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  • 101 disculparse

    1 to apologize ( por, for), excuse oneself
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    (v.) = apologise [apologize, -USA], eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt
    Ex. I have to apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but things have been pretty hectic.
    Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.
    Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.
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    (v.) = apologise [apologize, -USA], eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

    Ex: I have to apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but things have been pretty hectic.

    Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.
    Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

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    ■disculparse verbo reflexivo to apologize [por, for]: quisiera disculparme por lo de ayer, I'd like to apologize for what happened yesterday
    ' disculparse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    excusarse
    - perdón
    - corresponder
    - disculpar
    English:
    apologize
    - decency
    - far
    - sorry
    - order
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    vpr
    to apologize (con/por to/for);
    no te disculpes, hombre, son cosas que pasan don't go apologizing, these things happen;
    después de su mala actuación, se disculpó con el público after his bad performance he apologized to the audience
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    v/r apologize
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    vr
    : to apologize
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    disculparse vb to apologize

    Spanish-English dictionary > disculparse

  • 102 discusión

    f.
    1 discussion, talking, confabulation, conversation.
    2 discussion, debate.
    3 discussion, altercation, quarrel, dispute.
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    1 (charla) discussion
    2 (disputa) argument
    \
    tener una discusión to argue, have an argument, quarrel
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=riña) argument
    2) (=debate) discussion
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    a) (de asunto, tema) discussion
    b) (altercado, disputa) argument
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    = debate, discussion, disputation, dispute, thread, argument, spat, war of words.
    Ex. The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.
    Ex. In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
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    * centrar una discusión = focus + discussion.
    * discusión acalorada = hand-waving.
    * discusión bizantina = pointless discussion, pointless argument.
    * discusiones sobre gustos y colores = flame war.
    * discusiones sobre nimiedades = hair-splitting argument.
    * discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around.
    * discusión sin sentido = pointless discussion, pointless argument.
    * discusión sobre nimiedades = hair-splitting argument, hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.
    * foro de discusión = newsgroup [news group], electronic forum.
    * generar discusión = generate + discussion.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * lista de discusión = discussion list.
    * no admitir discusión = be out of the question.
    * panel de discusión = discussion panel.
    * posponer una discusión = table + discussion.
    * proponer a discusión = moot.
    * punto de discusión = bone of contention.
    * retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.
    * suscitar la discusión = spark + discussion.
    * tema de discusión = discussion topic.
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    a) (de asunto, tema) discussion
    b) (altercado, disputa) argument
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    = debate, discussion, disputation, dispute, thread, argument, spat, war of words.

    Ex: The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.

    Ex: In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.
    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    * centrar una discusión = focus + discussion.
    * discusión acalorada = hand-waving.
    * discusión bizantina = pointless discussion, pointless argument.
    * discusiones sobre gustos y colores = flame war.
    * discusiones sobre nimiedades = hair-splitting argument.
    * discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around.
    * discusión sin sentido = pointless discussion, pointless argument.
    * discusión sobre nimiedades = hair-splitting argument, hair-splitting [hairsplitting].
    * el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.
    * foro de discusión = newsgroup [news group], electronic forum.
    * generar discusión = generate + discussion.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * lista de discusión = discussion list.
    * no admitir discusión = be out of the question.
    * panel de discusión = discussion panel.
    * posponer una discusión = table + discussion.
    * proponer a discusión = moot.
    * punto de discusión = bone of contention.
    * retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.
    * suscitar la discusión = spark + discussion.
    * tema de discusión = discussion topic.

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    1 (de un asunto, tema) discussion
    eso no admite discusión alguna that leaves no room for dispute o discussion
    tras siete horas de discusiones after seven hours of discussion
    está en período de discusión it is at the discussion stage
    2 (altercado, disputa) argument
    se enzarzaron or ( AmL) se trenzaron en una violenta discusión they became involved in o got into a violent argument
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    discusión sustantivo femenino
    a) (de asunto, tema) discussion

    b) (altercado, disputa) argument

    discusión sustantivo femenino
    1 (disputa) argument, dispute: fue una discusión agria, it was an unpleasant argument
    2 (debate) discussion, debate
    la discusión sobre la conveniencia de estas nuevas medidas, the debate over the need for these new measures
    ' discusión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buscarse
    - caliente
    - calma
    - clara
    - claro
    - degenerar
    - foro
    - fragor
    - malparada
    - malparado
    - moderar
    - parte
    - pelea
    - recaer
    - regañar
    - reñir
    - riña
    - roce
    - saldar
    - sumarse
    - trapisonda
    - zafarrancho
    - acalorado
    - alegato
    - animado
    - armar
    - áspero
    - disgusto
    - disputa
    - estéril
    - excitar
    - fin
    - fuerte
    - interminable
    - parado
    - pleito
    - respaldar
    - tener
    - terminar
    - vano
    English:
    academic
    - argument
    - blowup
    - breath
    - culminate
    - disagreement
    - discussion
    - fierce
    - heat up
    - heated
    - hornet
    - limb
    - mire
    - run-in
    - slanging-match
    - touch off
    - wrangling
    - debate
    - dispute
    - go
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    1. [conversación, debate] discussion;
    tuvimos una discusión sobre política we had a discussion about politics;
    en discusión under discussion;
    eso no admite discusión that's indisputable, there can be no doubt about that;
    es, sin discusión, el mejor it is, without question, the best
    2. [pelea] argument;
    tuvieron una discusión they had an argument
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    f
    1 discussion
    2 ( disputa) argument
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    discusión nf, pl - siones
    1) : discussion
    2) altercado, disputa: argument
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    1. (riña) argument
    2. (debate) discussion

    Spanish-English dictionary > discusión

  • 103 disputa

    f.
    dispute.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: disputar.
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    1 (discusión) dispute, argument, quarrel
    2 (enfrentamiento) clash, struggle
    \
    sin disputa without dispute
    tener una disputa to quarrel
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=discusión) dispute, argument

    sin disputa — undoubtedly, beyond dispute

    2) (=controversia) controversy
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    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

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    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
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    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
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    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

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    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.

