Con in english

con = by use of ; with ; with ; possessed of ; what with ; not without ; featuring. 

Example: By use of the code 'p' on the saved document summary screen you can request than one of the saved document lists be printed.Example: Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.Example: WITH retrieves records in which two (or more) terms appear in the same field.Example: Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.Example: What with Consuelo Feng in tears and Bernice Washington very pale, and startled, all was incomprehensible.Example: It has shown that the technology can work, but not without problems.Example: The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

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» acoger con entusiasmo = greet + Nombre + warmly .

Example: Descriptive bibliography has long been acknowledged as one primary field of bibliographical activity and greeted especially warmly by those who wish to see a strictly utilitarian end for these studies.

» andar con cuidado = tread + lightly .

Example: In conversing with her you hadn't got to tread lightly and warily, lest at any moment you might rupture the relationship, and tumble into eternal disgrace.

» asintiendo con entusiasmo = in eager assent .

Example: 'It worked out beautifully for me,' said Stanhope, in eager assent.

» con abundantes dorados = heavily gilt .

Example: A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.

» con acceso controlado = gated .

Example: I live in a gated all-white neighborhood with my parents and found out today that well over half of my neighbors are Jews.

» con actividades al aire libre = outdoor-oriented ; outdoorsy .

Example: She learned to swim, canoe, and waterski at her family's lake house and began attending outdoor-oriented summer camp at the age of 8.

Example: For outdoorsy kids, give them a gift that will keep them active outdoors like sports equipment, outdoor games and camping gear.

» con admiración = admiringly .

Example: Even a scraggly beard does not hurt the looks of Rob, I can still look at him admiringly.

» con afabilidad = good-naturedly .

Example: Feaver remarked with the easy manner of familiars who are accustomed to sparring good-naturedly with each other that he certainly seemed to have picked up a great deal of miscellaneous information from that particular talk.

» con afán = earnestly .

Example: Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed.

» con afecto = fondly ; affectionately .

Example: The books remembered most vividly and most fondly are the ones that go beyond the bounds of ordinary existence.

Example: I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.

» con agallas = spunky [spunkier -comp., spunkiest -sup.]  .

Example: The author discusses a number of 'spunky' girls in adolescent and children's literature.

» con agilidad = nimbly .

Example: The author identifies fundamental attitudes necessary for information professionals to navigate 'nimbly' in a fast changing environment.

» con agradecimiento = gratefully .

Example: LISU gratefully acknowledge the support and sponsorship of Swets Blackwell for this event.

» con agudeza = perceptively ; subtly .

Example: Above all evaluation must be carried out regularly and perceptively.

Example: The DaVinci Code movie deviates only subtly from the best-selling book on which it is based by making the lead character a man of some faith.

» con ahínco = diligently ; industriously .

Example: The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.

Example: For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.

» con aire acondicionado = air conditioned .

Example: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

» con aire cansado = wearily .

Example: 'Mel,' she said wearily, 'Kass doesn't satisfy the minimum service requirement'.

» con aire cansino = tiredly .

Example: 'Hi Muffin,' he said tiredly.

» con aire de culpabilidad = guiltily .

Example: Most people guiltily admit to using their cell phones while driving.

» con aire despreocupado = nonchalantly .

Example: She arrived in floods of tears, having been told nonchalantly by her booker to 'skip a few meals' in the run-up to London Fashion Week if she wanted to work.

» con aire(s) de superioridad = condescending ; patronising [patronizing, -USA] ; haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.]  ; haughtily ; condescendingly ; supercilious ; superciliously ; patronisingly [patronizingly, -USA] .

Example: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

Example: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.

Example: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.

Example: The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.

Example: Watching these white male lawyers talk down so condescendingly to is painful.

Example: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

Example: Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.

Example: It was a while before it dawned on me that I was myself a migrant, displaying all the characteristics I so patronisingly observed in others.

» con alas = winged .

Example: There is an interesting and very relevant project under way to demonstrate the full potential of TeletexProject Hermes (the winged messenger of the gods).

» con alborozo = mirthfully .

