = vibrance, vibrancy.

    Ex: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.

    Ex: The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.

    * * *
    1 (de un líquido) effervescence
    2
    (agitación): la efervescencia política de la región the political volatility of the area, the political turmoil in the area
    3 (vivacidad) vivacity; (excitación) high spirits (pl)
    la efervescencia de los jóvenes youthful high spirits
    * * *
    1. [de líquido] effervescence;
    [de bebida] fizziness
    2. [agitación, inquietud] unrest;
    estar en plena efervescencia to be buzzing o humming with activity;
    el país está en plena efervescencia política the country is in a state of political ferment
    * * *
    f effervescence
    * * *
    1) : effervescence
    2) : vivacity, high spirits pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > efervescencia

  • 47 encender

    v.
    1 to light (vela, cigarro, chimenea).
    encender una cerilla to light o strike a match
    Ella enciende los troncos She lights the logs.
    2 to switch on (aparato).
    enciende la luz, que no veo switch the light on, I can't see
    3 to arouse (entusiasmo, ira).
    4 to turn on, to put on, to run, to switch on.
    Ella enciende el abanico She turns on the fan.
    5 to kindle, to stir up, to revive, to spark.
    Ella enciende la pasión She kindles the passion.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ENTENDER], like link=entender entender
    1 (hacer arder) to light, set fire to; (cerilla) to strike, light; (vela) to light
    2 (luz, radio, tv) to turn on, switch on, put on; (gas) to turn on, light
    3 figurado (ocasionar) to kindle, provoke, spark off
    4 figurado (excitar) to inflame, stir up
    1 (incendiarse) to catch fire, ignite
    2 (luz) to go on, come on; (llama) to flare up
    3 figurado (excitarse) to flare up
    4 figurado (ruborizarse) to blush, go red
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=prender) [+ fuego, cigarrillo] to light; [+ cerilla] to strike; [+ luz, radio] to turn on, switch on, put on; [+ gas] to light, turn on; (Inform) to toggle on, switch on
    2) (=avivar) [+ pasiones] to inflame; [+ entusiasmo] to arouse; [+ celos, odio] to awake; [+ guerra] to spark off
    3) Caribe (=azotar) to beat; (=castigar) to punish
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cigarrillo/hoguera/vela> to light; < fósforo> to strike, light
    b) <luz/calefacción> to switch on, turn on; < motor> to start
    c) <deseos/pasiones> to awaken, arouse (liter)
    2.
    encender vi fósforo to light; leña to catch light; luz/radio to come on
    3.
    encenderse v pron
    1) aparato/luz to come on; fósforo/piloto to light; leña to catch light

    se encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed

    2) persona to blow one's top (colloq), to get mad (colloq); rostro to go red
    * * *
    = switch on, turn on, be fired with, light, spark, inflame, ignite, crank up, fire.
    Ex. Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.
    Ex. To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.
    Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.
    Ex. She sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, lighted a cigarette, and smoked herself into a cloud.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.
    Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
    Ex. As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.
    Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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    * encender la chispa = kindle + spark.
    * encender la luz = turn + the light on.
    * encenderse = light up.
    * encender un cigarrillo = light up.
    * hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cigarrillo/hoguera/vela> to light; < fósforo> to strike, light
    b) <luz/calefacción> to switch on, turn on; < motor> to start
    c) <deseos/pasiones> to awaken, arouse (liter)
    2.
    encender vi fósforo to light; leña to catch light; luz/radio to come on
    3.
    encenderse v pron
    1) aparato/luz to come on; fósforo/piloto to light; leña to catch light

    se encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed

    2) persona to blow one's top (colloq), to get mad (colloq); rostro to go red
    * * *
    = switch on, turn on, be fired with, light, spark, inflame, ignite, crank up, fire.

    Ex: Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.

    Ex: To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.
    Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.
    Ex: She sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, lighted a cigarette, and smoked herself into a cloud.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.
    Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
    Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.
    Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
    * encender la chispa = kindle + spark.
    * encender la luz = turn + the light on.
    * encenderse = light up.
    * encender un cigarrillo = light up.
    * hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.

    * * *
    encender [E8 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cigarrillo/hoguera/vela› to light; ‹cerilla› to strike, light
    nos esperaba con la chimenea encendida she had the fire lit when we arrived
    2 ‹luz/radio/calefacción› to switch on, turn on, put on; ‹motor› to start
    no dejes el televisor encendido don't leave the television on
    3 ‹deseos/pasiones› to awaken, arouse, inflame ( liter)
    el dictador había encendido el fanatismo the dictator had stirred up fanaticism
    ■ encender
    vi
    1 «cerilla» to light; «leña» to catch light, kindle
    2 «bombilla/tubo fluorescente» to come on, light up, light; «radio» to come on
    A «aparato» to come on; «llama/piloto» to light
    esperar a que se encienda la luz roja wait until the red light comes on
    se encendió la llama de su pasión ( liter); his passions were aroused o ( liter) inflamed
    B
    1 «persona» to blow one's top ( colloq), to get mad ( colloq)
    2 «rostro» to go red
    al verlo se le encendió el rostro she went red in the face o she blushed when she saw him
    * * *

