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unscrupulous methods

  • 1 délicat

    délicat, e [delika, at]
    adjective
       a. ( = fin, fragile, précis) delicate ; [mets] dainty
       b. ( = difficile) [situation, question, opération, sujet] delicate
       c. ( = raffiné) [sentiment, goût, esprit, style] delicate
       d. ( = plein de tact) tactful ( envers to, towards)
       e. ( = exigeant) fussy
    * * *

    1.
    délicate delika, at adjectif
    1) ( raffiné) [mets] subtle; [palais] discriminating; [personne] refined
    2) ( plein de tact) tactful; ( attentionné) thoughtful
    3) (complexe, difficile) [équilibre, négociations, tâche] delicate; [affaire, dossier, point, moment] sensitive; [mission, manœuvre] tricky
    4) ( fragile) [peau, mécanisme, instrument] delicate; [estomac, oreille] sensitive

    2.
    nom masculin, féminin
    * * *
    delika, at adj délicat, -e
    1) (= épineux) (question) delicate, (problème) tricky, (mission) delicate, (négociations) sensitive, delicate
    2) (= fragile) delicate
    3) (= plein de tact) tactful

    Il est toujours très délicat. — He's always very tactful.

    4) (= attentionné) thoughtful

    C'est une attention délicate de sa part. — That was thoughtful of him.

    5) (= exigeant) fussy, particular

    Ne faites pas le délicat. — Don't be so fussy.

    * * *
    A adj
    1 (fin, subtil) gén delicate;
    2 ( raffiné) [mets, manières] delicate, dainty; [palais] discriminating; [personne] refined;
    3 ( plein de tact) tactful; ( attentionné) thoughtful; avoir un geste délicat pour or envers qn to do something thoughtful for sb; quelle attention délicate! what a kind thought!; un homme peu délicat en affaires a man with few business scruples; des procédés peu délicats unscrupulous means;
    4 (complexe, difficile) [équilibre, négociations, tâche] delicate; [domaine, affaire, secteur, dossier, point, moment] sensitive; [mission, manœuvre] tricky; il est délicat pour lui de faire it's tricky for him to do; la tâche est délicate it's a delicate task;
    5 ( fragile) [peau] delicate, sensitive; [mécanisme, dispositif, instrument] delicate; [estomac] sensitive; elle est de santé délicate she's delicate;
    6 pej ( tatillon) [personne] elle est très délicate sur la nourriture she's very fussy about her food; vous êtes bien délicat! ( pour choisir) how fussy GB ou picky US you are!;
    7 ( chaste) [oreille] sensitive.
    B nm,f ( tatillon) pej fusspot○ GB, fussbudget; faire le délicat to be fussy.
    ( féminin délicate) [delika, at] adjectif
    1. [fragile - tissu] delicate ; [ - peau] sensitive ; [ - santé] delicate, frail ; [ - intestin, estomac] sensitive, delicate ; [ - enfant, plante] fragile
    2. [sensible - palais] discerning
    3. [subtil - forme, aquarelle, nuance, travail] delicate, fine ; [ - doigts, traits] delicate, dainty ; [ - mets] dainty, delicate ; [ - saveur, odeur] delicate
    4. [difficile - situation] delicate, awkward, tricky ; [ - opération chirurgicale, problème] difficult, tricky ; [ - question] delicate, sensitive
    5. [courtois] thoughtful, considerate
    6. [difficile à contenter] fussy, particular
    7. [scrupuleux - conscience, procédé] scrupulous
    ————————
    , délicate [delika, at] nom masculin, nom féminin
    b. [devant le sang, la malhonnêteté] to be squeamish

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > délicat

  • 2 недобросовестные методы психологической войны

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > недобросовестные методы психологической войны

  • 3 П-480

    (всеми, всякими, разными и т. п.) ПРАВДАМИ И НЕПРАВДАМИ NPmstrum Invar adv fixed WO
    not hesitating to employ any (often unscrupulous) methods
    by hook or by crook
    by fair means or foul one way or another go(ing) to any length(s).
    У Иры Егеревой было 50 рублей. Ее отец, известный в Казани профессор строительного института, какими-то правдами и неправдами добился передачи их дочке (Гинзбург 1). Ira had fifty roubles which her father, a professor at the institute of civil engineering, had managed, by hook or by crook, to get to her (1a)
    Лошадей (Григорий) стал подготавливать к короткому, но стремительному пробегу еще две недели назад: вовремя поил их... всеми правдами и неправдами добывал на ночевках зерно, и лошади его выглядели лучше, чем у всех остальных... (Шолохов 5). Не (Grigory) had started grooming his horses for a short but fast gallop two weeks before He watered them regularly...By fair means or foul he obtained grain for them at night and his horses looked better than any of the others... (5a).
    В пристрастном освещении Клыкачева Степанов предстал человеком кляузным, скрытным, всеми правдами и неправдами выращивающим трех сыновей (Солженицын 3). In Klykachev's prejudiced view, Stepanov was a furtive slanderer who would go to any lengths to fix things for his three sons (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-480

