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  • 41 chupar la sangre

    (v.) = suck + wealth
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    * * *
    (v.) = suck + wealth

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chupar la sangre

  • 42 con astucia

    = by cunning, astutely, slyly, shrewdly, cannily
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely.
    Ex. The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.
    Ex. Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
    Ex. The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions -- masculine/feminine, public/private.
    * * *
    = by cunning, astutely, slyly, shrewdly, cannily

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Ex: One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely.
    Ex: The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.
    Ex: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
    Ex: The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions -- masculine/feminine, public/private.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con astucia

  • 43 con sigilo

    = by stealth, stealthily, as quiet as a mouse
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
    Ex. Quiet as a mouse, she had crept in to see what they were doing.
    * * *
    = by stealth, stealthily, as quiet as a mouse

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Ex: It is contended that adoption policies have encouraged nondisclosure of information by gay men & lesbians, & surrogacy arrangements are often handled stealthily.
    Ex: Quiet as a mouse, she had crept in to see what they were doing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con sigilo

  • 44 con tretas

    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    * * *

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con tretas

  • 45 corazón de oro

    Ex. Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.
    * * *

    Ex: Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corazón de oro

  • 46 currar

    v.
    1 to work (informal). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 to rip off.
    * * *
    1 argot to grind, slave, graft
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (Esp fam)
    a) ( trabajar) to work
    b) ( pegar) to thump (colloq)
    2.
    currar vt (RPl fam) to rip... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = work.
    Ex. He represents how much can be accomplished by someone who has worked from the outside.
    ----
    * currárselo = work + hard.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (Esp fam)
    a) ( trabajar) to work
    b) ( pegar) to thump (colloq)
    2.
    currar vt (RPl fam) to rip... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = work.

    Ex: He represents how much can be accomplished by someone who has worked from the outside.

    * currárselo = work + hard.

    * * *
    currar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 ( Esp fam) (trabajar) to work
    2 ( Esp fam) (pegar) to thump ( colloq)
    ■ currar
    vt
    ( RPl fam) to rip … off ( colloq)
    * * *

    currar verbo intransitivo familiar Esp to work
    ' currar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    graft
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Esp [pegar] to beat up
    2. RP [estafar] to rip off
    ♦ vi
    Esp [trabajar] to work
    * * *
    v/i fam
    work

    Spanish-English dictionary > currar

  • 47 divorciada

    adj.
    1 divorced.
    2 las opiniones están divorciadas, (fig.) Opinions are divided.
    f.
    divorcee, grass widow, divorced woman.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: divorciar.
    * * *
    = divorcée, divorcee.
    Ex. The book's heroine is a middle-aged divorcée who has moved from a remote town in Suffolk to London, settling in a rundown and racially mixed working-class neighborhood.
    Ex. In both years, widows and widowers far outnumbered divorcees in single parent families.
    * * *
    = divorcée, divorcee.

    Ex: The book's heroine is a middle-aged divorcée who has moved from a remote town in Suffolk to London, settling in a rundown and racially mixed working-class neighborhood.

    Ex: In both years, widows and widowers far outnumbered divorcees in single parent families.

    * * *

    divorciado,-a
    I adjetivo divorced
    II m,f (hombre) divorcé; (mujer) divorcée
    * * *
    I adj divorced
    II m, divorciada f divorcee

    Spanish-English dictionary > divorciada

  • 48 embrollado

    adj.
    complicated, tangled, confused, convolute.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: embrollar.
    * * *
    1→ link=embrollar embrollar
    1 confused, muddled
    * * *
    = afoul.
    Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    * * *

    Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.

    * * *
    embrollado, -a adj
    [asunto, situación] complicated, confused; [historia, explicación] involved, complicated; [teoría] complicated

    Spanish-English dictionary > embrollado

  • 49 enredado

    adj.
    1 entangled, matted.
    2 foul (cables y cuerdas). (Nautical)
    3 confused, tangled, messed, messed-up.
    4 complicated, intricate, mixed-up, entangled.
    5 ruffled, enmeshed, matted, tangled.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enredar.
    * * *
    ADJ [hilos, cuerdas] tangled (up)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; < pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated
    2)
    a) ( involucrado) involved

    enredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something

    b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)
    * * *
    = entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.
    Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    ----
    * enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; < pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated
    2)
    a) ( involucrado) involved

    enredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something

    b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)
    * * *
    = entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.

    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.