     

    encender ( conjugate encender) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹cigarrillo/hoguera/vela› to light;

    ‹ fósforo› to strike, light
    b) ‹luz/calefacción› to switch on, turn on;

    ‹ motor› to start;

    verbo intransitivo [ fósforo] to light;
    [ leña] to catch light;
    [luz/radio] to come on
    encenderse verbo pronominal [aparato/luz] to come on;
    [fósforo/piloto] to light;
    [ leña] to catch light
    encender verbo transitivo
    1 (con interruptor) to switch on
    (con fuego) to light: enciende una cerilla, strike a match
    2 (avivar) to stir up
    ' encender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lumbre
    - encienda
    - luz
    - poner
    English:
    barbecue
    - blow
    - ignite
    - inflame
    - light
    - light up
    - power up
    - put on
    - rekindle
    - set off
    - strike
    - switch on
    - turn on
    - kindle
    - put
    - start
    - switch
    - turn
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [vela, cigarro, chimenea, mecha] to light;
    encender una cerilla to light o strike a match;
    encender una hoguera to light a bonfire
    2. [aparato] to switch on;
    [motor] to start up;
    enciende la luz, que no veo switch the light on, I can't see
    3. [entusiasmo, ira] to arouse;
    [pasión] to arouse, to inflame;
    sus acusaciones encendieron los ánimos his accusations aroused people's anger;
    me enciende con esas cosas que dice he makes me mad with those things he says
    4. [guerra, contienda] to spark off
    * * *
    v/t
    1 fuego light; luz, televisión switch on, turn on
    2 fig
    inflame, arouse, stir up
    * * *
    encender {56} vi
    : to light
    1) : to light, to set fire to
    2) prender: to switch on
    3) : to start (a motor)
    4) : to arouse, to kindle
    * * *
    1. (conectar) to switch on / to turn on
    2. (hacer que arda) to light [pt. & pp. lit]

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  • 48 escándalo

    m.
    1 scandal, public disturbance, lot of noise, public and noisy disturbance.
    2 scandal, big scene, discreditable action, indecency.
    3 defamatory talk.
    4 noise.
    imperat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Imperative of Spanish verb: escandir.
    * * *
    1 scandal
    2 (alboroto) racket, fuss, din, uproar
    3 figurado (asombro) astonishment, shock
    \
    armar un escándalo to kick up a fuss
    causar escándalo to cause a scandal
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=tumulto) scandal, outrage

    ¡qué escándalo! — what a scandal!

    ¡es un escándalo! — it's outrageous o shocking!

    precios de escándalo — (=caros) outrageous prices; (=baratos) amazing prices

    un resultado de escándalo — (=malo) a scandalous result; (=bueno) a great result, an outstanding result

    2) (=ruido) row, uproar

    armar un escándalo — to make a scene, cause a row o an uproar

    3) (=asombro) astonishment

    llamar a escándalo — to cause astonishment, be a shock

    * * *
    1) (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal

    qué escándalo! qué manera de vestir! — what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

    2) (alboroto, jaleo)

    no armen or hagan tanto escándalo — don't make such a racket o row (colloq)

    * * *
    = fuss, scandal, rumpus, outrage, disgrace, racket.
    Ex. Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.
    Ex. The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.
    Ex. Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.
    Ex. He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.
    ----
    * armar escándalo = make + a ruckus.
    * armar un escándalo = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, kick up + a row.
    * de escándalo = outrageous.
    * escándalo político = political scandal.
    * escándalo público = public scandal.
    * escándalos sexuales = sleaze.
    * incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.
    * obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.
    * persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.
    * revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.
    * * *
    1) (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal

    qué escándalo! qué manera de vestir! — what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

    2) (alboroto, jaleo)

    no armen or hagan tanto escándalo — don't make such a racket o row (colloq)

    * * *
    = fuss, scandal, rumpus, outrage, disgrace, racket.

    Ex: Hernandez decided that if he wished to survive in this restrictive atmosphere his options were clearly the following: don't make waves, do a good job with no fuss of which he could be proud, and try to gain Balzac's respect.

    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex: Then reading of this story aloud to young children as they look at the pictures, needs a firm, quiet voice, until that glorious wordless pictorial passage showing the 'wild rumpus,' when at least one reader discovers it is necessary to give a one-man vocal performance of some rumbustious classical music as accompaniment to the viewing of those pages.
    Ex: The outrage expressed by users of the Internet brought about the passing an act aimed at ridding the Internet of pornography.
    Ex: Distribution of any publication that tends to expose an individual to public contempt, ridicule, or disgrace is forbidden.
    Ex: He says the library science degree is a racket; that there's nothing taught in library school that can't be better learned on the job.
    * armar escándalo = make + a ruckus.
    * armar un escándalo = raise + a stink, kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, kick up + a row.
    * de escándalo = outrageous.
    * escándalo político = political scandal.
    * escándalo público = public scandal.
    * escándalos sexuales = sleaze.
    * incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.
    * obras que revelan un escándalo = exposé.
    * persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.
    * revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.

