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1 espesura
f.1 thicket.2 thickness.3 area filled with vegetation, dense growth of shrubs, forested area, place overgrown with bushes.* * *1 (de líquido, objeto) thickness2 (de niebla etc) denseness3 figurado (en bosque) thicket, dense wood* * *SF1) (=espesor) thickness; (=densidad) densityen la espesura de la selva — in the thick o heart o depths of the jungle
2) (Bot) thicket, overgrown placese refugiaron en las espesuras de la sierra — liter they took refuge in the mountain fastnesses liter
3) (=suciedad) dirtiness, untidiness* * ** * ** * *salió de en medio de la espesura he came out from among the bushestuvieron que abrirse paso por entre la espesura they had to hack a path through the vegetation o undergrowth* * *
espesura sustantivo femenino
vegetation;
espesura sustantivo femenino denseness
' espesura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
maleza
- camino
- internar
English:
depth
- hack
* * *espesura nf1. [vegetación] thicket;se abrió camino entre la espesura he made his way through the undergrowth2. [grosor] thickness3. [densidad] density* * *f dense vegetation* * *espesura nf1) : thickness2) : thicket -
2 maraña
f.1 trick, snarl.2 thicket.3 tangle, knot, snarl-up.* * *1 (espesura) thicket2 (enredo) tangle3 (asunto confuso) muddle, mess* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=maleza) thicket, tangle of plants2) [de hilos] tangle3) (=enredo) mess, tangleuna maraña de pasillos — a maze o labyrinth of passages
una maraña de burocracia — a bureaucratic maze o labyrinth
4) * (=truco) trick, ruse5) And small tip* * *a) (de hilos, cabello) tangleb) (de arbustos, malezas) tangle of vegetationc) (lío, confusión) tangled messes una maraña de personajes y relaciones — it is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships
* * *= morass, tangled web, tangle, miasma, garble, snarl, snarl-up.Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.Ex. A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex. For some other slants on this topic, see these two blogs; but beware, as they do contain some notable garbles and omissions.Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.----* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.* maraña política = political thicket.* * *a) (de hilos, cabello) tangleb) (de arbustos, malezas) tangle of vegetationc) (lío, confusión) tangled messes una maraña de personajes y relaciones — it is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships
* * *= morass, tangled web, tangle, miasma, garble, snarl, snarl-up.Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.
Ex: A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex: For some other slants on this topic, see these two blogs; but beware, as they do contain some notable garbles and omissions.Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.* maraña política = political thicket.* * *1 (de hilos, cabello) tangleun ovillo hecho una maraña a tangled ball of wool2(de arbustos, malezas): mi jardín es una verdadera maraña my garden is a real tangle of weeds o is a real junglecon un machete se abrió paso en la maraña he hacked his way through the tangled vegetation with a machete3(lío, confusión): el argumento es una maraña de personajes y relaciones the plot is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationshipsno sé cómo entiende esta maraña de números I don't know how he can understand this mess o jumble of numbers* * *
maraña sustantivo femenino
tangle;
maraña sustantivo femenino tangle
' maraña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enredo
English:
tangle
- web
* * *maraña nf1. [de cabellos, hilos] tangle;encontré el interruptor entre una maraña de cables I found the switch amid a tangle of electric cables2. [maleza] thicket;la maraña de arbustos no nos permitía avanzar the dense undergrowth prevented us from going any further3. [complicación] tangle;están intentando desenrollar la maraña de normas que regulan el sector they are trying to unravel the tangle of regulations that regulate the industry;no hay quien se entienda con la maraña de idiomas que se hablan allí nobody can understand the jumble of languages they speak there;le cuesta mucho encontrar lo que busca en la maraña de Internet he finds it difficult to find what he's looking for on-line, the Internet is such a maze* * *f1 de hilos tangle2 ( lío) jumble* * *maraña nf1) : thicket2) enredo: tangle, mess
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