  • 4 правдами и неправдами

    • (ВСЕМИ, ВСЯКИМИ, РАЗНЫМИ И Т. П.) ПРАВДАМИ И НЕПРАВДАМИ
    [NPinstrum; Invar; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ not hesitating to employ any (often unscrupulous) methods:
    - go(ing) to any length(s).
         ♦ У Иры Егеревой было 50 рублей. Ее отец, известный в Казани профессор строительного института, какими-то правдами и неправдами добился передачи их дочке (Гинзбург 1). Ira had fifty roubles which her father, a professor at the institute of civil engineering, had managed, by hook or by crook, to get to her (1a)
         ♦ Лошадей [Григорий] стал подготавливать к короткому, но стремительному пробегу еще две недели назад: вовремя поил их... всеми правдами и неправдами добывал на ночевках зерно, и лошади его выглядели лучше, чем у всех остальных... (Шолохов 5). Не [Grigory] had started grooming his horses for a short but fast gallop two weeks before He watered them regularly....By fair means or foul he obtained grain for them at night and his horses looked better than any of the others... (5a).
         ♦ В пристрастном освещении Клыкачева Степанов предстал человеком кляузным, скрытным, всеми правдами и неправдами выращивающим трех сыновей (Солженицын 3). In Klykachevs prejudiced view, Stepanov was a furtive slanderer who would go to any lengths to fix things for his three sons (3a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > правдами и неправдами

  • 5 sin escrúpulos

    adj.
    without scruples, unprincipled, unscrupulous, unconscionable.
    adv.
    unscrupulously, without scruples.
    * * *
    unscrupulous
    * * *
    (adj.) = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. Slowly -- but not without sustained and unconscionable injustices to Native and African Americans -- the United States grew from a republic into a more inclusive democracy.
    Ex. From small-time stick-ups to vengeful bloodbaths, they become insatiable predators without scruples.
    Ex. Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unscrupulous, unconscionable, without scruples, unprincipled

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Ex: Slowly -- but not without sustained and unconscionable injustices to Native and African Americans -- the United States grew from a republic into a more inclusive democracy.
    Ex: From small-time stick-ups to vengeful bloodbaths, they become insatiable predators without scruples.
    Ex: Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin escrúpulos

  • 6 deshonesto

    adj.
    1 dishonest, backdoor, deceitful, lying.
    2 indecent, immodest, immoral, lewd.
    * * *
    1 (sin honestidad) dishonest
    2 (inmoral) immodest, indecent
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=no honrado) dishonest
    2) (=indecente) indecent
    proposición 1)
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest
    b) ( indecente) < proposiciones> improper, indecent; abuso
    * * *
    = unscrupulous, dishonest, corrupt, crooked, shifty, indecent, lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.].
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex. Unrestricted access to the Internet for input is promoting not just the banal but the postively corrupt.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex. The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.
    ----
    * de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest
    b) ( indecente) < proposiciones> improper, indecent; abuso
    * * *
    = unscrupulous, dishonest, corrupt, crooked, shifty, indecent, lewd [lewder -comp., lewdest -sup.].

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex: Unrestricted access to the Internet for input is promoting not just the banal but the postively corrupt.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: 'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral o indecente.
    Ex: The passage of the Exon bill would make criminal the sending of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent data over the Net = La aprobación de la ley Exon haría que fuese un delito el envío a través de Internet de información obscena, lujuriosa, lasciva, inmoral indecente.
    * de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.

