Desconocido in english
Unknown
pronunciation: ənnoʊn part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ənnoʊn part of speech: adjective
In gestures
desconocer = be unaware of ; remain + unaware of ; have + no understanding of.
Example: To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.Example: Unfortunately, the majority of the public, and in particular those most in need of information -- the disadvantaged -- remain largely unaware of an 'information gap' in their lives.Example: Someone who is too honest sounds like a lunatic because they seem to have no understanding of how the world works.more:
» desconocer el paradero = be unaccounted for .
Example: A total of 234354 centenarians are unaccounted for across Japan despite still being registered as alive under the family registry.» desconocer totalmente Algo = not know the first thing about ; be blissfully unaware of .
Example: The article is entitled 'We don't know the first thing about digitization: Assessing the Need for Digitization Training'. Example: Many students use CD-ROM databases to the exclusion of other sources and are blissfully unaware of the information that they may be missing.desconocido1 = unfamiliar ; unheard of ; unidentified ; unknown ; unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA] ; uncharted ; unchartered ; unheard ; unnoticed ; unnoted.
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.Example: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.Example: Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as 'unidentified'.Example: Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.Example: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.Example: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Example: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.Example: As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.Example: By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.Example: This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.more:
» algo desconocido = virgin territory .
Example: Today there is no virgin territory to be had -- only by invasion of another country can one nation extend its borders.» con intenciones desconocidas = with unknown intent .
Example: However, when the other canoes began to approach the ship with unknown intent, Cartier had 2 cannon shots fired to scare them away.» dar un salto hacia lo desconocido = take + a leap into the unknown ; take + a leap of faith .
Example: Innovation is about taking a leap into the unknown -- it's about risk taking, the possibility of great things. Example: If following your heart's desire seems crazy but not following it is becoming more and more difficult, your choices come down to taking a leap of faith or living with the regret of never having tried.» de causas desconocidas = idiopathic ; of unknown intent .
Example: This has happened twice and, by the looks of it, it seems be a fairly idiopathic occurrence. Example: Injuries were categorized as unintentional, intentional, or of unknown intent.» de intenciones desconocidas = of unknown intent .
Example: Injuries were categorized as unintentional, intentional, or of unknown intent.» de origen desconocido = unaccounted .
Example: The raids have revealed that the actress has an unaccounted wealth worth millions of dollars in the form of jewellery, property and business.» de paradero desconocido = unaccounted ; of unknown whereabouts .
Example: The raids have revealed that the actress has an unaccounted wealth worth millions of dollars in the form of jewellery, property and business. Example: The following list of Federal agencies and private organizations assist individuals in locating persons of unknown whereabouts.» desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; unknown, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar. Example: Basic search principles are occasionally encountered in the literature: `move from the general to the specific', `go from the known to the unknown'.» Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone [Serie televisiva de principios de los 60] .
Example: For some folks chocolate is a guilty pleasure, others like candy but mine comes from 1959-1964: The Twilight Zone.» fuente desconocida = unknown source .
Example: This application comes from an unknown source, and for your security only applications from trusted sources can be installed.» hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues .
Example: Many Baptists think talking in tongues is a demonic thing.» invitado desconocido = mystery guest .
Example: The first clue is that our mystery guest appeared in 12 films, often in the lead or second lead female role.» joya desconocida = hidden jewel .
Example: Restored and relit in 1998, the Sapelo Lighthouse is a hidden jewel of Georgia's coast.» líquido desconocido = foreign substance .
Example: Drinks, food, cigarettes, chewing gum or any other foreign substance should never be brought onto the dance floor.» miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown .
Example: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.» miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown .
Example: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.» moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth ; be in over + Posesivo + head .
Example: This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head. Example: This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.» origen desconocido = unknown source .
Example: This application comes from an unknown source, and for your security only applications from trusted sources can be installed.» paradero desconocido = unknown whereabouts .
Example: The four colors represent whether they were reported killed, captured, fled to Algeria or have unknown whereabouts.» pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth ; be in over + Posesivo + head .
Example: This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head. Example: This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.» por alguna razón desconocida = for some unknown reason .
Example: For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view.» por causas desconocidas = of unknown intent .
Example: Injuries were categorized as unintentional, intentional, or of unknown intent.» producto desconocido = foreign substance .
Example: Drinks, food, cigarettes, chewing gum or any other foreign substance should never be brought onto the dance floor.» salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into the unknown ; leap into the void .
Example: Even IT-induced changes in existing libraries were not huge transforming leaps into the previously unknown. Example: Art is a leap into the void, a chance to give birth to your genius and to make magic where there was no magic before.» ser desconocido para = be alien to .
Example: The indications are that socialist theory was absolutely alien to the majority of socialist workers, who had little interest in theoretical party literature.» sustancia desconocida = foreign substance .
Example: Drinks, food, cigarettes, chewing gum or any other foreign substance should never be brought onto the dance floor.» terreno desconocido = unchartered territory [Es recomendable usar "uncharted territory"] ; unchartered waters [Es recomendable usar "uncharted waters"] .
Example: The article 'Entering unchartered territory: putting CD-ROM in place' is a contribution to a special issue devoted in part to CD-ROM. Example: We are looking for a candidate who will be able to lead our institution through the unchartered waters of rapid change in higher education.» territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory ; unchartered territory [Es recomendable usar "uncharted territory"] ; unchartered waters [Es recomendable usar "uncharted waters"] .
Example: True interdisciplinary collaboration requires crossing professional boundaries into what is often unfamiliar territory. Example: The article 'Entering unchartered territory: putting CD-ROM in place' is a contribution to a special issue devoted in part to CD-ROM. Example: We are looking for a candidate who will be able to lead our institution through the unchartered waters of rapid change in higher education.» tierra desconocida = terra incognita .
Example: Literacy work is to some degree something of a 'terra incognita' for librarians.» valor desconocido = unknown .
Example: As a result of its use in math, X is often used to represent unknowns in other circumstances.desconocido2 = stranger ; outsider ; nomen nescio [N.N.] ; Jane Doe ; John Doe.
Example: Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.Example: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.Example: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.Example: A woman was gruesomely murdered over the weekend and police need the public's assistance to determine the identity of who at this point is Jane Doe.Example: A woman in Texas believes her missing brother may be a John Doe who has been in a nursing home on life support for the past 14 years.more:
» ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam ; not know + Pronombre + from a hole in the wall ; be a total stranger .
Example: But the man in the street wouldn't know them from Adam. Example: Although my father 'didn't know her from a hole in the wall,' he walked into a bank and vouched for her creditworthiness. Example: She is now obsessed with needing to understand why a total stranger would sacrifice his life to save hers.