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  • 21 tierra fértil

    f.
    fertile soil.
    * * *
    (n.) = sod, loam
    Ex. Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.
    Ex. The trees are hardy, and suitable for cultivation on a sandy loam soil.
    * * *
    (n.) = sod, loam

    Ex: Insulation techniques helpful to energy conservation are: more use of below surface areas; the mounding of earth against outside walls; sod roofs; and the correct use of glass.

    Ex: The trees are hardy, and suitable for cultivation on a sandy loam soil.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tierra fértil

  • 22 anea

    f.
    bulrush (British), cattail (United States).
    silla de anea chair with a wickerwork seat
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: anear.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: anear.
    * * *
    1 bulrush, reed mace
    * * *
    * * *
    = bulrush [bullrush], osier.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Osier is used for basket making and it thrives in a wet environment but the roots can pose a problem if planted too close to drains and pipes.
    * * *
    = bulrush [bullrush], osier.

    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

    Ex: Osier is used for basket making and it thrives in a wet environment but the roots can pose a problem if planted too close to drains and pipes.

    * * *
    reed mace, cattail ( AmE), cat's-tail ( BrE)
    * * *
    anea nf
    Br bulrush, US cattail;
    silla de anea chair with a wickerwork seat
    * * *
    f BOT cattail
    * * *
    anea nf
    : cattail

    Spanish-English dictionary > anea

  • 23 asqueroso

    adj.
    loathsome, repugnant, nauseating, filthy.
    m.
    creep, unpleasant person, scuzz.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) dirty, filthy
    2 (desagradable) disgusting, revolting, foul
    3 (que siente asco) squeamish
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (sucio) filthy person, revolting person
    2 (que siente asco) squeamish person
    * * *
    (f. - asquerosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=repugnante) disgusting, revolting; [condición] squalid; (=sucio) filthy
    2) (=de gusto delicado) squeamish
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) <libro/película> digusting, filthy
    b) <olor/comida/costumbre> disgusting, revolting
    2)
    a) (fam) (malo, egoísta) mean (colloq), horrible (BrE colloq)
    b) ( lascivo)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino
    1) ( sucio)
    2) (fam) (malo, egoísta) meany (colloq)
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], revolting, foul [fouler -comp., foulest -sup.], repulsive, disgusting, grungy, squalid, minger, minging, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], appalling, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep, lowdown.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Well, we non-smokers also like to put our feet up and relax, too; but we have to breathe in their foul fumes = Pues bien, a nosotros los no fumadores también nos gusta poner los pies en alto y relajarnos pero tenemos que respirar su repugnante humo.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.

    * * *
    asqueroso1 -sa
    A
    1 ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy
    2 ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting, horrible
    el baño estaba asqueroso de sucio the bath was absolutely filthy
    ¡mira qué asquerosas tienes las manos! look at the state of your hands! ( colloq), look how filthy your hands are!
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) mean ( colloq), horrible ( BrE colloq)
    préstamelo, no seas asqueroso let me borrow it, don't be so mean o horrible
    asqueroso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    A
    (sucio): es un asqueroso he's disgusting, he's a filthy pig ( colloq)
    B ( fam) (malo, egoísta) meany ( colloq)
    es un asqueroso, no me quiere prestar la bici he's so mean, o he's such a meany, he won't lend me his bike
    * * *

     

    asqueroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1
    a) ‹libro/película› digusting, filthy

    b) ‹olor/comida/costumbre› disgusting, revolting


    2 ( lascivo):
    ◊ ¡viejo asqueroso! you dirty old man!

    asqueroso,-a
    I adj (sucio) filthy
    (repulsivo) revolting, disgusting
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino disgusting o filthy o revolting person
    ' asqueroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - asquiento
    English:
    creepy
    - disgusting
    - filthy
    - foul
    - gross
    - icky
    - nasty
    - revolting
    - scummy
    - sickening
    - squalid
    - vile
    - yukky
    - creep
    - lousy
    - sickly
    * * *
    asqueroso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [que da asco] disgusting, revolting;
    una película asquerosa a revolting film;
    tu cuarto está asqueroso your room is filthy;
    es un cerdo asqueroso he's a disgusting pig
    2. [malo] mean;
    no seas asqueroso y devuélvele el juguete don't be so mean and give her the toy back
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que da asco] disgusting o revolting person;
    es un asqueroso he's disgusting o revolting
    2. [mala persona] mean person;
    es un asqueroso, no me quiso prestar dinero he's so mean, he wouldn't lend me any money
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( sucio) filthy
    2 ( repugnante) revolting, disgusting
    II m, asquerosa f creep
    * * *
    asqueroso, -sa adj
    : disgusting, sickening, repulsive
    * * *
    1. (repugnante) disgusting
    ¡qué perro más asqueroso! what a disgusting dog!
    2. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > asqueroso

