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Synonyms

two-faced: Janus-faced · ambidextrous · deceitful

Usage examples

... Janus, poverty is two-faced....
... we are faced with two problems that I ...
... to as being two-faced....

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English-Spanish translation for "two-faced"

"two-faced" Spanish translation

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two-faced {adjective}

two-faced {adj.} [coll.] (also: double, twofold)

doble {adj. m/f}

This is a very two-faced view of things: we make a great deal of noise about human rights, but are very selective when it comes to putting...

Esta postura es un doble rasero: los derechos humanos se invocan con fervor, pero se practican muy selectivamente.

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Usage examples for "two-faced" in Spanish

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But, like Janus, poverty is two-faced.

Pero, como Jano, la pobreza tiene dos rostros.

Here we are faced with two problems that I see no reason to hide.

Y a este respecto se plantean dos problemas que de nada sirve escamotear.

On the other hand, French asylum policy can be referred to as being two-faced.

Por otra parte, la política de asilo francesa debe calificarse de hipócrita.

I really must appeal to the Council not to be such a two-faced split personality.

Me permito apelar al Consejo para que no actúe de modo contradictorio y hable con dos lenguas.

If this two-faced policy were stopped then many of the difficulties could be overcome.

Si se pusiese término a esta política dual se superarían muchas de las dificultades existentes.

You are therefore faced with two sets of amendments which are entirely incompatible.

Me parece, por tanto, totalmente acertado, también por otros motivos, pararse en la fecha de 2010.

As a representative of the Socialist Party in the Netherlands, I am faced with two choices each time.

Como representante del Partido Socialista en los Países Bajos, me enfrento a dos elecciones cada vez.

Meanwhile, the new Ukrainian President and Government are faced with two sensitive tasks.

En el exterior, lo más importante es establecer con seguridad en sí mismo la necesaria buena relación con Moscú.

Currently, a young person born in a Member State of foreign parents is faced with two different situations.

Hoy, un joven descendiente de padres extranjeros en un país de la Unión Europea se encuentra frente a dos situaciones.

Mr President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, we are faced with two dilemmas here.

Señor Presidente, señora Presidenta del Consejo, señor Presidente de la Comisión, nos encontramos ante dos dilemas.

It is incredible how the West can apply these double standards and be so two-faced, supporting authoritarianism and stifling democracy.

Es increíble esa dicotomía, esa esquizofrenia de Occidente, que apoya el autoritarismo y no favorece la democracia.

This is one of the problems: we are faced with two sides who do not respect what the United Nations or the political forces decide.

Éste es uno de los problemas: nos enfrentamos con dos bandos que no respetan lo que las Naciones Unidas o las fuerzas políticas deciden.

As soon as we had the possibility of granting, postponing or refusing to grant discharge, we were faced with two risks.

Tan pronto como tuvimos la posibilidad de otorgar, aplazar o rechazar la aprobación de la gestión, hubimos de hacer frente a dos riesgos.

It is time we stopped being two-faced, faced the facts and dealt with things in the proper manner.

Pongamos fin de una vez por todas al fariseísmo; veamos las cosas como son en realidad, y hagamos frente a los problemas como debe hacerse.

For 2002 we are basically faced with two new structural needs originating from the Nice Summit and not foreseen in Berlin.

Nos encontramos fundamentalmente para el año 2002 con dos nuevas necesidades estructurales derivadas de la Cumbre de Niza y no previstas en Berlín.

We are faced with two problems: BSE, for which better tests can be developed, and foot-and-mouth disease, for which a marker vaccine can be developed.

Tenemos dos problemas: la EEB, para la que se pueden desarrollar mejores tests; y la fiebre aftosa, para la que puede desarrollarse una vacuna marcador.

Madam President, I should like to state very briefly that we should not be hypocritical and two-faced in this house but should discuss matters openly.

Señora Presidenta, quiero señalar muy brevemente que en esta sala no deberíamos ser hipócritas y falsos, sino que debemos hablar abiertamente de los temas.

Mr President, we are faced with two sides of the same problem, with enormous implications for the living and working conditions of working people.

Señor Presidente, ante nosotros tenemos dos partes del mismo problema, con consecuencias tremendas en las condiciones de vida y laborales de los trabajadores.

Why are we still two-faced in our dealings with Hezbollah, and when will we at last come to fight the organisation as a whole by fire and sword, as we do Hamas?

Por otra, los socios mediterráneos desean incrementar su calidad de vida y beneficiarse de la ayuda económica y del comercio.

The German Presidency was concerned with putting together its key work, Agenda 2000, and faced two major crises, that of the Commission, and the much more serious one of the war in Kosovo.

La Presidencia alemana tenía que labrar su pieza maestra, la Agenda 2000, y afrontaba dos crisis: la de la Comisión y la guerra de Kosovo, mucho más grave.

Similar words

twintology · twist · twisted · twister · twister · twisting · twit · two · two-day · two-dimensional · two-faced · two-thirds · two-way · two-year · twofold · twopence · tycoon · tying · tympanum · type · typecasting

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