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101 mantenerse alejado
v.to stay away, to keep back, to stand away, to keep away.* * *(v.) = stay away, remain + aloofEx. Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.Ex. The results of the survey reveal that political Web sites are only partly able to involve people in politics who have thus far remained aloof.* * *(v.) = stay away, remain + aloofEx: Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.
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102 no + soy/estoy/estás/eres/es/está/somos/estamos/sois/estáis/son/están
= ain't [am/is/are + not]Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.* * *= ain't [am/is/are + not]Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.
Spanish-English dictionary > no + soy/estoy/estás/eres/es/está/somos/estamos/sois/estáis/son/están
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103 notificación
f.1 notification, notice, warning.2 notification, official notice.* * *1 notification\notificación judicial summons sing* * *SF notification* * *femenino (frml) notification (frml)* * *= announcement, notification, paper, alert, disclosure, statement, intimation, notice.Ex. Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.Ex. In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.Ex. The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.Ex. These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.Ex. Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.----* notificación de demanda = notice of demand, notice of demand.* notificación oficial = official notification.* recibir notificación = receive + notice.* * *femenino (frml) notification (frml)* * *= announcement, notification, paper, alert, disclosure, statement, intimation, notice.Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.
Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.Ex: In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.Ex: The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.Ex: These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.Ex: Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.* notificación de demanda = notice of demand, notice of demand.* notificación oficial = official notification.* recibir notificación = receive + notice.* * *( frml)notification ( frml)* * *
notificación sustantivo femenino (frml) notification (frml)
notificación sustantivo femenino notification
' notificación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
circular
- comunicación
- comunicada
- comunicado
- aviso
English:
advice
- notification
- quit
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104 permanecer distante
(v.) = remain + aloofEx. The results of the survey reveal that political Web sites are only partly able to involve people in politics who have thus far remained aloof.* * *(v.) = remain + aloofEx: The results of the survey reveal that political Web sites are only partly able to involve people in politics who have thus far remained aloof.
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105 pescar
v.1 to fish, to go fishing.Manolo pesca truchas Manolo fishes for trout.Manolo pesca en mayo Manolo fishes in May.2 to catch (informal) (contraer) (enfermedad).María pescó a su novio Mary caught her boyfriend unawares.Pesqué un resfrío I caught a cold.3 to catch (informal) (atrapar).lo pescaron intentando entrar sin pagar he got caught trying to get in without paying4 to land, to get oneself (informal) (conseguir).pescó un buen marido she landed herself a good husomebodyand5 to pick up, to understand (informal) (entender).¿has pescado el chiste? did you get the joke?6 to latch onto, to grab.Finalmente pescó a una viuda rica He finally latched onto a rich widow.* * *1 (ir a pescar) to fish, go fishing1 (sacar del agua) to get, catch3 (conseguir) to get, catch4 familiar (comprender) to understand, get■ éste no pesca una, el pobre he's a bit slow, poor thing5 familiar (coger por sorpresa) to catch\ir a pescar to go fishing* * *verb1) to fish2) catch* * *1. VT1) [+ peces, mariscos] to catch2) * (=agarrar)lo ha pescado la policía — he's been caught o nabbed * by the police
¡si no te abrigas vas a pescar una pulmonía! — if you don't wrap up you'll catch pneumonia!
viene a pescar un marido — she's come to get o bag * a husband
¡te pesqué! — caught you!, got you!
3) * (=entender) to get¿aún no has pescado el chiste? — haven't you got the joke yet?
2. VI1) [pescador] to fishpescar a mosca — to fish with a fly, flyfish
pescar a la rastra, pescar al arrastre — to trawl
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <trucha/corvina> to catchfuimos a pescar trucha(s) — we went trout-fishing, we went fishing for trout
2) (fam)a) <catarro/gripe> to catchb) <novio/marido> to get, hook (colloq & hum)c) <chiste/broma> to get (colloq)d) ( pillar) to catch2.lo pescaron robando — they caught him red-handed (as he was stealing something)
pescar vi to fish3.* * *= fish (for).Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.----* buen sitio para pescar = fishing spot.* caña de pescar = fishing rod, fishing pole.* cebo de pescar = fishing lure.* cesta para pescar langostas = lobster trap.* pescar furtivamente = poach.* red de pescar = fishnet, fishing net.* vara de pescar = fishing rod, fishing pole.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <trucha/corvina> to catchfuimos a pescar trucha(s) — we went trout-fishing, we went fishing for trout
2) (fam)a) <catarro/gripe> to catchb) <novio/marido> to get, hook (colloq & hum)c) <chiste/broma> to get (colloq)d) ( pillar) to catch2.lo pescaron robando — they caught him red-handed (as he was stealing something)
pescar vi to fish3.* * *= fish (for).Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.
