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unsociable

  • 1 antisociable

    • unsociable

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > antisociable

  • 2 zahareńo

    • unsociable

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > zahareńo

  • 3 insociable

    adj.
    unsociable.
    * * *
    1 unsociable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo unsociable
    * * *
    = unsocial, asocial.
    Ex. Social order is maintained through the concern of individuals for their reputations, which suffer if they are unsocial.
    Ex. The 1956 movie 'The Bad Seed' provided a lasting cultural reference point for children who have attracted national attention for their asocial and violently structured lives.
    * * *
    adjetivo unsociable
    * * *
    = unsocial, asocial.

    Ex: Social order is maintained through the concern of individuals for their reputations, which suffer if they are unsocial.

    Ex: The 1956 movie 'The Bad Seed' provided a lasting cultural reference point for children who have attracted national attention for their asocial and violently structured lives.

    * * *
    unsociable
    * * *

    insociable adjetivo
    unsociable
    insociable adjetivo unsociable
    ' insociable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    antisocial
    - unsociable
    * * *
    unsociable
    * * *
    adj unsociable
    * * *
    : unsociable

    Spanish-English dictionary > insociable

  • 4 huraño

    adj.
    shy, unfriendly, unsociable, bashful.
    * * *
    1 sullen, unsociable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tímido) shy
    2) (=poco sociable) unsociable
    3) (=esquivo) shy, elusive
    * * *
    - ña adjetivo < persona> unsociable; < animal> timid
    * * *
    - ña adjetivo < persona> unsociable; < animal> timid
    * * *
    huraño -ña
    ‹persona› unsociable; ‹animal› timid
    * * *

    huraño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo ‹ persona› unsociable;


    ‹ animal› timid
    huraño,-a adjetivo unsociable
    ' huraño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    huraña
    - arisco
    - cazurro
    - esquivo
    English:
    unsociable
    - shy
    - sullen
    - timid
    * * *
    huraño, -a adj
    unsociable
    * * *
    adj unsociable
    * * *
    huraño, -ña adj
    1) : unsociable, aloof
    2) : timid, skittish (of an animal)

    Spanish-English dictionary > huraño

  • 5 esquivo

    adj.
    shy, bashful, aloof, elusive.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: esquivar.
    * * *
    1 cold, aloof
    * * *
    (f. - esquiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=tímido) shy; (=huraño) unsociable; (=difícil de encontrar) elusive; (=evasivo) evasive
    2) (=despreciativo) scornful
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) < persona> ( difícil de encontrar) elusive; ( huraño) aloof, unsociable; ( tímido) shy
    b) < respuesta> elusive, evasive
    * * *
    = avoiding, evasive.
    Ex. There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex. It is among such populations that the cynical, evasive, or merely muddled schemes of economic development have produced the greatest social inequity and human suffering.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) < persona> ( difícil de encontrar) elusive; ( huraño) aloof, unsociable; ( tímido) shy
    b) < respuesta> elusive, evasive
    * * *
    = avoiding, evasive.

    Ex: There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.

    Ex: It is among such populations that the cynical, evasive, or merely muddled schemes of economic development have produced the greatest social inequity and human suffering.

    * * *
    esquivo -va
    1 ‹persona› (difícil de encontrar) elusive; (huraño) aloof, unsociable; (tímido) shy
    se mostró esquivo ante los periodistas he was very evasive with the journalists
    2 ‹respuesta› elusive, evasive
    nervioso, con una mirada esquiva nervous, with a shifty look in his eyes
    * * *

    Del verbo esquivar: ( conjugate esquivar)

    esquivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    esquivó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    esquivar    
    esquivo
    esquivar ( conjugate esquivar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/problema/dificultad› to avoid;
    ‹golpe/pregunta› to dodge, evade;
    ‹ responsabilidad› to avoid, evade
    esquivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo


