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  • 1 WIMP

    WIMP (Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros)
    = WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers).

    Ex: This article reviews the developments that have taken place in WIMPs (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers) and GIs (Graphical Interfaces).

    Spanish-English dictionary > WIMP

  • 2 WIMP (Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros)

    = WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers).
    Ex. This article reviews the developments that have taken place in WIMPs (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers) and GIs (Graphical Interfaces).

    Spanish-English dictionary > WIMP (Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros)

  • 3 Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros (WIMP)

    = WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers)
    Ex. This article reviews the developments that have taken place in WIMPs (Windows, Icons, Mice, and Pointers) and GIs (Graphical Interfaces).

    Spanish-English dictionary > Ventanas, Iconos, Ratones y Punteros (WIMP)

  • 4 calzonazos

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    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > calzonazos

  • 5 calzorras

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    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > calzorras

  • 6 cagón

    f. & m.
    coward, wimp.
    * * *
    1 familiar loose-bowelled (US loose-boweled)
    2 familiar figurado (cobarde) wet, wimpy, weedy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar loose-bowelled (US loose-boweled) person
    2 familiar figurado (cobarde) chicken, wimp, weed
    * * *
    cagón, -ona ***
    1. ADJ
    1) = cagado
    2) [bebé]
    2. SM / F
    1) (=cobarde) wimp *
    2) (=bebé)
    * * *
    I
    - gona adjetivo (fam o vulg)
    a) ( miedoso) wimpish (colloq), wet (colloq)
    b) (Méx) ( afortunado) lucky
    II
    - gona masculino, femenino (fam o vulg)
    a) ( bebé) baby that keeps dirtying his/her diapers
    b) ( miedoso) wimp (colloq)
    c) (Méx) ( afortunado) lucky devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    I
    - gona adjetivo (fam o vulg)
    a) ( miedoso) wimpish (colloq), wet (colloq)
    b) (Méx) ( afortunado) lucky
    II
    - gona masculino, femenino (fam o vulg)
    a) ( bebé) baby that keeps dirtying his/her diapers
    b) ( miedoso) wimp (colloq)
    c) (Méx) ( afortunado) lucky devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    ( fam o vulg)
    1 ‹persona›
    es muy cagona she's forever going to the bathroom ( AmE) o ( BrE) toilet ( euph)
    2 (miedoso) wimpish ( colloq), wet ( colloq)
    ¡qué cagona eres! you're so wimpish! ( colloq), you're such a wimp! ( colloq)
    3 ( Méx) (afortunado) lucky, jammy ( BrE colloq)
    4 ( Chi) (malo, insignificante) lousy ( colloq), crappy (sl)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam o vulg)
    1 (bebé) baby that keeps dirtying his/her diapers
    2 (miedoso) wimp ( colloq)
    3 ( Méx) (afortunado) lucky o ( BrE) jammy devil ( colloq)
    * * *
    cagón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    1. [que caga]
    este bebé es muy cagón this baby is forever dirtying its Br nappy o US diaper
    2. [miedica] chicken, cowardly
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que caga]
    este bebé es un cagón this baby is forever dirtying its Br nappy o US diaper
    2. [miedica] chicken, coward
    * * *
    fam
    I adj
    :
    es muy cagón bebé he’s always pooping in his diaper fam, Br he’s always poohing in his nappy fam II m, cagona f wimp fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cagón

  • 7 alfeñique

    m.
    1 barley sugar, stick of barley sugar, sugar paste, almond paste.
    2 skinny person, feeble person, thin and weak person, weed.
    * * *
    1 (pasta) sugar paste
    2 figurado (persona) weakling
    3 figurado (remilgo) primness, affectation
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=persona débil) weakling
    2) (=afectación) affectation
    3) (Culin) toffee-like paste, almond-flavoured o (EEUU) -flavored sugar paste
    * * *
    masculino (fam) ( persona) wimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, softy [softie].
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) ( persona) wimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, softy [softie].

    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.

    * * *
    1 ( fam) (persona) wimp ( colloq), weed ( BrE colloq)
    2 (golosina) caramel bar
    * * *
    Fam [persona] wimp
    * * *
    m fam
    wimp fam
    * * *
    alfeñique nm, fam : wimp, weakling

    Spanish-English dictionary > alfeñique

  • 8 calzonazos

    m. s.&pl.
    1 henpecked husband (informal).
    2 wimp, henpecked husband.
    * * *
    1 familiar henpecked husband
    * * *
    masculino (pl calzonazos) (fam) ( marido dominado) henpecked husband (colloq); ( cobarde) wimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = pushover, wuss, wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish, softy [softie].
    Ex. The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    Ex. She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.
    * * *
    masculino (pl calzonazos) (fam) ( marido dominado) henpecked husband (colloq); ( cobarde) wimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = pushover, wuss, wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish, softy [softie].

    Ex: The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    Ex: She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.

    * * *
    (pl calzonazos) ( fam)
    1 (marido dominado) henpecked husband ( colloq)
    2 (cobarde) wimp ( colloq)
    * * *

    calzonazos sustantivo masculino inv familiar henpecked husband
    ' calzonazos' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hen-pecked
    - hen
    * * *
    calzonazos nm inv, Am calzonudo nm
    Fam henpecked husband;
    ser un calzonazos to be henpecked o US whipped
    * * *
    m inv fam
    marido henpecked husband

    Spanish-English dictionary > calzonazos

  • 9 cobardía

    f.
    1 cowardice, cowardliness, faint-heartedness, gutlessness.
    2 cowardly action, unmanly action.
    * * *
    1 cowardice
    * * *
    SF (=miedo) cowardice, cowardliness; (=timidez) faint-heartedness, timidity
    * * *
    femenino cowardice
    * * *
    Ex. In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.
    ----
    * acto de cobardía = act of cowardice.
    * no hacer Algo por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * * *
    femenino cowardice
    * * *

    Ex: In this novel the central themes are courage and cowardice and what these are.

    * acto de cobardía = act of cowardice.
    * no hacer Algo por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).

    * * *
    cowardice
    * * *

    cobardía sustantivo femenino
    cowardice;

    cobardía sustantivo femenino cowardice

    ' cobardía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    canillera
    English:
    abject
    - cowardice
    * * *
    cowardice
    * * *
    f cowardice
    * * *
    : cowardice

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobardía

  • 10 miedo

    m.
    1 fear.
    dar miedo to be frightening
    me da miedo conducir I'm afraid o frightened of driving
    meter miedo a to frighten
    por miedo a for fear of
    tener miedo a o de (hacer algo) to be afraid of (doing something)
    le tiene miedo a la oscuridad he's scared o afraid of the dark
    tengo miedo de que se estropee I'm frightened it'll get damaged
    lo pasamos de miedo we had a fantastic time
    morirse de miedo to die of fright, to be terrified
    miedo cerval terrible fear, terror
    miedo escénico stage fright
    2 scare.
    * * *
    1 fear
    ■ ¡qué miedo! how frightening!
    \
    dar/meter miedo a alguien to frighten somebody, scare somebody
    morirse de miedo to be scared stiff
    tener miedo to be scared, be frightened, be afraid
    de miedo familiar (fabuloso) great, terrific 2 (de terror) terrifying
    miedo al escenario stage fright
    * * *
    noun m.
    - tener miedo
    * * *
    SM
    1) fear

    ¡qué miedo! — how scary!

    • coger miedo a algo — to become afraid of sth

    • dar miedo — to scare

    le daba miedo hacerlo — he was afraid o scared to do it

    • de miedo, una película de miedo — a horror film

    • entrar miedo a algn, me entró un miedo terrible — I suddenly felt terribly scared

    • meter miedo a algn — to scare o frighten sb

    • pasar miedo, pasé mucho miedo viendo la película — I was very scared watching the film

    • perder el miedo a algo — to lose one's fear of sth

    • por miedo a o de algo — for fear of sth

    por miedo a o de quedar en ridículo — for fear of looking ridiculous

    por miedo de que... — for fear that...

    • tener miedo — to be scared o frightened

    tener miedo a o de algn/algo — to be afraid of sb/sth

    tenemos miedo a o de que nos ataquen — we're afraid that they may attack us

    tener miedo de o a hacer algo — to be afraid to do sth, be afraid of doing sth

    miedo al público — (Teat) stage fright

    2)

    de miedo * —

    * * *
    masculino fear

    me da miedo salir de noche — I'm afraid to go o of going out at night

    se cagaba de miedo — (vulg) he was shit-scared (vulg)

    miedo A algo/alguien — fear of something/somebody

    le tiene miedo a su padre — he's scared o afraid of his father

    agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/alguien — to become frightened o scared of something/somebody

    tener miedo — to be afraid o frightened o scared

    de miedo — (fam) fantastic, great (colloq)

    * * *
    = fear, horror, trepidation, scare, fright.
    Ex. Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.
    Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex. These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.
    ----
    * cagarse de miedo = shit + bricks, shit.
    * coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.
    * con miedo = fearfully, afraid, frightened.
    * cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.
    * disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.
    * dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.
    * encogerse de miedo = cower.
    * entrar miedo = become + jittery.
    * esconderse de miedo = cower.
    * estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.
    * estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death.
    * expresar miedo = express + fear.
    * infundir miedo = instil + fear.
    * meter miedo = frighten, scare.
    * miedo a las tablas = stage fright.
    * miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear].
    * miedo al escenario = stage fright.
    * miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * miedo al ordenador = computer anxiety.
    * miedo continuo = nagging fear.
    * miedo escénico = stage fright.
    * miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * miedo nuclear = nuclear fear.
    * mostrar miedo = show + fear.
    * no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * por miedo de = for fear of/that.
    * que da miedo = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.].
    * retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * sembrar el miedo = spread + fear.
    * sentir miedo = be in fear.
    * sin miedo = with confidence.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * tener miedo = be afraid, be in fear, frighten.
    * tener miedo a = be scared of.
    * tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear.
    * vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.
    * vivir con miedo = live in + fear.
    * * *
    masculino fear

    me da miedo salir de noche — I'm afraid to go o of going out at night

    se cagaba de miedo — (vulg) he was shit-scared (vulg)

    miedo A algo/alguien — fear of something/somebody

    le tiene miedo a su padre — he's scared o afraid of his father

    agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/alguien — to become frightened o scared of something/somebody

    tener miedo — to be afraid o frightened o scared

    de miedo — (fam) fantastic, great (colloq)

    * * *
    = fear, horror, trepidation, scare, fright.

    Ex: Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.

    Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex: These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.
    * cagarse de miedo = shit + bricks, shit.
    * coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.
    * con miedo = fearfully, afraid, frightened.
    * cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.
    * disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.
    * dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.
    * encogerse de miedo = cower.
    * entrar miedo = become + jittery.
    * esconderse de miedo = cower.
    * estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.
    * estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death.
    * expresar miedo = express + fear.
    * infundir miedo = instil + fear.
    * meter miedo = frighten, scare.
    * miedo a las tablas = stage fright.
    * miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear].
    * miedo al escenario = stage fright.
    * miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * miedo al ordenador = computer anxiety.
    * miedo continuo = nagging fear.
    * miedo escénico = stage fright.
    * miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.
    * miedo nuclear = nuclear fear.
    * mostrar miedo = show + fear.
    * no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * por miedo de = for fear of/that.
    * que da miedo = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.].
    * retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * sembrar el miedo = spread + fear.
    * sentir miedo = be in fear.
    * sin miedo = with confidence.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * tener miedo = be afraid, be in fear, frighten.
    * tener miedo a = be scared of.
    * tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear.
    * vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.
    * vivir con miedo = live in + fear.

