Looming in spanish
Se avecina
pronunciation: seɑbeθinɑ part of speech: verb
pronunciation: seɑbeθinɑ part of speech: verb
In gestures
loom2 = aparecer en la lejanía, acercarse, vislumbrarse, avecinarse, avecinarse amenazadoramente, amenazar.
Example: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.more:
» dust storm + loom in the horizon = nubarrones + formarse en el horizonte. [Sentido figurado]
Example: It is likely that the library manager who chooses to wait for the dust to settle will find yet another dust storm looming on the horizon.» loom + far in the distance = vislumbrar en la distancia, otear en la distancia.
Example: The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.» loom + large = ser Algo imponente, ser Algo muy importante, ser motivo de preocupación, avecinarse de un modo amenazador.
Example: The philosophy of central collections providing back up for local libraries will loom large on the British library scene for some time.» loom + large on the horizon = avecinarse de un modo amenazador.
Example: Fiscal constraints looming large on the horizon for most libraries.» loom up = acercarse, avecinarse.
Example: 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.loom3 = parecer.
Example: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.more:
» loom up + a possibility = parecer una probabilidad.
Example: Since a freeze on all hiring was in effect, taking on new people was out of the question; but borrowing someone from another department loomed up a possibility -- if anyone could be spared.looming = inminente, amenazador.
Example: The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.