  • 24 barroso

    adj.
    1 muddy, full of mire.
    2 pimpled, full of pimplescalled barros.
    3 reddish (bueyes).
    4 clayish, muddy-coloured, muddy, muddy-colored.
    * * *
    1 muddy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=con barro) muddy
    2) [color] mud-coloured, mud-colored (EEUU); [ganado] reddish; CAm (=blancuzco) off-white
    3) (Anat) pimply
    * * *
    = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,], mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.].
    Ex. In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    * * *
    = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,], mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.].

    Ex: In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.

    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

    * * *
    barroso -sa
    muddy, mud-colored*
    * * *
    barroso, -a adj
    muddy
    * * *
    adj muddy
    * * *
    barroso, -sa adj
    enlodado: muddy
    * * *
    barroso adj muddy [comp. muddier; superl. muddiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > barroso

  • 25 enea

    SF = anea
    * * *
    femenino reed mace, cattail (AmE), cat's-tail (BrE)
    * * *
    = bulrush [bullrush], osier.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Osier is used for basket making and it thrives in a wet environment but the roots can pose a problem if planted too close to drains and pipes.
    * * *
    femenino reed mace, cattail (AmE), cat's-tail (BrE)
    * * *
    = bulrush [bullrush], osier.

    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

    Ex: Osier is used for basket making and it thrives in a wet environment but the roots can pose a problem if planted too close to drains and pipes.

    * * *
    reed mace, cattail ( AmE), cat's-tail ( BrE)
    * * *
    enea nf
    Br bulrush, US cattail;
    silla de enea chair with a wickerwork seat
    * * *
    f BOT bulrush

    Spanish-English dictionary > enea

  • 26 enlodado

    adj.
    muddy, bedraggled.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enlodar.
    * * *
    = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,], mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.].
    Ex. In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    * * *
    = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,], mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.].

    Ex: In later years, the famous book mythological significance of muddy footprints introduced me to the ancient Hippopotamian culture.

    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

    * * *
    enlodado, -da adj
    barroso: muddy

    Spanish-English dictionary > enlodado

  • 27 fangoso

    adj.
    muddy, slimy, covered with mud, slushy.
    * * *
    1 muddy
    * * *
    ADJ muddy, miry
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo muddy
    * * *
    = mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.].
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo muddy
    * * *
    = mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.].

    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

    * * *
    fangoso -sa
    muddy
    * * *
    fangoso, -a adj
    muddy
    * * *
    adj muddy
    * * *
    fangoso, -sa adj
    lodoso: muddy
    * * *
    fangoso adj muddy [comp. muddier; superl. muddiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > fangoso

  • 28 junco

    m.
    1 rush, reed (plant).
    2 junk.
    * * *
    1 BOTÁNICA rush, reed
    2 (bastón) walking stick, cane
    ————————
    1 MARÍTIMO junk
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) junk
    2) reed, rush
    * * *
    I
    SM (=planta) rush, reed
    II
    SM (=barco) junk
    * * *
    1) ( planta) rush, reed
    2) (Náut) tb
    * * *
    = bulrush [bullrush], reed.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. They continued on their way until they came to a great plain covered with reeds that had great leaves on them as sharp as knives.
    * * *
    1) ( planta) rush, reed
    2) (Náut) tb
    * * *
    = bulrush [bullrush], reed.

    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.

    Ex: They continued on their way until they came to a great plain covered with reeds that had great leaves on them as sharp as knives.