    ( huraño) aloof, unsociable;
    ( tímido) shy

    esquivar verbo transitivo
    1 (un obstáculo, golpe) to dodge: menos mal que pudo esquivar el árbol que había caído en la carretera, luckily he was able to dodge the tree that had fallen across the road
    2 (a una persona) to avoid, dodge: me está esquivando, he's avoiding me
    esquivo,-a adj (persona) aloof, unsociable
    ' esquivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esquiva
    English:
    elusive
    - elusiveness
    * * *
    esquivo, -a adj
    uncommunicative, unsociable;
    es algo esquivo he's not very communicative o sociable;
    está muy esquivo con todos nosotros he's very unsociable towards us all;
    estuvo esquivo con la prensa he didn't give much away to the press
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( huraño) unsociable
    2 ( evasivo) shifty, evasive
    * * *
    esquivo, -va adj
    1) huraño: aloof, unsociable
    2) : shy
    3) : elusive, evasive

    Spanish-English dictionary > esquivo

  • 6 arisco

    adj.
    1 unfriendly, surly, unsociable, cantankerous.
    2 vicious.
    * * *
    1 (persona - altiva) unsociable, unfriendly; (- áspera) surly, gruff; (- huidiza) shy
    2 (animal) unfriendly
    * * *
    ADJ [animal] unfriendly; [persona] unsociable, standoffish, surly
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( huraño) < persona> unfriendly, unsociable; < animal> unfriendly
    b) [estar] (Méx fam) ( enojado) upset, angry
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( huraño) < persona> unfriendly, unsociable; < animal> unfriendly
    b) [estar] (Méx fam) ( enojado) upset, angry
    * * *
    arisco -ca
    1 [ SER] (huraño) ‹persona› unfriendly, unsociable, surly; ‹animal› unfriendly
    2 [ ESTAR] ( Méx fam) (enojado) upset, angry
    * * *

    arisco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) [ser] ( huraño) ‹ persona› unfriendly, unsociable;

    ‹ animal› unfriendly
    b) [estar] (Méx fam) ( enojado) upset, angry

    arisco,-a adj (persona) unfriendly, stand-offish, unsociable
    (animal) unfriendly, gruff
    ' arisco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arisca
    * * *
    arisco, -a adj
    surly
    * * *
    adj unfriendly
    * * *
    arisco, -ca adj
    : surly, sullen, unsociable
    * * *
    arisco adj unfriendly [comp. unfriendlier; superl. unfriendliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arisco

  • 7 hurón

    adj.
    Huron.
    m.
    1 ferret.
    2 Huron, Huron indian, northwest Iroquoian indian.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar figurado (fisgón) busybody, nosy parker
    2 familiar figurado (huraño) unsociable person
    1 (animal) ferret
    ————————
    1 (animal) ferret
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=huraño) unsociable
    2) Cono Sur * (=glotón) greedy
    2. SM
    1) (Zool) ferret
    2) (=huraño) unsociable person
    3) (=fisgón) pey busybody, nosy parker *, snooper *
    * * *
    I
    - rona adjetivo (fam) ( huraño) unsociable; ( fisgón) nosy (colloq)
    II
    - rona masculino, femenino
    1) (fam) ( huraño) loner (colloq); ( fisgón) busybody (colloq)
    2) hurón masculino (Zool) ferret
    * * *
    = ferret.
    Ex. The second part covers the conditions and treatment of particular species including chinchillas, ferrets, terrapins, and raccoons.
    * * *
    I
    - rona adjetivo (fam) ( huraño) unsociable; ( fisgón) nosy (colloq)
    II
    - rona masculino, femenino
    1) (fam) ( huraño) loner (colloq); ( fisgón) busybody (colloq)
    2) hurón masculino (Zool) ferret
    * * *

    Ex: The second part covers the conditions and treatment of particular species including chinchillas, ferrets, terrapins, and raccoons.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    1 (huraño) unsociable
    2 (fisgón) nosy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    A ( fam)
    1 (huraño) loner ( colloq)
    2 (fisgón) busybody ( colloq), nosy parker ( BrE colloq)
    B (indio) Huron
    C
    hurón masculine ( Zool) ferret
    * * *

    hurón,-ona m,f Zool ferret
    ' hurón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hurona
    English:
    ferret
    - send down
    * * *
    Hurón nm
    el lago Hurón Lake Huron
    * * *
    m ZO ferret
    * * *
    hurón nm, pl hurones : ferret

    Spanish-English dictionary > hurón

  • 8 intratable

    adj.
    1 unsociable, difficult to get on with.
    2 unfriendly, hostile, unsociable.
    3 intractable, impossible to treat.
    * * *
    1 (persona) bad-tempered, unsociable
    2 (asunto) intractable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] difficult

    ¡son intratables! — they're impossible!