    * * *
    A (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal
    está implicado en un escándalo financiero he's involved in a financial scandal
    ¡qué escándalo! ¡qué manera de vestir! what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!
    es un escándalo cómo suben los precios it's shocking o scandalous the way prices are going up
    la noticia provocó un gran escándalo the news caused (a) great scandal o outrage
    [ S ] precios de escándalo amazing prices
    Compuesto:
    public indecency
    B
    (alboroto, jaleo): no armen or hagan tanto escándalo don't make such a racket o row o ( AmE) ruckus ( colloq)
    cuando le presentaron la cuenta armó un escándalo when they gave him the bill he kicked up a fuss o stink o he created a scene ( colloq)
    nada de escándalos dentro del local we don't want any trouble in here
    un borracho que daba un escándalo en la calle a drunk who was causing a commotion o scene in the street
    * * *

    escándalo sustantivo masculino
    1 (hecho, asunto chocante) scandal;
    ◊ ¡qué escándalo! ¡qué manera de vestir! what a shocking o an outrageous way to dress!

    2 (alboroto, jaleo) fuss;

    cuando lo sepa va a armar un escándalo when she finds out she'll kick up a fuss;
    no armen tanto escándalo don't make such a racket o row (colloq);
    nada de escándalos dentro del local we don't want any trouble in here
    escándalo sustantivo masculino
    1 (ruido, jaleo) row, racket, din: con este escándalo vais a despertar a los vecinos, you'll wake up the neighbours with all this row
    2 (inmoralidad) scandal
    ' escándalo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    armar
    - campanada
    - carnaza
    - espectáculo
    - follón
    - montar
    - organizar
    - polvareda
    - salpicar
    - vergüenza
    - boca
    - deber
    - descubierto
    - destapar
    - estallar
    - luz
    English:
    breath
    - capital
    - catch up
    - disgrace
    - disorderly
    - furor
    - furore
    - fuss
    - hush up
    - row
    - rumpus
    - scandal
    - scene
    - stink
    - blow
    - carry
    - kick
    - outrage
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [hecho inmoral] scandal;
    [indignación] outrage;
    un escándalo de corrupción política a political corruption scandal;
    hubo escándalo generalizado entre la opinión pública there was widespread indignation among public opinion;
    ¡esto es un escándalo!, quiero que me devuelvan el dinero this is outrageous! I want my money back;
    los sueldos de los políticos son un escándalo o [m5] de escándalo politicians' salaries are a scandal o a disgrace;
    sus declaraciones causaron escándalo her statements caused a great scandal
    Der escándalo público public indecency;
    escándalo sexual sex scandal
    2. [alboroto] uproar, racket;
    ¡dejen ya de armar tanto escándalo! stop making such a racket!;
    armar un escándalo to kick up a fuss;
    menudo escándalo armó al enterarse she made quite a scene when she found out
    ♦ de escándalo loc adj
    Fam
    1. [enorme] enormous;
    una goleada de escándalo a real hammering
    2. [asombroso] astonishing;
    precios de auténtico escándalo really amazing prices
    * * *
    m
    1 ( asunto vergonzoso) scandal
    2 ( jaleo) racket, ruckus;
    armar un escándalo make a scene
    * * *
    1) : scandal
    2) : scene, commotion
    * * *
    1. (asunto) scandal
    2. (ruido) racket

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  • 49 feroz

    adj.
    1 fierce, ferocious (animal, bestia).
    2 cruel, savage (criminal, asesino).
    3 terrible (intenso) (dolor, angustia).
    tenía un hambre feroz he was ravenous o starving
    la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce
    4 horrendous, dreadful.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl feroces)
    1 fierce, ferocious
    \
    el lobo feroz the big bad wolf
    * * *
    adj.
    fierce, ferocious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=salvaje) fierce, ferocious

    tengo un hambre feroz — I'm starving, I'm famished

    2) (=cruel) cruel
    3) LAm (=feo) ugly
    * * *
    a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violent

    tengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)

    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)
    * * *
    = fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.
    Ex. The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    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. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    ----
    * crítica feroz = hatchet job.
    * * *
    a) < animal> ferocious, fierce; <ataque/mirada/odio> fierce, vicious; <viento/tempestad> fierce, violent

    tengo un hambre feroz — (fam) I'm ravenous o starved (colloq)

    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)
    * * *
    = fierce [fiercer -comp., fiercest -sup.], savage, swingeing, ferocius, ferocious, cutthroat, truculent.

    Ex: The greatest living theoretician of descriptive cataloging, Professor Seymour Lubetzky, graced our library with his brilliance, insight, and fierce dedication to the integrity of the catalog.

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    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: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    * crítica feroz = hatchet job.