Example: 'Can you imagine everyone retiring at once like this,' said the voice of another trustee mirthfully = "Puedes imaginarte que todos se jubilen a la vez de ese modo", dijo la voz de otro miembro del consejo de administración con alborozo.

» con alegría = joyously ; gleefully .

Example: Wine lovers around the world have joyously adopted the British slang word 'plonk' to describe poor, cheap wine.

Example: Nietzsche famously violates the rules of logic, gleefully engaging in the 'informal' fallacies, for example, in his appeals to emotions.

» con algoritmos = algorithmically .

Example: This approach is characterised by the renunciation of attempts to generate the wording of index entries algorithmically.

» con alimentación manual = hand-fed  .

Example: In 1895 a good London bindery would have the following machines: hand-fed folding machines, sewing machines, nipping machines (for pressing the sewn books before casing-in), cutting machines, rounding machines, backing machines, straight-knife trimming machines (guillotines), rotary board-cutting machines, power blocking presses, and hydraulic standing presses.

» con altanería = superciliously ; haughtily ; condescendingly ; patronisingly [patronizingly, -USA] .

Example: Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.

Example: The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.

Example: Watching these white male lawyers talk down so condescendingly to is painful.

Example: It was a while before it dawned on me that I was myself a migrant, displaying all the characteristics I so patronisingly observed in others.

» con altibajos = chequered [checkered, -USA] .

Example: An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.

» con altos ingresos = high-income ; upper-income .

Example: Alternatively, someone in a high-status, high-income profession may call themselves working-class because, hey, we all have to work to pay the bills, right?.

Example: The wealth gap between upper-income Americans and the rest of the country has reached a new high.

» con amabilidad = graciously .

Example: 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.

» con amargura = bitterly ; sorely .

Example: 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.

Example: We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with.

» con ambiente familiar = family-friendly .

Example: Making healthy, family-friendly veggie soups and fruit smoothies or whipping cream is fast and fuss-free with a hand blender.

» con amor no correspondido = lovelorn .

Example: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.

» con anotaciones = scripted .

Example: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.

» con ansia = thirstily ; avidly .

Example: He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.

Example: Often the majority group in these councils is of the left, but the approach to obtaining finance has been bi-partisan and pragmatic, with groups of every political persuasion avidly pursuing Community money.

» con ansias de = thirsty for .

Example: Despite the faults in the movie, both actors did a great job and their performances left one thirsty for more.

» con ansias de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering .

Example: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and the rest continue to fight the good fight against world-conquering super-powered villains, offering their readers excitement, escape, and hopefully a bit more = Superman, Batman, Spideman y otros continúan luchando por una buena causa contra villanos superpoderosos con ansias de conquistar el mundo, ofreciendo a sus lectores emoción, evasión de la realidad y, es de esperar, un poco más.

» con ansias de leer = reading-desirous .

Example: Finally, in 1939, Clarence Sherman sounded the note of defeat when he wrote that librarians had been forced to abandon `the long-cherished hope that the free public library would reach a constantly expanding population, book-conscious and reading-desirous'.

» con ansias de poder = power-hungry .

Example: Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere.

» con ansiedad = eagerly ; with bated breath ; excitedly ; insatiably ; anxiously .

Example: Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.

Example: Many in the crowd were lulled into a false sense of calm and nostalgia while others waited with bated breath for the real surprises to begin.

Example: She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.

Example: She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably -- she lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others.

Example: I jumped in a taxi and sat anxiously as we made our way to the embassy.

» con antelación = beforehand ; ahead of time .

Example: When possible expected interruptions should either be planned for or prevented beforehand.

Example: George Cunha stressed the importance of having a written disaster plan ahead of time and that replacement was generally cheaper than recovery.

» con antelación a = in anticipation of ; prior to .

Example: It was indeed in anticipation of this development that the first wholesaling conger had been formed in the 1680s.

Example: Prior to his current position, he was Director of Ohio State University Libraries for Public Services.

» con antelación (a) = in advance (of) .

Example: CIP is intended to facilitate the selection and ordering of materials by alerting librarians and others to forthcoming works in advance of their publication.