    2) (Med) untreatable
    * * *
    * * *
    = intractable, undealable.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. Some problems are simply ' undealable with' on the phone, so some back-up such as home-visiting is necessary.
    ----
    * resultar intratable por = prove + inhospitable to.
    * * *
    * * *
    = intractable, undealable.

    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.

    Ex: Some problems are simply ' undealable with' on the phone, so some back-up such as home-visiting is necessary.
    * resultar intratable por = prove + inhospitable to.

    * * *
    hay días en que está intratable there are days when she's (just) impossible
    desde que ocurrió, está intratable he's become very difficult since it happened
    * * *

    intratable adj (persona) unsociable, impossible
    ' intratable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imposible
    - repelente
    - tonto
    English:
    ornery
    * * *
    unsociable, difficult to get on with;
    hoy estás intratable there's no talking to you today
    * * *
    adj
    :
    es intratable he is impossible (to deal with)
    * * *
    1) : intractable
    2) : awkward
    3) : unsociable

    Spanish-English dictionary > intratable

  • 9 rancho

    m.
    1 mess (food).
    3 shack, shanty (en la ciudad). (Southern Cone, Venezuelan Spanish)
    4 hut, hovel, shack, shanty.
    5 straw hat, boater hat, boater.
    6 crew's quarters.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ranchar.
    * * *
    1 MILITAR mess
    \
    hacer rancho aparte familiar to go one's own way
    * * *
    SM
    1) Méx (=granja) ranch, small farm
    2) LAm (=choza) hut, thatched hut; LAm (=casa de campo) country house, villa
    3) Caribe (=chabola) shanty, shack

    ranchos — And, Caribe shanty town

    4) (Náut) crew's quarters pl
    5) (=campamento) camp, settlement
    6) (Mil) mess, communal meal; pey (=comida) bad food, grub *

    asentar el rancho — (=preparar la comida) to prepare a meal; (fig) (=organizarse) to settle in, get things organized

    7) Cono Sur (=sombrero) straw hat
    * * *
    1) ( comida) food (for a group of soldiers, workers, etc)

    hacer rancho aparte: no te quedes aquí haciendo rancho aparte don't be so unsociable; en las fiestas hacen rancho aparte — at parties they form their own little clique

    2)
    a) (AmL) ( choza) hut; ( casucha) hovel; ( chabola) shack, shanty
    b) (Méx) ( hacienda) ranch
    * * *
    = cattle ranch, ranch.
    Ex. The high accuracy level obtained by validation tests of this model supports its utility for the management of rhea populations in other cattle ranches of the region.
    Ex. One hundred and twelve farm and ranch operator couples completed surveys that were used to discover their level of retirement preparation.
    ----
    * rancho ganadero = cattle ranch, ranch.
    * * *
    1) ( comida) food (for a group of soldiers, workers, etc)

    hacer rancho aparte: no te quedes aquí haciendo rancho aparte don't be so unsociable; en las fiestas hacen rancho aparte — at parties they form their own little clique

    2)
    a) (AmL) ( choza) hut; ( casucha) hovel; ( chabola) shack, shanty
    b) (Méx) ( hacienda) ranch
    * * *
    = cattle ranch, ranch.

    Ex: The high accuracy level obtained by validation tests of this model supports its utility for the management of rhea populations in other cattle ranches of the region.

    Ex: One hundred and twelve farm and ranch operator couples completed surveys that were used to discover their level of retirement preparation.
    * rancho ganadero = cattle ranch, ranch.