    * * *
    fear
    ¡qué miedo pasamos! we were so frightened o scared!
    el miedo se apoderó de ellos they were gripped by o overcome with fear
    estaba temblando de miedo he was trembling with fear
    casi me muero de miedo I almost died of fright, I was scared half to death ( colloq)
    me da miedo salir de noche I'm afraid to go o of going out at night
    esto le hará perder el miedo this will help him overcome his fear
    estaba que se cagaba de miedo ( vulg); he was shit-scared o scared shitless ( vulg)
    miedo A algo/algn fear OF sth/sb
    el miedo a la muerte/a lo desconocido fear of death/the unknown
    le tiene miedo a la oscuridad/su padre he's scared o frightened o afraid of the dark/his father
    cogerle or agarrarle miedo a algo/algn to become frightened o scared of sth/sb
    por miedo a ser descubierto for fear of being found out
    tengo miedo de perderme I'm worried o afraid I might get lost
    tiene miedo de caerse he's afraid of falling, he's afraid he might fall
    tengo miedo de que se ofenda I'm afraid he will take offense, I'm worried he might take offense
    de miedo ( esp Esp fam): se ha comprado un coche de miedo he's bought himself a fantastic o great car ( colloq)
    en la fiesta lo pasamos de miedo we had a fantastic o great time at the party ( colloq)
    jugaron de miedo they played fantastically o brilliantly ( colloq)
    hace un frío de miedo it's freezing cold
    Compuesto:
    stage fright
    * * *

     

    miedo sustantivo masculino
    fear;
    ◊ ¡qué miedo pasamos! we were so frightened o scared!;

    temblaba de miedo he was trembling with fear;
    me da miedo salir de noche I'm afraid to go o of going out at night;
    miedo A algo/algn fear of sth/sb;
    el miedo a lo desconocido fear of the unknown;
    le tiene miedo a su padre he's scared o afraid of his father;
    miedo a salir a escena stage fright;
    agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/algn to become frightened o scared of sth/sb;
    por miedo a for fear of;
    tener miedo to be afraid o frightened o scared;
    tiene miedo de caerse he's afraid he might fall;
    tengo miedo de que se ofenda I'm afraid he will take offense
    miedo sustantivo masculino
    1 (terror) fear, fright: me da miedo la oscuridad, I'm scared of the dark
    la película me metió miedo, the film frightened me
    temblaba de miedo, he was trembling with fear
    ¡mamá, tengo miedo!, mummy, I'm scared! ➣ Ver nota en fear
    2 (recelo, preocupación) concern: tiene miedo de suspender, he's worried that he will fail
    tengo miedo por ti, I'm worried about you ➣ Ver nota en afraid
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar de miedo: el agua está de miedo, the water is great

    ' miedo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cagarse
    - canillera
    - cundir
    - escénica
    - escénico
    - experimentar
    - gritar
    - inocuidad
    - meter
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - muerta
    - muerto
    - osada
    - osado
    - película
    - temer
    - temblar
    - temblor
    - temblorosa
    - tembloroso
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - alarido
    - aprensión
    - campante
    - chillar
    - chillido
    - comunicar
    - contagiar
    - de
    - encoger
    - espanto
    - estremecer
    - estremecimiento
    - horror
    - infundir
    - invencible
    - morir
    - pasar
    - quitar
    - sostener
    - terror
    - vencer
    English:
    afraid
    - apprehension
    - be
    - bully
    - curdle
    - dark
    - death
    - dignity
    - eerie
    - evaporate
    - fear
    - fearfully
    - fearlessly
    - free
    - fright
    - frightened
    - lest
    - monster
    - numb
    - overcome
    - recoil
    - register
    - scandal
    - scare
    - scary
    - seize
    - sense
    - shiver
    - shock
    - sick
    - spasm
    - stage fright
    - stiff
    - strike
    - bear
    - betray
    - cower
    - petrified
    - scared
    - shake
    - stage
    - still
    - with
    * * *
    miedo nm
    fear;
    miedo cerval terrible fear, terror;
    dar miedo to be frightening;
    me da miedo conducir o Am [m5] manejar I'm afraid o frightened of driving;
    me da miedo que se entere I'm frightened o scared she'll find out;
    agarró o Am [m5] tomó o Esp [m5] cogió miedo a volar he developed a fear of flying;
    meter miedo a alguien to frighten sb;
    nos metió miedo en el cuerpo it put the fear of God into us;
    por miedo a for fear of;
    no le dije la verdad por miedo a ofenderla I didn't tell her the truth for fear of offending her;
    temblar de miedo to tremble with fear;
    tener miedo a o [m5] de (hacer algo) to be afraid of (doing sth);
    le tiene miedo a la oscuridad he's scared o afraid of the dark;
    tengo miedo de que se estropee I'm frightened it'll get damaged;
    morirse de miedo to die of fright, to be terrified;
    Esp Fam
    de miedo: la película estuvo de miedo the movie was brilliant;
    lo pasamos de miedo we had a fantastic time;
    cogió una borrachera de miedo he got totally plastered;
    cocina de miedo he's a fantastic o an amazing cook;
    muy Fam
    cagarse de miedo to shit oneself;
    muy Fam
    estar cagado de miedo to be shit-scared
    miedo escénico stage fright
    * * *
    m fear (a of);
    dar miedo be frightening;
    miedo a volar fear of flying;
    me da miedo la oscuridad I’m frightened of the dark;
    meter miedo a frighten;
    tener miedo de que be afraid that;
    por miedo a for fear of;
    de miedo fam great fam, awesome fam
    * * *
    miedo nm
    1) temor: fear
    le tiene miedo al perro: he's scared of the dog
    tenían miedo de hablar: they were afraid to speak
    2)
    dar miedo : to frighten
    * * *
    miedo n fear
    dar miedo to frighten / to scare
    de miedo (muy bueno) great / fantastic (muy grande) terrible / awful

