Imposible in english
Impossible
pronunciation: ɪmpɑsəbəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ɪmpɑsəbəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
imposible = impossible ; hopeless ; no can do.
Example: Inaccuracies can lead to its being impossible to identify the documents to which citations relate.Example: This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.Example: No can do! Apple has told a U.S. judge that it is 'impossible' to access data stored on a locked iPhone that uses its latest operating system.more:
» amor imposible = impossible love .
Example: Her hopes are fading of ever meeting her true love so she looks to Tom, but his heart is lost to Alice, a gorgeous filly -- another impossible love.» conseguir lo imposible = achieve + the impossible ; accomplish + the impossible ; shoot (for) + the moon .
Example: While SDI systems may not be able to achieve the impossible, they can function very effectively within a particular organization. Example: The author suggests a moratorium on publishing the UN's activities for so that there would then be no need for indexes that, failing to accomplish the impossible, are cavalierly declared inadequate. Example: Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed.» convertir en imposible = render + Nombre + impossible .
Example: Ad hoc attempts to impose a rigorous structure will prove either impossible, or so expensive as to render the exercise impossible.» creer en lo imposible = believe in + the impossible .
Example: Believe in the impossible and defy science if you think homeopathy works.» esperar lo imposible = shoot (for) + the moon ; cry for + the moon ; ask for + the moon ; reach for + the moon .
Example: Then one day she finds herself shooting the moon with a scheme so harebrained and daring that it just might succeed. Example: The author's plea that there must be better and closer liaison and cooperation between all these factions may seem like crying for the moon. Example: In a highly political society like India, wanting an institution free of political interference is like asking for the moon. Example: Reach for the moon for even if you fail, you'll still land among the stars.» hacer imposible = render + Nombre + impossible .
Example: Ad hoc attempts to impose a rigorous structure will prove either impossible, or so expensive as to render the exercise impossible.» hacer la vida imposible = give + Nombre + hell .
Example: People gave her hell after seeing the video, saying it was raunchy, profane, and just all-around inappropriate.» hacer lo imposible = do + the impossible ; lean over + backwards ; double over + backwards ; bend over + backwards ; get + water from/out of (a) stone ; fall over + backwards ; get + blood from/out of (a) stone .
Example: The article carries the title 'Helping the bumble bees to fly or teacher librarians to do the impossible'. Example: In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied. Example: Fact is, in 2006, the record industry is doubling over backwards in its attempt to remedy its decision a decade ago to ignore the onset of the web. Example: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva. Example: Blood may be thicker than water, but you can't get water from a stone either. Example: The problem is that the politicians fall over backwards to pander to tribal leaders. Example: We might say that getting information from them is like trying to get blood from a stone.» hacer lo imposible para = jump through + hoops .
Example: The article is entitled 'Jumping through Hoops, Walking on Eggshells: The Experiences of Library Students with Disabilities'.» hacer lo imposible por = knock + Reflexivo + out for ; fall over + Reflexivo + to .
Example: When dinner was served, it was evident that his mother had knocked herself out for the Christmas meal. Example: Here, landowners are falling over themselves to offer up their land for a nice juicy profit with little or no effort on their part.» hacer que sea imposible = render + Nombre + impossible .
Example: Ad hoc attempts to impose a rigorous structure will prove either impossible, or so expensive as to render the exercise impossible.» imposible de comparar = incommemsurable ; incommensurate .
Example: As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable. Example: The purpose of this paper is to bring to the fore the incommensurate political differences that separate the work of the two authors.» imposible de conseguir = unobtainable .
Example: Furthermore, such visits allow valuable information unobtainable through official channels to be gleaned on an informal basis.» imposible de delimitar = unmappable .
Example: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.» imposible de entregar = undeliverable .
Example: Of the mailed surveys, 91 were undeliverable for various reasons, and 155 were completed and returned for a response rate of 17 percent.» imposible de localizar = untraceable .
Example: It is a false economy to double the effective size of your hard disk with a compression system, only to experience an untraceable glitch and not be able to recover your data.» imposible de medir = incommemsurable ; incommensurate .
Example: As they stand, these two theories of pictorial representation are neither in agreement nor at odds, but incommensurable. Example: The purpose of this paper is to bring to the fore the incommensurate political differences that separate the work of the two authors.» imposible de mezclar = unmixable .
Example: The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.» imposible de obtener = unobtainable .
Example: Furthermore, such visits allow valuable information unobtainable through official channels to be gleaned on an informal basis.» imposible de representar = unmappable .
Example: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.» imposible de resistir = impossible to resist .
Example: Her radiant smile is marked with confidence and happiness and is impossible to resist.» imposible de verificar = unverifiable .
Example: Virginia is claiming that global warming is 'unreliable, unverifiable and doctored' science, but the state's climatologists aren't buying it.» intentar algo imposible = bang + Posesivo + head against .
Example: The project was being developed here until a few months ago, when we stopped banging our heads against funding agencies that apparently could not see the merit in taking it further.» intentar lograr lo imposible = square + the circle .
Example: The article 'Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.» intentar lo imposible = attempt + the impossible ; be an attempt at the impossible ; square + the circle ; try + the impossible .
Example: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively. Example: Because of lack of agreement in the public library profession on common objectives, efforts to produce staffing standards were an attempt at the impossible. Example: The article 'Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation. Example: Maybe, as he'd watched her sob, he'd seen her tendency to beat her head against a wall trying the impossible.» lograr lo imposible = achieve + the impossible ; accomplish + the impossible .
Example: While SDI systems may not be able to achieve the impossible, they can function very effectively within a particular organization. Example: The author suggests a moratorium on publishing the UN's activities for so that there would then be no need for indexes that, failing to accomplish the impossible, are cavalierly declared inadequate.» mejor imposible = as good as it gets .
Example: The Northern Ireland peace process is 'as good as it gets', President Bill Clinton yesterday told a university audience.» misión imposible = mission impossible .
Example: The article 'Socialism: Mission Accomplished or mission impossible' traces the development of socialism in Europe & North America since the late 19th century, when socialism represented a way to regulate capitalism.» no hay nada imposible = all bets are off .
Example: When it comes to independent comics from small presses, or from larger publishers who specialize in alternative comics, all bets are off = Cuando se trata de los comics independientes de pequeñas editoriales, o de grandes editoriales especializadas en tebeos alternativos, todo es posible.» pretender lograr lo imposible = square + the circle .
Example: The article 'Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.» pretender lo imposible = square + the circle .
Example: The article 'Squaring the circle: the reformation of archival description in AACR2' is a contribution to a special issue devoted to archival automation.» resultar imposible = prove + impossible .
Example: Ad hoc attempts to impose a rigorous structure will prove either impossible, or so expensive as to render the exercise impossible.» ser imposible = be out of the question ; be dead meat ; be a dead man/woman (walking) .
Example: Since a freeze on all hiring was in effect, taking on new people was out of the question. Example: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy. Example: Probst thought he'd last longer, but I knew he was a dead man walking the minute he showed up.» sueño imposible = impossible dream ; pipe dream [pipedream] .
Example: The article has the title 'Educating users about catalogues and cataloguing: the impossible dream'. Example: For so long the desirable ends of enumerative bibliography have seemed to be a pipedream.» volver imposible = render + Nombre + impossible .
Example: Ad hoc attempts to impose a rigorous structure will prove either impossible, or so expensive as to render the exercise impossible.