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1 economic disaster
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2 disaster
nкатастрофа; бедствие- air disaster
- ecological disaster
- economic disaster
- electoral disaster
- environmental disaster
- gathering disaster
- global disaster
- human-rights disaster
- imminent disaster
- national disaster
- recipe for disaster
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3 שואה כלכלית
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4 крах экономики
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5 desastre
m.1 disaster.su madre es un desastre her mother is hopeless¡vaya desastre! what a shambles!2 mess, bad job.* * *1 (catástrofe) disaster, catastrophe2 familiar (calamidad) disaster, flop■ es un desastre de mujer she's a dead loss, she's a hopeless case* * *noun m.* * *SM disaster¡qué desastre! — how awful!
soy un desastre dibujando — I'm terrible o hopeless at drawing
es un desastre de hombre — * he's a dead loss *
* * *a) ( catástrofe) disasterb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) disaster* * *= disaster, debacle, calamity.Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Ex. But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.Ex. His doctrine that even venial wrongdoing is worse than any natural calamity implies that we ought to refrain from such wrongdoing even if calamity results.----* camino seguro al desastre = blueprint for disaster.* desastre biológico = biological disaster.* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.* desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.* desastre natural = natural disaster, natural calamity.* desastre provocado por el hombre = man-made disaster.* desastre químico = chemical disaster.* estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.* fórmula para el desastre = blueprint for disaster.* hecho un desastre = in shambles, like the wreck of the Hesperus, upside down.* ir hecho un desastre = look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus.* planificación contra desastres = disaster planning, disaster preparedness plan, disaster preparedness planning.* preparación contra desastres = disaster preparedness.* ser un desastre = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.* * *a) ( catástrofe) disasterb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) disaster* * *= disaster, debacle, calamity.Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
Ex: But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.Ex: His doctrine that even venial wrongdoing is worse than any natural calamity implies that we ought to refrain from such wrongdoing even if calamity results.* camino seguro al desastre = blueprint for disaster.* desastre biológico = biological disaster.* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.* desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.* desastre natural = natural disaster, natural calamity.* desastre provocado por el hombre = man-made disaster.* desastre químico = chemical disaster.* estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.* fórmula para el desastre = blueprint for disaster.* hecho un desastre = in shambles, like the wreck of the Hesperus, upside down.* ir hecho un desastre = look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus.* planificación contra desastres = disaster planning, disaster preparedness plan, disaster preparedness planning.* preparación contra desastres = disaster preparedness.* ser un desastre = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.* * *1 (catástrofe) disaster2 ( fam) (uso hiperbólico) disasterel partido fue un verdadero desastre the game was an absolute disastercocinando soy un verdadero desastre I'm a real disaster o I'm hopeless when it comes to cooking ( colloq)como cantante es un desastre he's a hopeless singertienes la habitación hecha un desastre your room is a shambles o is a real disaster area o looks as though a bomb has hit it ( colloq)siempre va hecha un desastre she always goes around looking a real mess o sight ( colloq)* * *
desastre sustantivo masculino
disaster;
tienes la habitación hecha un desastre your room is a shambles;
vas hecha un desastre you look a real mess (colloq)
desastre sustantivo masculino
1 (desgracia, catástrofe) disaster: el libro narra los desastres de la guerra, the book is about war-time disasters
2 fig fam tu padre es un desastre, your father's just hopeless
3 fam (de mala calidad, mal organizado) el concierto fue un verdadero desastre, the concert was a complete flop
' desastre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabose
- calamidad
- escabechina
- organización
- proporción
- sentimental
- sumar
- total
- zafarrancho
- descalabro
- ecológico
English:
dead loss
- disaster
- disastrous
- loss
- shambles
- strike
- unmitigated
- utter
- washout
- absolute
- disaster area
- holocaust
- hopeless
- mess
- responsibility
- wash
- way
* * *desastre nm1. [catástrofe] disasterdesastre aéreo air disaster;desastre ecológico ecological disaster2. [persona inútil] disaster;su madre es un desastre her mother is hopeless;soy un desastre para los negocios I'm hopeless at business;es un desastre contando chistes he's useless at telling jokesfue un desastre de fiesta the party was a flop;estar hecho un desastre [roto, sucio, desordenado] to be a real disaster, to be in a mess;el mundo está hecho un desastre the world's in a complete mess;vas hecho un desastre, arréglate un poco you look a right mess, tidy yourself up a bit;¡vaya desastre! what a shambles!* * *m tb figdisaster;ser un desastre fig fam be a disaster fam* * *desastre nmcatástrofe: disaster* * *desastre n disaster -
6 desastre económico
(n.) = financial disaster, economic disasterEx. The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.Ex. The article 'Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.* * *(n.) = financial disaster, economic disasterEx: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.