» con antelación a = in anticipation of ; prior to .

Example: It was indeed in anticipation of this development that the first wholesaling conger had been formed in the 1680s.

Example: Prior to his current position, he was Director of Ohio State University Libraries for Public Services.

» con anterioridad a = pre ; prior to ; before the days of .

Example: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.

Example: Prior to his current position, he was Director of Ohio State University Libraries for Public Services.

Example: Before the days of the new bibliography few writers felt the need to distinguish in this manner.

» con anterioridad a la contratación = pre-employment [preemployment] .

Example: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years,.

» con anterioridad a la crisis = pre-crisis .

Example: Exports still have not regained their pre-crisis peak, and in fact remain below their level of a decade ago.

» con añoranza = longingly ; wistfully ; homesick .

Example: New structures do not simply appear, they emerge by keeping our eyes fixed upon the future rather than looking longingly over our shoulders at the past.

Example: He said that growing up during the depression he always looked back wistfully to the 1920s age of flappers as an era of freedom he had missed.

Example: You were probably the most homesick person in your dorm, with the possible exception of the hawaiians.

» con apatía = listlessly .

Example: This film appears to consist of people listlessly hanging around doing nothing very much.

» con aplicación = industriously ; studiously .

Example: For years past, the harpies of power have been industriously inculcating the idea that all our difficulties proceed from the impotency of Congress.

Example: It was a boring performance in the sense that nothing happened except what was studiously prepared in advance.

» con aprensión = apprehensively .

Example: Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.

» con aprobación = approvingly .

Example: Preston Huish smiled approvingly, expressed his thanks, and walked away with suave confidence.

» con ardor = ardently .

Example: They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.

» con armonía = harmoniously .

Example: In contrast, the system presented in this article solves space problems quietly and harmoniously.

» con arrepentimiento = contritely .

Example: Bowing their heads, they contritely accepted the chastisement.

» con arrogancia = superciliously ; haughtily ; condescendingly ; patronisingly [patronizingly, -USA] ; arrogantly .

Example: Tiff smiled a little superciliously intimating that he had a plan all figured out already.

Example: The whole place pulsates with drama: an aristocratic extravagance with giant statues glowering haughtily from its domed roof.

Example: Watching these white male lawyers talk down so condescendingly to is painful.

Example: It was a while before it dawned on me that I was myself a migrant, displaying all the characteristics I so patronisingly observed in others.

Example: He was smiling at her now, arrogantly and sneeringly.

» con arrojo = fearlessly .

Example: Knowing that he was up against a large enemy force, he fearlessly rode to the head of his troops to calm them before sending them into battle.

» con arrugas = furrowed .

Example: I am 24, and my brow tends to be furrowed and angry-looking.

» con asco = disgustedly .

Example: 'Well, I don't know what's going on,' Pope continued disgustedly.

» con asiduidad = assiduously .

Example: For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.

» con aspecto de adulto = adult-looking .

Example: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, 'staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".

» con aspiraciones = aspiring .

Example: The idea was to give the 'best and most aspiring poor' the opportunity to improve; the not so good and less aspiring be damned!.

» con astucia = by cunning ; astutely ; slyly ; shrewdly ; cannily .

Example: He is a systematic 'sweater' who sucks wealth from toiling crowds by cunning and by stealth.

Example: One must choose the time to suggest a book to children astutely.

Example: The author suggests slyly that, while word processors may have increased writing speed, they cannot ensure improved writing quality.

Example: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.

Example: The author cannily exploits significant binary oppositions -- masculine/feminine, public/private.

» con atención = attentively .

Example: The author encourages the reference librarian to listen attentively to children's questions, to be familiar with local school curricula and with currently popular television programmes, films and electronic games.

» con atrevimiento = fearlessly .

Example: Knowing that he was up against a large enemy force, he fearlessly rode to the head of his troops to calm them before sending them into battle.

» con audacia = boldly .

Example: And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.

» con autoridad = authoritative ; authoritatively .

Example: While the operating instructions must be regarded as authoritative, they should not be seen as sacrosanct tablets of stone.

