Cometer in english
Commit
pronunciation: kəmɪt part of speech: verb
pronunciation: kəmɪt part of speech: verb
In gestures
cometer = perpetrate.
Example: This article examines the specific methods used to address the abuses perpetrated by governments and to reveal the truth.more:
» a base de cometer errores = the hard way .
Example: The article is entitled 'User needs the hard way: eighty-six simultaneous studies'.» a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way .
Example: The article is entitled 'User needs the hard way: eighty-six simultaneous studies'.» aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way .
Example: The article is entitled 'Learning the hard way: a public library's experience with CD-ROM'.» averiguar a base de cometer errores = find out + the hard way .
Example: Perhaps you have already painfully found out the hard way how a 'half-brained' solution can be worse than none at all.» cometer el error de = fall into + the error of ; blunder into .
Example: Behavioral scientists have fallen into the error of assuming that employees resent job structuring and autocratic leadership. Example: Australia risks blundering into a human rights mess that will exacerbate the conflict.» cometer el mismo error = make + the same mistake .
Example: Cleveland is making the same mistake that Charlotte made with me.» cometer el mismo error de nuevo = make + the same mistake again .
Example: I have been in this situation before and I have made the same mistake again.» cometer el mismo error dos veces = make + the same mistake twice .
Example: And the conventional wisdom is don't make the same mistake twice, learn from your mistakes.» cometer el mismo error otra vez = make + the same mistake again .
Example: I have been in this situation before and I have made the same mistake again.» cometer errores por despiste = bump into + lampposts .
Example: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.» cometer la misma falta = fall into + the same fault .
Example: On the odd occasion I have given a brother a word of admonition, only to find myself fall into the same fault shortly afterwards.» cometer perjurio = perjure + Reflexivo .
Example: If it turns out that the informant has perjured himself in the past, this would constitute part of an effective ad hominem challenge to the argument.» cometer plagio = plagiarise [plagiarize, -USA] .
Example: Interestingly, 90% of the students using the Internet to plagiarise had also plagiarised from written sources.» cometer suicidio = commit + suicide ; do away with + Reflexivo .
Example: The study also investigated whether persons who had consulted the book before committing suicide had life threatening medical illnesses. Example: When I first talked to you, you suggested suicide, and I admit that I got the wind up in case she should have done away with herself.» cometer una atrocidad = commit + an atrocity .
Example: Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.» cometer una barbaridad = commit + an atrocity .
Example: Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.» cometer una barbarie = commit + an atrocity .
Example: Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.» cometer un acto de traición = commit + an act of treason .
Example: We tend to forget that to sign the Declaration of Independence was to commit an act of treason -- and the punishment for treason was death.» cometer un acto ruin = commit + a despicable act .
Example: I think today's society seems to always search for an excuse when some people commit despicable acts.» cometer un acto violento = commit + violence .
Example: The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.» cometer una falta = make + a mistake ; commit + an error ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .
Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued. Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'. Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling. Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.» cometer una imprudencia = commit + an imprudence ; be reckless .
Example: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight: Why had he committed such an imprudence?. Example: The prosecution must prove either that the accused knew his action was illegal or that he was reckless or grossly negligent.» cometer una infracción de tráfico = commit + a traffic violation .
Example: The officers claimed I had committed a traffic violation and wanted to collect a fine.» cometer una infracción de tránsito = commit + a traffic violation .
Example: The officers claimed I had committed a traffic violation and wanted to collect a fine.» cometer una injusticia = do + injustice .
Example: I'm not scared of the computer, nor do I believe AACR has done any injustice to traditional cataloging practice.» cometer un atentado = carry out + an attack .
Example: She also said she carried out the attack during school hours as she knew the boy would quickly receive medical attention.» cometer una traición = commit + treason ; commit + an act of treason .