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    1 (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    2 (controversia) dispute
    ha sido objeto de una larga disputa it has been the source of a long-running dispute
    es, sin disputa, la mejor she is, without question, the best
    3 (combate) fight
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    Del verbo disputar: ( conjugate disputar)

    disputa es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    disputa    
    disputar
    disputa sustantivo femenino
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument



    disputar ( conjugate disputar) verbo transitivo
    a) disputale algo a algn ‹ título› to challenge sb for sth;


    b) ‹ partido› to play;

    ‹ combate› to fight
    disputarse verbo pronominal:

    disputa sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento) dispute
    (por un puesto, etc) contest
    2 (riña, pelea) argument
    disputar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (debatir) disputaban sobre ello acaloradamente, they were arguing heatedly about it
    2 (competir por) to contest: han disputado la carrera dos de los mejores atletas, two of the best athletes competed in the race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (competir) to compete: le disputa la presidencia a Gómez, he is competing against Gómez for the presidency
    2 Dep (un encuentro) to play

    ' disputa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - bronca
    - concesión
    - discusión
    - disgusto
    - disputar
    - disputarse
    - margen
    - trabar
    - agrio
    - arbitrar
    - litigio
    - lugar
    - originar
    - pleito
    - querella
    English:
    acrimonious
    - contention
    - dispute
    - embroil
    - feud
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - row
    - squabble
    - wrangle
    - settle
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    1. [discusión] dispute, argument
    2. [competición] contest;
    la disputa por el título de liga the battle for the league title;
    entrar en la disputa por algo to enter the contest for sth;
    hay mucha disputa para conseguir el puesto there's a lot of competition for the post
    3. [polémica] dispute;
    mediar o [m5] terciar en la disputa to intervene in the dispute;
    es, sin disputa, el más lujoso it is indisputably o unquestionably the most luxurious
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    f dispute;
    sin disputa undoubtedly
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    altercado, discusión: dispute, argument

    Spanish-English dictionary > disputa

  • 104 documento de imagen en movimiento

    Ex. Images bear a different relationship to objects and events from that of words, and the manner in which moving image documents generate meaning differs from the way strings of words communicate.
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    Ex: Images bear a different relationship to objects and events from that of words, and the manner in which moving image documents generate meaning differs from the way strings of words communicate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > documento de imagen en movimiento

  • 105 droga

    f.
    1 drug.
    la droga drugs
    droga blanda/dura soft/hard drug
    drogas sintéticas o de diseño designer drugs
    2 medicine, remedy, drug, medicament.
    3 debt.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: drogar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: drogar.
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    1 drug
    \
    droga blanda/dura soft/hard drug
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (Med) drug
    2) (Dep) dope
    3) (Com) drug on the market, unsaleable article
    4) LAm * [deuda] debt
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    1) drug

    drogas duras/blandas — hard/soft drugs

    2) (Méx fam) ( deuda) debt
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    = drug, illegal drug.
    Ex. For example, 'FIND: drug and abuse' retrieves records that contain these two words but also locates records that contain the words drug and sexual abuse (and not necessarily drug abuse).
    Ex. Colombia's Police Chief has said the government would continue to fumigate the country's crops of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, in the fight against illegal drugs.
    ----
    * abuso de las drogas = drug abuse.
    * adicción a las drogas = drug habit.
    * alijo de drogas = drug cache, drug haul.
    * comercio de drogas = drug trade.
    * consumidor de drogas = drug user.
    * delito de drogas = drug offense.
    * delito relacionado con las drogas = drug offense.
    * droga de club = club drug.
    * droga de diseño = club drug, designer drug.
    * droga de fiesta = club drug.
    * droga ilegal = illicit drug.
    * guerra contra las drogas = war on drugs.
    * libre de drogas = drug-free.
    * lucha contra las drogas = war on drugs.
    * mundo de las drogas = drug culture.
    * prueba de detección de consumo de drogas = drug testing.
    * relacionado con las drogas = drug-related.
    * resistente a las drogas = drug-resistant.
    * traficante de drogas = drug trafficker, drug runner, drug smuggler, drug pusher, drug dealer, drug mule, drug courier.
    * tráfico de drogas = trafficking in drugs, drug traffic, drug trafficking, drug trade.
    * tráfico ilegal de drogas = illicit drug trafficking.
    * * *
    1) drug

    drogas duras/blandas — hard/soft drugs

    2) (Méx fam) ( deuda) debt
    * * *
    = drug, illegal drug.

    Ex: For example, 'FIND: drug and abuse' retrieves records that contain these two words but also locates records that contain the words drug and sexual abuse (and not necessarily drug abuse).

    Ex: Colombia's Police Chief has said the government would continue to fumigate the country's crops of coca, the plant used to make cocaine, in the fight against illegal drugs.
    * abuso de las drogas = drug abuse.
    * adicción a las drogas = drug habit.
    * alijo de drogas = drug cache, drug haul.
    * comercio de drogas = drug trade.
    * consumidor de drogas = drug user.
    * delito de drogas = drug offense.
    * delito relacionado con las drogas = drug offense.
    * droga de club = club drug.
    * droga de diseño = club drug, designer drug.
    * droga de fiesta = club drug.
    * droga ilegal = illicit drug.
    * guerra contra las drogas = war on drugs.
    * libre de drogas = drug-free.
    * lucha contra las drogas = war on drugs.
    * mundo de las drogas = drug culture.
    * prueba de detección de consumo de drogas = drug testing.
    * relacionado con las drogas = drug-related.
    * resistente a las drogas = drug-resistant.
    * traficante de drogas = drug trafficker, drug runner, drug smuggler, drug pusher, drug dealer, drug mule, drug courier.
    * tráfico de drogas = trafficking in drugs, drug traffic, drug trafficking, drug trade.
    * tráfico ilegal de drogas = illicit drug trafficking.

    * * *
    el problema de la droga the drug problem, the problem of drug abuse
    Compuestos:
    soft drug
    ● droga de diseño or laboratorio
    designer drug
    hard drug
    smart drug
    wonder drug
    B ( Méx fam) (deuda) debt
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    Del verbo drogar: ( conjugate drogar)

    droga es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    droga    
    drogar
    droga sustantivo femenino
    drug;
    ◊ drogas duras/blandas hard/soft drugs

    drogar ( conjugate drogar) verbo transitivo
    to drug
    drogarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to take drugs
    droga f Med & figurado drug: el amor es una droga para él, love is a drug for him
    drogar verbo transitivo to drug