Example: When teachers respond authoritatively, it is because they feel they have lost control over the situation.

» con avances = stepped-up .

Example: These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.

» con avaricia = rapaciously ; greedily ; avariciously .

Example: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

Example: The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.

Example: They gladly and avariciously take our money, but make no bones about hating our fucking guts and trying to fuck us over every chance they get!.

» con avidez = thirstily ; avidly ; eagerly ; excitedly .

Example: He took a bottle of water from a vintage refrigerator, uncapped it, and drank thirstily, emptying the entire bottle.

Example: Often the majority group in these councils is of the left, but the approach to obtaining finance has been bi-partisan and pragmatic, with groups of every political persuasion avidly pursuing Community money.

Example: Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.

Example: She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.

» con baño = en suite  ; en-suite bathroom ; en-suite bath ; en-suite facilities .

Example: From en suite university rooms to 5-star hotels, there is a wide choice of accommodation to suit every budget.

Example: Apart from its single rooms, Villa Isis has one double room and three twin rooms with en-suite bathrooms.

Example: Our guest room sleeps up to 4 people and has a full en-suite bath.

Example: All rooms have en-suite facilities, satellite television with DVD player, central heating, tea and coffee facilities and double-glazed windows.

» con barba = bearded .

Example: The author analyzes the scriptural symbolism in an illustrated initial depicting the Crucifixion, focusing on the significance of a white-haired and bearded Christ.

» con barrera de acceso = gated .

Example: I live in a gated all-white neighborhood with my parents and found out today that well over half of my neighbors are Jews.

» con base de arena = sand-based .

Example: The university has a full-sized, sand-based, all-weather pitch that is flood lit for evening use.

» con base empírica = empirically-based .

Example: This article attempts to develop an empirically-based statistical formula to help in library budget allocation = Este artículo intenta desarrollar una fórmula estadística con base empírica para ayudar en la asignación del presupuesto de la biblioteca.

» con base en = based in .

Example: Other European host include DIMDI (Deutsches Institut fur Medizinisches Dokumentation und Information), the German Service, and Telesystèmes-Questel based in France.

» con bastante antelación = well in advance ; far in advance .

Example: We try to persuade all speakers to let us have the text of their papers well in advance.

Example: As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.

» con bastante frecuencia = quite frequently ; fairly often ; quite often .

Example: Quite frequently a user will be satisfied with a few items on a topic, as long as they are relevant, and meet other criteria such as language, date and level.

Example: Fairly often this sort of libraries have been equipped with a computer.

Example: Quite often these babies are saved as a last ditch to provide these parents with a family.

» con basura por el suelo = littered .

Example: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').

» con bisagras = hinged .

Example: The casting-box for flong moulds was a flat iron case like a portfolio with one hinged lid.

» con boca de carretero = foul-mouthed .

Example: He was foul-mouthed and foul-tempered, a vicious player whose most common word was 'cocksucker,' usually directed at the referees.

» con botones = buttoned ; buttoned-up .

Example: How do I know if a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt is the right size for me?.

Example: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

» con botones por detrás = back-buttoning .

Example: This close up of the boys playing on the seasaw shows the back-buttoning pinafores the boys had to wear.

» con brillantina = oiled .

Example: One was short and portly, dressed in a dark suit and bald but for a fringe of oiled black hair around the pate.

» con brío = peppy [peppier -comp., peppiest -sup.]  .

Example: Despite strict morality contracts, many movie studios in the 1930s through the 60s fed their young actors and actresses drugs to keep them peppy.

» con brisa = breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.]  .

Example: On a breezy day the flames become alive, dancing and reflecting light as they spin.

» con brotes = budded .

Example: The painting depicts an owl perched on a sparsely budded branch with an enigmatic expression that can be seen as either a wink or a stare.

» con bucles = loopy [loopier -comp., loopiest -sup.]  .

Example: At times, the flow of the jet stream is streamlined from west to east but at other times it takes a loopy path as shown in the image.

» con buena disposición = with good nature .

Example: 'Here's your chance!' he smiled with entire good nature.

» con buena fama = respected .

