Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

actúa a imagen y semejanza de

English translation:

whose actions mirror those of Senator X

Added to glossary by Yvonne Becker
Aug 30, 2005 02:24
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Spanish term

actúa a imagen y semejanza de

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
"Con la data de los firmantes en su poder el régimen emprendió una verdadera “cacería de brujas”.
Su instigador... un diputado “oficialista” que **actúa a imagen y semejanza del** senador Joe Mccarthy y su lista negra de los años 50."

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Non-ProZ.com Aug 30, 2005:
"A imagen y semejanza" es una expresi�n tomada de la Biblia. "Dios cre� al hombre a su imagen y semejanza."

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Spanish term (edited): act�a a imagen y semejanza de
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whose actions mirror those of Senator X

It sounds odd to say ACT in teh IMAGE of. The biblical reference is to being MADE or CREATED in the image of...

My suggestion, mirror, reflects the IMAGE metaphor:


The Public Eye : Website of Political Research Associates
... to introduce the idea that Clinton's actions mirror those of Nazi
totalitarians.53 Davidson is a far right prophet of financial doom whose book, ...
www.publiceye.org/conspire/ clinton/Clintonculwar8-07.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

yax-152 Homosexual but not gay
You may ask: But don't they recognize that their feelings and perhaps actions
mirror those of their friends who are doing it with the opposite sex? ...
www.yawningbread.org/arch_1999/yax-152.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

Thomas E. Nugent on George W. Bush vs. John Kerry on NRO Financial
The change in strategy contributed to economic growth, but the policy actions
mirror those of President Bush, not candidate Kerry. ...
www.nationalreview.com/ nrof_nugent/nugent200411020752.asp - 39k - Cached - Similar pages

UCLA Hammer Museum: Displaced
In Lane’s film, this sense of entrapment is complicated by the presence of the
young deer, whose actions mirror those of the woman. ...
www.hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/4/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] The Charleston Gazette
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
actions mirror those of his colleagues in higher education. The Foundation for
Individual Rights in Education, a Philadelphia-based civil liberties group, ...
www.thefire.org/pdfs/4542_2716.pdf - Similar pages

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agree Joaquim Siles-Borràs : I like your suggestion!
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Spanish term (edited): act�a a imagen y semejanza de

whose actions are the exact image of

Hope it helps!
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Spanish term (edited): act�a a imagen y semejanza de

whose actions are playing out the image of

I think "imagem" and "semelhanca" are redundant.

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Interesting! On the Internet there are 415 references to "God created Man in His image and likeness" (which I have heard), but 8,100 (i.e., 7,685 more) to "God created Man in His image" with no "likeness" -- which I have heard more often.

When you think of it "likeness" may be more than mere appearance, so you could say:

"whose actions are playing out the image and likeness of..."
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Spanish term (edited): act�a a imagen y semejanza de

copies the immage and actions of

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Spanish term (edited): act�a a imagen y semejanza de

who acts in the image and likeness of Sen. Joe McCarthy

FT August/September 1999: Correspondence - [ Traduzca esta página ]
It is in this love that they reflect the image and likeness of God. ... could thus
manifest their love and truly act in the image and likeness of their God ...
www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9908/correspondence.html - 59k - 29 Ago 2005 - En caché - Páginas similares

Keyes Says Christians Must Act Like Camenker and Whiteman - [ Traduzca esta página ]
"Male and female are created in the image and likeness of God. ... We act on
behalf of the soul and integrity of the land we love." ...
www.massnews.com/2003_Editions/ 2_Feb/022403_mn_keyes_camenker.shtml - 15k - En caché - Páginas similares

Pentecost - the indwelling of the Holy Spirit - [ Traduzca esta página ]
If you act towards someone in a loving manner, even though you may have no feeling or
... the soul into more perfectly taking on His own image and likeness. ...
www.orthodox.net/sermons/pentecost-frdavidmoser.html - 15k - En caché - Páginas similares

Vol. 04.07 - PENTECOST - June 5/18, 2000 - [ Traduzca esta página ]
If you act towards someone in a loving manner, even though you may have no ...
And when He comes, He will transform us into His own image and likeness and ...
www.orthodox.net/redeeming/redeeming.04.07.html - 49k - En caché - Páginas similares

Created in the Image and Likeness of God - [ Traduzca esta página ]
What it means to be created in the image and likeness of God. ... The animal
world primarily consists of creatures that act on instinct. ...
home.att.net/~jamspsu84/ttocimage.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares

Barbwire by Barbano: Howard Cannon, made unto our own image and ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Cannon's courageous action allowed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ...
He was exactly what we made him, created unto our own image and likeness. ...
www.nevadalabor.com/barbwire/barb02/barb3-10-02.html - 14k - En caché - Páginas similares

Life in Christ--The Dignity of the Human Person - [ Traduzca esta página ]
How is the human person "the image and likeness of God"? ... If you will, you
can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own ...
www.daughtersofstpaul.com/growinginfaith/ basicqas/morality/dignity_153.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares

Sin Alienates the Human Person - [ Traduzca esta página ]
But at the same time, the status of image and likeness of God obliges you to act
in conformity with what you are. So be faithful to the covenant that God ...
www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/ audiences/alpha/data/aud19861112en.html - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares

International Convention against the reproductive cloning of human ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
The ethical and juridical consequences which will arise from this act would ...
The act of cloning is a predetermined act which forces the image and ...
www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/ documents/rc_seg-st_doc_20011119_martino-vi-comm_en.html - 12k - En caché - Páginas similares

[PDF] CHURCHES OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, INCORPORATION ACT 1964
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
An Act to incorporate certain Churches of Christ, Scientist, and to ... man in
God’s image and likeness. 3. We acknowledge God’s Forgiveness of sin in the ...
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/ LEGISLTN/CURRENT/C/ChurChristA64_001.pdf - Páginas similares

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