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  • 1 inconsequential

    tr[ɪnkɒnsɪ'kwenʃəl]
    1 de poca importancia, sin trascendencia
    inconsequential [.ɪn.kɑnsə'kwɛnʧəl] adj
    : intrascendente, de poco importancia
    adj.
    • inconsecuente adj.
    • intrascendente adj.
    • sin trascendencia adj.
    ɪn'kɑːnsə'kwentʃəl, ɪnˌkɒnsɪ'kwenʃəl
    a) ( unimportant) intrascendente, sin importancia
    b) ( illogical) (frml) ilógico, incoherente
    [ɪnˌkɒnsɪ'kwenʃǝl]
    ADJ [conversation] sin trascendencia; (=illogical) ilógico
    * * *
    [ɪn'kɑːnsə'kwentʃəl, ɪnˌkɒnsɪ'kwenʃəl]
    a) ( unimportant) intrascendente, sin importancia
    b) ( illogical) (frml) ilógico, incoherente

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  • 2 inconsequential

    inconsequential [ɪn‚kɒnsɪˈkwen∫əl]
    ( = unimportant) sans importance
    * * *
    [ɪnˌkɒnsɪ'kwenʃl]
    adjective ( unimportant) sans importance; ( illogical) illogique

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  • 3 inconsequential

    1 ( unimportant) sans importance ;
    2 ( illogical) illogique, inconséquent.

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  • 4 inconsequential

    [ɪnˌkɒnsɪ'kwenʃl]
    1) (unimportant) insignificante, irrilevante
    2) (illogical) inconseguente, illogico, incoerente
    * * *
    inconsequential /ɪnkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃl/
    a.
    1 inconseguente; illogico; incoerente; incongruente
    2 irrilevante; senza importanza; insignificante
    inconsequentiality
    n. [u]
    1 inconseguenza; incoerenza; incongruenza
    inconsequentially
    avv.
    inconseguentemente; illogicamente.
    * * *
    [ɪnˌkɒnsɪ'kwenʃl]
    1) (unimportant) insignificante, irrilevante
    2) (illogical) inconseguente, illogico, incoerente

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  • 5 inconsequential

    adjective
    * * *
    in·con·sequen·tial
    [ɪnˌkɒn(t)sɪˈkwen(t)ʃəl, AM -ˌkɑ:n-]
    adj (illogical) unlogisch; (unimportant) unbedeutend; (irrelevant) unwesentlich
    * * *
    [In"kɒnsI'kwenSəl]
    adj
    beziehungslos, irrelevant; (= not logical) unlogisch, nicht folgerichtig; (= unimportant) unbedeutend, unwichtig
    * * *
    inconsequential [ˌınkɒnsıˈkwenʃl; US ınˌkɑnsə-] → academic.ru/37453/inconsequent">inconsequent
    * * *
    adjective
    * * *
    adj.
    inkonsequent adj.

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  • 6 unimportant

    a неважный, незначительный
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. little (adj.) casual; inconsequential; inconsiderable; insignificant; light; little; minor; minute; petty; shoestring; small; small-beer
    2. trivial (adj.) frivolous; idle; immaterial; negligible; nonessential; paltry; slight; trifling; trivial; unavailing; useless; vain; worthless
    Антонимический ряд:
    important; momentous; notable; serious; significant

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  • 7 inconsequential

    in·con·sequen·tial [ɪn ˌkɒn(t)sɪʼkwen(t)ʃəl, Am - ˌkɑ:n-] adj
    ( illogical) unlogisch;
    ( unimportant) unbedeutend;
    ( irrelevant) unwesentlich

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  • 8 inconsequential

    a не имеющий значения
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. contemptible (adj.) contemptible; inconsequent; mean; miserly; shallow; stingy
    2. insignificant (adj.) immaterial; insignificant; irrelevant; little; negligible; trifling; trivial; unimportant; unnecessary
    3. petty (adj.) inconsiderable; measly; Mickey Mouse; niggling; paltry; peanut; peddling; pettifogging; petty; picayune; picayunish; piddling; piffling; pimping; puny; small; small-minded; unconsequential; unconsidered; ungenerous; unvital
    Антонимический ряд:

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  • 9 sin importancia

    adj.
    unimportant, inconsequential, small, immaterial.
    * * *
    unimportant
    * * *
    = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence
    Ex. Microforms are obviously very compact, and the microforms themselves occupy negligible space.
    Ex. The maintenance of orderly shelf arrangement is often considered an unimportant chore.
    Ex. But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
    Ex. Coblans shows in his paper that the 'information explosion' is largely immaterial anyway due to the sheer irrelevance of much published literature.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    * * *
    = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence

    Ex: Microforms are obviously very compact, and the microforms themselves occupy negligible space.

