comentario

m.

1 comment, remark.

hizo un comentario muy acertado she made a very apt remark

el presidente no quiso hacer comentarios the president did not wish to (make any) comment

sin comentarios no comment

sobran comentarios what can you say?

2 commentary.

comentario de texto literary commentary, textual analysis

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comentario

► nombre masculino

1 (observación) remark, comment

2 (explicación, narración) commentary

► nombre masculino plural comentarios

1 (murmuración) gossip sing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar lugar a comentarios to cause gossip

sin comentario no comment

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noun m.

1) comment, remark

2) commentary

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SM

1) (=observación) comment

hizo varios comentarios irónicos sobre mi familia — he made some sarcastic comments o remarks about my family

esto merece comentario aparte — this deserves separate comment

"sin comentarios" — "no comment"

el tema no merece comentario — the matter does not deserve mention

sin más comentario, pasemos a ver la película — without further ado, let's watch the film

hacer un comentario: le hizo un comentario al oído — she said something in his ear

no hizo comentario alguno al respecto — he made no comment on the matter

2) (=redacción) essay

un comentario sobre "El Quijote" — an essay on "Don Quixote"

comentario de texto — [literario] (literary) commentary; [lingüístico] textual analysis

3) pl comentarios (=cotilleo) gossip sing

dar lugar a comentarios — to lead to gossip

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masculino

1)

a) (observación) comment

hacer un comentario — to make a comment

¿quiere hacer algún comentario? — do you have any comments?

fue un comentario de mal gusto — it was a tasteless remark

sin comentario(s) — no comment

sobran or huelgan los comentarios — it's best not to say anything

b) (mención)

no hagas ningún comentario sobre esto — don't mention this

c) (análisis) commentary

comentario de texto — textual analysis

2) (Rad, TV) commentary

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= comment, commentary, gloss, observation, remark, statement, talk-aloud, explication, rider, riff.

Ex. Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.

Ex. Texts published with commentary are entered under the commentator if the commentary is emphasised.

Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex. I agree with the observation that in our catalog we had not brought together the 'American Scholar' and the 'Oration'.

Ex. My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.

Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.

Ex. These evaluation techniques include full-screen logging, pre- and post-search, online/offline, and in-search interactive questionnaires, search replays as well as talk-aloud.

Ex. Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.

Ex. This latter point is born out in a survey of the information needs of Californians, which, in affirming the existence of such needs, added the rider that Californians 'do not always perceive these needs to be related to information'.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

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* apartado de comentarios = comments section.

* basado en el comentario personal = reportage-based.

* comentario al margen = tangential comment.

* comentario aparecido en la prensa = press comment.

* comentario crítico = criticism, critique, critical comment, critical commentary.

* comentario escrito = write-up.

* comentario final que zanja una cuestión = clincher.

* comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.

* comentario ingenioso = witty remark.

* comentario inicial = opening remark.

* comentario introductorio = leading remark.

* comentario literario = literary analysis.

* comentario personal = reportage, personal note.

* comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.

* comentarios = input, grapevine, feedback.

* comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.

* comentarios finales = concluding remarks.

* comentario social = social commentary.

* comentario tangencial = tangential comment.

* hacer algunos comentarios sobre lo que Alguien ha dicho = take + a few cracks at.

* hacer comentarios = air + comments.

* hacer un comentario = make + observation, make + remark, offer + a comment.

* intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.

* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

* persona que hace un comentario = commenter.

* recabar un comentario = solicit + comment.

* responder a un comentario = field + comment.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

* suscitar un comentario = elicit + comment.

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masculino

1)

a) (observación) comment

hacer un comentario — to make a comment

¿quiere hacer algún comentario? — do you have any comments?

fue un comentario de mal gusto — it was a tasteless remark

sin comentario(s) — no comment

sobran or huelgan los comentarios — it's best not to say anything

b) (mención)

no hagas ningún comentario sobre esto — don't mention this

c) (análisis) commentary

comentario de texto — textual analysis

2) (Rad, TV) commentary

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= comment, commentary, gloss, observation, remark, statement, talk-aloud, explication, rider, riff.

Ex: Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.

Ex: Texts published with commentary are entered under the commentator if the commentary is emphasised.

Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

Ex: I agree with the observation that in our catalog we had not brought together the 'American Scholar' and the 'Oration'.

Ex: My second point may be a slightly tangential, but I hope it is a concrete reaction to the general tenor of Mr. Lubetzky's remarks and the general subject posed.

Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.

Ex: These evaluation techniques include full-screen logging, pre- and post-search, online/offline, and in-search interactive questionnaires, search replays as well as talk-aloud.

Ex: Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.

