Pesado in english
Heavy
pronunciation: hevi part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: hevi part of speech: adjective
In gestures
pesado1 = heavy.
Example: The heap of wet sheets of paper was left to stand overnight under a heavy weight.more:
» caballería pesada = heavy cavalry .
Example: As the century wore on, sabres were mass produced for the troopers, who traditionally fit into a heavy or light cavalry category.» caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through) ; stodge along/through .
Example: He or she has to plod through the menu each time, and so it is useful if mnemonics and/or abbreviated commands can be provided. Example: Well, of course, Shakespeare's plays were written to be performed and viewed, not stodged through in a classroom.» campeonato de los pesos pesados = heavyweight championship .
Example: The two men are about to step into a professional boxing ring on Saturday for the heavyweight championship of the world.» campeón de los pesos pesados = heavyweight champion .
Example: Once a popular heavyweight champion, he rapidly achieved success but this was only equaled with the speed which he fell into disgrace.» cañón pesado = heavy gun .
Example: The crash of artillery followed instantly from two heavy guns in front, and the shells tore through our ranks with awful effect.» de forma pesada = heavily .
Example: Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.» industria pesada = heavy industry .
Example: This article describes the problems and successes experienced by the Central Library of the Miskolc Technical University for heavy industry, Hungary, in extending their sources of acquisitions.» maquinaria pesada = heavy machinery .
Example: Exports of manufacturing goods to former communist countries have declined sharply, but exports to the European Community across an array of goods -- including heavy machinery -- have grown robustly.» metal pesado = heavy metal .
Example: UTAB is a computer database on residues of xenobiotic organic chemicals and heavy metals in plants.» para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty .
Example: It uses a heavy-duty seal and is therefore watertight, but not submersible.» peso pesado = big wheel ; big shot ; big noise ; big wig ; fat cat ; top dog ; big cheese ; biggie .
Example: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city. Example: Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike. Example: Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke. Example: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial. Example: The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury. Example: The article 'Timesharing companies specializing in text: sitting ducks or top dogs?' considers the likely effects of technological developments, such as CD-ROMs, on the traditional on-line vendors. Example: I can hardly believe you've got a brother who's such a big cheese in the rock world. Example: Trophies captured from the Nazis, as well as personal belongings of such biggies as Stalin also feature in this section of the war museum.» sacar la artillería pesada = bring in/out/up + Posesivo + big guns [También se usa bring in/ou/up the big guns] .
Example: With the difficult task in front of her, Katy put on her war paint and brought out her big guns to put on the best and most important performance of her entire career.» tráfico pesado = heavy traffic .
Example: Living in areas of heavy traffic is a burden borne disproportionately by asthma sufferers.» vehículo pesado = heavy vehicle ; heavy goods vehicle (HGV) .
Example: Rear ends of heavy vehicles are a real danger due to their being much higher than the front ends of cars and other light vehicles driving behind. Example: Not just anyone can get behind the wheel of a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and drive.pesado2 = onerous ; ponderous ; tedious ; tiresome ; weighty ; bore ; drab ; stodgy ; wearisome ; weary ; wearying ; importunate ; leaden ; nuisance ; pushy ; pest ; lumbering.
Example: Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.Example: Some SLIS are seriously affected by ponderous administrative procedures imposed upon them.Example: In other places too many references could make for a very tedious search.Example: Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.Example: AACR1 is a weighty code, not because it contains extensive enumeration, but rather because of its comprehensive coverage.Example: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.Example: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Example: One could easily prefer the convenience of the stodgy single-volume work.Example: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.Example: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.Example: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Example: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.Example: Many of the revisions they suggest exacerbate the leaden, plethoric style that comes naturally to lawyers .Example: However, delays in the generation of centralised records can be a considerable nuisance.Example: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.Example: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.Example: He is presented in the movie as a somewhat comical character, with a lumbering but pleasant clumsiness as he walks through doors and into furniture.more:
» broma pesada = practical joke .
Example: The author shows that manufactured practical jokes such as the whoopie cushion, squirting flower and fake animal feces are being used, carnivalistically and humorously, as a conscious and unconscious comment on larger social situations.» caminar con paso pesado = plod (along/through) ; stodge along/through .
Example: He or she has to plod through the menu each time, and so it is useful if mnemonics and/or abbreviated commands can be provided. Example: Well, of course, Shakespeare's plays were written to be performed and viewed, not stodged through in a classroom.» comida pesada = stodge .
Example: Non-Brits might not relish its hefty dose of stodge and sugar, but jam roly-poly is part of a pudding tradition going back to the Middle Ages.» de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously ; ponderously ; boringly .
Example: Bibliographers, like other scholars, have to be able to think logically, to judge critically, and to persevere in tediously repetitive tasks. Example: However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding. Example: Everything that happens in the couple's tiny, shrunken, enclosed world is addictive, unglamorous, and boringly awful = Todo lo que ocurre en el pequeño, reducido y cerrado mundo de esta pareja es adictivo, poco atractivo y aburridamente espantoso.» hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work .
Example: If you tell him to take it easy, he'll sit back and let you do all the donkey work.» lento y pesado = plodding .
Example: However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.» pesados, los = nuisance, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.» ser un pesado = be a pest ; be a (real) pain in the neck ; be a (real) pain in the ass ; be a (real) pain in the arse ; be a (real) pain in the backside ; be a (real) pain in the proverbials ; be a (real) nuisance ; be a (real) pain in the butt ; be (such) a pain ; be a (real) pain in the rear .
Example: My advice to young scientists: be a pest -- ask questions and don't be satisfied with all answers; have the heart of a lion; have the patience of Job; be multi-culturally competent; and the only correct route to success is your own. Example: Within a few days it was apparent that my long hair was going to be a pain in the neck while swimming laps. Example: The last thing that anyone working in an organization wants to be is a pain in the ass to work with. Example: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race. Example: Our cat is a pain in the backside at times but we love him to bits. Example: In one school, the kids were wonderful but the parents were a complete pain in the proverbials and seemed to live permanently on the school. Example: The passenger sitting next to me was a real nuisance. Example: The first thing to keep in mind is that brake bleeding can be an unbearable pain in the butt. Example: I know it's a pain, but please do make sure that even if you are only popping out for 10 minutes you secure your home as securely as you would if you were going away for a long weekend!. Example: His controlling and demanding nature set her teeth on edge and she found him to be a pain in her rear.» trabajo pesado = donkey work .
Example: It can take a long time and it seems like the kind of 'donkey work' that ought to be relegated to a data entry person.» viejo pesado = old fart .
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.pesar2 = weigh.
Example: Letters and parcels would be weighed by library staff and franked to show the correct amount in lieu of sticking on postage stamps.more:
» pesar más que = outweigh ; outbalance .
Example: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness. Example: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.