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21 zángano
adj.loafing, bum, gadabout.m.1 loafer, idler.2 drone, drone honey bee, male of the honeybee.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (insecto) drone* * *zángano, -a1. SM / F1) * (=holgazán) idler, slacker2) * (=pícaro) rogue3) * (=pesado) bore2.SM (=insecto) drone* * *- na masculino, femenino1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)* * *= drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- na masculino, femenino1) (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)* * *= drone, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Consider the question, 'Where can I find out about Drones?'.
Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *zángano -namasculine, feminineB* * *
zángano◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 (fam) ( persona) lazybones (colloq)
2
zángano,-a
I m Zool (de una colmena) drone
II m,f fam (persona) idler, slacker, lazybones inv
' zángano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
zángana
English:
drone
* * *zángano, -a♦ nm,fFam [persona] lazy oaf, idler♦ nm[abeja] drone* * *m ZO drone; fig famlazybones sg* * *zángano nm: drone, male bee -
22 abrazar la vida religiosa
• adopt a religious vocation• embrace a religious vocationDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > abrazar la vida religiosa
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23 errar la vocación
• miss one's vocation• mistake one's vocation -
24 desviar
v.1 to divert.2 to deviate, to deflect, to detour, to put off track.El guarda desvió el auto The guard deviated the car.El agua desvía la luz Water deviates light.Ella desvió su atención She deviated his attention.3 to turn aside, to shift, to turn, to avert.* * *(stressed í in certain persons of certain tenses)Present IndicativePresent SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb1) to divert2) turn away•* * *1. VT1) (=apartar) [+ balón, flecha] to deflect; [+ golpe] to parry; [+ pregunta] to evade; [+ ojos] to avert, turn away; [+ tren] to switch, switch into a siding; [+ avión, circulación] to divert ( por through)desviar el cauce de un río — to alter the course of o divert a river
2) [+ persona]2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <tráfico/vuelo> to divert; < río> to alter the course of; <golpe/pelota> to deflect, parry; < fondos> to divertdesvió la mirada — he looked away, he averted his gaze
2) ( apartar)2.desviar a alguien de algo: desviar a alguien del buen camino to lead somebody astray; aquello me desvió de mi propósito — that deflected me from my goal
desviarse v pronel coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad/hacia la derecha — the car turned off toward(s) the city center/turned off to the right
2) persona* * *= deflect, divert.Ex. On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.----* desviar a = shunt into.* desviar el debate de... a = wrest + discussion + away from... to.* desviar fondos = divert + funds.* desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.* desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork.* desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.* desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.* desviarse de rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <tráfico/vuelo> to divert; < río> to alter the course of; <golpe/pelota> to deflect, parry; < fondos> to divertdesvió la mirada — he looked away, he averted his gaze
2) ( apartar)2.desviar a alguien de algo: desviar a alguien del buen camino to lead somebody astray; aquello me desvió de mi propósito — that deflected me from my goal
desviarse v pronel coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad/hacia la derecha — the car turned off toward(s) the city center/turned off to the right
2) persona* * *= deflect, divert.Ex: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.
Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.* desviar a = shunt into.* desviar el debate de... a = wrest + discussion + away from... to.* desviar fondos = divert + funds.* desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.* desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork.* desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.* desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.* desviarse de rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.* * *vtA ‹tráfico› to divert; ‹río› to alter the course of, divert; ‹golpe/pelota› to deflect, ward off, parryel avión/vuelo fue desviado a Detroit the plane/flight was diverted to Detroitdesviar la conversación to change the subjectdesvió la mirada or los ojos he looked away, he averted his gaze o eyesB ( Fin) ‹fondos› to divertC (apartar) desviar a algn DE algo:las malas compañías lo han desviado del buen camino the bad company he keeps has led him astrayno conseguirán desviarme de mi propósito they will not manage to deflect me from my goal■ desviarvito turn offA «carretera» to branch off; «vehículo» to turn offdonde la carretera se desvía hacia la frontera where the road branches off toward(s) the borderel coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad the car turned off toward(s) the city centerla conversación se desvió hacia otros temas the conversation turned to other thingsB «persona»: desviarse DE algo; to stray OFF sthnos desviamos del camino y nos perdimos we went off o strayed off the path and got lostse han desviado de su programa original they have strayed from their original plannos estamos desviando del tema we're getting off the point o going off at a tangent o getting sidetracked, we're digressing* * *
desviar ( conjugate desviar) verbo transitivo ‹tráfico/vuelo/fondos› to divert;
‹ río› to alter the course of;
‹golpe/pelota› to deflect, parry;
desvió la mirada he looked away
desviarse verbo pronominal
1 [ carretera] to branch off;
[ vehículo] to turn off;
2 [ persona] desviarse de algo ‹ de ruta› to deviate from sth;
‹ de tema› to get off sth
desviar verbo transitivo
1 (un río, el tráfico, fondos) to divert, detour
2 (un tiro, golpe) to deflect
3 (la conversación) to change
4 (la mirada) to avert
' desviar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
derivar
- distraer
English:
avert
- deflect
- divert
- head off
- redirect
- siphon off
- switch
- turn aside
- ward off
- detour
- reroute
- side
- siphon
- ward
* * *♦ vt1. [tráfico, automóviles] to divert;[río, cauce] to divert; [dirección, rumbo] to change;aquello desvió al “Mayflower” de su rumbo that caused the “Mayflower” to change course;los vuelos fueron desviados al aeropuerto de Luton flights were diverted to Luton airport3. [golpe] to parry;[pelota, disparo] to deflect;Sanz desvió el balón a córner Sanz deflected the ball for a corner4. [pregunta] to evade;[conversación] to change the direction of;no desvíes la conversación don't get us off the subject5. [mirada, ojos] to avert;desvió la mirada avergonzado he looked away in shame6. [apartar] to dissuade, to turn aside (de from);aquel imprevisto lo desvió de sus planes that unforeseen circumstance caused him to depart from his plans* * *v/tdesviar la conversación change the subject;desviar la mirada look away2:desviar a alguien del buen camino lead s.o. astray* * *desviar {85} vt1) : to change the course of, to divert2) : to turn away, to deflect* * * -
25 profesión
f.1 profession, occupation, calling, career.2 profession, statement, declaration.* * *1 profession2 RELIGIÓN taking of vows\de profesión by professionprofesión de fe profession of faithprofesión liberal profession* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=ocupación) profession; [en formulario] occupation; (=vocación) calling, vocationabogado de profesión, de profesión abogado — a lawyer by profession
2) (Rel) [de fe] profession, declaration; [en orden religiosa] taking of vows* * *1) ( ocupación) professionprofesión — ( en formularios) occupation
2) (Relig) profession* * *= career, line of business, profession, occupational group, pursuit in life, occupation.Ex. She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.Ex. The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.Ex. Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.Ex. Over the past 10 years, role conflict, role ambiguity, role clarity and job satisfaction have been given increased attention in the study of organisational behaviour for a number of occupational groups.Ex. People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.----* actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* compañero de profesión = colleague.* defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* dentro de la misma profesión = intraoccupational.* desempeñar una profesión = practise + profession.* ejercer una profesión = practise + profession.* entre la profesión = intra-professional.* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.* herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.* profesión de archivero, la = archival profession, the.* profesión de bibliotecario = library profession.* profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la = library and information services profession, the.* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = service profession, helping profession.* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.* profesión de documentalista, la = information profession, the.* profesión del bibliotecario y documentalista, la = library and information profession, the.* profesión de soldado = soldiering.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* profesiones de bibliotecario y de documentalista, las = information professions, the.* profesión, la = trade, the.* profesión liberal = liberal profession.* profesión médica, la = medical profession, the.* profesión sanitaria = healing professions, medical profession, health profession.* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.* * *1) ( ocupación) professionprofesión — ( en formularios) occupation
2) (Relig) profession* * *la profesión= trade, theEx: The system was working well enough by the 1780s for the trade to be alarmed by the pricecutting of James Lackington.
