open-handed in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for open-handed in the English»Spanish Dictionary

openhanded [Am ˌoʊpənˈhændəd, Brit] ADJ

openhanded generosity

a manos llenas

openhanded gesture

generoso

Translations for open-handed in the Spanish»English Dictionary

desprendido (desprendida) ADJ

[ser]

generous

[ser]

open-handed

See also desprender

I.desprender VB trans

1. desprender (soltar, separar):

desprender

to detach

logró desprenderlo del eje

he succeeded in detaching it from the shaft

los golpes han desprendido parte del revoque

part of the plaster has come away o off with all the banging

el rótulo estaba medio desprendido

the sign was hanging off its hinges/coming loose

2. desprender gases/chispas/olor:

desprender

to give off

3. desprender RioPl (desabrochar):

desprender botón

to undo

II.desprenderse VB vpr

1. desprenderse:

desprenderse botón:

to come off

desprenderse retina:

to become detached

se desprendieron varias tejas

several tiles came off (the roof)

se desprendió de su abrazo liter

she detached herself from his embrace liter

se desprendió del soporte

it came away from the support

se desprendió del soporte

it detached itself from the support form

2.1. desprenderse (renunciar, entregar):

desprenderse de algo

to part with sth

no me voy a desprender de este cuadro

I'm not going to part with this picture

no piensa desprenderse del bebé

she has no intention of giving up the baby

2.2. desprenderse (apartarse, separarse):

desprenderse de algo

to let go of sth

no se desprende de su osito

he won't let go of his teddybear

no se me desprende del lado

she won't leave my side for a minute

3. desprenderse (deshacerse):

desprenderse de algo/alg.

to get rid of sth/sb

no consigue desprenderse de sus prejuicios

he doesn't seem able to shake off his prejudices

se desprendió de todos los documentos comprometedores

he got rid of all the compromising documents

4. desprenderse (surgir):

desprenderse de algo

to emerge from sth

este resultado se desprende de las encuestas realizadas

this result emerges from o comes out of the surveys that were carried out

lo que se desprende del informe es que …

what can be gathered o inferred from the report is that …

lo que se desprende del informe es que …

what emerges from the report is that …

rasgado (rasgada) ADJ

1. rasgado ojos:

rasgado (rasgada)

almond attr

rasgado (rasgada)

almond-shaped

2. rasgado Col inf (generoso):

rasgado (rasgada)

open-handed

rasgado (rasgada)

generous

manilargo (manilarga) ADJ

1. manilargo inf (pegón):

manilargo (manilarga)

fond of hitting people

2. manilargo inf (generoso):

manilargo (manilarga)

open-handed

3. manilargo inf (ladrón):

manilargo (manilarga)

light-fingered

4. manilargo CSur inf (con las mujeres):

es muy manilargo

he puts his hands all over you

manirroto¹ (manirrota) ADJ

1. manirroto inf (derrochador):

manirroto (manirrota)

extravagant

es tan manirroto

he's so extravagant o he spends money like water

2. manirroto (generoso):

manirroto (manirrota) Col Ven

generous

manirroto (manirrota) Col Ven

open-handed

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I wonder what "church 2.0" would look like, where leadership is more open-handed and every attendee shapes the experience and collaborates.

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This piece has a unique open-handed, warm-hearted feeling throughout, thanks to the wide use of pentatonic scales.

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This ritual involves the blowing of a whistle and a curious right-armed, open-handed, salute.

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Once traffic began to move forward, the bikers were slapping the other cars open-handed as they navigated between the cars, he said.

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In fact, we are warm-hearted, neighbourly, accommodating and open-handed.

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The third and final time he made contact with me was via an open-handed slap to my face.

www.stuff.co.nz

He encouraged the planting of trees in the town, and exercised an open-handed philanthropy.

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In matches in this competition, players could only use a fist pass rather than having the option of using an open-handed hand pass, which was the case previously.

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She said the open-handed slap was not out of anger or retaliation but was intended to de-escalate the situation.

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He drums in the open-handed style.

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