    * * *
    1 ‹animal› ferocious, fierce; ‹ataque/mirada› fierce, vicious; ‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent; ‹fanatismo› fierce
    bajo el feroz sol del mediodía beneath the fierce midday sun
    se desató una feroz tempestad a fierce o violent storm was unleashed ( liter)
    tengo un hambre feroz ( fam); I'm ravenous o starved ( colloq)
    2 (Col, Méx fam) (feo) horrendous ( colloq)
    un verde feroz a ghastly o horrendous green ( colloq)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    algo feroz    
    feroz
    feroz adjetivo
    a) ‹ animal› ferocious, fierce;

    ‹ataque/mirada/odio› fierce, vicious;
    ‹viento/tempestad› fierce, violent
    b) (Col, Méx, Ven fam) ( feo) horrendous (colloq)

    feroz adjetivo fierce, ferocious: tengo un hambre feroz, I'm ravenous
    una crítica feroz, savage criticism
    ' feroz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bestia
    - un
    English:
    cutthroat
    - destroy
    - ferocious
    - fierce
    - glare
    - rat race
    - ravenous
    - savage
    - cut
    - furious
    - hard
    - vicious
    * * *
    feroz adj
    1. [animal, bestia] fierce, ferocious
    2. [criminal, asesino] cruel, savage
    3. [intenso] [tempestad] fierce, violent;
    [dolor, angustia] terrible;
    tenía un hambre feroz I was ravenous o starving;
    la competencia es feroz the competition is fierce;
    lanzó un ataque feroz contra la propuesta del gobierno he launched a fierce attack against the government's proposal
    4. Fam [enorme] massive;
    agarraron una feroz borrachera they got terribly o incredibly drunk
    * * *
    adj fierce; ( cruel) cruel
    * * *
    feroz adj, pl feroces fiero: ferocious, fierce
    ♦ ferozmente adv
    * * *
    feroz adj fierce / ferocious

    Spanish-English dictionary > feroz

  • 50 follón

    m.
    1 bedlam, fuss, carry-on, hoo-ha.
    2 muddle, tricky situation.
    3 racket, loud voices.
    * * *
    1 familiar (alboroto) rumpus, shindy
    2 familiar (enredo, confusión) mess, trouble
    \
    armar (un) follón familiar to kick up a rumpus
    meterse en un follón to get into a mess, get into trouble
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) * (=desorden) mess

    ¡qué follón de papeles! — what a mess of papers!

    2) * (=alboroto) rumpus, row; (=lío) trouble

    armar un follón — to make a row, kick up a fuss

    hubo o se armó un follón tremendo — there was a hell of a row

    3) (Bot) sucker
    4) And (=prenda) petticoat
    5) Caribe (=juerga de borrachera) drinking bout
    6) (=cohete) noiseless rocket
    7) Méx * silent fart **
    2. ADJ †
    1) (=perezoso) lazy, idle
    2) (=arrogante) arrogant, puffed-up; (=fanfarrón) blustering
    3) (=cobarde) cowardly
    4) CAm [vestido] roomy, loose
    * * *
    masculino (Esp fam)
    a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus; ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq)

    armó or montó un buen follón — ( montar una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq); ( hacer ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)

    b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess
    c) ( problema)
    * * *
    = muddle, cock-up, bedlam, ruckus, scandal, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, rigmarole [rigamarole].
    Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
    Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.
    Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.
    Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.
    Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
    ----
    * ¡qué follón! = what a palaver!.
    * en un follón = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.
    * meterse en follones = get into + trouble.
    * montar un follón = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.
    * * *
    masculino (Esp fam)
    a) ( trifulca) commotion, ruckus; ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq)

    armó or montó un buen follón — ( montar una trifulca) he kicked up a hell of a fuss (colloq); ( hacer ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)

    b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess
    c) ( problema)
    * * *
    = muddle, cock-up, bedlam, ruckus, scandal, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, rigmarole [rigamarole].

    Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

    Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
    Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.
    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.
    Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.
    Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.
    Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
    * ¡qué follón! = what a palaver!.
    * en un follón = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.
    * meterse en follones = get into + trouble.
    * montar un follón = raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus.

    * * *
    A ( Esp fam)
    1 (alboroto) commotion, ruckus ( AmE colloq)
    hubo un follón tremendo a la salida del estadio there was a lot of trouble o an incredible commotion o ruckus outside the stadium ( colloq)
    cuando lo intentaron echar, armó or montó un buen follón when they tried to throw him out, he kicked up a hell of a fuss o created a real stink ( colloq)
    2
    (situación confusa, desorden): en este follón de papeles no hay quien encuentre nada these papers are so jumbled up o in such a mess, it's impossible to find anything ( colloq)
    ¿sabes algo del follón este de MEPIRESA? do you know anything about this MEPIRESA business? ( colloq)
    me armé un buen follón con la última pregunta I got into a real mess with the last question ( colloq)
    3
    (problema): si te juntas con esa gente, te meterás en follones if you go around with that lot, you'll get into trouble
    B ( Chi fam hum) (pedo) fart (sl)
    * * *

    follón sustantivo masculino (Esp fam)

    ( ruido) racket (colloq), din (AmE colloq);