    * * *
    A (planta) rush, reed
    Compuestos:
    rattan
    bulrush
    B ( Náut) tb
    * * *

    junco sustantivo masculino
    1 ( planta) rush, reed
    2 (Náut) tb

    junco sustantivo masculino
    1 Bot rush
    2 Náut junk
    ' junco' also found in these entries:
    English:
    junk
    - reed
    - rush
    * * *
    junco1 nm
    [planta] rush, reed junco florido flowering rush;
    junco marinero alkali bulrush;
    junco oloroso jonquil
    junco2 nm
    [embarcación] junk
    * * *
    m BOT reed
    * * *
    junco nm
    1) : reed, rush
    2) : junk (boat)
    * * *
    junco n reed

    Spanish-English dictionary > junco

  • 29 marga

    f.
    1 marl (geology).
    2 Marga.
    * * *
    1 marl
    * * *
    SF marl, loam
    * * *
    = marl, loam.
    Ex. It is impossible to give a strict definition of marl, for the term is applied to a great variety of rocks and soils with a considerable range of composition.
    Ex. The trees are hardy, and suitable for cultivation on a sandy loam soil.
    * * *
    = marl, loam.

    Ex: It is impossible to give a strict definition of marl, for the term is applied to a great variety of rocks and soils with a considerable range of composition.

    Ex: The trees are hardy, and suitable for cultivation on a sandy loam soil.

    * * *
    marga nf
    Geol marl

    Spanish-English dictionary > marga

  • 30 mugriento

    adj.
    dirty, grimy, grubby, grungy.
    * * *
    1 grimy, filthy
    * * *
    ADJ (=sucio) dirty, filthy; (=grasiento) grimy, greasy
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo filthy
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], grimy [grimier -comp., grimiest -sup.], grubby, squalid, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo filthy
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], grimy [grimier -comp., grimiest -sup.], grubby, squalid, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.].

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

    * * *
    filthy
    * * *

    mugriento
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    filthy
    mugriento,-a adjetivo filthy, mucky

    ' mugriento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mugrienta
    - roñoso
    English:
    dirty
    - filthy
    - grimy
    - mucky
    - grubby
    * * *
    mugriento, -a, Méx mugroso, -a adj
    filthy
    * * *
    adj filthy
    * * *
    mugriento, -ta adj
    : filthy

    Spanish-English dictionary > mugriento

  • 31 sucio

    adj.
    1 dirty, messy, filthy, nasty.
    2 dirty.
    3 dirty, evil-minded.
    * * *
    1 (con manchas) dirty, filthy
    2 (que se ensucia fácilmente) which dirties easily, which shows the dirt
    3 figurado (deshonesto) shady, underhand
    5 DEPORTE figurado foul, dirty, unfair
    6 figurado (trabajo, lenguaje) dirty, filthy
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    \
    en sucio in rough
    tener una lengua sucia to be foul-mouthed
    ————————
    1 figurado in an underhand way, dirty
    * * *
    (f. - sucia)
    adj.
    dirty, filthy, messy
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=manchado) [cara, ropa, suelo] dirty

    hazlo primero en sucio — make a rough draft first, do it in rough first

    2) [color] dirty
    3) (=fácil de manchar)

    los pantalones blancos son muy sucios — white trousers show the dirt, white trousers get dirty very easily

    4) (=obsceno) dirty, filthy

    palabras sucias — dirty words, filthy words

    5) (=deshonesto) [jugada] foul, dirty; [táctica] dirty; [negocio] shady
    6) [conciencia] bad
    7) [lengua] coated, furred
    2.
    ADV
    3.
    SM And bit of dirt
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex. An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex. There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex. Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex. It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    ----
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.
    * * *
    I
    - cia adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] <ropa/casa/vaso> dirty

    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? — whose is this grubby exercise book?

    hacer algo en sucio — to do a rough draft of something (AmE), do something in rough (BrE)