    Ex: The maintenance of orderly shelf arrangement is often considered an unimportant chore.
    Ex: But to employ a professional librarian on a case where the intellectual content is trifling and the clerical labour massive is as unreasonable as to call in a detective to trace a pair of mislaid spectacles = Aunque contratar a un bibliotecario para un trabajo donde el contenido intelectual es insignificante y el trabajo administrativo enorme es tan poco razonable como llamar a un detective para buscar unas gafas extraviadas.
    Ex: Coblans shows in his paper that the 'information explosion' is largely immaterial anyway due to the sheer irrelevance of much published literature.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.

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  • 10 Д-176

    ПЛЕВАТЬ (НАПЛЕВАТЬ) С ВЫСОКОГО ДЕРЕВА (кому) на кого-что highly coll VP subj: human usu. infin compl of быть» (impers, var. with кому), impfv past (used in pres or past contexts), or imper
    s.o. considers some person or thing unimportant, inconsequential, s.o. is contemptuous of some person or thing: X-y плевать на Y-a с высокого дерева - X doesn't give a damn (a tinker's damn, a hoot) about Y
    X doesn't care (give) a fig about Y X couldn't (could) care less about Y.
    Доктор говорит... для меня все люди равны, и ссылается на клятву Гиппократа, которую он, между прочим, не давал... Администратору... на Гиппократа этого с высокого дерева наплевать... (Войнович 1). The doctor said: "...All people are the same for me." He was referring to the Hippocratic Oath, which, by the way, he had not taken....The hotel manager could not have cared less about the Hippocratic Oath... (1a).

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  • 11 М-64

    ПО МЕЛОЧАМ ПО МЕЛОЧИ PrepP these forms only usu. adv or nonagreeing postmodif l
    1. in little amounts
    in small quantities (amounts, sums)
    small quan- titles (amounts, sums) of sth.
    должать по мелочам = incur (rack up etc) small debts.
    (Подхалюзин:) Отчего же это у вас руки трясутся? (Рис-положенский:) От заботы, Лазарь Елизарыч... (Подхалюзин:)...А я так полагаю от того, что больно народ грабите... (Рисположенский:) Лазарь Елизарыч! Где нам грабить! Делишки наши маленькие. Мы, как птицы небесные, по зёрнышку клюём. (Подхалюзин:) Вы, стало быть, больше по мелочам? (Островский 10). (Р:) Why do your hands shake? (R.:) From anxiety, Lazar Elizarych.... (R:)...1 suppose it's because you're plundering people overmuch.... (R.:)...Lazar Elizarych! How could I plunder anybody? My business is of a small sort. I'm like a little bird, picking up small grains. (P:) You deal in small quantites, of course? (10b).
    Положение Николая становилось хуже и хуже. Мысль о том, чтоб откладывать из своего жалованья, оказалась мечтою. Он не только не откладывал, но, удовлетворяя требования матери, должал по мелочам (Толстой 7). Nicholas's position became worse and worse. The idea of putting something aside out of his salary proved a dream. Not only did he not save anything, but to comply with his mother's demands he even incurred some small debts (7b).
    2. usu. кое-что, кое-чего и т. п. \М-64 some unimportant, inconsequential matters: (some) trifles (trivial matters, little things).
    Он много важного имел сообщить хозяину: что поезд ещё не пришел, но когда придёт, то не будет не встречен, кто-нибудь из собак обязательно там караулит, что, в общем, пока устроились на первое время и живут дружно, ну и ещё кое-чего по мелочи (Владимов 1). Не had a great many important things to tell Master: that the train had not come yet, but that when it did come at least one of the dogs would certainly be on duty to meet it, that in general the dogs had settled down fairly well for the time being and were keeping together...and a few other more trivial matters (1a)

