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21 azul oscuro
adj.dark blue, deep-blue.m.dark blue, navy blue, deep blue, blue black.* * *(adj.) = dark blue, deep blueEx. Actually, they are sheets of paper coated with aniline dye which is commonly dark blue or purple, although rainbow packs are obtainable which include red, blue, green, yellow, brown and black.Ex. They wore field dress uniforms, which were deep blue with red woolen collars, cuffs, and lapels and coattails lined in white.* * *(adj.) = dark blue, deep blueEx: Actually, they are sheets of paper coated with aniline dye which is commonly dark blue or purple, although rainbow packs are obtainable which include red, blue, green, yellow, brown and black.
Ex: They wore field dress uniforms, which were deep blue with red woolen collars, cuffs, and lapels and coattails lined in white. -
22 bombachos
m.pl.1 baggy.2 knickerbockers.* * *1 baggy trousers* * *masculino plural baggy trousers (pl) ( which come in at the ankle)* * *= bloomers.Ex. They wore bloomers because cycling had become very popular and women wanted to maintain the modesty that existed during that period.* * *masculino plural baggy trousers (pl) ( which come in at the ankle)* * *= bloomers.Ex: They wore bloomers because cycling had become very popular and women wanted to maintain the modesty that existed during that period.
* * *baggy trousers (pl) ( which come in at the ankle)* * *
bombacho(s) adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino baggy, loose-fitting trousers
' bombachos' also found in these entries:
English:
breeches
- knickerbockers
* * *bombachos nmpl[pantalones] baggy Br trousers o US pants; [para golf] plus fours* * *bombachos nmpl: baggy pants, bloomers -
23 cada vez menor
(adj.) = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descendingEx. It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex. It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex. With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex. The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.Ex. As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar.Ex. Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.Ex. It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.Ex. Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.Ex. The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market.* * *(adj.) = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descendingEx: It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.
Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex: With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex: The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.Ex: As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar.Ex: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.Ex: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.Ex: Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.Ex: The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market. -
24 calzado
adj.shod, calced.m.footwear, shoes, footgear.past part.past participle of spanish verb: calzar.* * *1 footwear, shoes plural————————1→ link=calzar calzar► adjetivo1 wearing shoes, with shoes on2 RELIGIÓN calced1 footwear, shoes plural\industria del calzado footwear industrytienda de calzado shoe shop* * *noun m.* * *1.ADJconviene ir calzado — it's better to wear shoes, one has to wear something on one's feet
2.SM footwear* * *I- da adjetivoIImasculino (frml) footwear (frml)* * *= footwear, shod, shoewear.Ex. Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.Ex. Many children walk barefoot in South Africa and unshod or partially shod (thong-type sandals) leisure behaviour may persist in adulthood.Ex. Not all bunions progress because if the patient starts wearing good shoewear and they are caught early enough they may not get any worse.* * *I- da adjetivoIImasculino (frml) footwear (frml)* * *= footwear, shod, shoewear.Ex: Permission has been granted to introduce a system of surveillance licensing for the purpose of monitoring imports of low-priced goods, such as clothing and footwear originating in non-EC countries.
Ex: Many children walk barefoot in South Africa and unshod or partially shod (thong-type sandals) leisure behaviour may persist in adulthood.Ex: Not all bunions progress because if the patient starts wearing good shoewear and they are caught early enough they may not get any worse.* * *hay que ir bien calzado you have to wear good shoesconviene ir calzado it's best to wear shoes o something on your feet( frml)footwear ( frml)la industria del calzado the shoe industryuna fábrica de calzado a shoe factorytaller de reparación de calzado shoe repairer's, cobbler's* * *
Del verbo calzar: ( conjugate calzar)
calzado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
calzado
calzar
calzado sustantivo masculino (frml) footwear (frml)
calzar ( conjugate calzar) verbo transitivo
1
( ponerle los zapatos):
b) ( llevar):
calzaba zapatillas de deporte he was wearing training shoes
2 ‹ rueda› to chock, wedge a block under
3 (Col) ‹ muela› to fill
calzarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
calzado sustantivo masculino shoes pl, footwear
calzar verbo transitivo
1 (llevar calzado) to wear: ¿qué número calza?, what size does he take?
