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1 illiteracy
noun analfabetismotr[ɪ'lɪtərəsɪ]1 analfabetismon.• analfabetismo s.m.• barbarismo s.m.ɪ'lɪtərəsimass noun analfabetismo m[ɪ'lɪtǝrǝsɪ]N analfabetismo m* * *[ɪ'lɪtərəsi]mass noun analfabetismo m -
2 illiteracy
s.1 analfabetismo.2 error de escritura.3 falta de educación académica, crasa ignorancia. -
3 computer illiteracy
s.desconocimiento en el uso de computadoras. -
4 functional illiteracy
s.analfabetismo funcional. -
5 analfabetismo
analfabetismo sustantivo masculino illiteracy
analfabetismo sustantivo masculino illiteracy ' analfabetismo' also found in these entries: Spanish: concentrarse English: illiteracy -
6 illiterate
i'litərət1) (unable to read and write.) analfabeto2) (having little or no education.) ignorante, inculto•illiterate adj analfabetotr[ɪ'lɪtərət]1 (unlettered) analfabeto,-a2 (uneducated) ignorante, inculto,-a3 (poor style) inculto,-a, pobre1 (unlettered person) analfabeto,-ailliterate [ɪl'lɪt̬ərət] adj: analfabeto: analfabeto m, -ta fadj.• analfabeto, -a adj.• iletrado, -a adj.n.• analfabeto s.m.
I ɪ'lɪtərəta) ( unable to read or write) analfabetob) ( linguistically incompetent) < person> ignorante, analfabeto; < letter> lleno de faltas
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noun analfabeto, -ta m,f[ɪ'lɪtǝrɪt]1.ADJ [person] (=unable to read or write) analfabeto; (=ignorant) ignorante, inculto; [letter, handwriting] plagado de faltas2.N analfabeto(-a) m / f* * *
I [ɪ'lɪtərət]a) ( unable to read or write) analfabetob) ( linguistically incompetent) < person> ignorante, analfabeto; < letter> lleno de faltas
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7 acabar
acabar ( conjugate acabar) verbo intransitivo 1 [ persona] to finish; [ novios] to split up; (+ compl) ese chico va a acabar mal that boy will come to no good; la película acabó bien the movie had a happy ending; acabarán aceptándolo o por aceptarlo they'll end up accepting it; acabar de algo to end up as sth; acabó de camarero he ended up (working) as a waiterc) ( rematar) acabar en algo to end in sth2 ‹con bombones/bebidas› to finish off sth; ‹con salud/carrera› to ruin sth; ‹con sueldo/herencia› to fritter away sth; ‹con abuso/problema› to put an end to sthb) (fam) acabar con algn ( pelearse) to finish with sb;( matar) to do away with sb (colloq); 3 acababa de meterme en la cama cuando … I had just got into bed when …c) ( llegar a):no acababa de gustarle she wasn't totally happy about it verbo transitivo ‹trabajo/libro› to finish; ‹curso/carrera› to finish, complete acabarse verbo pronominal 1 ( terminarse) [provisiones/comida] to run out; [ problema] to be over; [reunión/fiesta/curso] to end; [ proyecto] to finish, come to an end; [ año] to come to an end; se le acabaron las fuerzas he ran out of energy; un trabajo que no se acaba nunca a never-ending o an endless task; ¡esto se acabó! that's it! 2 ( enf) ( comer) to finish (up)
acabar
I verbo transitivo
1 to finish (off) ➣ Ver nota en finish 2 (completar) to complete
II verbo intransitivo
1 to finish, end: todo acabó bien, it all ended happily 2 acabar con (agotar las existencias) to finish something figurado estás acabando con mi paciencia, I'm losing my patience with you (romper algo) to break something (matar) to kill: la droga está acabando con él, he's killing himself with drugs (destruir, eliminar) to destroy something: hay que acabar con la tortura, we must get rid of torture figurado las presiones acabaron con su carrera política, the overwhelming pressure finished off his political career 3 acabar de: acaba de llegar de Río, he's just arrived from Río
no acaba de decidirse, she hasn't made up her mind yet 4 acabar en: el partido de fútbol acabó en tragedia, the football match ended in tragedy 5 acabar por/acabar + gerundio acabé creyendo/por creer que estaba loca, I ended up thinking she was mad ' acabar' also found in these entries: Spanish: apurar - finiquitar - incompleta - incompleto - levantarse - paciencia - temblar - terminar - tabla English: barrier - break - break down - burial - complete - distance - drag on - end - end up - fade - finish - finish up - get over - get through - grief - illiteracy - it - paid - racism - round off - settle - sink - stamp out - there - time-wasting - use up - wind up - destroy - do - finished - get - kill - near - smash - stop - wind - wipe -
8 concentrarse
■concentrarse verbo reflexivo
1 to concentrate: concéntrate en estudiar, concentrate on studying
2 (reunirse) el índice de analfabetismo se concentra en las áreas chabolistas, the illiteracy rate is greater in the shanty-towns
3 (congregarse) to gather, congregate ' concentrarse' also found in these entries: Spanish: centrarse - concentrar English: concentrate - mass
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