Pleasure in spanish
pronunciation: plɑθeɹ̩ part of speech: noun
pleasure = placer, diversión, gusto, agrado, gustazo, gozo.
Example: It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.more:
» at the pleasure of = a gusto de.
Example: A private press is a printing press that issues small editions at the pleasure of its owner, not necessarily for financial gain.» bodily pleasure = placer corporal.
Example: Though the modern use of the term 'epicurean' is associated with the saying, 'Eat, drink and be merry,' epicureanism did not advocate simple pursuit of bodily pleasure.» bring + pleasure = dar gusto, complacer.
Example: Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.» derive + pleasure = obtener placer.
Example: He was interested mostly in what he described as 'word of God' and he derived pleasure and consolation from his reading = Estaba interesado principalmente en lo que describía como la "palabra de Dios" y obtenía placer y consuelo de su lectura.» find + great pleasure in = encontrar gran placer en, proporcionar gran placer.
Example: I find great pleasure in using color out of context to express emotion and to entertain the viewer.» forbidden pleasure = placer prohibido.
Example: Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.» get + pleasure from = obtener placer de, disfrutar de.
Example: You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.» give + Nombre + great pleasure to = ser un gran placer, proporcionar un gran placer.
Example: Horses have always had a special place in her heart and it gives her great pleasure to capture them.» give + pleasure = dar placer.
Example: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.» great pleasure = gran placer, gustazo.
Example: A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.» groan with + pleasure = gemir de placer.
Example: She groaned with pleasure and licked her lips.» guilty pleasure = placer oculto. [Placer del que no sentimos avergonzados admitir]
Example: For some folks chocolate is a guilty pleasure, others like candy but mine comes from 1959-1964: The Twilight Zone.» house of pleasure = casa de placer.
Example: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.» moan with + pleasure = gemir de placer.
Example: You need to learn some tips so you can make her moan with pleasure tonight.» obtain + pleasure from = obtener placer, derivar placer de.
Example: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.» pleasure cruiser = yate, crucero de placer.
Example: Up to 60 people were feared drowned last night after a pleasure cruiser was rammed, run over, and sunk by a huge dredger in the early hours.» pleasure-giving = que produce placer, que da placer.
Example: Cocaine works by stimulating pleasure-giving neurotransmitters.» pleasure-loving = hedonista, amante del placer.
Example: It was one of the best days of all our lives and a triumph for the pleasure-loving layabout over the industrious follower of Adam Smith.» pleasure reading = lectura de ocio.
Example: The article 'Virtual holiday excursions' covers metasites, holiday sites, virtual travel, pleasure reading, odd ball sites, personal psychology, personal ads, and fortune telling.» pleasures and pains = alegrías y penas.
Example: The author reviews some of the pleasures and pains of producing journals for the profession of librarianship in Australia.» pleasure seeker = buscador de placeres, vividor, gozador, hedonista, sensualista.
Example: Three hundred years ago, Venice was, for pleasure seekers, the single most seductive destination in the world.» pleasure-seeking = que busca el placer, hedonista.
Example: But problems arise when pleasure-seeking behaviors take over a person's life, as in drug addiction or obesity.» pleasure trip = viaje de placer.
Example: Canadian travellers aged 25 and over consider rest-and-relaxation to be an important benefit of taking a vacation or pleasure trip.» seek + pleasure = buscar placer.
Example: Come to reading willingly, seeking many pleasures from books, and you soon find enjoyment.» sexual pleasure = placer sexual.
Example: Most women who get labelled as frigid are actually warm, caring people but they find displaying overt sexual pleasure difficult.» spoil + Posesivo + pleasure = estropear el placer.
Example: My problem was to make the other children aware of that truth about literature without at the same time spoiling William's pleasure in reading 'Ransome'.» take + great pleasure in = ser un gran placer, disfrutar a lo grande de, darse el gustazo de.
Example: Happiness is just being -- I take great pleasure in watching leaves fall or being blown around by gentle breezes.» take + pleasure = obtener placer, disfrutar, tener el placer de, tener el gusto de.
Example: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.