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1 apetito
m.appetite.abrir el apetito to whet one's appetiteperder el apetito to lose one's appetitetener apetito to be hungryun apetito voraz a keen appetite* * *1 appetite\abrir el apetito to whet one's appetitetener apetito to be hungryapetito carnal/sexual sexual appetite* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=gana de comer) appetite (de for)comer con apetito — to eat heartily o with appetite
siempre tiene muy buen apetito — he's always got a good o hearty appetite
¿tienes apetito? — are you hungry?
2) (=deseo) desire, relish (de for)* * *a) ( ganas de comer) appetiteno tengo apetito — I don't feel o I'm not hungry
se me ha ido or quitado el apetito — I've lost my appetite
* * *= appetite.Ex. We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.----* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.* apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.* apetito sexual = sex drive, libido, sexual desire.* apetito voraz = voracious appetite.* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.* no tener apetito = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.* perder el apetito = lose + Posesivo + appetite.* tener buen apetito = have + a good appetite.* * *a) ( ganas de comer) appetiteno tengo apetito — I don't feel o I'm not hungry
se me ha ido or quitado el apetito — I've lost my appetite
* * *= appetite.Ex: We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.
* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.* apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.* apetito sexual = sex drive, libido, sexual desire.* apetito voraz = voracious appetite.* comer con apetito = eat with + appetite.* no tener apetito = be off + Posesivo + food, be off + Posesivo + oats.* perder el apetito = lose + Posesivo + appetite.* tener buen apetito = have + a good appetite.* * *1 (ganas de comer) appetiteno tengo apetito I don't feel o I'm not hungrytiene muy buen apetito he has a good appetite, he eats wellcomió muy bien, con mucho apetito he ate well, with great relishesta caminata me ha abierto el apetito this walk has given me an appetitese me ha ido or quitado el apetito I've lost my appetitelos apetitos y goces de la carne the desires and pleasures of the flesh ( liter)la satisfacción de los más bajos apetitos the satisfaction of one's basest instinctsCompuesto:sexual appetite* * *
apetito sustantivo masculino
appetite;
tiene buen apetito he has a good appetite;
esta caminata me ha abierto el apetito this walk has given me an appetite
apetito sustantivo masculino appetite: siempre tiene apetito, he's always hungry
' apetito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgana
- desganada
- desganado
- hambre
- hambrienta
- hambriento
- poca
- poco
- abrir
- deseo
- despertar
- quitar
- voraz
English:
appetite
- sharpen
- spoil
- whet
- work up
- drive
- go
- healthy
- off
- work
* * *apetito nm1. [ganas de comer] appetite;abrir el apetito to whet one's appetite;perder el apetito to lose one's appetite;tener apetito to be hungry;este niño tiene buen apetito this child has a good appetite;comer con buen apetito to eat heartily2. [impulso, apetencia] desire;tiene un gran apetito de conocimiento she has a great hunger o desire for knowledge;una novela que apela a los más bajos apetitos a novel that plays on our basest instinctsapetito sexual sexual appetite* * *m appetite;falta de apetito lack of appetite* * *apetito nm: appetite* * *apetito n appetite -
2 voraz
adj.1 voracious (persona, apetito).2 raging.* * *1 voracious2 figurado fierce, raging* * *ADJ1) (=devorador) voracious, ravenous; pey greedy2) [fuego] raging, fierce3) (Méx) (=audaz) bold* * *adjetivo <persona/animal/apetito> voracious; <incendio/fuego> fierce* * *= voracious, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous.Ex. Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.Ex. Given this expertise, reference librarians who are dedicated generalists with comprehensive and omnivorous interests and knowledge provide the best reference service.Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* apetito voraz = voracious appetite.* lector voraz = avid reader, voracious reader.* * *adjetivo <persona/animal/apetito> voracious; <incendio/fuego> fierce* * *= voracious, omnivorous, rapacious, ravenous.Ex: Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.
Ex: Given this expertise, reference librarians who are dedicated generalists with comprehensive and omnivorous interests and knowledge provide the best reference service.Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.* apetito voraz = voracious appetite.* lector voraz = avid reader, voracious reader.* * *1 ‹persona/animal/apetito› voracioussiempre fue un lector voraz he always was an avid o a voracious reader2 ‹llamas/incendio/fuego› fierce* * *
voraz adjetivo ‹persona/animal/apetito› voracious;
‹incendio/fuego› fierce
voraz adjetivo voracious
(el fuego) fierce
' voraz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ansioso
English:
avid
- voracious
* * *voraz adj1. [persona, apetito] voracious2. [fuego, enfermedad] raging* * *adj voracious; incendio fierce* * *♦ vorazmente adv -
3 apetito voraz
m.voracious appetite, hearty appetite.* * *(n.) = voracious appetiteEx. His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.* * *(n.) = voracious appetiteEx: His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.