    * * *
    1 (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest
    2 (indecente) ‹proposiciones› improper, indecent ‹mujer› ( ant) immodest ( arch), shameless abuso
    * * *

    deshonesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) (tramposo, mentiroso) dishonest


    deshonesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (no honrado) dishonest
    2 (no pudoroso) indecent, improper
    ' deshonesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deshonesta
    - sucia
    - sucio
    - chueco
    English:
    bent
    - corrupt
    - crooked
    - dishonest
    - improper
    * * *
    deshonesto, -a adj
    1. [sin honradez] dishonest
    2. [sin pudor] indecent, immoral
    * * *
    adj dishonest
    * * *
    deshonesto, -ta adj
    : dishonest
    * * *
    deshonesto adj dishonest

    Spanish-English dictionary > deshonesto

  • 7 sin principios

    adj.
    unprincipled.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unscrupulous, unprincipled
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unscrupulous, unprincipled

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Ex: Term paper fraud runs amok on the Web as dozens of fee and free sites have thousands of term papers available for lazy and unprincipled students.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin principios

  • 8 anatematizar

    v.
    1 to condemn.
    2 to anathematize, to curse.
    * * *
    1 to anathematize
    2 figurado to curse
    * * *
    1.
    anatemizar verbo transitivo (Relig) to anathematize; ( condenar) to condemn
    2.
    anatematizar vi to rail
    * * *
    = anathemitise [anathemitize, -USA].
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    * * *
    1.
    anatemizar verbo transitivo (Relig) to anathematize; ( condenar) to condemn
    2.
    anatematizar vi to rail
    * * *
    = anathemitise [anathemitize, -USA].

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    * * *
    anatematizar [A4 ], anatemizar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ( Relig) to anathematize
    2 (condenar) to condemn
    ■ anatematizar
    vi
    to rail
    anatemizan contra la relajación de costumbres they rail against o condemn the decline in moral standards
    * * *
    1. [excomulgar] to excommunicate, to anathematize
    2. [condenar] to condemn
    * * *
    v/t anathematize, condemn

    Spanish-English dictionary > anatematizar

  • 9 aprovecharse de + Posesivo + posición

    (v.) = take + advantage of + Posesivo + position
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + advantage of + Posesivo + position

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprovecharse de + Posesivo + posición

  • 10 descarado

    adj.
    cynical, bare-faced, barefaced, bold-faced.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descararse.
    * * *
    1 (actitud) shameless, brazen, insolent; (persona) cheeky
    2 (patente) blatant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 shameless person, cheeky person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=desvergonzado) shameless; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) (=evidente) [mentira] barefaced; [prejuicio] blatant
    2.
    ADV *

    sí voy, descarado — I'm going all right, you bet I'm going

    si supiera inglés, descarado que me iba a Londres — if I spoke English, you can bet your life I'd go to London

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex. Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex. Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    ----
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/actitud> brazen, shameless
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    no contestes así a tu madre descarado! — don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude little boy

    * * *
    = blatant, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], brazen, shameless, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], in-your-face, unabashed, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], insolent, rude [ruder -comp., rudest -sup.], impudent, unashamed, saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex: Another librarian described herself as 'a shameless, self-promoter'.
    Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex: Some female readers also appreciate bad-girl books for their powerful, independent heroines, and in-your-face attitude.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'What's the number?: an unofficial and unabashed guide to the Library of Congress Classification for the social sciences'.
    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex: 'That young man was terribly rude'.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: There is a need for more study of current lending patterns to establish a clear mandate for unashamed purchase of AV materials by traditionally print-oriented librarians.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.

    * * *
    descarado1 -da
    1 ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless
    el muy descarado, pedirme dinero así what (a) nerve he has, asking me for money like that
    las elecciones fueron un fraude descarado the elections were a blatant fraud o were clearly rigged
    ( Esp fam): si tuviese dinero, descarado que me iría a vivir sola you can bet your life if I had the money, I'd go off and live alone ( colloq)
    lo hizo adrede, descarado make no mistake, she did it on purpose, she did it on purpose, you can be sure of it o you can bet your life on it
    descarado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    no contestes así a tu madre ¡descarado! don't talk back to your mother like that, you rude o ( BrE) cheeky little boy
    ese chico es un descarado that boy has a lot of nerve
    * * *

    Del verbo descararse: ( conjugate descararse)

    descarado es:

    el participio

    descarado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/actitud› brazen, shameless;

    es muy descarado he has a lot of nerve
    descarado,-a
    I adj (insolente) cheeky, insolent
    (desvergonzado) shameless
    una mentira descarada, a barefaced lie
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino cheeky person