    * * *
    A (comida) food (for a group of soldiers, workers, etc)
    hacer rancho aparte: no te quedes aquí haciendo rancho aparte don't be so unsociable
    en todas las fiestas hacen rancho aparte y no hablan con nadie más at parties they form their own little clique and don't speak to anyone else
    B
    1 ( AmL) (choza) hut; (casucha) hovel; (chabola) shack, shanty
    2 ( Méx) (hacienda) ranch
    venir/salir/llegar del rancho ( Méx fam): seguro que acaban de salir del rancho I bet they've just come up from the country o ( hum) stepped off the farm
    acuérdense que yo vengo del rancho don't forget I'm just a country bumpkin
    C ( RPl) (sombrero) boater
    * * *

    rancho sustantivo masculino
    1 ( comida) food (for a group of soldiers, workers, etc)
    2
    a) (AmL) ( choza) hut;

    ( casucha) hovel;
    ( chabola) shack, shanty
    b) (Méx) ( hacienda) ranch

    rancho sustantivo masculino
    1 (en el campo) ranch
    2 Mil & familiar mess, communal meal
    pey bad food
    ' rancho' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacienda
    English:
    dude ranch
    - ranch
    - farm
    - hovel
    - shack
    - shanty
    * * *
    rancho nm
    1. [comida] mess;
    Fam
    hacer o [m5]formar rancho aparte: ésos siempre hacen o [m5] forman rancho aparte they always form their own little clique
    2. [granja del Oeste] ranch
    3. CSur, Ven [en la ciudad] shack, shanty
    4. Méx [pequeña finca] = small farmhouse and outbuildings
    5. RP [en el campo] farm labourer's cottage
    6. RP [en la playa] = thatched beachside building
    * * *
    m
    small farm
    2 L.Am. ( barrio de chabolas) shanty town
    3
    :
    hacer rancho aparte fig keep o.s. to o.s.
    * * *
    rancho nm
    1) : ranch, farm
    2) : hut
    3) : settlement, camp
    4) : food, mess (for soldiers, etc.)
    * * *
    rancho n ranch [pl. ranches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > rancho

  • 10 chuncho

    adj.
    1 savage; uncivilized; bashful, shy.
    2 m.
    f.
    em> Savage, bashful, shy.
    * * *
    chuncho, -a Perú pey
    1. ADJ
    1) (=salvaje) savage, rustic
    2) (=inculto) uncivilized
    3) (=tímido) bashful, shy
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo (Per fam) unsociable, unfriendly
    II
    - cha masculino, femenino
    2) chuncho masculino (Chi) (Zool) pygmy owl; ( persona) (fam) jinx
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo (Per fam) unsociable, unfriendly
    II
    - cha masculino, femenino
    2) chuncho masculino (Chi) (Zool) pygmy owl; ( persona) (fam) jinx
    * * *
    ( Per fam) unsociable, unfriendly
    masculine, feminine
    B
    1 ( Zool) pygmy owl
    2 ( fam) (persona) jinx
    matar el chuncho ( fam); to get rid of a/the jinx

    Spanish-English dictionary > chuncho

  • 11 bagual

    adj.
    1 wild, untamed. (Andes)
    2 rough, loutish, rude.
    3 m.
    Ganar los aguales (Cono Sur) (Hist.) to escape
    4 uncouth.
    * * *
    Cono Sur
    1. ADJ
    1) [caballo] wild, untamed
    2) (=huraño) unsociable
    2. SM
    1) (=caballo salvaje) wild horse, untamed horse
    2) (=huraño) unsociable person
    * * *
    - guala masculino, femenino (RPl)
    1)
    a) ( caballo) unbroken horse
    b) bagual masculino ( toro) wild bull
    * * *
    - guala masculino, femenino (RPl)
    1)
    a) ( caballo) unbroken horse
    b) bagual masculino ( toro) wild bull
    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( RPl)
    A
    1 (caballo) unbroken horse
    2
    B
    * * *
    bagual, -ala Bol, RP
    ♦ adj
    [feroz] wild, untamed
    ♦ nm
    [caballo] wild horse

