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  • 121 elegante

    adj.
    1 elegant, smart (persona, ropa).
    estás muy elegante con ese vestido you look really smart in that dress
    ponte elegante, vamos a una boda make yourself smart, we're going to a wedding
    2 smart, chic (barrio, hotel, fiesta).
    3 graceful, elegant (movimiento, porte).
    4 gracious (actitud, comportamiento).
    fue un gesto poco elegante por su parte it wasn't a very gracious gesture on his part
    f. & m.
    elegant person.
    * * *
    1 elegant, smart, stylish
    * * *
    adj.
    elegant, smart
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] elegant; [traje, fiesta, tienda] fashionable, smart; [sociedad] fashionable, elegant; [decoración] tasteful; [frase] elegant, well-turned, polished
    * * *
    1)
    a) <moda/vestido> elegant, smart

    iba muy elegante — ( bien vestido) he was very well o very smartly dressed; ( garboso) he looked very elegant

    b) <barrio/restaurante/fiesta> smart, fashionable
    2) <estilo/frase> elegant, polished; < solución> elegant, neat
    * * *
    = elegant, glamorous, dashing, genteel, graceful, gracious, chic, polished, stylish, dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], gourmet, glam, voguish, dapper, swish.
    Ex. A modern comfortable library could look like that in Berlin's Tiergarten, with its opne-air gardens, or resemble Evanston's library with its comfortable chairs and elegant (and, one hopes, safe) fireplaces.
    Ex. Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.
    Ex. Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
    Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex. The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex. It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex. From the chic Princes Square and the monumental St Enoch Centre to the magnificent Buchanan Galleries, shopping is an essential part of the Glasgow experience.
    Ex. The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex. A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex. Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex. Wearing a wedding gown from a charity shop is very voguish right now.
    Ex. He was looking very dapper in a pinstripe suit and tie, for some reason not sweaty and gross like everyone else.
    Ex. The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    ----
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].
    * * *
    1)
    a) <moda/vestido> elegant, smart

    iba muy elegante — ( bien vestido) he was very well o very smartly dressed; ( garboso) he looked very elegant

    b) <barrio/restaurante/fiesta> smart, fashionable
    2) <estilo/frase> elegant, polished; < solución> elegant, neat
    * * *
    = elegant, glamorous, dashing, genteel, graceful, gracious, chic, polished, stylish, dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], gourmet, glam, voguish, dapper, swish.

    Ex: A modern comfortable library could look like that in Berlin's Tiergarten, with its opne-air gardens, or resemble Evanston's library with its comfortable chairs and elegant (and, one hopes, safe) fireplaces.

    Ex: Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.
    Ex: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.
    Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.
    Ex: The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex: It will be necessary to be gracious when accepting what seem to be peripheral assignments from a company vice president.
    Ex: From the chic Princes Square and the monumental St Enoch Centre to the magnificent Buchanan Galleries, shopping is an essential part of the Glasgow experience.
    Ex: The consolidation of abstracts into a polished bulletin or list is usually the responsibility of information staff.
    Ex: A number of innovative initiatives have resulted in stylish new public libraries.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: Several hundred fans noshed on gourmet sandwiches, pizza, pasta and fancy chips and dips.
    Ex: Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex: Wearing a wedding gown from a charity shop is very voguish right now.
    Ex: He was looking very dapper in a pinstripe suit and tie, for some reason not sweaty and gross like everyone else.
    Ex: The entrance to the hotel is very swish and the rooms although small very well maintained and clean.
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * poco elegante = inelegant, awkward, dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹moda/vestido› elegant, stylish, smart
    iba muy elegante (bien vestido) he was very well o very smartly dressed; (garboso, grácil) he was very stylishly o elegantly dressed, he looked very elegant
    ¡qué elegante te has puesto! ( fam); you look smart!
    los elegantes jardines de la casa the elegantly o beautifully laid out gardens of the house
    2 ‹barrio/restaurante/fiesta› smart, fashionable, chic
    B
    1 ‹estilo› elegant, polished
    una frase muy elegante a very elegant o a well-turned phrase
    2 (generoso) ‹gesto/actitud› generous, handsome
    3 ‹solución› elegant, neat
    * * *