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  • 12 Р-152

    HE ИГРАТЬ (НИКАКОЙ) РОЛИ VP subj: usu. abstr, often это) to be insignificant
    X не играет никакой роли - X is of no importance
    X is of no consequence (at all) X is unimportant (inconsequential) X hardly matters X doesn't mean a thing (in limited contexts) X is beside the point.
    «Смотри, все ведущие идеологические посты заняли наши люди». — «Это не играет роли. Они... будут действовать в силу обстоятельств, а не в силу личных симпатий и антипатий...» (Зиновьев 2). "Look, all the important posts went to our people." "That's of no consequence at all....They'll act according to circumstances, not because of any personal sympathies or antipathies..." (2a)
    Кто позавидует Ахматовой, которая не смела слова произнести у себя в комнате и только пальцем показывала на дырочку в потолке, откуда осыпалась на пол кучка штукатурки. Был там установлен подслушиватель или нет, роли не играет (Мандельштам 2). What reason was there to envy Akhmatova, who did not dare utter a word in the privacy of her own room and used to point to the hole in the ceiling from which a little pile of plaster had fallen on the floor? Whether or not there was actually a listening device is beside the point... (2a).

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  • 13 наплевать с высокого дерева

    • ПЛЕВАТЬ < НАПЛЕВАТЬ> С ВЫСОКОГО ДЕРЕВА (кому) на кого-что highly coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. infin compl of быть (impers, var. with кому), impfv past (used in pres or past contexts), or imper]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. considers some person or thing unimportant, inconsequential, s.o. is contemptuous of some person or thing:
    - X-y плевать на Y-а с высокого дерева≈ X doesn't give a damn (a tinker's damn, a hoot) about Y;
    - X couldn't (could) care less about Y.
         ♦ Доктор говорит... для меня все люди равны, и ссылается на клятву Гиппократа, которую он, между прочим, не давал... Администратору... на Гиппократа этого с высокого дерева наплевать... (Войнович 1). The doctor said: "...All people are the same for me." He was referring to the Hippocratic Oath, which, by the way, he had not taken....The hotel manager could not have cared less about the Hippocratic Oath... (1a).

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  • 14 плевать с высокого дерева

    • ПЛЕВАТЬ < НАПЛЕВАТЬ> С ВЫСОКОГО ДЕРЕВА (кому) на кого-что highly coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. infin compl of быть (impers, var. with кому), impfv past (used in pres or past contexts), or imper]
    =====
    ⇒ s.o. considers some person or thing unimportant, inconsequential, s.o. is contemptuous of some person or thing:
    - X-y плевать на Y-а с высокого дерева≈ X doesn't give a damn (a tinker's damn, a hoot) about Y;
    - X couldn't (could) care less about Y.
         ♦ Доктор говорит... для меня все люди равны, и ссылается на клятву Гиппократа, которую он, между прочим, не давал... Администратору... на Гиппократа этого с высокого дерева наплевать... (Войнович 1). The doctor said: "...All people are the same for me." He was referring to the Hippocratic Oath, which, by the way, he had not taken....The hotel manager could not have cared less about the Hippocratic Oath... (1a).

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  • 15 по мелочам

    • ПО МЕЛОЧАМ; ПО МЕЛОЧИ
    [PrepP; these forms only; usu. adv or nonagreeing postmodif]
    =====
    1. in little amounts:
    - in small quantities (amounts, sums);
    - small quantitles (amounts, sums) of (sth.);
         ♦ [Подхалюзин:] Отчего же это у вас руки трясутся? [Рисположенский:] От заботы, Лазарь Елизарыч... [Подхалюзин:]...А я так полагаю от того, что больно народ грабите... [Рисположенский:] Лазарь Елизарыч! Где нам грабить! Делишки наши маленькие. Мы, как птицы небесные, по зёрнышку клюём. [Подхалюзин:] Вы, стало быть, больше по мелочам? (Островский 10). [Р:] Why do your hands shake? [R.:] From anxiety, Lazar Elizarych.... [P:]... I suppose it's because you're plundering people overmuch.... [R.:]... Lazar Elizarych! How could I plunder anybody? My business is of a small sort. I'm like a little bird, picking up small grains. [P:] You deal in small quantites, of course? (10b).
         ♦ Положение Николая становилось хуже и хуже. Мысль о том, чтоб откладывать из своего жалованья, оказалась мечтою. Он не только не откладывал, но, удовлетворяя требования матери, должал по мелочам (Толстой 7). Nicholas's position became worse and worse. The idea of putting something aside out of his salary proved a dream. Not only did he not save anything, but to comply with his mother's demands he even incurred some small debts (7b).
    2. usu. кое-что, кое-чего и т.п. - some unimportant, inconsequential matters:
    - (some) trifles (trivial matters, little things).
         ♦ Он много важного имел сообщить хозяину: что поезд ещё не пришел, но когда придёт, то не будет не встречен, кто-нибудь из собак обязательно там караулит, что, в общем, пока устроились на первое время и живут дружно, ну и ещё кое-чего по мелочи (Владимов 1). He had a great many important things to tell Master: that the train had not come yet, but that when it did come at least one of the dogs would certainly be on duty to meet it; that in general the dogs had settled down fairly well for the time being and were keeping together...and a few other more trivial matters (1a)

