Amaño in english
By hand
pronunciation: baɪhænd part of speech: adverb
pronunciation: baɪhænd part of speech: adverb
In gestures
a mano = by hand ; manually ; nearby [near-by] ; handy ; within reach ; within easy reach ; at + Posesivo + fingertips ; at the ready.
Example: A screen is displayed which allows scanning of the bar-coded numbers or entry of the numbers by hand.Example: Title indexes of this type could be generated manually, but they are particularly easy to produce with the aide of a computer.Example: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Example: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy.Example: It is well worth the trouble to examine and negotiate financial matters with NGOs within reach in the country or the region to take advantage of their various assitance policies.Example: Local catalogues are of great value in showing at a glance the contents of libraries within easy reach.Example: Once this is finished, acquiring lavish quality items at cheaper costs is at their fingertips.Example: The Queen's undertakers keep a special coffin at the ready in case a member of the Royal family dies suddenly abroad.amañar = sex up ; fiddle ; fiddle with ; fudge ; fake ; cobble together ; concoct ; doctor.
Example: Kelly reportedly said that top aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair had 'sexed up' intelligence reports to help justify an invasion of Iraq.Example: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being 'fiddled' in Italy.Example: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.Example: The author explains how scientific literature is written, refereed, edited, and published, and contends that the data it contains have often been fudged or stolen from others.Example: Both the researcher and the student practice of 'fudging' involves faking, fabricating, or stealing data.Example: By cobbling together these essays without any attempt to integrate them, Mills reveals a disregard for his audience.Example: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.Example: The purpose of the present paper is to determine the effect of doctoring AACR2 in this manner.more:
» amañar el mercado = rig + the market .
Example: CAS rigged the online market and, in a society founded upon competition, this is neither the way things are done, nor the way things ought to be done.» amañar las elecciones = rig + the elections .
Example: Their only means of getting reelected is by rigging the elections.» amañar las pruebas = rig + evidence .
Example: Scientists already know how to rig the data and the evidence, now they are learning how to rig the polls.» amañar los datos = rig + data .
Example: Scientists already know how to rig the data and the evidence, now they are learning how to rig the polls.» amañar una encuesta = rig + a poll .
Example: Scientists already know how to rig the data and the evidence, now they are learning how to rig the polls.» amañar un plan = concoct + a plan .
Example: A tourist concocted a novel plan to get back home from his holiday in Malta after he ran out of money -- but it backfired.» amañar un sondeo (de opinión) = rig + a poll .
Example: Scientists already know how to rig the data and the evidence, now they are learning how to rig the polls.amaño = fiddle ; trick ; trickery ; deceit ; guile ; wangle ; underhand dealing ; underhand scheming ; crooked deal ; wile.
Example: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.Example: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.Example: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.Example: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.Example: They loved his genuineness and utter lack of guile.Example: You wonder what type of chemicals their mind must be made of to resort to such a wangle.Example: He was not afraid of underhand dealings and he had probably been skimming off some cash since Mr. Dubose died.Example: Furious at the underhand scheming, Marie-Claude hatched her own little plot.Example: Fred has set his crooked deals up very well and he hides behind his accomplices.Example: Cleopatra would use her wiles and wits to become the sole ruler of Egypt and the lover of the two most powerful men of Rome: Caesar and Marc Antony.more:
» amaño de partidos = match-fixing ; match-rigging .
Example: At the hearing, he denied any knowledge of the match-fixing, but stated that he became suspicious when none of his teammates would pass the ball to him. Example: The investigation is ongoing, however no one has been barred from the sport or even accused of match-rigging.