2 (poner los zapatos) to put shoes on
3 (a un mueble) to wedge
' calzado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
betún
- botín
- calzar
- durar
- lengüeta
- limpiar
- número
- plantilla
- reparación
- resistente
- talón
- bota
- crema
- ojota
- poner
English:
footwear
- shoe
- foot
* * *calzado, -a♦ adj[con zapatos] shod♦ nmfootwear;tienda de calzado shoe shop;fabricantes de calzado shoe manufacturerscalzado deportivo sports shoes;calzado ortopédico orthopaedic footwear* * *I adj with shoes on;iba calzado de botas he had boots on, he was wearing bootsII m footwear* * *calzado nm: footwear* * *calzado n shoes -
25 calzones
m.pl.1 panties, bloomers, pair of panties, briefs.2 pants, boxer shorts.* * *(n.) = breechesEx. The user asked for a book about General Wolfe but he said: `I do not want to know about his battles -- I can learn all about those from the histories, I want something that will tell me the colour of the breeches he wore' = El usuario pidió un libro sobre el General Wolfe aunque dijo: "No quiero conocer su batallas, eso lo puedo averiguar en los libros de historia, quiero algo que me diga el color de los calzones que llevaba".* * *(n.) = breechesEx: The user asked for a book about General Wolfe but he said: `I do not want to know about his battles -- I can learn all about those from the histories, I want something that will tell me the colour of the breeches he wore' = El usuario pidió un libro sobre el General Wolfe aunque dijo: "No quiero conocer su batallas, eso lo puedo averiguar en los libros de historia, quiero algo que me diga el color de los calzones que llevaba".
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calzones sustantivo masculino plural,◊ calzón sustantivo masculino
1
2
' calzones' also found in these entries:
English:
breeches
- boxer
- briefs
- drawer
- jockey
- knickers
- panties
- pants
- under
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26 ceremonia de graduación
(n.) = commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremonyEx. Commencements would probably not be found in an English list; certainly not in its American sense of graduation ceremony.Ex. He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.Ex. Commencements would probably not be found in an English list; certainly not in its American sense of graduation ceremony.* * *(n.) = commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremonyEx: Commencements would probably not be found in an English list; certainly not in its American sense of graduation ceremony.
Ex: He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.Ex: Commencements would probably not be found in an English list; certainly not in its American sense of graduation ceremony. -
27 charretera
f.1 epaulet.2 epaulette, epaulet, shoulder flash, shoulder knot.* * *1 epaulette* * *SF1) (Mil) epaulette2) (Cos) shoulder pad* * *femenino epaulette* * *= epaulette [epaulet, -USA].Ex. Marine officers wore epaulettes on their special full dress uniforms until 1922.* * *femenino epaulette* * *= epaulette [epaulet, -USA].Ex: Marine officers wore epaulettes on their special full dress uniforms until 1922.
* * *epaulette* * *
charretera sustantivo femenino
epaulette
* * *charretera nfepaulette* * *f MIL epaulette* * *charretera nf: epaulet -
28 concentración
f.1 concentration, attention, attentiveness.2 focusing, concentration.3 mass meeting, political rally, rally.4 concentration, quantity of dissolved substances in a liquid solution.5 build-up of forces.6 compaction.7 clustering.* * *1 (gen) concentration2 (de gente) gathering, rally\concentración parcelaria land consolidation, consolidation* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=centralización) concentration, centralizationcontra la concentración de poder en Madrid — against the concentration o centralization of power in Madrid
2) [mental] concentration3) (=mitin) gathering, meeting, rally; (Dep) [de equipo] base4) (Educ)concentración escolar — rural school at centre of a catchment area
5) LAm (Com) merger* * *1) (Psic) concentration2)a) (Quím) concentrationb) ( acumulación) concentration3) (Pol) rally, mass meeting4) (Dep) pre-game o pre-match preparation* * *= build-up [buildup], concentration, rally.Ex. No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.Ex. His face wore a look of studious concentration.Ex. This article gives examples of unusual forms of library promotion -- rallies, comedy competitions, fun runs, fireworks.----* biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.* campo de concentración = concentration camp, gulag, internment camp .* concentración de ozono = ozone concentration.* concentración militar = military build-up.* curva de concentración de Lorenz = Lorenz curve of concentration.* pérdida de concentración = lapse of concentration.* * *1) (Psic) concentration2)a) (Quím) concentrationb) ( acumulación) concentration3) (Pol) rally, mass meeting4) (Dep) pre-game o pre-match preparation* * *= build-up [buildup], concentration, rally.Ex: No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.