    ' droga' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - chutarse
    - chute
    - ciega
    - ciego
    - coca
    - colgarse
    - crac
    - crack
    - engancharse
    - erradicación
    - heroína
    - intervenir
    - maría
    - metabolizar
    - metabolizarse
    - pico
    - profundizar
    - regusto
    - speed
    - tolerancia
    - tripi
    - ácido
    - adicto
    - anestesia
    - intervención
    - legalización
    - legalizar
    - mundo
    - pinchazo
    - un
    English:
    catch
    - come off
    - confiscate
    - corrupt
    - crack
    - crack down
    - crackdown
    - dealer
    - dope
    - drug
    - fix
    - front
    - hard
    - haul
    - heroin
    - lead to
    - miracle
    - numb
    - powerful
    - push
    - pusher
    - run
    - seize
    - seizure
    - shoot
    - sniff
    - snort
    - soft
    - stoned
    - take
    - traffic
    - trip
    - wear off
    - wonder
    - recreational
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    droga nf
    1. [sustancia] drug;
    la droga drugs;
    el problema de la droga the drug problem;
    engancharse a/dejar la droga to get hooked on/to come off drugs
    droga blanda soft drug;
    droga de diseño designer drug;
    droga dura hard drug;
    droga sintética designer drug
    2. [afición]
    su droga son los toros bullfighting is his passion, he's hooked on bullfighting
    3. Chile, Méx, Perú [deuda] bad debt
    4. Comp
    CAm, Cuba Fam
    mandar a alguien a la droga to tell sb to get lost
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    f drug
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    droga nf
    : drug
    * * *
    droga n drug

    Spanish-English dictionary > droga

  • 106 ejercer control sobre

    (v.) = exercise + control over, have + hold on
    Ex. Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.
    Ex. 'What mystifies me -- ' she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.
    * * *
    (v.) = exercise + control over, have + hold on

    Ex: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

    Ex: 'What mystifies me -- ' she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejercer control sobre

  • 107 el camino se hace andando

    Ex. But in the end, although I've talked myself blue in the face, I'm afraid actions speak louder than words.
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    Ex: But in the end, although I've talked myself blue in the face, I'm afraid actions speak louder than words.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el camino se hace andando

  • 108 elocuente

    adj.
    eloquent.
    se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent silence
    una mirada elocuente a meaningful look
    * * *
    1 eloquent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent
    * * *
    = articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.
    Ex. Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
    Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
    Ex. H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.
    Ex. No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.
    Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent
    * * *
    = articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.

    Ex: Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.

    Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
    Ex: H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.
    Ex: No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.
    Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/discurso› eloquent, articulate
    2 ‹mirada/gesto/silencio› eloquent
    las cifras son elocuentes the figures speak for themselves o are eloquent
    un gesto que fue más elocuente que cualquier palabra a gesture that said more than any words could, a gesture that was more eloquent than any words could be
    * * *

    elocuente adjetivo
    eloquent
    elocuente adjetivo eloquent: hizo un gesto muy elocuente, he made a very eloquent gesture
    su sonrisa era muy elocuente, her smile was very telling
    ' elocuente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    articulate
    - eloquent
    - fluent
    - pregnant
    - telling
    * * *
    1. [persona, discurso, declaraciones] eloquent
    2. [sonrisa, gesto] eloquent, meaningful;
    [hechos, imágenes, datos] eloquent;
    se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent o a meaningful silence;
    una mirada elocuente an eloquent o a meaningful look;
    los datos son elocuentes the facts speak for themselves
    * * *
    adj eloquent
    * * *
    : eloquent

    Spanish-English dictionary > elocuente

  • 109 empezar

    v.
    to begin, to start.
    empezó la conferencia dando la bienvenida a los asistentes she began o started her speech by welcoming everyone there
    empezaron otra botella de vino they started o opened another bottle of wine
    la clase empieza a las diez the class begins o starts at ten o'clock
    ¡no empieces!, ¡ya hemos discutido este tema lo suficiente! don't you start, we've spent long enough on this subject already!
    al empezar la reunión when the meeting started o began
    empezar a hacer algo to begin o start to do something
    empezar por hacer algo to begin o start by doing something
    para empezar to begin o start with
    Ricardo empezó la fiesta tarde Richard began the party late.
    La fiesta empezó tarde The party began late.
    Ricardo empezó el crucigrama Richard started the crossword puzzle.
    * * *
    (e changes to ie in stressed syllables and z changes to c before e)
    Present Indicative
    empiezo, empiezas, empieza, empezamos, empezáis, empiezan.
    Past ind
    empecé, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezasteis, empezaron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    empieza (tú), empiece (él/Vd.), empecemos (nos.), empezad (vos.), empiecen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    to begin, start
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=comenzar) [gen] to start, begin; [en un puesto de trabajo] to start

    el año ha empezado mal — the year got off to a bad start, the year started o began badly

    antes de empezar, os recordaré que... — before we start o begin, I'd like to remind you that...

    al empezar el año — at the start o beginning of the year

    ¿cuándo empieza el nuevo cocinero? — when does the new cook start?

    ¡no empieces! — * don't you start! *

    • para empezar — to start with, begin with

    para empezar quisiera agradecerte tu presencia entre nosotros — I would like to start o begin by thanking you for being with us, to start o begin with, I would like to thank you for being with us

    - todo es cuestión de empezar
    2)

    • empezar a hacer algo — [gen] to start o begin to do sth, start o begin doing sth; [en un trabajo] to start to do o doing sth

    empezó a llover — it started o began to rain, it started o began raining

    ya empiezo a entrar en calor — I'm starting o beginning to feel warm now

    3)

    • empezar haciendo algo — to begin o start by doing sth

    empezaremos pidiendo ayuda — we'll start o begin by asking for help

    la canción empieza diciendo que... — the song begins o starts by saying that...

    4)

    • empezar con algo — [película, curso, año] to start o begin with sth

    la novela empieza con una referencia a Sartre — the novel starts o begins with a reference to Sartre

    empezamos con cerveza y acabamos con vino — we started on o began with beer and ended up on wine

    ¿cuándo empezáis con las clases de inglés? — when do you start your English classes?

    ¡no empieces otra vez con lo mismo! — don't start on that again!