     

    elegante adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹moda/vestido› elegant, smart;

    ◊ iba muy elegante he was very well o very smartly dressed

    b) ‹barrio/restaurante/fiesta› smart

    2 ‹estilo/frase› elegant, polished
    elegante adjetivo elegant
    ' elegante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arreglar
    - arreglada
    - arreglado
    - arreglarse
    - bonita
    - bonito
    - sobria
    - sobrio
    - vestir
    - vestirse
    - gagá
    - pituco
    English:
    avail
    - chic
    - classy
    - dashing
    - dowdy
    - dressy
    - elegant
    - fashionable
    - fine
    - graceful
    - gracious
    - ladylike
    - posh
    - ritzy
    - sleek
    - smart
    - snappy
    - snazzy
    - swish
    - unfashionable
    - awkward
    - debonair
    - do
    - dress
    - show
    - sprawl
    - stylish
    - suave
    - trim
    * * *
    1. [en vestimenta] [persona] elegant, smart;
    [ropa, calzado] smart, elegant;
    estás muy elegante con ese vestido you look really smart in that dress;
    ir elegante to be dressed smartly;
    ¡qué elegante vas! you look smart!;
    ponte elegante, vamos a una boda make yourself smart, we're going to a wedding;
    es elegante en el vestir he dresses elegantly o smartly
    2. [lujoso] [barrio, hotel, fiesta] smart, chic;
    los elegantes bulevares parisinos the elegant boulevards of Paris
    3. [en garbo, porte] graceful, elegant
    4. [en actitud, comportamiento] gracious;
    fue un gesto poco elegante por su parte it wasn't a very gracious gesture on his part
    5. [estilo, frase] elegant
    * * *
    adj elegant, stylish
    * * *
    : elegant, smart
    * * *
    1. (persona, vestido) elegant
    2. (lugar) smart

    Spanish-English dictionary > elegante

  • 122 empollón

    adj.
    bookish.
    m.
    1 crammer, student who studies intensively at the very last minute, swot.
    2 grind, swot.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    * * *
    empollón, -ona
    * SM / F (=estudiante) swot *, grind (EEUU) *
    * * *
    - llona masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = swotter, boffin, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.], swot.
    Ex. This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.
    Ex. 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex. I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool -- nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
    Ex. A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
    Ex. The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
    Ex. At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.
    Ex. Jack is dead brainy, such a swot that he always comes top in every exam.
    * * *
    - llona masculino, femenino (Esp fam & pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = swotter, boffin, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], nerd, geek, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.], swot.

    Ex: This article divides readers into 3 categories: 'bulimic' readers who read voraciously for no utilitarian purpose, 'swotters' who read to cram for examinations, and 'information foragers' who read only occasionally to seek specific data, mainly in their field of work.

    Ex: 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex: I've always considered myself something of a nerd, even back when being nerdy wasn't cool -- nowadays, everyone thinks they're a nerd.
    Ex: A stereotypical image of a teenage nerd emerged in the drawings of secondary students but not in elementary children's drawings.
    Ex: The book has the title 'The geek's guide to Internet business success'.
    Ex: At the heart of the novel is a geeky high-school student who lives in Preston, Idaho.
    Ex: Jack is dead brainy, such a swot that he always comes top in every exam.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam pey) grind ( AmE colloq), swot ( BrE colloq pej)
    * * *

    empollón
    ◊ - llona sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp fam &

    pey) grind (AmE colloq), swot (BrE colloq & pej)
    empollón,-ona fam pey sustantivo masculino y femenino swot
    ' empollón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empollona
    English:
    swot
    * * *
    empollón, -ona Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    ser empollón to be Br swotty o US a grind
    ♦ nm,f
    Br swot, US grind
    * * *
    m, empollona f fam
    grind fam, Br
    swot fam
    * * *
    empollón n swot