* buen sitio para pescar = fishing spot.* caña de pescar = fishing rod, fishing pole.* cebo de pescar = fishing lure.* cesta para pescar langostas = lobster trap.* pescar furtivamente = poach.* red de pescar = fishnet, fishing net.* vara de pescar = fishing rod, fishing pole.* * *pescar [A2 ]vtA ‹trucha/corvina› to catchno pescamos nada we didn't catch anythingfuimos a pescar trucha(s) we went trout-fishing, we went fishing for troutB ( fam)1 ‹catarro/gripe› to catchpescarás una pulmonía como salgas con esta lluvia you'll catch your death if you go out in this rain ( colloq)¡qué borrachera pescó! he got really drunk!2 ‹novio› to get, hook ( colloq hum); ‹marido› to hook ( colloq)3 ‹chiste/broma› to get ( colloq)no pescas ni una you're so slow on the uptakeno pescó la indrecta she didn't take the hintpescarla(s) ( fam): creo que no la(s) pescaste, pero se refería a ti I don't think you realized, but he was talking about youse lo he explicado varias veces pero no la(s) pesca I've explained to him several times but he doesn't get it ( colloq)4 (pillar, sorprender) to catchlo pescaron robando they caught him red-handed (as he was stealing something)por fin te pesqué, llevo toda la mañana buscándote I've caught you at last, I've been looking for you all morningla pesqué en una mentira I caught her out lyingla noticia me pescó de sorpresa the news took me by surpriseme pescó la lluvia al salir del teatro I got caught in the rain as I came out of the theater■ pescarvito fishpescar a mosca to fly-fish■ pescarse* * *
pescar ( conjugate pescar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹trucha/corvina› to catch;
2 (fam)
◊ lo pescaron robando they caught him red-handed (as he was stealing something)
verbo intransitivo
to fish;
pescar verbo transitivo
1 to fish
2 fam (una enfermedad, a una persona) to catch
3 (una idea, una broma) to get
' pescar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boya
- caña
- agarrar
- carrete
- corcho
- red
English:
bait
- catch
- collar
- fish
- fishing rod
- land
- poach
- rod
- spear
- tackle
- fishing
- get
- let
- nab
- net
* * *♦ vt1. [peces] to catch;sólo consiguieron pescar una bota all they caught was an old bootpescó una gripe she caught the flulo pescaron intentando entrar sin pagar he got caught trying to get in without payingha pescado un trabajo estupendo she's landed a fantastic job;pescó un buen marido she landed herself a good husband¿has pescado el chiste? did you get the joke?;cuando me hablan en francés no pesco ni una I can't understand a word when they speak to me in French♦ vito fish;ir a pescar to go fishing* * *I v/tII v/i fish;pescar con caña go angling* * *pescar {72} vt1) : to fish for2) : to catchpescar vi: to fish, to go fishing* * *pescar vb1. (coger peces) to fish -
106 pirata del correo publicitario no solicitado
(n.) = spammerEx. There are a number of Web sites which offer spam prevention advice such as the use of filters to automatically eliminate mail from known spammers.* * *(n.) = spammerEx: There are a number of Web sites which offer spam prevention advice such as the use of filters to automatically eliminate mail from known spammers.
Spanish-English dictionary > pirata del correo publicitario no solicitado
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107 placa de Petri
(n.) = petri dishEx. Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.* * *(n.) = petri dishEx: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.
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108 ponerse a
v.to begin to, to get, to get to, to set about to.* * *(v.) = set about + Gerundio, get (a)round to, settle down to, get down to + NombreEx. The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme.Ex. The article is entitled 'A list of lists of Web sites to check out: getting organized and getting around to it are two different things'.Ex. A television system is described in which a student can pick up a special telephone, request any one of more than eighteen hundred tapes, and settle down to watch and learn in front of a TV monitor.Ex. After choosing a method of recon, it is time to get down to the details of how to carry out the project.* * *(v.) = set about + Gerundio, get (a)round to, settle down to, get down to + NombreEx: The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme.