    ' descarado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevida
    - atrevido
    - cara
    - descarada
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - golfa
    - golfo
    - lisa
    - liso
    - sinvergüenza
    - fresco
    - patudo
    English:
    audacious
    - barefaced
    - blatant
    - bold
    - brash
    - brassy
    - brazen
    - cheeky
    - downright
    - forward
    - shameless
    - unabashed
    - outright
    - pert
    * * *
    descarado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [desvergonzado] [persona] cheeky, impertinent;
    ¡no seas (tan) descarado! don't be (so) cheeky!;
    ¡el muy descarado se ha atrevido a burlarse de mí! the cheeky devil had the nerve to make fun of me!
    2. [flagrante] barefaced, blatant;
    una mentira descarada a barefaced lie;
    ¡es un robo descarado! it's daylight robbery!;
    ¡ha sido un penalti descarado! there's no way that wasn't a penalty!
    ♦ adv
    Esp Fam [por supuesto, seguro] you bet!;
    no lo conseguirá, descarado there's no way she'll manage to do it;
    ¡descarado que iremos! too right we're going to go!
    ♦ nm,f
    cheeky devil;
    eres un descarado mirando you are awful the way you stare at people
    * * *
    adj rude, impertinent
    * * *
    descarado, -da adj
    : brazen, impudent
    * * *
    descarado adj cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > descarado

  • 11 insolente

    adj.
    insolent (descarado).
    f. & m.
    insolent person.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: insolentar.
    * * *
    1 (descarado) insolent
    2 (soberbio) haughty
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (descarado) insolent person
    2 (soberbio) haughty person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=descarado) insolent, rude
    2) (=altivo) haughty, contemptuous
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo rude, insolent
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    Ex. Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex. This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex. Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.
    Ex. They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    ----
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo rude, insolent
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = insolent, brash [brasher -comp., brashest -sup.], cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], petulant, uncouth, sassy [sassier -comp., sassiest -sup.], flamer, brazen, impudent, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand], saucy [saucier -comp., sauciest -sup.], pert.

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    Ex: Caslon rejected the brash contrast of the later Dutch founts, and produced types that were without serious blemish, but also without much life.
    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: All the writers chosen characterized eastern Europe throughout the 18th century as uncouth and backward.
    Ex: This series of personal essays are at various times sassy, profound, superficial, and maddening.
    Ex: Like other technologies, the Internet is vulnerable to misuse by hostile individuals ( flamers), sexual predators, and pornographers.
    Ex: They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.

    * * *
    ‹persona› rude, insolent; ‹respuesta/actitud› insolent
    es una insolente she's so rude o insolent
    * * *

    Del verbo insolentar: ( conjugate insolentar)

    insolenté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    insolente es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    insolente adjetivo
    rude, insolent
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:
    ◊ es una insolente she's so rude o insolent

    insolente adjetivo insolent

    ' insolente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevida
    - atrevido
    - chula
    - chulo
    - descarada
    - descarado
    - farruca
    - farruco
    - malencarada
    - malencarado
    - liso
    English:
    audacious
    - defiant
    - impudent
    - insolent
    - saucy
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [descarado] insolent; [orgulloso] haughty
    ♦ nmf
    insolent person;
    es un insolente he's very insolent
    * * *
    adj insolent
    * * *
    impertinente: insolent

    Spanish-English dictionary > insolente

  • 12 procaz

    adj.
    1 indecent, obscene.
    2 insolent, shameless, procacious, scurrilous.
    3 lewd.
    * * *
    1 indecent, vulgar
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=atrevido) insolent, impudent; (=descarado) brazen
    2) [comentario, chiste] indecent, obscene
    * * *
    adjetivo <comentario/chiste> indecent, lewd; < lenguaje> obscene
    * * *
    = ribald, insolent.
    Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
    Ex. He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.
    * * *
    adjetivo <comentario/chiste> indecent, lewd; < lenguaje> obscene
    * * *
    = ribald, insolent.

    Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.

    Ex: He had always anathematized those who took unscrupulous advantage of their positions, and those who succumbed to their insolent methods.

    * * *
    ‹comentario/chiste› indecent, lewd; ‹lenguaje› obscene
    un guiño procaz a lewd wink
    * * *

    procaz adjetivo ‹comentario/chiste› indecent, lewd;
    ‹ lenguaje› obscene
    ' procaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smutty
    - ribald
    * * *
    procaz adj
    indecent, obscene
    * * *
    adj lewd, indecent
    * * *
    procaz adj, pl procaces
    1) : insolent, impudent
    2) : indecent

    Spanish-English dictionary > procaz

  • 13 П-208

    ПОБЕДИТЕЛЕЙ HE СУДЯТ lit (sent fixed WO
    if a person achieves success or is victorious no one criticizes his means or methods (even if they are unscrupulous)
    victors need never explain
    success is never blamed.
    Attributed to Catherine the Great.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-208

  • 14 победителей не судят

    [sent; fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ if a person achieves success or is victorious no one criticizes his means or methods (even if they are unscrupulous):
    - success is never blamed.
    —————
    ← Attributed to Catherine the Great.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > победителей не судят

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