    5)

    • empezar por algo/algn — to start with sth/sb, begin with sth/sb

    empezaré por la cocina — I'll start o begin with the kitchen

    "huelga" empieza por hache — "huelga" starts o begins with (an) h

    empezar por hacer algo — to start by doing sth, begin by doing sth

    2.
    VT [+ actividad, temporada] to start, begin; [+ botella, jamón] to start

    hemos empezado mal la semana — the week got off to a bad start for us, the week started badly for us

    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) película/conferencia/invierno to begin, start

    empezar a + inf — to start to + inf, start -ing

    me empezó a entrar hambre — I began o started to feel hungry

    2) persona to start

    empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar — to start again

    todo es (cuestión de) empezar — it'll be fine once we/you get started

    empezar a + inf — to start -ing, start to + inf

    empezó a llorar — he began o started to cry

    empezar + ger — to start by -ing

    empezó diciendo que... — she started o began by saying that...

    empezar por + inf — to start o begin by -ing

    empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico — let's begin o start by looking at the historical context

    3)

    para empezar — first of all, to start with

    2.
    1) <tarea/actividad> to start
    2) <frasco/mermelada> to start, open
    * * *
    = begin, get + started, start, start off, kick off, set out, get + Nombre + underway, get + Posesivo + feet wet, set in, cut + Posesivo + spurs, commence.
    Ex. This section has begun to demonstrate some of the problems associated with the author approach.
    Ex. 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.
    Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex. If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The bucks start here: ALA kicks off library funding campaign'.
    Ex. The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.
    Ex. The author describes two surveys which the IFLA Section has been involved in to acquire the information necessary to get the project underway.
    Ex. Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.
    Ex. Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.
    Ex. Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.
    Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
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    * acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.
    * al empezar = first off.
    * bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away.
    * empezar a = be on + Posesivo + way to.
    * empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).
    * empezar a actuar = swing into + action.
    * empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.
    * empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre.
    * empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.
    * empezar a dar carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.
    * empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre.
    * empezar a debatir = embark on/upon + discussion.
    * empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a diluviar = the skies + open up.
    * empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.
    * empezar a fumar = take up + smoking.
    * empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.
    * empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.
    * empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.
    * empezar a imprimir = go to + press.
    * empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.
    * empezar a irse al garete = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a jugar mejor = get back into + the game.
    * empezar Algo = get + Nombre + started.
    * empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * empezar a pensar en = turn + Posesivo + mind to.
    * empezar a reírse a carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.
    * empezar a resquebrajarse = develop + cracks.
    * empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears, eyes + start to well up.
    * empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.
    * empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.
    * empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.
    * empezar a trabajar = take + job.
    * empezar a tratar = scratch + the surface of, scrape + the surface.
    * empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.
    * empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.
    * empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.
    * empezar desde = work from, set out from.
    * empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.
    * empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * empezar por el final = work back from.
    * empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * empezar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.
    * empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.
    * enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.
    * hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.
    * bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.
    * para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.
    * terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.
    * una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.
    * una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.
    * volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
    * volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) película/conferencia/invierno to begin, start

    empezar a + inf — to start to + inf, start -ing

    me empezó a entrar hambre — I began o started to feel hungry

    2) persona to start

    empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar — to start again

    todo es (cuestión de) empezar — it'll be fine once we/you get started

    empezar a + inf — to start -ing, start to + inf

    empezó a llorar — he began o started to cry

    empezar + ger — to start by -ing

    empezó diciendo que... — she started o began by saying that...

    empezar por + inf — to start o begin by -ing

    empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico — let's begin o start by looking at the historical context

    3)

    para empezar — first of all, to start with

    2.
    1) <tarea/actividad> to start
    2) <frasco/mermelada> to start, open
    * * *
    = begin, get + started, start, start off, kick off, set out, get + Nombre + underway, get + Posesivo + feet wet, set in, cut + Posesivo + spurs, commence.

    Ex: This section has begun to demonstrate some of the problems associated with the author approach.

    Ex: 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.
    Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex: If you establish a principle of using the national language, where do you start off?.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The bucks start here: ALA kicks off library funding campaign'.
    Ex: The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.
    Ex: The author describes two surveys which the IFLA Section has been involved in to acquire the information necessary to get the project underway.
    Ex: Coming clean to voters is something she's gonna have to get used to if she is really serious about getting her feet wet in elected politics.
    Ex: Open or compound fractures were usually fatal prior to the advent of antiseptics in the 1860s because infection would set in.
    Ex: Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.
    Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    * acabar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.
    * al empezar = first off.
    * bomba de relojería + empezar la cuenta atrás = time bomb + tick away.
    * empezar a = be on + Posesivo + way to.
    * empezar a acabarse = run + low (on).
    * empezar a actuar = swing into + action.
    * empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.
    * empezar a caer en picado = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a calar en = grow on/upon + Pronombre.
    * empezar a comprender = grow on/upon + Pronombre.
    * empezar a dar carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.
    * empezar a darse cuenta de = grow on/upon + Pronombre.
    * empezar a debatir = embark on/upon + discussion.
    * empezar a deteriorarse = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a diluviar = the skies + open up.
    * empezar a empeorar = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a faltar = be in short supply, be at a premium.
    * empezar a fumar = take up + smoking.
    * empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.
    * empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea.
    * empezar a hablar de = make + noises about, make + a noise about.
    * empezar a imprimir = go to + press.
    * empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.
    * empezar a irse al garete = hit + the skids, be on the skids.
    * empezar a jugar mejor = get back into + the game.
    * empezar Algo = get + Nombre + started.
    * empezar Algo con buen pie = start + Nombre + off on the right foot.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * empezar a pensar en = turn + Posesivo + mind to.
    * empezar a reírse a carcajadas = burst into + a fit of laughter, burst into + side-splitting laughter.
    * empezar a resquebrajarse = develop + cracks.
    * empezar a saltar las lágrimas = eyes + start to well up with tears, eyes + start to well up.
    * empezar a sudar por el esfuerzo = work up + a sweat, work up + a lather.
    * empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.
    * empezar a tener sentido = become + meaningful.
    * empezar a trabajar = take + job.
    * empezar a tratar = scratch + the surface of, scrape + the surface.
    * empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.
    * empezar con buen pie = start + Nombre + on the right footing, hit + the ground running.
    * empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.
    * empezar desde = work from, set out from.
    * empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.
    * empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.
    * empezar lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.
    * empezar por el final = work back from.
    * empezar por el principio = start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * empezar rápido = be quick off the mark, be quick off the blocks.
    * empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.
    * enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.
    * hay que empezar por el principio = first things must come first.
    * bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.
    * para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.
    * terminar mejor de lo que + empezar = end up on + a high note.
    * una buena forma de empezar = a good way to start.
    * una manera de empezar = a foot in the door.
    * volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.
    * volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