Ex: The article 'Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster. -
7 económico1
1 = economic, financial, fiscal, monetary, monied, pecuniary, budget, moneyed.Ex. Generally, the availability of centralised cataloguing records will, if the economic aspects are favourable, encourage uniformity.Ex. SIA in the United Kingdom covers information on travel and transport, economics in EEC countries, construction of nuclear power stations, and financial information.Ex. The effect of fiscal pressures is particularly evident for government on-line systems, such as DOE/RECON.Ex. For example, if the local currency is Belgian francs, monetary amount are always entered in whole francs.Ex. This will shift the dynamics of information flow to policymakers to favour monied special interests, which threatens the democratic process.Ex. George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.Ex. The aricle has the title ' budget CD-Rewritable drives: to get the best deal, buy a CD-RW drive that's not top of the line'.Ex. It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.----* apoyo económico = financial backing.* ayuda económica = fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, grant, cash grant.* bache económico = economic doldrums.* brigada de delitos económicos = fraud squad.* burbuja económica = price bubble.* capacidad económica = earning capacity, earning power.* capital económico = financial capital.* Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).* clima económico = economic climate.* comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.* Comunidad Económica Europea (CEE) = European Economic Community (EEC).* con poco recursos económicos = low-budget.* crisis económica = economic crisis, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.* crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.* cuestión económica = economic issue, financial issue.* depresión económica = economic depression, economic doldrums.* de recesión económica = recessionary.* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.* desde un punto de vista económico = economically.* de un modo económico = economically.* donación económica = monetary donation.* donación económica de fundación = endowment fund.* económico-técnico = economic-technical.* eficacia económica = economic efficiency.* ejercicio económico = business year, accounting year.* en tiempos de recesión económica = in recessionary times.* equiparación económica = economic levelling.* estatus económico = economic status.* evaluación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.* fondo económico = funds.* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.* historiador económico = economic historian.* incertidumbre económica = economic uncertainty.* índice económico = economic index.* influencia económica = economic influence.* información económica = business news.* informe económico = economic report.* interés económico = economic interest.* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.* medida económica = economic measure.* memoria económica = economic report.* modelo económico = economic model.* necesidad económica = economic necessity, economic need.* nivelación económica = economic levelling.* no económico = non-economic [noneconomic].* pasar apuros económicos = lead + a precarious existence.* política económica = political economy.* político-económico = politico-economic.* presión económica = economic pressure.* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.* recesión económica = economic recession, difficult economic times, economic depression.* recortes económicos = economic retrenchment.* recuperación económica = economic recovery.* reforma económica = economic reform.* respaldo económico = financial backing.* riesgo económico = financial risk.* sanción económica = economic penalty, economic sanction.* sistema económico = economic system.* situación económica = economic status.* situación económica, la = economics of the situation, the.* socioeconómico = socioeconomic [socio-economic].* teoría económica = economic theory.* trastorno económico = economic upheaval.* valor económico = economic value, monetary worth. -
8 económico
adj.1 economic, economical, saving, sparing.2 cost-reducing, cost-cutting, cash-saving, economical.3 economic, related to economics.4 cheap to run, economic, cost-effective.5 inexpensive, cheap, low-priced, knockdown.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) economic2 (barato) cheap, economical, inexpensive3 (persona) thrifty, careful with money\crisis económica economic crisis, recession* * *(f. - económica)adj.1) economic2) economical* * *ADJ1) [gen] economic; [año] fiscal, financial2) (=barato) economical, inexpensiveedición económica — cheap edition, popular edition
