prisa
haste ; precipitation.
Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
At that moment, seeing what he had done due to his precipitation, the father is overwhelmed with despair.
andar de prisa
patter
The young librarian was immensely depressed as she pattered down the hall towards the mail room.
andar sin prisa
mosey
It's quite amusing to watch her mosey around in what appear to be over-sized clown shoes.
a prisa
hurriedly
quickly
And he added hurriedly: 'I felt I could work with her though'.
A large number of documents can be indexed quickly and cheaply.
con mucha prisa
without a minute to spare
When you've had a long day, and don't have the energy to prepare a three course meal or for those unexpected guests that drop in without a minute to spare, here's a quick meal to serve.
con prisa
in a rush
in a hurry
In a rush to computerize records, records managers may overlook the need to establish a sound basis for manual filing systems.
Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.
correr a toda prisa
scurry
race
The fastest moving insect is the large tropical cockroach - it scurries at speeds of up to 2.3 feet per second.
These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.
correr de prisa
scurry
The fastest moving insect is the large tropical cockroach - it scurries at speeds of up to 2.3 feet per second.
darse prisa [Término coloquial usado en Australia y Nueva Zelanda]
hurry
hurry up
get on + Posesivo + running shoes
shake + a leg
hot-foot it to
make + haste
rattle + Posesivo + dags
get + a wiggle on
put + Posesivo + skates on
get + Posesivo + skates on
get + a move on
look + sharp
By systematic, step-by-step consideration free from the pressure to hurry to the next waiting individual, the number of false assumptions can be minimized.
Hurry Up! Last Chance for the Professionals!.
We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.
Before daylight on the following morning, we were abruptly awakened by a guard and told to shake a leg or miss breakfast.
Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.
Lastly, get thou to the apothecary and make haste with a purified protein derivative.
We were often told to 'rattle our dags' as kids when we were getting ready to go out somewhere.
The commission asked the legislators to get a wiggle on, start making changes now.
So it looks like we will have to put our skates on to get there on time.
But the future is just around the corner and we have to get our skates on.
If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
They'll have to look sharp to arrive at the rendezvous on time.
darse prisa con calma [Hacer las cosas de forma rápida pero con esmero]
make + haste slowly
An ancient Roman poet once oddly admonished his readers to 'make haste slowly,' and a modern American one asked above all to learn 'to sit still'.
de prisa
in haste
It is a scrappy book, apparently assembled in haste.
dirigirse a toda prisa hacia
make + haste towards
You are the strongest of all your village people, so your aim in this arcade game is to make haste towards the woods and save your people!.
hacer esto y aquello sin prisas
pootle
pot about/around
It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.
In the meantime, we went back into town and just potted around trying to kill some hours before we had to leave.
ir a toda prisa
race
These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.
ir a un Sitio sin prisa
mosey
It's quite amusing to watch her mosey around in what appear to be over-sized clown shoes.
llevar al hospital de prisa y corriendo
race + Nombre + to the hospital
rush + Nombre + to hospital
We raced her to the hospital, where she received anti-venom, morphine and fluids.
Sarah was rushed to the hospital early this morning with a ruptured appendix and peritonitis.
llevar a toda prisa
race + Nombre + to
They raced him to a police van and drove away.
marcharse de prisa
dash off
shoot off
zoom off (to)
fly off
One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.
The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.
Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast.
In fact, compact vehicles are flying off dealer lots at a clip not seen since the gas price hike during the summer of 2008.
meter prisa
hustle
chivvy [chivy]
The fair is open for visits from parents and friends as well as pupils and it is important that no one should be hustled through too quickly.
To be fair, she was being chivvied by some atheists over some other comment she had made on a talk show .
no correr prisa
there + be + no hurry
There's no hurry, obviously, on the bookmobile question, but keep it in mind.
no haber prisa
there + be + no hurry
There's no hurry, obviously, on the bookmobile question, but keep it in mind.
prisa de última hora
last-minute rush
There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
salir a prisa
make + a quick exit
I sat near the back door, ready to make a quick exit once the interview session concluded.
salir a toda prisa
make + a hasty exit
The women will either look uncomfortable and make a hasty exit or will stand there with blank looks on their faces pretending not to have heard.
salir de prisa
make + a quick exit
I sat near the back door, ready to make a quick exit once the interview session concluded.
sin prisa(s)
unhurriedly
Few pleasures for the true reader rival the pleasure of browsing unhurriedly among books.
tener demasiada prisa
be in too much of a hurry
be in too much of a rush
When buying a home anywhere, it isn't wise to be in too much of a hurry - and Italy is no exception.
The author tells us that everyone is in too much of a rush and we should all chill out and savour the passing parade a bit more.
tener prisa
be in a hurry
Librarians too easily forget that many readers are in a hurry, and hardly any are under no time constraint at all.
vísteme despacio que tengo prisa
more haste, less speed
haste makes waste
Learning violin is best taken at a steady pace - 'more haste, less speed' is very true as you learn play violin.
We have heard the 'haste makes waste' ditty since childhood.