    * * *
    empezar [A6 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «película/conferencia/invierno» to begin, start
    el curso empieza el 16 the course begins o ( frml) commences on the 16th
    ¿con qué letra empieza? what is the first letter?, what letter does it begin with?
    al empezar el siglo at the turn of the century
    ya han empezado los fríos the cold weather has arrived o started
    2 empezar A + INF to start to + INF, start -ING
    ha empezado a nevar it has started snowing, it has started to snow
    le empezó a entrar hambre she began o started to feel hungry
    empezó a hervir it began boiling o to boil, it came to the boil, it started boiling o to boil
    le han empezado a salir espinillas she's getting o starting to get pimples
    empieza a ser imposible conseguirlo it is becoming impossible to get it
    B «persona»
    ¿cuándo empieza la nueva secretaria? when is the new secretary starting?, when does the new secretary start?
    empezó de aprendiz he started o began as an apprentice
    tendremos que empezar de nuevo or volver a empezar we'll have to start again
    todo es (cuestión de) empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started
    ¡ya empezamos otra vez! here we go again!
    empezar POR algo/algn:
    empecemos por el principio let's begin o start at the beginning
    empezó por la pared del fondo he started o began with the back wall
    no sabe por dónde empezar she doesn't know where to begin o start
    vamos a empezar por ti let's start with you
    2 empezar A + INF to start -ING, start to + INF
    cuando empezó a hablar se le fueron los nervios once she started o began talking, her nervousness disappeared
    tenía dos años cuando empezó a hablar she started talking when she was two
    empezó a llorar he began o started to cry
    3 empezar + GER to start BY -ING
    empezó diciendo que sería breve she started o began by saying that she would be brief
    empezó trabajando de mecánico he started by working as a mechanic, he started out as a mechanic
    4 empezar POR + INF to start o begin BY -ING
    empieza por sentarte begin o start by taking a seat, take a seat first
    se empieza por marinar la carne first marinade the meat
    empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical context
    C
    para empezar: para empezar, me parece un disparate for a start o for one thing, I think it's a ridiculous idea
    para empezar, ¿quién te dio permiso para leer mi correspondencia? who gave you permission to read my letters anyway?
    para empezar, hay que limpiar la superficie first of all o to start with, you have to clean the surface
    ■ empezar
    vt
    A ‹tarea/actividad› to start
    se debe empezar el día con un buen desayuno you should start o begin the day with a good breakfast
    ¿ya empezaste el tercer capítulo? have you started chapter three yet?
    B ‹frasco/lata/mermelada› to start, open
    no empieces otra botella don't start o open another bottle
    ¿podemos empezar este jamón? can we start on this ham?
    * * *

     

    empezar ( conjugate empezar) verbo intransitivo
    1 [película/conferencia/invierno] to begin, start;
    ◊ empezó a nevar it started to snow o snowing

    2 [ persona] to start;

    todo es cuestión de empezar it'll be fine once we/you get started;
    no sé por dónde empezar I don't know where to begin;
    vamos a empezar por ti let's start with you;
    empezar a hacer algo to start doing sth, start to do sth;
    empezó diciendo que … she started o began by saying that …;
    empezó trabajando de mecánico he started out as a mechanic;
    empecemos por estudiar el contexto histórico let's begin o start by looking at the historical context
    3

    verbo transitivo
    a) ‹tarea/actividad› to start

    b) ‹frasco/mermelada› to start, open

    empezar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
    1 (dar principio a una actividad) to begin, start: aún no hemos empezado a comer, we still haven't started to eat
    para empezar, first of all: para empezar, eso que dices no es cierto, to begin with what you're saying is just not true
    no empieces con tus tonterías, don't start being stupid again
    2 (un paquete, una caja) to open, start: la caja de galletas está sin empezar, the box of biscuits hasn't been opened yet
    3 (tener principio) to start: la película empieza a las diez, the film starts at ten o'clock ➣ Ver nota en begin y start
    ♦ Locuciones: ya empezamos, here we go again
    ' empezar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adormecerse
    - arrancar
    - cada
    - cobrar
    - compilación
    - echar
    - echarse
    - ponerse
    - pronta
    - pronto
    - romper
    - soltarse
    - trabar
    - vaya
    - volver
    - ya
    - a
    - aclarar
    - cero
    - empiece
    - entrar
    - incendiar
    - largar
    - poner
    English:
    begin
    - branch out
    - clean up
    - cotton on
    - daunt
    - fail
    - flying
    - get
    - grow
    - impatient
    - kick off
    - nervous
    - open
    - pipe up
    - place
    - set off
    - spring
    - square
    - start
    - start off
    - start up
    - strike up
    - take off
    - take up
    - thing
    - turn
    - afresh
    - beginning
    - ground
    - into
    - keen
    - kick
    - originate
    - over
    - rampage
    - roll
    - scratch
    - strike
    - suppose
    - undone
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to begin, to start;
    empezó la conferencia dando la bienvenida a los asistentes she began o started her speech by welcoming everyone there;
    todavía no hemos empezado el colegio we still haven't started school;
    empecé el libro, pero no lo conseguí acabar I started (reading) the book, but didn't manage to finish it;
    hemos empezado la tarta we've started the cake;
    empezaron otra botella de vino they started o opened another bottle of wine
    ♦ vi
    to begin, to start (a/por to/by);
    la clase empieza a las diez the class begins o starts at ten o'clock;
    ¿a qué hora empieza el partido? what time does the game start?;
    el concierto empezó tarde the concert started late;
    la película empieza con una escena muy violenta the film begins with a very violent scene;
    tuvieron que empezar de nuevo they had to start again;
    el aprender a nadar, todo es empezar with swimming, getting started is half the battle;
    ¡no empieces!, ¡ya hemos discutido este tema lo suficiente! don't you start, we've spent long enough on this subject already!;
    ¡ya empezamos con el vecino y su música! here we go again with our neighbour and his music!;
    al empezar la reunión when the meeting started o began;
    al empezar resulta un poco difícil it's quite hard at first o to begin with;
    en noviembre empezó a hacer frío it started getting colder in November;
    empezó pidiendo disculpas por su retraso she started o began by apologizing for being late;
    empezar por: empieza por el salón, yo haré la cocina you start on the living-room, I'll do the kitchen;
    empieza por aflojar los tornillos first, loosen the screws, start o begin by loosening the screws;
    empieza por portarte bien, y ya hablaremos first you start behaving well, then we'll talk;
    para empezar: para empezar, sopa I'd like soup for starters o to start with;
    para empezar, habrá que comprar los billetes first of all o to start with, we'll have to buy the tickets;
    no me gusta, para empezar, es demasiado pequeño I don't like it, it's too small to start with
    * * *
    I v/t start, begin
    II v/i
    1 start, begin;
    empezar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth;
    empezar por hacer algo start o begin by doing sth;
    empezar por alguien start with s.o.;
    para empezar to begin with;
    ya empezamos fam here we go again
    * * *
    empezar {29} v
    comenzar: to start, to begin
    * * *
    empezar vb to start / to begin [pt. began; pp. begun]

