Ilusión in english
pronunciation: dɪluʒən part of speech: noun
ilusión = illusion ; yearning ; hope ; excitement ; thrill.
Example: A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.Example: A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.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.Example: If done effectively, displays can add interest and even excitement to the process of information discovery.Example: She felt a small thrill of triumph.more:
» con gran ilusión = with high hopes .
Example: We await with eager expectation the arrival of the book in printed form with high hopes that it will find its place in the world.» con ilusión = eagerly .
Example: Last evening her doctor had given her the news she had been eagerly hoping for: she was going to have a baby.» con (mucha) ilusión = excitedly .
Example: She prepared excitedly for her departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance.» con mucha ilusión = with high hopes .
Example: We await with eager expectation the arrival of the book in printed form with high hopes that it will find its place in the world.» crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions .
Example: The American Library Association and others are making wildly improbable statements creating false illusions throughout the library world.» crear la ilusión = generate + illusion .
Example: The author examines a number of CD-ROM software products which turn a personal computer into a planetarium and generate the illusion that a user is flying a spaceship or landing on a planet.» crear una ilusión = create + an illusion .
Example: The ISBD created the illusion that entries produced in any country would readily be integrable in the catalogs of any other country.» de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on .
Example: The poem closes with a strange hint of allusion to the Shakespearean quotation 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on'.» echar por tierra las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes .
Example: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.» falsa ilusión = delusion .
Example: The article 'Illusions, delusions, conclusions' reminds searchers that the most important issue when looking at search results is to make sure that all information is reliable and true.» hacer ilusión = look forward to (+ Gerundio) ; be excited about ; be thrilled ; be pleased (to) .
Example: We may look forward to more complete fulfilment of this objective in the near future. Example: I'm not a catalog person, I'm a computer person, and I'm very excited about this concept. Example: When accepting the appointment, Peter stated that he is 'thrilled to serve IFLA as Secretary General because IFLA has a unique role to empower library and information professionals'. Example: The staff will be very pleased to hear it.» hacer mucha ilusión = be thrilled ; be excited about ; be pleased (to) ; look forward to (+ Gerundio) .
Example: When accepting the appointment, Peter stated that he is 'thrilled to serve IFLA as Secretary General because IFLA has a unique role to empower library and information professionals'. Example: I'm not a catalog person, I'm a computer person, and I'm very excited about this concept. Example: The staff will be very pleased to hear it. Example: We may look forward to more complete fulfilment of this objective in the near future.» hacerse ilusiones = daydream ; build + castles in the air ; build up + Posesivo + hopes [También usado de esta forma build + Posesivo + hopes up] .
Example: These students were less likely to waste actual study time by doodling or daydreaming and had better note-taking skills . Example: If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be -- now put the foundations under them. Example: Over the last year he has pushed her around, fed her false truths, built up her hopes then crashed them to the ground.» hacerse ilusiones de que = be under the illusion that .
Example: Kids are under the illusion that the 'shotgun' seat holds more importance than the back seats.» ilusiones = wishful thinking .
Example: I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.» ilusión óptica = optical illusion .
Example: Optical illusion affects our sense of reality.» ilusión vana = wishful thinking .
Example: I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.» lleno de ilusiones = stardust in + Posesivo + eyes .
Example: They used to be raw, untrained middle-class girls with stardust in their eyes until they achieved prime time glory.» no hacerse ilusiones = keep + Posesivo + feet on the ground ; Posesivo + feet + be + on the ground ; have + Posesivo + feet on the ground .
Example: We have to keep our feet on the ground and understand that we still have a long way to go if we are to make it to the finals. Example: She all too often gets lost in conversation and although her feet are on the ground, her head is in the clouds. Example: She is only 16 and like a typical teenager she doesn't always have her feet on the ground.» perder la ilusión = lose + heart .
Example: The result is that many political scientists have lost heart.» romper las ilusiones = shatter + Posesivo + hopes .
Example: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.» tener mucha ilusión = be thrilled .
Example: When accepting the appointment, Peter stated that he is 'thrilled to serve IFLA as Secretary General because IFLA has a unique role to empower library and information professionals'.» vivir de ilusiones = live in + a dream world .
Example: Don't ever change that -- the ones that live in a dream world are the ones that ended making this world better.