Hunt in spanish
pronunciation: kɑθɑɹ̩ part of speech: noun, verb
hunt1 = búsqueda, caza, cacería, persecución.
Example: If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.more:
» be on the hunt for = buscar, andar buscando, ir en busca de, ir a la caza de, andar a la caza de.
Example: They are on the hunt for a general dogsbody they can kick around the office.» house hunt = búsqueda de casa, búsqueda de alojamiento.
Example: In fact, more than 85 percent of homebuyers start their house hunt online first.» job hunt = búsqueda de empleo.
Example: The job hunt can be frustrating for both job seekers and employers.» library scavenger hunt = juego de búsqueda bibliográfica. [Método utilizado para enseñar el uso de la biblioteca y de las técnicas de búsqueda a través de un juego consistente en encontrar documentos o información difícil]
Example: The article 'Library scavenger hunts: a way out of the bewilderness' describes the use of library scavenger hunts to teach high school and college students research strategies and to make library use both enticing and enriching.» manhunt = cacería humana, persecución, búsqueda.
Example: Is the war in Afghanistan, deep down, anything more than a manhunt for a handful of individuals?.» scavenger hunt = gincana, gymkhana, búsqueda del tesoro.
Example: Community activities include going to a park, library, fire station, train or bus station, grocery store, laundromat, festival, and a scavenger hunt.» treasure hunt = gincana, gymkhana, búsqueda del tesoro. [Juego consistente en encontrar algo que se ha escondido a través de pistas]
Example: The article 'Treasure hunt in the USA' reports on a study tour of the USA by the Danish Research Library Association.» witch-hunt = caza de brujas.
Example: The article 'Indexing witch-hunt and the failure of language' discusses the limitations of indexing systems, suggesting that those in vogue are much slanted to European subjects and concepts.hunt2 = buscar, cazar, perseguir.
Example: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.more:
» house hunt = buscar casa, buscar alojamiento.
Example: The best season to house hunt may be winter when fewer potential buyers are looking.» hunt down = perseguir, cazar, atrapar.
Example: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.» hunt for = buscar, andar buscando, ir en busca de, ir a la caza de, andar a la caza de.
Example: Police are hunting for a woman they fear may be planning to carry out a suicide bomb attack.» hunt + high and low = remover Roma con Santiago, remover (el) cielo y (la) tierra, buscar por todas partes.
Example: They hunted high and low, even examining the waste-paper baskets, but to no avail.» hunt + Nombre + to extinction = cazar hasta su extinción.
Example: Fur seals, which were once almost hunted to extinction here, can be seen lazing in the sun on the rocks and playing in the shallow waters.