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1 fluctuar
v.1 to fluctuate.Los precios fluctúan siempre Prices fluctuate always.2 to waver.3 to hesitate, to waver.Los estudiantes fluctuaron al decidir The students hesitated when deciding.* * *1 (variar) to fluctuate2 (vacilar) to hesitate* * *verb* * *VI1) (=cambiar) to fluctuate2) (=vacilar) to waver, hesitate* * *verbo intransitivo to fluctuate* * *= ebb and flow, fluctuate, vacillate, oscillate.Ex. The importance of the practicum in the curriculum has ebbed and flowed tremendously throughout the history of library education.Ex. The exchange rate is likely to fluctuate in unpredictable ways.Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.* * *verbo intransitivo to fluctuate* * *= ebb and flow, fluctuate, vacillate, oscillate.Ex: The importance of the practicum in the curriculum has ebbed and flowed tremendously throughout the history of library education.
Ex: The exchange rate is likely to fluctuate in unpredictable ways.Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.* * *vito fluctuatesu ánimo fluctuaba entre la alegría y la tristeza her mood fluctuated o swung between joy and sadness* * *
fluctuar ( conjugate fluctuar) verbo intransitivo
to fluctuate
fluctuar verbo intransitivo to fluctuate
' fluctuar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
oscilar
English:
fluctuate
* * *fluctuar vi1. [variar] to fluctuate2. [vacilar] to waver* * *v/i fluctuate* * *fluctuar {3} vi1) : to fluctuate2) vacilar: to vacillate♦ fluctuación nf♦ fluctuante adj -
2 intervencionista
adj.interventionist.f. & m.interventionist, interventor.* * *► adjetivo1 interventionist1 interventionist* * *1.ADJ interventionistno intervencionista — (Com) non-interventionist, laissez-faire
2.SMF interventionist* * *= policy-driven, interventionist, dirigiste.Ex. Evidence suggests that the policy-driven agenda of East Asia is likely to be more successful than the market-driven approach of the West.Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex. Mechanisms chosen to achieve the policy goals follow 2 distinct approaches: a neo-liberal, market led, Western model; and a dirigiste, interventionist, East Asian model = Los mecanismos escogidos para conseguir los objetivos políticos siguen dos enfoques distintos: un modelo occidental neoliberal mercantilista y un modelo del este asiático intervencionista.----* no intervencionista = hands-off, isolationist.* * *= policy-driven, interventionist, dirigiste.Ex: Evidence suggests that the policy-driven agenda of East Asia is likely to be more successful than the market-driven approach of the West.
Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex: Mechanisms chosen to achieve the policy goals follow 2 distinct approaches: a neo-liberal, market led, Western model; and a dirigiste, interventionist, East Asian model = Los mecanismos escogidos para conseguir los objetivos políticos siguen dos enfoques distintos: un modelo occidental neoliberal mercantilista y un modelo del este asiático intervencionista.* no intervencionista = hands-off, isolationist.* * *adj/mfinterventionist* * *♦ adjinterventionist♦ nmfinterventionist* * *intervencionista adj & nmf: interventionist -
3 titubear
v.1 to hesitate.María titubea siempre Mary hesitates always.2 to totter, to stagger, to be unsteady on one's feet, to waver.María titubeaba al salir del bar Mary tottered when coming out of the bar.* * *1 (tambalearse) to stagger, totter, shake2 (tartamudear) to stammer* * *verb1) to stammer2) hesitate* * *VI1) (=vacilar) to hesitate, vacillate2) (=balbucear) to stutter* * *verbo intransitivoa) (dudar, vacilar) to hesitateb) ( balbucear) to stutter* * *= flounder, hesitate, dither, vacillate.Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.Ex. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.Ex. The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.----* sin titubear = unswervingly.* titubeando = hesitantly.* * *verbo intransitivoa) (dudar, vacilar) to hesitateb) ( balbucear) to stutter* * *= flounder, hesitate, dither, vacillate.Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
Ex: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.Ex: The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.* sin titubear = unswervingly.* titubeando = hesitantly.* * *titubear [A1 ]vi1 (dudar, vacilar) to hesitateno titubeó un instante en aceptar he didn't hesitate for a moment before acceptingcontestó sin titubear he replied without hesitation2 (balbucear) to stuttertitubeó antes de responder he stuttered before he could get his reply out* * *
titubear ( conjugate titubear) verbo intransitivo
titubear verbo intransitivo
1 (mostrarse indeciso) to hesitate
2 (balbucear) to stammer, get tongue-tied
' titubear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacilar
English:
dither
- falter
- hesitate
- waver
* * *titubear vi[dudar] to hesitate; [al hablar] to falter, to hesitate* * *v/i waver, hesitate* * *titubear vi1) : to hesitate2) : to stutter, to stammer♦ titubeante adj -
4 vacilar
