Enemigo in english
pronunciation: enəmi part of speech: noun
enemigo1 = adversary ; detractor ; enemy ; foe.
Example: Intelligence means either an individual's analytical or reasoning abilities or information on an adversary.Example: Mathilda Panopoulos, known as 'Tilly' to her friends and colleagues but usually styled 'Tilly the Hun' or just 'the Hun' by her detractors, is a native of Pritchard.Example: Dust is an enemy of microcomputers as it is with any piece of electrical apparatus, and a dust cover costing a few pounds is a worthwhile purchase.Example: Place operators in quotation marks when searching for them as words, e.g. 'near' death, friend 'or' foe.more:
» amigo o enemigo = friend or foe .
Example: A mind reading helmet could allow military bosses to tell if new captured enemies are friend or foe.» confraternizar con el enemigo = consort with + the enemy ; make + friends with the enemy ; fraternise with + the enemy .
Example: Journalists are worried about spilling military secrets, undermining national security, and consorting with the enemy. Example: Another problem was nursing a grudge, making friends with the enemies to get back to someone whom she thought was a thorn in her flesh. Example: The truce saw soldiers at several places put down their guns at Christmas to fraternise with the enemy.» convertirse en + Posesivo + peor enemigo = become + Posesivo + own worst enemy .
Example: There are many who think that towards the end of his life Gandhi became his own worst enemy and almost provoked his detractors into liquidating him.» derrotar al enemigo = defeat + the enemy .
Example: In hand-to-hand combat, the soldier must have the attitude that he will defeat the enemy and complete the mission, no matter what.» dormir con el enemigo = sleep with + the enemy .
Example: She was a spy who slept with the enemy in order to obtain information.» el enemigo en casa = the enemy within .
Example: Ever since Margaret Thatcher referred to striking miners in 1980s Britain as 'the enemy within', mere mention of the concept has seemed a symptom of paranoia.» enemigo acérrimo = arch enemy [archenemy] ; arch-rival [archrival] ; sworn enemy ; bitter enemy .
Example: The article 'The case of Charles Merrill Mount: the archivist's arch enemy' describes the theft of valuable letters and documents by Charles Merrill Mount. Example: The geneticist and arch-rival of the biometricians, Williams Bateson, was very critical of this work and interpreted this as Weldon's rejection of Mendelism. Example: I wouldn't quite call them our sworn enemies, any more than a mosquito is a human's sworn enemy. Example: False friends are worst than bitter enemies.» enemigo acérrimo de = hater .
Example: He was sacked for lampooning a Muslim colleague as a 'bacon hater'.» enemigo a/de muerte = bitter enemy ; sworn enemy .
Example: False friends are worst than bitter enemies. Example: I wouldn't quite call them our sworn enemies, any more than a mosquito is a human's sworn enemy.» enemigo asimétrico = asymmetric enemy .
Example: To force asymmetric enemies like al Qaeda into decisive battle we must surround them, cut them off from escape and kill or capture them.» enemigo de = resister (of/against) .
Example: Incomplete and anachronistic readings of the records from the 1612 trial for her rape have underpinned an image of Artemisia as, in the older treatments, a flirt and vamp or, in more recent ones, a feminist and resister of male violence.» enemigo declarado = sworn enemy .
Example: I wouldn't quite call them our sworn enemies, any more than a mosquito is a human's sworn enemy.» enemigo de la humanidad = enemy of humanity .
Example: If he can't do that right, then he has no place in any station of government and we need to realize that he is an enemy of humanity.» enemigo del pueblo = enemy of the people .
Example: 'Enemies of the People' may be one of the most important films about Cambodia ever made = "Enemigos del pueblo" quizás sea una de las películas más importantes que jamás se ha hecho sobre Camboya.» enemigo mortal = mortal foe .
Example: Dead men have no friends; consequently, Israel must abandon its love affair with its putative, feckless friends and kill, once for all, its mortal foes.» enemigo público = public enemy .
Example: This shaggy-haired 27-year-old Burmese video journalist is considered a public enemy by his country's military junta.» enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one .
Example: Obesity is public enemy number one in New Mexico.» enfrentarse al enemigo = engage + the enemy .
Example: You, however, are more than welcome to head for Kasab to immediately engage the enemy and 'cut a fat hog'.» en manos del enemigo = at the hands of enemies ; at the hands of the enemy .