3) (=ahorrativo) thrifty; pey miserlyECONÓMICO ¿"Economic" o "economical"? ► El adjetivo económico se traduce por economic cuando se refiere al comercio o las finanzas: China ha vivido cinco años de reformas económicas China has lived through five years of economic reforms ... el ritmo del crecimiento económico...... the pace of economic growth... ► Económico se traduce por economical cuando se usa para describir algo que presenta una buena relación calidad-precio: Resulta más económico tener un coche de gasoil It is more economical to have a diesel-engined car Economic se puede usar en inglés para traducir rentable: Mantendremos las tarifas altas para que el servicio resulte rentable We shall keep the fares high to make the service economic Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *- ca adjetivo1) <crisis/situación> economic (before n); <problema/independencia> financial2)a) <piso/comida> cheap; <restaurante/hotel> cheap, inexpensiveb) ( que gasta poco) < motor> economical; < persona> thrifty* * *- ca adjetivo1) <crisis/situación> economic (before n); <problema/independencia> financial2)a) <piso/comida> cheap; <restaurante/hotel> cheap, inexpensiveb) ( que gasta poco) < motor> economical; < persona> thrifty* * *económico11 = economic, financial, fiscal, monetary, monied, pecuniary, budget, moneyed.Ex: Generally, the availability of centralised cataloguing records will, if the economic aspects are favourable, encourage uniformity.
Ex: SIA in the United Kingdom covers information on travel and transport, economics in EEC countries, construction of nuclear power stations, and financial information.Ex: The effect of fiscal pressures is particularly evident for government on-line systems, such as DOE/RECON.Ex: For example, if the local currency is Belgian francs, monetary amount are always entered in whole francs.Ex: This will shift the dynamics of information flow to policymakers to favour monied special interests, which threatens the democratic process.Ex: George Watson Cole refers to his mental derangement and pecuniary embarrassment.Ex: The aricle has the title ' budget CD-Rewritable drives: to get the best deal, buy a CD-RW drive that's not top of the line'.Ex: It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.* apoyo económico = financial backing.* ayuda económica = fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, grant, cash grant.* bache económico = economic doldrums.* brigada de delitos económicos = fraud squad.* burbuja económica = price bubble.* capacidad económica = earning capacity, earning power.* capital económico = financial capital.* Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).* clima económico = economic climate.* comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.* comprobar las necesidades económicas = means test.* Comunidad Económica Europea (CEE) = European Economic Community (EEC).* con poco recursos económicos = low-budget.* crisis económica = economic crisis, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.* crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.* cuestión económica = economic issue, financial issue.* depresión económica = economic depression, economic doldrums.* de recesión económica = recessionary.* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.* desde un punto de vista económico = economically.* de un modo económico = economically.* donación económica = monetary donation.* donación económica de fundación = endowment fund.* económico-técnico = economic-technical.* eficacia económica = economic efficiency.* ejercicio económico = business year, accounting year.* en tiempos de recesión económica = in recessionary times.* equiparación económica = economic levelling.* estatus económico = economic status.* evaluación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.* fondo económico = funds.* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.* historiador económico = economic historian.* incertidumbre económica = economic uncertainty.* índice económico = economic index.* influencia económica = economic influence.* información económica = business news.* informe económico = economic report.* interés económico = economic interest.* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.* medida económica = economic measure.* memoria económica = economic report.* modelo económico = economic model.* necesidad económica = economic necessity, economic need.* nivelación económica = economic levelling.* no económico = non-economic [noneconomic].* pasar apuros económicos = lead + a precarious existence.* política económica = political economy.* político-económico = politico-economic.* presión económica = economic pressure.* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.* recesión económica = economic recession, difficult economic times, economic depression.* recortes económicos = economic retrenchment.* recuperación económica = economic recovery.* reforma económica = economic reform.* respaldo económico = financial backing.* riesgo económico = financial risk.* sanción económica = economic penalty, economic sanction.* sistema económico = economic system.* situación económica = economic status.* situación económica, la = economics of the situation, the.* socioeconómico = socioeconomic [socio-economic].* teoría económica = economic theory.* trastorno económico = economic upheaval.* valor económico = economic value, monetary worth.económico22 = cheap [cheaper -comp., cheapest -sup.], cost-effective [cost effective], economical, inexpensive, cost-efficient [cost efficient], dollar-saving, money-saving, thrifty [thriftier -comp., thriftiest -sup.], cut-price, cut-rate, affordable.Ex: These indexes are both cheap and quick to produce.
