indirecto

adj.

1 indirect, circuitous, oblique, subtle.

2 mediate.

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indirecto

► adjetivo

1 indirect

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(f. - indirecta)

adj.

indirect

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ADJ

1) [apoyo, control, causa, respuesta] indirect; [referencia] oblique; [amenaza, crítica] veiled

estaba ayudando a los opresores de modo indirecto — he was indirectly helping the oppressors, in a roundabout way he was helping the oppressors

de modo indirecto me dijo que me fuera — he hinted that I should go

fue una manera indirecta de pedir dinero — it was a indirect o roundabout way of asking for money

2) [impuesto, coste] indirect

3) [iluminación, luz] indirect

4) (Gram) [complemento, estilo] indirect

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-ta adjetivo indirect

una forma indirecta de decir que no — a roundabout o an indirect way of saying no

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= indirect, vicarious, circuitous, oblique.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex. This means that about a third of the users of the catalog wanted to find material on a specific subject, but only half of those were able to do so without making a somewhat indirect approach to the catalog.

Ex. The hypotheses are tested for direct personal contact and vicarious contact via television.

Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.

Ex. 'It's certainly worth looking into,' Bogardus caught the oblique directness of the statement.

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* beneficio indirecto = spillover benefit.

* estilo indirecto = indirect speech, indirect discourse.

* lo indirecto = indirectness.

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-ta adjetivo indirect

una forma indirecta de decir que no — a roundabout o an indirect way of saying no

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= indirect, vicarious, circuitous, oblique.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex: This means that about a third of the users of the catalog wanted to find material on a specific subject, but only half of those were able to do so without making a somewhat indirect approach to the catalog.

Ex: The hypotheses are tested for direct personal contact and vicarious contact via television.

Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.

Ex: 'It's certainly worth looking into,' Bogardus caught the oblique directness of the statement.

* beneficio indirecto = spillover benefit.

* estilo indirecto = indirect speech, indirect discourse.

* lo indirecto = indirectness.

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indirecto -ta

adjective

1 ‹manera› indirect

contacto directo e indirecto direct and indirect contact

lo dijo de manera indirecta he said it indirectly o in a roundabout way

es una manera indirecta de decir que no it's a roundabout o an indirect way of saying no

2 ‹impuesto› indirect

3 (Ling) ‹objeto› indirect

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indirecto

◊ -ta adjetivo

indirect
indirecto,-a adjetivo indirect
Ling estilo indirecto, indirect o reported speech

'indirecto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- complemento
- decir
- estilo
- guiño
- indirecta
- le
- les
- me
- os
- se
- te
- a
- contagioso
- cuánto
- nos
English:
her
- him
- indirect
- it
- me
- oblique
- reported
- roundabout
- speech
- them
- to
- us
- vicarious
- would
- you
- reported speech
- spin
- tenuous

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indirecto, -a adj

1. [intervención, causa] indirect;

una ley que nos afecta de forma indirecta a law which affects us indirectly;

la fábrica creará 500 empleos indirectos the factory will create 500 indirect jobs

2. [impuesto, costo] indirect

3. [iluminación] indirect

4. Dep [falta] indirect

5. Gram [objeto] indirect;

estilo indirecto indirect o reported speech, US indirect discourse

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indirecto

adj indirect

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indirecto, -ta adj

: indirect

♦ indirectamente adv

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indirecto adj indirect