Vano in english
Vain
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
In gestures
vano1 = futile ; fatuous ; useless ; unavailing ; inane.
Example: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.Example: We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.Example: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.Example: Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre -- although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter.Example: There is perhaps no greater pleasure than having inane and silly conversations that come from nowhere and go nowhere.more:
» aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail .
Example: I have tried a few different ways of helping him remember the difference but to no avail.» búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase .
Example: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.» en vano = vainly ; in vain ; uselessly ; helplessly ; to no avail ; futilely ; without any avail ; of no avail ; to no purpose ; to no effect ; pointlessly .
Example: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records. Example: In vain I walked from one end of London to the other, and trod the 'stony-hearted streets' from morning to night, day after day. Example: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'. Example: Before saying anything, she glanced long into the humid eyes of the woman sitting helplessly in front of her. Example: So when the user looked to no avail under all of these entries, he understandably concluded the library did not own the volume. Example: She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue. Example: I have been searching for a solution to this problem without any avail -- Maybe someone here can offer a suggestion?. Example: All medicines were tried but of no avail, he remained in his state of absolute forgetfulness of the world. Example: What is true of mankind as a whole is true of each of us individually: we are here to no purpose. Example: My grandpa is having some problems with sleeping and I have tried to help by giving diazepam but it was to no effect. Example: The Arabic press has been maundering on pointlessly for decades about the rise and fall of Osama bin Laden.» esperanza vana = forlorn hope .
Example: As the student has been warned, referral must never be used as a forlorn hope = Como el estudiante ha sido advertido, el envío a un especialista nunca debe usarse como una esperanza vana.» gastar esfuerzos en vano = spin + Posesivo + wheels .
Example: I am beginning to think that the rest of the world will leave us behind if we keep spinning our wheels with all this tit for tat nonsense.» luchar en vano = fight + a losing battle .
Example: However, with the increasing numbers of periodicals, censorship was fighting a losing battle.» protestar 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.» 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.» resultar en vano = prove + unavailing .
Example: Every effort to renew her strength proved unavailing, and she died in 1867, greatly beloved and lamented.» ser en vano = be of no avail ; be to no avail ; prove + unavailing .
Example: This, however, was of no avail, for the whole cavity, including the external meatus, was gradually obliterated. Example: However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom. Example: Every effort to renew her strength proved unavailing, and she died in 1867, greatly beloved and lamented.» trabajar en vano = spin + Posesivo + wheels .
Example: I am beginning to think that the rest of the world will leave us behind if we keep spinning our wheels with all this tit for tat nonsense.» victoria en vano = hollow victory .
Example: If you ever do manage to get one up on a narcissist, it is likely to be a hollow victory at best.vano2 = vain.
Example: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.vano3 = opening.
Example: The cyber criminals are persistent -- if they can't get through one opening, they will keep trying until they find the chink in the armour.more:
» vano de la rueda = wheel arch ; wheel well .
Example: All of the wheel arches have started to rust but it's just surface rust at the minute. Example: A 15-year-old boy reportedly was able to stow away in a plane's wheel well and survive a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii.» vano del guardabarros = wheel arch ; wheel well .
Example: All of the wheel arches have started to rust but it's just surface rust at the minute. Example: A 15-year-old boy reportedly was able to stow away in a plane's wheel well and survive a 5-hour flight from California to Hawaii.