Ex: OFFSEARCH is a means of running a search overnight on more than one data base, in a cost-effective mode.Ex: Fixed length fields the are economical on storage space, and records using fixed length fields are quick and easy to code.Ex: a microcomputer will need an inexpensive software package in order to suitable for external communication.Ex: Good libraries are a cost-efficient integral part of an effective correctional programme in a detention centre.Ex: The article 'Two dollar-saving search tips' explains how to eliminate duplicate citations when printing out search results.Ex: It is ironic that reduced funding may threaten money-saving automation plans.Ex: As such, the library serves a large blue collar population of thrifty, hardworking people with a predilection toward conservatism in lifestyle and thought.Ex: Turkey is heavily promoted by tour operators as an idyllic holiday destination, the cut-price alternative to Greece or Cyprus.Ex: Most of these cut-rate laptops include a one-year parts and labor warranty.Ex: Information will become more affordable, accessible, and plentiful.* alojamiento económico = budget accommodation.* de forma económica = cost-effectively.* de un modo económico = thriftily.* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.* hotel económico = budget hotel.* * *económico -caA ‹crisis/situación› economic ( before n)tienen problemas económicos they have financial problemsB1 ‹piso/comida› cheap; ‹restaurante/hotel› cheap, inexpensive2 (que gasta poco) ‹motor› economical; ‹persona› thrifty* * *
económico◊ -ca adjetivo
1 ‹crisis/situación› economic ( before n);
‹problema/independencia› financial
2
‹restaurante/hotel› cheap, inexpensive
‹ persona› thrifty
económico,-a adjetivo
1 (país, empresa) economic
(persona) financial: tienen problemas económicos, they have financial troubles
2 (barato) economical, inexpensive: el traje me salió muy económico, the suit was very cheap
comidas económicas, cheap meals
3 (persona ahorradora) thrifty
Recuerda que el adjetivo economic, relativo a la economía, no es igual al adjetivo economical, que significa económico, barato.
' económico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ajuste
- ámbito
- beneficio
- bloqueo
- desajuste
- despegue
- económica
- ejercicio
- holgura
- nivel
- respaldo
- revés
- auge
- clima
- desbarajuste
- orden
- plan
- refugiado
- sostén
English:
budget
- business
- cheap
- diner
- ease
- economic
- economical
- fall back on
- financial
- inexpensive
- thrifty
- wasteful
- café
- economics
- support
- third
- uneconomical
* * *económico, -a adj1. [asunto, doctrina, crisis] economic;la política económica del gobierno the government's economic policy;una familia con problemas económicos a family with financial problems;mi situación económica es desesperante my financial situation is desperate2. [barato] cheap, low-cost;pagándolo al contado te sale más económico it works out cheaper if you pay in cash3. [que gasta poco] [motor, aparato] economical;[persona] thrifty* * *adj1 economic2 ( barato) economical* * *económico, -ca adj: economic, economical* * *económico adj1. (de la economía) economic2. (que gasta poco) economical3. (que cuesta poco) inexpensive -
9 Katastrophe
Katastrophe f VERSICH catastrophe, disaster* * *f < Versich> catastrophe, disaster* * *Katastrophe
catastrophe, disaster, calamity;
• finanzielle Katastrophe financial disaster;
• nationale Katastrophe public disaster;
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10 Wirtschaftshochschule
Wirtschaftshochschule f BIL business college, business school, graduate school of business* * *f < Sozial> business college, business school, graduate school of business* * *Wirtschaftshochschule
school of economics, business school (college);
• Wirtschaftsimperialismus economic imperialism;
• Wirtschaftsimperium industrial empire;
• Wirtschaftsimpulse economic incentives;
• Wirtschaftsindex index of general business activity;
• Wirtschaftsinformatik economic informatics;
• Wirtschaftsinformationen business news;
• Wirtschaftsinfrastruktur economic infrastructure;
• Wirtschaftsingenieur commercial (industrial) engineer, engineer manager;
• Wirtschaftsintegration economic integration;
• Wirtschaftsinteresse business (economic, commercial) interests;
• Wirtschaftsisolationismus economic isolationism;
• Wirtschaftsjahr [company’s] financial (Br.) (fiscal, US) year;