    Spanish-English dictionary > miedo

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    adv.
    1 not.
    no sé I don't know
    no es fácil it's not easy, it isn't easy
    no tiene dinero he has no money, he hasn't got any money
    no veo nada I can't see anything
    todavía no not yet
    ¿has oído las noticias? — no have you heard the news? — no o no, I haven't
    ¿aprobó? — no did she pass? — no o no, she didn't
    ¿comen juntos? -- no siempre do they go for lunch together? -- not always
    no fumadores non-smokers
    2 no, not.
    intj.
    no, nah, no way, nay.
    m.
    no.
    * * *
    NO
    1 ( nordoeste) northwest; (símbolo) NW
    * * *
    adv.
    1) no, not
    2) non
    * * *
    ABR
    = noroeste NW
    * * *
    (= noroeste) NW
    * * *
    = by no means, NOT, nay, no, not.
    Nota: Negación usada con verbos; para los nombres, véase no.
    Ex. However, UDC is by no means always applied to this degree of detail in libraries.
    Ex. The Boolean logic operator NOT excludes records containing a particular word.
    Ex. Said another timidly, nay, sheepishly: 'You can see we need help, can't you Mr. Bibeau?'.
    Ex. In either case, the patient keys in the responses, which may be as simple as 'yes' or 'no'.
    Ex. The Boolean logic operator not excludes records containing a particular word.
    ----
    * alfabeto no romano = non-Roman alphabet.
    * aún no nacido = unborn.
    * aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.
    * base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.
    * catalogación no automatizada = non-computerised cataloguing.
    * con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].
    * ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?.
    * ¡Dios no lo quiera! = God forbid.
    * documento recuperado no pertinente = false drop.
    * el no va más = the be all and end all, the bee's knees.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * encabezamiento no admitido = non-approved heading.
    * encabezamiento no específico = non-specific heading.
    * esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.
    * evaluación no intrusiva = unobtrusive evaluation.
    * información no codificada = non-coded information.
    * lo creas o no = believe it or not.
    * material no devuelto = non-return.
    * material no impreso = non-print [nonprint], non-print media.
    * modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.
    * ¿no? = do you?, do you?.
    * no {predisponer} en contra = stay on + the right side of.
    * no abandonar = stick with, stand by.
    * no abrasivo = non-abrasive.
    * no aburrir a Alguien con todos los detalles = spare + Nombe + all the details.
    * no académico = non-academic.
    * no acentuado = unaccented.
    * no aceptar = disavow.
    * no aceptarse = go by + the board.
    * no aceptar un no por respuesta = not take + no for an answer.
    * no acercarse a = steer + clear of, stay away from, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    * no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no ácido = acid-free.
    * no acostumbrado a = unfamiliar with.
    * no actual = non-current.
    * no actuando en capacidad de autor = non-authorial.
    * no actuar como se debe = be remiss.
    * no actuar correctamente = be remiss.
    * no actuar debidamente = be remiss.
    * no acudir = stay away.
    * no acuoso = non-aqueous.
    * no admitir discusión = be out of the question.
    * no adosado = detached.
    * no afectado = unaffected.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no afiliado = unaffiliated.
    * no afín = nonrelative [non-relative].
    * no agobiarse = take + Posesivo + time.
    * no agravante = non-exacerbating.
    * no agrupado = unclustered.
    * no aguantar más = have had enough.
    * no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.
    * no alcanzar a + Infinitivo (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + Gerundio.
    * no alergénico = non-allergenic.
    * no alfabetizado = non-literate.
    * no amante de la literatura = non-literary.
    * no americano = non-US, un-American.
    * no amortizable = irredeemable.
    * no analizado = unexamined.
    * no anclado = unanchored.
    * no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.
    * no antes de = no sooner than.
    * no añorar el pasado = never + look back.
    * no aparecer = be not included.
    * no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.
    * no aprovechar Algo lo suficiente = under-exploit [underexploit].
    * no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + potential, fall (far) behind + potential.
    * no apto para menores = X-rated.
    * no arrepentirse = not look back, never + look back.
    * no arriesgarse = play it + safe.
    * no asignado = unallocated, unassigned.
    * no asistencia = non-attendance.
    * no asistente = non-attender [nonattender].
    * no asistir = stay away.
    * no atendido = unsatisfied.
    * no atreverse a = flinch at/from, have + no stomach for.
    * no atreverse a tratar = fear to + tread.
    * no auténtico = unauthentic.
    * no autorizado = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], unapproved.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * no bajarse del burro = stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    * no bastar = not be good enough.
    * no bibliográfico = non-book [nonbook], non-bibliographic, non-bibliographical.
    * no bibliotecario = non-librarian.
    * no británico = non-UK.
    * no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.
    * no cabe ni un alfiler = no room to swing a cat.
    * no caber en sí de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * no cambiar = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work, stand + pat.
    * no canjeable = irredeemable.
    * no cantante = nonsinger.
    * no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
    * no captar la idea = miss + the point.
    * no ceder = stand + Posesivo + ground, put + Posesivo + foot down.
    * no ceder a las presiones = withstand + pressure.
    * no ceder terreno = stand + Posesivo + ground.
    * no centrado = unfocused [unfocussed].
    * no científico = unscientific.
    * no cobrado = uncollected.
    * no codificado = non-coded.
    * no coercitivo = non-coercive.
    * no coger Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no coger por sorpresa = come as + no surprise.
    * no coincidente = ill matched.
    * no colar = Negativo + hold + water.
    * no comentado = unannotated.
    * no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].
    * no compatible = non-compatible.
    * no compensatorio = non-compensatory [noncompensatory].
    * no comprender = be beyond + Pronombre.
    * no comprobado = untested.
    * no comprometido = uncommitted.
    * no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.
    * no concentrado = unfocused [unfocussed].
    * no concentrar el esfuerzo = spread + Nombre + thinly.
    * no concordar con = be at odds with.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * no conductual = nonbehavioural [nonbehavioral, -USA].
    * no confirmado = unsubstantiated.
    * no conformarse con un no = not take + no for an answer.
    * no conmovedor = unmoving.
    * no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.
    * no considerarse parte de = hold + Reflexivo + apart from.
    * no consumible = nonconsumptive.
    * no consumidor = nonconsumptive.
    * no contagioso = non-contagious.
    * no contaminado = untainted, uncontaminated.
    * no contar = be out of the picture.
    * no contar con = leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.
    * no contar con la aprobación = frown on/upon.
    * no contencioso = non-contentious.
    * no convencional = non-conventional.
    * no convexo = nonconvex [non-convex].
    * no corregido = uncorrected.
    * no correlativo = non-consecutive.
    * no correr prisa = there + be + no hurry.
    * no corroborado = unsubstantiated.
    * no creerse Algo al pie de la letra = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt.
    * no creerse Algo del todo = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt.
    * no crítico = non-critical.
    * no cualificado = unskilled.
    * no cuestionarse la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspend + disbelief.
    * no cumplido = unfulfilled, unrealised [unrealized, -USA].
    * no cumplir = fall + short of, welsh on.
    * no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.
    * no cumplir con + Posesivo + deber = be remiss.
    * no cumplir las expectativas = fall + short of expectations.
    * no cumplir lo esperado = fall + short of expectations.
    * no cumplir lo prometido = fall + short of + Posesivo + promise.
    * no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no cumplir unos criterios = fall (far) short of + criteria.
    * no cumplir unos requisitos = fall + short of requirements.
    * no cursar una asignatura = skip + grades.
    * no dar crédito a = disbelief.
    * no dar crédito a + Posesivo + oídos = not believe + Posesivo + ears.
    * no dar crédito a + Posesivo + ojos = not believe + Posesivo + eyes.
    * no dar fruto = come to + nothing.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no dar más de sí = stretch + Nombre + to the limit, overstretch.
    * no dar ningún resultado = give + zero results, be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * no darse cuenta de = sneak under + the radar, go + unnoticed.
    * no darse de cuenta de = be blind to.
    * no darse por vencido fácilmente = not take + no for an answer.
    * no dar una impresión clara = send + mixed signals.
    * no debemos + Infinitivo = let us not + Infinitivo.
    * no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * no + deber + sorprender que = it + be + not surprising that.
    * no debes juzgar un libro por el color de sus pastas = don't judge a book by its cover, don't judge a book by its cover.
    * no debidamente reconocido = unsung.
    * no decir a Alguien lo que está ocurriendo = leave + Nombre + in the dark.
    * no decir nada = keep + quiet.
    * no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no decir nada nuevo = much ado about nothing.
    * no decir palabrotas = watch + Posesivo + mouth.
    * no de comportamiento = nonbehavioural [nonbehavioral, -USA].
    * no de conducta = nonbehavioural [nonbehavioral, -USA].
    * no decreciente = non-decreasing.
    * no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.
    * no definido = unstated.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * no dejar a nadie fuera = inclusivity.
    * no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * no dejar de mandar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.
    * no dejar entrar = turn + Nombre + away, keep out.
    * no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.
    * no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.
    * no dejar pasar = keep out.
    * no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.
    * no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.
    * no deliberado = unintentional.
    * no del todo maduro = underripe.
    * no democrático = undemocratic.
    * no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
    * no descansar en + Posesivo + tumba = spin + in + Posesivo + grave.
    * no descriptor = non-descriptor.
    * no deseado = unwanted, undesired, uninvited.
    * no desfallecer = keep up.
    * no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.
    * no desglosable = unbreakable.
    * no desmerecer = compare + favourably.
    * no destructivo = non-destructive.
    * no desvelar + Posesivo + identidad = protect + Posesivo + identity.
    * no determinista = nondeterministic [non-deterministic].
    * no devolverse = be non-refundable.
    * no diferenciador = nondistinctive.
    * no diferenciarse de = be nothing short of.
    * no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * no discapacitado = able-bodied.
    * no disciplinario = impunitive.
    * no discriminatorio con respecto al sexo = gender neutral.
    * no disponible = not applicable [N/A].
    * no disponible para el préstamo = not-loanable.
    * no dispuesto = unprepared.
    * no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * no distintivo = nondistinctive.
    * no distribuido = undelivered, undelivered.
    * no docente = non-teaching.
    * no económico = non-economic [noneconomic].
    * no educativo = non-teaching, non-educational.
    * no efímero = non-volatile [nonvolatile].
    * no eléctrico = nonelectrical [non-electrical].
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no encontrar ni el pie ni la cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.
    * no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.
    * no en inglés = non-English.
    * no entender = be beyond + Pronombre.
    * no entender Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.
    * no entender ni una papa de = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.
    * no entendido por la materia = outsider.
    * no entregado = undelivered.
    * no envío = non-shipment.
    * no epiléptico = non-epileptic.
    * no es asombroso que = not surprisingly, unsurprisingly.
    * no escatimar = unstinting.
    * no escatimar dinero = lavish + money.
    * no escatimar gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).
    * no escrito = unwritten.
    * no es de extrañar que = no wonder that, small wonder that.
    * no es de sorprender que = not surprisingly, unsurprisingly.
    * no esencial = non-essential [nonessential].
    * no es lo mismo en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * no especialista = non-expert [nonexpert].
    * no especializado = broader-based.
    * no especificar = leave + undefined.
    * no está claro todavía = the jury is still out (on).
    * no esta disponible = be down.
    * no estándar = non-standard [nonstandard].
    * no estar + Adjetivo + en absoluto = be far from + Adjetivo.
    * no estar a la altura de las expectativas = fall below + expectations.
    * no estar a la altura de lo que se espera = fall below + expectations, be below par, be under par.
    * no estar al tanto de = be out of touch with.
    * no estar bien equilibrado = skew.
    * no estar contento = be unhappy.
    * no estar convencido = be dubious.
    * no estar coordinado con = be out of step with.
    * no estar de acuerdo = be at variance, disagree, beg to differ.
    * no estar de acuerdo (con) = disapprove (of).
    * no estar de acuerdo con la idea de = disapprove of + the idea of.
    * no estar de suerte = be out of luck.
    * no estar deteriorado = unimpaired.
    * no estar disponible = be unavailable.
    * no estar dispuesto a = be unwilling to, be negatively disposed to.
    * no estar documentado = be undocumented.
    * no estar en condiciones de = be unfit for.
    * no estar en el mejor momento de Uno = be past + Posesivo + best.
    * no estar en funcionamiento = be down.
    * no estar en plenitud de facultades = be past + Posesivo + best.
    * no estar en + Posesivo + cabales = insane.
    * no estar en sintonía con = be out of step with.
    * no estar expuesto al público = be out of the public eye.
    * no estar familiarizado con = be unfamiliar with.
    * no estar finalizado (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + completeness.
    * no estar incluido = be not included.
    * no estar muy católico = feel + bad.
    * no estar muy lejos de = be just one step away from.
    * no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.
    * no estar nunca satisfecho = enough + be + not/never + enough.
    * no estar presente en = be absent (from).
    * no estar relacionado con = be unrelated to.
    * no estar seguro = be uncertain.
    * no estar seguro de = be unsure about/of.
    * no estar utilizable = be down.
    * no es una ciencia exacta = not (exactly) rocket science.
    * no es un misterio = not (exactly) rocket science.
    * no exacerbado = non-exacerbating.
    * no examinado = unexamined.
    * no exclusivo = non-exclusive.
    * no excluyente = inclusive, socially-inclusive.
    * no existe = not applicable [N/A].
    * no existir = be out of the picture.
    * no existir como tal = there + be + no such thing as, there + be + no such thing as.
    * no existir límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no existir muchos indicios de que = there + be + little sign of.
    * no existir ningún indicio de que = there + be + no sign of.
    * no experto = non-expert [nonexpert].
    * no explorado = unexplored.
    * no explosivo = non-explosive.
    * no expresado = unspoken, unstated.
    * no expuesto a la luz = unexposed.
    * no falla = reliable.
    * no faltar el respeto = be civil towards.
    * no familiarizado con = unfamiliar with.
    * no ferroso = non-ferrous [nonferrous].
    * no fibroso = non-fibrous.
    * no figurar = be not included.
    * no fijado = non-net.
    * no fructificar = come to + nothing.
    * no fumador = non-smoker, non-smoking.
    * no funcionar = be out of order.
    * no funcionario = untenured, non-tenured.
    * no + Futuro = won't [will not].
    * no ganado = unearned.
    * no guardar relación con = be incommensurate with.
    * no gubernamental = non-government, non-governmental [nongovernmental].
    * no gustar = have + a dislike for, dislike, be uncomfortable + Gerundio, be uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable + Gerundio.
    * no haber = be unavailable.
    * no haber consecuencias = nothing + come of.
    * no + haber + dos + Nombre que = no two + Nombre.
    * no haber duda de que = there + be + no doubt that.
    * no haber duda (que) = there + be + no question (that).
    * no haber forma de = there + be + no way.
    * no haber indicios de que = there + be + no indication that.
    * no haber límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no haber llegado todavía = be yet to come.
    * no haber manera de = there + be + no way.
    * no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.
    * no haber muchas señales de que = there + be + little sign of.
    * no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.
    * no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.
    * no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.
    * no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.
    * no haber pero que valer = not take + no for an answer.
    * no haber prisa = there + be + no hurry.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no haber señal de que = there + be + no sign of.
    * no habiendo = in the absence of.
    * no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.
    * no hace mucho = in the recent past.
    * no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.
    * no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no hacer Algo por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * no hacer caso = brush aside.
    * no hacer caso a = turn + Posesivo + back on.
    * no hacer caso de = slight.
    * no hacer los deberes = be asleep at the wheel.
    * no hacer más que = do + no more than.
    * no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.
    * no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.
    * no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.
    * no hacer ninguna gracia = not take + kindly to.
    * no hacer ningún cambio = stand + pat.
    * no hacer otra cosa que = do + nothing but.
    * no hacer sino = do + no more than.
    * no hay = there ain't [there aren't/isn't].
    * no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.
    * no hay duda de que = undoubtedly.
    * no hay escapatoria = needs must when the devil drives.
    * no hay forma de que = for the life of me.
    * no hay límite(s) = the sky is the limit.
    * no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise, to every cloud, there is a silver lining.
    * no hay manera de que = for the life of me.
    * no hay más remedio = needs must when the devil drives.
    * no hay modo de que = for the life of me.
    * no hay nada como = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.
    * no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * no hay + Nombre + que sean = no + Nombre + be.
    * no higroscópico = non-hygroscopic.
    * no hindú = non-Hindu.
    * no homosexual = straight man.
    * no humano = non-human [nonhuman].
    * no hurgar en la herida = let + sleeping dogs lie.
    * no idéntico = non-identical.
    * no identificado = unnamed.
    * no idoneidad = unsuitability.
    * no impacientarse con = bear with + Pronombre.
    * no importa = never mind, regardless of, whatever.
    * no importa + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que seaAdjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.
    * no importa cómo = no matter how.
    * no importa lo + Adjetivo + que + Subjuntivo = no matter how + Adjetivo.
    * no importa lo bien = no matter how well.
    * No importa lo que se conoce, sino a quién se conoce = It's not what you know, but who you know.
    * no importa qué = whatever.
    * no importar = be all right with + Persona, make + no difference, cope with.
    * no importar Algo a Alguien = think + little of.
    * no importar en absoluto = have + no qualms about.
    * no importar + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no importar lo más mínimo = could not care less.
    * no importar lo que + pensar de = whatever + Pronombre + make of.
    * no importar nada = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck.
    * no importa si... o = no matter whether... or.
    * no impreso = unprinted.
    * no incluido = unlisted.
    * no incluye = exclusive of.
    * no indicado = unstated.
    * no + Indicativo = fail to + Infinitivo.
    * no + Infinitivo = failure to + Infinitivo.
    * no infringir las leyes = stay on + the right side of the law, keep on + the right side of the law.
    * no ingresado = unearned.
    * no inmiscuirse en = remain + uninvolved in, stay away from.
    * no inmutarse = not bat an eyelid, not bat an eyelash, keep + a stiff upper lip.
    * no inscripción = non-registration.
    * no intencional = non-intentional.
    * no interactivo = non-interactive.
    * no interesar = can't/couldn't be bothered.
    * no intervencionista = hands-off, isolationist.
    * no intrusivo = nonobtrusive.
    * no invasivo = noninvasive [non-invasive].
    * no invitado = uninvited.
    * no invitados, los = uninvited, the.
    * no involucrado = uninvolved.
    * no jerárquico = non-hierarchical.
    * no lector = non-reader [nonreader].
    * no letal = non-lethal.
    * no levantarse hasta tarde = have + a lie-in.
    * no librario = non-book [nonbook].
    * no lineal = nonlinear [non-linear].
    * no linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity].
    * no listo = unready.
    * no literario = unliterary, non-literary.
    * no llegar a = stop + short of, fall + short of.
    * no llegar a entender = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * no llegar a + Infinitivo (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + Gerundio.
    * no llegar a un ideal = fall + short of ideal.
    * no llevar a ninguna parte = achieve + nothing, go + nowhere.
    * no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * no llevar a ningún sitio = go + nowhere.
    * no lo bastante lejos = not far enough.
    * no lo dudes = take it from me.
    * no lucrativo = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.
    * no manifiesto = undeclared.
    * no MARC = non-MARC.
    * no más que = in any more than.
    * no materializarse = fall through.
    * Nombre + no tardará mucho en = it won't be long before + Nombre.
    * Nombre + no tardó mucho en = it wasn't long before + Nombre.
    * no médico = non-clinical.
    * no merecer la pena = be no good.
    * no merecerse Algo = be unworthy of.
    * no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.
    * no meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * no miel sin hiel = no pain, no gain.
    * no miembro = non-member [nonmember].
    * no militar = nonmilitary.
    * no monográfico = non-monographic.
    * no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * no moverse = stay + put.
    * no mucho después = not long after.
    * no musical = non-musical.
    * no muy acertado = wide of the mark.
    * no muy apropiado = wide of the mark.
    * no muy bien informado = not-too-well-informed.
    * no muy despierto = slow.
    * no muy lejos = within easy travelling distance, not far behind, not far off, not far away, not far, not too far.
    * no muy listos, los = none-too-bright, the.
    * no nacido = unborn.
    * no necesitar mantenimiento = maintenance-free.
    * no nombrado = unnamed.
    * no nórdico = non-Nordic.
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * no obstante = albeit (that), however, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet, notwithstanding, none the less, though, that being said, all this said, when all is said and done.
    * no occidental = non-Western.
    * no ocultar las preferencias de Uno sobre Algo = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no oficial = non-government.
    * no olvidar = bear in + mind, be aware of.
    * no ordenado = unsorted.
    * no orgánico = non-organic.
    * no parar mucho en un sitio = live out of + a suitcase.
    * no parecer que = there + be + no sign of, there + be + little sign of.
    * no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.
    * no parecerse ni por asomo = different as night and day.
    * no parecer Uno Mismo = be out of character.
    * no participar = be out of the picture.
    * no participar en = be uninvolved in, remain + uninvolved in.
    * no partidista = non-partisan [nonpartisan].
    * no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.
    * no patentado = non-proprietary.
    * no pegar ni con cola = stick out like + a sore thumb.
    * no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.
    * no pensar más en Algo = dismiss from + Posesivo + mind.
    * no pensar más que en = be wrapped up in.
    * no percatarse de = be blind to.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.
    * no perder el ánimo = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
    * no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.
    * no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.
    * no perder la calma = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.
    * no perderse = keep on + the right track.
    * no perderse en/por = find + Posesivo + way round/through.
    * no perderse mucho, no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no perfumado = non-scented.
    * no periódico = non-periodical.
    * no permitir = disallow.
    * no pertenecer a = have + no place in.
    * no perteneciente a la Comunidad Europea = non-EC.
    * no perteneciente al juzgado = out-of-court.
    * no pestañear = not bat an eyelid, not bat an eyelash.
    * no pillar Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no pillar la idea = miss + the point.
    * no planificado = unplanned.
    * no poder = be unable to, cannot, can't [cannot].
    * no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.
    * no poder conciliar el sueño = have + trouble sleeping, have + trouble sleeping.
    * no poder darse el lujo de = ill afford.
    * no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no poder dormir = sleeplessness.
    * no poder estarse quieto = have + the fidgets, fidget.
    * no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no poder hacer más que = do + little more than.
    * no poder permitirse = ill afford.
    * no poder permitirse el lujo de = ill afford.
    * no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.
    * no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.
    * no poderse negar que = there + be + no denying that.
    * no poder sino + Infinitivo = cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder ver a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.
    * no poder ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.
    * no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial], non-contentious.
    * no poner en duda = be unquestioned.
    * ¡No, por lo que más quieras! = Not on your life!.
    * no precipitarse = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.
    * no predisponer a Alguien en contra = keep on + the right side of.
    * no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.
    * no preocuparse que = rest + assured that.
    * no preparado = uninformed, unready, unprepared.
    * no presentado a examen = absent from exam.
    * no prestar atención = disregard, overlook, close + the door on, go + unheeded, fly in + the face of.
    * no prestar atención al hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.
    * no prestar la suficiente atención = give + short shrift.
    * no pretender ser = make + no claim to.
    * no probado = untested.
    * no procesado = unprocessed.
    * no profesional = non-professional [nonprofessional].
    * no programador = non-programmer.
    * no prolongado = unsustained.
    * no pronunciado = undelivered.
    * no prosperar = fall by + the wayside.
    * no provocado = unprovoked.
    * no publicado = unpublished.
    * no público = non-public.
    * no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).
    * no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.
    * no puedo comprender = I can't get over.
    * no puedo entender cómo = can't get over how.
    * no quebrar = stay in + business.
    * no quedarse ahí = there + be + more to it than that.
    * no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.
    * no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con Algo = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.
    * no racial = colour-blind.
    * no racista = race-neutral.
    * no realizado = unfulfilled, unrealised [unrealized, -USA].
    * no recargado = uncluttered.
    * no reciclable = non-recyclable.
    * no recogido = uncollected.
    * no recompensado = unrewarded.
    * no reconocido = unacknowledged, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA].
    * no recopilado = uncollected.
    * no redimido = unredeemed.
    * no reembolsable = non-repayable, non-refundable.
    * no registrado = unlisted, unaffiliated.
    * no reglamentado = unregulated.
    * no regulado = unregulated.
    * no relacionado = unrelated, nonrelative [non-relative].
    * no relacionados entre sí = unrelated.
    * no relativo = nonrelative [non-relative].
    * no relevante = non-relevant.
    * no remunerado = unpaid, unsalaried, non-paying, unremunerated, non-remunerated.
    * no renovable = non-renewable.
    * no renovado = unrenewed.
    * no rentable = uneconomic, unprofitable.
    * no reparar en gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).
    * no repartido = undelivered.
    * no representativo = unrepresentative.
    * no restrictivo = non-restrictive.
    * no restringido = non-restrictive, unconfined.
    * no resuelto = unresolved.
    * no resultar fácil = not be easy.
    * no retirado = uncollected.
    * * *
    (= noroeste) NW
    * * *
    no {predisponer} en contra
    (v.) = stay on + the right side of