    Spanish-English dictionary > empezar

  • 110 en las palabras de uno mismo

    = in + Posesivo + own words
    Ex. The enquirer should be encouraged to express himself freely and if necessary at length, so that we have as complete a statement as he is able to give of what he wants, in his own words.
    * * *
    = in + Posesivo + own words

    Ex: The enquirer should be encouraged to express himself freely and if necessary at length, so that we have as complete a statement as he is able to give of what he wants, in his own words.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en las palabras de uno mismo

  • 111 en otras palabras

    = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say
    Ex. In other words, the information supplied in the document matches, to an acceptable degree, the information demanded by the user.
    Ex. To put it another way, the humanities, although a growing part of the database world, are still a very small part of that world.
    Ex. When you are unemployed, which is to say when you are underfed, harassed, bored, and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food.
    * * *
    = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say

    Ex: In other words, the information supplied in the document matches, to an acceptable degree, the information demanded by the user.

    Ex: To put it another way, the humanities, although a growing part of the database world, are still a very small part of that world.
    Ex: When you are unemployed, which is to say when you are underfed, harassed, bored, and miserable, you don't want to eat dull wholesome food.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en otras palabras

  • 112 entrecortadamente

    ADV [respirar] in a laboured way; [hablar] falteringly, hesitatingly
    * * *
    = hesitantly, falteringly, haltingly, jerkily.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed.
    Ex. The gray-haired bishop spoke haltingly at first, choosing his words with care.
    Ex. He seemed rather thoughtful and absent-minded, spoke jerkily and ungrammatically, transposing words in rather a strange way.
    ----
    * decir entrecordamente = splurt out.
    * * *
    = hesitantly, falteringly, haltingly, jerkily.

    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.

    Ex: Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed.
    Ex: The gray-haired bishop spoke haltingly at first, choosing his words with care.
    Ex: He seemed rather thoughtful and absent-minded, spoke jerkily and ungrammatically, transposing words in rather a strange way.
    * decir entrecordamente = splurt out.

    * * *
    falteringly
    * * *
    [hablar] falteringly; [respirar] with difficulty; [escucharse, recibirse] intermittently

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrecortadamente

  • 113 estupefaciente

    adj.
    stupefacient, stupefying, stupefactive.
    m.
    narcotic, drug.
    * * *
    1 stupefying
    1 drug, narcotic
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SM narcotic, drug
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo narcotic
    II
    masculino narcotic (drug)
    * * *
    = narcotic, drug.
    Ex. This finding supports the hypothesis that the toxicity of narcotics is directly related to the accumulation in biological membranes.
    Ex. For example, 'FIND: drug and abuse' retrieves records that contain these two words but also locates records that contain the words drug and sexual abuse (and not necessarily drug abuse).
    ----
    * brigada de estupefacientes = drug squad.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo narcotic
    II
    masculino narcotic (drug)
    * * *
    = narcotic, drug.

    Ex: This finding supports the hypothesis that the toxicity of narcotics is directly related to the accumulation in biological membranes.

    Ex: For example, 'FIND: drug and abuse' retrieves records that contain these two words but also locates records that contain the words drug and sexual abuse (and not necessarily drug abuse).
    * brigada de estupefacientes = drug squad.

    * * *
    narcotic
    sustancias estupefacientes narcotics, narcotic drugs
    narcotic, narcotic drug
    tráfico de estupefacientes drug trafficking
    * * *

    estupefaciente sustantivo masculino
    narcotic (drug);

    estupefaciente sustantivo masculino drug, narcotic

    ' estupefaciente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    drug
    - intoxicating
    - narcotic
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    narcotic
    ♦ nm
    narcotic, drug;
    * * *
    m narcotic (drug)
    * * *
    : narcotic
    droga, narcótico: drug, narcotic

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupefaciente

  • 114 expresar los sentimientos con palabras

    (v.) = put + Posesivo + feelings into words
    Ex. Teenagers may find it difficult to put their feelings into words, and may not show their feelings openly, for fear of upsetting others.
    * * *
    (v.) = put + Posesivo + feelings into words

    Ex: Teenagers may find it difficult to put their feelings into words, and may not show their feelings openly, for fear of upsetting others.

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresar los sentimientos con palabras

  • 115 expresión puente

    Ex. In the final strategy, students re-write textual paragraphs in their own words, using transitional words and phrases to combine sentences.
    * * *

    Ex: In the final strategy, students re-write textual paragraphs in their own words, using transitional words and phrases to combine sentences.

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresión puente

  • 116 feto

    m.
    1 fetus.
    2 ugly person, fright (informal) (persona fea).
    * * *
    1 foetus (US fetus)
    2 familiar (feo) monster, ugly sod
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Bio) foetus, fetus (EEUU)
    2) * (=persona fea)

    vaya tío feo, parece un feto — that guy's as ugly as sin *

    * * *
    a) (Biol, Med) fetus*
    b) (fam) ( persona fea) ugly person

    es un feto — he's/she's as ugly as sin (colloq)

    * * *
    = foetus [fetus, -USA], unborn.
    Ex. The colon may also be used within words as a substitute character when searching text words; for example, F:ETUS will retrieve the American spelling FETUS, but also the English spelling FOETUS = Los dos puntos también se pueden usar dentro de las palabras como un carácter sustituto cuando se buscan palabras del texto, por ejemplo, "F:ETUS" recuperará la grafía americana "FETUS" [ feto], aunque también la inglesa "FOETUS".
    Ex. A prenatal paternity test is a conclusive way to determine if a man is the father of an unborn child.
    ----
    * homicidio del feto = foetal homicide.
    * * *
    a) (Biol, Med) fetus*
    b) (fam) ( persona fea) ugly person

    es un feto — he's/she's as ugly as sin (colloq)

    * * *
    = foetus [fetus, -USA], unborn.

    Ex: The colon may also be used within words as a substitute character when searching text words; for example, F:ETUS will retrieve the American spelling FETUS, but also the English spelling FOETUS = Los dos puntos también se pueden usar dentro de las palabras como un carácter sustituto cuando se buscan palabras del texto, por ejemplo, "F:ETUS" recuperará la grafía americana "FETUS" [ feto], aunque también la inglesa "FOETUS".