Ex: His face wore a look of studious concentration.Ex: This article gives examples of unusual forms of library promotion -- rallies, comedy competitions, fun runs, fireworks.* biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.* campo de concentración = concentration camp, gulag, internment camp.* concentración de ozono = ozone concentration.* concentración militar = military build-up.* curva de concentración de Lorenz = Lorenz curve of concentration.* pérdida de concentración = lapse of concentration.* * *A ( Psic) concentrationtiene un gran poder de concentración she has great powers of concentrationB1 ( Quím) concentration2 (acumulación) concentrationla concentración de la riqueza en manos de unos pocos the concentration of wealth in the hands of a fewgrandes concentraciones urbanas large conurbations, large urban areasC ( Pol) rally, mass meetingD ( Dep) pre-game o pre-match preparation* * *
concentración sustantivo femeninoa) (Psic, Quim) concentration;
concentración sustantivo femenino
1 (de la atención, fuerzas, etc) concentration
2 (de personas, manifestantes) gathering
(de vehículos) rally
(de equipo) base
3 Quím (de una solución) concentration
' concentración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campo
- riqueza
- atención
- exigir
English:
attention span
- concentration
- concentration camp
- hard
- nonviolent
- strength
- build
- disturb
- power
- rally
* * *1. [mental] concentration;capacidad de concentración powers of concentration, ability to concentrate;me falta concentración I lack concentration2. [agrupamiento] concentrationconcentración de capital concentration of capital; Econ concentración parcelaria land consolidation;concentración urbana conurbation3. [reunión] gathering4. Quím concentration* * *f concentration; de personas gathering* * ** * *concentración n concentration -
29 conforme + avanzar + el año
(v.) = as the year + wear onEx. He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.* * *(v.) = as the year + wear onEx: He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.
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30 conforme + avanzar + el día
= as the day + wear onEx. The information desk, microfilm reader, photocopier, and reference shelves became more heavily used as the day wore on = El mostrador de información, el lector de microfilm, la fotocopiadores y la sección de referencia se utilizaban más conforme avanzaba el día.* * *= as the day + wear onEx: The information desk, microfilm reader, photocopier, and reference shelves became more heavily used as the day wore on = El mostrador de información, el lector de microfilm, la fotocopiadores y la sección de referencia se utilizaban más conforme avanzaba el día.
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31 conforme + pasar + el año
(v.) = as the year + wear onEx. He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.* * *(v.) = as the year + wear onEx: He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.
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32 conforme + pasar + el día
= as the day + wear onEx. The information desk, microfilm reader, photocopier, and reference shelves became more heavily used as the day wore on = El mostrador de información, el lector de microfilm, la fotocopiadores y la sección de referencia se utilizaban más conforme avanzaba el día.* * *= as the day + wear onEx: The information desk, microfilm reader, photocopier, and reference shelves became more heavily used as the day wore on = El mostrador de información, el lector de microfilm, la fotocopiadores y la sección de referencia se utilizaban más conforme avanzaba el día.
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33 conforme + transcurrir + el año
(v.) = as the year + wear onEx. He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.* * *(v.) = as the year + wear onEx: He began his last year well enough, but as the year wore on and graduation day loomed up he became less interested than usual in anything to do with school.
Spanish-English dictionary > conforme + transcurrir + el año
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34 conforme + transcurrir + el día
= as the day + wear onEx. The information desk, microfilm reader, photocopier, and reference shelves became more heavily used as the day wore on = El mostrador de información, el lector de microfilm, la fotocopiadores y la sección de referencia se utilizaban más conforme avanzaba el día.* * *= as the day + wear onEx: The information desk, microfilm reader, photocopier, and reference shelves became more heavily used as the day wore on = El mostrador de información, el lector de microfilm, la fotocopiadores y la sección de referencia se utilizaban más conforme avanzaba el día.