    Ex: Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.

    = by no means, NOT, nay, no, not.
    Nota: Negación usada con verbos; para los nombres, véase no.

    Ex: However, UDC is by no means always applied to this degree of detail in libraries.

    Ex: The Boolean logic operator NOT excludes records containing a particular word.
    Ex: Said another timidly, nay, sheepishly: 'You can see we need help, can't you Mr. Bibeau?'.
    Ex: In either case, the patient keys in the responses, which may be as simple as 'yes' or 'no'.
    Ex: The Boolean logic operator not excludes records containing a particular word.
    * alfabeto no romano = non-Roman alphabet.
    * aún no nacido = unborn.
    * aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.
    * base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.
    * catalogación no automatizada = non-computerised cataloguing.
    * con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].
    * ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?.
    * ¡Dios no lo quiera! = God forbid.
    * documento recuperado no pertinente = false drop.
    * el no va más = the be all and end all, the bee's knees.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * encabezamiento no admitido = non-approved heading.
    * encabezamiento no específico = non-specific heading.
    * esto no quiere decir que = this is not to say that.
    * evaluación no intrusiva = unobtrusive evaluation.
    * información no codificada = non-coded information.
    * lo creas o no = believe it or not.
    * material no devuelto = non-return.
    * material no impreso = non-print [nonprint], non-print media.
    * modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.
    * ¿no? = do you?, do you?.
    * no {predisponer} en contra = stay on + the right side of.
    * no abandonar = stick with, stand by.
    * no abrasivo = non-abrasive.
    * no aburrir a Alguien con todos los detalles = spare + Nombe + all the details.
    * no académico = non-academic.
    * no acentuado = unaccented.
    * no aceptar = disavow.
    * no aceptarse = go by + the board.
    * no aceptar un no por respuesta = not take + no for an answer.
    * no acercarse a = steer + clear of, stay away from, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    * no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no ácido = acid-free.
    * no acostumbrado a = unfamiliar with.
    * no actual = non-current.
    * no actuando en capacidad de autor = non-authorial.
    * no actuar como se debe = be remiss.
    * no actuar correctamente = be remiss.
    * no actuar debidamente = be remiss.
    * no acudir = stay away.
    * no acuoso = non-aqueous.
    * no admitir discusión = be out of the question.
    * no adosado = detached.
    * no afectado = unaffected.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no afiliado = unaffiliated.
    * no afín = nonrelative [non-relative].
    * no agobiarse = take + Posesivo + time.
    * no agravante = non-exacerbating.
    * no agrupado = unclustered.
    * no aguantar más = have had enough.
    * no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.
    * no alcanzar a + Infinitivo (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + Gerundio.
    * no alergénico = non-allergenic.
    * no alfabetizado = non-literate.
    * no amante de la literatura = non-literary.
    * no americano = non-US, un-American.
    * no amortizable = irredeemable.
    * no analizado = unexamined.
    * no anclado = unanchored.
    * no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.
    * no antes de = no sooner than.
    * no añorar el pasado = never + look back.
    * no aparecer = be not included.
    * no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.
    * no aprovechar Algo lo suficiente = under-exploit [underexploit].
    * no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + potential, fall (far) behind + potential.
    * no apto para menores = X-rated.
    * no arrepentirse = not look back, never + look back.
    * no arriesgarse = play it + safe.
    * no asignado = unallocated, unassigned.
    * no asistencia = non-attendance.
    * no asistente = non-attender [nonattender].
    * no asistir = stay away.
    * no atendido = unsatisfied.
    * no atreverse a = flinch at/from, have + no stomach for.
    * no atreverse a tratar = fear to + tread.
    * no auténtico = unauthentic.
    * no autorizado = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA], unapproved.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * no bajarse del burro = stick to + Posesivo + guns.
    * no bastar = not be good enough.
    * no bibliográfico = non-book [nonbook], non-bibliographic, non-bibliographical.
    * no bibliotecario = non-librarian.
    * no británico = non-UK.
    * no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.
    * no cabe ni un alfiler = no room to swing a cat.
    * no caber en sí de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.
    * no cambiar = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work, stand + pat.
    * no canjeable = irredeemable.
    * no cantante = nonsinger.
    * no cantes victoria antes de tiempo = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
    * no captar la idea = miss + the point.
    * no ceder = stand + Posesivo + ground, put + Posesivo + foot down.
    * no ceder a las presiones = withstand + pressure.
    * no ceder terreno = stand + Posesivo + ground.
    * no centrado = unfocused [unfocussed].
    * no científico = unscientific.
    * no cobrado = uncollected.
    * no codificado = non-coded.
    * no coercitivo = non-coercive.
    * no coger Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no coger por sorpresa = come as + no surprise.
    * no coincidente = ill matched.
    * no colar = Negativo + hold + water.
    * no comentado = unannotated.
    * no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].
    * no compatible = non-compatible.
    * no compensatorio = non-compensatory [noncompensatory].
    * no comprender = be beyond + Pronombre.
    * no comprobado = untested.
    * no comprometido = uncommitted.
    * no concebirse desde ningún punto de vista = be impossible under any hypothesis.
    * no concentrado = unfocused [unfocussed].
    * no concentrar el esfuerzo = spread + Nombre + thinly.
    * no concordar con = be at odds with.
    * no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.
    * no conductual = nonbehavioural [nonbehavioral, -USA].
    * no confirmado = unsubstantiated.
    * no conformarse con un no = not take + no for an answer.
    * no conmovedor = unmoving.
    * no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.
    * no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.
    * no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.
    * no considerarse parte de = hold + Reflexivo + apart from.
    * no consumible = nonconsumptive.
    * no consumidor = nonconsumptive.
    * no contagioso = non-contagious.
    * no contaminado = untainted, uncontaminated.
    * no contar = be out of the picture.
    * no contar con = leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.
    * no contar con la aprobación = frown on/upon.
    * no contencioso = non-contentious.
    * no convencional = non-conventional.
    * no convexo = nonconvex [non-convex].
    * no corregido = uncorrected.
    * no correlativo = non-consecutive.
    * no correr prisa = there + be + no hurry.
    * no corroborado = unsubstantiated.
    * no creerse Algo al pie de la letra = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt.
    * no creerse Algo del todo = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt.
    * no crítico = non-critical.
    * no cualificado = unskilled.
    * no cuestionarse la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspend + disbelief.
    * no cumplido = unfulfilled, unrealised [unrealized, -USA].
    * no cumplir = fall + short of, welsh on.
    * no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.
    * no cumplir con + Posesivo + deber = be remiss.
    * no cumplir las expectativas = fall + short of expectations.
    * no cumplir lo esperado = fall + short of expectations.
    * no cumplir lo prometido = fall + short of + Posesivo + promise.
    * no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no cumplir unos criterios = fall (far) short of + criteria.
    * no cumplir unos requisitos = fall + short of requirements.
    * no cursar una asignatura = skip + grades.
    * no dar crédito a = disbelief.
    * no dar crédito a + Posesivo + oídos = not believe + Posesivo + ears.
    * no dar crédito a + Posesivo + ojos = not believe + Posesivo + eyes.
    * no dar fruto = come to + nothing.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no dar más de sí = stretch + Nombre + to the limit, overstretch.
    * no dar ningún resultado = give + zero results, be of no avail, be to no avail.
    * no darse cuenta de = sneak under + the radar, go + unnoticed.
    * no darse de cuenta de = be blind to.
    * no darse por vencido fácilmente = not take + no for an answer.
    * no dar una impresión clara = send + mixed signals.
    * no debemos + Infinitivo = let us not + Infinitivo.
    * no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.
    * no + deber + sorprender que = it + be + not surprising that.
    * no debes juzgar un libro por el color de sus pastas = don't judge a book by its cover, don't judge a book by its cover.
    * no debidamente reconocido = unsung.
    * no decir a Alguien lo que está ocurriendo = leave + Nombre + in the dark.
    * no decir nada = keep + quiet.
    * no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * no decir nada nuevo = much ado about nothing.
    * no decir palabrotas = watch + Posesivo + mouth.
    * no de comportamiento = nonbehavioural [nonbehavioral, -USA].
    * no de conducta = nonbehavioural [nonbehavioral, -USA].
    * no decreciente = non-decreasing.
    * no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.
    * no definido = unstated.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * no dejar a nadie fuera = inclusivity.
    * no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * no dejar de mandar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.
    * no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.
    * no dejar entrar = turn + Nombre + away, keep out.
    * no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.
    * no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.
    * no dejar pasar = keep out.
    * no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.
    * no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.
    * no deliberado = unintentional.
    * no del todo maduro = underripe.
    * no democrático = undemocratic.
    * no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
    * no descansar en + Posesivo + tumba = spin + in + Posesivo + grave.
    * no descriptor = non-descriptor.
    * no deseado = unwanted, undesired, uninvited.
    * no desfallecer = keep up.
    * no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.
    * no desglosable = unbreakable.
    * no desmerecer = compare + favourably.
    * no destructivo = non-destructive.
    * no desvelar + Posesivo + identidad = protect + Posesivo + identity.
    * no determinista = nondeterministic [non-deterministic].
    * no devolverse = be non-refundable.
    * no diferenciador = nondistinctive.
    * no diferenciarse de = be nothing short of.
    * no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * no discapacitado = able-bodied.
    * no disciplinario = impunitive.
    * no discriminatorio con respecto al sexo = gender neutral.
    * no disponible = not applicable [N/A].
    * no disponible para el préstamo = not-loanable.
    * no dispuesto = unprepared.
    * no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * no distintivo = nondistinctive.
    * no distribuido = undelivered, undelivered.
    * no docente = non-teaching.
    * no económico = non-economic [noneconomic].
    * no educativo = non-teaching, non-educational.
    * no efímero = non-volatile [nonvolatile].
    * no eléctrico = nonelectrical [non-electrical].
    * no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.
    * no encontrar ni el pie ni la cabeza = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.
    * no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.
    * no en inglés = non-English.
    * no entender = be beyond + Pronombre.
    * no entender Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.
    * no entender ni una papa de = can't make head(s) or tail(s) of.
    * no entendido por la materia = outsider.
    * no entregado = undelivered.
    * no envío = non-shipment.
    * no epiléptico = non-epileptic.
    * no es asombroso que = not surprisingly, unsurprisingly.
    * no escatimar = unstinting.
    * no escatimar dinero = lavish + money.
    * no escatimar gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).
    * no escrito = unwritten.
    * no es de extrañar que = no wonder that, small wonder that.
    * no es de sorprender que = not surprisingly, unsurprisingly.
    * no esencial = non-essential [nonessential].
    * no es lo mismo en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * no especialista = non-expert [nonexpert].
    * no especializado = broader-based.
    * no especificar = leave + undefined.
    * no está claro todavía = the jury is still out (on).
    * no esta disponible = be down.
    * no estándar = non-standard [nonstandard].
    * no estar + Adjetivo + en absoluto = be far from + Adjetivo.
    * no estar a la altura de las expectativas = fall below + expectations.
    * no estar a la altura de lo que se espera = fall below + expectations, be below par, be under par.
    * no estar al tanto de = be out of touch with.
    * no estar bien equilibrado = skew.
    * no estar contento = be unhappy.
    * no estar convencido = be dubious.
    * no estar coordinado con = be out of step with.
    * no estar de acuerdo = be at variance, disagree, beg to differ.
    * no estar de acuerdo (con) = disapprove (of).
    * no estar de acuerdo con la idea de = disapprove of + the idea of.
    * no estar de suerte = be out of luck.
    * no estar deteriorado = unimpaired.
    * no estar disponible = be unavailable.
    * no estar dispuesto a = be unwilling to, be negatively disposed to.
    * no estar documentado = be undocumented.
    * no estar en condiciones de = be unfit for.
    * no estar en el mejor momento de Uno = be past + Posesivo + best.
    * no estar en funcionamiento = be down.
    * no estar en plenitud de facultades = be past + Posesivo + best.
    * no estar en + Posesivo + cabales = insane.
    * no estar en sintonía con = be out of step with.
    * no estar expuesto al público = be out of the public eye.
    * no estar familiarizado con = be unfamiliar with.
    * no estar finalizado (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + completeness.
    * no estar incluido = be not included.
    * no estar muy católico = feel + bad.
    * no estar muy lejos de = be just one step away from.
    * no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.
    * no estar nunca satisfecho = enough + be + not/never + enough.
    * no estar presente en = be absent (from).
    * no estar relacionado con = be unrelated to.
    * no estar seguro = be uncertain.
    * no estar seguro de = be unsure about/of.
    * no estar utilizable = be down.
    * no es una ciencia exacta = not (exactly) rocket science.
    * no es un misterio = not (exactly) rocket science.
    * no exacerbado = non-exacerbating.
