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  • 1 boca

    f.
    1 mouth.
    boca arriba/abajo face up/down
    (respiración) boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
    hacer el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give somebody the kiss of life
    2 mouth (entrada) (de botella, túnel).
    boca del estómago pit of the stomach
    boca de incendios fire hydrant
    boca de riego hydrant
    3 muzzle, fauces, maw.
    4 hors d'oeuvre.
    5 os.
    * * *
    1 ANATOMÍA mouth
    2 (de río) mouth
    3 (abertura) entrance, opening
    \
    abrir boca to whet one's appetite
    hacer boca to whet one's appetite
    andar en boca de todos to be the talk of the town, be on everyone's lips
    arreglarse la boca to have one's teeth seen to
    boca abajo face downwards
    boca arriba face upwards
    callarse la boca to shut up, shut one's mouth
    correr de boca en boca to be the talk of the town, be common knowledge
    hacérsele la boca agua a alguien to make somebody's mouth water
    me lo has quitado de la boca you've taken the words right out of my mouth
    no abrir boca not to say a word
    no decir esta boca es mía not to say a word
    por la boca muere el pez silence is golden
    boca a boca kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
    boca de incendios fire hydrant
    boca de riego hydrant
    boca del estómago pit of the stomach
    * * *
    noun f.
    - boca arriba
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (Anat) mouth

    ¡cállate la boca! — * shut up! *, shut your mouth! **

    • boca abajo — face down

    • boca arriba — face up

    boca de mar — (Culin) crab stick

    2)

    • en boca de, suena extraño en boca de un socialista — it sounds odd coming from a socialist

    • por boca de — through

    3)
    - coserse la boca
    - dar boca

    de boca en boca —

    de boca para afuera —

    eso lo dice de boca para afuera — he's just saying that, that's what he says (but he doesn't mean it)

    irse la boca a algn —

    llenársele la boca a algn —

    - partir la boca a algn

    a pedir de boca —

    4) (=abertura, entrada) [de túnel, cueva, vasija] mouth; [de tonel] bunghole; [de puerto] entrance; [de arma] muzzle

    a boca de jarro —

    disparar a boca de jarro — to shoot point-blank, shoot at close range

    boca de metro — underground o (EEUU) subway entrance

    boca de mina — pithead, mine entrance

    boca de río — river mouth, estuary

    5) [de vino] flavour, flavor (EEUU)
    6) [de crustáceo] pincer
    7) [de herramienta] cutting edge
    8)

    boca de dragón — (Bot) snapdragon

    9) (Inform) slot
    10) pl bocas (=personas) mouths
    2. SM
    1)

    boca a boca, aplicar o hacer o practicar el boca a boca a algn — to give sb mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, give sb the kiss of life

    2) ** [de cárcel] screw **, warder
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

    tener la boca seca/pastosa — to have a dry/furry mouth

    boca abajo/arriba — <dormir/echarse> on one's stomach/back

    en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips; el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge; por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro por boca de su secretario general... the organization has made it clear through its general secretary...; lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister; abrir la boca to open one's mouth; mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut; andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was spreading like wildfire; a pedir de boca just fine; todo salió a pedir de boca everything turned out just fine; callar(se) la boca to shut up; en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut; cerrarle or taparle la boca a alguien to keep somebody quiet, shut somebody up (colloq); hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions (o ideas etc) parrot fashion; hacer or abrir boca (fam) to whet the o one's appetite; hacerle el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody the kiss of life; hacérsele la boca agua a alguien (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water; llenársele la boca a alguien con algo (fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname; meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands; no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word; no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name (AmE); (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark; quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted; quitarle algo a alguien de la boca to take the words (right) out of somebody's mouth; ser pura boca (Chi fam) to be all talk; tener una boquita de piñón (fam) to have a little mouth; en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it (colloq); por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous; quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca — (fam) to err is human

    c) ( persona)
    d) (Vin) flavor*
    2) ( de buzón) slot; ( de túnel) mouth, entrance; ( de puerto) entrance; (de vasija, botella) rim
    •
    •• Cultural note:
    A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination
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    = mouth, gob, muzzle.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.
    Ex. She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.
    ----
    * ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!.
    * a boca de jarro = at close range.
    * abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.
    * andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.
    * a pedir de boca = without a hitch.
    * boca 7 dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.
    * boca abajo = upside-down.
    * boca de alcantarilla = manhole.
    * boca de colector = manhole.
    * boca de incendios = fire hydrant.
    * boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.
    * boca de sumidero = manhole.
    * boca reseca = dry mouth.
    * cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the.
    * ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.
    * con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.
    * de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.
    * decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.
    * dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * de + Posesivo + propia boca = straight from the horse's mouth.
    * echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.
    * echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.
    * hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.
    * hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.
    * hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.
    * herpes de la boca = fever blister, cold sore.
    * mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.
    * meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.
    * negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.
    * oír de la boca de = hear + from the lips of.
    * oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.
    * para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.
    * poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.
    * por boca de = by word of mouth.
    * ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.
    * ¡punto en boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.
    * que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.
    * que se carga por la boca = muzzle-loading.
    * que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].
    * respiración boca a boca = kiss of life.
    * saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.
    * salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.
    * salud de la boca = oral health.
    * úlcera de la boca = canker sore.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

