Ciego in english
Blind
pronunciation: blaɪnd part of speech: adjective, noun
pronunciation: blaɪnd part of speech: adjective, noun
In gestures
cegar = blind.
Example: This article presents a sketch of a young solicitor blinded in adolescence and describes library services currently available for him in Australia.more:
» cegar los ojos = dazzle + Posesivo + eyes .
Example: A ray of sunlight came through the trees, dazzling her eyes so that she had to close them for a moment.» cegarse ante el hecho de que = blind + Pronombre + to the fact that .
Example: None of these problems should blind us to the fact that the collection of documents we are dealing with remains the same, as do the demands made on it.ciego1 = blind ; blind man.
Example: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.Example: Volunteering to answer a query that has not yet been asked is like helping a blind man to the other side of the street without first making sure he wants to cross.more:
» a ciegas = blindfold ; blindfolded ; in the dark .
Example: No president can go blindfold: some assistance is necessary. Example: The study presented the narrative task to the children as a game in which they had to help a blindfolded interlocutor find out what happened in the stories. Example: Perhaps instead of arguing, and rushing around in the dark, the time has come to follow our Danish and American friends and begin to find out what we are doing.» amor ciego = blind love .
Example: The story amounts to blind love equals bloodbath and media exploitation in rural America.» andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward) ; scrabble in + the dark ; scramble in + the dark ; fumble ; stab (a)round in + the dark .
Example: The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity. Example: I am scrabbling in the dark trying to understand the problems and any light shed on this matter would be appreciated. Example: A heavy storm sent a wall of water rushing down the river while most campers were sleeping, leaving them scrambling in the dark for safety . Example: In response to the decision, a Harvard Law professor critical of the decision commented: 'Your are dealing with the law of cyberspace -- it doesn't exist; we are fumbling here'. Example: Quite often there is a lot of creativity, ingenuity and stabbing around in the dark towards finding a solution to a problem.» a tientas y a ciegas = blindly ; in the dark .
Example: If experience is carefully analyzed and not blindly followed, it can be extremely useful. Example: Perhaps instead of arguing, and rushing around in the dark, the time has come to follow our Danish and American friends and begin to find out what we are doing.» a tontas y a ciegas = headlong ; runaway .
Example: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers. Example: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.» biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind [Biblioteca especializada en material que los ciegos u otros con problemas de vista puedan leer y usar] .
Example: The first library for the blind was established in 1892, but only dealt in books in Braille.» ciegos, los = blind, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Newspapers have not been available to the blind except in shortened recorded versions, mostly received long after sighted persons get their newspapers.» cita a ciegas = blind date .
Example: The article is entitled 'A marriage made in heaven or a blind date: successful library-faculty partnering in distance education.» comprar a ciegas = buy + a pig in a poke .
Example: You might say we buy 'a pig in a poke' every four years, except that no pig has ever done the kind of damage our recent presidents have done.» curva ciega = hairpin bend ; hairpin curve ; hairpin turn .
Example: After three miles you will enter two 180 degree hairpin bends, first to the right, immediately followed by the next, to the left. Example: An initial climb through some interesting hairpin curves gives way to a fairly straight road with an occasional gentle sweeping curve. Example: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.» dar palos de ciego = grope (for/toward) ; fumble ; stab (a)round in + the dark .
Example: The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity. Example: In response to the decision, a Harvard Law professor critical of the decision commented: 'Your are dealing with the law of cyberspace -- it doesn't exist; we are fumbling here'. Example: Quite often there is a lot of creativity, ingenuity and stabbing around in the dark towards finding a solution to a problem.» en el país de los ciegos el tuerto es el rey = be a case of the blind leading the blind [Situación en la que una persona que no sabe lleva a otra que tampoco] ; in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king ; in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king ; in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king .
Example: I'm trying to help a friend with this software, but I'm afraid it's a case of the blind leading the blind. Example: Another less talked about reason for the strength in the dollar right now is as the old saying goes 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. Example: As the saying goes, in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Example: As the old saying goes, in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.» ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study .
Example: A double-blind research study is one in which neither the subject nor the investigator knows what treatment (if any) the subject is receiving.» fe ciega = blind faith ; blind trust .
Example: His faith was pretty blind and his arrogance, luckily, borne with uncomplaining good humor by his colleagues. Example: The trust in science and technology is based on the universal benefits acquired through publicly funded research rather than blind trust in any research efforts.» hacerse el ciego = pretend + not to have seen ; close + Posesivo + ears to ; turn + a blind eye to ; close + Posesivo + eyes to .
