Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

visos de sensibilidad

inglés translation:

nuances of sensitivity

Added to glossary by Sherry Godfrey
Jul 2, 2006 22:35
17 yrs ago
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español term

visos de sensibilidad

español al inglés Arte/Literatura Arte, artes manuales, pintura
La colección ha sido incrementada con las aportaciones, ya con otros visos de sensibilidad, de su hija.

Talking about an art collection that also has works from the owner's daughter.

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nuances

of sensitivity. Here it would simply refer to the fact that the daughter has another type of taste or point of view.
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10 horas

glimpses/glints of sensitivity

"Viso" gives me the idea of something that can be seen, even if only briefly. "Glints" adds to this the idea of bright light (it's quite an unusual word in English).

Keen to learn from him, Julian discovers herself tantalized by uncommon **glimpses of sensitivity and pathos** ...
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Bloomberg.com: Culture
Muehe's memorable performance lets the spy's inscrutable official mask slip just a fraction on occasion **to betray glimpses of sensitivity and emotional** ...
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Mary Balogh...a best-seller author of historical romantic fiction
**He shows us glimpses of sensitivity and passion** beneath that oh-so-proper-Duke. I hope you give him a woman who will stand up to him and show him how to ...
www.marybalogh.com/gbook-2003.html - 818k - Cached - Similar pages

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15 horas

sensitive touches

another option!
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2 horas

shades of sensibility

Hola:
Matices de sensibilidad.
Creo que el redactor utiliza la acepción matices del término visos.
Saludos a todos

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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-07-03 20:26:04 GMT) Post-grading
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sensibility
The ability to feel or perceive.

Keen intellectual perception: the sensibility of a painter to color.
Mental or emotional responsiveness toward something, such as the feelings of another.
Receptiveness to impression, whether pleasant or unpleasant; acuteness of feeling. Often used in the plural: “The sufferings of the Cuban people shocked our sensibilities” (George F. Kennan).
Refined awareness and appreciation in matters of feeling.
The quality of being affected by changes in the environment.

sensitivity
The quality or condition of being sensitive.
The capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation.
Electronics. The degree of response of a receiver or instrument to an incoming signal or to a change in the incoming signal; the signal strength required by an FM tuner to reduce noise and distortion.
The degree of response of a plate or film to light, especially to light of a specified wavelength
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Peer comment(s):

disagree claudia16 (X) : sensibilidad es sentitivity no sensibility, to be sensible es ser sensato
2 horas
Sra. Claudia Guiraldes: Gracias por la corrección. Podría ser "shades of sensitivity" para expresar "matices", o "tintes" de sensibilidad?
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