    * no examinado = unexamined.
    * no exclusivo = non-exclusive.
    * no excluyente = inclusive, socially-inclusive.
    * no existe = not applicable [N/A].
    * no existir = be out of the picture.
    * no existir como tal = there + be + no such thing as, there + be + no such thing as.
    * no existir límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no existir muchos indicios de que = there + be + little sign of.
    * no existir ningún indicio de que = there + be + no sign of.
    * no experto = non-expert [nonexpert].
    * no explorado = unexplored.
    * no explosivo = non-explosive.
    * no expresado = unspoken, unstated.
    * no expuesto a la luz = unexposed.
    * no falla = reliable.
    * no faltar el respeto = be civil towards.
    * no familiarizado con = unfamiliar with.
    * no ferroso = non-ferrous [nonferrous].
    * no fibroso = non-fibrous.
    * no figurar = be not included.
    * no fijado = non-net.
    * no fructificar = come to + nothing.
    * no fumador = non-smoker, non-smoking.
    * no funcionar = be out of order.
    * no funcionario = untenured, non-tenured.
    * no + Futuro = won't [will not].
    * no ganado = unearned.
    * no guardar relación con = be incommensurate with.
    * no gubernamental = non-government, non-governmental [nongovernmental].
    * no gustar = have + a dislike for, dislike, be uncomfortable + Gerundio, be uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable with, feel + uncomfortable + Gerundio.
    * no haber = be unavailable.
    * no haber consecuencias = nothing + come of.
    * no + haber + dos + Nombre que = no two + Nombre.
    * no haber duda de que = there + be + no doubt that.
    * no haber duda (que) = there + be + no question (that).
    * no haber forma de = there + be + no way.
    * no haber indicios de que = there + be + no indication that.
    * no haber límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no haber llegado todavía = be yet to come.
    * no haber manera de = there + be + no way.
    * no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.
    * no haber muchas señales de que = there + be + little sign of.
    * no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.
    * no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.
    * no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.
    * no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.
    * no haber pero que valer = not take + no for an answer.
    * no haber prisa = there + be + no hurry.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no haber señal de que = there + be + no sign of.
    * no habiendo = in the absence of.
    * no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.
    * no hace mucho = in the recent past.
    * no hace mucho tiempo = not so long ago.
    * no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no hacer Algo por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * no hacer caso = brush aside.
    * no hacer caso a = turn + Posesivo + back on.
    * no hacer caso de = slight.
    * no hacer los deberes = be asleep at the wheel.
    * no hacer más que = do + no more than.
    * no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.
    * no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.
    * no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.
    * no hacer ninguna gracia = not take + kindly to.
    * no hacer ningún cambio = stand + pat.
    * no hacer otra cosa que = do + nothing but.
    * no hacer sino = do + no more than.
    * no hay = there ain't [there aren't/isn't].
    * no hay dos sin tres = things + come in threes.
    * no hay duda de que = undoubtedly.
    * no hay escapatoria = needs must when the devil drives.
    * no hay forma de que = for the life of me.
    * no hay límite(s) = the sky is the limit.
    * no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise, to every cloud, there is a silver lining.
    * no hay manera de que = for the life of me.
    * no hay más remedio = needs must when the devil drives.
    * no hay modo de que = for the life of me.
    * no hay nada como = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.
    * no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....
    * no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.
    * no hay + Nombre + que sean = no + Nombre + be.
    * no higroscópico = non-hygroscopic.
    * no hindú = non-Hindu.
    * no homosexual = straight man.
    * no humano = non-human [nonhuman].
    * no hurgar en la herida = let + sleeping dogs lie.
    * no idéntico = non-identical.
    * no identificado = unnamed.
    * no idoneidad = unsuitability.
    * no impacientarse con = bear with + Pronombre.
    * no importa = never mind, regardless of, whatever.
    * no importa + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que seaAdjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.
    * no importa cómo = no matter how.
    * no importa lo + Adjetivo + que + Subjuntivo = no matter how + Adjetivo.
    * no importa lo bien = no matter how well.
    * No importa lo que se conoce, sino a quién se conoce = It's not what you know, but who you know.
    * no importa qué = whatever.
    * no importar = be all right with + Persona, make + no difference, cope with.
    * no importar Algo a Alguien = think + little of.
    * no importar en absoluto = have + no qualms about.
    * no importar + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no importar lo más mínimo = could not care less.
    * no importar lo que + pensar de = whatever + Pronombre + make of.
    * no importar nada = not give a damn, not give a shit, not give a fuck.
    * no importa si... o = no matter whether... or.
    * no impreso = unprinted.
    * no incluido = unlisted.
    * no incluye = exclusive of.
    * no indicado = unstated.
    * no + Indicativo = fail to + Infinitivo.
    * no + Infinitivo = failure to + Infinitivo.
    * no infringir las leyes = stay on + the right side of the law, keep on + the right side of the law.
    * no ingresado = unearned.
    * no inmiscuirse en = remain + uninvolved in, stay away from.
    * no inmutarse = not bat an eyelid, not bat an eyelash, keep + a stiff upper lip.
    * no inscripción = non-registration.
    * no intencional = non-intentional.
    * no interactivo = non-interactive.
    * no interesar = can't/couldn't be bothered.
    * no intervencionista = hands-off, isolationist.
    * no intrusivo = nonobtrusive.
    * no invasivo = noninvasive [non-invasive].
    * no invitado = uninvited.
    * no invitados, los = uninvited, the.
    * no involucrado = uninvolved.
    * no jerárquico = non-hierarchical.
    * no lector = non-reader [nonreader].
    * no letal = non-lethal.
    * no levantarse hasta tarde = have + a lie-in.
    * no librario = non-book [nonbook].
    * no lineal = nonlinear [non-linear].
    * no linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity].
    * no listo = unready.
    * no literario = unliterary, non-literary.
    * no llegar a = stop + short of, fall + short of.
    * no llegar a entender = miss + the mark, miss + the point.
    * no llegar a + Infinitivo (con mucho) = fall (far) short of + Gerundio.
    * no llegar a un ideal = fall + short of ideal.
    * no llevar a ninguna parte = achieve + nothing, go + nowhere.
    * no llevar a ningún fin = beat + a dead horse, flog + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * no llevar a ningún sitio = go + nowhere.
    * no lo bastante lejos = not far enough.
    * no lo dudes = take it from me.
    * no lucrativo = non-profit [nonprofit], non-profit making.
    * no manifiesto = undeclared.
    * no MARC = non-MARC.
    * no más que = in any more than.
    * no materializarse = fall through.
    * Nombre + no tardará mucho en = it won't be long before + Nombre.
    * Nombre + no tardó mucho en = it wasn't long before + Nombre.
    * no médico = non-clinical.
    * no merecer la pena = be no good.
    * no merecerse Algo = be unworthy of.
    * no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.
    * no meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * no miel sin hiel = no pain, no gain.
    * no miembro = non-member [nonmember].
    * no militar = nonmilitary.
    * no monográfico = non-monographic.
    * no morderse la lengua = call + a spade a spade.
    * no moverse = stay + put.
    * no mucho después = not long after.
    * no musical = non-musical.
    * no muy acertado = wide of the mark.
    * no muy apropiado = wide of the mark.
    * no muy bien informado = not-too-well-informed.
    * no muy despierto = slow.
    * no muy lejos = within easy travelling distance, not far behind, not far off, not far away, not far, not too far.
    * no muy listos, los = none-too-bright, the.
    * no nacido = unborn.
    * no necesitar mantenimiento = maintenance-free.
    * no nombrado = unnamed.
    * no nórdico = non-Nordic.
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * no obstante = albeit (that), however, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet, notwithstanding, none the less, though, that being said, all this said, when all is said and done.
    * no occidental = non-Western.
    * no ocultar las preferencias de Uno sobre Algo = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * no oficial = non-government.
    * no olvidar = bear in + mind, be aware of.
    * no ordenado = unsorted.
    * no orgánico = non-organic.
    * no parar mucho en un sitio = live out of + a suitcase.
    * no parecer que = there + be + no sign of, there + be + little sign of.
    * no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.
    * no parecerse ni por asomo = different as night and day.
    * no parecer Uno Mismo = be out of character.
    * no participar = be out of the picture.
    * no participar en = be uninvolved in, remain + uninvolved in.
    * no partidista = non-partisan [nonpartisan].
    * no pasar mucho tiempo antes de que + Subjuntivo = be not long before + Indicativo.
    * no patentado = non-proprietary.
    * no pegar ni con cola = stick out like + a sore thumb.
    * no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.
    * no pensar más en Algo = dismiss from + Posesivo + mind.
    * no pensar más que en = be wrapped up in.
    * no percatarse de = be blind to.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no perder de vista = keep + an eye on, keep + a beady eye on, keep in + sight.
    * no perder el ánimo = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
    * no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, be on top of things.
    * no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.
    * no perder la cabeza = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.
    * no perder la calma = keep + a cool head, remain + cool-headed, play it + cool.
    * no perderse = keep on + the right track.
    * no perderse en/por = find + Posesivo + way round/through.
    * no perderse mucho, no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no perderse nada = be no great loss.
    * no perfumado = non-scented.
    * no periódico = non-periodical.
    * no permitir = disallow.
    * no pertenecer a = have + no place in.
    * no perteneciente a la Comunidad Europea = non-EC.
    * no perteneciente al juzgado = out-of-court.
    * no pestañear = not bat an eyelid, not bat an eyelash.
    * no pillar Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.
    * no pillar la idea = miss + the point.
    * no planificado = unplanned.
    * no poder = be unable to, cannot, can't [cannot].
    * no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.
    * no poder conciliar el sueño = have + trouble sleeping, have + trouble sleeping.
    * no poder darse el lujo de = ill afford.
    * no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no poder dormir = sleeplessness.
    * no poder estarse quieto = have + the fidgets, fidget.
    * no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no poder hacer más que = do + little more than.
    * no poder permitirse = ill afford.
    * no poder permitirse el lujo de = ill afford.
    * no poder quitarse Algo de la cabeza = can't get it out of my mind.
    * no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.
    * no poderse negar que = there + be + no denying that.
    * no poder sino + Infinitivo = cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder ver a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.
    * no poder ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.
    * no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial], non-contentious.
    * no poner en duda = be unquestioned.
    * ¡No, por lo que más quieras! = Not on your life!.
    * no precipitarse = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.
    * no predisponer a Alguien en contra = keep on + the right side of.
    * no preguntes porque no te puedo decir la verdad = ask no questions and hear no lies.
    * no preocuparse que = rest + assured that.
    * no preparado = uninformed, unready, unprepared.
    * no presentado a examen = absent from exam.
    * no prestar atención = disregard, overlook, close + the door on, go + unheeded, fly in + the face of.
    * no prestar atención al hecho de que = overlook + the fact that.
    * no prestar la suficiente atención = give + short shrift.
    * no pretender ser = make + no claim to.
    * no probado = untested.
    * no procesado = unprocessed.
    * no profesional = non-professional [nonprofessional].
    * no programador = non-programmer.
    * no prolongado = unsustained.
    * no pronunciado = undelivered.
    * no prosperar = fall by + the wayside.
    * no provocado = unprovoked.
    * no publicado = unpublished.
    * no público = non-public.
    * no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).
    * no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.
    * no puedo comprender = I can't get over.
    * no puedo entender cómo = can't get over how.
    * no quebrar = stay in + business.
    * no quedarse ahí = there + be + more to it than that.
    * no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.
    * no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con Algo = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.
    * no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.
    * no racial = colour-blind.
    * no racista = race-neutral.
    * no realizado = unfulfilled, unrealised [unrealized, -USA].
    * no recargado = uncluttered.
    * no reciclable = non-recyclable.
    * no recogido = uncollected.
    * no recompensado = unrewarded.
    * no reconocido = unacknowledged, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA].
    * no recopilado = uncollected.
    * no redimido = unredeemed.
    * no reembolsable = non-repayable, non-refundable.
    * no registrado = unlisted, unaffiliated.
    * no reglamentado = unregulated.
    * no regulado = unregulated.
    * no relacionado = unrelated, nonrelative [non-relative].
    * no relacionados entre sí = unrelated.
    * no relativo = nonrelative [non-relative].
    * no relevante = non-relevant.
    * no remunerado = unpaid, unsalaried, non-paying, unremunerated, non-remunerated.
    * no renovable = non-renewable.
    * no renovado = unrenewed.
    * no rentable = uneconomic, unprofitable.
    * no reparar en gastos = go to + town on, lash out (on).
    * no repartido = undelivered.
    * no representativo = unrepresentative.
    * no restrictivo = non-restrictive.
    * no restringido = non-restrictive, unconfined.
    * no resuelto = unresolved.
    * no resultar fácil = not be easy.
    * no retirado = uncollected.