    Ex: A prenatal paternity test is a conclusive way to determine if a man is the father of an unborn child.
    * homicidio del feto = foetal homicide.

    * * *
    1 ( Biol, Med) fetus*
    2 ( fam) (persona fea) ugly person
    el pobre es un feto the poor guy's as ugly as sin ( colloq)
    * * *

    feto sustantivo masculino
    fetus( conjugate fetus)
    feto sustantivo masculino foetus, US fetus
    ' feto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engendro
    English:
    fetus
    - foetus
    * * *
    feto nm
    1. [embrión] foetus
    2. Fam [persona fea] ugly mug, face-ache
    Esp feto malayo:
    es un feto malayo he's got a face like the back end of a bus, he's as ugly as sin
    * * *
    m fetus, Br tb
    foetus
    * * *
    feto nm
    : fetus

    Spanish-English dictionary > feto

  • 117 ficticio

    adj.
    1 fictitious, counterfeit, dummy, made-up.
    2 fictitious, pseudonymous.
    3 fictitious, unauthentic, hypocritical, inauthentic.
    4 fictional, stage.
    * * *
    1 fictitious
    * * *
    (f. - ficticia)
    adj.
    fictitious, fictional
    * * *
    ADJ [nombre, carácter] fictitious; [historia, prueba] fabricated
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo <personaje/suceso> fictitious; < valor> fiduciary
    * * *
    = dummy, illusory, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, fancied, make-believe, fictious, delusional.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex. Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex. This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex. No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex. It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.
    Ex. This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex. Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    ----
    * amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * entrada ficticia = rogue entry.
    * pasado ficticio = imaginary past.
    * resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.
    * * *
    - cia adjetivo <personaje/suceso> fictitious; < valor> fiduciary
    * * *
    = dummy, illusory, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, fancied, make-believe, fictious, delusional.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex: Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.
    Ex: This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.
    Ex: No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.
    Ex: It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.
    Ex: This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.
    Ex: Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.
    Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    * amenaza ficticia = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * entrada ficticia = rogue entry.
    * pasado ficticio = imaginary past.
    * resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.

    * * *
    1 ‹personaje/suceso› fictitious
    2 ‹valor› fiduciary
    * * *

    ficticio
    ◊ - cia adjetivo ‹personaje/suceso› fictitious

    ficticio,-a adjetivo fictitious

    ' ficticio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ficticia
    - real
    English:
    doe
    - fictional
    - fictitious
    - assume
    * * *
    ficticio, -a adj
    1. [imaginario] fictitious
    2. [convencional] imaginary
    * * *
    adj fictitious
    * * *
    ficticio, - cia adj
    : fictitious

    Spanish-English dictionary > ficticio

  • 118 gentío

    m.
    1 crowd, mob, lot of people, large group of people.
    2 common people, mob.
    * * *
    1 crowd
    \
    ¡qué gentío! what a crowd!
    * * *
    SM crowd, throng
    * * *
    masculino crowd
    * * *
    = crowd, mob, foot traffic, maddening crowd, throng of people, rabble.
    Ex. The second example specifies, 'far adj3 crowd', that the two words, 'far' and 'crowd', must appear within 3 words of one another.
    Ex. Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.
    Ex. Hidden among the shops (and foot traffic) of Reid Street, this new product requires sleuthlike skills to find.
    Ex. Traffic in the morning, trash at the end of the day, and a chaos of people trying to navigate the maddening crowd in between.
    Ex. We were amazed at the throngs of people out and about that day, enjoying the unusually warm and sunny October afternoon.
    Ex. On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.
    ----
    * lejos del gentío = away from the maddening crowds, far from the maddening crowd(s).
    * perderse entre el gentío = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.
    * * *
    masculino crowd
    * * *
    = crowd, mob, foot traffic, maddening crowd, throng of people, rabble.

    Ex: The second example specifies, 'far adj3 crowd', that the two words, 'far' and 'crowd', must appear within 3 words of one another.

    Ex: Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.
    Ex: Hidden among the shops (and foot traffic) of Reid Street, this new product requires sleuthlike skills to find.
    Ex: Traffic in the morning, trash at the end of the day, and a chaos of people trying to navigate the maddening crowd in between.
    Ex: We were amazed at the throngs of people out and about that day, enjoying the unusually warm and sunny October afternoon.
    Ex: On his return, his house was assaulted by a large concourse of rabble, who broke all the windows and attacked, pelted, beat and otherwise ill-treated him.
    * lejos del gentío = away from the maddening crowds, far from the maddening crowd(s).
    * perderse entre el gentío = lose + Reflexivo + amid the crowd.

    * * *
    crowd
    un gran gentío acudió a recibirlos a great crowd (of people) came to meet them
    había tal gentío que me volví a casa there were so many people there o it was so crowded that I went home again
    * * *

    gentío sustantivo masculino
    crowd
    gentío sustantivo masculino crowd
    ' gentío' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aglomeración
    English:
    drift
    - mill about
    - mill around
    - miss
    - press
    - riotous
    - throng
    - merge
    - spot
    * * *
    crowd;
    se perdió entre el gentío he disappeared into the crowd
    * * *
    m crowd
    * * *
    muchedumbre, multitud: crowd, mob
    * * *
    gentío n crowd / crowd of people

    Spanish-English dictionary > gentío

  • 119 grabar

    v.
    1 to engrave.
    grabó su nombre en un tronco she carved her name on a tree
    El joyero grabó el anillo The jeweller engraved the ring.
    2 to record, to tape (sonido, cinta).
    han grabado un nuevo disco they've recorded a new album
    Elsa grabó una canción Elsa recorded a song.
    * * *
    1 ARTE to engrave
    2 (registrar) to record
    3 INFORMÁTICA to save
    \
    grabarse en la memoria figurado to be engraved on one's memory
    quedarse algo muy grabado figurado to stick in one's mind
    * * *
    verb
    2) tape, record
    * * *
    VT
    1) [en madera, metal] to engrave
    2) [+ sonidos, imágenes] [gen] to record; (=hacer una copia en cinta) to tape

    ¿me puedes grabar este CD? — can you tape this CD for me?