    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.
    Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    * enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled; ‹pelo› tangled, knotted
    la lana está toda enredada the wool is all tangled o tangled up
    2 ‹asunto/idea› complicated
    la situación está muy enredada the situation is very complicated o involved
    B
    1 (involucrado) involved enredado EN algo mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sth
    se vio enredado en el escándalo he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal
    terminaron enredados en una pelea they ended up getting (themselves) into a fight
    anduvo enredada con un hombre casado she was involved with a married man
    * * *

    Del verbo enredar: ( conjugate enredar)

    enredado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    enredado    
    enredar
    enredado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled;
    ‹ pelo› tangled, knotted;
    ‹asunto/idea› complicated
    2
    a) ( involucrado) enredado en algo mixed up in sth

    b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso) enredado con algn involved with sb

    enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up

    b) ( embarullar) ‹ persona› to muddle … up, confuse;

    ‹asunto/situación› to complicate
    c) (fam) ( involucrar) enredado a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o caught up in sth

    verbo intransitivo (fam)

    b) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget;

    enredado con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
    enredarse verbo pronominal
    1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
    [ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
    [ planta] to twist itself around
    2 (fam)
    a) ( en lío amoroso) enredadose con algn to get involved with sb

    b) ( involucrarse) enredadose en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth


    enredar verbo transitivo
    1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
    2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
    3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
    4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
    ' enredado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    knotty
    - tangled
    * * *
    enredado, -a adj
    1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangled
    2. [asunto, situación] complicated, involved
    3. [persona] [implicado]
    estar enredado en algo to be mixed up o involved in sth;
    se vio enredado en un asunto de tráfico de drogas he found himself caught up in a case of drug-trafficking
    * * *
    enredado adj tangled

    Spanish-English dictionary > enredado

  • 50 enrevesado

    adj.
    complicated, mixed-up, tangled, afoul.
    * * *
    1 complicated, difficult
    * * *
    ADJ [asunto] difficult, complex; [mente, carácter] twisted
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < problema> complex, complicated; <explicación/instrucciones> complicated, involved; <carácter/persona> awkward, difficult
    * * *
    = convoluted, tortuous, circuitous, fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.], afoul.
    Ex. Many of Marshall McLuhan's observations were not new and often convoluted.
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.
    Ex. Everything is small and fiddly, and the user has to guess what is what.
    Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < problema> complex, complicated; <explicación/instrucciones> complicated, involved; <carácter/persona> awkward, difficult
    * * *
    = convoluted, tortuous, circuitous, fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.], afoul.

    Ex: Many of Marshall McLuhan's observations were not new and often convoluted.

    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.
    Ex: Everything is small and fiddly, and the user has to guess what is what.
    Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.

    * * *
    1 ‹problema› complex, complicated; ‹explicación/instrucciones› complicated, involved
    2 ‹carácter/persona› awkward, difficult
    * * *

    enrevesado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    complicated
    enrevesado,-a adjetivo
    1 (problema, persona) complicated, difficult
    2 (camino) winding

    ' enrevesado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enrevesada
    - metafísica
    - metafísico
    English:
    convoluted
    - devious
    - garbled
    - involved
    * * *
    enrevesado, -a adj
    complex, complicated
    * * *
    adj complicated, involved
    * * *
    enrevesado, -da adj
    : complicated, involved

    Spanish-English dictionary > enrevesado

  • 51 explotador

    adj.
    exploitative.
    m.
    exploiter, profiteer, shark.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 peyorativo exploiter
    * * *
    explotador, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F exploiter
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo ( que explota a un trabajador) exploitative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino ( de persona) exploiter
    * * *
    = sweater, exploitative.
    Ex. He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.
    Ex. The analysis is in terms of: the form-oriented or descriptive function, transcription of descriptive data on to a document surrogate, sequential ordering of the surrogates and content-oriented or exploitative function.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo ( que explota a un trabajador) exploitative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino ( de persona) exploiter
    * * *
    = sweater, exploitative.

    Ex: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

    Ex: The analysis is in terms of: the form-oriented or descriptive function, transcription of descriptive data on to a document surrogate, sequential ordering of the surrogates and content-oriented or exploitative function.

    * * *
    A
    (que explota un negocio): la empresa explotadora de los bares del aeropuerto the company which runs o operates the bars in the airport
    masculine, feminine
    A (de un negocio) operator
    B (de una persona) exploiter
    * * *

    explotador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    exploitative
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    exploiter
    explotador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino pey exploiter

    ' explotador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    explotadora
    - negrera
    - negrero
    - vampiro
    * * *
    explotador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [de niños, trabajadores] exploiting
    2. [operador] operating;
    la sociedad explotadora del casino the company that operates the casino
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [de niños, trabajadores] exploiter
    2. [operador] operator
    * * *
    1 de mina operator
    exploiter

    Spanish-English dictionary > explotador

  • 52 familia de acogida

    * * *
    (n.) = foster care home, foster home
    Ex. The aim of the project is to put library materials in the hands of young adults in juvenile correctional facilities, rehabilitation clinics, runaway shelters, and foster care homes.
    Ex. Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = foster care home, foster home

    Ex: The aim of the project is to put library materials in the hands of young adults in juvenile correctional facilities, rehabilitation clinics, runaway shelters, and foster care homes.