= career, line of business, profession, occupational group, pursuit in life, occupation.Ex: She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.
Ex: The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.Ex: Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.Ex: Over the past 10 years, role conflict, role ambiguity, role clarity and job satisfaction have been given increased attention in the study of organisational behaviour for a number of occupational groups.Ex: People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.* actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* compañero de profesión = colleague.* defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* dentro de la misma profesión = intraoccupational.* desempeñar una profesión = practise + profession.* ejercer una profesión = practise + profession.* entre la profesión = intra-professional.* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.* herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.* profesión de archivero, la = archival profession, the.* profesión de bibliotecario = library profession.* profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la = library and information services profession, the.* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = service profession, helping profession.* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.* profesión de documentalista, la = information profession, the.* profesión del bibliotecario y documentalista, la = library and information profession, the.* profesión de soldado = soldiering.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* profesiones de bibliotecario y de documentalista, las = information professions, the.* profesión, la = trade, the.* profesión liberal = liberal profession.* profesión médica, la = medical profession, the.* profesión sanitaria = healing professions, medical profession, health profession.* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.* * *A (ocupación) professiones carpintero de profesión he's a carpenter by tradeera abogada de profesión she was a lawyer by professionuna profesión que atrae a muchos jóvenes a profession o a career which attracts many young peopleRoberto Ruiz, de profesión arquitecto Roberto Ruiz, an architect by profession[ S ] profesión (en formularios) occupationCompuesto:professionB ( Relig) professionCompuesto:profession of faith* * *
profesión sustantivo femenino ( ocupación) profession;
( en formularios) occupation;
profesión sustantivo femenino profession, occupation
' profesión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- carrera
- contador
- dedicarse
- ejercer
- ejercicio
- fotografía
- gremio
- oficio
- practicar
- virtuosa
- virtuoso
- absorbente
- cima
- colega
- contabilidad
- decano
- dedicar
- enamorado
- escribanía
- hacer
- hotelería
- jerga
- notaría
- práctica
- revista
English:
A
- acting
- ban
- bar
- be
- body
- brain
- career
- credit
- flying
- law
- nursing
- occupation
- practice
- practise
- profession
- pulpit
- pursue
- pursuit
- qualify
- stage
- top
- walk
- writing
- malpractice
- occupational
- regard
- strike
- work
* * *profesión nf1. [empleo, ocupación] profession;[en formularios] occupation;de profesión by profession;ser de la profesión to be in the same professionprofesión liberal liberal profession2. [declaración] declaration, avowalRel profesión de fe profession o declaration of faith* * *f profession;la profesión más antigua del mundo the oldest profession in the world* * ** * *profesión n profession / occupation -
26 sacerdocio
m.priesthood.* * *1 priesthood* * *noun m.* * *SM priesthood* * *masculino priesthood* * *= ministry.Ex. As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.----* sacerdocio, el = ministry, the.* * *masculino priesthood* * *el sacerdocio= ministry, theEx: The professions originated in the narrow areas of law, medicine, and the ministry.
= ministry.Ex: As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.
* sacerdocio, el = ministry, the.* * *priesthood* * *
sacerdocio sustantivo masculino priesthood
' sacerdocio' also found in these entries:
English:
ministry
- priesthood
* * *sacerdocio nm1. Rel priesthood2. [dedicación] vocation* * *m priesthood* * *sacerdocio nm: priesthood -
27 vago1
1 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.----* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob. -
28 errado
adj.wrong, mistaken, off the rails, erred.past part.past participle of spanish verb: errar.* * *1→ link=errar errar► adjetivo1 mistaken, wrong, erroneous* * *ADJ1) (=equivocado) mistaken, wrongno andas errado al decir que... — you're not mistaken when you say that...