    * * *
    NO
    (= noroeste) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] NW
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    Multiple Entries:
    NO    
    no
    NO (
    ◊ noroeste) NW

    no adverbio
    a) ( como respuesta) no;

    (modificando adverbios, oraciones, verbos) not la negación de la mayoría de los verbos ingleses requiere el uso del auxiliar `do'
    ◊ ¿te gustó? — no did you like it? — no, I didn't;

    ¿vienes o no? are you coming or not?;
    no te preocupes don't worry;
    ¿por qué no quieres ir? — porque no why don't you want to go? — I just don't

    ◊ no veo nada I can't see a thing o anything;

    no viene nunca she never comes

    ◊ está mejor ¿no? she's better, isn't she?;

    ha dimitido ¿no? he has resigned, hasn't he?

    ◊ se ganó la lotería — ¡no! he won the lottery — he didn't! o no!



    ¿te gustó? a mí no did you like it? I didn't
    f) (delante de n, adj, pp):


    la no violencia non-violence;
    un hijo no deseado an unwanted child
    ■ sustantivo masculino (pl
    ◊ noes) no

    no
    I adverbio
    1 (como respuesta) no: ¿quieres un poco?, - no, gracias, would you like a bit?, - no, thanks
    2 (en frases negativas) not: aún no está dormido, he isn't asleep yet
    hoy no es jueves, today isn't Thursday
    no, no iré, no, I will not go
    no tengo hambre, I am not hungry
    ¿por qué no?, why not?
    ya no fuma, she doesn't smoke any more
    3 (antepuesto a un nombre) la no colaboración se penalizará, non-collaboration will be penalized
    4 (con otros negativos) no diré nada, I won't say a single word
    no lo haré jamás, I'll never do it
    no sin antes..., not without first...
    5 (en advertencia, cartel) no fumar, no smoking
    6 (en preguntas retóricas o de confirmación) está enfadado, ¿no es así?, he is angry, isn't he?
    estoy guapa, ¿o no?, I'm smart, aren't I?
    firmarás el contrato, ¿no?, you'll sign the contract, won't you?
    ¿no nos presentaron el otro día?, weren't we introduced the other day?
    7 (para expresar un temor) llévate el paraguas, no sea que llueva, take your umbrella in case it rains
    II sustantivo masculino no: ¿es un no definitivo?, is that a definite no?

    'no' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abandonar
    - abandonada
    - abandonado
    - abandonarse
    - abarcar
    - abarrotada
    - abarrotado
    - abasto
    - abatir
    - abatimiento
    - abonarse
    - abortar
    - abrir
    - abreviar
    - abrigar
    - absoluta
    - absolutamente
    - absoluto
    - abstraerse
    - abuela
    - abundar
    - aburrida
    - aburrido
    - abusar
    - acabar
    - acallar
    - acalorarse
    - acariciar
    - acaso
    - accesoria
    - accesorio
    - aceptar
    - acertada
    - acertado
    - achacar
    - achantarse
    - aclararse
    - aconsejar
    - actuación
    - actual
    - acudir
    - adelantar
    - adelante
    - adentro
    - adivinar
    - admitir
    - adónde
    - adorno
    - advertir
    English:
    abide
    - ablaze
    - able
    - about
    - absence
    - absent
    - accepted
    - accommodate
    - account
    - accountable
    - accustom
    - act on
    - action
    - actual
    - actually
    - add up
    - adequately
    - adjust
    - admit
    - admittance
    - advertise
    - advise
    - affair
    - afford
    - afraid
    - agree
    - agreement
    - albeit
    - alike
    - alive
    - all
    - alone
    - aloud
    - also
    - alternative
    - altogether
    - always
    - ambit
    - amiss
    - amusing
    - anathema
    - and
    - answer
    - answer back
    - antisexist
    - any
    - anybody
    - anything
    - anywhere
    - apart
    * * *
    NO (abrev de Noroeste)
    NW
    * * *
    NO
    abr (= noroeste) NW, Northwest
    * * *
    no adv
    1) : no
    ¿quieres ir al mercado? no, voy más tarde: do you want to go shopping? no, I'm going later
    2) : not
    ¡no hagas eso!: don't do that!
    creo que no: I don't think so
    3) : non-
    no fumador: non-smoker
    4)
    ¡como no! : of course!
    5)
    no bien : as soon as, no sooner
    * * *
    no adv
    ¿vienes? No are you coming? No
    ¡no a los accidentes! no more accidents!
    no toques eso don't touch that que no con verbos como creer, pensar, etc se puede traducir por un verbo negativo y so
    La doble negación en inglés equivale a una afirmación, así que con un solo negativo basta
    Si se emplea ¿no? para hacer una pregunta, en inglés se emplea una tag question
    fuiste al médico, ¿no? you went to the doctor's, didn't you?
    el martes es fiesta, ¿no? Tuesday is a holiday, isn't it?
    puedo ir, ¿no? I can go, can't I?