    tener la boca seca/pastosa — to have a dry/furry mouth

    boca abajo/arriba — <dormir/echarse> on one's stomach/back

    en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips; el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge; por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro por boca de su secretario general... the organization has made it clear through its general secretary...; lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister; abrir la boca to open one's mouth; mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut; andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was spreading like wildfire; a pedir de boca just fine; todo salió a pedir de boca everything turned out just fine; callar(se) la boca to shut up; en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut; cerrarle or taparle la boca a alguien to keep somebody quiet, shut somebody up (colloq); hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions (o ideas etc) parrot fashion; hacer or abrir boca (fam) to whet the o one's appetite; hacerle el boca a boca a alguien to give somebody the kiss of life; hacérsele la boca agua a alguien (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water; llenársele la boca a alguien con algo (fam): se le llena la boca con su apellido she's always boasting about her surname; meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands; no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word; no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name (AmE); (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark; quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted; quitarle algo a alguien de la boca to take the words (right) out of somebody's mouth; ser pura boca (Chi fam) to be all talk; tener una boquita de piñón (fam) to have a little mouth; en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it (colloq); por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous; quien or el que tiene boca se equivoca — (fam) to err is human

    c) ( persona)
    d) (Vin) flavor*
    2) ( de buzón) slot; ( de túnel) mouth, entrance; ( de puerto) entrance; (de vasija, botella) rim
    •
    •• Cultural note:
    A neighborhood on the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires, near the mouth of the River Plate. It was the city's first port, where Genoese immigrants settled in the early twentieth century. Its brightly painted wooden houses with corrugated iron roofs make it a major tourist destination
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    = mouth, gob, muzzle.

    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

    Ex: I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.
    Ex: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.
    * ¡punto en boca! = not a word to anyone!.
    * a boca de jarro = at close range.
    * abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.
    * andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.
    * a pedir de boca = without a hitch.
    * boca 7 dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.
    * boca abajo = upside-down.
    * boca de alcantarilla = manhole.
    * boca de colector = manhole.
    * boca de incendios = fire hydrant.
    * boca del estómago, la = pit of the stomach, the.
    * boca de sumidero = manhole.
    * boca reseca = dry mouth.
    * cielo de la boca, el = roof of the mouth, the.
    * ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.
    * con el corazón en la boca = on tenterhooks.
    * de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.
    * decir con la boca llena = say in + full confidence.
    * dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * de + Posesivo + propia boca = straight from the horse's mouth.
    * echar espuma por la boca = froth at + the mouth.
    * echar espumarajos por la boca = froth at + the mouth.
    * hablar con la boca llena = speak with + Posesivo + mouth full, talk with + Posesivo + mouth full.
    * hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.
    * hacer una mueca con la boca = twitch + Posesivo + mouth.
    * herpes de la boca = fever blister, cold sore.
    * mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.
    * mantener la boca cerrada = keep + Posesivo + mouth shut.
    * meterse en la boca del lobo = come into + the lion's den.
    * negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.
    * oír de la boca de = hear + from the lips of.
    * oscuro como boca de lobo = pitch-black, pitch-dark.
    * para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.
    * poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.
    * por boca de = by word of mouth.
    * ¡punto en boca! = mum's the word!.
    * ¡punto en boca! = shut your mouth!, shut your face!.
    * que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.
    * que se carga por la boca = muzzle-loading.
    * que se derrite en la boca = mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].
    * respiración boca a boca = kiss of life.
    * saber de buena boca = have + it on good word.
    * salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.
    * salud de la boca = oral health.
    * úlcera de la boca = canker sore.

    * * *
    A
    no te metas eso en la boca don't put that in your mouth
    tener la boca seca/pastosa to have a dry/furry mouth
    te huele la boca a ajo your breath smells of garlic
    tengo que ir a arreglarme la boca I have to go and get my teeth seen to o fixed
    no hables con la boca llena don't speak with your mouth full
    como no te calles te voy a partir la boca if you don't shut up I'll smash your face in ( colloq)
    pide por esa boca ( fam); just ask o all you have to do is ask
    ¡esa boca …! language …!
    blando/duro de boca ( Equ) soft/hard mouthed
    2 ( en locs):
    boca abajo/arriba: échate boca abajo lie on your stomach o front
    duerme boca arriba he sleeps on his back
    puso los naipes boca arriba she laid the cards face up
    lo supimos de boca de las mismas personas implicadas we heard it from the horse's mouth
    uno no espera oír palabras así de boca de un cura you don't expect to hear such words from the mouth of o from a priest
    en boca de: términos de la psicología que están en boca de todo el mundo psychology terms which are part of everyday speech
    la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips
    se enteró cuando ya el escándalo andaba en boca de todos by the time he heard about the scandal it was already common knowledge, everybody was talking about the scandal by the time he found out about it
    por boca de: la organización ha dejado claro, por boca de su secretario general … the organization has made it clear, through the general secretary …
    lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister
    abrir la boca to open one's mouth
    abra más la boca, por favor open (your mouth) wider please
    mejor es que no abra la boca it's best if he keeps his mouth shut
    no abrió la boca en toda la noche he didn't open his mouth all evening
    andar/correr de boca en boca: la noticia ya corría de boca en boca the news was by now common knowledge
    desde que se enrolló con él anda de boca en boca since she got involved with him she's set a lot of tongues wagging
    su nombre anda de boca en boca her name is on everybody's lips
    a pedir de boca just fine
    todo saldrá a pedir de boca everything will turn out just the way you want it to o just fine
    callar(se) la boca to shut up
    ¡cállate la boca! shut up! ( colloq), shut your face o trap! (sl)
    en situaciones así más vale callarse la boca in situations like that it's best to keep your mouth shut
    cerrarle or taparle la boca a algn to keep sb quiet, shut sb up ( colloq)
    con la boca chica or pequeña: lo dijo con la boca chica he didn't mean it o he said it insincerely o he said it without meaning it
    coserse la boca: yo te lo digo pero te coses la boca I'll tell you but you have to keep quiet about it o ( colloq) keep it under your hat
    de (la) boca para afuera: nos apoya de (la) boca para afuera he supports us in name only, he says he supports us
    es radical sólo de (la) boca para afuera he pays lip service to radicalism
    hablar por boca de ganso to repeat other people's opinions ( o ideas etc) parrot fashion
    hacer or abrir boca ( fam); to whet the o one's appetite
    hacérsele la boca agua a algn or ( AmL) hacérsele agua la boca a algn: se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water
    meterse en la boca del lobo to take one's life in one's hands, put one's head in the lion's mouth
    no decir esta boca es mía: no dijo esta boca es mía he didn't say a word o open his mouth
    no tener qué llevarse a la boca: no tienen qué llevarse a la boca they haven't got a penny to their name, they don't have a red cent to their name ( AmE), they haven't got two brass farthings to rub together ( BrE)
    (oscuro) como boca de lobo pitch-black, pitch-dark
    parar la boca ( fam); to cut the cackle ( colloq)
    quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o ( colloq) flabbergasted
    quitarle algo a algn de la boca to take the words (right) out of sb's mouth
    quitarse algo de la boca: se lo quita todo de la boca para que sus hijos estudien he goes o does without in order to pay for his children's education
    ser pura boca ( Chi fam): eso de sus viajes es pura boca all that stuff about his travels is all talk o is just a lot of hot air
    tener algo/a algn siempre en la boca to go on o harp on about sth/sb ( colloq)
    tener una boquita de piñón ( fam); to have a little mouth
    en boca cerrada no entran moscas if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it ( colloq)
    por la boca muere el pez talking too much can be dangerous
    3
    (persona): muchas bocas comen de ese trabajo that work provides a living for a lot of people
    tiene muchas bocas que alimentar she has a lot of mouths to feed
    4 ( Vin) taste
    B
    2 (de un túnel) mouth, entrance
    3 (de un puerto) entrance
    4 (de una vasija, botella) rim
    Compuestos:
    ● boca de dragón or (Ur) sapo
    snapdragon
    ( RPl frml) sales outlet
    la falta de nafta se presentó en muchas bocas de expendio there was a shortage of gasoline ( AmE) o ( BrE) petrol at many filling stations
    fire hydrant, fireplug ( AmE)
    ( fam); pit of the stomach
    ● boca de metro or ( RPl) subte
    subway entrance ( AmE), underground o tube station entrance ( BrE)
    hydrant
    ( RPl fam): no seas boca sucia don't be so foulmouthed
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    boca sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (Anat, Zool) mouth