    3) (=fijar) to etch
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Audio, TV) to record
    b) (Art) to engrave
    2.
    grabar vi
    a) (Audio, TV) to record
    b) (Art) to engrave
    3.
    grabarse v pron to be engraved
    * * *
    = cut into, download, etch, brand (as), incise, record.
    Ex. For most of the period woodcuts for letterpress printing were made of a hard, fine-grained wood (such as box or a fruit wood) cut into the side of the plank along the grain.
    Ex. To download is to capture data online from a remote host computer and transfer it to the store of an in-house standalone system, eg a microcomputer, for processing.
    Ex. The idea was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.
    Ex. Music by Jewish composers and works were branded in Nazi Germany as degenerate art.
    Ex. Our books today mix CAPITALS, from letters Romans incised on stone monuments, and 'lower case' letters, derived from script developed in Ireland for parchment manuscripts.
    Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    ----
    * estar grabado en la memoria = imprint on + consciousness.
    * grabar al ácido = etch.
    * grabar en CD = burn to disc.
    * grabar en cinta = tape-record [tape record], tape.
    * grabar en el estudio = film in + the studio.
    * grabar en exteriores = film on + location.
    * grabar en la memoria = imprint on + consciousness.
    * grabar en la mente de Alguien = engrave in + Posesivo + mind.
    * grabar en piedra = engrave in + stone.
    * grabar en relieve = emboss.
    * grabar en vídeo = videotape.
    * sin grabar = unengraved.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Audio, TV) to record
    b) (Art) to engrave
    2.
    grabar vi
    a) (Audio, TV) to record
    b) (Art) to engrave
    3.
    grabarse v pron to be engraved
    * * *
    = cut into, download, etch, brand (as), incise, record.

    Ex: For most of the period woodcuts for letterpress printing were made of a hard, fine-grained wood (such as box or a fruit wood) cut into the side of the plank along the grain.

    Ex: To download is to capture data online from a remote host computer and transfer it to the store of an in-house standalone system, eg a microcomputer, for processing.
    Ex: The idea was forever etched in his consciousness from the day Crane uttered it: a good librarian working anywhere is a credit and benefit to libraries everywhere.
    Ex: Music by Jewish composers and works were branded in Nazi Germany as degenerate art.
    Ex: Our books today mix CAPITALS, from letters Romans incised on stone monuments, and 'lower case' letters, derived from script developed in Ireland for parchment manuscripts.
    Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    * estar grabado en la memoria = imprint on + consciousness.
    * grabar al ácido = etch.
    * grabar en CD = burn to disc.
    * grabar en cinta = tape-record [tape record], tape.
    * grabar en el estudio = film in + the studio.
    * grabar en exteriores = film on + location.
    * grabar en la memoria = imprint on + consciousness.
    * grabar en la mente de Alguien = engrave in + Posesivo + mind.
    * grabar en piedra = engrave in + stone.
    * grabar en relieve = emboss.
    * grabar en vídeo = videotape.
    * sin grabar = unengraved.

    * * *
    grabar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( Audio, TV) to record
    han grabado un nuevo disco they've made a new record, they've recorded a new single/album
    2 ( Art) to engrave
    un reloj grabado con sus iniciales a watch engraved with his initials
    ■ grabar
    vi
    1 ( Audio, TV) to record
    2 ( Art) to engrave
    sus palabras se me grabaron en la memoria her words are engraved on o ( liter) etched in my memory
    su cara se me grabó para siempre her face has been engraved on o ( liter) etched in my mind ever since
    * * *

     

    grabar ( conjugate grabar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    a) (Audio, TV) to record, tape

    b) (Art) to engrave

    grabarse verbo pronominal:

    su cara se me quedó grabada I'll never forget her face
    grabar verbo transitivo
    1 (en una cinta magnética) to record: he grabado la conferencia para poder escucharla con detenimiento, I recorded the lecture so that I could later listen to it carefully
    2 Inform to save: ¡no te olvides de grabar antes de salir!, don't forget to save your work before closing!
    3 Arte to engrave: he grabado mis iniciales en el dorso del plato, I engraved my initials on the back of the plate

    ' grabar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inscribir
    - disco
    English:
    cut
    - duplicate
    - engrave
    - etch
    - inscribe
    - make
    - record
    - tape
    - tape-record
    - video-tape
    - carve
    - fix
    - imprint
    - video
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [en metal] to engrave;
    [en madera] to carve;
    grabó su nombre en un tronco she carved her name on a tree
    2. [sonido] to record;
    [imagen] to record; [en cinta] to record, to tape;
    han grabado un nuevo disco they've recorded a new album
    3. [fijar]
    grabado en su memoria imprinted o engraved on his memory;
    ¡que te quede bien grabado! don't you forget it!
    4. Informát [documento] to save;
    [CD-ROM] to record, to burn
    * * *
    v/t
    1 en video, cinta record
    2 PINT, fig
    engrave;
    el accidente quedó grabar en su memoria the accident was engraved o etched on her memory
    * * *
    grabar vt
    1) : to engrave
    2) : to record, to tape
    grabar vi
    * * *
    grabar vb (en vídeo, cinta, disco) to record

    Spanish-English dictionary > grabar

  • 120 hacer más estricto

    (v.) = tighten
    Ex. Project Key Words aims to tighten national guidelines for use of key words in retrieval systems.
    * * *
    (v.) = tighten

    Ex: Project Key Words aims to tighten national guidelines for use of key words in retrieval systems.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer más estricto

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  • words — angry talk. → word words the text of a play, opera, or other performed piece. → word …   English new terms dictionary

  • words — index speech Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • words — Symbols indicating ideas and subject to contraction and expansion to meet the idea sought to be expressed. Such have been referred to as labels whose content and meaning are continually shifting with the times. Massachusetts Protective Ass n v.… …   Black's law dictionary

  • words — n. text 1) words to (a song) argument, discussion 2) to have words with smb. 3) to weigh ( consider carefully ) one s words 4) heated; threatening words * * * threatening words [ argument, discussion ] to have words with smb. heated to weigh (… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • words — noun 1. the words that are spoken (Freq. 55) I listened to his words very closely • Hypernyms: ↑speech, ↑speech communication, ↑spoken communication, ↑spoken language, ↑language, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • words — n. sayings, utterances; text, libretto; speech; talk (as opposed to action); dispute, argument wÉœrd /wɜːd n. unit of language with meaning; speech, talk; short conversation; utterance; order, command; news, notice; commitment, promise;… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • words — noun /wɜːdz/ An angry discussion. Words have a longer life than deeds. ndash; , Greek poet …   Wiktionary

  • WORDS — Combinatorics on Words, ed. M. Lothaire, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, Volume 17, Addison Wesley, 1983 (informationswissenschaftl. Veoeffentlichungen) …   Acronyms

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