Mean in spanish
pronunciation: mediɑ part of speech: verb, adjective, noun
mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.]1 = mezquino, miserable, ruin, bajo. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.more:
» as mean as a junkyard dog = con mucha mala leche, más mala leche que un cojo .
Example: She was as fat as a pig and as mean as a junkyard dog.» be no mean feat = ser toda una hazaña, no ser poca cosa, ser toda una proeza, no ser moco de pavo.
Example: Fees aside, earning a place at any of the UK's top drama schools is no mean feat.» lean and mean = implacable, chico pero matón.
Example: I avoid companies with projects with high capital costs because the markets want companies that are small, lean and mean.» mean machine = monstruo. [Generalmente usado en sentido positivo para indicar una persona o cosa muy eficaz]
Example: A 500-year-old sketch by Leonardo da Vinci was recently discovered -- of a mean machine that looked just like a modern bike!.» mean-minded = mezquino.
Example: Those are, as I said in another context, monickers that were laid on them by ignorant and, I would say, mean-minded authors for their own purposes.» mean prank = jugarreta, mala jugada, mala pasada, bellaquería, bellacada, barrabasada, diablura, cabronada, putada.
Example: There were many other overly mean pranks that I would never even think of doing to people, even my enemies.» mean-spirited = mezquino, miserable.
Example: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.» say + mean things = insultar, faltar el respeto, decir cosas desagradables.
Example: But every now and then you'll run into someone who's truly a bad sport -- a kid who plays dirty, hogs the ball, or says mean things to you.» take + Posesivo + daily mean pill = tomarse la pastilla diaria de la mala leche.
Example: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a 'grouch'.mean2 = media.
Example: It was therefore decided to re-index the documents with a mean of 3.8 entries each.more:
» arithmetic mean = media aritmética.
Example: It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.» geometric mean = media geométrica.
Example: It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.» GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) = hora de Greenwich.
Example: The service entails loading the current day's FT content onto Dialog's three main platforms (Profound, DIALOG, DataStar) by 5 am GMT.» harmonic mean = media armónica.
Example: It is shown that different averages, such as the arithmetic mean, the median, the harmonic mean and the geometric mean play an essential role in these investigations.» mean age = media de edad.
Example: The difference between the mean ages may characterise the synchronity of the author's research in comparison with those working on similar topics.» mean deviation = desviación media.
Example: For these phenological stages the maximum mean deviation between calculations and observations is 5 days.» mean reference age = edad media de las referencias.
Example: Some fields are relatively swift; information and library sciences had a lower mean reference age than solid state physics and mathematics.» mean score = puntuación media.
Example: Results demonstrated that there was no significant difference in the mean scores achieved on either the midterm exam or the final exam.» mean value = valor medio.
Example: Immediately after the recognition of a cardiac cycle the program calculates mean values over a given time or a given number of beats.» unweighted means method = método de la media sin ponderar.
Example: This analysis is broadly confirmed by applying the unweighted means method, and also by the weighted means method for main effects.» weighted means method = método de la media ponderada.
Example: This analysis is broadly confirmed by applying the unweighted means method, and also by the weighted means method for main effects.mean3 = Véase means.
mean4 = significar, implicar, suponer, acarrear, dar lugar a. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant]
Example: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.more:
» mean + a lot of work = suponer mucho trabajo, implicar mucho trabajo, significar mucho trabajo.
Example: This year we plan to use almost no herbicide -- but that means a lot of work pulling weeds.» mean + an end to = significar el fin de Algo.
Example: Although publication of the second edition will mark the culmination of the current code revision project, it will not mean an end to code revision as such.» mean + business = tomarse Algo muy en serio, hablar muy en serio, decir muy en serio.
Example: Tagan is once again letting its competitors know that they mean business when it comes to external portable storage devices.» mean + the difference between... and = significar la diferencia entre... y....
Example: This could easily mean the difference between simple survival and a dynamic future for the public library.» mean + the end of = significar el final de.
Example: The growth of the Internet does not mean the end of copyright.» mean + the most = ser lo más importante.
Example: Sometimes it is the simplest things that mean the most and make a world of difference.» mean + the world to = ser el mundo para, serlo todo en este mundo para, significar el mundo para, serlo todo para, significarlo todo para, ser muy importante para, ser importantísimo para.
Example: Judeline is a shy twenty-four year old young lady, mom of a two year old boy who means the world to her.» take to + mean = considerar que significa.
Example: At its widest interpretation, the classification of documents can be taken to mean the definition of classes by any of a number of possible characteristics.mean5 = querer decir. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant]
Example: 'What do you mean by that?' asked Bragge, almost with an air of alarm.mean6 = estar hecho para, tener la intención de. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio meant]
Example: It is not meant to be that.more:
» mean + harm = tener malas intenciones.
Example: She looked into the man's eyes and knew for a certainty that he meant harm.» mean + no harm = no tener malas intenciones.
Example: He barks when he sees or hears someone walking by and as you can imagine is quite intimidating but he means no harm.» mean + well = tener buenas intenciones.
Example: He means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.mean7 = decir en serio, decir de verdad, ir en serio.
Example: Men communicate by insulting each other, but they don't really mean it.