v.1 to hesitate.El chico vaciló brevemente The boy hesitated briefly.2 to falter.3 to flicker (fluctuar) (light).La llama vaciló en el viento The flame flickered in the wind.4 to wobble, to sway.5 to swank, to show off (informal) (chulear).6 to tease, to pull the leg of, to ride, to spoof.María vaciló a Ricardo todo el día Mary teased Richard the whole day.* * *1 (oscilar) to sway, vacillate2 (estar poco firme) to wobble3 (al andar) to sway, stagger, wobble; (al hablar) to falter4 (luz) to flicker6 familiar (tomar el pelo) to joke, tease■ ¡no me vaciles! don't tease me!7 familiar (presumir) to show off\hacer vacilar figurado to shakesin vacilar without hesitationmemoria que vacila shaky memory* * *verb* * *1. VI1) (=dudar) to hesitate, waver; (=ser indeciso) to vacillate; (=esperar) to hold back from doing sthes un hombre que vacila mucho — he is a very indecisive man, he is a man who dithers a lot
2) (por falta de estabilidad) [mueble] to be unsteady, wobble[persona] (al andar) to totter, reel; (al hablar) to falter; [memoria] to fail; [moralidad] to be collapsing3) [luz] to flicker4) (=variar)un sabor que vacila entre agradable y desagradable — a taste which varies o ranges between nice and nasty
5) *(=guasearse)vacilar con algn — to tease sb, take the mickey out of sb **
6) (Méx)* (=divertirse) to have fun, lark about *; (=ir de juerga) to go on a spree7) * (=presumir) to talk big *, show off, swank *2. VT1) (=burlarse de) to take the mickey out of **, make fun of¡no me vaciles! — stop messing me about! *
2) (CAm)* (=engañar) to trick* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( dudar) to hesitateno vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it
vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf
b) fe/determinación to waverc) luz to flicker3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun2.vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease* * *= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.----* sin vacilar = unswervingly.* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....* * *1.verbo intransitivo1)a) ( dudar) to hesitateno vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it
vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf
b) fe/determinación to waverc) luz to flicker3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun2.vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease* * *= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.
Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.* sin vacilar = unswervingly.* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....* * *vacilar [A1 ]viA1 (dudar) to hesitaterespondió sin vacilar he replied without hesitating o without hesitationvacila entre aceptar la propuesta y seguir aquí she's hesitating over whether to accept the offer or stay here, she can't make up her mind whether to accept the offer or stay hereno vaciles más, hazlo stop dithering and do itvacilar EN algo:no vaciló en la elección he made his choice without hesitationno vacilaron en aceptar they did not hesitate to accept, they accepted without hesitation2 «fe/determinación» to waver3 «luz» to flicker1 «mueble» to wobble, rock2«persona»: vaciló pero enseguida recuperó el equilibrio she staggered/tottered but she regained her balance immediatelyvacilaba al andar, como si estuviese borracho he swayed from side to side as he walked, as if he were drunkD( AmL exc CS fam) (divertirse): vacilamos un montón en la fiesta we had a great time o a lot of fun at the party■ vacilarvt(Esp, Méx fam) to teaselo estuvieron vacilando toda la noche they were teasing him o pulling his leg all evening¡no me vaciles! be serious!* * *
vacilar ( conjugate vacilar) verbo intransitivo
1
no vaciló en aceptar he did not hesitate to accept, he accepted without hesitation
2 ( oscilar) [ persona] to stagger, totter
3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
vacilar verbo intransitivo
1 (titubear, dudar) to hesitate: vaciló en responder, he hesitated before answering
2 (una voz) to falter
(una luz) to flicker
3 argot (hacer burla soterradamente) to tease: ¿me estás vacilando?, are you winding me up?
4 argot (presumir, fanfarronear) to boast, show off
' vacilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
titubear
English:
dilly-dally
- falter
- hang back
- hesitate
- hold back
- little
- shilly-shally
- shrink
- straight
- vacillate
- waver
- dither
* * *♦ vi1. [dudar] to hesitate;contestó sin vacilar she replied without hesitation;vacilaba entre ambas opciones he hesitated o wavered between the two options;no vaciles más y subscríbete why wait? get your subscription today2. [voz, principios, régimen] to falter3. [fluctuar] [luz] to flicker;[pulso] to be irregular4. [oscilar] [mueble, persona] to wobbleuna moto de esas vacila mucho a bike like that is really cool♦ vtFam1. Esp, Carib, Méxme estás vacilando you're pulling my legvacílate ese carro get a load of that car, check out that car* * *I v/i3 Méx fam ( divertirse) have funII v/t fammake fun of* * *vacilar vi1) : to hesitate, to vacillate, to waver2) : to be unsteady, to wobble3) : to flicker* * *¡no me vaciles! come off it!
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