Spanish-English dictionary > conforme + transcurrir + el día
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35 delantal
m.apron.* * *1 apron, pinafore* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Culin) apron2) (Escol) pinafore* * ** * *= apron, pinafore, pinny.Nota: Abreviatura de pinnafore.Ex. In the past, most housewives and even girls wore sweet frilly aprons and pinafores.Ex. Aprons were close kin to pinafores, which had some popularity back then.Ex. But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.* * ** * *= apron, pinafore, pinny.Nota: Abreviatura de pinnafore.Ex: In the past, most housewives and even girls wore sweet frilly aprons and pinafores.
Ex: Aprons were close kin to pinafores, which had some popularity back then.Ex: But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.* * *1 (para cocinar) apron2 (de escolar) pinafore* * *
delantal sustantivo masculino ( para cocinar) apron;
( de escolar) pinafore
delantal sustantivo masculino apron
' delantal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
peto
- mandil
English:
apron
- smock
- pinafore
* * *delantal nm1. [mandil] apron2. RP [bata] white coat* * *m apron* * *delantal nm1) : apron2) : pinafore* * *delantal n apron -
36 dentro de poco
soon, presently————————soon, shortly* * *shortly, soon* * *Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.* * *Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.
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37 desconocido
adj.1 unknown, anonymous, unfamiliar, obscure.2 undiscovered, strange, uncharted.f. & m.stranger, unidentified individual, unknown individual.past part.past participle of spanish verb: desconocer.* * *1→ link=desconocer desconocer► adjetivo1 (no conocido) unknown2 (no reconocido) unrecognized3 (extraño) strange, unfamiliar► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 stranger, unknown person1 the unknown\estar desconocido,-a to be unrecognizable* * *1. (f. - desconocida)noun2. (f. - desconocida)adj.1) unfamiliar2) unknown* * *desconocido, -a1. ADJ1) [gen] unknown2)estar desconocido: con ese traje estás desconocido — I'd hardly recognize you o you're unrecognizable in that suit
después del divorcio está desconocido — he's a changed person o he's like a different person since the divorce
2.SM / F stranger* * *I- da adjetivoa) <hecho/método/sensación> unknownb) <artista/atleta> unknownd) (fam) ( irreconocible)IIahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing
- da masculino, femeninoa) ( no conocido) strangerb) ( no identificado)un desconocido le asestó una puñalada — he was stabbed by someone whose identity has not been established
* * *= stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].Ex. Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.Ex. Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.Ex. Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.Ex. Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.Ex. As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.Ex. By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.Ex. This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.----* algo desconocido = virgin territory.* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.* desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.* Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.* hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.* líquido desconocido = foreign substance.* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* producto desconocido = foreign substance.* salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.* ser desconocido para = be alien to.* ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.* terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.* territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.* * *I- da adjetivoa) <hecho/método/sensación> unknownb) <artista/atleta> unknownd) (fam) ( irreconocible)IIahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing
- da masculino, femeninoa) ( no conocido) strangerb) ( no identificado)un desconocido le asestó una puñalada — he was stabbed by someone whose identity has not been established
* * *= stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].Ex: Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.
Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.Ex: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.Ex: Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.Ex: Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.Ex: As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.Ex: By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.Ex: This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.* algo desconocido = virgin territory.* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.* desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.* Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.* hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.* líquido desconocido = foreign substance.* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.* producto desconocido = foreign substance.* salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.* ser desconocido para = be alien to.* ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.* terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.* territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.* * *1 ‹razón/hecho› unknown; ‹métodos/sensación› unknownpor razones desconocidas vendió todo y se fue for some unknown reason he sold up and leftpartió con destino desconocido she set off for an unknown destinationsu rostro no me era del todo desconocido his face wasn't wholly unfamiliar to meuna sensación de terror hasta entonces desconocida a feeling of terror the like of which I/he had never experienced beforetécnicas hasta ahora desconocidas hitherto unknown techniquessu obra es prácticamente desconocida en Europa her work is practically unknown in Europede origen desconocido of unknown originlo desconocido siempre lo ha intrigado he has always been fascinated by the unknown2 ‹artista/atleta› unknown3 ‹persona›(extraño): una persona desconocida a stranger4 ( fam)(irreconocible): con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida she's unrecognizable o totally changed with her new hairstyleahora hasta plancha, está desconocido he's like a different man o he's a changed person, he even does the ironingmasculine, feminine1 (no conocido) strangerno hables con desconocidos don't talk to strangers2(no identificado): fue atacado por unos desconocidos he was attacked by unknown assailantsun desconocido le asestó una puñalada he was stabbed by an unidentified person o by someone whose identity has not been established* * *
Del verbo desconocer: ( conjugate desconocer)
desconocido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
desconocer
desconocido
desconocer ( conjugate desconocer) verbo transitivoa) ( no conocer):
desconocía este hecho I was unaware of this factb) ( no reconocer):
desconocido◊ -da adjetivo ( en general) unknown;
un cantante desconocido an unknown singer;
una persona desconocida a stranger
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( no conocido) stranger
desconocer verbo transitivo
1 (no saber) not to know, to be unaware of
2 (no reconocer, encontrar muy cambiado) to fail to recognize: ¿tú maquillada?, te desconozco, you with make up?, I can hardly recognize you
desconocido,-a
I adjetivo
1 unknown
una voz desconocida, an unfamiliar voice
2 (irreconocible) unrecognizable: estás desconocida, you have changed a lot
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger
III sustantivo masculino lo desconocido, the unknown
' desconocido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anónima
- anónimo
- desconocida
- incierta
- incierto
- inédita
- inédito
- paradero
- extraño
- miedo
- perfecto
English:
mate
- obscure
- strange
- stranger
- undiscovered
- unfamiliar
- unknown
- blind
- outsider
- perfect
* * *desconocido, -a♦ adj1. [no conocido] unknown;su cine es del todo desconocido en Europa his movies are totally unknown in Europe;elementos químicos entonces desconocidos chemical elements then unknown;una enfermedad hasta ahora desconocida a hitherto unknown illness;por causas todavía desconocidas for reasons as yet unknown o which are still unknown;nació en 1821, de padre desconocido he was born in 1821, and it is not known who his father was;el mundo de lo desconocido the world of the unknown;su nombre no me es del todo desconocido his name rings a bell2. [extraño]no dé su teléfono o dirección a personas desconocidas don't give your telephone number or address to strangers3. [sin fama] unknown;escritores jóvenes, casi desconocidos young, almost unknown, writers¿ya no fumas ni bebes? ¡chico, estás desconocido! you don't smoke or drink any more? well, well, you're a changed man!;el viejo bar estaba desconocido the old bar was unrecognizable;así, sin gafas, estás desconocido like that, with no glasses, you're unrecognizable♦ nm,f1. [extraño] stranger;hablar con un desconocido to talk to a stranger;no le abras la puerta a desconocidos don't open the door to strangers2. [persona sin fama] unknown;le dieron el premio a un (perfecto) desconocido they gave the prize to a complete unknown3. [persona sin identificar] unidentified person;un desconocido le disparó un tiro en la cabeza he was shot in the head by an unknown assailant;tres desconocidos prendieron fuego a varias tiendas several shops were set on fire by three unidentified persons* * *I adj unknownII m, desconocida f stranger* * *desconocido, -da adj: unknown, unfamiliardesconocido, -da nextraño: stranger* * *desconocido1 adj1. (no conocido) unknown2. (extraño) strange / unfamiliardesconocido2 n stranger -
38 desentonar
v.1 to sing out of tune (Music) (cantante).2 to clash (color, cortinas, edificio).3 to be out of place (persona, modales).4 to humble, to wound the pride of anyone.5 to be out of tune, to be inharmonious.6 to be of a coarse address, to be rude or uncouth; to raise one’s voice in disrespect.* * ** * *verb1) to clash* * *1. VIpara no desentonar — so as to do the right thing, so as to fall into line
2) (Mús) to be out of tune2.See:* * *verbo intransitivoa) (Mús) to go out of tune o off keyb) color to clashc) atuendo/comentario to be out of place* * *= stick out like + a sore thumb, out of keeping with, out of tune with, sing out of + tune.Ex. Many of us disabled can't help sticking out like a sore thumb -- it goes with the territory.Ex. Even so, the 'comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.Ex. Quite often she feels out of tune with reality, the media, society, and she's comfortable with that.Ex. A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a karaoke bar, police said Thursday.* * *verbo intransitivoa) (Mús) to go out of tune o off keyb) color to clashc) atuendo/comentario to be out of place* * *= stick out like + a sore thumb, out of keeping with, out of tune with, sing out of + tune.Ex: Many of us disabled can't help sticking out like a sore thumb -- it goes with the territory.
