Quejar in english
Complain
pronunciation: kəmpleɪn part of speech: verb
pronunciation: kəmpleɪn part of speech: verb
In gestures
quejarse = complain ; grieve ; grumble ; protest ; remonstrate ; moan ; whinge [winge] ; be (all) up in arms ; voice + a complaint ; whine ; niggle ; carp ; groan ; rail against ; cry + foul ; fuss ; grouch (about) ; whimper ; yammer ; express + discomfort ; express + despair ; bitch ; voice + Posesivo + concerns ; mither.
Example: Then he complained to the reference librarian and said, 'Well, you have one edition under one title and another edition under another title'.Example: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Example: Staff have continually grumbled about this extra effort.Example: 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.Example: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.Example: The article 'Don't you weep, don't you moan: a sermon on entrepreneurship for acquisitions librarians' urges librarians to become entrepreneurial, to market their services, and to become visible.Example: The advice is summarized under the headings: be positive; be honest; be exact; and don't whinge.Example: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.Example: Occasional users did not, as a rule, voice complaints.Example: Nothing you can do about that so no use whining.Example: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.Example: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.Example: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.Example: She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.Example: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.Example: A baby who fusses, cries or displays other colicky symptoms is most likely reacting quite negatively to something that his or her mother is eating.Example: You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.Example: My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.Example: The righties in this country keep yammering about 'we shouldn't be giving terrorists the same rights Americans enjoy'.Example: If the child continues to express severe discomfort or if the herniated bulge returns to the navel area, contact your physician immediately.Example: In this passage, Macbeth expresses despair at the realization that death is inevitable.Example: Nobody bitched, because there was nothing to bitch about.Example: Most clubs kept a complaint book, usually in the front lobby of the club, where members could voice their concerns.Example: Why not just let it go and have what fun there is to be had here instead of mithering on over something you can't change and is in the past?.more:
» quejarse de = deplore ; bemoan ; bleat (on) about .
Example: We may resent the word 'bibliography' and we may deplore its application to fields which seem not to be truly bibliographical. Example: Rather than bemoan the inevitable loss of the distinctive characteristics of the print era, let us build on the extraordinary strengths of digital information to preserve the best of our heritage. Example: She bleats on about the world not understanding how smart, effective and masterful a politician she is, while proving that she is neither of these things.» quejarse en vano = bay at + the moon ; bark at + the moon ; howl at + the moon .
Example: Let us not bay at the moon in demanding additional resources, but rather let us seek greater freedom in using the resources we have. Example: There was a time when they could actually influence things -- these days they're just barking at the moon hoping they're not in the next layoff. Example: Politicians need to understand that these supply and demand things do in fact work and that economists have not been howling at the moon all these years, it really is just true that price fixing does not work.» sin quejarse = uncomplaining ; uncomplainingly ; without complaining ; without (a word of) complaint ; without question .
Example: His faith was pretty blind and his arrogance, luckily, borne with uncomplaining good humor by his colleagues. Example: The criteria of choice will be heavily influenced -- even if we contribute ourselves, uncomplainingly, to the riches of this project -- by a point of view which is Anglo-Saxon. Example: To complete this challenge, you have to go 21 straight days without complaining, criticizing, or gossiping. Example: From washing dishes, cleaning the house, pruning his family's oak tree, to tutoring his naughty cousin, he did it all without a word of complaint. Example: The nature of science is that one should not accept anything without question and if you are accepting scientific theory without question.