    b) ( en locs)

    ◊ boca abajo/arriba ‹dormir/echarse› on one's stomach/back;

    puso los naipes boca arriba she laid the cards face up;
    en boca de: la pregunta que anda en boca de todos los niños the question which is on every child's lips;
    el escándalo andaba en boca de todos the scandal was common knowledge;
    por boca de from;
    lo supe por boca de su hermana I heard it from his sister;
    a pedir de boca just fine;
    hacerle el boca a boca a algn to give sb the kiss of life;
    hacérsele la boca agua a algn (Esp): se le hacía la boca agua mirando los pasteles looking at the cakes made her mouth water;
    quedarse con la boca abierta to be dumbfounded o (colloq) flabbergasted
    2 ( de buzón) slot;
    ( de túnel) mouth, entrance;
    ( de puerto) entrance;
    (de vasija, botella) rim;

    boca del estómago (fam) pit of the stomach;
    boca de metro or (RPl) subte subway entrance (AmE), underground o tube station entrance (BrE)
    boca sustantivo femenino
    1 mouth
    2 (entrada) entrance
    boca de metro, entrance to the tube o underground station
    boca de riego, hydrant
    el boca a boca, kiss of life o mouth-to-mouth respiration
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado andar de boca en boca, to be the talk of the town
    familiar ¡cierra la boca!, shut up!
    familiar hacerse la boca agua: cuando ve un bombón se le hace la boca agua, his mouth waters every time he sees a chocolate
    írsele la fuerza por la boca, to be all talk (and no action)
    familiar meterse en la boca del lobo, to put one's head in the lion's mouth
    figurado salir a pedir de boca, to turn out perfectly
    boca abajo, face down(ward)
    boca arriba, face up(ward)
    con la boca abierta, open-mouthed: nos dejó a todos con la boca abierta, she left us flabbergasted
    ' boca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amordazar
    - callar
    - chiflar
    - cielo
    - decir
    - difusor
    - difusora
    - enjuagarse
    - frenética
    - frenético
    - fruncir
    - llaga
    - loba
    - lobo
    - negra
    - negro
    - palabra
    - pastosa
    - pastoso
    - pedir
    - pico
    - reseca
    - reseco
    - respiración
    - revés
    - sabor
    - tararear
    - tener
    - abierto
    - acostar
    - agua
    - arreglar
    - calentura
    - cerrado
    - cerrar
    - comer
    - enchuecar
    - enjuagar
    - entreabierto
    - herpes
    - ir
    - jeta
    - limpiar
    - llenar
    - mordaza
    - morro
    - seco
    - sensual
    - sensualidad
    - silbido
    English:
    abscess
    - better
    - black
    - cut
    - dislodge
    - face
    - fire hydrant
    - froth
    - gob
    - hydrant
    - kiss
    - mouth
    - muzzle
    - open
    - parched
    - pit
    - pitch-black
    - pitch-dark
    - prone
    - puff
    - rinse
    - roof
    - spout
    - stomach
    - tongue
    - upward
    - upwards
    - wash out
    - water
    - wide
    - word
    - word-of-mouth
    - belch
    - do
    - down
    - drool
    - foam
    - hum
    - man
    - mum
    - nozzle
    - pipe
    - purse
    - put
    - roll
    - sewer
    - spoon
    - take
    - ulcer
    - up
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [de persona, animal] mouth;
    una boca más para alimentar one more mouth to feed;
    me he arreglado la boca por muy poco dinero I had my teeth seen to for a very reasonable price;
    te huele la boca a tabaco your breath smells of tobacco;
    boca abajo face down;
    no es aconsejable poner a los bebés boca abajo it's best not to lie babies on their front;
    boca arriba face up;
    ronca más cuando duerme boca arriba he snores more when he sleeps on his back;
    poner las cartas boca arriba to turn one's cards face up;
    este paseo me ha abierto boca this walk has whetted my appetite;
    Fig
    no abrió la boca he didn't open his mouth, he didn't say a word;
    será mejor que no abras la boca it would be best if you didn't say anything;
    si te hace falta algo, pide por esa boca if you need anything, just say so o ask;
    andar o [m5] correr o [m5] ir de boca en boca to be on everyone's lips;
    andar o [m5] estar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;
    buscar la boca a alguien to draw sb out;
    Fam
    ¡cállate o [m5] cierra la boca! shut up!;
    siempre que hay problemas calla la boca whenever there are problems, he keeps very quiet;
    apareció en público para cerrar la boca a quienes lo daban por muerto he appeared in public in order to silence everyone who thought he was dead;
    de boca: de boca promete mucho, pero luego no hace nada he's all talk, he makes a lot of promises, but then he never keeps them;
    es muy valiente, pero de boca he's all mouth;
    de boca de: sorprendió escuchar insultos de boca de un obispo it was surprising to hear insults from the lips of a bishop;
    lo escuchamos de boca de los protagonistas we heard it (straight) from the horse's mouth;
    Fam
    lo dice con la boca chica he doesn't really mean it;
    hablar por boca de ganso to repeat what one has heard;
    hacer boca: dimos un paseo para hacer boca we went for a walk to work up an appetite;
    se me hace la boca agua, Am [m5] se me hace agua la boca it makes my mouth water;
