minuciosa noche de insomnio
English translation: exhausting sleepless night
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| 10:53 Jul 1, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Michael Powers (PhD) United States Local time: 22:00 | ||||||
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| 4 | long, drawn out night of insomnia |
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| 3 | meticulously scrutinized night of sleeplessness |
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| 3 | exhausting sleepless night |
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meticulously scrutinized night of sleeplessness Explanation: It's difficult w/o knowing mor context... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2007-07-01 11:16:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "more", perdona |
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long, drawn out night of insomnia Explanation: another option! |
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49 mins confidence:
exhausting sleepless night Explanation: "minucioso" can mean either "meticulous" or "detailed," and in this case I believe it is the latter; However, the latter still does not give it the flavor in English that it has in Spanish of being excrutiating. Hence, I went to Merriam-Webster's Thesaurus which gives us: detailed 2 entries found for detailed. To select an entry, click on it. detail[verb]detailed[adjective] Entry Word: detailed Function: adjective Text: 1 including many small descriptive features <a detailed report on all the activities that their Scout troop had been involved in over the past year> Synonyms circumstantial, elaborate, full, minute, particularized, thorough Related Words enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed; delineated, specific, specified; abundant, copious; comprehensive, exhausting, exhaustive, thoroughgoing; accurate, exact, precise; complete, entire, replete; distinct, explicit, precise, sharp; inclusive, mapped (out); descriptive, graphic (also graphical), picturesque, vivid Near Antonyms concise, pithy, short, succinct; abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, pruned, shortened, trimmed; indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, sketchy, vague; bird's-eye, broad, general, nonspecific, overall, unspecified Antonyms compendious, summary 2 made or done with great care or with much detail <a detailed miniature of the royal palace> -- see ELABORATE 1 Mike :) |
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