• Wirtschaftsjournalist business journalist, trade journal writer;
• Wirtschaftsjurist economist-lawyer;
• Wirtschaftskabinett economic cabinet, cabinet council on economic affairs (US);
• Wirtschaftskalamität economic woes;
• Wirtschaftskampf trade competition, economic warfare (conflict);
• Wirtschaftskapazität industrial capacity;
• Wirtschaftskartell business cartel;
• Wirtschaftskatastrophe economic disaster;
• Wirtschaftskenntnisse commercial knowledge, business experience (knowledge);
• seine Wirtschaftskenntnisse vertiefen to broaden one’s business outlook;
• Wirtschaftskommentar economic commentary;
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11 australiano
adj.Australian, Aussie, Austral.m.1 Australian, Australian person, Aussie, Bruce.2 Australian, Austral, Australian language.* * *► adjetivo1 Australian► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) Australian* * *(f. - australiana)noun adj.* * *australiano, -aADJ SM / F Australian* * *- na adjetivo/masculino, femenino Australian* * *= Australian, Aussie, Oz.Ex. Australian libraries often charge for on-line services on a cost-recovery basis.Ex. I have nothing against Aussies but I do have something against parasites who steal off someone else's ideas.Ex. Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster.----* Asociación Australiana de Bibliotecarios y Documentalistas (ALIA) = Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).* Asociación de Archiveros Australianos = Australian Society of Archivists.* PADI (Preservación de Información Digital Australiana) = PADI (Preservation of Australian Digital Information).* * *- na adjetivo/masculino, femenino Australian* * *= Australian, Aussie, Oz.Ex: Australian libraries often charge for on-line services on a cost-recovery basis.
Ex: I have nothing against Aussies but I do have something against parasites who steal off someone else's ideas.Ex: Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster.* Asociación Australiana de Bibliotecarios y Documentalistas (ALIA) = Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).* Asociación de Archiveros Australianos = Australian Society of Archivists.* PADI (Preservación de Información Digital Australiana) = PADI (Preservation of Australian Digital Information).* * *australiano -naadj/m,fAustralian* * *
australiano◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino
Australian
australiano,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Australian
' australiano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aborigen
- australiana
- periquito
English:
aborigine
- Australian
- Aborigine
* * *australiano, -a♦ adjAustralian♦ nm,fAustralian* * *I adj AustralianII m, australiana f Australian* * *australiano, -na adj & n: Australian* * *australiano adj n Australian -
12 discusión bizantina
(n.) = pointless discussion, pointless argumentEx. If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.Ex. Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster.* * *(n.) = pointless discussion, pointless argumentEx: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
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13 discusión sin sentido
(n.) = pointless discussion, pointless argumentEx. If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.Ex. Unfortunately the Oz government is hell bent on turning a pointless argument into an economic disaster.* * *(n.) = pointless discussion, pointless argumentEx: If you go off at tangents, you could end up with pointless discussions about the best car to buy, the public transport alternatives, etc.
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14 hacer de tripas corazón
figurado to pluck up courage* * ** * *(v.) = bite + the bulletEx. The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.* * *(v.) = bite + the bulletEx: The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.
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15 resignarse y aceptar
(v.) = bite + the bulletEx. The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.* * *(v.) = bite + the bulletEx: The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.
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16 resignarse y seguir adelante
(v.) = bite + the bulletEx. The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.* * *(v.) = bite + the bulletEx: The article ' Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.