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  • 16 по мелочи

    • ПО МЕЛОЧАМ; ПО МЕЛОЧИ
    [PrepP; these forms only; usu. adv or nonagreeing postmodif]
    =====
    1. in little amounts:
    - in small quantities (amounts, sums);
    - small quantitles (amounts, sums) of (sth.);
         ♦ [Подхалюзин:] Отчего же это у вас руки трясутся? [Рисположенский:] От заботы, Лазарь Елизарыч... [Подхалюзин:]...А я так полагаю от того, что больно народ грабите... [Рисположенский:] Лазарь Елизарыч! Где нам грабить! Делишки наши маленькие. Мы, как птицы небесные, по зёрнышку клюём. [Подхалюзин:] Вы, стало быть, больше по мелочам? (Островский 10). [Р:] Why do your hands shake? [R.:] From anxiety, Lazar Elizarych.... [P:]... I suppose it's because you're plundering people overmuch.... [R.:]... Lazar Elizarych! How could I plunder anybody? My business is of a small sort. I'm like a little bird, picking up small grains. [P:] You deal in small quantites, of course? (10b).
         ♦ Положение Николая становилось хуже и хуже. Мысль о том, чтоб откладывать из своего жалованья, оказалась мечтою. Он не только не откладывал, но, удовлетворяя требования матери, должал по мелочам (Толстой 7). Nicholas's position became worse and worse. The idea of putting something aside out of his salary proved a dream. Not only did he not save anything, but to comply with his mother's demands he even incurred some small debts (7b).
    2. usu. кое-что, кое-чего и т.п. - some unimportant, inconsequential matters:
    - (some) trifles (trivial matters, little things).
         ♦ Он много важного имел сообщить хозяину: что поезд ещё не пришел, но когда придёт, то не будет не встречен, кто-нибудь из собак обязательно там караулит, что, в общем, пока устроились на первое время и живут дружно, ну и ещё кое-чего по мелочи (Владимов 1). He had a great many important things to tell Master: that the train had not come yet, but that when it did come at least one of the dogs would certainly be on duty to meet it; that in general the dogs had settled down fairly well for the time being and were keeping together...and a few other more trivial matters (1a)

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  • 17 не играть никакой роли

    [VP; subj: usu. abstr, often это]
    =====
    ⇒ to be insignificant:
    - X не играет никакой роли≈ X is of no importance;
    - [in limited contexts] X is beside the point.
         ♦ "Смотри, все ведущие идеологические посты заняли наши люди". - "Это не играет роли. Они... будут действовать в силу обстоятельств, а не в силу личных симпатий и антипатий..." (Зиновьев 2). "Look, all the important posts went to our people." "That's of no consequence at all....They'll act according to circumstances, not because of any personal sympathies or antipathies..." (2a)
         ♦ Кто позавидует Ахматовой, которая не смела слова произнести у себя в комнате и только пальцем показывала на дырочку в потолке, откуда осыпалась на пол кучка штукатурки. Был там установлен подслушиватель или нет, роли не играет (Мандельштам 2). What reason was there to envy Akhmatova, who did not dare utter a word in the privacy of her own room and used to point to the hole in the ceiling from which a little pile of plaster had fallen on the floor? Whether or not there was actually a listening device is beside the point... (2a).

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  • 18 не играть роли

    [VP; subj: usu. abstr, often это]
    =====
    ⇒ to be insignificant:
    - X не играет никакой роли≈ X is of no importance;
    - [in limited contexts] X is beside the point.
         ♦ "Смотри, все ведущие идеологические посты заняли наши люди". - "Это не играет роли. Они... будут действовать в силу обстоятельств, а не в силу личных симпатий и антипатий..." (Зиновьев 2). "Look, all the important posts went to our people." "That's of no consequence at all....They'll act according to circumstances, not because of any personal sympathies or antipathies..." (2a)
         ♦ Кто позавидует Ахматовой, которая не смела слова произнести у себя в комнате и только пальцем показывала на дырочку в потолке, откуда осыпалась на пол кучка штукатурки. Был там установлен подслушиватель или нет, роли не играет (Мандельштам 2). What reason was there to envy Akhmatova, who did not dare utter a word in the privacy of her own room and used to point to the hole in the ceiling from which a little pile of plaster had fallen on the floor? Whether or not there was actually a listening device is beside the point... (2a).

