Spanish Open dictionary by Felipe Lorenzo del Río

que es pedantismo

  29

It means pedantry, attitude of which boasts of his knowledge or wisdom regardless of having them or not. Comes from the Greek country Paidós: child and the suffix - ISM used to form nouns of action, or abstract meaning in general theories, doctrines, attitudes or conditions personal.

  

trancadera

  15

For the SAR is synonymous with bottling or circulatory blockage; in the astur-leones language means lock and close is said to also lock, Word of Celtic origin ( deadlock: 41 iron bar;

  

persona que estudia el universo

  21

Before the emergence of scientific method and consequently of modern science, prompted, among others, by Galileo Galilei ( 17TH century ) to those who studied the universe ( cosmos 41 Greek; they were called cosmologists and cosmology to the part of philosophy studying it. Current science try to know everything, but each one has a specific object and an own standpoint. Now, the science that studies the cosmos or macrouniverso with a global point of view is astronomy and therefore those who study the universe will be astronomers, helped other science especially physics. One of the most important fisico-astronomos of today is English Stephen Hawking who, being ridden in a wheelchair ( because you have many years 41 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; It does not stop being a brilliant scientist, not to say the brightest.

  

istrion

  29

istrion is incorrectly written, and should be written as "actor" being its meaning: Greco-Latin comedies and tragedies was the actor who acted disguised. In Rome the actors used to be slaves and socially considered infamous is impeding them gain Roman citizenship. This socially negative connotation has reached our days, as he has been considered them people ill live. The word histrion ( histrionis in latin histrio: actor, comedian )?? over time it became to designate all theatrical actors. He is currently considered histrionic anyone who acts with excessive involvement in their daily lives.

  

pertenenciente relativo a los sueños

  11

The belonging or pertaining to dreams is called dream ( from Greek oneiros oneirou: dream ). This cultismo was introduced in the first half of the 20th century, period in which he was booming the psychoanalysis of Freud which was based, inter alia, on the interpretation of dreams.

  

gorri¿n

  16

The Sparrow common, present in all the peoples of Spain ( passer domesticus ) in the language of ready to the Northwest of the province of Zamora, language included in the astur-leones, he is called pardal

  

eclectico

  33

eclectic is incorrectly written, and should be written as "eclectic" being its meaning: Singular masculine adjective of eclecticism that is a little original mix of ideas from different related doctrines on a particular issue. Its etymology is Greek ( ek: of, from outside and lektos: lego participle: say, pick ). "What was said or picked out "

  

zutano

  54

The complete enumeration in Spanish of a series of people unspecified or imaginary that we do not know the name or do not want to say is this: fulano, mengano, zutano, perengano. Very often used only the first or the first two

  

falcemia

  93

It is a hereditary disease, also called sickle cell anemia that affects red blood cells that have an abnormal hemoglobin that hardens them and distorts what can not do well its function.

  

cirzo

  20

cirzo is incorrectly written, and should be written as "cierzo" being its meaning: You may want to say " cierzo " that it is a strong, fresh and dry that originated in the Valley of the Ebro, preferably in winter, NO direction and wind caused by the pressure difference between the Mediterranean and the Cantabrian zone. He was talking about in the II century a. d. C. the Roman writer Cato the censor in their Chronicles of Hispania Citerior calling it " unusua " others called him " circius " and they said that it could shoot down an armed man

  

hipiatra

  47

Word of Greek origin ( hippos hippou: horse and iatros iatrou: doctor ): veterinarian of horses.

  

calendario

  53

I want to make a correction to my previous post: our mystique of the 16th century, in the calendar of Saints of the Catholic Church, is Santa Teresa de Jesús or Teresa of Ävila and not St Teresa of the child Jesus or Teresa of Lisieux, also French and chronologically later barefoot Carmelite. Our Teresa de Jesús, mystical and fighter, effectively died October 4, 1582 in Alba de Tormes. According to the description made it his confessor Francisco Ribera was " beautiful in her youth, and even then... " and had three small moles on the left side of the face.

  

modejas

  15

It is a Spanish surname, probably a deformation of mudejar, derived from mudayyan, Arabic word meaning domestic or domesticated. The Mudejar were Muslims who remained in Christian lands are allowed to continue with their religion, their language and customs. They were lowly, peasants related to irrigation or specialized craftsmen. Over time the conditions of tolerance were disappearing and the fear of the Inquisition made them change to the name.

