Spanish Open dictionary by John Rene Plaut

somnifobia

  53

SOMNIPHOBIA Hatred or repulsion to fall asleep, for fear of not waking up anymore because you have passed away, or another similar fear.

  

asumir la derrota

  33

ASSUME DEFEAT accept that it has been lost

  

ingeniero de sistemas

  32

SYSTEMS ENGINEER specialized in computing in the area of operating systems and software oriented to the administration of the hardware and the optimization of the operation and its connectivity. It differs from the SYSTEM ANALYST whoso has the main function is oriented to the design, development and exploitation of applications. The code is developed to its specifications by the system programmer

  

execuátur

  74

EXECUÁTUR see EXEQUATUR and EXEQUATUR

  

pagar los platos rotos

  28

PAYING THE BROKEN DISHES expression that means to suffer the consequences (of a damage caused by third parties) : my secretary insulted her and I will have to pay for the broken dishes

  

cagarse por la patilla

  30

FOR THE SIDEBURN In Spain: youth jargon, go churrete. Having a violent diarrhea,. The real expression is TO GO FOR THE PIN OR GO FOR THE PAW DOWN.

  

inflexibles

  56

INFLEXIBLE pl . of INFLEXIBLE, which is strict, rigid, without flexibility

  

gorobeta

  52

GOROBETA in Colombia : Hunger

  

embocapluvia

  77

EMBOCAPLUVIA term invented by Julio Cortázar in his gíglico language of chapter 68 of Rayuela where he says, in a description of a sexual encounter between the protagonists: . . . the jadehollante embocapluvia of the orgumio, the sproemios of the merpasmo. . . JADEHOLLANTE is an expansion of panting, embocapluvia a penetrating rain, ORGUMIO is a musical form of ORGASM, as well as the [ESPROEMIOS are an allegory to the SPERM OF SEMEN, OF THE SPASM OF EJACULATION. The idea is that each reader imagines his own interpretation of what he meant and, therefore, they do not have a certain meaning, so that this dictionary should suspend frequently asking for each word of this text, and then, on top of that, accuse the author of plagiarism.

  

perking

  30

PERKING do submissive. Anglicism derived from Perkins, the butler's surname that appears in some crime novels. It became very popular for its interpretation by the Argentine cult humorist Alberto Olmedo (1933-1988) who, to the voice of "Perkins", immediately appeared the submissive butler. From there he became part of the lunfardo and is called that to the cuma in prison who is the submissive of the rest of the prison population, and makes a child of the errands. It is today, in popular parlity, the one that has the least authority, or has none.

  

síndrome triple x

  49

TRIPLE X TRIPLE X SYNDROME, or XXX, is the symbolism by pornography of greater explicitness, explicit sex and without taboos. But here it's about something totally different, like it's a genetic failure of an individual's chromosomes. The male has 46 chromosomes in each cell, 23 contributed by the female and 23 by the male. This includes the pair of sex chromosomes XX produces a man, XY a woman. When a random alteration occurs and 47 chromosomes are formed we have this syndrome, which, among other diseases, causes Down syndrome Children have vertical folds of the skin that cover the inner corners of the eyes (epicanthic folds), widely spaced eyes and other peculiar features.

  

gobierno de las tinieblas

  27

GOVERNMENT OF DARKNESS is a biblical reference to Satan, his minions, and Hell. It is assumed that there is a well-organized hierarchical structure to try to make Evil prevail over Good.

  

reprotóxico

  64

REPROTOXIC that causes cancer. Reprotoxins are agents that, in the face of prolonged contact with workers, can cause cancer.

  

tierra gemela

  36

Twin Earth the philosopher Hilary Putnam took an idea raised by Edmund Husserl and in his work The meaning of meaning poses the following dilemma: There are two identical Earth planets, except that one has H2O water and the other XYZ water. It runs, then, from whether two equal persons, one on each planet, understand different things regarding the concept of water. Today, in the incessant search for a habitable planet that orbits a star that emits light like our sun, we also talk about a twin planet or EARTH TWO.

  

cilindro humeante

  32

WETTING CYLINDER can refer to cylinders of acetylene, a gas composed of carbon and hydrogen, widely used in welding. It is very flammable and burns in the air with luminous, steaming and high-temperature flame.

  

ramificadas

  39

BRANCHED f . pl. of BRANCH, form branches, expand, extend.

  

afinar la puntería

  27

FINE-TUNE AIM improve accuracy. Literally, make a better quality shot. Figuratively, do better.

  

cornivarios

  32

CORNIVARIOS pl . of CORNIVARIO

  

habilidad blanda

  44

SOFT SKILLED as opposed to hard skill which is professional knowledge and experience, soft refers to the gifts of getting along, such as empathy, sympathy, patience, ease of communicating and making friends and other personality qualities.

  

enfocadas

  37

FOCUSED f . pl. of the part . past verb FOCUS or FOCUS

  

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