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offensive / ofensivo
offensive
A. -adjective
1. (=causing offence, unpleasant) [behaviour, book, joke] ofensivo [remark, language] ofensivo, insultante [smell] muy desagradable
·to [find] something/somebody offensive
·encontrar algo/a somebody, someone ofensivo
·he doesn't mean to be offensive
·no pretende ofender
a. to be offensive [to] somebody = ofender a somebody, someone
2. (military) [operation, action, capability] ofensivo
3. (Sport) [player, play] de ataque
B. -noun (commerce, military, Sport) ofensiva (f)
a. an [advertising] offensive = una ofensiva publicitaria
b. to [be] on the offensive = estar a la ofensiva
c. to [go] on the offensive = pasar a la ofensiva, pasar al ataque
d. to [launch] an offensive = lanzar una ofensiva
e. a [sales] offensive = una ofensiva de ventas
f. to [take] the offensive = tomar la ofensiva
C. -compound
·offensive weapon -noun (law, legal) arma (f) ofensiva (military) arma (f) de ataque
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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