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  • 19 aula

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    [Swahili Word] -aula
    [English Word] better
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [Swahili Example] jambo hili ni aula, si aula
    [English Example] This matter is better (more important), it is unimportant (inconsequential)
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    [Swahili Word] -aula
    [English Word] more suitable
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [Swahili Word] -aula
    [English Word] superior
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [Swahili Word] aula
    [English Word] more befitting
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [Swahili Word] aula
    [English Word] more deserving
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [Swahili Word] aula
    [English Word] important
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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  • 20 envergadura

    f.
    1 size, extent (importancia).
    una reforma de gran envergadura a wide-ranging reform
    2 wingspan.
    3 importance, reach, significance.
    * * *
    1 (de pájaro) spread, span, wingspan
    2 MARÍTIMO breadth (of sail)
    3 figurado (de avión) span, wingspan
    4 figurado (importancia) importance, scope
    \
    de gran envergadura / de mucha envergadura very important, consequential, far-reaching
    de poca envergadura unimportant, inconsequential
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=importancia) importance

    un programa de gran envergadura — a wide-ranging programme, a programme of considerable scope

    2) (=tamaño) scope, magnitude
    3) (=extensión) [gen] expanse, spread; (Náut) breadth, beam; (Aer, Orn) wingspan; [de boxeador] reach
    * * *
    1) ( importancia) magnitude (frml), importance

    de gran/cierta envergadura — of great/some importance

    2) (de avión, ave) wingspan
    * * *
    = comprehensive, comprehensiveness, magnitude, sweep, massiveness, scale.
    Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.
    Ex. The importance of currency in relation to comprehensiveness and other features of the abstracting publication depends upon the subject area and audience.
    Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
    Ex. The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.
    Ex. With praise for the completeness and the massiveness of the project is mixed a lack of confidence in the method of arrangement and the accuracy with which some of the entries are compiled.
    Ex. I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.
    ----
    * de envergacura = heavy lifting.
    * de tal envergadura = of such magnitude, such that.
    * envergadura de ala = wingspan.
    * * *
    1) ( importancia) magnitude (frml), importance

    de gran/cierta envergadura — of great/some importance

    2) (de avión, ave) wingspan
    * * *
    = comprehensive, comprehensiveness, magnitude, sweep, massiveness, scale.

    Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.

    Ex: The importance of currency in relation to comprehensiveness and other features of the abstracting publication depends upon the subject area and audience.
    Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
    Ex: The grand design is visible in the sweep of development from baked clay tablets to computerized typesetting.
    Ex: With praise for the completeness and the massiveness of the project is mixed a lack of confidence in the method of arrangement and the accuracy with which some of the entries are compiled.
    Ex: I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.
    * de envergacura = heavy lifting.
    * de tal envergadura = of such magnitude, such that.
    * envergadura de ala = wingspan.

    * * *
    A (importancia) magnitude ( frml), importance
    un proyecto de gran envergadura a project of great importance o magnitude
    un político de cierta envergadura a politician of some importance
    B
    1 (de un avión, ave) wingspan
    2 (de una vela) breadth
    * * *

     

    envergadura sustantivo femenino ( importancia) magnitude (frml), importance;

    envergadura sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un avión, un ave) wingspan
    2 (importancia) significance, scope, extent: resolvieron problemas de cierta envergadura, they resolved quite complicated problems

    ' envergadura' also found in these entries:
    English:
    large-scale
    - size
    - small-scale
    - span
    - spread
    - spur
    - full
    - magnitude
    - wingspan
    * * *
    1. [importancia] size, extent;
    [complejidad] complexity;
    para un negocio de esta envergadura se necesita mucho dinero a business of this size needs a lot of money;
    una reforma de gran envergadura a large-scale reform;
    políticos de poca envergadura minor politicians;
    el accidente fue de tal envergadura que hubo que cerrar el aeropuerto the accident was so serious that the airport had to be shut down
    2. [de ave, avión] wingspan
    3. [de brazos] span
    4. [de vela] breadth
    * * *
    f AVIA wingspan; MAR breadth; fig
    magnitude, importance;
    mucha envergadura fig of great importance
    * * *
    1) : span, breadth, spread
    2) : importance, scope

    Spanish-English dictionary > envergadura

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