Example: She deliberately refused to rise to her feet when he entered a room as was customary, often pretending not to have seen him. Example: She closed her ears to fact that Mr. Jackson overdosed. Example: Teachers and librarians cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the literature a child is brought up with at home, no matter how anemic and worthless it may seem to be. Example: Sometimes justice closes her eyes to the truth.» ir a tientas y a ciegas = bump around in + the dark ; fumble ; grope (for/toward) ; stab (a)round in + the dark .
Example: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught. Example: In response to the decision, a Harvard Law professor critical of the decision commented: 'Your are dealing with the law of cyberspace -- it doesn't exist; we are fumbling here'. Example: The ebb in religious life is explained in terms of the stress experienced by the nation during the period of confederation when it was groping for cohesiveness & some symbol of national unity. Example: Quite often there is a lot of creativity, ingenuity and stabbing around in the dark towards finding a solution to a problem.» licencia a ciegas = shrink-wrapped licence [shrinkwrapped licence] .
Example: The enforceability of a shrink wrapped licence has been challenged successfully in North America.» más ciego que un topo = as blind as a bat .
Example: John Lennon was as blind as a bat and couldn't see very far without his glasses on.» más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf ; as hungry as a bear ; as hungry as a hunter .
Example: In the meantime Nana, who averred that she was as hungry as a wolf, threw herself on the radishes and gobbled them up without bread. Example: All danger of freezing was past, but he was as hungry as a bear and tired to death. Example: Not long after Joshua returned, bright and cheery, and as hungry as a hunter after his long drive.» optimista a ciegas = cock-eyed optimist .
Example: She's one of those rare achievers in sport who are able to show us that hope is not just for cock-eyed optimists, but always within our grasp.» palos de ciego = a stab in the dark ; a shot in the dark ; wild guess .
Example: He has come to the conclusion that even the most careful choice is still 'a stab in the dark' to some extent. Example: My suggestion to your probem is just a, probably ignorant, shot in the dark since I don't run Win2000. Example: A group of NASA scientists employed a dartboard to reach a wild guess on the possible composition of Mars.» ponerse ciego de alcohol = tank up .
Example: This pub is usually crowded with a mainly young and wealthy clientele tanking up before heading to the dance clubs nearby.» pozo ciego = cesspool ; cesspit ; dry well ; sump pit ; sump well ; sump .
Example: Waste water in these towns is poured into cesspools and ravines near the houses. Example: Fertilizers, wastewater and cesspits represent the major sources of nitrate pollution. Example: Sump pumps send water away from a house to any place where it is no longer problematic, such as a municipal storm drain or a dry well. Example: Sump pits can become nasty and gooey -- if you have never cleaned a sump pit, you do not know what you have been missing. Example: Whether or not the sump well should be sealed to block out radon gas depends on whether or not you have a radon problem. Example: Drain as much water as you can from the sump and inspect it to make sure nothing organic is on the bottom.» punto ciego = blind spot [Zona que está fuera del campo de visión de una persona como, por ejemplo, al mirar por los espejos retrovisores de un coche] .
Example: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future = La biblioteca contemporánea y el discurso de las ciencias de la información están plagados de visiones subjetivas y de puntos débiles que seriamente afectan a los esfuerzos de la profesión para planificar el futuro de la biblioteca.» referencia ciega = blind reference .
Example: In this way we could always insure that there would be no blind references, and that any change of a heading would be automatically reflected in all reciprocal records.» volverse ciego = become + blind ; go + blind .
Example: The author describes how a school librarian in Canada who became blind overcame her handicap to continue her library work. Example: My mother and two of her sisters developed glaucoma and in spite of following doctor's orders, each went blind.ciego2 = mindless ; drunk back ; blind drunk.
Example: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.Example: Is it not against the law to release a drunk back into society who may be still under the infuence?.Example: New research published today finds that even having just one stiff drink can make you 'blind drunk'.more:
» ponerse ciego = make + a pig of + Reflexivo ; pig out (on) .
Example: Whoever it was, notice that the one who made a pig of himself ruined the meal for everyone at the table. Example: Dieting Americans discover they can't pig out on low-carb foods and still lose weight.» ponerse ciego de = stuff + Reflexivo + with .
Example: As soon as he had stuffed himself with a host of good dishes, he began to leap and spring, to laugh and to fart like a little ass well stuffed with barley.» tener una fe ciega en Algo = swear by it .
Example: Many people have used this utility with absolutely no problems and swear by it.