    Spanish-English dictionary > empollón

  • 123 en primer lugar

    firstly
    * * *
    = firstly, in the first place, in the first instance, first and foremost, first off
    Ex. Firstly, there will be an increasing use of new forms of such technology in the provision of information.
    Ex. In the first place, the eligible population of the community is the library's public only in a legal sense, certainly not in a substantive socio-psychological sense.
    Ex. The latest plan involves placing terminals into doctors' surgeries where they will be used, in the first instance, to report on observed side-effects of prescription drugs.
    Ex. First and foremost, readers have to instructed on how to use the sources of information.
    Ex. First off, Pat said it wasn't her who complained.
    * * *
    = firstly, in the first place, in the first instance, first and foremost, first off

    Ex: Firstly, there will be an increasing use of new forms of such technology in the provision of information.

    Ex: In the first place, the eligible population of the community is the library's public only in a legal sense, certainly not in a substantive socio-psychological sense.
    Ex: The latest plan involves placing terminals into doctors' surgeries where they will be used, in the first instance, to report on observed side-effects of prescription drugs.
    Ex: First and foremost, readers have to instructed on how to use the sources of information.
    Ex: First off, Pat said it wasn't her who complained.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en primer lugar

  • 124 encontrarse en casa

    (v.) = be in
    Ex. He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.
    * * *
    (v.) = be in

    Ex: He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrarse en casa

  • 125 enterado

    adj.
    well-informed, aware, informed, acquainted.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enterar.
    * * *
    1→ link=enterar enterar
    1 knowledgeable, well-informed
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar expert, authority
    \
    darse por enterado,-a de algo to be aware of something
    estar enterado,-a to be in the know
    estar enterado,-a de algo to be aware of something
    no darse por enterado,-a to turn a deaf ear
    * * *
    enterado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=informado) [de una especialidad] knowledgeable; [sobre un asunto concreto] well-informed

    -¿sabes lo que pasó? -sí, estoy enterado — "do you know what happened?" - "yes, I know o I've heard"

    quedo enterado de que... — I am now aware that...

    2) Chile * (=engreído) snooty *, stuck-up *
    2.
    SM / F (=conocedor) [de materia] expert; pey know-all *, bighead *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) (de hecho, suceso)

    ¿estás enterado de lo ocurrido? — have you heard what's happened?

    2) (Esp) ( que sabe mucho) knowledgeable, well-informed
    * * *
    = cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) (de hecho, suceso)

    ¿estás enterado de lo ocurrido? — have you heard what's happened?

    2) (Esp) ( que sabe mucho) knowledgeable, well-informed
    * * *
    = cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].

    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.

    * * *
    A ( Esp) (que sabe mucho) knowledgeable, well-informed
    B
    (de un hecho, suceso): ¿estás enterado de lo que ha ocurrido? have you heard what's happened?, do you know what's happened?
    yo no estoy enterada de nada I don't know o I have no idea what's going on
    darse por enterado to get the message, take the hint
    C ( Chi fam) (engreído) snooty ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo enterar: ( conjugate enterar)

    enterado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    enterado    
    enterar
    enterado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 (de hecho, suceso):
    ◊ ¿estás enterado de lo ocurrido? have you heard what's happened?;

    no estoy enterada de nada I have no idea what's going on;
    darse por enterado to get the message, take the hint
    2 (Esp) ( que sabe mucho) knowledgeable, well-informed
    enterado,-a
    I adjetivo well-informed: estoy enterado de todo, I know all about it
    no estaba enterado de su muerte, he wasn't aware of her death
    prefiero no darme por enterado, I'd rather not know (about it)
    II m,f fam pey know-all
    ' enterado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enterada
    - enterarse
    - dar
    - lo
    English:
    aware
    - informed
    - notice
    - hear
    - know
    * * *
    enterado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Esp [ducho, versado] well-informed (en about)
    2. [informado]
    estar enterado de algo to be aware of sth, to know about sth;
    el jefe estaba enterado de todo the boss knew all about it;
    ¿estás enterado de lo que pasó ayer? do you know about what happened yesterday?;
    darse por enterado to take the hint;
    ya me doy por enterado I get the idea;
    no darse por enterado to turn a deaf ear
    3. Chile [engreído] conceited
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam Irónico know(-it)-all;
    va de enterado por la vida he acts as if he knows everything
    * * *
    adj
    1 knowledgeable, well-informed;
    estar enterado de know about, have heard about
    2
    :
    darse por enterado get the message, take the hint
    * * *
    enterado, -da adj
    : aware, well-informed
    estar enterado de: to be privy to

