fugaz

adj.

1 fleeting.

una visita fugaz a flying visit

2 fugitive.

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fugaz

► adjetivo (pl fugaces)

1 fleeting, brief

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ADJ

1) [momento] fleeting, brief

2)

estrella fugaz — shooting star

3) (=esquivo) elusive

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adjetivo <sonrisa/visión/amor> fleeting; <visita/tregua> brief

la belleza es fugaz — beauty is transient o ephemeral

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= ephemeral, fleeting, meteoric, evanescent, short-lived [shortlived], transient, vanishing, hit-and-run.

Ex. Some books had to be rebound, some discarded and replaced on microfilm, and others, of ephemeral interest, received typed paper labels covered with Mylar tape.

Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.

Ex. This article discusses the serious implications of published research on price comparisons, especially when periodical prices are experiencing a meteoric rise.

Ex. The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.

Ex. Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.

Ex. The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.

Ex. Librarians have a great role to play in the systematic collection of such material which constitutes a rich but vanishing source for the study of Nigeria's history.

Ex. The recent efforts by Congress to restrict invasions of privacy has many of the hallmarks of the typical Washington hit-and-run approach to legislation.

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* estrella fugaz = shooting star, falling star.

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adjetivo <sonrisa/visión/amor> fleeting; <visita/tregua> brief

la belleza es fugaz — beauty is transient o ephemeral

* * *

= ephemeral, fleeting, meteoric, evanescent, short-lived [shortlived], transient, vanishing, hit-and-run.

Ex: Some books had to be rebound, some discarded and replaced on microfilm, and others, of ephemeral interest, received typed paper labels covered with Mylar tape.

Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.

Ex: This article discusses the serious implications of published research on price comparisons, especially when periodical prices are experiencing a meteoric rise.

Ex: The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.

Ex: Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.

Ex: The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.

Ex: Librarians have a great role to play in the systematic collection of such material which constitutes a rich but vanishing source for the study of Nigeria's history.

Ex: The recent efforts by Congress to restrict invasions of privacy has many of the hallmarks of the typical Washington hit-and-run approach to legislation.

* estrella fugaz = shooting star, falling star.

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fugaz

adjective

‹sonrisa/visión/amor› fleeting

hizo una fugaz visita a Toledo she made a brief o fleeting o flying visit to Toledo

una fugaz tregua a brief truce

la belleza es fugaz beauty is transient o ephemeral

la vida fugaz de una mariposa the brief o ephemeral life of a butterfly

estrella

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fugaz adjetivo ‹sonrisa/visión/amor› fleeting;
‹visita/tregua› brief
fugaz adjetivo fleeting, brief
estrella fugaz, shooting star
'fugaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escapada
- estrella
English:
fleeting
- glance
- glimpse
- shooting star
- transient

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fugaz adj

fleeting;

su alegría fue fugaz her happiness was short-lived;

una visita fugaz a flying visit

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fugaz

adj fig

fleeting

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fugaz adj, pl fugaces : brief, fleeting

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fugaz adj

estrella fugaz shooting star