    ( hizo ruido) he made such a racket o din (colloq)
    b) (situación confusa, desorden) mess



    follón m fam
    1 (escándalo, jaleo) row, fuss, commotion: estáis armando mucho follón, you are making a lot of noise
    montó un follón por esa tontería, he kicked up a fuss over that nonsense
    2 (lío, confusión, caos) mess, trouble: me vas a meter en un buen follón, you are going to get me into a real mess
    tengo un follón de papeles sobre la mesa, the papers on my desk are in a terrible mess
    ' follón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esperar
    - taco
    - zipizape
    English:
    cock-up
    - hullabaloo
    - kick up
    - palaver
    - rigmarole
    - row
    - muddle
    - stink
    * * *
    Esp Fam
    1. [discusión] row;
    se armó un follón there was an almighty row;
    me montó un follón tremendo porque faltaba dinero he kicked up an almighty fuss o row because there was some money missing
    2. [lío] mess;
    ¡vaya follón! what a mess!;
    tengo un follón de libros encima de la mesa I've got piles of books scattered all over my desk;
    ¡dejad de armar follón! stop making such a row!;
    me hice un follón con las listas I got into a real muddle o mess with the lists;
    está metido en un follón de dinero he's got into some money trouble;
    esta tarde tengo mucho follón, mañana sería mejor I won't have a minute this afternoon, so tomorrow would be better
    * * *
    m
    1 argument
    2 ( lío) mess
    3
    :
    armar un follón kick up a fuss
    * * *
    1. (alboroto) racket / noise
    2. (desorden, confusión) mess
    3. (problema) trouble

    Spanish-English dictionary > follón

  • 51 hacer estallar

    v.
    1 to blast, to blow out, to blow up with explosives.
    El ladrón hizo estallar la bomba The thief set off the bomb.
    El minero hizo estallar la mina The miner blew up the mine with explosives
    2 to blow, to set off, to let off.
    El ladrón hizo estallar la bomba The thief set off the bomb.
    3 to pop, to blow.
    El chico hizo estallar el globo The boy popped the balloon.
    * * *
    (v.) = spark, ignite, touch off, blow up, let off
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    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. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    * * *
    (v.) = spark, ignite, touch off, blow up, let off

    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

    Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    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: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.

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  • 52 movimiento de personal

    (n.) = staff turnover, turnover, labour turnover
    Ex. The financial impact of staff turnover for the library profession has not yet been considered in depth.
    Ex. Inadequate compensation leads to poor performance, absenteeism, excessive turnover, grievances, and strikes.
    Ex. The variables were production, quality, costs, job satisfaction of operatives, job satisfaction of supervisors, work anxiety, accidents, absence, labor turnover, and industrial unrest.
    * * *
    (n.) = staff turnover, turnover, labour turnover

    Ex: The financial impact of staff turnover for the library profession has not yet been considered in depth.

    Ex: Inadequate compensation leads to poor performance, absenteeism, excessive turnover, grievances, and strikes.
    Ex: The variables were production, quality, costs, job satisfaction of operatives, job satisfaction of supervisors, work anxiety, accidents, absence, labor turnover, and industrial unrest.

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  • 53 política laboral

    f.
    labor policy, labour policy.
    * * *
    Ex. The title of the work is slightly misleading: the focus of its key chapters is more on labor policy than on industrial unrest and political dissent.
    * * *

    Ex: The title of the work is slightly misleading: the focus of its key chapters is more on labor policy than on industrial unrest and political dissent.

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  • 54 provocar

    v.
    1 to provoke.
    El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.
    Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.
    2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).
    provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebody
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze
    3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to provoke
    \
    provocar el parto to induce birth
    provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote
    2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on
    3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite

    ¡no me provoques! — don't start me!

    provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury

    4) [sexualmente] to rouse
    2. VI
    1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)

    ¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?

    ¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?

    no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea

    -¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"

    no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today

    2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up *
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    ----
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

    * * *
    provocar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause
    un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette
    una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy
    no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire
    2 ( Med):
    provocar el parto to induce labor*
    las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
    el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies
    B ‹persona›
    1 (al enfado) to provoke
    2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on
    ■ provocar
    vi
    ( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)
    ( refl):
    se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself
    * * *

     

    provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

    ‹ incendio› to start;
    ‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
    ‹ reacción› to cause
    b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

    2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
    ( sexualmente) to lead … on
    verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):
    ◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    provocar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
    2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
    3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
    4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
    (un aplauso) to provoke
    5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke

    ' provocar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campanada
    - desatar
    - engendrar
    - hacer
    - motivar
    - organizar
    - pinchar
    - chulear
    - dar
    - meter
    - parto
    - reclamo
    - torear
    English:
    bait
    - bring
    - bring about
    - bring on
    - cause
    - excite
    - fight
    - incur
    - induce
    - instigate
    - invite
    - prompt
    - provoke
    - raise
    - rouse
    - roust
    - short-circuit
    - spark off
    - start
    - stir up
    - tease
    - trigger
    - disturbance
    - draw
    - elicit
    - evoke
    - short
    - spark
    - stir
    - taunt
    - whip
    - wreck
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [incitar] to provoke;
    ¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!
    2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;
    [incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;
    una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;
    su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;
    le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes
    ♦ vi
    Carib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]
    ¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;
    ¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;
    ¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?
    * * *
    v/t
    1 cause
    2 el enfado provoke
    3 sexualmente lead on
    4 parto induce
    5
    :
    ¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?
    * * *
    provocar {72} vt
    1) causar: to provoke, to cause
    2) irritar: to provoke, to pique
    * * *
    1. (en general) to cause
    2. (incendio) to start
    3. (una persona) to provoke

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar

  • 55 renovación de personal

    (n.) = turnover, labour turnover
    Ex. Inadequate compensation leads to poor performance, absenteeism, excessive turnover, grievances, and strikes.
    Ex. The variables were production, quality, costs, job satisfaction of operatives, job satisfaction of supervisors, work anxiety, accidents, absence, labor turnover, and industrial unrest.
    * * *
    (n.) = turnover, labour turnover

    Ex: Inadequate compensation leads to poor performance, absenteeism, excessive turnover, grievances, and strikes.

