- estricto
- adj.1 strict, Spartan, harsh, severe.2 strict, unbending.3 obligate.* * *estricto► adjetivo1 strict, rigorous* * *(f. - estricta)adj.strict* * *ADJ strict* * *-ta adjetivo <persona/disciplina> strict; <significado> precise, strict* * *= strict [stricter -comp., strictest -sup.], stringent, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].Ex. This may lead to deviations from the strict and most obvious alphabetical sequence.Ex. When a library outgrows its second automated circulation system it sets stringent functional, performance and growth specifications and builds from scratch.Ex. Title indexes suffer from absence of tight terminology control.Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.----* cada vez más estricto = tightening.* en su estricto sentido = strictly speaking.* hacer las leyes más estrictas = tighten + laws.* hacer más estricto = tighten.* trabajar con plazos de entrega estrictos = work to + deadlines.* * *-ta adjetivo <persona/disciplina> strict; <significado> precise, strict* * *= strict [stricter -comp., strictest -sup.], stringent, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].
Ex: This may lead to deviations from the strict and most obvious alphabetical sequence.
Ex: When a library outgrows its second automated circulation system it sets stringent functional, performance and growth specifications and builds from scratch.Ex: Title indexes suffer from absence of tight terminology control.Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.* cada vez más estricto = tightening.* en su estricto sentido = strictly speaking.* hacer las leyes más estrictas = tighten + laws.* hacer más estricto = tighten.* trabajar con plazos de entrega estrictos = work to + deadlines.* * *estricto -taadjective1 ‹persona/disciplina/educación› strict2 ‹significado› precise, stricten el sentido estricto de la palabra in the strict sense of the word* * *
estricto◊ -ta adjetivo
strict
estricto,-a adjetivo strict
'estricto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuadriculada
- cuadriculado
- estricta
English:
firm
- lax
- rein
- strict
- strictly
- stringent
- tight
- crash
- rigid
- severe
- tighten
- vegan
* * *estricto, -a adjstrict;no seas tan estricto con él don't be so strict with him;la estricta aplicación del reglamento strict enforcement of the rules* * *estrictoadj strict* * *estricto, -ta adjsevero: strict, severe♦ estrictamente adv* * *estricto adj strict
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.