    b) < lengua> furred, coated
    2) [SER]
    b) < color> dirty (before n)
    c) < trabajo> dirty; <dinero/negocio/juego> dirty
    d) < lenguaje> filthy; < mente> dirty
    II
    masculino (Ven fam) dirty mark
    * * *
    = brown, dingy [dingier -comp., dingiest -sup.], dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], murky [murkier -comp., murkiest -sup.], grubby, dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], soiled, grungy, unclean, squalid, minging, mucky [muckier -comp., muckiest -sup.], tarnished, unwashed.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.
    Ex: An authority file can also be used to clean up an inconsistent, dirty data base.
    Ex: There are extraordinary uncertainties in the murky future of higher education and to change the character of our library at this stage would be too extreme a measure.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The copy was grubby from use, a paperback with a photographically realistic full-color painting on its cover of an early teenage boy slumped in what looked to me like a corner of a very dirty back alley, a can of Coke in his hand.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The painting is a still life depiction of a soiled tablecloth on a table.
    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Bulrush prefers full or partial sun, wet conditions, and soil that is mucky or sandy.
    Ex: Coca-Cola appears to be taking pains to buff up its tarnished image -- a controversy continues to brew over pesticides found in its soda products.
    Ex: It was Burke who first called the mob 'the great unwashed,' but the term ' unwashed' had been applied to them before.
    * blanquear dinero sucio = launder + dirty money.
    * capa de espuma sucia = scum.
    * cesta de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * cesto de la ropa sucia = linen basket, wash basket.
    * conciencia sucia = guilty conscience.
    * dinero sucio = dirty money.
    * guerra sucia = dirty war.
    * persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios delante de otros = wash + dirty linen in front of others.
    * sacar a relucir los trapos sucios en público = air + dirty linen in public.
    * trabajo en sucio = rough work.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty
    tengo las manos sucias my hands are dirty
    ¿de quién es este cuaderno tan sucio? whose is this grubby exercise book? ( colloq)
    la habitación está tan sucia que da asco the room is disgustingly dirty o is filthy
    en sucio in rough
    primero haz el ejercicio en sucio first do the exercise in rough
    2 ‹lengua› furred, coated, furry ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    1
    (que se ensucia fácilmente): las alfombras tan claras son muy sucias such light carpets get very dirty o show the dirt terribly
    2 ‹verde/amarillo› dirty ( before n)
    3 ‹trabajo› dirty
    es una tarea sucia y aburrida it's a dirty, tedious job
    4 ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    5 ‹palabras/lenguaje› dirty, filthy; ‹mente› dirty
    tener la conciencia sucia to have a guilty conscience
    ( Ven fam)
    dirty mark
    * * *

     

    sucio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo

    1
    a) [ESTAR] ‹ropa/casa/vaso› dirty;


    b) ‹ lengua› furred, coated

    2 [SER]
    a) ‹ trabajo› dirty;

    ‹dinero/negocio/juego› dirty
    b) ‹ lenguaje› filthy;

    ‹ mente› dirty;

    sucio,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 dirty: tienes las manos sucias, your hands are dirty
    2 (obsceno) filthy, dirty
    3 (inmoral, deshonesto) juego sucio, foul play
    una jugada sucia, a dirty trick
    negocio sucio, shady business o deal
    trabajo sucio, dirty work
    (fraudulento) underhand
    4 (que se ensucia con facilidad) el blanco es un color muy sucio para vestir, white clothes get dirty so easily
    II adverbio unfairly
    jugar sucio, to play unfairly
    ' sucio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asquerosa
    - asqueroso
    - cerdo
    - cochina
    - cochino
    - jugar
    - manchada
    - manchado
    - marrana
    - marrano
    - negra
    - negro
    - puerca
    - puerco
    - roñosa
    - roñoso
    - sucia
    - tinglado
    - zarrapastrosa
    - zarrapastroso
    - chancho
    - juego
    - negociado
    - piojoso
    - repugnar
    - rozado
    - tufo
    English:
    dingy
    - dirty
    - filthy
    - foul play
    - greasy
    - grimy
    - grubby
    - grungy
    - low
    - mess
    - messy
    - murky
    - play
    - soiled
    - foul
    * * *
    sucio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sin limpieza] dirty;
    estar sucio to be dirty;
    tiene muy sucia la cocina his kitchen is very dirty;
    la ropa sucia the dirty clothes
    2. [al comer, trabajar] messy;
    ser sucio to be messy
    3. [que se ensucia]
    el blanco es un color muy sucio white is a colour that really shows the dirt
    4. [color] dirty;
    un pantalón de un color blanco sucio off-white Br trousers o US pants
    5. [lenguaje] dirty, filthy
    6. [conciencia] bad, guilty
    7.
    en sucio [escribir] in rough
    ♦ adv
    jugar sucio to play dirty
    ♦ nm
    Ven Fam stain, dirty mark
    * * *
    adj tb fig
    dirty;
    en sucio in rough;
    blanco sucio off-white
    * * *
    sucio, - cia adj
    : dirty, filthy
    * * *
    sucio adj dirty [comp. dirtier; superl. dirtiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sucio