Example: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

» con buena reputación = respected ; reputable  .

Example: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

Example: Plainly it is worth seeking both reputable suppliers and producers, since they have an interest in offering a sound product.

» con buenas conexiones = well-connected .

Example: The article is entitled 'Still special: but now a well-connected community'.

» con buenas intenciones = well meant ; in good faith ; well-intentioned ; well-intended ; well-meaning ; in a good way .

Example: I've found him always on the defensive; instead of taking my comments as well meant.

Example: If one side gives in on something, take it in good faith, don't take advantage of it, and be willing to yield something in return.

Example: As he recovers, he overhears a well-intentioned social worker murmuring soothingly about a juvenile facility, and contrives an escape.

Example: Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes.

Example: His lawyer said that inept support from some well-meaning backers had created a phony dispute about whether great artists have special rights.

Example: How can humans affect the environment in a good way?.

» con buen gusto = tastefully .

Example: The message was clear, but the thing that got my emotional attention was that it was done tastefully.

» con buen humor = good-humouredly .

Example: Taking the interruption good-humoredly, he parenthetically noted that the audience 'may expect interruptions like that'.

» con buenos contactos = well-connected .

Example: The article is entitled 'Still special: but now a well-connected community'.

» con buenos modales = politely .

Example: And a few even requested tax deduction statements for income tax purposes, which requests she politely denied.

» con buenos resultados = to good effect ; to good purpose .

Example: The cult of personality has been used to good effect by the Thatcher team, aided by disarray in the opposition.

Example: James argued that a sufficiently alert novelist could catch knowledge from everywhere and use it to good purpose.

» con buen ritmo = apace .

Example: The economic recovery continues apace, but we are a long way from being out of the woods yet.

» con buen tiempo = in good weather .

Example: For most small aircraft flying outside controlled airspace in good weather, the pilots are responsible for maintaining a safe distance from other aircraft.

» con bultos = lumpiness  .

Example: Bloating of the lower abdomen may easily appear, with a feeling of lumpiness when pressed.

» con burbujas = carbonated ; bubbly [bubblier - comp., bubbliest -sup.]  .

Example: The same problem is posed a fortiori when the liquid to be pasteurized contains dissolved gas under pressure (carbonated liquid) -- the case of beer for example.

Example: The Champagne region in France is the birthplace of the world's most famous bubbly drink.

» con cable = corded .

Example: There are basically three options when buying a string trimmer: gas powered, corded electric or cordless electric.

» con cada momento que + pasar = with every passing moment .

Example: The reunion between siblings was prickly and the tension grew with every passing moment.

» con cafeína = caffeinated .

Example: If it's due to that, you should keep away from gassy drinks, coffee and other caffeinated drinks.

» con cajero = cashiered .

Example: Should you continue to experience difficulties, you will be directed to a cashiered exit lane, where a cashier will assist you in making payment for your parking.

» con calefacción = heated .

Example: Certainly the larger establishments of the early machine-press period, which produced comparable numbers of damp sheets, found it necessary to install heated drying rooms.

» con calefacción central = centrally heated .

Example: Modern, centrally heated buildings are pleasant for readers but can cause damage to books.

» con calma = calmly ; leisurely ; tranquilly ; nice and easy .

Example: Let's try to talk this over calmly and coolly.

Example: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Example: He rests tranquilly, has a good appetite, and says he 'feels tip-top'.

Example: The key to make a habit of daily excersise is to only do 20 minutes in the beginning and do it nice and easy.

» con cansancio = wearily .

Example: 'Mel,' she said wearily, 'Kass doesn't satisfy the minimum service requirement'.

» con capucha = hooded .

Example: Some of the blackgammon playing pieces lost included a centaur with bow, a hooded archer, a violinist and a seated harpist.

» con cara avinagrada = sour-faced .

Example: Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president -- as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.

» con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio] .

Example: She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.

» con cara de mala leche = scowling .

Example: It was as if a scowling Zeus, the weather god, were hurling lightning and flinging hail at hapless concertgoers in the middle day of the music festival.