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4 apetito insaciable
(n.) = voracious appetiteEx. His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.* * *(n.) = voracious appetiteEx: His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.
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5 insaciable
adj.insatiable.* * *► adjetivo1 insatiable* * *ADJ insatiable* * ** * *= voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.Ex. Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.Ex. Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.Ex. In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.Ex. She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.----* apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.* lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.* * ** * *= voracious, insatiable, greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], avid reader, avid, unquenchable.Ex: Technology is a voracious time consumer allowing no opportunity to assimilate the use of one development before another arrives.
Ex: Bibliographies are one of the largest group of reference material in a library; the demand appears insatiable and publishers are aware of this.Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.Ex: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.Ex: She was an avid collector of historical manuscripts considered worthless by his contemporaries and priceless by scholars today.Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.* apetito insaciable = voracious appetite.* lector insaciable = avid reader, voracious reader.* * *‹apetito› insatiable; ‹sed› unquenchable; ‹afán/deseo› insatiable* * *
insaciable adjetivo
insatiable;
‹ sed› unquenchable
insaciable adjetivo insatiable
' insaciable' also found in these entries:
English:
insatiable
* * *insaciable adj[apetito, curiosidad] insatiable; [sed] unquenchable* * *adj insatiable* * *insaciable adj: insatiable -
6 asombroso
adj.amazing, wonderful, marvelous, surprising.* * *► adjetivo1 amazing, astonishing, surprising* * *(f. - asombrosa)adj.amazing, astonishing* * *ADJ amazing, astonishing* * *- sa adjetivo amazing, astonishing* * *= amazing, astonishing, extraordinary, staggering, startling, astounding, breathtaking, uncanny.Ex. However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.Ex. It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.Ex. It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.Ex. At the time, it was a startling accomplishment and gained wide recognition.Ex. His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.Ex. This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.----* a un paso asombroso = at an astounding pace.* a un ritmo asombroso = at an astounding pace.* no es asombroso que = not surprisingly, unsurprisingly.* paisaje asombroso = breathtaking scenery.* vista asombrosa = breathtaking view.* * *- sa adjetivo amazing, astonishing* * *= amazing, astonishing, extraordinary, staggering, startling, astounding, breathtaking, uncanny.Ex: However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.
Ex: It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.Ex: It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.Ex: At the time, it was a startling accomplishment and gained wide recognition.Ex: His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.Ex: This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.* a un paso asombroso = at an astounding pace.* a un ritmo asombroso = at an astounding pace.* no es asombroso que = not surprisingly, unsurprisingly.* paisaje asombroso = breathtaking scenery.* vista asombrosa = breathtaking view.* * *asombroso -saamazing, astonishing* * *
asombroso◊ -sa adjetivo
amazing, astonishing
asombroso,-a adjetivo amazing, astonishing
' asombroso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asombrosa
English:
amazing
- astonishing
- astounding
- mind-blowing
- staggering
- startling
- wondrous
- striking
* * *asombroso, -a adjamazing, astonishing* * *adj amazing, astonishing* * *asombroso, -sa adj: amazing, astonishing♦ asombrosamente adv* * *asombroso adj amazing -
7 complementarse con
(v.) = be coupled withEx. His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.* * *(v.) = be coupled withEx: His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.
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8 exigir demasiado de
(v.) = put + strain onEx. Patrons' voracious appetite for new videos is already putting a strain on budgets.* * *(v.) = put + strain onEx: Patrons' voracious appetite for new videos is already putting a strain on budgets.
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9 facultad de recordar
(n.) = power of recallEx. His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.* * *(n.) = power of recallEx: His voracious appetite for detail and numbers is coupled with astounding powers of recall.
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appetite — noun 1 (U) a desire for food: a healthy appetite | lose your appetite: She has completely lost her appetite since the operation. | have a huge/big/voracious appetite (=have the ability to eat a lot of food) | spoil/ruin your appetite (=eat before … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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voracious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ravenous, omnivorous; rapacious; starving, famished, hungry; gluttonous, edacious. See gluttony, desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insatiable, gross, ravening; see greedy 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
voracious — vo•ra•cious [[t]vɔˈreɪ ʃəs, voʊ , və [/t]] adj. 1) craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite[/ex] 2) exceedingly eager or avid; insatiable: a voracious reader[/ex] • Etymology: 1625–35; < L vorāx, s. vorāc , adj. der … From formal English to slang
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voracious — adjective her voracious appetite Syn: insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious; enthusiastic, eager, keen, avid, desirous, hungry, ravenous; informal piggish; rare esurient … Thesaurus of popular words
voracious — voracious, gluttonous, ravenous, ravening, rapacious can all mean excessively greedy and can all apply to persons, their appetites and reactions, or their behavior. Voracious implies habitual gorging with food or drink, or with whatever satisfies … New Dictionary of Synonyms
