etiquetar

v.

1 to label (also figurative).

etiquetar a alguien de algo to label somebody something

Ellos titularon al profesor They titled the professor.

2 to label as, to pigeonhole as.

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etiquetar

► verbo transitivo

1 to label, put a label on

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verb

to label

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VT to label

etiquetar a algn de algo — to label sb (as) sth

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verbo transitivo <producto> to label; <persona>

etiquetar a alguien de algo — to label somebody (as) something

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= tag, pigeonhole, peg.

Ex. It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.

Ex. The information specialist can identify reference questions by subject area if the requests seem to fit into 1 of the 3 technologies; but he or she cannot pigeonhole requests which have blurred boundaries.

Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

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verbo transitivo <producto> to label; <persona>

etiquetar a alguien de algo — to label somebody (as) something

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= tag, pigeonhole, peg.

Ex: It is occasionally useful for administrative purposes to be able to tag borrowers so that they may be intercepted during charge-out.

Ex: The information specialist can identify reference questions by subject area if the requests seem to fit into 1 of the 3 technologies; but he or she cannot pigeonhole requests which have blurred boundaries.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

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etiquetar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹producto› to label

2 ‹persona› etiquetar a algn DE algo to label sb ( AS) sth

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etiquetar (conjugate etiquetar) verbo transitivo ‹producto› to label;
‹persona› etiquetar a algn de algo to label sb (as) sth
etiquetar verbo transitivo to label: le han etiquetado de informal y no consigue sacudirse el calificativo, he has been labelled as irresponsible and hasn't managed to live it down
'etiquetar' also found in these entries:
English:
label

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etiquetar vt

1. [objeto] to label

2. [persona] to label;

etiquetar a alguien de algo to label sb sth;

la etiquetaron de rebelde she was labelled (as) a rebel

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etiquetar

v/t tb fig

label

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etiquetar vt

: to label

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etiquetar vb to label [pt. & pp. labelled]