Ex: Even so, the 'comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.Ex: Quite often she feels out of tune with reality, the media, society, and she's comfortable with that.Ex: A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a karaoke bar, police said Thursday.* * *desentonar [A1 ]vi1 ( Mús) to go out of tune o off key2 «color» to clash desentonar CON algo to clash WITH sthese color desentona con éste that color doesn't go with o clashes with this one3 «atuendo/comentario» to be out of placesiempre dice algo que desentona he always says something inappropriate o out of placepara no desentonar me vestí de largo I wore a long dress so as not to look out of place* * *
desentonar ( conjugate desentonar) verbo intransitivoa) (Mús) to go out of tune o off key
desentonar verbo intransitivo
1 Mús to sing out of tune, to be out of tune
2 (no armonizar) not to match
3 (estar fuera de lugar) to be out of place
' desentonar' also found in these entries:
English:
clash
- jar
* * *desentonar vi1. [cantante] to sing out of tune;[instrumento] to be out of tune2. [color, cortinas, edificio] to clash ( con with);esa falda desentona con este jersey that skirt doesn't go o clashes with this jersey3. [persona] to be out of place;en aquel sitio desentonábamos bastante we were quite out of place there;para no desentonar, llevó un traje so as not to look out of place, he wore a suit* * *v/i MÚS go off key;desentonar con fig clash with;decir algo que desentona say something out of place* * *desentonar vi1) : to clash, to conflict2) : to be out of tune, to sing off-key -
39 diligente
adj.1 efficient, swift (person).2 diligent, assiduous, industrious, hardworking.3 quick, speedy.* * *► adjetivo1 (cuidadoso) diligent2 (rápido) quick* * *ADJ1) (=esmerado) diligent2) (=rápido) speedy* * *a) ( trabajador) diligent, conscientiousb) (liter) ( rápido) fast, swift (liter)* * *= diligent, industrious, committed, sedulous, assiduous, studious, hard-working.Ex. If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.Ex. The article 'Books made to order: libraries as publishers' reviews the practice of publishing as an activity for industrious smaller libraries.Ex. Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.Ex. He concludes that these works' sedulous avoidance of their own implicit libertarian sentiments was likely to have been typical of the time.Ex. The management of a large number of digital images requires assiduous attention to all stages of production.Ex. His face wore a look of studious concentration.Ex. Some people like to claim that illegals are just hard-working, decent, honest people.* * *a) ( trabajador) diligent, conscientiousb) (liter) ( rápido) fast, swift (liter)* * *= diligent, industrious, committed, sedulous, assiduous, studious, hard-working.Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
Ex: The article 'Books made to order: libraries as publishers' reviews the practice of publishing as an activity for industrious smaller libraries.Ex: Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.Ex: He concludes that these works' sedulous avoidance of their own implicit libertarian sentiments was likely to have been typical of the time.Ex: The management of a large number of digital images requires assiduous attention to all stages of production.Ex: His face wore a look of studious concentration.Ex: Some people like to claim that illegals are just hard-working, decent, honest people.* * *1 (trabajador) diligent, industrious, conscientious* * *
diligente adjetivo ( trabajador) diligent, conscientious
diligente adjetivo diligent
' diligente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
celoso
English:
diligent
- mindful
- assiduous
* * *diligente adj2. [respuesta] expeditious* * *adj diligent* * *diligente adj: diligent♦ diligentemente adv -
40 en muy poco tiempo
Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.* * *Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.
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