contracorriente

f.

countercurrent.

ir a contracorriente to go against the current o tide

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contracorriente

► nombre femenino

1 crosscurrent

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ir contracorriente to go against the tide

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SF cross-current

ir a contracorriente — (lit) to go against the current, go upstream; (fig) to go against the tide

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femenino crosscurrent

ir a contracorriente — barco to go against the current; nadador to swim against the current; diseñador/escritor to go o swim against the tide

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= cross-current, upstream, undertow, countercurrent.

Ex. This article examines cross-currents which pit the interests of special collections librarians against those of general, academic librarians.

Ex. The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Surfing corporate intranets: search tools that control the undertow'.

Ex. A countercurrent in the Western tradition rejects the Socratic position, however, and depicts the human pursuit of knowledge as a burden under which humans labor and from which they should strive to free themselves.

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* a contracorriente = against the grain.

* ir contracorriente = go against + the flow.

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femenino crosscurrent

ir a contracorriente — barco to go against the current; nadador to swim against the current; diseñador/escritor to go o swim against the tide

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= cross-current, upstream, undertow, countercurrent.

Ex: This article examines cross-currents which pit the interests of special collections librarians against those of general, academic librarians.

Ex: The author takes this case as a model to illustrate how academic libraries can go with the flow instead of being swept upstream.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Surfing corporate intranets: search tools that control the undertow'.

Ex: A countercurrent in the Western tradition rejects the Socratic position, however, and depicts the human pursuit of knowledge as a burden under which humans labor and from which they should strive to free themselves.

* a contracorriente = against the grain.

* ir contracorriente = go against + the flow.

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contracorriente

feminine

crosscurrent

a contracorriente: un diseñador de moda que siempre va a contracorriente a fashion designer who is always swimming against the tide

nunca una obra ha nacido más a contracorriente de la época never has there been a work which has been so out of step with the times

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contracorriente sustantivo femenino
crosscurrent;

◊ ir a contracorriente [barco] to go against the current;

[nadador] to swim against the current;
[diseñador/escritor] to go o swim against the tide
'contracorriente' also found in these entries:
English:
stream
- undercurrent
- under

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contracorriente nf

countercurrent;

ir a contracorriente to go against the current o tide

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contracorriente

f crosscurrent;

ir a contracorriente fig swim against the tide

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contracorriente nf

1) : crosscurrent

2)

ir a contracorriente : to go against the tide