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"navel" in Spanish
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navel(also: umbilicus, belly button)
We spent the whole of this morning contemplating our own budgetary navel.
Hemos pasado toda la mañana contemplándonos el ombligo presupuestario.
What we need is less navel-gazing and more reports of success from the European Union.
Lo que necesitamos es menos mirarse el ombligo y más informes positivos de la UE.
That means a little navel-gazing.
Eso supone mirarse un poco al ombligo.
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he has given up his job and now he sits around contemplating his navel
ha dejado el trabajo, ahora se dedica a la contemplación
The time for navel-gazing is over and we cannot overlook the globalisation of our economies.
A estas alturas Europa ya no se puede encerrar en sí misma; no podemos cerrar los ojos ante la globalización de nuestras economías.
This institutional navel-gazing occurs with these people just as much as it does with any of the institutions of Europe.
El ombliguismo institucional se produce con estas personas de igual forma que con cualquiera de las instituciones de Europa.
We must now enter a phase in which the European Union reverts from institutional navel-gazing to the adoption of a global outlook.
Debemos iniciar una etapa ahora en la que la Unión Europea abandone la autocontemplación y retome la adopción de una perspectiva global.
That is why I am going to avoid too much introverted institutional navel-gazing and think about action to improve the lot of our citizens.
Hay que evitar una mirada excesivamente institucional e introvertida y pensar en medidas para mejorar el destino de nuestros ciudadanos.
They should not be merely the result of in-house navel gazing.
Es preciso que consten los nombres de los autores de todas las evaluaciones de impacto, que no deben ser simplemente el resultado de la introspección interna.
navel ring
anillo en el ombligo
navel ring
aro en el ombligo
It has surely helped to put to rest the myth that the European Union is in some way obsessed with navel-gazing and detached from citizens' real concerns.
Sin duda ha ayudado a enterrar el mito de que la Unión Europea está, en cierta medida, obsesionada con sus cuitas internas y de que es ajena a las preocupaciones reales de los ciudadanos.
I wish to protest that we are navel-gazing and ignoring the greatest threat to the world's security today - a war in which millions of people could die.
Deseo protestar porque nuestro ensimismamiento nos impide prestar atención a la mayor amenaza a la que hoy se enfrenta la seguridad mundial - una guerra en la que podrían morir millones de personas.
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