    Spanish-English dictionary > no

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    f. & m.
    1 person without criteria, person who changes sides, scrub, straw man.
    2 sleeper, bunting bag, pajama, Babygro.
    3 rag doll.
    m.
    2 guy, straw doll (muñeco).
    3 romper suit. (peninsular Spanish)
    * * *
    1 (muñeco de paja) straw puppet
    2 (persona) puppet
    3 (de bebé) romper suit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=figura) guy, straw doll; (fig) tool, puppet
    2) (=bobo) simpleton
    3) [de bebé] Babygro ®, rompers pl, creepers pl (EEUU)
    * * *
    a) ( de trapo) rag doll; ( de paja) straw doll
    b) ( persona - manipulada) puppet; (- débil) (fam) wimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = stooge, wimp.
    Ex. Iraqis recognize a hand-picked council of stooges when they see it.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    * * *
    a) ( de trapo) rag doll; ( de paja) straw doll
    b) ( persona - manipulada) puppet; (- débil) (fam) wimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = stooge, wimp.

    Ex: Iraqis recognize a hand-picked council of stooges when they see it.

    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de trapo) rag doll; (de paja) straw doll
    es el pelele de los militares he's a puppet controlled by the military
    B ( Esp) ( Indum) rompers (pl), romper suit ( BrE), Babygro® ( BrE)
    * * *

    pelele sustantivo masculino

    ( de paja) straw doll

    (— débil) (fam) wimp (colloq)
    pelele sustantivo masculino
    1 (persona) puppet
    2 (muñeco) dummy: quemaron un pelele que llevaba la esvástica, they burnt a mannequin with a swastika on it
    3 (de bebé) rompers, creepers
    ' pelele' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pushover
    - rompers
    * * *
    pelele nm
    1. Fam Pey [persona] puppet
    2. [muñeco] straw doll, Br guy
    3. Esp [prenda de bebé] romper (suit), Br Babygro®
    * * *
    m puppet

    Spanish-English dictionary > pelele

  • 13 retirar

    v.
    1 to remove.
    me ha retirado el saludo he's not speaking to me
    2 to force to retire (jubilar) (a deportista).
    una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition
    3 to pick up, to collect.
    puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday
    4 to take back (retractarse de).
    ¡retira eso que o lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!
    5 to withdraw, to draw off, to draw out, to retire.
    Retiramos nuestro dinero We withdrew our money.
    6 to call in, to call back.
    La fábrica retiró diez piezas malas The factory called in ten damaged units.
    * * *
    1 (apartar - gen) to take away, remove; (- un mueble) to move away
    2 (un carnet) to take away
    3 (algo dicho) to take back
    4 (dinero, ley, moneda) to withdraw
    5 (jubilar) to retire
    1 MILITAR to retreat, withdraw
    2 (apartarse del mundo) to go into seclusion
    3 (apartarse) to withdraw, draw back, move back
    ■ retírate, no veo move back, I can't see
    4 (alejarse) to move away
    ■ retírate de la ventana, te van a ver move away from the window, they'll see you
    5 (marcharse) to leave
    ■ cuando acabó, se retiró when he finished, he left
    6 (irse a descansar) to retire
    7 (jubilarse) to retire
    \
    no se retire (al teléfono) hold on, don't hang up
    * * *
    verb
    1) to take away, remove
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ acusación, apoyo, subvención] to withdraw; [+ demanda] to withdraw, take back

    retiró su candidatura a la Presidencia — he stood down from the presidential election, he withdrew his candidacy for the presidency

    2) [+ moneda, sello] to withdraw (from circulation); [+ autobús, avión] to withdraw (from service)

    estos aviones serán retirados de o del servicio — these planes are to be withdrawn from service

    3) [+ permiso, carnet, pasaporte] to withdraw, take away
    4) [+ dinero] to withdraw
    5) [+ tropas] to withdraw; [+ embajador] to recall, withdraw; [+ atleta, caballo] to withdraw, scratch
    6) (=quitar) to take away, remove
    7) [+ cabeza, cara] to pull back, pull away; [+ mano] to draw back, withdraw; [+ tentáculo] to draw in
    8) (=jubilar) to retire, pension off
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

    retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

    b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back
    c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out
    d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out
    e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away
    2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw
    3)
    a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw
    b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
    2.
    retirarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw
    b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out
    c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)
    2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

    se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

    * * *
    = pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.
    Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.
    Ex. Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.
    Ex. I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.
    ----
    * retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.
    * retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.
    * retirar paulatinamente = phase out.
    * retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.
    * retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.
    * retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).
    * retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.
    * retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.
    * retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.
    * sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( quitar) to remove, take away; ( apartar) to move away

    retiró la cacerola del fuego — he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat

    b) <cabeza/mano> to pull... back
    c) <embajador/tropas> to withdraw, pull out
    d) < jugador> to take off, pull... out of the game; <corredor/ciclista> to withdraw, pull out
    e) (+ me/te/le etc) < apoyo> to withdraw; <pasaporte/carnet> to withdraw, take away
    2) <afirmaciones/propuesta> to withdraw
    3)
    a) (de cuenta, fondo) < dinero> to withdraw
    b) ( recoger) <carnet/entradas> to collect
    2.
    retirarse v pron
    1)
    a) ( apartarse) to move back o away; ( irse) to leave, withdraw
    b) ejército/tropas to withdraw, pull out
    c) ( irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire (frml)
    2) ( jubilarse) to retire; ( de actividad) to withdraw

    se retiró de la carrera — ( antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race; ( una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race

    * * *
    = pick up, withdraw, retire, take back, perfect, revoke, haul away.

    Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.
    Ex: Even the fully-developed rotary, which soon included devices for cutting and folding the paper as well as for printing and perfecting it, remained fundamentally simple.
    Ex: I would think that we would still charge for lost and damaged books and that we would revoke borrowing privileges of chronic offenders, or whatever we decide to call them.
    Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.
    * retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.
    * retirar dinero = withdraw + cash.
    * retirar paulatinamente = phase out.
    * retirarse = retreat, pull back, bow out, draw back, stand down, back out, walk out.
    * retirarse a los aposientos de Uno = retire + at night.
    * retirarse (de) = pull out of, pull away (from).
    * retirarse por cobardía = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).
    * retirar una acusación = drop + a charge.
    * retirar una propuesta = withdraw + proposal.
    * retirar un libro en préstamo = check out + book.
    * sin retirar = uncleared, uncollected.

    * * *
    retirar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (quitar) to remove, take away; (apartar) to move o take away
    retiraron las sillas para que pudiéramos bailar they moved o took away the chairs so that we could dance
    el camarero retiró los platos the waiter took o cleared the plates away
    retiraron los dos vehículos accidentados the two vehicles involved in the accident were moved out of the way o were removed
    los vehículos mal estacionados serán retirados badly-parked vehicles will be towed (away) o removed
    sin retirar la tapadera without taking off o removing the lid
    retiraremos a nuestro embajador we shall recall o withdraw our ambassador
    retirar algo DE algo:
    retíralo de la chimenea un poco move it back from the fireplace a little, move it a bit further away from the fire
    retiró la cacerola del fuego he removed the saucepan from the heat, he took the saucepan off the heat
    retiraron los tres coches de la calzada the three cars were removed from o moved off the road
    el autobús tuvo que ser retirado del servicio the bus had to be withdrawn from service
    retiró el ejército de la frontera he withdrew the army from the border
    serán retirados de la circulación they will be withdrawn from circulation
    2 ‹cabeza/mano›
    en el último momento retiró la cabeza at the last moment she pulled her head back o away
    no intentes retirar la mano don't try to pull your hand back ( o out etc), don't try to remove o withdraw your hand
    retirar algo DE algo:
    retiré la mano de la bolsa I took my hand out of the bag, I removed o withdrew my hand from the bag
    3 «entrenador» ‹jugador› to take off, pull … out of the game; ‹corredor/ciclista› to withdraw, pull out
    4 (+ me/te/le etc) ‹apoyo› to withdraw; ‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away
    me retiró el saludo/la palabra she stopped saying hello to me/speaking to me
    B ‹afirmaciones/acusación› to withdraw; ‹candidatura/propuesta› to withdraw
    retiro lo dicho I take back o withdraw what I said
    C
    1 (de una cuenta, un fondo) ‹dinero› to withdraw
    2 (recoger) ‹certificado/carnet/entradas› to collect
    A
    1 (apartarse) to move back o away; (irse) to leave, withdraw
    me retiré de la puerta para dejarle paso I moved back from o away from o I stood back from the door to let him through
    puede retirarse you may go o ( frml) withdraw
    el ejército se retiró de la zona the army withdrew from o pulled out of the area
    se retiró a un convento he retired o withdrew to a monastery
    cuando las aguas se retiraron when the waters receded o retreated
    2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed, retire ( frml)
    B
    1 (jubilarse) to retire
    2 (de una actividad) to withdraw
    se retiró una semana antes de la votación he withdrew one week before the vote
    se retiró de la vida pública she retired o withdrew from public life
    se retiró de la carrera/competición (antes de iniciarse) he pulled out of o withdrew from the race/competition; (una vez iniciada) he pulled out of o retired from the race/competition
    * * *

     

    retirar ( conjugate retirar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ( apartar) to move away;

    retirar de la circulación to withdraw from circulation
    b) ‹cabeza/mano› to pull … back

    c) ‹embajador/tropas› to withdraw, pull out

    d) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹ apoyo› to withdraw;

    ‹pasaporte/carnet› to withdraw, take away
    2 ‹afirmaciones/propuesta› to withdraw;

    3 ( de cuenta) ‹ dinero› to withdraw
    retirarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( apartarse) to move back o away;

    ( irse) to leave, withdraw
    b) [ejército/tropas] to withdraw, pull out


    2 ( jubilarse) to retire;
    ( de competición — antes de iniciarse) to withdraw, pull out;
    (— una vez iniciada) to pull out
    retirar verbo transitivo
    1 (de un lugar) to remove, move away: ya hemos retirado todos los muebles, we've already removed all of the furniture
    2 (de una actividad) to retire from
    3 (una ayuda, dinero) to withdraw
    4 (un comentario) to take back: espero que retires esas palabras, I hope you take back those words
    5 (el pasaporte, carné) to take away
    ' retirar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    quitar
    - saludo
    - desautorizar
    - sacar
    English:
    draw back
    - ex
    - ground
    - ill health
    - phase
    - pull out
    - recall
    - retire
    - retract
    - take back
    - take out
    - withdraw
    - call
    - disengage
    - drop
    - pull
    - reclaim
    - take
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [quitar, sacar] to remove (a from); [moneda, producto] to withdraw (de from); [carné, pasaporte] to take away (a from); [ayuda, subvención, apoyo] to withdraw (a from); [ejército, tropas] to withdraw (de from); [embajador] to withdraw, to recall (de from);
    retirar dinero del banco/de la cuenta to withdraw money from the bank/one's account;
    el entrenador retiró a Claudio del terreno de juego/del equipo the manager took Claudio off/left Claudio out of the team;
    me ha retirado el saludo she's not speaking to me
    2. [apartar, quitar de en medio] [objeto] to move away;
    [nieve] to clear; [mano] to withdraw;
    habrá que retirar ese armario de ahí we'll have to move that wardrobe (away) from there;
    retira el dedo o te cortarás move your finger back or you'll cut yourself
    3. [recoger, llevarse] to pick up, to collect;
    puede pasar a retirar sus fotos el jueves you can pick your photos up o collect your photos on Thursday
    4. [retractarse de] [insultos, acusaciones, afirmaciones] to take back;
    [denuncia] to drop;
    ¡retira eso que o [m5] lo que dijiste! take that back!, take back what you said!
    5. [jubilar] [a empleado] to retire;
    una lesión lo retiró de la alta competición an injury forced him to retire from top-flight competition
    * * *
    v/t silla, obstáculo take away, remove; acusación, dinero withdraw
    * * *
    1) : to remove, to take away, to recall
    2) : to withdraw, to take out
    * * *
    1. (en general) to withdraw [pt. withdrew; pp. withdrawn]
    2. (acusación, palabras) to take back [pt. took; pp. taken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > retirar