Example: Guides to Thailand warn you never to stop windswept paper money with a stomp -- the King is on all bills, you would practically be committing treason. Example: We tend to forget that to sign the Declaration of Independence was to commit an act of treason -- and the punishment for treason was death.» cometer un crimen = commit + a murder .
Example: In the novel the murders have been committed by counterfeiters, not by Lizzie, and Lizzie herself is fictionalized in terms of prevailing Victorian stereotypes of womanhood.» cometer un delito = commit + a crime ; carry out + a crime ; commit + an offence .
Example: The two persons who committed the crime were apprehended and tried in 1964, receiving prison sentences of 10 years. Example: The stolen identity provides a cloak of anonymity for the subject while the groundwork is laid to carry out the crime. Example: Residents are being advised to keep clear of seal pups if they find them on the beach or run the risk of committing an offence.» cometer un disparate = make + a blunder ; make + a bloomer ; put + Posesivo + foot in it ; stick + Posesivo + foot in it ; drop + a clanger ; drop + a bollock ; blunder ; flub ; muff .
Example: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder. Example: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements. Example: She somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at every time, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities. Example: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it. Example: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away. Example: But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say. Example: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse. Example: He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'. Example: I've had my chance and I've muffed it.» cometer un error = commit + an error ; make + a mistake ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .
Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued. Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'. Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling. Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.» cometer un error al escribir a máquina = mistype .
Example: German man finds himself in Montana after mistyping his destination on a flight-booking website.» cometer un error garrafal = commit + a blunder ; make + a bloomer ; make + a blunder ; drop + a clanger ; drop + a bollock ; blunder ; flub ; muff .
Example: Library staff should be provided with the opportunity to see blunders which they occasionally commit as well as the laudable 'savoir faire' with which they dispatch some reference question. Example: He is well-known for making bloomers in public engagements. Example: Since its independence 61 years ago our nation has erred, but this time they have made a blunder. Example: After dropping a clanger, you are left with a sense of shame and you just want to disappear and hide away. Example: But we are all only human and I have recently 'dropped a bollock' as we English say. Example: Michael Howard has blundered again, and again he has done so by trying to imitate Blair while lacking his finesse. Example: He's the son of a vice president perhaps best known for enduring ridicule after he flubbed the spelling of the word 'potato'. Example: I've had my chance and I've muffed it.» cometer un error mecanográfico = make + a typo .
Example: If I can type without making typos, am I sober enough to drive?.» cometer un error ortográfico = misspell .
Example: We may misspell a search term, either through ignorance or lack of typing skills.» cometer un error ortográfico al escribir a máquina = mistype .
Example: German man finds himself in Montana after mistyping his destination on a flight-booking website.» cometer un error tipográfico = make + a typo .
Example: If I can type without making typos, am I sober enough to drive?.» cometer un fallo = make + a mistake ; commit + an error ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .
Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued. Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'. Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling. Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.» cometer un fraude = commit + a fraud ; embezzle .
Example: This article explores the response to a rumour spread by the Internet that the LEXIS-NEXIS database P-Track could be used to commit fraud = Este artículo analiza la respuesta a un rumor difundido por Internet de que la base de datos de LEXIS-NEXIS P-Track podría usarse para cometer fraude. Example: In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.» cometer un pecado = commit + a sin ; sin .
Example: According to Shakespeare's age, if she had agreed, she would have committed a mortal sin and been in danger of hell. Example: Some men, by continual sinning, sear even the conscience as with a hot iron, so that it becomes dead and past feeling.» cometer un robo = execute + a theft ; commit + a robbery .
Example: In 1962, 2 people executed a large theft of documents from the National Archives in Washington. Example: The story is simple: a group of brigands went to a farm in the middle of the night to commit a robbery.» cometer (un) sacrilegio = commit + (a) sacrilege .
Example: If you violate sacred values you are committing sacrilege for anyone who holds those values.» cometer un suicidio político = commit + political suicide .
Example: It needs a politician to start the ball rolling, and none of them will commit political suicide by doing it.