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17 precipicio
m.precipice.* * *1 cliff, precipice\al borde del precipicio on the edge of the precipice 2 figurado on the edge of disaster* * *SM1) [en monte, peñasco] cliff, precipice2) (=situación arriesgada) abyssun país al borde del precipicio — a country on the edge of the abyss, a country on the brink of disaster o ruin
* * *masculino ( despeñadero) precipice* * *= abyss.Ex. By insisting on open Internet access, regardless of age, the ALA is sending children into an 'information abyss' that will result in confusion, frustration, and poor research skills.* * *masculino ( despeñadero) precipice* * *= abyss.Ex: By insisting on open Internet access, regardless of age, the ALA is sending children into an 'information abyss' that will result in confusion, frustration, and poor research skills.
* * *(despeñadero) precipiceeconómicamente, el país está al borde del precipicio the country is on the verge of economic disaster o ruin* * *
precipicio sustantivo masculino ( despeñadero) precipice
precipicio sustantivo masculino precipice
' precipicio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barranco
- seca
- seco
- caer
- saliente
English:
precipice
- cliff
* * *precipicio nm1. [de montaña] precipice* * *m precipice;estar al borde del precipicio fig be on the edge of the precipice* * *precipicio nm1) : precipice2) ruina: ruin* * *precipicio n precipice -
18 presage
I ['presɪdʒ]nome form. presagio m.II ['presɪdʒ]verbo transitivo form. presagire [ disaster]* * *presage /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/n.presagio; segno premonitore; presentimento.(to) presage /ˈprɛsɪdʒ/v. t.1 presagire; predire; presentire; vaticinare2 essere presagio di; far presagire: The latest data presage economic disaster, gli ultimi dati fanno presagire un disastro dell'economia.* * *I ['presɪdʒ]nome form. presagio m.II ['presɪdʒ]verbo transitivo form. presagire [ disaster] -
19 катастрофа
ж.catastrophe [-fɪ]автодоро́жная катастро́фа — road accident
железнодоро́жная катастро́фа — rail disaster / accident; train crash
экономи́ческая катастро́фа — economic disaster
техноге́нная катастро́фа — anthropogenic disaster / accident
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20 катастрофа
См. также в других словарях:
Economic disaster — An economic disaster is the widespread disruption or collapse of a national or regional economy, possibly causing financial panic, hoarding, famine, hyperinflation, political upheaval or revolution. Some of these occurrences are short lived,… … Wikipedia
disaster — noun 1 bad event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, big, catastrophic, devastating, enormous (esp. AmE), great, horrible, huge, large scale (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
Economic collapse — An economic collapse is a devastating breakdown of a national, regional, or territorial economy. It is essentially a severe economic depression characterised by a sharp increase in bankruptcy and unemployment. A full or near full economic… … Wikipedia
economic forecasting — Prediction of future economic activity and developments. Economic forecasts, which range from a few weeks to many years, are widely used in business and government to help formulate policy and strategy. Macroeconomic forecasts predict the course… … Universalium
Economic history of Cambodia — Pre colonial economyColonial economySoon after establishing their protectorate in 1863, the French realized that Cambodia s hidden wealth was an illusion and that Phnom Penh would never become the Singapore of Indochina. Aside from collecting… … Wikipedia
Disaster risk reduction — (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them: here it has… … Wikipedia
Disaster medicine — is the area of physician medical specialization serving the dual areas of providing medical care to disaster survivors and providing medically related disaster preparation, disaster planning, disaster response and disaster recovery leadership… … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Economic and political consequences of the Deepwater Horizon disaster — This article is about the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. For the drilling rig, explosion and oil spill, see Deepwater Horizon (disambiguation). This article covers the effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and resulting oil… … Wikipedia
Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina — The economic effects of Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana and Mississippi in late August 2005, were far reaching. As of April 2006, the Bush Administration has sought $105 billion for repairs and reconstruction in the region, making it the… … Wikipedia
Economic effects arising from the September 11 attacks — Major economic effects arose from September 11 attacks, with initial shock causing global stock markets to drop sharply. The attacks themselves caused approximately $40 billion in insurance losses, making it one of the largest insured events ever … Wikipedia