2) [tiro] wide of the mark* * *- da adjetivo1) ( desacertado)2) (esp AmL)a) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrongestán muy errados en estos cálculos — they're way off the mark o miles out with these calculations (colloq)
* * *- da adjetivo1) ( desacertado)2) (esp AmL)a) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrongestán muy errados en estos cálculos — they're way off the mark o miles out with these calculations (colloq)
* * *errado -daA(desacertado): un total de 45 puntos con cinco tiros errados a total of 45 points and five missesun golpe errado a mishitterminó con un remate errado de Sánchez it ended with Sánchez shooting wide/high, it ended with Sánchez missing his shotB ( esp AmL)1 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› mistaken, wrongestás errado, ella no tuvo nada que ver en el asunto you're mistaken o wrong, she had nothing to do with itestán muy errados en estos cálculos they're way off the mark o a long way out o miles out with these calculations ( colloq)2 [ SER] ‹decisión› wrong; ‹política› misguidedla errada política económica de este gobierno the misguided economic policy of this governmentfue una decisión errada mandarlos a ese colegio I/they made the o a wrong decision (in) sending them to that school* * *
Del verbo errar: ( conjugate errar)
errado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
errado
errar
errado◊ -da adjetivo
1 ( desacertado):
2 (esp AmL)
‹ política› misguided
errar ( conjugate errar) verbo transitivo ‹tiro/golpe› to miss;◊ erró su vocación she chose the wrong vocation/career
verbo intransitivo [ tirador] to miss;
erró en su decisión he made the wrong decision
errado,-a adjetivo wrong
errar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un tiro, golpe) to miss
2 (una elección) to get wrong
II verbo intransitivo
1 (vagar) to wander
2 (cometer fallos) to make a mistake
' errado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
errada
* * *errado, -a adj1. [tiro, golpe] missed2. [persona, razonamiento] mistaken;[vocación, camino, rumbo] wrong; [cálculo, respuesta] incorrect* * *adj2 DEP:un disparo errado a mishit* * *errado, -da adj: wrong, mistaken -
29 erre
adj.strong letter r.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: errar.* * *1 name of the digraph rr\erre que erre familiar stubbornly, pig-headedly* * *y él, erre que erre, seguía negándolo — he stubbornly went on denying it
* * ** * ** * *name of the letter rr, once treated as a separate letter in Spanisherre que erre: siguió, erre que erre, en contra de la propuesta (con determinación) she doggedly continued her opposition to the proposal; (con obstinación) she pigheadedly o stubbornly continued to oppose the proposalle dije que la llevaba pero ella erre que erre que no, que iba en el autobús I said I would take her but she wouldn't have it, she insisted on going by bus* * *
Del verbo errar: ( conjugate errar)
erré es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
errar
erre
errar ( conjugate errar) verbo transitivo ‹tiro/golpe› to miss;◊ erró su vocación she chose the wrong vocation/career
verbo intransitivo [ tirador] to miss;
erró en su decisión he made the wrong decision
erre sustantivo femenino: name of the letter r
errar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un tiro, golpe) to miss
2 (una elección) to get wrong
II verbo intransitivo
1 (vagar) to wander
2 (cometer fallos) to make a mistake
' erre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comerse
English:
burr
* * *erre nferre que erre: le dije que no y él, erre que erre, seguía insistiendo I said no, and he just went on and on insisting;ella sigue erre que erre, que no piensa venir she still absolutely insists that she's not going to come* * *f:erre que erre fam doggedly, stubbornly -
30 vago
adj.1 footloose, errant, roving, shiftless.2 nebulous, amorphous, formless, shapeless.3 vague, general, unspecific.4 rambling, excursive.f. & m.1 bum, loafer, deadbeat, good-for-nothing.2 vagus.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: vagar.* * *► adjetivo1 (impreciso) vague————————► adjetivo1 (vacío) empty; (desocupado) vacant2 (holgazán) lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (holgazán) idler, layabout, slacker2 DERECHO vagrant\hacer el vago to laze around* * *1. (f. - vaga)adj.1) idle, lazy2) vague2. (f. - vaga)noun* * *vago, -a1. ADJ1) (gen) vague; (Arte, Fot) blurred, ill-defined; (=indeterminado) indeterminate2) [persona] (=perezoso) lazy, slack; (=poco fiable) unreliable; (=ocioso) idle, unemployed3) [ojo] lazy; [objeto] idle, unused; [espacio] empty4) (=errante) roving, wandering5) †en vago — [mantenerse] unsteadily; [esforzarse] in vain
dar golpes en vago — to flail about, beat the air
2. SM/ F1) (=holgazán) idler, lazybones *; (=inútil) useless individual, dead loss2) (=vagabundo) tramp, vagrant, bum (EEUU); (=pobre) down-and-out* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *I- ga adjetivo1) (fam) < persona> lazy, idle2) <recuerdo/idea> vague, hazy; <contorno/forma> vague, indistinct; < explicación> vagueII- ga masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq)* * *vago11 = slacker, bum, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: The article is entitled 'No slackers here: SLA's youngest members have the vision and enthusiasm to shape the profession'.
Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.vago22 = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.Ex: Some of the terms are vague.Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Ex: Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.Ex: On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.* de manera vaga = hazily.* * *A ( fam); ‹persona› lazy, idleB ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy; ‹contorno/forma› vague, indistincthay un vago parecido entre los dos there is a vague resemblance between themme dio una explicación muy vaga de lo que había sucedido she gave me a very vague explanation of what had happened, she only explained very vaguely what had happenedtengo la vaga sensación de haberlo visto antes I have a vague feeling I've seen him beforemasculine, feminine( fam)layabout, slacker ( colloq)deja ya de hacer el vago y ponte a trabajar stop lazing around and get some work done ( colloq)* * *
Del verbo vagar: ( conjugate vagar)
vago es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
vagó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
vagar
vago
vagar ( conjugate vagar) verbo intransitivo
to wander, roam
vago◊ -ga adjetivo
1 (fam) ‹ persona› lazy, idle
2 ‹recuerdo/idea› vague, hazy;
‹contorno/forma› vague, indistinct;
‹explicación/parecido› vague
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) layabout, slacker (colloq);◊ deja ya de hacer el vago stop lazing around (colloq)
vagar vi (ir sin rumbo fijo) to wander, roam: vagamos por la ciudad toda la noche, we wandered around the town all night long
vagaba por el desierto, he was wandering about in the desert
vago,-a
I adjetivo
1 pey (holgazán) lazy
2 (difuso) slight, vague: tiene una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, he has a vague idea of what happened
II m,f (gandul) layabout
' vago' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boluda
- boludo
- floja
- flojo
- sambenito
- señorito
- vaga
- hecho
- indeterminado
English:
bone-idle
- dim
- do-nothing
- easy-going
- faint
- hazy
- indistinct
- layabout
- obscure
- screw around
- slack
- slob
- swan about
- swan around
- vague
- work shy
- bum
- wooly
* * *vago, -a♦ adj1. [persona] lazy, idle;Fam Humser más vago que la chaqueta de un guardia to be bone-idle2. [imagen, recuerdo] vague♦ nm,flazy person, idler;ser un vago to be lazy o idle♦ nmhacer el vago to laze around* * *I adj1 ( holgazán) lazy;hacer el vago laze around2 ( indefinido) vagueII m, vaga f idler, Brlayabout fam* * *vago, -ga adj1) : vague2) perezoso: lazy, idlevago, -ga n1) : idler, loafer2) vagabundo: vagrant, bum* * *vago1 adj2. (impreciso) vaguevago2 n lazybones -
31 yerra
* * ** * *( RPl)branding* * *
Del verbo errar: ( conjugate errar)
yerra es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
errar
yerra
errar ( conjugate errar) verbo transitivo ‹tiro/golpe› to miss;◊ erró su vocación she chose the wrong vocation/career
verbo intransitivo [ tirador] to miss;
erró en su decisión he made the wrong decision
yerra, yerras, etc see errar
errar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un tiro, golpe) to miss
2 (una elección) to get wrong
II verbo intransitivo
1 (vagar) to wander
2 (cometer fallos) to make a mistake
* * *yerra nfRP cattle branding* * * -
32 yerro
m.mistake, error.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: errar.* * *1 desuso error1→ link=errar errar* * *SM error, mistake* * *masculino error, mistake* * *masculino error, mistake* * *error, mistake* * *
Del verbo errar: ( conjugate errar)
yerro es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
errar
yerro