  

baumanometro aneroide

  110

aneroid baumanometro is incorrectly written and should be written as "aneroid baumanometro" being its meaning: Word's Greek etymology, created by the French inventor Pierre Varignon of century XVII-XVIII ( hands: light, not very dense; Metron metrou: measure; an: no, no; AER aeros: air and eideos eidos: shape, appearance, idea ) that would mean not very dense, vacuum measurement. It is the unit for measuring blood pressure created in 1915 by William A. Baum. The prefix bau - does honor to its name.

  

calendario

  67

The word calendar has etymology Latin kalendae kalendarum ( used always in the plural: the kalends ) to the Romans was the first day of each month and that conjuntammente with the 40 nonas; nonae nonarum: days 5 or 7 of the month ) and the IDEs ( iduum IDEs: day 13 or 15 of the month ) they were used to identify each day of the month. For example on 12 March identified him saying: " 4 days before the IDEs of March " in latin, " before diem IV idus martias ". As you've said above, our calendar has undergone three major reforms: of the Roman king Numa Pompilio in 713 a. d. C., which added two months, January and February, as before only had 10; of Julio César in 46 a. d. C. that it had 445 days for the following years had 365 and a quarter and the year 1582 Pope Gregorio XIII removed 10 days a year, from October 4 to Friday, October 15. In this way, the people who died on 4 October of that year were buried the following day, 15th of that month. Thus it happened to our Mystic, Saint Teresa of the child Jesus.

  

limite internacional

  27

limit international is incorrectly written and should be written as "international border" being its meaning: International border means the border within which each State exercises its sovereignty. This border is an imaginary line that can match any item geographical as the cordillera of the Andes in Chile, or any GEODESIC line, such as meridians or Parallels of the Earth or be simply arbitrary and agreed after a process of decolonization, as it has happened in the 20th century in Africa. These land borders have not always been stable, because some States still have disputes and conflicts to establish them. For those States that have coast the UN through the Convention of the sea of 1982 established as the limit of territorial waters, in which each State exercises its sovereignty, the 12-mile ( 22.2 Kms ). Some States have unilaterally increased the limit to 200 miles. But the UN has not recognized it. The limit above, skyward not been established accurately, although some countries have tried there is no limit. He is assumed that this limit reaches where it reaches every State technology. Anyway, in the globalized world in which both live the concept of border and sovereignty tends to fade, however much some want to defend otherwise. For this reason exaggerated and exclusive nationalisms that Spaniards have close are a mistake: every day depend more from one another and the most important is that we build a more United global world, where all can live well and not just a few.

  

contimas

  45

contimas is incorrectly written, and should be written as "contrimas" as meaning: Perhaps a bad writing of " contrimas " that is a popular corruption of " how much more " They also say " contrimenos " instead of " much less " as in this joke telling in Madrid: enters a barrochin with very thirsty in a bar and says to the bartender: partner, get 10 rods. The waiter puts them on the bar in a row and trinca them is. Waiter, I now get only 5. And it trinca them. As already goes down thirst tells: partner, now I will put only 2. When rushing the second focuses on the waiter with language rag and somewhat doughy expression: waiter, waiter, have seen you that ( pause ) contrimenos bebo more piripi am.

  

que es almajar

  13

The almajar is an area of the province of Seville close to the population of Casariche for more than 5,500 inhabitants, where there is a spring and archaeological remains of what could be a Roman mansio, because through this area passed a Roman road in direction to Carteia. A mansio was a sort of Inn with the comforts of having even thermal baths, where you could eat, then overnight, repairing the carriages or change horses to facilitate the journey to Roman military or businessmen who roamed throughout the Roman Empire.

  

sccientia

  24

sccientia is incorrectly written, and should be written as "scientia" being its meaning: Scientia is a Latin word meaning science, founded knowledge versus mere opinions or alleged expertise without foundation. (The Greeks called her episteme ). Science in the modern sense are divided into rational and empirical. The rational is based on deduction from principles evident, such as mathematics and logic. The empirical or experimental are based on the inductive method that is based on the observation of the facts and reach general laws or theories formulations which then should be verify. The empirical sciences can study natural phenomena ( 41 natural sciences; or human phenomena or social ( Humanities and social )

  

antioligarquica

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antioligarquica is incorrectly written, and should be written as "anti-oligarchic" being its meaning: Feminine adjective of antioligarquia, Greek etymology: anti: contra, oligos: little and archia: power, Government and therefore means the attitude who is opposed to the Government of a few. According to Aristotle, Greek philosopher from the 4th century b. C., these few could govern according to the interests of the people; They then formed an aristocracy; But if they only attended to their particular interest was an oligarchy. Therefore, for Aristotle, this word had a meaning negative as form of Government, the same as today: obviously there is currently antioligarquicas attitudes as oligarchy means a group of people ( few ) great economic power that are behind the policy decisions of Governments, which are real puppets in their hands

  

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