  • 14 cagueta

    adj.
    chicken, cowardly (informal).
    f. & m.
    chicken, coward.
    * * *
    1 familiar chicken, coward
    * * *
    = wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    = wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    ( fam o vulg); wimpish ( colloq), wet ( BrE colloq)
    ( fam o vulg)
    wimp ( colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    chicken, cowardly
    ♦ nmf
    chicken, coward
    * * *
    m/f fam
    chicken fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cagueta

  • 15 rajado

    adj.
    1 cracked, ruptured, broken.
    2 chappy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: rajar.
    * * *
    1→ link=rajar rajar
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    2 familiar (cobarde) chicken, coward
    * * *
    rajado, -a
    * SM / F
    1) (=canalla) swine *
    2) (=cobarde) coward, chicken *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( cobarde) cowardly
    2) (Chi fam)
    a) ( tarambana) wild (colloq)
    b) < conductor> reckless

    ir or andar rajado — (Chi fam) to go at top speed (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) coward, chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = torn, quitter, wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.
    Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( cobarde) cowardly
    2) (Chi fam)
    a) ( tarambana) wild (colloq)
    b) < conductor> reckless

    ir or andar rajado — (Chi fam) to go at top speed (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) coward, chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = torn, quitter, wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: Torn pages may be repaired by using special transparent tapes obtainable from library suppliers.

    Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    rajado1 -da
    A ( fam) (cobarde) cowardly, yellowbellied ( colloq), wimpish ( colloq)
    B ( Chi fam)
    1 (muy generoso) generous
    3 ‹conductor› reckless
    ir or andar rajado ( Chi fam); to go full tilt o at top speed ( colloq)
    pasó rajado y no me vio he whizzed o shot past without seeing me ( colloq)
    rajado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    coward, chicken ( colloq), yellowbelly ( colloq), wimp ( colloq)
    * * *
    rajado, -a nm,f
    Fam [cobarde] chicken;
    ¡eres un rajado! [siempre te echas atrás] you're always backing o pulling out at the last minute!;
    [nunca participas] you never join in anything!

    Spanish-English dictionary > rajado

  • 16 enclenque

    adj.
    1 sickly, frail.
    2 feeble, feeblish, frail, puny.
    3 lank.
    f. & m.
    weakling, feeble person, weak person, weed.
    * * *
    1 (flaco) skinny
    2 (débil) weak, puny; (enfermizo) sickly
    1 (flaco) skinny person
    2 (débil) weak person, puny person; (enfermizo) sickly person
    * * *
    ADJ weak, sickly
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
    b) < estructura> rickety
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
    b) < estructura> rickety
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy ( colloq)
    2 ‹estructura› rickety
    * * *

    enclenque adjetivo
    a) ‹ persona› ( enfermizo) sickly;

    ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

    enclenque adj (debilucho) weak
    (de poca salud) sickly
    (delgaducho) puny: anda, come, que estás muy enclenque, come on, eat up, you're all skin and bone
    ' enclenque' also found in these entries:
    English:
    feeble
    - puny
    - weakling
    - weedy
    * * *
    sickly, frail
    * * *
    I adj sickly, weak
    II m/f weakling
    * * *
    : weak, sickly

    Spanish-English dictionary > enclenque

  • 17 gallina

    adj.
    chicken-hearted.
    f.
    1 hen.
    cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)
    2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.
    f. & m.
    chicken, coward (informal) (person).
    * * *
    1 hen
    1 familiar chicken, coward
    \
    acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very early
    como gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of water
    jugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buff
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    gallina clueca broody hen
    gallina de Guinea guinea fowl
    gallina de mar stargazer
    piel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=ave) hen

    gallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm

    gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen

    2) (Culin) chicken

    gallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts

    2.
    SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

    acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    ----
    * dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.
    * gallina de campo = free-range hen.
    * gallina de corral = free-range hen.
    * gallina de granja = free-range hen.
    * gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)
    II
    1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chicken

    acostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn

    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water

    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    2) gallina masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)
    * * *
    = hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.
    * gallina de campo = free-range hen.
    * gallina de corral = free-range hen.
    * gallina de granja = free-range hen.
    * gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.

    * * *
    ( fam); chicken ( colloq)
    ¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!
    A ( Zool) hen; ( Coc) chicken
    caldo de gallina chicken broth
    acostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed early
    estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of water
    la gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggs
    levantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the lark
    Compuestos:
    (empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother hen
    me tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)
    estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother hen
    guinea fowl
    ● gallina or gallinita ciega
    blind man's buff
    laying hen
    B
    * * *

     

    gallina sustantivo femenino
    1 (Zool) hen;
    (Coc) chicken;


    ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;

    2
    ◊ gallina sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( cobarde) chicken (colloq)

    gallina
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 Zool hen
    2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
    II mf fam coward, chicken
    III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
    estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
    la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    ' gallina' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cacarear
    - cacareo
    - carne
    - carné
    - empollar
    - piel
    - aletear
    English:
    chicken
    - egg
    - goosebumps
    - gooseflesh
    - goosepimples
    - hen
    - goose
    - speckle
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Fam [persona] chicken, wimp;
    es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp
    ♦ nf
    hen;
    cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;
    Fam
    acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;
    Fam
    levantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;
    Fam
    como gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of water
    gallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;
    gallina clueca broody hen;
    gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;
    la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    Fam
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;
    gallina pintada guinea fowl
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [persona] chicken, coward
    * * *
    I f hen;
    matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
    II m/f fam
    chicken
    * * *
    1) : hen
    2)
    gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl
    * * *
    1. (ave) hen
    2. (cobarde) chicken / coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > gallina

  • 18 achicar

    v.
    1 to make smaller.
    Ella achicó la imagen del televisor She made the T.V. image smaller.
    2 to bale out (agua) (de barco).
    3 to drain, to scoop, to bail out, to pump out.
    Ricardo achicó el agua dentro del bote Richard drained the water inside the boat
    4 to humiliate, to demean.
    Silvia achicó a Ricardo delante mío Silvia humiliated Richard in front of me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (amenguar) to diminish, reduce, make smaller
    2 (amilanar) to intimidate
    3 (agua) to drain; (en barco) to bale out
    1 (amenguarse) to get smaller
    2 (amilanarse) to lose heart
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=empequeñecer) to make smaller; (=hacer de menos) to dwarf; [+ espacios] to reduce; (Cos) to shorten, take in; (=descontar) to minimize
    2) (=desaguar) to bale o (EEUU) bail out; [con bomba] to pump out
    3) (fig) (=humillar) to humiliate; (=intimidar) to intimidate, browbeat
    4) And (=matar) to kill
    5) And, Caribe (=sujetar) to fasten, hold down
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <chaqueta/vestido> to take in
    b) < persona> to intimidate, daunt
    2) < agua> to bail out
    2.
    achicarse v pron
    a) ( de tamaño) to shrink
    b) ( amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted
    * * *
    ----
    * achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.
    * achicarse = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of).
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <chaqueta/vestido> to take in
    b) < persona> to intimidate, daunt
    2) < agua> to bail out
    2.
    achicarse v pron
    a) ( de tamaño) to shrink
    b) ( amilanarse) to be intimidated, be daunted
    * * *
    * achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.
    * achicarse = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of).
    * * *
    achicar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹chaqueta/vestido› to take in
    2 ‹persona›
    los reveses que ha sufrido lo han ido achicando the setbacks he's suffered have gradually diminished his confidence
    nada lo achica nothing daunts him, he's not daunted by anything
    intentaron achicarnos a base de patadas they tried to intimidate us by playing rough
    B ‹agua› to bail out
    no te achiques y dile lo que piensas don't be intimidated o don't feel daunted, tell him what you think
    * * *

    achicar ( conjugate achicar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹chaqueta/vestido› to take in


    2 ‹ agua› to bail out
    achicarse verbo pronominal


    achicar verbo transitivo
    1 (atemorizar) to intimidate
    2 (empequeñecer) to reduce, make smaller
    3 (sacar agua de un sitio inundado) to bale out
    ' achicar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bail out
    - bail
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [empequeñecer] to make smaller
    2. [acobardar] to intimidate
    3. [agua] [de barco] to bail out;
    [de mina] to pump out
    4. Méx [cubrir con miel] to (cover in) honey
    * * *
    v/t
    1 make smaller
    2 MAR bail out
    * * *
    achicar {72} vt
    1) reducir: to make smaller, to reduce
    2) : to intimidate
    3) : to bail out (water)

    Spanish-English dictionary > achicar

  • 19 achicarse

    pron.v.
    1 to get smaller; to shrink.
    2 (fig.) To humble, to eat humble pie.
    3 to do oneself down, to belittle oneself (rebajarse). (Latin American)
    * * *
    1 (amenguarse) to get smaller
    2 (amilanarse) to lose heart
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=empequeñecerse) to get smaller; [ropa] to shrink
    2) esp LAm (=rebajarse) to be intimidated, belittle o.s.
    * * *
    (v.) = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of)
    Ex. He regards David Jull's unwillingness to take up such a proposal as an early indication that John Howard and his colleagues are wimping.
    Ex. The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently.
    Ex. So basically they are chickening out of the debate.
    * * *
    (v.) = wimp, wimp out (on), chicken out (on/of)

    Ex: He regards David Jull's unwillingness to take up such a proposal as an early indication that John Howard and his colleagues are wimping.

    Ex: The main reason he wimped out was that he had a cheap bike that didn't gear properly, and made it extremely hard to bike efficiently.
    Ex: So basically they are chickening out of the debate.

    * * *

    ■achicarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (apocarse) to lose heart
    2 (mermar) to get smaller
    ' achicarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    achicar
    English:
    chicken
    - shrink
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [empequeñecer] to grow smaller
    2. [acobardarse] to be intimidated
    * * *
    v/r get smaller; fig
    feel intimidated
    * * *
    vr
    : to become intimidated

    Spanish-English dictionary > achicarse

  • 20 acobardar

    v.
    1 to frighten, to scare.
    2 to intimidate, to daunt, to scare.
    * * *
    1 to frighten, unnerve
    1 to become frightened, lose one's nerve, shrink back ( ante, from)
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=intimidar) to intimidate, cow; (=atemorizar) to overawe, unnerve
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < persona> to unnerve, intimidate
    2.
    acobardarse v pron to lose one's nerve
    * * *
    = browbeat, bully.
    Ex. Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.
    Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    ----
    * acobardarse = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feet.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < persona> to unnerve, intimidate
    2.
    acobardarse v pron to lose one's nerve
    * * *
    = browbeat, bully.

    Ex: Care must be exercised in seeing that these teaching aids do not become weapons to browbeat with.

    Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.
    * acobardarse = wuss out, wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of), get + cold feet.

    * * *
    acobardar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹persona› to unnerve, intimidate
    su presencia los acobardó they found his presence unnerving o intimidating
    to get frightened o scared, lose one's nerve acobardarse ANTE algo ‹ante una dificultad/un obstáculo›
    no hay que acobardarse ante el peligro we must not flinch in the face of danger
    no se acobarda ante nada nothing daunts her, she isn't frightened o daunted by anything
    * * *

    acobardar ( conjugate acobardar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to unnerve, intimidate
    acobardarse verbo pronominal
    to lose one's nerve;

    acobardar verbo transitivo to frighten

    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to frighten, to scare
    * * *
    v/t intimidate
    * * *
    intimidar: to frighten, to intimidate

    Spanish-English dictionary > acobardar

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