Agudo in english
pronunciation: əkjut part of speech: adjective
agudo = keen ; sharp ; trenchant ; witty ; perceptive ; acute ; searing ; stinging ; heightened ; high-pitched ; penetrating ; razor-sharp ; keen-witted ; pointy ; zinging ; snappy .
Example: Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls.Example: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.Example: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Example: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.Example: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.Example: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.Example: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Example: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Example: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.Example: The noise is a high-pitched whine or hiss the machine emits during operation.Example: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.Example: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.Example: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.Example: So much so that my canines (or eye-teeth, they're the pointy ones) ended up growing over my incisors/first molars rather than between them.Example: If you're experiencing sharp, zinging pain in your feet, it may be due to a problem with your nerves.Example: The answer 'The New Columbia Encyclopedia' may seem like a snappy, precise, and efficient response.more:
» acento agudo = acute ; acute accent .
Example: The problem here is how to file words which include letters with accents or other modifications (eg the acute, grave or circumflex in French, or the umlaut in German). Example: The problem here is how to file words which include letters with accents or other modifications (eg the acute, grave or circumflex in French, or the umlaut in German).» ángulo agudo = acute angle .
Example: The acute and obtuse angles are also known as oblique angles.» de vista aguda = sharp-eyed .
Example: Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.» dolor agudo = twinge .
Example: Once you become pregnant, you may begin to experience twinges.» Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad ; a bad case of + Enfermedad .
Example: The smaller the size of the iris, the more likely for the diagnosis to be acute iritis. Example: In Poland this sort of civil behaviour is perhaps not dead, but is breathing on a lung-machine and has a bad case of tuberculosis.» infección aguda = acute infection .
Example: However, acute infections are uncommonly recognized clinically, underscoring the importance of screening individuals at risk.» miastenia aguda = myasthenia gravis .
Example: The hallmark of myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest.» paleta punta aguda = pointing trowel .
Example: Use a pointing trowel or putty knife to apply daubs of adhesive, each about walnut size.» SARS (Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo y Grave) = SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) .
Example: The region is enduring the consequences of a global economic slump and the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Sydrome) and avian flu epidemics.» ser agudo de mente = be sharp of mind .
Example: He is sharp of mind and has all the tools to negotiate and achieve the best outcomes for his clients.» ser de mente aguda = be sharp of mind .
Example: He is sharp of mind and has all the tools to negotiate and achieve the best outcomes for his clients.» ser muy agudo = be sharp of mind ; be as sharp as a razor (blade) ; be as sharp as tack .
Example: He is sharp of mind and has all the tools to negotiate and achieve the best outcomes for his clients. Example: In fact, very soon the people will show that when they are driven to the edge, they are as sharp as a razor. Example: He's still as sharp as tack and puts me to shame when it comes to certain things in life so I'm not going to argue with him.» triángulo agudo = acute triangle .
Example: A triangle which is neither an acute (less than 90° angles) nor a right triangle (i.e., it has one greater than 90° angle) is called an obtuse triangle.» voz aguda = high-pitched voice .
Example: The idea is that a high-pitched voice signals a smaller body and a more submissive person (hey, no one said evolutionary psychology was politically correct).