- etiquetar
- v.1 to label (also figurative).etiquetar a alguien de algo to label somebody somethingEllos titularon al profesor They titled the professor.2 to label as, to pigeonhole as.* * *etiquetar► verbo transitivo1 to label, put a label on* * *verbto label* * *VT to label
etiquetar a algn de algo — to label sb (as) sth
* * *verbo transitivo <producto> to label; <persona>etiquetar a alguien de algo — to label somebody (as) something
* * *= 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.* * *verbo transitivo <producto> to label; <persona>etiquetar a alguien de algo — to label somebody (as) something
* * *= 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.* * *etiquetar [A1 ]vt1 ‹producto› to label2 ‹persona› etiquetar a algn DE algo to label sb ( AS) sth* * *
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
* * *etiquetar vt1. [objeto] to label2. [persona] to label;etiquetar a alguien de algo to label sb sth;la etiquetaron de rebelde she was labelled (as) a rebel* * *etiquetarv/t tb figlabel* * *etiquetar vt: to label* * *etiquetar vb to label [pt. & pp. labelled]
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.