errar ( conjugate errar) verbo transitivo ‹tiro/golpe› to miss;◊ erró su vocación she chose the wrong vocation/career
verbo intransitivo [ tirador] to miss;
erró en su decisión he made the wrong decision
errar
I verbo transitivo
1 (un tiro, golpe) to miss
2 (una elección) to get wrong
II verbo intransitivo
1 (vagar) to wander
2 (cometer fallos) to make a mistake
yerro sustantivo masculino
1 (error, equivocación) mistake
2 (falta, pecado) fault
* * *♦ nmLiterario mistake, error* * *I vb → errarII m error, mistake* * *yerro nm: blunder, mistake -
33 profesión
• calling• career• declaration• occupation• profession• statement• vocalize• vocation• vocational -
34 vocación
• calling• vocalize• vocation• vocational -
35 vocalmente
• verbally• vocalization• vocation -
36 LVN
f.LVN, licensed vocation nurse, licensed vocational nurse.
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VOCATION — VOCATI Le sens du terme «vocation» tel qu’il était employé naguère dans le langage chrétien est dévié par rapport à son origine biblique. Le mot qui appartient en réalité au langage de la révélation est «appel» (klêsis ), qui rejoint le verbe… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Vocation — Vo*ca tion (v[ o]*k[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. vocatio a bidding, invitation, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F. vocation. See {Vocal}.] 1. A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vocation — vo‧ca‧tion [vəʊˈkeɪʆn ǁ voʊ ] noun [countable] JOBS a job, especially one that involves helping people, that you do because you enjoy it or because you have a strong feeling that it is the purpose of your life to do it: • As a nurse, she felt… … Financial and business terms
vocation — Vocation. s. f. Mouvement interieur par lequel Dieu appelle une personne à quelque genre de vie, pour le servir & l honorer. Répondre, resister à la vocation. ce n est pas sa vocation d estre d Eglise. il faut examiner sa vocation. On appelle, La … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
vocation — index appointment (position), business (occupation), calling, career, employment, job, labor ( … Law dictionary
Vocation — Vocation, Ruf; Berufung, besonders zu einem geistlichen Amte … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
vocation — (n.) early 15c., spiritual calling, from L. vocationem (nom. vocatio), lit. a calling, from vocatus called, pp. of vocare to call (see VOICE (Cf. voice)). Sense of one s occupation or profession is first attested 1550s … Etymology dictionary
vocation — [n] life’s work art, business, calling, career, craft, do*, dodge*, duty, employment, field, game, handicraft, job, lifework, line*, line of business*, métier, mission, nine tofive*, occupation, office, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, role,… … New thesaurus
vocation — ► NOUN 1) a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation. 2) a person s employment or main occupation, especially one requiring dedication. 3) a trade or profession. ORIGIN Latin, from vocare to call … English terms dictionary
vocation — [vō kā′shən] n. [ME vocacion < LL(Ec) vocatio, a calling < L, an invitation, court summons < vocare, to call < vox,VOICE] 1. a) a call, summons, or impulsion to perform a certain function or enter a certain career, esp. a religious… … English World dictionary
vocation — (vo ka sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° Action d appeler, qui ne se dit qu au figuré et en parlant des appels que Dieu fait à l homme. • Jésus Christ n a point voulu du témoignage des démons, ni de ceux qui n avaient pas vocation … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
