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1 pasota
adj.apathetic (informal). (peninsular Spanish)actitud pasota couldn't-care-less attitude* * *1 familiar (joven apático) dropout2 familiar (persona despreocupada) laid-back person► adjetivo2 familiar (despreocupado) laid-back* * *Iadjetivo (Esp fam)IIestá en plan pasota — he's just loafing o lazing around (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Esp fam)* * *= insouciant.Ex. Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.* * *Iadjetivo (Esp fam)IIestá en plan pasota — he's just loafing o lazing around (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Esp fam)* * *= insouciant.Ex: Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
* * *( Esp fam): la juventud es pasota hoy en día the youth of today just couldn't care less o couldn't give a damn about anything ( colloq)se pasó todo el verano en plan pasota he spent the whole summer loafing o lazing around ( colloq)ese tío es un pasota that guy couldn't care less o couldn't give a damn about anything ( colloq)* * *
pasota sustantivo masculino y femenino (Esp fam):
* * *♦ adjestá muy pasota últimamente he's had a very couldn't-care-less attitude lately;tiene un comportamiento muy pasota she behaves as if she couldn't care less♦ nmfes un pasota he couldn't care less about anything* * *famestás muy pasota últimamente you couldn’t care less about anything latelyII m/f:es un pasota he couldn’t care less about anything -
2 capaz de hacer cualquier cosa
(v.) = capable of anythingEx. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(v.) = capable of anythingEx: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
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3 capaz de todo
(v.) = capable of anythingEx. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(v.) = capable of anythingEx: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
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4 con determinación
determinedly* * *= with purpose, single-mindedly, purposefully, steadfastlyEx. It is not that we consciously set out to create our social institutions and with great care and purpose establish their structure.Ex. What else but this quality of individual feeling and intelligence running through the network of librarians working sympathetically and single-mindedly throughout the community can determine the public value of our national library system?.Ex. Only then, within the framework of inter-institutional accord, will academic library cooperative activities move forward more rapidly and purposefully.Ex. The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything.* * *= with purpose, single-mindedly, purposefully, steadfastlyEx: It is not that we consciously set out to create our social institutions and with great care and purpose establish their structure.
Ex: What else but this quality of individual feeling and intelligence running through the network of librarians working sympathetically and single-mindedly throughout the community can determine the public value of our national library system?.Ex: Only then, within the framework of inter-institutional accord, will academic library cooperative activities move forward more rapidly and purposefully.Ex: The police would like to grill her, but she steadfastly refuses to say anything. -
5 contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros
(v.) = spill + Posesivo + gutsEx. He's as shy as shy can be, but give him a couple of beers and he'll spill his guts about anything.* * *(v.) = spill + Posesivo + gutsEx: He's as shy as shy can be, but give him a couple of beers and he'll spill his guts about anything.
Spanish-English dictionary > contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros
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6 deambular libremente
(v.) = wander + at large, roam + freeEx. Spreading out from the doorstep is a wider social group whose influence comes to bear on children, particularly after they are old enough to wander at large on their own.Ex. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(v.) = wander + at large, roam + freeEx: Spreading out from the doorstep is a wider social group whose influence comes to bear on children, particularly after they are old enough to wander at large on their own.
Ex: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything. -
7 diálogo pacífico
(n.) = peaceful talksEx. Aboriginals in Canada have reached the breaking point after decades of peaceful talks that have not achieved anything.* * *(n.) = peaceful talksEx: Aboriginals in Canada have reached the breaking point after decades of peaceful talks that have not achieved anything.
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8 fulano de tal
Ex. Well, if I'm told beforehand that so-and-so is not too bright, I might approach that person differently than I would if I hadn't been told anything.* * *Ex: Well, if I'm told beforehand that so-and-so is not too bright, I might approach that person differently than I would if I hadn't been told anything.
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9 incapaz de
(adj.) = unable toEx. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.* * *(adj.) = unable toEx: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
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10 llegar al límite
(v.) = reach + the breaking pointEx. Aboriginals in Canada have reached the breaking point after decades of peaceful talks that have not achieved anything.* * *(v.) = reach + the breaking pointEx: Aboriginals in Canada have reached the breaking point after decades of peaceful talks that have not achieved anything.
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11 no meterse en líos
(v.) = keep out of + troubleEx. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(v.) = keep out of + troubleEx: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
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12 no meterse en problemas
(v.) = keep out of + troubleEx. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(v.) = keep out of + troubleEx: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
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13 según la leyenda
= as legend goes, legend has it thatEx. As legend goes Cortes was greeted by natives that gave him a sackful of cacao beans in exchange for some of his own merchandise.Ex. Legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil so that he could play anything.* * *= as legend goes, legend has it thatEx: As legend goes Cortes was greeted by natives that gave him a sackful of cacao beans in exchange for some of his own merchandise.
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14 sociedad del ocio
(n.) = leisure society, leisured societyEx. After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.Ex. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(n.) = leisure society, leisured societyEx: After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.
Ex: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything. -
15 sociedad trabajadora
(n.) = working societyEx. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(n.) = working societyEx: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
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16 tolerar insultos
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17 vagar libremente
(v.) = roam + freeEx. While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.* * *(v.) = roam + freeEx: While in traditional working society, everybody was kept busy, and out of trouble, a leisured society would be one in which people roamed free and unfettered, and capable of absolutely anything.
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18 vender el alma al diablo
* * *(v.) = sell + Posesivo + soul to the devilEx. Legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil so that he could play anything.* * *(v.) = sell + Posesivo + soul to the devilEx: Legend has it that he sold his soul to the devil so that he could play anything.
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19 vivir con la conciencia limpia
(v.) = live with + a clear conscienceEx. I want to live with a clear conscience that I have not hurt anyone or owe any man anything.* * *(v.) = live with + a clear conscienceEx: I want to live with a clear conscience that I have not hurt anyone or owe any man anything.
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20 vivir con la conciencia tranquila
= live with + a clear conscienceEx. I want to live with a clear conscience that I have not hurt anyone or owe any man anything.* * *= live with + a clear conscienceEx: I want to live with a clear conscience that I have not hurt anyone or owe any man anything.
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