Ex: This latter point is born out in a survey of the information needs of Californians, which, in affirming the existence of such needs, added the rider that Californians 'do not always perceive these needs to be related to information'.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

* apartado de comentarios = comments section.

* basado en el comentario personal = reportage-based.

* comentario al margen = tangential comment.

* comentario aparecido en la prensa = press comment.

* comentario crítico = criticism, critique, critical comment, critical commentary.

* comentario escrito = write-up.

* comentario final que zanja una cuestión = clincher.

* comentario gracioso = witty remark, funny remark.

* comentario ingenioso = witty remark.

* comentario inicial = opening remark.

* comentario introductorio = leading remark.

* comentario literario = literary analysis.

* comentario personal = reportage, personal note.

* comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.

* comentarios = input, grapevine, feedback.

* comentario sarcástico = sarcastic remark.

* comentarios finales = concluding remarks.

* comentario social = social commentary.

* comentario tangencial = tangential comment.

* hacer algunos comentarios sobre lo que Alguien ha dicho = take + a few cracks at.

* hacer comentarios = air + comments.

* hacer un comentario = make + observation, make + remark, offer + a comment.

* intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.

* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.

* persona que hace un comentario = commenter.

* recabar un comentario = solicit + comment.

* responder a un comentario = field + comment.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

* suscitar un comentario = elicit + comment.

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comentario

masculine

A

1 (observación) comment

¿quiere hacer algún comentario? do you have any comments?

ese comentario fue de muy mal gusto that remark o comment was in very bad taste

sin comentario(s) no comment

sobran or huelgan los comentarios it's best not to say anything, there's no need to say anything

2 (análisis) commentary

comentario de texto textual analysis, practical criticism

B (Rad, TV) commentary

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comentario sustantivo masculino
1

a) (observación) comment;

◊ hacer un comentario to make a comment;

fue un comentario de mal gusto it was a tasteless remark;
sin comentario(s) no comment

b) (mención):

◊ no hagas ningún comentario sobre esto don't mention this

c) (análisis) commentary;

◊ comentario de texto textual analysis

2 (Rad, TV) commentary
comentario sustantivo masculino
1 comment, remark
2 (de texto) commentary
3 comentarios, (cotilleos) gossip
'comentario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ácida
- ácido
- acre
- agudeza
- ápice
- burrada
- conveniente
- cortante
- declaración
- desafortunada
- desafortunado
- exacta
- exacto
- gusto
- impertinencia
- incisiva
- incisivo
- indiscreción
- intención
- jugosa
- jugoso
- ligereza
- lucida
- lucido
- maldad
- malintencionada
- malintencionado
- manifiesta
- manifiesto
- más
- ocurrencia
- oportuna
- oportuno
- paleta
- paleto
- picante
- punta
- puntual
- punzante
- rezar
- reservarse
- retirar
- salida
- segunda
- sentar
- sobra
- superflua
- superfluo
- temeraria
- temerario
English:
abrasive
- abstain
- accurate
- acid
- acrimonious
- acute
- amplify
- apt
- barbed
- bitchy
- biting
- blistering
- calculate
- careless
- catty
- cheap
- comeback
- comment
- commentary
- complimentary
- crack
- curt
- cutting
- decline
- derogatory
- destructive
- direct
- do
- gross
- hurtful
- impromptu
- incisive
- indignant
- inept
- innocuous
- insulting
- invidious
- level
- objectionable
- oblique
- observation
- off-the-cuff
- offensive
- outline
- parting
- pass
- passing
- personal
- pointed
- qualify

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comentario nm

1. [observación] comment, remark;

hizo un comentario muy acertado she made a very apt remark;

ahórrate tus comentarios keep your remarks to yourself;

sólo era un comentario personal, no te lo tomes a mal it was just a remark between the two of us, don't take it the wrong way;

el presidente no quiso hacer comentarios the president did not wish to (make any) comment;

sin comentarios no comment;

y, sin más comentarios, se marchó and, without another word, she left;

sobran comentarios what can you say?

2. [crítica] commentary

Comp

comentario de texto literary commentary, textual analysis

3. [televisivos, radiofónicos] commentary

4.

comentarios [murmuraciones] gossip;

siempre hace comentarios a mis espaldas he's always talking about me behind my back

5. Ling predicate

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comentario

m

1 comment;

¡sin comentarios! no comment!

2

:

comentarios pl gossip sg

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comentario nm

1) : comment, remark

sin comentarios: no comment

2) : commentary

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comentario n comment / remark

no hice caso de su comentario I ignored his comment

no quiso hacer ningún comentario sobre su vida privada she refused to comment on her private life

sin comentarios no comment