Example: However, the stela remained unfinished when he died two years later under mysterious circumstances at the hands of enemies. Example: Many who were wounded and still alive when this was going on a suffered a horrible death at the hands of the enemy.» espiar al enemigo = spy + the flagship .
Example: The article 'Spying the flagships' is a report of an Association of Assistant Librarians national weekend school, 8-10 May 87, on the theme of 'Off the peg, tailored or patchwork?' in relation to choosing library computer systems.» ganar enemigos = make + enemies .
Example: However, her strong-mindedness, dictatorial tactics, and attempts to dominate her teachers and staff have made her many enemies.» hacer amistad con el enemigo = make + friends with the enemy .
Example: Another problem was nursing a grudge, making friends with the enemies to get back to someone whom she thought was a thorn in her flesh.» hacer enemigos = make + enemies .
Example: However, her strong-mindedness, dictatorial tactics, and attempts to dominate her teachers and staff have made her many enemies.» hacer frente al enemigo = engage + the enemy .
Example: You, however, are more than welcome to head for Kasab to immediately engage the enemy and 'cut a fat hog'.» luchar contra el enemigo = engage + the enemy .
Example: You, however, are more than welcome to head for Kasab to immediately engage the enemy and 'cut a fat hog'.» matar al enemigo = take + no prisoners .
Example: They began taking no prisoners, burning whole villages, and routinely shooting surrendering Filipinos.» Posesivo + peor enemigo = Posesivo + worst enemy .
Example: In other words, we have become our worst enemy, continually shooting ourselves in the foot.» ser + Posesivo + peor enemigo = be + Posesivo + (own) worst enemy .
Example: If you put a lot of effort into losing weight but just don't seem to get results, you may be your own worst enemy.» si no puedes con el enemigo, únete a él = if you can't beat them (you might as well) join them .
Example: I'm not a great fan of the money thrown around in football, but if you can't beat them you might as well join them.» vencer al enemigo = defeat + the enemy .
Example: In hand-to-hand combat, the soldier must have the attitude that he will defeat the enemy and complete the mission, no matter what.enemigo2 = enemy.
Example: The term 'axis of evil' has locked the United States - North Korean foreign policy at an enemy stance.more:
» caer en manos enemigas = fall into + enemy hands .
Example: Crucial information too important to be allowed to appear in periodicals, which might fall into enemy hands, was printed in the form of individual papers in a limited number of copies.» campo enemigo, el = enemy camp, the .
Example: A friend in the enemy camp is the term he uses when describing our friendship.» combatiente enemigo = enemy combatant .
Example: Among other things, the war context gives the President the authority to detain enemy combatants at least until hostilities cease.» en manos enemigas = at the hands of enemies ; at the hands of the enemy .
Example: However, the stela remained unfinished when he died two years later under mysterious circumstances at the hands of enemies. Example: Many who were wounded and still alive when this was going on a suffered a horrible death at the hands of the enemy.» fuego enemigo = enemy fire .
Example: In more than one occasion he exposed himself to enemy fire and grenades by covering the bodies of those whom he was aiding with his own.» incursión enemiga = enemy incursion .
Example: It was part of an artificial defense system, a buffer zone to slow down enemy incursions.» invasión enemiga = enemy invasion .
Example: We need to build more ships or else our shores are vulnerable to pirates and enemy invasions.» líneas enemigas = enemy lines .
Example: His most memorable mission was transporting gasoline through enemy lines along with his gunny, Maurice.» nación enemiga = enemy nation .
Example: Letters of Marque and Reprisal were the official documents by which 18th-century governments commissioned private commercial ships, known as privateers, to act on their behalf, attacking ships carrying the flags of enemy nations.» país enemigo = enemy country .
Example: During and after the war, consumers became more hostile to the products of enemy countries, especially with cultural products such as films.» pasarse al (campo) enemigo = go over to + the enemy camp .
Example: We all agreed that he was a spy and a deserter, who had gone over to the enemy camp and sold himself for gold.» posición enemiga = enemy position .
Example: They called for air support in destroying the enemy position.» soldado enemigo = enemy soldier .
Example: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.» territorio enemigo = enemy territory .
Example: Imagine a young man, alone and without supplies or tools, abandoned to his own wits in the middle of hostile enemy territory.