Ex: The article is entitled 'A list of lists of Web sites to check out: getting organized and getting around to it are two different things'.Ex: A television system is described in which a student can pick up a special telephone, request any one of more than eighteen hundred tapes, and settle down to watch and learn in front of a TV monitor.Ex: After choosing a method of recon, it is time to get down to the details of how to carry out the project. -
109 puntuación
f.1 punctuation.2 score, average.* * *1 (en ortografía) punctuation2 (acción de puntuar) scoring; (total de puntos) score* * *SF1) (Ling, Tip) punctuation2) (=puntos) mark, marks pl ; (=grado) class, grade; (Dep) score3) (=acto) (Escol) marking, grading (EEUU); (Dep) scoring* * *1) (Impr, Ling) punctuation2)a) ( acción) (Educ) grading (AmE), marking (BrE); (Dep) scoringb) (esp Esp) ( puntos obtenidos) (Educ) grade (AmE), mark (BrE); (Dep) score* * *= punctuation, score, rating, evaluation rating, scoreboard, scorecard, mark.Ex. Punctuation must be established and be adopted consistently.Ex. As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.Ex. But the rater must not be afraid to give negative ratings.Ex. In order to make sure that no prejudice or bias influences an evaluation rating, the rating should be reviewed by the supervisor's supervisor -- the next person in the hierarchy.Ex. Evaluation the research is through 4 strategies: a simple scoreboard; scoreboard plus other details such as references; scoreboard with the minimal critera of, e.g., sample size and statistical procedures used; examination of actual material.Ex. After a year's rapid development of portals by major search engines, adding such things as scorecards, news headlines or links to other services, search engine developers are now turning to personalization as a way of holding their users.Ex. The author assesses six Web sites giving marks out of ten for ease of use and navigation.----* método de puntuación = scoring technique.* puntuación con estrellas = star rating.* puntuación de la ISBD = ISBD punctuation.* puntuación de un test = test score.* puntuación media = mean score.* puntuación probable = expectancy score.* signo de puntuación = punctuation symbol, mark of punctuation, punctuation mark.* sistema de puntuación = point system.* * *1) (Impr, Ling) punctuation2)a) ( acción) (Educ) grading (AmE), marking (BrE); (Dep) scoringb) (esp Esp) ( puntos obtenidos) (Educ) grade (AmE), mark (BrE); (Dep) score* * *= punctuation, score, rating, evaluation rating, scoreboard, scorecard, mark.Ex: Punctuation must be established and be adopted consistently.
Ex: As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.Ex: But the rater must not be afraid to give negative ratings.Ex: In order to make sure that no prejudice or bias influences an evaluation rating, the rating should be reviewed by the supervisor's supervisor -- the next person in the hierarchy.Ex: Evaluation the research is through 4 strategies: a simple scoreboard; scoreboard plus other details such as references; scoreboard with the minimal critera of, e.g., sample size and statistical procedures used; examination of actual material.Ex: After a year's rapid development of portals by major search engines, adding such things as scorecards, news headlines or links to other services, search engine developers are now turning to personalization as a way of holding their users.Ex: The author assesses six Web sites giving marks out of ten for ease of use and navigation.* método de puntuación = scoring technique.* puntuación con estrellas = star rating.* puntuación de la ISBD = ISBD punctuation.* puntuación de un test = test score.* puntuación media = mean score.* puntuación probable = expectancy score.* signo de puntuación = punctuation symbol, mark of punctuation, punctuation mark.* sistema de puntuación = point system.* * *Bla canción mexicana consiguió la máxima puntuación the Mexican song got the highest score* * *
puntuación sustantivo femenino
1 (Impr, Ling) punctuation
2
(Dep) scoring
(Dep) score
puntuación sustantivo femenino
1 (de un escrito) punctuation
signo de puntuación, punctuation mark
2 Educ (acción) marking
(nota) mark
3 (en deportes) score
' puntuación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
negativa
- negativo
- barra
- punto
- signo
English:
mark down
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- score
* * *puntuación nf1. [calificación] mark;[en concursos, competiciones] score2. [ortográfica] punctuation* * ** * *puntuación nf, pl - ciones1) : punctuation2) : scoring, score, grade* * *1. (en escritura) punctuation2. (en deporte) marks / score3. (en examen) mark -
110 rape
m.1 snuff, rappee.2 monkfish (fish).pret.indicat.1st person singular (yo) Preterite Indicative of Spanish verb: rapar.* * *1 (pez) angler fish————————\al rape close-cropped, short* * *ISM1) [de barba] quick shave; [de pelo] rough haircut2) * (=bronca) ticking-off *, telling-off *IISM (Zool) angler fish* * *a) (Coc, Zool) monkfish, goosefish (AmE)b)al rape: tiene el pelo cortado al rape — he has closely-cropped hair
* * *= catfish, snuff, anglerfish.Ex. The article ' Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.Ex. The mean age of onset to take snuff was 12.5 years & 14.8 years for smoking cigarettes.Ex. Anglerfish are marine fish that attract prey by dangling a fleshy, bait-like appendage in front of their heads.----* pelado al rape = crewcut [crew-cut].* * *a) (Coc, Zool) monkfish, goosefish (AmE)b)al rape: tiene el pelo cortado al rape — he has closely-cropped hair
* * *= catfish, snuff, anglerfish.Ex: The article ' Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.