» con cara de perro = reluctantly ; unwillingly ; begrudgingly ; grudging ; grudgingly .

Example: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Example: Intellectuals have been unwillingly transformed into cultural commentators and cultural studies has replaced philosophy.

Example: Even if librarians can admit begrudgingly that comic books may deserve a rightful place in many libraries, innumerable fears come to mind = Aunque los bibliotecarios pueden admitir de mala gana que los comics pueden merecerse el lugar que les corresponde en muchas bibliotecas, las dudas que les asaltan son innumerables.

Example: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.

Example: Another point which we hope these introductory remarks make clear is that AACR2, even more than the 1967 version, is the result of give and take, of compromise, of negotiation, of concessions made graciously or grudgingly.

» con cara de pocos amigos = grim-faced ; with an attitude ; sour-faced ; scowling ; angry-looking .

Example: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being 'grim-faced'.

Example: His mission would have been doomed, was it not for some unexpected help from a black-eyed girl with an attitude and a special talent.

Example: Germany warns France there is no easy way out after it elects anti-austerity president -- as sour-faced Sarko breaks cover for last official duties.

Example: It was as if a scowling Zeus, the weather god, were hurling lightning and flinging hail at hapless concertgoers in the middle day of the music festival.

Example: I am 24, and my brow tends to be furrowed and angry-looking.

» con cara de sueño = bleary-eyed [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio] .

Example: She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London.

» con cara de tristeza = sad-looking .

Example: The lone fruitmonger displayed baskets of sad-looking apples on a countertop, and didn't bother to announce them with a shout or a chant.

» con cara rosada = pink-faced .

Example: Experts confirmed this week that the U.S. populace appears to have fallen under the spell of yet another pink-faced half-wit.

» con cara triste = sad-looking .

Example: The lone fruitmonger displayed baskets of sad-looking apples on a countertop, and didn't bother to announce them with a shout or a chant.

» con carga por delante = front-loaded .

Example: It is faster to wash your clothes with a top-loaded model than with the front-loaded version.

» con carga por detrás = rear-loaded .

Example: Commercial premises are either front loaded, with parking from the street with a side drive (sometimes shared), or rear loaded from an alley.

» con cargo a = to be debited to ; to be charged to .

Example: This represents the amount to be debited to your bank account 2 days prior to the last business day of the month.

Example: Until then, automatic payments will continue to be charged to your checking account or credit card.

» con cargo de conciencia = remorseful .

Example: All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.

» con cariño = fondly ; affectionately .

Example: The books remembered most vividly and most fondly are the ones that go beyond the bounds of ordinary existence.

Example: I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.

» con carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]  .

Example: Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.

» con cautela = cautiously ; warily ; with a grain of salt ; gingerly ; cagily ; circumspectly .

Example: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.

Example: A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.

Example: Futuristic food for thought needs to be absorbed with a grain of salt: the real force that shapes the future is effective leadership.

Example: My cat is lethargic, and moves very gingerly, like she's in pain.

Example: The match started very cagily, with goalscoring chances coming few and far between.

Example: Some of us act circumspectly most of the time while others tend to be impulsive more often.

» con cerdas = bristly .

Example: The most attractive stage is when the young leaves are expanding as bright red bristly tendrils.

» con certeza = for sure ; with assurance ; for certain ; for a fact ; for a certainty ; confidently .

Example: It's been a tough decision, but now it's made, and I'm coming back for sure.

Example: These maps, as those of us who are outlet junkie bargain-hunters know with assurance, are ones any shopper can pick up in any outlet mall.

Example: One thing that is for certain is that the loss affects musicians, sound technicians, recording studios, and music stores.

Example: The value of the US dollar is for a fact on the decline.

Example: She looked into the man's eyes and knew for a certainty that he meant harm.

Example: In the interests of document identification, the title is normally quoted verbatim so that the document record can be successfully and confidently matched with the document.

» con chasis fabricado por separado del bastidor = coachbuilt [coach-built] .

Example: This kind of analysis would give entries under Cars and Coachbuilt but not under any of the other terms.

» con chófer = chauffeured .

