Fantasma in english
Ghost
pronunciation: goʊst part of speech: noun
pronunciation: goʊst part of speech: noun
In gestures
fantasma1 = ghost ; spectre [specter, -USA] ; wraith ; spook ; phantasm ; phantom.
Example: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Example: The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations.Example: The article is entitled 'Wraiths, revenants and ritual in medieval culture'.Example: The article 'Ghosts, spooks and spectres' looks briefly at some of the ways in which public librarians have been portrayed in popular fiction.Example: Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.Example: The phantoms of the book's name are those sensed by amputees who have vividfeeling, even pain, in limbs they know are gone.more:
» aparición de fantasmas = haunting .
Example: Our story begins on a day like any other for paranormal investigator Ed as he investigates one of the most malevolent hauntings set on record.» cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms .
Example: Fighting isms is like chasing a phantom: What is it? Who is it? Where is it? Why is it?.» fantasma del pasado = ghost of/from the past .
Example: Old farts are everywhere, and they bring with them the ghosts of the past -- ghosts that are long dead and need to remain so.» historia de fantasmas = ghost story .
Example: Most people love a good ghost story, especially one that takes place in a haunted house.» lleno de fantasmas = ghost-ridden .
Example: I warn you, the place is rat-ridden, ghost-ridden, and damp into the bargain!.» perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms ; grasp at + shadows .
Example: Fighting isms is like chasing a phantom: What is it? Who is it? Where is it? Why is it?. Example: As is typical of Nigeria the real issue is misconstrued and completely neglected, we again continue to scrape the surface and grasp at shadows.» plagado de fantasmas = ghost-ridden .
Example: I warn you, the place is rat-ridden, ghost-ridden, and damp into the bargain!.» pueblo fantasma = ghost town .
Example: Sections cover farms and ranches, towns, schools and churches, fisheries and canneries, railroads, mines and ghost towns, and graveyards.» ver un fantasma = see + a ghost [Expresión de haberse quedado impresionado o impactado por algo] .
Example: 'When you walked in here, Tony, you looked as if you'd just seen a ghost' = "Tony, cuando entrastes aquí parecía como si hubieras visto un fantasma".fantasma2 = show-off ; showboat ; hot dog ; braggart ; crapster ; bullshitter ; swank ; bullshit artist ; piss artist ; grandstander ; showboater.
Example: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.Example: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Example: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.Example: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.Example: There are loads of really talented but unqualified people who never get a chance to shine for one reason or another and there are loads of crapsters and bullshitters who land a cushy deal.Example: There are loads of really talented but unqualified people who never get a chance to shine for one reason or another and there are loads of crapsters and bullshitters who land a cushy deal.Example: Please God, next time help the poor to be richer, and the rich not to be quite such 'swanks' as they are now, and so make everything fair and equal.Example: But we all know a bullshit artist when we encounter one, and we know the feelings of inauthenticity, falsity, and hollowness the bullshit artist evokes.Example: It frustrates me that in this country artists are seen as tricksters or piss artists, whereas in Europe they're treated as professional people with something useful to offer the world.Example: I recognize he was difficult to work with and a bit of a grandstander, and I still submit that a legislative body needs those people.Example: Showboaters are not harmful but can become so if they don't get the recognition they seek.more:
» autor fantasma = ghost author [En publicación, persona que no ha sido incluida como autor de una obra cuando en realidad no actuó como tal] .
Example: Ghost authors are individuals not named as authors but who contributed substantially to the work.» autoría fantasma = ghost authorship [En publicación, no incluir a una persona como autor de una obra cuando en realidad sí actuó como tal] .
Example: Ghost authorship is the failure to name as an author an individual who has made substantial contributions that merited authorship or an unnamed individual who participated in writing the article.» ser un fantasma = be all mouth ; be all talk .
Example: Some have been referred to as being all ears, while others have been noted as being all mouth = A algunos se les conoce por ser todo oídos, mientras que a otros por ser unos bocazas. Example: This girl is all talk, she doesn't have what it takes to stand behind her words.