    cuando paso delante de una pastelería, se me hace la boca agua whenever I go past a cake shop, my mouth starts to water;
    irse de la boca to let the cat out of the bag;
    se fue de la boca he let the cat out of the bag;
    lo han detenido porque su cómplice se ha ido de la boca he has been arrested because his accomplice gave him away;
    meterse en la boca del lobo to put one's head into the lion's mouth;
    no decir esta boca es mía not to open one's mouth;
    no tienen nada que llevarse a la boca they don't have a crust to eat;
    Fam
    partir la boca a alguien to smash sb's face in;
    salir/ir a pedir de boca to turn out/to go perfectly;
    poner algo en boca de alguien to attribute sth to sb;
    por boca de: [m5]el gobierno, por boca de su portavoz… the government, through its spokesperson…;
    quedarse con la boca abierta to be left speechless;
    me lo has quitado de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth;
    tapar la boca a alguien to silence sb;
    su nombre no me viene ahora a la boca I can't think of her name right now;
    siempre dice lo primero que le viene a la boca he always says the first thing that comes into his head;
    por la boca muere el pez silence is golden;
    quien tiene boca se equivoca to err is human, everybody makes mistakes
    2. [entrada] opening;
    [de botella, túnel] mouth; [de buzón] slot; [de cañón] muzzle; [de escenario] stage door; [de puerto] entrance;
    las bocas del Danubio the mouth of the Danube;
    Fam
    a boca de jarro point-blank
    boca del estómago pit of the stomach; RP boca de expendio outlet;
    boca de fuego firearm;
    boca de gol goalmouth;
    boca de metro Br tube o underground entrance, US subway entrance;
    boca de riego hydrant;
    RP boca de subte Br tube o underground entrance, US subway entrance; RP boca de tormenta drain
    3. Zool [pinza] pincer
    4. [filo] cutting edge
    5. [del vino] flavour
    6. Bot boca de dragón snapdragon
    7. CAm [aperitivo] snack
    ♦ nm
    boca a boca mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;
    hacer el boca a boca a alguien to give sb mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, to give sb the kiss of life
    * * *
    f
    1 mouth;
    boca a boca mouth to mouth;
    hacer el boca a boca a alguien MED give s.o. mouth-to-mouth resuscitation;
    boca abajo upside down; persona, cartas, libro face down;
    boca arriba right way up; persona, cartas, libro face up;
    dejar con la boca abierta leave open-mouthed;
    quedarse con la boca abierta be dumbfounded, be open-mouthed with astonishment;
    se me hace la boca agua my mouth is watering;
    hacer boca whet one’s appetite;
    a pedir de boca perfectly;
    ir o
    correr de boca en boca circulate, go around;
    callar la boca shut up;
    estar en boca de todos be on everybody’s lips;
    de otro fam parrot someone else’s views;
    meterse en la boca del lobo put one’s head in the lion’s mouth;
    taparle la boca a alguien fig keep s.o. quiet, fam
    shut s.o. up;
    con la boca chica without much conviction;
    partirle la boca a alguien pop smash s.o.’s face in fam ;
    poner algo en boca de alguien attribute sth to s.o.;
    quitarle a alguien la palabra de la boca take the words right out of s.o.’s mouth;
    llenarse la boca (hablando) de fig talk of nothing but;
    do without sth, deny o.s. sth
    2 ZO crab claw
    * * *
    boca nf
    1) : mouth
    2)
    boca arriba : face up, on one's back
    3)
    boca abajo : face down, prone
    4)
    boca de riego : hydrant
    5)
    en boca de : according to
    * * *
    boca n
    1. (de persona, animal) mouth
    2. (entrada) entrance
    cuando pienso en la comida, se me hace la boca agua when I think about food, it makes my mouth water

    Spanish-English dictionary > boca

  • 2 molesto

    adj.
    1 annoying, cumbersome, bothersome, embarrassing.
    2 upset, irritated, angry, annoyed.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: molestar.
    * * *
    1 annoying, troublesome
    2 (enfadado) annoyed
    3 (incómodo) uncomfortable
    4 MEDICINA sore
    ■ los puntos ya han cicatrizado, pero todavía está molesto the stitches have healed, but he's still sore
    \
    estar molesto,-a con alguien to be upset with somebody
    ser molesto to be a nuisance
    * * *
    (f. - molesta)
    adj.
    1) annoyed, bothered
    2) annoying, bothersome
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=que causa molestia) [tos, picor, ruido, persona] irritating, annoying; [olor, síntoma] unpleasant

    es sumamente molesto que... — it's extremely irritating o annoying that...

    lo único molesto es el viaje — the only nuisance is the journey, the only annoying thing is the journey

    2) (=que incomoda) [asiento, ropa] uncomfortable; [tarea] annoying; [situación] awkward, embarrassing
    3) (=incómodo) [persona] uncomfortable

    me sentía molesto en la fiesta — I felt uneasy o uncomfortable at the party

    me siento molesto cada vez que me hace un regalo — I feel awkward o embarrassed whenever she gives me a present

    4) (=enfadado) [persona] annoyed

    ¿estás molesto conmigo por lo que dije? — are you annoyed at me for what I said?