  • 32 asentado

    adj.
    1 settled, established.
    2 situated, based, sit-down.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: asentar.
    * * *
    1→ link=asentar asentar
    1 (situado) placed, situated
    2 (firme) firm, secure
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=instalado) [persona] settled; [tropas] located, positioned; [ciudad, campamento] situated, located
    2) (=establecido) [costumbre, tradición] well-established; [creencia] deep-rooted, deeply-rooted, firmly held
    3) [persona]
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [estar] ( situado)
    b) [estar] ( establecido) <creencia/tradición> deep-rooted, deeply rooted; < persona> settled (in)
    c) [ser] (esp AmL) (maduro, juicioso) mature
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Chi) peasant farmer (who works his/her own land)
    * * *
    Ex. These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [estar] ( situado)
    b) [estar] ( establecido) <creencia/tradición> deep-rooted, deeply rooted; < persona> settled (in)
    c) [ser] (esp AmL) (maduro, juicioso) mature
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Chi) peasant farmer (who works his/her own land)
    * * *

    Ex: These are trends designed to to break down boundaries of exclusivity erected by established professions to exploit their monopolistic advantages.

    * * *
    asentado1 -da
    1 [ ESTAR]
    (situado): la ciudad está asentada a orillas de un río the town lies on the banks of a river
    la sede de la organización está asentada en Nueva York the organization's headquarters is located o situated in New York
    el hotel está asentado sobre la colina the hotel sits o stands on top of the hill
    el colegio está asentado sobre terreno arenoso the school is built on sandy ground
    2 [ ESTAR] (establecido) ‹creencia› deep-rooted, deeply rooted, firmly held; ‹tradición› deep-rooted, deeply rooted, well-established; ‹persona› settled (in)
    el respeto a las tradiciones está muy asentado en él he has a deep-rooted o deeply rooted respect for tradition
    no está todavía asentado en su nuevo trabajo he isn't o hasn't settled into his new job yet
    todavía no se sienten asentados allí they haven't really settled in there yet
    3 [ SER] ( esp AmL) (maduro, juicioso) mature
    asentado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Chi)
    peasant farmer (who works his/her own land)
    * * *

    Del verbo asentar: ( conjugate asentar)

    asentado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    asentado    
    asentar
    asentado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [estar] ( situado):

    ◊ el pueblo está asentado a orillas de un río the village lies o is situated on the banks of a river

    b) [estar] ( establecido) ‹creencia/tradición› deep-rooted, deeply rooted;

    ‹ persona› settled (in)
    c) [ser] (esp AmL) (maduro, juicioso) mature

    asentar ( conjugate asentar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ campamento› to set up;
    ‹damnificados/refugiados› to place
    2
    a) ‹ objeto› to place carefully (o firmly etc)

    b) ‹conocimientos/postura› to consolidate

    3 (Com, Fin) to enter
    asentarse verbo pronominal
    1 [café/polvo/terreno] to settle
    2 ( estar situado) [ciudad/edificio] to be situated, be built
    3


    asentado,-a adj (consolidado) established, settled
    asentar verbo transitivo to settle
    ' asentado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asentada
    * * *
    asentado, -a adj
    1. [localizado] located, situated;
    una central nuclear asentada cerca de la capital a nuclear power station located o situated close to the capital;
    un español asentado en Argentina a Spaniard living in Argentina;
    una ciudad asentada sobre una antigua población romana a city built on an ancient Roman settlement
    2. [establecido] settled, established;
    una tradición muy asentada entre los católicos a long-established tradition amongst Catholics;
    está muy asentado en su nuevo trabajo he has settled into his new job very well
    3. [sensato] sensible, mature;
    es un chico muy asentado he's a very sensible o mature young man
    * * *
    adj
    1 located, situated
    2 ( establecido) settled
    * * *
    asentado, -da adj
    : settled, established

    Spanish-English dictionary > asentado

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