Example: Celebrities will even hire chauffeured cars to ferry their children to school because they feel this is a safer option.

» con cierta comodidad = with some ease .

Example: Undaunted, they have risen again and their leader continues to wear the crown of world's best player with some ease.

» con cierta facilidad = with some ease .

Example: Undaunted, they have risen again and their leader continues to wear the crown of world's best player with some ease.

» con cierta formación = educated .

Example: This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.

» con cierta frecuencia = not uncommonly .

Example: Not uncommonly the user will need to see everything that is available, on for example, infant deaths, or Rhode Island Reds, or needlepoint lace, or miners' lamps.

» con ciertas condiciones = with strings attached .

Example: Korea and Myanmar, among others, have individually rejected aid with the biting criticism that it came 'with strings attached'.

» con cierto detalle = at some length .

Example: We will therefore consider the standards used in catalogues at some length.

» con cierto gasto = at some expense .

Example: The University had already looked after the collection for 19 years at some expense and was fortunately able to meet the purchase price.

» con cinismo = cynically .

Example: As Townsend cynically writes, a committee developed to make decisions is a group of 'unfits appointed by the incompetent to do the unnecessary'.

» con cintura de avispa = wasp-waisted .

Example: Elizabethan men would sometimes wear girdles, the equivalent of the female corset, to obtain the wasp-waisted look!.

» con círculos = loopy [loopier -comp., loopiest -sup.]  .

Example: At times, the flow of the jet stream is streamlined from west to east but at other times it takes a loopy path as shown in the image.

» con clase = classy [classier -comp., classiest -sup.]  .

Example: Made from stainless steel, this soup tureen will look the part on any classy buffet line.

» con claustros = cloistered .

Example: The myth of the liberal arts college, ivy covered cloistered, is increasingly less valid.

» con clavos = hobnailed .

Example: Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = La igualdad de oportunidades es un mito: mientras que algunas personas empiezan la carrera muy preparados y llevan zapatillas de clavos, otras arrastran grilletes y cadenas en sus tobillos y llevan botas con clavos.

» con cobro = fee-based .

Example: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

» con cocina incluida = self-catered .

Example: Catered or self-catered, choose your preference to have a perfect holiday in the French Alps.

» con codicia = rapaciously ; greedily ; covetously .

Example: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed.

Example: The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths.

Example: He had overlooked the evil intention of a man who covetously wanted to dispossess him of his earthly treasures.

» con cola = caudate .

Example: Amphibians found in Poland belong to two orders: caudate amphibians and ecaudate amphibians.

» con cola espesa = bushy-tailed .

Example: It's picture of a bushy-tailed fox sitting up on its hind legs and touching its chest.

» con cola tupida = bushy-tailed .

Example: It's picture of a bushy-tailed fox sitting up on its hind legs and touching its chest.

» con cólicos = colicky newborn .

Example: Parents who find themselves in the unenviable position of being home with a colicky newborn can rest assured that there is a cure.

» con colmo = heaped .

Example: One portion is equivalent to 80 grams (about 3 ounces) or a heaped handful.

» con columnas corintias = Corinthian-columned .

Example: Despite the heaviness of the air -- the humidity, even at this early time of the day, was thick -- and the impressive Corinthian-columned facade of the library, she felt happy, almost light-headed.

» con comba = sagging .

Example: Rejuvenation procedures typically performed in conjunction with a facelift are brow lift, to correct a sagging or deeply furrowed brow, and eyelid surgery to rejuvenate aging eyes.

» con comodidad = with ease ; easily .

Example: Like a seasoned politician, Mr. Gandhi handled the students' queries with ease during the one-hour session.

Example: Thus it is possible in an author sequence to view easily the works of one author.

» con competencia = competently .

Example: Librarians using DOBIS/Leuven need not know a great deal about MARC to use the system competently.

» con comprensión = sympathetically .

Example: Their first-hand knowledge of the community and commitment to its problems has been invaluable in ensuring that NACs respond sympathetically and swiftly to the needs of the neighbourhood.

» con compromisos = strings attached .

Example: Any 'strings attached' gifts are refused outright by the library.

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