    5) (=disgustado) [persona] upset

    ¿estás molesta por algo que haya pasado? — are you upset about something that's happened?

    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] ( fastidioso) <ruido/tos> annoying, irritating; <sensación/síntoma> unpleasant

    resulta molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos — it's a nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage

    b) [ESTAR] (incómodo, dolorido)
    c) [SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing
    2) [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset; ( irritado) annoyed

    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste — he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    * * *
    = annoying, cumbersome, onerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, vexatious, irksome, vexing, untoward, disruptive, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], distracting, off-putting, ill-at-ease, nagging, obtrusive, importunate, bothersome, exasperated, niggling, miffed, troublesome.
    Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.
    Ex. Any shelf arrangement systems which do not permit ready location of specific documents are cumbersome for the user or member of staff seeking a specific document.
    Ex. Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.
    Ex. And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex. Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. Make sure everyone involved is aware of timetable and room changes and any other administrative abnormalities; and as far as possible prevent any untoward interruptions.
    Ex. The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.
    Ex. the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex. I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
    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. One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    Ex. These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex. Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    ----
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * espíritu molesto = poltergeist.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * lo molesto de = cumbersomeness.
    * personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.
    * sentirse molesto = stir + uneasily, look + uncomfortable, feel + wrong.
    * sentirse molesto por = be embarrassed at.
    * ser algo molesto = be a thorn in + Posesivo + side.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] ( fastidioso) <ruido/tos> annoying, irritating; <sensación/síntoma> unpleasant

    resulta molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos — it's a nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage

    b) [ESTAR] (incómodo, dolorido)
    c) [SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing
    2) [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset; ( irritado) annoyed

    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste — he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    * * *
    = annoying, cumbersome, onerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, vexatious, irksome, vexing, untoward, disruptive, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], distracting, off-putting, ill-at-ease, nagging, obtrusive, importunate, bothersome, exasperated, niggling, miffed, troublesome.

    Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

    Ex: Any shelf arrangement systems which do not permit ready location of specific documents are cumbersome for the user or member of staff seeking a specific document.
    Ex: Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.
    Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.
    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex: The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: Make sure everyone involved is aware of timetable and room changes and any other administrative abnormalities; and as far as possible prevent any untoward interruptions.
    Ex: The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.
    Ex: the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex: I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
    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: One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex: I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    Ex: These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * espíritu molesto = poltergeist.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * lo molesto de = cumbersomeness.
    * personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.
    * sentirse molesto = stir + uneasily, look + uncomfortable, feel + wrong.
    * sentirse molesto por = be embarrassed at.
    * ser algo molesto = be a thorn in + Posesivo + side.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.

    * * *
    molesto -ta
    A
    1 [ SER]
    (fastidioso): tengo una tos sumamente molesta I have o I've got a really irritating o annoying cough
    es una sensación muy molesta it's a very uncomfortable o unpleasant feeling
    no es grave, pero los síntomas son muy molestos it's nothing serious, but the symptoms are very unpleasant
    la máquina hace un ruido de lo más molesto the machine makes a very irritating o annoying o tiresome noise
    ¡es tan molesto que te estén interrumpiendo cada cinco minutos! it's so annoying o trying o tiresome o irritating when people keep interrupting you every five minutes
    resulta muy molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos it's a real nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage
    ¿podría abrir la ventana, si no es molesto? would you be so kind as to open the window?
    2 [ ESTAR]
    (incómodo, dolorido): está bastante molesto he's in some pain
    pasó la noche bastante molesto he had a rather uncomfortable night
    está molesto por la anestesia he's in some discomfort because of the anesthetic
    3 [ SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward
    es una situación muy molesta it's a very awkward o embarrassing situation
    me hace sentir muy molesta que esté constantemente regalándome cosas it's very embarrassing the way she's always giving me presents, she's always giving me presents, and it makes me feel very awkward o embarrassed
    me resulta muy molesto tener que trabajar con ella cuando no nos hablamos I find it awkward working with her when we're not even on speaking terms
    B [ ESTAR] (ofendido) upset
    está molesto con ellos porque no fueron a su boda he's upset o put out o peeved because they didn't go to his wedding
    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste he's very upset about what you did
    * * *

     

    Del verbo molestar: ( conjugate molestar)

    molesto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    molestó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    molestar    
    molesto    
    molestó
    molestar ( conjugate molestar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ◊ perdone que lo moleste sorry to trouble o bother you


    2 (ofender, disgustar) to upset
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( importunar):
    ◊ ¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;

    me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys me;
    no me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
    2 ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance;
    ◊ no quiero molesto I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble

    molestarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( disgustarse) to get upset;
    molestose POR algo to get upset about sth;
    molestose CON algn to get annoyed with sb
    2 ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml);

    se molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come all this way to tell us
    molesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1 [SER]
    a) ( fastidioso) ‹ruido/tos› annoying, irritating;

    ‹sensación/síntoma› unpleasant
    b) (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing

    2 [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset;
    ( irritado) annoyed;
    ◊ está muy molesto por lo que hiciste he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    molestar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar enojo, incomodidad) to disturb, bother: ¿le molestaría contestar a unas preguntas?, would you mind answering some questions?
    me molesta que grites, it annoys me when you shout
    2 (causar dolor, incomodidad) to hurt
    molesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (incómodo) uncomfortable: me encuentro algo molesto después de esa metedura de pata, I feel uncomfortable after that gaffe
    2 (fastidioso) annoying, pestering: es un ruido muy molesto, it's an annoying noise
    3 (enfadado, disgustado) annoyed o cross: ¿no estarás molesta por lo que he dicho?, you're not upset about what I said, are you?
    ' molesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - disgustarse
    - enojosa
    - enojoso
    - fastidiada
    - fastidiado
    - molesta
    - molestarse
    - pesada
    - pesado
    - poca
    - poco
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - sacudir
    - suplicio
    - fastidioso
    - fregado
    - latoso
    - molestar
    - mosqueado
    English:
    annoying
    - bother
    - hot
    - imposition
    - irksome
    - irritating
    - miffed
    - obtrusive
    - off-putting
    - peeved
    - troublesome
    - uncomfortable
    - unwelcome
    - would
    - intrusive
    - put
    - uneasy
    * * *
    molesto, -a adj
    1.
    ser molesto [incordiante] [costumbre, tos, ruido] to be annoying;
    [moscas] to be a nuisance; [calor, humo, sensación] to be unpleasant; [ropa, zapato] to be uncomfortable;
    es muy molesto tener que mandar callar constantemente it's very annoying to have to be constantly telling you to be quiet;
    tengo un dolor molesto en la espalda I've got an ache in my back which is causing me some discomfort
    2.
    ser molesto [inoportuno] [visita, llamada] to be inconvenient;
    [pregunta] to be awkward
    3.
    ser molesto [embarazoso] to be embarrassing;
    esta situación empieza a resultarme un poco molesta this situation is beginning to make me feel a bit uncomfortable
    4.
    estar molesto [irritado] to be rather upset;
    está molesta porque no la invitamos a la fiesta she's upset because we didn't invite her to the party;
    están molestos por sus declaraciones they are upset by what he has been saying
    5.
    estar molesto [con malestar, incomodidad] [por la fiebre, el dolor] to be in some discomfort;
    no tenía que haber comido tanto, ahora estoy molesto I shouldn't have eaten so much, it's made me feel rather unwell;
    ¿no estás molesto con tanta ropa? aren't you uncomfortable in all those clothes?
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( fastidioso) annoying
    2 ( incómodo) inconvenient
    3 ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    molesto, -ta adj
    1) enojado: bothered, annoyed
    2) fastidioso: bothersome, annoying
    * * *
    molesto adj
    1. (que fastidia) annoying
    2. (disgustado) annoyed

    Spanish-English dictionary > molesto

  • 3 golpetear

    v.
    to tap, to patter, to drum, to go pitter-patter.
    * * *
    1 to bang
    1 to bang
    * * *
    VT VI (=martillear) to drum, tap; (=traquetear) to rattle
    * * *
    golpetear [A1 ]
    vt
    to drum, tap
    ■ golpetear
    vi
    1 (golpear) to bang; (más suavemente) to patter
    golpetear EN algo to bang/patter ON sth
    2 ( Mec) to knock
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to drum on o against;
    golpeteaba la mesa con los dedos he was drumming his fingers on the table
    ♦ vi
    [dedos, lluvia] to drum; [puerta, persiana] to bang;
    la lluvia golpeteaba contra la ventana the rain was drumming on o against the window
    * * *
    : to knock, to rattle, to tap

    Spanish-English dictionary > golpetear

  • 4 enojado

    adj.
    1 angry, furious, cross, mad.
    2 furious, angry, irate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=enojar enojar
    1 angry, cross
    * * *
    (f. - enojada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ angry, cross, mad (EEUU)

    dijo, enojado — he said angrily

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp AmL) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq); ( en menor grado) annoyed, cross (BrE colloq)

    esta enojado contigo — he`s angry/annoyed with you

    * * *
    = annoyed, irate, upset, angry [angrier -comp., angriest -sup.], in a rage, angrily, crossly, irritated, pissed off, ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], exasperated, miffed, out of anger, in a grouch.
    Ex. Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.
    Ex. First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.
    Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset.
    Ex. The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
    Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex. 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    Ex. 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
    Ex. Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Pissed Off: The Ethnography of a Heavy Metal Musician'.
    Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    ----
    * enojado al máximo = mad as hell.
    * estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.
    * irse enojado dando zapatazos = stomp away.
    * salir enojado dando zapatazos = stomp out of.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (esp AmL) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq); ( en menor grado) annoyed, cross (BrE colloq)

    esta enojado contigo — he`s angry/annoyed with you

    * * *
    = annoyed, irate, upset, angry [angrier -comp., angriest -sup.], in a rage, angrily, crossly, irritated, pissed off, ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], exasperated, miffed, out of anger, in a grouch.

    Ex: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.

    Ex: First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.
    Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset.
    Ex: The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
    Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex: 'Look!' he growled angrily.
    Ex: 'Justine refuses to work in your department, Muriel, if it involves overtime,' she said crossly.
    Ex: Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Pissed Off: The Ethnography of a Heavy Metal Musician'.
    Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex: These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    * enojado al máximo = mad as hell.
    * estar enojado = get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle.
    * irse enojado dando zapatazos = stomp away.
    * salir enojado dando zapatazos = stomp out of.