Ex: The mean age of onset to take snuff was 12.5 years & 14.8 years for smoking cigarettes.Ex: Anglerfish are marine fish that attract prey by dangling a fleshy, bait-like appendage in front of their heads.* pelado al rape = crewcut [crew-cut].* * *2al rape: tiene el pelo cortado al rape he has closely-cropped hair* * *
Del verbo rapar: ( conjugate rapar)
rapé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
rape es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
rapar
rape
rapé
rapar ( conjugate rapar) verbo transitivo ‹ cabeza› to shave;
‹ pelo› to crop
rape sustantivo masculino
b)◊ al rape: tiene el pelo cortado al rape he has closely-cropped hair
rapar verbo transitivo to shave
rapar el pelo, to crop o cut sb's hair very short
rape m (pez) monkfish
♦ Locuciones: al rape, close-cropped
' rape' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aceite
- atropellar
- colza
- estupro
- forzar
- violar
- violación
- violentar
- pelado
- pelar
English:
angler fish
- outrage
- rape
- crew
- date
- snuff
* * *rape1 nm[pez] monkfishrape2: al rape loc advcortar el pelo al rape a alguien to give sb a crew cut* * *m pescado anglerfish;* * *rape nm: close haircutrapé nm: snuff* * *rape n angler fish -
111 raro
adj.1 unusual, curious, rare, out of the common.2 strange, odd, queer, far-out.3 unfamiliar.* * *► adjetivo1 (poco común) rare2 (escaso) scarce, rare3 (peculiar) odd, strange, weird4 (excelente) excellent■ escribió un libro raro, una verdadera obra de arte she wrote a very good book, a real work of art\¡qué raro! how odd!, that's strange!rara vez seldom* * *(f. - rara)adj.1) rare, uncommon, unusual, funny2) bizarre, weird3) odd•- rara vez* * *ADJ1) (=extraño) strange, oddes un hombre muy raro — he's a very strange o odd man
es raro que no haya llamado — it's strange o odd that he hasn't called
¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara! — how (very) strange!, how (very) odd!
2) (=poco común) rarecon alguna rara excepción — with few o rare exceptions
de rara perfección — of rare perfection, of remarkable perfection
rara vez nos visita, rara es la vez que nos visita — he rarely visits us
3) (Fís) rare, rarefied* * *- ra adjetivo1)a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...
qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!
es un poco rara — she's a bit odd o strange
te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)
b) ( poco frecuente) rareraro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...
aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
2) < gas> rare* * *= bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.Ex. Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.Ex. In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.Ex. Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.Ex. This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.Ex. Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.Ex. The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.Ex. This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.Ex. This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.Ex. Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex. However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.Ex. Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.Ex. 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.----* aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.* bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].* colección de libros raros = rare book collection.* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.* de manera rara = oddly, funnily.* demasiado raro = all too rare.* de modo raro = funnily.* de una manera rara = strangely.* de un modo raro = freakishly.* edición rara = rare edition.* en casos raros = in rare cases.* enfermedad rara = rare disease.* en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.* en raros casos = in rare cases.* especie rara = rare breed.* haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.* Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.* libro raro = rare book.* muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.* parecer raro = sound + odd.* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* ¡qué raro! = how strange!.* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.* sala de libros raros = rare book room.* salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.* * *- ra adjetivo1)a) ( extraño) strange, odd, funny (colloq)es raro que... — it's strange o odd o funny that...
