Imagination in spanish
pronunciation: imɑxinɑθioʊn part of speech: noun
imagination = imaginación, invención.
Example: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.more:
» a figment of + Posesivo + (own) imagination = producto de + Posesivo + imaginación.
Example: So, it happens that we become a figment of our own imagination -- a constantly changing chameleon, whose shades alter to suit its environment.» appeal to + Posesivo + imagination = atraer la atención de Alguien.
Example: Comparative librarianship has the advantage of being, in most courses, an optional subject, and it appeals to the student's imagination.» beggar + imagination = ser inimaginable.
Example: What the customers in the queue behind would say beggars imagination.» by any stretch (of the imagination) = ni mucho menos.
Example: Hernandez soon discovered that Rolling Ridge was not, by any stretch of the imagination, anything like the suburban bedroom community of Colony Park.» by no stretch of the imagination = ni por asomo, ni remotamente, de ningún modo.
Example: However, by no stretch of the imagination are anti-depressant drugs pleasant to take for most patients.» capture + the imagination = captar la imaginación, estimular la imaginación, atraer el interés, despertar el interés, captar el interés, cautivar, entusiasmar, despertar el entusiasmo.
Example: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.» catch + Posesivo + imagination = captar la imaginación, estimular la imaginación, captar el interés, atraer el interés, despertar el interés, despertar el entusiasmo, cautivar, entusiasmar.
Example: Thesaurofacet has caught the imagination of a number of other thesaurus constructors.» catch + the popular imagination = capturar la imaginación popular, captar la imaginación popular.
Example: In addition, no other scientist has caught the popular imagination like the tousle-haired Einstein.» entice + the imagination = despertar la imaginación.
Example: The whole media industry exploits the senses and entices the imagination with an unreal world.» fire + Posesivo + imagination = estimular la imaginación, despertar la imaginación.
Example: These early years were her first encounter with the wonders of nature that continue to fire her imagination.» fire + the imagination = estimular la imaginación, despertar la imaginación.
Example: The article 'Soothing the soul and firing the imagination: thoughts of a trustee on the electronic library' considers the challenges facing library trustees resulting from the electronic revolution in libraries.» grip + the imagination = captar la imaginación, estimular la imaginación, despertar el entusiasmo.
Example: Texting is a startling modern phenomenon, one that has gripped the imagination of the UK in a very short space of time.» imagination + run riot = imaginación + desbocarse.
Example: When she sees a picture of a missing child in an old newspaper that looks just like her, her imagination runs riot and she begins to suspect that she and the snatched baby are one and the same.» in imagination = con la imaginación.
Example: Organizations are figuratively brought into the classroom and students are allowed, in imagination, to place themselves in the setting.» let + Posesivo + imagination run riot = dar rienda suelta a + Posesivo + imaginación.
Example: She feels most alive when she's writing, and delights in letting her imagination run riot.» let + your imagination fly! = dale alas a tu imaginación, da rienda suelta a tu imaginación.
Example: It is a place to dream, to learn and to let your imagination fly!.» overactive imagination = imaginación hiperactiva, imaginación febril.
Example: Perhaps overactive imaginations need to be harnessed rather than reined in.» sharpen + Posesivo + imagination = agudizar + Posesivo + imaginación, agudizar + Posesivo + inventiva, agudizar el ingenio.
Example: I wrote letters that would be fun and entertaining to her, included puzzles and games, cards that would make her laugh and stories that would sharpen her imagination.» spark + Posesivo + imagination = estimular la imaginación.
Example: Given his seemingly wide-ranging interests, one might have expected her ideas to have sparked his imagination.» stimulate + Posesivo + imagination = estimular la imaginación.
Example: Age-appropriate toys are not only safer for your child, but they can also stimulate their imagination.» stir + Posesivo + imagination = despertar la imaginación.
Example: He also told her stories of his own childhood and stirred her imagination with scenes from days gone by.» stretch + the imagination = hacer uso de la imaginación, ejercitar la imaginación.
Example: Reading literature stretches the imagination.» take + imagination = necesitar imaginación.
Example: And it takes little imagination to conceive of future combinations and developments to existing systems, not to speak of new and even more sophisticated means of storing, retrieving and transporting information.» tax + Posesivo + imagination = demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien.
Example: It would tax one's imagination to create an automated system that could accomplish this task.» unlock + Posesivo + imagination = liberar + Posesivo + imaginación, desatar + Posesivo + imaginación.
Example: But as much as Nora valued these qualities in life, they didn't happen to be the themes that unlocked her imagination.» unlock + Posesivo + imagination = liberar + Posesivo + imaginación, desatar + Posesivo + imaginación.
Example: But as much as Nora valued these qualities in life, they didn't happen to be the themes that unlocked her imagination.» vivid imagination = imaginación muy despierta, imaginación muy viva, imaginación fértil.
Example: A child with a vivid imagination can really scare herself with frightening images.» wild imagination = imaginación desbordante, imaginación desbocada, imaginación ferviente.
Example: It doesn't take a wild imagination to grasp what happens to a rider who crashes with protective gear on and one who goes down in street clothes.» work of imagination = producto de la imaginación, obra creativa.
Example: Some novels, usually referred to as `literary' novels, are serious works of imagination which aspire to being genuine contributions to thought and culture.» your imagination is the limit = la imaginación no tiene límites.
Example: The possibilities are endless, your imagination is the limit, but make sure that your handiwork is flawless.