    * * *
    enojado -da
    ( esp AmL) angry, mad ( colloq); (en menor grado) annoyed, cross ( BrE colloq)
    —de ninguna manera —contestó enojado certainly not! he replied angrily
    están enojados y no se hablan they've fallen out o they've had an argument and they aren't speaking to each other
    estar enojado CON algn to be angry/annoyed WITH sb
    * * *

    Del verbo enojar: ( conjugate enojar)

    enojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    enojado    
    enojar
    enojado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (esp AmL) angry, mad (esp AmE colloq);


    ( en menor grado) annoyed, cross (BrE colloq);
    ◊ está enojado contigo he`s angry/annoyed with you;

    están enojados they've fallen out
    enojar ( conjugate enojar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to make … angry;

    ( en menor grado) to annoy
    enojarse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) to get angry, get mad (esp AmE colloq);
    ( en menor grado) to get annoyed, get cross (BrE colloq);
    enojadose con algn to get angry/annoyed with sb
    enojado,-a adjetivo angry
    enojar verbo transitivo to anger, annoy
    ' enojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enojada
    - picada
    - picado
    - arisco
    - arrecho
    - bravo
    - contrariado
    - encarado
    English:
    stamp
    - angry
    - annoyed
    - cross
    - vexed
    * * *
    enojado, -a adj
    esp Am [irritado] angry; [molesto] annoyed;
    estar enojado con alguien to be angry/annoyed with sb;
    está enojada con sus padres she's angry/annoyed with her parents;
    estoy muy enojado contigo I'm very angry/annoyed with you;
    estar enojado por algo to be angry/annoyed about sth;
    están enojados desde hace años they've been on bad terms with one another for years
    * * *
    adj L.Am.
    angry
    * * *
    enojado, -da adj
    1) : annoyed
    2) : angry, mad
    * * *
    enojado adj annoyed

    Spanish-English dictionary > enojado

  • 5 exasperado

    adj.
    exasperate, exasperated.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: exasperar.
    * * *
    = exasperated, enraged.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. This incredible newsreel from the 1930s shows the power of anger as an enraged mob stormed a prison holding two kidnappers and killed them both.
    * * *
    = exasperated, enraged.

    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

    Ex: This incredible newsreel from the 1930s shows the power of anger as an enraged mob stormed a prison holding two kidnappers and killed them both.

    Spanish-English dictionary > exasperado

  • 6 hacer una mueca

    (v.) = quirk, grimace
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. 'I couldn't report directly to her,' Beck grimaced.
    * * *
    (v.) = quirk, grimace

    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

    Ex: 'I couldn't report directly to her,' Beck grimaced.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer una mueca

  • 7 irritado

    adj.
    1 irritated, angry, furious, annoyed.
    2 irritated, itchy, inflamed, sore.
    3 feverish.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: irritar.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=enfadado) irritated
    2) [piel] irritated
    * * *
    = sore, irritated, exasperated, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. The article 'A site for sore eyes' explains elements in a Web site that will ensure that users will want to use it: aesthetics, navigation, graphics tools, etc..
    Ex. Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.
    * * *
    = sore, irritated, exasperated, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: The article 'A site for sore eyes' explains elements in a Web site that will ensure that users will want to use it: aesthetics, navigation, graphics tools, etc..

    Ex: Stanley C Holliday hammers home the same message by more whimsical means hinting darkly that a sticky end at the hands of irritated colleagues awaits all librarians who fail to make adequate and accurate notes.
    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.

    * * *
    irritado, -a adj
    1. [persona] irritated, annoyed
    2. [garganta] sore;
    tengo la piel irritada I've got a rash

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritado

  • 8 repiquetear con los dedos

    (v.) = drum with + fingers
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    * * *
    (v.) = drum with + fingers

    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > repiquetear con los dedos

  • 9 ku|ć

    impf (kuję) Ⅰ vt 1. (obrabiać metal) to forge, to hammer [żelazo, zbroję]
    - brama była kuta w ozdobne wzory the gate was made of ornamental wrought iron
    2. (w kamieniu) (rozkruszać) to hew [skałę, kamień]; (wyrąbywać) to bore [tunel]; to carve, to hew [pomnik, nagrobek]; to carve, to chisel [napis]
    - kuć w kamieniu/skale to carve a. hew stone/rock
    - kuł w kamieniu pomnik he was carving a monument out of stone
    - kucie nagrobków monumental masonry ⇒ wykuć
    3. (ozdabiać metalem) to decorate with metal fittings
    - skórzana uprzęż kuta srebrem a leather harness with silver fittings ⇒ okuć
    4. to shoe [konia] 5. pot. (uczyć się) to grind away at, to swot up (on) GB pot.
    - kuć matematykę to swot up on a. grind away at one’s maths
    Ⅱ vi 1. (stukać miarowo) to knock (w coś/czymś on sth/with sth); (mocniej) to bang, to hammer (w coś/czymś sth/with sth)
    - dzięcioł kuł w drzewo a woodpecker was drumming against a tree
    2. pot. (uczyć się) to cram, to swot (up) GB pot.
    - kuć do egzaminu to swot (up) a. cram for an exam ⇒ wykuć
    ■ (on) jest kuty na cztery nogi pot. he’s nobody’s fool, there are no flies on him
    - konia kują, a żaba nogę podstawia przysł. somebody does (all) the work, while somebody else takes (all) the credit for it
    - kuć żelazo, póki gorące przysł. to strike while the iron is hot przysł.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > ku|ć

  • 10 tapoter

    tapoter [tapɔte]
    ➭ TABLE 1
    1. transitive verb
    [+ baromètre] to tap ; [+ joue] to pat
    2. intransitive verb
    * * *
    tapɔte
    verbe transitif to tap [table, objet]; to pat [joues, dos]
    * * *
    tapɔte vt
    * * *
    tapoter verb table: aimer vtr to tap [table, objet]; to pat [joues, dos].
    [tapɔte] verbe transitif
    1. [dos, joue] to pat
    [surface] to tap
    2. [air de musique] to bang out
    ————————
    [tapɔte] verbe intransitif
    1. [tambouriner] to tap
    2. [jouer médiocrement]

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tapoter

  • 11 барабанить

    несовер.
    1) drum, beat/play the drum
    2) перен.; разг. drum; patter (о дожде); gabble ( быстро говорить); tattoo ( пальцами)
    - барабанить на рояле