qué cosa más rara! or qué raro! — how odd o strange!
es un poco rara — she's a bit odd o strange
te noto muy raro hoy — you're acting very strangely today; ver bicho 2)
b) ( poco frecuente) rareraro es el día que... — there's rarely o hardly a day when...
aquí es raro que nieve — it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
2) < gas> rare* * *= bizarre, queer, rare, unusual, eccentric, odd, uncommon, untoward, weird [weirder -comp., weirdest -sup.], awry, funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.], outlandish, freaky [freakier -comp., freakiest -sup.], uncanny, cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], kinky [kinkier -comp., kinkiest -sup.], flaky [flakey], freakish, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
Ex: Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.Ex: In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services.Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.Ex: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century.Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.Ex: This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.Ex: Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.Ex: The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.Ex: This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.Ex: This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.Ex: Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.Ex: However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.Ex: Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.Ex: 1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.* aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.* bicho raro = rare bird, odd bird, odd fish, freak of nature, rare breed, weirdo, nerdy [nerdier -comp., nerdiest -sup.], geek, nerd, geeky [geekier -comp., geekiest -sup.].* colección de libros raros = rare book collection.* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.* de manera rara = oddly, funnily.* demasiado raro = all too rare.* de modo raro = funnily.* de una manera rara = strangely.* de un modo raro = freakishly.* edición rara = rare edition.* en casos raros = in rare cases.* enfermedad rara = rare disease.* en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.* en raros casos = in rare cases.* especie rara = rare breed.* haber algo raro con = there + be + something fishy going on with.* Ley de los Medicamentos Raros, la = Orphan Drug Act, the.* libro raro = rare book.* muy rara vez = all too seldom, once in a blue moon.* parecer raro = sound + odd.* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.* ¡qué raro! = how strange!.* rara vez = infrequently, rarely, seldom, uncommonly, on rare occasions.* sala de libros raros = rare book room.* salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions.* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.* * *raro -raAes raro que aún no haya venido it's strange o odd o funny that he hasn't come yetya me parecía raro que no salieras I thought it was a bit strange o odd you weren't going out¡qué cosa más rara! or ¡qué raro! how odd o strange o funny o peculiar!me siento raro en este ambiente I feel strange o funny in these surroundingses un poco rarilla she's a bit odd o strange o funny o peculiar¿qué te pasa hoy? te noto/estás muy raro what's up with you today? you're acting very strangelyme miró como si fuera un bicho raro ( fam); he looked at me as if I was some kind of weirdo ( colloq)¡qué tipo más raro! what a strange o peculiar o funny man!2 (poco frecuente, común) raresalvo raras excepciones with a few rare exceptionsraro es el día que no sale there's rarely o hardly a day when she doesn't go outaquí es raro que nieve it rarely o seldom snows here, it's very unusual o rare for it to snow hereB ‹gas› rare* * *
raro◊ -ra adjetivo
◊ es raro que … it's strange o odd o funny that …;
¡qué raro! how odd o strange!;
te noto muy raro hoy you're acting very strangely today
aquí es raro que nieve it's very unusual o rare for it to snow here
raro,-a adjetivo
1 (no frecuente) rare: es raro que no llame, it's unusual for her not to telephone
2 (poco común) odd, strange: ¡qué sombrero más raro!, what a weird hat!