    Ex: The variables were production, quality, costs, job satisfaction of operatives, job satisfaction of supervisors, work anxiety, accidents, absence, labor turnover, and industrial unrest.

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  • 56 revuelta

    f.
    1 riot, revolt (disturbio).
    2 bend (curva).
    3 hairpin curve, hairpin bend.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: revolver.
    * * *
    1 (revolución) revolt, riot
    2 (curva) bend, turn
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Pol) disturbance, riot
    2) (=agitación) commotion, disturbance
    3) (=curva) bend, turn
    4) (=vuelta) turn
    * * *
    a) ( de civiles) uprising; ( de tropas) uprising, revolt
    b) ( jaleo) commotion, row (colloq)
    * * *
    = revolt, riot, uprising, switchback.
    Ex. But the building plans were nearly jeopardised several times in a politically charged atmosphere that led to a tax-payer revolt in California.
    Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex. The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex. I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.
    * * *
    a) ( de civiles) uprising; ( de tropas) uprising, revolt
    b) ( jaleo) commotion, row (colloq)
    * * *
    = revolt, riot, uprising, switchback.

    Ex: But the building plans were nearly jeopardised several times in a politically charged atmosphere that led to a tax-payer revolt in California.

    Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.
    Ex: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex: I ended up parking about two miles away, and by the time I'd lugged the cases through the labyrinth of alleyways and switchbacks, I was spitting feathers.

    * * *
    A (insurrección — de civiles) uprising; (— de tropas) uprising, revolt
    las revueltas estudiantiles de 1968 the student riots o uprisings of 1968
    B (jaleo) row ( colloq), commotion, ruckus ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    revuelta sustantivo femenino

    ( de tropas) uprising, revolt;
    (de estudiantes, presos) riot
    b) ( jaleo) commotion, row (colloq)

    revuelto,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (una cosa) in a mess
    2 (una persona) restless
    3 (el tiempo) unsettled
    4 (el mar) rough
    II m Culin un revuelto de (espárragos, etc), scrambled eggs with (asparagus, etc)
    revuelta sustantivo femenino
    1 (de personas) revolt, riot
    2 (en un camino, etc) bend, turn
    ' revuelta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escabechina
    - nacer
    - sofocar
    - aire
    - amago
    - contener
    - espuma
    - estallar
    English:
    instigate
    - revolt
    - uprising
    - jumble
    * * *
    1. [disturbio] riot
    2. [curva] bend, turn
    * * *
    f uprising
    * * *
    : uprising, revolt
    * * *
    revuelta n revolt

    Spanish-English dictionary > revuelta

  • 57 rigores del clima

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > rigores del clima

  • 58 salvaje

    adj.
    1 wild (animal, terreno).
    el salvaje oeste the wild West
    2 savage (pueblo, tribu).
    3 brutal, savage (cruel, brutal).
    f. & m.
    1 savage (primitivo).
    2 brute (bruto).
    unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant
    * * *
    1 (planta) wild; (terreno) uncultivated
    2 (animal) wild
    3 (pueblo, tribu) savage, uncivilized
    5 (bruto) uncouth, boorish
    6 figurado (incontrolado) haphazard, uncontrolled
    3 (bruto) brute, boor
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    2) wild
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [planta, animal, tierra] wild
    2) (=no autorizado) [huelga] unofficial, wildcat; [construcción] unauthorized
    3) [pueblo, tribu] savage
    4) (=brutal) savage, brutal

    un salvaje asesinato — a brutal o savage murder

    5) LAm * (=estupendo) terrific *, smashing *
    2.
    SMF (lit, fig) savage
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) < animal> wild
    b) ( primitivo) < tribu> savage
    c) <vegetación/terreno> wild
    2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savage
    II
    masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage; ( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
    * * *
    = uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.
    Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex. The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.
    Ex. The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.
    Ex. I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.
    Ex. The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    ----
    * crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.
    * flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].
    * gato salvaje = feral cat.
    * monte salvaje = backcountry.
    * regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.
    * vida salvaje = wildlife.
    * zonas salvajes del interior = back country.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) < animal> wild
    b) ( primitivo) < tribu> savage
    c) <vegetación/terreno> wild
    2) ( cruel) <persona/tortura> brutal; <ataque/matanza> savage
    II
    masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage; ( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
    * * *
    = uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], savage, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], swingeing, savage, barbarian, barbarian, in the wild, feral, brutish.

    Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: Faced with the prospect of a swingeing cut of 15% in the periodical budget, the library had to determine which titles could be cancelled with least damage to the integrity of the research collections.
    Ex: The father is ultimately a figure of fun and the archetype of an irrational savage.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Waiting for the barbarians? Multicultural public library services in Australia 1985-1992'.
    Ex: The writer examines the hierarchy and organization of barbarian churches that developed in the western Roman Empire in late antiquity.
    Ex: I spoke of capturing e-scholarship disseminated outside the library, or, as one librarian put it, ' in the wild'.
    Ex: The film offers a repulsive creature whose croaks and drools recall the demonic child in The Exorcist, instead of the feral but relatively articulate person that Morrison created.
    Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    * crecer salvaje = grow + rampant.
    * flor salvaje = wildflower [wild flower].
    * gato salvaje = feral cat.
    * monte salvaje = backcountry.
    * regiones salvajes de Africa, las = wilds of Africa, the.
    * vida salvaje = wildlife.
    * zonas salvajes del interior = back country.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹animal› wild
    2 (primitivo) ‹tribu› savage
    3 ‹vegetación/terreno› wild
    B (cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal; ‹ataque/matanza› savage
    hay que ser salvaje para decirle eso a una pobre anciana ( fam); you have to be pretty cruel o brutal o nasty to say a thing like that to an old lady ( colloq)
    se vuelve muy salvaje cuando está borracho he gets very vicious o brutal when he's drunk
    C ‹construcción› uncontrolled, illegal; ‹camping› unauthorized
    para controlar la colocación salvaje de carteles to control illegal o unauthorized bill posting
    1 (primitivo) savage
    2 ( pey) (bruto) animal, savage
    te comportaste como un salvaje you behaved like a savage o an animal
    * * *

     

    salvaje adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹ animal› wild

    b) ( primitivo) ‹ tribu› savage

    c) ‹vegetación/terreno› wild

    2 ( cruel) ‹persona/tortura› brutal;
    ‹ataque/matanza› savage
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( primitivo) savage;
    ( bruto) (pey) animal, savage
    salvaje
    I adjetivo
    1 Bot Zool wild: el tigre es un animal salvaje, the tiger is a wild animal
    2 (terreno) uncultivated
    3 (cultura, tribu) savage
    4 (comportamiento) cruel, brutal
    5 (incontrolable, imparable) huelga salvaje, protracted strike
    6 pey (inculto, maleducado) uncouth
    (zoquete) thick: no seas salvaje, claro que fue Colón, don't be so thick, of course it was Columbus
    II m, f
    1savage
    2 fam (bruto) animal, savage
    ' salvaje' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brava
    - bravo
    - lado
    - selvática
    - selvático
    - bestia
    - indomable
    English:
    abundance
    - frazzled
    - loose
    - rice
    - savage
    - savagely
    - wild
    - wilderness
    - wildness
    - cut
    - vicious
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [animal] wild
    2. [planta, terreno] wild
    3. [pueblo, tribu] savage
    4. [cruel, brutal] brutal, savage;
    se escuchó una explosión salvaje there was a massive explosion;
    el capitalismo salvaje ruthless capitalism
    5. [incontrolado]
    acampada salvaje unauthorized camping;
    una huelga salvaje an unofficial strike, a wildcat strike;
    vertidos salvajes illegal dumping
    ♦ nmf
    1. [primitivo] savage
    2. [bruto] brute;
    unos salvajes prendieron fuego a un inmigrante some inhuman brutes set fire to an immigrant;
    la salvaje de tu hermana ha suspendido todas las asignaturas your thick sister has failed every subject;
    es un salvaje, se comió un pollo él sólo he's an animal, he ate a whole chicken by himself;
    eres un salvaje, ¿cómo tratas así a tu madre? you're a monster, how can you treat your mother like that?
    * * *
    I adj
    1 animal wild
    2 ( bruto) brutal
    II m/f savage
    * * *
    salvaje adj
    1) : wild
    animales salvajes: wild animals
    2) : savage, cruel
    3) : primitive, uncivilized
    salvaje nmf
    : savage
    * * *
    salvaje adj
    1. (animal) wild
    2. (tribu) savage