    Spanish-English dictionary > bagual

  • 12 bronco

    1 (superficie) rough; (terreno) rugged
    2 (voz) rough, gruff; (tos) rasping; (sonido) harsh
    3 (persona) rude, surly
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [superficie] rough, coarse
    2) [metal] brittle
    3) [voz] gruff, hoarse; (Mús) rasping, harsh
    4) [actitud, porte] gruff, rude
    5) [caballo] unbroken
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < sonido> harsh; < voz> gruff, rough, gravelly; < tos> rasping, harsh
    b) < terreno> rugged, rough
    c) < caballo> wild
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < sonido> harsh; < voz> gruff, rough, gravelly; < tos> rasping, harsh
    b) < terreno> rugged, rough
    c) < caballo> wild
    * * *
    bronco -ca
    1 ‹sonido› harsh; ‹voz› gruff, rough, gravelly; ‹tos› rasping, harsh
    2 ‹terreno› rugged, rough
    3 ‹caballo› wild
    * * *
    bronco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [grave] [voz] harsh;
    [tos] throaty
    2. [brusco] gruff, surly
    3. [tosco] rough;
    [paisaje, peñascos] rugged
    4. Méx Fam [huraño] unsociable
    ♦ nm,f
    Méx Fam unsociable person, loner
    * * *
    adj voz harsh, gruff
    * * *
    bronco, -ca adj
    1) : harsh, rough
    2) : untamed, wild

    Spanish-English dictionary > bronco

  • 13 chúcaro

    m.
    untamed animal.
    * * *
    ADJ LAm
    1) (=salvaje) wild, untamed
    2) (=tímido) shy
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (AmS) < caballo> untamed, wild; < persona> unsociable, unfriendly
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (AmS) < caballo> untamed, wild; < persona> unsociable, unfriendly
    * * *
    ( AmL) unfriendly
    * * *
    chúcaro, -a adj
    Andes, CAm, RP
    1. [animal] wild
    2. Fam [persona]
    ser chúcaro to be shy o withdrawn

    Spanish-English dictionary > chúcaro

  • 14 montaraz

    adj.
    1 savage, wild (tosco, rudo).
    2 mountain, wild, savage.
    * * *
    1 (de montaña) mountain
    2 (tosco) rough, coarse
    3 (arisco) unsociable, unapproachable
    * * *
    ADJ (=salvaje) wild, untamed; (=tosco) rough, coarse; (=huraño) unsociable
    * * *
    adjetivo < animal> wild; < persona> ( tosco) coarse; ( arisco) surly, unfriendly
    * * *
    adjetivo < animal> wild; < persona> ( tosco) coarse; ( arisco) surly, unfriendly
    * * *
    1 ‹animal› wild
    2 ‹persona› (tosco) coarse; (arisco) surly, unfriendly
    * * *
    1. [del monte]
    un animal montaraz a wild animal
    2. [tosco, rudo] savage, wild
    * * *
    adj
    1 persona uncouth, boorish
    2 animal wild

    Spanish-English dictionary > montaraz

  • 15 huyón

    huyón, -ona LAm
    1. ADJ
    1) (=cobarde) cowardly
    2) (=huraño) unsociable
    2. SM / F
    1) (=cobarde) coward
    2) (=huraño) unsociable person

    Spanish-English dictionary > huyón

  • 16 zahareño

    adj.
    unsociable.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=salvaje) wild
    2) (=arisco) unsociable

    Spanish-English dictionary > zahareño

  • 17 búho

    m.
    owl, long-eared owl, night-bird, night owl.
    * * *
    1 owl
    \
    búho real eagle owl
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Orn) owl, long-eared owl
    2) (=persona) unsociable person, recluse
    * * *
    * * *
    = owl.
    Ex. Of them all, The Cosy owl by James Banks is perhaps the most instructive and moving novel.
    * * *
    * * *
    = owl.

    Ex: Of them all, The Cosy owl by James Banks is perhaps the most instructive and moving novel.