tiene un raro sentido del humor, he's got a warped sense of humour
♦ Locuciones: Paco es un bicho raro, Paco is a weirdo
' raro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bicho
- chocante
- disgustar
- individuo
- particular
- peculiar
- rara
- singular
- tipo
- artefacto
- extraño
- gusto
- olor
- sonar
English:
flaky
- funny
- most
- odd
- odd-looking
- oddbod
- oddity
- odor
- odour
- peculiar
- queer
- rare
- set-up
- should
- strange
- strangely
- unlikely
- unusual
- weird
- for
- how
- incongruous
- like
- oddball
- seem
- strike
- uncanny
* * *raro, -a adj1. [extraño] strange, odd;¡qué raro! how strange o odd!;¡qué raro que no haya llamado! it's very strange o odd that she hasn't called;es raro que no nos lo haya dicho it's odd o funny that she didn't tell us;ya me parecía raro que no hubiera dicho nada I thought it was strange o odd that he hadn't said anything;no sé qué le pasa últimamente, está o [m5] la noto muy rara I don't know what's up with her lately, she's been acting very strangely2. [excepcional] unusual, rare;[visita] infrequent;rara vez rarely;es raro el día que viene a comer she very rarely comes round for lunch;raro es el que no fuma very few of them don't smoke3. [extravagante] odd, eccentric4. [escaso] rare5. Quím rare* * *adj1 rare2 ( extraño) strange;¡qué raro! how strange!* * *raro, -ra adj1) extraño: odd, strange, peculiar2) : unusual, rare3) : exceptional4)rara vez : seldom, rarely* * *raro adj1. (extraño) strange / odd2. (poco frecuente) rare -
112 reacondicionado
Ex. This paper reviews available Web sites offering information for potential buyers of refurbished, remanufactured and reconditioned personal computers.* * *Ex: This paper reviews available Web sites offering information for potential buyers of refurbished, remanufactured and reconditioned personal computers.
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113 reestructurado
adj.restructured.past part.past participle of spanish verb: reestructurar.* * *Ex. This paper reviews available Web sites offering information for potential buyers of refurbished, remanufactured and reconditioned personal computers.* * *Ex: This paper reviews available Web sites offering information for potential buyers of refurbished, remanufactured and reconditioned personal computers.
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114 relacionado con los viajes
(adj.) = travel-relatedEx. This paper includes selected Web sites providing information on: terrorism in general; bioterrorism; agroterrorism, nuclear terrorism; and travel-related issues.* * *(adj.) = travel-relatedEx: This paper includes selected Web sites providing information on: terrorism in general; bioterrorism; agroterrorism, nuclear terrorism; and travel-related issues.
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115 reportar ingresos
(v.) = generate + revenueEx. As free Web sites find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet simply with the revenue generated from advertising, they are likely, either to close down or to start charging for access to the site.* * *(v.) = generate + revenueEx: As free Web sites find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet simply with the revenue generated from advertising, they are likely, either to close down or to start charging for access to the site.
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116 salir a flote
(superar dificultades) to get back on one's feet, get out of difficulty 2 (surgir) to come to the surface, resurface* * *(v.) = make + ends meetEx. As free Web sites find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet simply with the revenue generated from advertising, they are likely, either to close down or to start charging for access to the site.* * *(v.) = make + ends meetEx: As free Web sites find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet simply with the revenue generated from advertising, they are likely, either to close down or to start charging for access to the site.
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117 salir adelante
v.to come through, to come ahead, to become solvent again, to come out well.* * *to be successful* * *(v.) = make + ends meet, keep + the wolves from the door, get + unstuckEx. As free Web sites find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet simply with the revenue generated from advertising, they are likely, either to close down or to start charging for access to the site.Ex. Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.Ex. In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.* * *(v.) = make + ends meet, keep + the wolves from the door, get + unstuckEx: As free Web sites find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet simply with the revenue generated from advertising, they are likely, either to close down or to start charging for access to the site.
Ex: Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.Ex: In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning. -
118 sentirse a gusto con
(v.) = be comfortable withEx. Nearly 95% of respondents were comfortable with their institutions' Web sites.* * *(v.) = be comfortable withEx: Nearly 95% of respondents were comfortable with their institutions' Web sites.
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119 sentirse cómodo con
(v.) = be comfortable withEx. Nearly 95% of respondents were comfortable with their institutions' Web sites.* * *(v.) = be comfortable withEx: Nearly 95% of respondents were comfortable with their institutions' Web sites.
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120 terrorismo nuclear
(n.) = nuclear terrorismEx. This paper includes selected Web sites providing information on: terrorism in general; bioterrorism; agroterrorism, nuclear terrorism; and travel-related issues.* * *(n.) = nuclear terrorismEx: This paper includes selected Web sites providing information on: terrorism in general; bioterrorism; agroterrorism, nuclear terrorism; and travel-related issues.
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