imprudencia

f.

1 carelessness, recklessness (falta de prudencia) (en los actos).

imprudencia temeraria (law) criminal negligence

2 careless or reckless act, indiscretion.

3 imprudence, carelessness, recklessness, rashness.

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imprudencia

► nombre femenino

1 (falta de prudencia) imprudence, carelessness; (en la carretera) dangerous driving

2 (acción imprudente) rash move, reckless move; (indiscrección) indiscretion

■ fue una imprudencia dejarle que llevara el coche it was unwise to let him drive the car

■ cometió una imprudencia con decírselo it was unwise to tell him

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FRASEOLOGÍA

las imprudencias se pagan carelessness costs lives

imprudencia temeraria (gen) criminal negligence 2 (en carretera) reckless driving

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SF

1) (=cualidad) [al hacer algo] imprudence, rashness; [al averiguar algo] indiscretion

2) (=acción)

fue una imprudencia del conductor — it was the driver's carelessness

imprudencia temeraria — criminal negligence

ser acusado de conducir con imprudencia temeraria — to be charged with dangerous driving

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femenino

a) (acción) imprudence

decir eso fue una imprudencia — it was a rash o an imprudent thing to say

no cometas esa imprudencia — don't be so rash o reckless

b) (cualidad) imprudence

su imprudencia al conducir — his reckless driving

- imprudencia temeraria

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= unwisdom, imprudence, recklessness, endangerment, wantonness, rashness.

Ex. They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.

Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.

Ex. General principles of criminal law, including the difference between recklessness and gross negligence, are reviewed to provide those in the outdoor industry a rough guide as to their possible criminal liability.

Ex. This article postulates that communities are achieved through endangerment and are not founded on proximity or convenience but rather an opening of the self to the risks of human connection.

Ex. This Court has often reiterated that while ordinary negligence involves inadvertence, wantonness requires a showing of a conscious or an intentional act.

Ex. Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

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* cometer una imprudencia = commit + imprudence, be reckless.

* imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.

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femenino

a) (acción) imprudence

decir eso fue una imprudencia — it was a rash o an imprudent thing to say

no cometas esa imprudencia — don't be so rash o reckless

b) (cualidad) imprudence

su imprudencia al conducir — his reckless driving

- imprudencia temeraria

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= unwisdom, imprudence, recklessness, endangerment, wantonness, rashness.

Ex: They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.

Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.

Ex: General principles of criminal law, including the difference between recklessness and gross negligence, are reviewed to provide those in the outdoor industry a rough guide as to their possible criminal liability.

Ex: This article postulates that communities are achieved through endangerment and are not founded on proximity or convenience but rather an opening of the self to the risks of human connection.

Ex: This Court has often reiterated that while ordinary negligence involves inadvertence, wantonness requires a showing of a conscious or an intentional act.

Ex: Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

* cometer una imprudencia = commit + imprudence, be reckless.

* imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.

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imprudencia

feminine

1 (acción) imprudence

decir eso fue una imprudencia it was a rash o an imprudent thing to say

se debió a una imprudencia del piloto it was caused by the pilot's imprudence

no cometas esa imprudencia don't be so rash o reckless

2 (cualidad) imprudence

su imprudencia al conducir his reckless driving

Compuesto:

imprudencia temeraria

criminal negligence

el conductor fue condenado por imprudencia temeraria the driver was convicted of reckless driving o of criminal negligence

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imprudencia sustantivo femenino
imprudence;

◊ no cometas esa imprudencia don't be so rash o reckless;

su imprudencia al conducir his reckless driving
imprudencia sustantivo femenino imprudence, rashness: fue una imprudencia hablar de ello, it was unwise to talk about it
imprudencia temeraria, criminal negligence

'imprudencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bestialidad
- necedad
- temeridad
English:
imprudence
- rashness
- reckless driving
- recklessness
- unwariness

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imprudencia nf

1. [falta de prudencia] [en los actos] carelessness, recklessness;

[en los comentarios] indiscretion;

actuó con imprudencia she acted recklessly;

fue una imprudencia conducir bebido it was reckless of him to drive while he was drunk

Comp

Der imprudencia concurrente contributory negligence; Der imprudencia temeraria criminal negligence

2. [acción] careless o reckless act, indiscretion;

[dicho indiscreto] tactless remark, indiscretion; [dicho desacertado] foolish o reckless remark;

confiar en él fue una imprudencia it was unwise to trust him;

cometió una imprudencia y atropelló a un peatón she knocked over a pedestrian as a result of a reckless piece of driving

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imprudencia

f recklessness, rashness

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imprudencia nf

indiscreción: imprudence, indiscretion