heavy-handed in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for heavy-handed in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Translations for heavy-handed in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

1.1. mano ANAT:

dame la manito o Spain Mex manita

2. mano (posesión):

8. mano en locs:

a mano LatAm (en paz)
a mano LatAm (en paz)
a la mano LatAm
hand attr
on the sly inf
caérsele la mano a alg. Mex inf, pej
to be a fairy dated, offens
correrle mano a alg. Chil vulg sl
to touch o feel sb up inf
estar/quedar a mano inf LatAm
to be even o quits inf
to touch o feel sb up inf
to be heavy-handed

See also mano a mano, doblar

mano a mano N m (corrida)

heavy-handed in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for heavy-handed in the English»Spanish Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Nevertheless, it emerges more heavy-handed than most of his lighter works.
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While his methods are questionable and extremely heavy-handed, he gets results.
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His time was riddled with industrial relations problems much of which was considered to be provoked by heavy-handed management techniques.
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Dynamo players claimed that they were attacked during this invasion, while bottles were thrown at police, whose actions have been described as heavy-handed.
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No matter how well-founded the son's grievances, his film memoir feels vindictive as well as heavy-handed....
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The protesters alleged that the police had been heavy-handed.
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Sharp-tongued with a fiery temper, he was appointed to fight corruption, but observers thought he was too heavy-handed about it.
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The stories were heavy-handed, with adult situations driving the action, and the films often incorporated a moral, a civics lesson, or a patriotic theme.
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In 2001, the heavy-handed nature of the band's internal songwriting process created some dramatic lineup changes.
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It's a somber story, with a lot of heavy-handed things going on.
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