    Spanish-English dictionary > enterado

  • 126 escurridizo

    adj.
    elusive, slippery, slippy, wriggly.
    * * *
    1 slippery
    2 figurado slippery, elusive
    \
    lazo escurridizo slipknot
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=resbaladizo) [superficie, objeto] slippery; [nudo] running
    2) (=evasivo) [carácter] slippery; [idea] elusive
    * * *
    - za adjetivo <piel/jabón> slippery; <persona/respuesta> evasive; <idea/concepto> elusive
    * * *
    = slick, slippery, slimy [slimier -comp., slimiest -sup.], slippy [slippier -comp., slippiest -sup.].
    Ex. Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
    Ex. Peter was trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault as he navigated the glistening slippery streets.
    Ex. The only real hazard in rock-pooling is a bad fall off a slimy rock, so make sure you wear suitable footwear.
    Ex. With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.
    ----
    * nudo escurridizo = slipknot.
    * * *
    - za adjetivo <piel/jabón> slippery; <persona/respuesta> evasive; <idea/concepto> elusive
    * * *
    = slick, slippery, slimy [slimier -comp., slimiest -sup.], slippy [slippier -comp., slippiest -sup.].

    Ex: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.

    Ex: Peter was trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault as he navigated the glistening slippery streets.
    Ex: The only real hazard in rock-pooling is a bad fall off a slimy rock, so make sure you wear suitable footwear.
    Ex: With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.
    * nudo escurridizo = slipknot.

    * * *
    ‹persona› slippery, evasive; ‹actitud/respuesta› evasive
    * * *

    escurridizo
    ◊ -za adjetivo ‹piel/jabón› slippery;


    ‹persona/respuesta› evasive;
    ‹idea/concepto› elusive
    escurridizo,-a adjetivo
    1 (suelo, objeto) slippery: ¡cuidado, el suelo está escurridizo!, careful! the floor is slippery
    2 (persona) elusive, slippery, slick: es un personaje escurridizo, he's a slick one
    ' escurridizo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escurridiza
    English:
    elusive
    - slippery
    * * *
    escurridizo, -a adj
    1. [animal, material, suelo] slippery
    2. [persona] slippery, evasive;
    hacerse el escurridizo [desaparecer] to make oneself scarce
    * * *
    adj slippery; fig
    evasive
    * * *
    escurridizo, -za adj
    : slippery, elusive

    Spanish-English dictionary > escurridizo

  • 127 estar en casa

    (v.) = be in
    Ex. He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.
    * * *
    (v.) = be in

    Ex: He wasn't in when we arrived at the farm, but we hung about like 2 freaky stalkers and finally got to speak to him.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar en casa

  • 128 estupefacción

    f.
    stupefaction, bewilderment, amazement, puzzlement.
    * * *
    1 stupefaction, astonishment, amazement
    * * *
    SF astonishment, amazement
    * * *
    femenino astonishment, stupefaction (frml)
    * * *
    Ex. Often we 'hide' our puzzlement behind comments like, 'I didn't like the way the story ended, did you?' or 'I wasn't convinced by the husband as a character'.
    * * *
    femenino astonishment, stupefaction (frml)
    * * *

    Ex: Often we 'hide' our puzzlement behind comments like, 'I didn't like the way the story ended, did you?' or 'I wasn't convinced by the husband as a character'.

    * * *
    astonishment, stupefaction ( frml)
    * * *
    astonishment
    * * *
    f amazement, stupefaction
    * * *
    estupefacción nf, pl - ciones : stupefaction, astonishment

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupefacción

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