    Ex: Hollis is an orphan who is shuffled from foster home to foster home despite her heart of gold.

    Spanish-English dictionary > familia de acogida

  • 53 genial

    adj.
    1 of genius.
    2 great (wonderful).
    3 brilliant, bright, characterized be genius, genial.
    4 witty.
    * * *
    1 brilliant, inspired
    2 familiar terrific, great, smashing
    1 familiar great
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=de talento) brilliant, of genius

    escritor genial — brilliant writer, writer of genius

    2) (=estupendo) wonderful, marvellous, marvelous (EEUU)

    ¡eso fue genial! — it was wonderful o marvellous!

    3) (=ocurrente) witty
    4) (=placentero) pleasant, genial; (=afable) cordial, affable
    * * *
    a) < idea> brilliant; <escritor/pintor> brilliant
    b) (fam) ( estupendo) great (colloq), fantastic (colloq)
    c) (fam) (ocurrente, gracioso) witty, funny
    * * *
    = brilliant, inspired, masterly, masterful, great.
    Ex. This conference has been blessed with the presence of the brilliant mind of Seymour Lubetzky.
    Ex. The file-as-is principle means that collocation of similar headings is provided by the consistent use of uniform headings, and does not rely upon their inspired filing.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. He was a masterful storyteller who could modulate from the sublime to the scatological in the blink of an eye.
    Ex. Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.
    ----
    * de una manera genial = in a masterful way.
    * pasarlo genial = have + a whale of a time.
    * * *
    a) < idea> brilliant; <escritor/pintor> brilliant
    b) (fam) ( estupendo) great (colloq), fantastic (colloq)
    c) (fam) (ocurrente, gracioso) witty, funny
    * * *
    = brilliant, inspired, masterly, masterful, great.

    Ex: This conference has been blessed with the presence of the brilliant mind of Seymour Lubetzky.

    Ex: The file-as-is principle means that collocation of similar headings is provided by the consistent use of uniform headings, and does not rely upon their inspired filing.
    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex: He was a masterful storyteller who could modulate from the sublime to the scatological in the blink of an eye.
    Ex: Click on 'add new experience', provide as much details as you can, and let us know why you think they are so great.
    * de una manera genial = in a masterful way.
    * pasarlo genial = have + a whale of a time.

    * * *
    1 (inspirado) ‹escritor/pintor› brilliant
    su última sinfonía es una obra genial his last symphony is a work of genius
    2 ( fam) (estupendo) great ( colloq), fantastic ( colloq), swell ( AmE colloq), brilliant ( BrE colloq)
    3 ( fam) (ocurrente, gracioso) witty, funny
    fue un golpe genial it was so funny!, it was brilliant! ( BrE colloq)
    tiene unas salidas geniales some of the things she comes out with are so funny o witty
    * * *

     

    genial adjetivo
    a) ‹idea/escritor/pintor› brilliant

    b) (fam) ( estupendo) great (colloq), fantastic (colloq);

    (fam) (ocurrente, gracioso) witty, funny
    genial
    I adjetivo brilliant
    familiar terrific
    II adverbio wonderfully
    ' genial' also found in these entries:
    English:
    brainstorm
    - brainwave
    - brilliant
    - genial
    - groovy
    - masterly
    - super
    - terrific
    - brain
    - mean
    - whale
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [artista, escritor]
    un escritor genial an author of genius;
    Dalí fue un artista genial Dalí was an artistic genius
    2. Fam [estupendo] great, Br brilliant;
    me parece genial it sounds like a great idea to me;
    estuviste genial you were brilliant o great;
    Irónico
    ¡genial, tendré que empezar otra vez! great o Br brilliant! now I'll have to start all over again!
    ♦ adv
    Fam brilliantly;
    canta genial she's a great o Br brilliant singer
    * * *
    adj brilliant; fam ( estupendo) fantastic fam, great fam ;
    lo pasamos genial fam we had a fantastic fam o
    a great fam
    time
    * * *
    genial adj
    1) agradable: genial, pleasant
    2) : brilliant
    una obra genial: a work of genius
    3) fam formidable: fantastic, terrific
    * * *
    genial adj brilliant

    Spanish-English dictionary > genial

  • 54 hasta el fin del mundo

    Ex. In this list, he gave a cryptic name to each of the popes who would reign from that time until the until the end of the world.
    * * *

    Ex: In this list, he gave a cryptic name to each of the popes who would reign from that time until the until the end of the world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hasta el fin del mundo

  • 55 jugar a la ruleta rusa

    (v.) = play + Russian roulette
    Ex. People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + Russian roulette

    Ex: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jugar a la ruleta rusa

  • 56 jugarse la vida

    (v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life
    Ex. People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.
    Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    Ex. He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life

    Ex: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.

    Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    Ex: He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jugarse la vida

  • 57 magistral

    adj.
    1 magisterial.
    2 masterly (excelent).
    3 masterful, dignified, masterly.
    * * *
    1 EDUCACIÓN magisterial
    2 (interpretación) masterly, masterful
    3 (tono, lenguaje) magisterial, bombastic
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=genial) [actuación, obra] masterly
    2) [actitud, tono] [gen] magisterial; pey pompous, pedantic
    2.
    SM (tb: reloj magistral) master clock
    * * *
    adjetivo <actuación/libro> masterly; <tono/actitud> magisterial (frml)
    * * *
    = masterly, masterful.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. He was a masterful storyteller who could modulate from the sublime to the scatological in the blink of an eye.
    ----
    * lección magistral = lecture.
    * * *
    adjetivo <actuación/libro> masterly; <tono/actitud> magisterial (frml)
    * * *
    = masterly, masterful.

    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.

    Ex: He was a masterful storyteller who could modulate from the sublime to the scatological in the blink of an eye.
    * lección magistral = lecture.

    * * *
    1 ‹interpretación/actuación/libro› masterly
    2 ‹tono/actitud› magisterial ( frml)
    * * *

    magistral adjetivo ‹actuación/libro› masterly;
    ‹tono/actitud› magisterial (frml)
    magistral adj (muy bueno) masterly: tuvo una intervención magistral, she made a brilliant contribution
    ' magistral' also found in these entries:
    English:
    masterly
    * * *
    1. [de maestro] magisterial
    2. [excelente] masterly
    * * *
    adj masterly
    * * *
    1) : masterful, skillful
    2) : magisterial

    Spanish-English dictionary > magistral

  • 58 obsesivo

    adj.
    1 obsessed.
    2 obsessive, obsessing, obsessional, prepossessing.
    3 obsessive.
    m.
    obsessive person, maniac.
    * * *
    1 obsessive
    * * *
    * * *
    - va adjetivo/masculino, femenino obsessive
    * * *
    = obsessive, obsessional.
    Ex. His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.
    Ex. Obsessional stalkers tend to be resentful males who stalk partners from prior relationships.
    ----
    * comprador obsesivo = shopaholic, spendaholic.
    * de manera obsesiva = neurotically.
    * jugador obsesivo = compulsive gambler.
    * persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo/masculino, femenino obsessive
    * * *
    = obsessive, obsessional.

    Ex: His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

    Ex: Obsessional stalkers tend to be resentful males who stalk partners from prior relationships.
    * comprador obsesivo = shopaholic, spendaholic.
    * de manera obsesiva = neurotically.
    * jugador obsesivo = compulsive gambler.
    * persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.

    * * *
    obsesivo1 -va
    1 ‹idea› obsessive
    2 ‹persona› obsessive
    obsesivo2 -va
    masculine, feminine
    obsessive
    * * *

    obsesivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    obsessive
    obsesivo,-a adjetivo obsessive

    ' obsesivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calenturienta
    - calenturiento
    - obsesiva
    - culto
    English:
    obsessive
    * * *
    obsesivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    obsessive
    ♦ nm,f
    obsessive (person)
    * * *
    adj obsessive
    * * *
    obsesivo, -va adj
    : obsessive

    Spanish-English dictionary > obsesivo

  • 59 por varias razones

    = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons
    Ex. In this way, the needs of those such as shift workers and the housebound who are prevented from attending normal college courses for a variety of reasons, are now being met.
    Ex. That means more construction and, for a number of reasons, more accidents.
    * * *
    = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons

    Ex: In this way, the needs of those such as shift workers and the housebound who are prevented from attending normal college courses for a variety of reasons, are now being met.

    Ex: That means more construction and, for a number of reasons, more accidents.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por varias razones

  • 60 puesto ambulante

    m.
    street stall.
    * * *
    (n.) = roadside vendor, street vendor
    Ex. People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.
    Ex. In a city were most families do not have a car, street vendors play an important role.
    * * *
    (n.) = roadside vendor, street vendor

    Ex: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.

    Ex: In a city were most families do not have a car, street vendors play an important role.

    Spanish-English dictionary > puesto ambulante

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