    Spanish-English dictionary > salvaje

  • 59 suscitar

    v.
    1 to give rise to.
    2 to provoke, to bring about, to arouse, to cause to happen.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to cause, provoke
    2 (rebelión) to stir up, arouse; (discusión) to start; (problemas) to cause, raise; (interés) to arouse
    * * *
    verb
    to provoke, arise
    * * *
    VT [+ rebelión] to stir up; [+ escándalo, conflicto] to cause, provoke; [+ discusión] to start; [+ duda, problema] to raise; [+ interés, sospechas] to arouse; [+ consecuencia] to cause, give rise to, bring with it
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) <curiosidad/interés> to arouse; < dudas> to raise; <escándalo/polémica> to provoke, cause; < debate> to give rise to
    * * *
    = fuel, spark off, whip up, elicit, spark, give + rise to, conjure up, arouse, bring about, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. As we enter full-throttle into the Information Age, the mere mention of 'the information highway' conjures up a predictable set of high-tech images.
    Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    ----
    * suscitar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * suscitar crítica = arouse + criticism, raise + criticism.
    * suscitar duda = shed + doubt.
    * suscitar dudas = raise + doubts.
    * suscitar el debate = spark + debate, spark + discussion, stir + debate.
    * suscitar el diálogo = spark + dialogue.
    * suscitar la curiosidad = excite + attention.
    * suscitar la discusión = spark + discussion.
    * suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * suscitar una cuestión = evoke + issue, open up + issue.
    * suscitar una pregunta = raise + question.
    * suscitar una respuesta = evoke + response, elicit + response.
    * suscitar una sugerencia = elicit + suggestion.
    * suscitar un comentario = elicit + comment.
    * suscitar un debate = arouse + discussion, debate + surface, raise + debate.
    * suscitar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) <curiosidad/interés> to arouse; < dudas> to raise; <escándalo/polémica> to provoke, cause; < debate> to give rise to
    * * *
    = fuel, spark off, whip up, elicit, spark, give + rise to, conjure up, arouse, bring about, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: As we enter full-throttle into the Information Age, the mere mention of 'the information highway' conjures up a predictable set of high-tech images.
    Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * suscitar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * suscitar crítica = arouse + criticism, raise + criticism.
    * suscitar duda = shed + doubt.
    * suscitar dudas = raise + doubts.
    * suscitar el debate = spark + debate, spark + discussion, stir + debate.
    * suscitar el diálogo = spark + dialogue.
    * suscitar la curiosidad = excite + attention.
    * suscitar la discusión = spark + discussion.
    * suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * suscitar una cuestión = evoke + issue, open up + issue.
    * suscitar una pregunta = raise + question.
    * suscitar una respuesta = evoke + response, elicit + response.
    * suscitar una sugerencia = elicit + suggestion.
    * suscitar un comentario = elicit + comment.
    * suscitar un debate = arouse + discussion, debate + surface, raise + debate.
    * suscitar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.

    * * *
    suscitar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); ‹curiosidad/interés› to arouse; ‹dudas› to raise; ‹escándalo/polémica› to provoke, cause
    suscitó un acalorado debate it gave rise to a heated debate
    * * *

    suscitar vtr (originar) to cause, arouse: su postura suscitará polémica, his attitude will provoke controversy
    ' suscitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    decir
    - imponer
    - infundir
    - intrigar
    - llamar
    - tinta
    - interesar
    English:
    excite
    - antagonize
    - draw
    - raise
    - rise
    - spark
    * * *
    [discusión] to give rise to; [dificultades] to cause, to create; [interés, simpatía, sospechas] to arouse; [dudas] to raise
    * * *
    v/t enojo arouse; polémica generate; escándalo provoke
    * * *
    : to provoke, to give rise to

    Spanish-English dictionary > suscitar

  • 60 trabajador1

    1 = worker, workman [workmen, -pl.], hand, commuter, working man, attendant, working person.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.
    Ex. Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.
    Ex. The clicker paid each man according to what he had set, keeping for himself a share equal to that of the most productive hand.
    Ex. This town enjoys a relatively placid existence as a well-appointed dormitory for thousands of commuters to a large metropolitan area of 250,000.
    Ex. As energies became directed to less abstract matters working men began to see libraries as undemocratic and inhospitable institutions.
    Ex. Other libraries allow bags to be brought in but an attendant is employed to check the contents as the reader leaves the library.
    Ex. What can one, middle class, working person do to help (in some small way) work towards a more peaceful world?.
    ----
    * buen trabajador = hard worker.
    * campamento de trabajadores = labour camp.
    * campamento de trabajadores agrícolas = farm labour camp.
    * descontento entre los trabajadores = industrial unrest.
    * desde el punto de vista del trabajador = in the trenches.
    * día de los trabajadores = Labour Day.
    * día internacional de los trabajadores = Labour Day.
    * malestar entre los trabajadores = industrial unrest.
    * muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
    * trabajador a destajo = piecework hand, piece-worker [pieceworker].
    * trabajador a distancia = teleworker, telecommuter.
    * trabajador a domicilio = homeworker.
    * trabajador agrícola = agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.
    * trabajador a tiempo parcial = part-timer.
    * trabajador autónomo = freelancer [free-lancer].
    * trabajador cualificado contratado de otra empresa = lateral hire.
    * trabajador de campo = fieldworker [field worker].
    * trabajador de fábrica = factory worker, factory hand.
    * trabajador de la industria = industrial worker.
    * trabajador del campo = farmworker [farm worker], agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.
    * trabajador del cobre = coppersmith.
    * trabajador desde casa = homeworker.
    * trabajador de temporada = seasonal worker.
    * trabajador de vivero = nurseryman [nurserymen, -pl.].
    * trabajador doméstico = domestic worker.
    * trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.
    * trabajador en el área de la alfabetización = literacy worker.
    * trabajador en la agricultura = agricultural worker.
    * trabajadores = labour [labor, -USA], work group, work-force [workforce], shop floor, labour force, working people.
    * trabajadores del campo = farm labour force.
    * trabajador eventual = jobber.
    * trabajador externo = outworker.
    * trabajador manual = manual worker.
    * trabajador normal = line worker.
    * trabajador por cuenta propia = freelancer [free-lancer].
    * trabajador por horas = time hand [time-hand].
    * trabajador por turnos = shift worker.
    * trabajador sanitario = health-care worker, health worker, health care professional.
    * trabajador sin titulación específica = non-professional [nonprofessional].
    * trabajador social = social worker, case worker.
    * vida como trabajador = working life.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajador1

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