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > барабанить

  • 12 Г-245

    ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ (ВКОЛАИИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯШИВАТЬ/ВТЕМЯШИТЬ шт/) в голову«?//(в БАШКУ substand) кому что VP subj: human
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition
    X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming (pounding) Z into Yb head (into Y)
    X keeps hammering (beating) Z into Ybhead (into Y). Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia
    the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. (often foil. by a что-clause) to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.: X вбил Y-y в голову Z = X got (put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned) Z into Yb head
    X got Z through Y's head (in limited contexts) X drove Z home to Y
    Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову = ( usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt) X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Yb (thick) skull.
    "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем». - «Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот» (Тургенев 2). U...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind, he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
    «Большевики вдалбливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую» (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
    Поди, вдолби им (семидольцам) в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their (the Semidolians') heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
    (Kpeчинский:) Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). (К.:) Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Г-245

  • 13 вбивать в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вбивать в башку

  • 14 вбивать в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вбивать в голову

  • 15 вбить в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вбить в башку

  • 16 вбить в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вбить в голову

  • 17 вдалбливать в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вдалбливать в башку

  • 18 вдалбливать в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вдалбливать в голову

  • 19 вдолбить в башку

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вдолбить в башку

  • 20 вдолбить в голову

    • ВБИВАТЬ/ВБИТЬ <ВКОЛАЧИВАТЬ/ВКОЛОТИТЬ, ВДАЛБЛИВАТЬ/ВДОЛБИТЬ, ВТЕМЯшивать/втемяшить subsume!> В ГОЛОВУ coll <В БАШКУ substand> кому что
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. to make s.o. memorize or master sth. by using persistent repetition:
    - X вбивает Y-y в голову Z - X keeps drumming < pounding> Z into Y's head < into Y>;
    - X keeps hammering < beating> Z into Y's head < into Y>.
         ♦ Наши тюремщики: закрутить режим!.. Какие сейчас могут быть церемонии с врагами народа! Ведь война! Ведь фашисты! Тут действует, видимо, инерция клишированных формул, вбиваемых в головы с детства (Гинзбург 2). Our jailers were obsessed with tightening everything up. "What's the point of pussyfooting around with enemies of the people? There's a war on, after all, against the fascists!" This attitude was evidently the product of inertia; the inertia of set phrases, hammered into people's heads since childhood (2a).
    2. [often foll. by a что-clause]
    ⇒ to impress sth. on s.o. insistently, (to try to) convince s.o. of sth.:
    - X вбил Y-y в голову Z ≈ X got <put, drove, knocked, hammered, beat, drummed, dinned> Z into Y's head;
    - [in limited contexts] X drove Z home to Y;
    || Neg X не может вбить Z Y-y в голову≈ [usu. when said in anger about a futile attempt] X can't knock (hammer etc) Z into Y's (thick) skull.
         ♦ "...Мне, признаюсь, одно больно: я надеялся именно теперь тесно и дружески сойтись с Аркадием, а выходит, что я остался позади, он ушёл вперёд, и понять мы друг друга не можем". - "Да почему он ушёл вперёд? И чем он от нас так уж очень отличается? - с нетерпением воскликнул Павел Петрович. - Это всё ему в голову синьор этот вбил, нигилист этот" (Тургенев 2). "...I confess it's very painful to me: just as I hoped to establish a real, close friendship with Arkady it turns out that I have been left behind; he's gone on ahead and we can't understand one another." "But why do you say he's gone on ahead? And wherein is he so different from us?" exclaimed Pavel Petrovich impatiently. "It's that signor who has put all these ideas into his head, that nihilist" (2e).
         ♦ "Большевики вдалоливают им в головы, что надо войну кончать, вернее, превращать её в гражданскую" (Шолохов 3). "The Bolsheviks keep drumming it into their heads that the war must be brought to an end, or rather, turned into a civil war" (3a).
         ♦... Поди, вдолби им [семидольцам] в головы, что Семён Иваныч Голосов... в известном отношении ничем не отличён от любого семидольца, достигшего двадцати двух лет (Федин 1). Just try to din it into their [the Semidolians'] heads that Semyon Ivanich Golosov...was in certain respects not a bit different from any Semidolian who had reached the age of twenty-two (1a).
         ♦ [Кречинский:] Разве я вам в платеже отказываю? Я прошу вас... подождать два, три дня... Или вы нарочно пришли дурака разыгрывать, что я вам не могу вдолбить в голову, что теперь, сию минуту, у меня денег нет и отдать их не могу!.. (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Am I refusing to pay you? I'm merely asking you...to wait two or three days....Or have you come here deliberately to play the fool? Can't I knock it into that thick skull of yours that now, this minute, I don't have any money and I can't pay you back! (2b).

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  • drumming and blowing — (guchui, chuida) Traditional ensemble music ‘Drumming and blowing’ (guchui) is the most common Chinese term for this genre of ensemble music, though in some regions it is also called ‘blowing and hitting’ (chuida). Although stringed instruments,… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

  • drumming — drum|ming [ drʌmıŋ ] noun uncount 1. ) the sound of something continuously hitting a surface: The only sound was the drumming of the rain on the roof. 2. ) the action or sound of playing drums: Drumming could be heard as the procession began …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Drumming — Vorlage:Infobox Musikinstrument/Wartung/Parameter Tonumfang fehlt Schlagzeug engl.: drum set, ital.: batteria, fran.: batterie …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jazz drumming — is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum set) in jazz. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over several periods, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it.… …   Wikipedia

  • Ewe drumming — refers to the drumming ensembles of the Ewe people of Ghana, Togo, and Benin. The Ewe are known for their experience in drumming throughout West Africa. The sophisticated cross rhythms and polyrhythms in Ewe drumming are similar to those in… …   Wikipedia

  • WFD World's Fastest Drummer Extreme Sport Drumming — describes the sporting event that surrounds self proclaimed speed drummers and a mechanical instrument called the Drumometer, an electronic device invented by Boo McAfee and Craig Alan that is used to count drum strokes. The Drumometer is… …   Wikipedia

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