    * * *
    * * *

     

    búho sustantivo masculino
    owl
    búho sustantivo masculino owl
    ' búho' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hoot
    - owl
    * * *
    búho nm
    owl
    búho chico long-eared owl;
    búho nival snowy owl;
    búho pescador brown fish owl;
    búho real eagle owl
    * * *
    m ZO owl
    * * *
    búho nm
    1) : owl
    2) fam : hermit, recluse
    * * *
    búho n owl

    Spanish-English dictionary > búho

  • 18 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
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    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 19 desconfiado

    adj.
    distrustful, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desconfiar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desconfiar desconfiar
    1 distrustful, suspicious, wary
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 distrustful person, suspicious person, wary person
    * * *
    (f. - desconfiada)
    adj.
    suspicious, distrustful
    * * *
    ADJ distrustful, suspicious (de of)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( receloso) distrustful; ( suspicaz) suspicious
    * * *
    = distrustful, suspicious, gun-shy, mistrustful.
    Ex. Their mood may be characterized as distrustful, incredulous, or doubtful.
    Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.
    Ex. Scientometric indicators published are mostly incomparable impeding the development of the field and making the users of scientometric results mistrustful.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( receloso) distrustful; ( suspicaz) suspicious
    * * *
    = distrustful, suspicious, gun-shy, mistrustful.

    Ex: Their mood may be characterized as distrustful, incredulous, or doubtful.

    Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Outsourced, downsized and gun-shy'.
    Ex: Scientometric indicators published are mostly incomparable impeding the development of the field and making the users of scientometric results mistrustful.

    * * *
    (receloso) distrustful; (suspicaz) suspicious
    no seas desconfiado, no te voy a hacer daño don't be so distrustful, I'm not going to hurt you
    los habitantes del pueblo eran muy desconfiados the villagers were very suspicious o wary of us
    masculine, feminine
    es un desconfiado he's very suspicious o mistrustful
    * * *

    Del verbo desconfiar: ( conjugate desconfiar)

    desconfiado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desconfiado    
    desconfiar
    desconfiado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( receloso) distrustful;


    ( suspicaz) suspicious
    desconfiar ( conjugate desconfiar) verbo intransitivo desconfiado de algn to mistrust sb, to distrust sb;
    desconfiado de algo ‹ de motivos› to mistrust sth;
    ‹ de honestidad› to doubt sth
    desconfiado,-a adjetivo distrustful, wary
    desconfiar verbo intransitivo to distrust [de, -]: desconfiaba de él, I didn't trust him
    ' desconfiado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desconfiada
    - resabiada
    - resabiado
    - mosqueado
    English:
    distrustful
    - mistrustful
    - suspicious
    * * *
    desconfiado, -a
    ♦ adj
    distrustful;
    no seas tan desconfiado don't be so distrustful;
    un pueblo de gente huraña y desconfiada a town with unsociable and distrustful inhabitants
    ♦ nm,f
    distrustful person;
    es un desconfiado he's very distrustful
    * * *
    adj mistrustful, suspicious
    * * *
    desconfiado, -da adj
    : distrustful, suspicious
    * * *
    desconfiado adj suspicious

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconfiado

  • 20 hosco

    adj.
    unfriendly, sullen, grim, rough.
    * * *
    1 (insociable) sullen, surly
    2 (lugar) gloomy, dark
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] sullen, grim liter
    2) [tiempo, lugar, ambiente] gloomy
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <persona/semblante> surly, sullen
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], morose, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], unfriendly, disagreeable, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for ' unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <persona/semblante> surly, sullen
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], morose, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], unfriendly, disagreeable, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for ' unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.

    * * *
    hosco -ca
    ‹persona/semblante› surly, sullen; ‹mirada› sullen
    * * *

    hosco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹persona/semblante› surly, sullen

    hosco,-a adjetivo surly, bad-tempered: es una persona hosca, parece siempre enfadado, he's quite unsociable, always in a bad mood

    ' hosco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hosca
    English:
    sullen
    - surly
    * * *
    hosco, -a adj
    1. [persona] sullen, gruff
    2. [lugar] grim, gloomy
    * * *
    adj sullen
    * * *
    hosco, -ca adj
    : sullen, gloomy

    Spanish-English dictionary > hosco

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