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  • 41 capacidad1

    1 = ability, capability, competence, appetite, capacity, hat, aptitude, faculty.
    Ex. The ability to search on word stems is particularly valuable where the text to be searched is in free-language format.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter and the catalog card but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.
    Ex. In order that you should be able to perform these required skills with greater competence, selected elements of the theory of subject indexing will be included.
    Ex. Such machines will have enourmous appetites.
    Ex. Older people have suffered some losses in sensory and physical capacity, and newer teaching techniques might intimidate them.
    Ex. The city librarian has commonly been a general cultural consultant, often with more than one hat, with the curatorship of the museum and/or art gallery as additional offices.
    Ex. In tracking, schools categorize according to measures of intelligence, achievement, or aptitude and then assign students to ability or interest-grouped classes = En la subdivisión de los alumnos en clases según su nivel académico, las escuelas agrupan a los alumnos de acuerdo con su nivel de inteligencia, habilidad o aptitud y luego los asignan a las clases según su capacidad o por sus intereses.
    Ex. Sophia no sooner saw Blifil than she turned pale, and almost lost the use of all her faculties.
    ----
    * actuar por encima de {Posesivo} capacidades = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * capacidad académica = academic ability.
    * capacidad analítica = analytical capacity.
    * capacidad cognitiva = cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.
    * capacidad comunicativa = speaking skills.
    * capacidad crediticia = credit standing.
    * capacidad crítica = critical skills, critical awareness, critical faculty.
    * capacidad crítica de los programas televisivos = teleliteracy.
    * capacidad de absorción = absorptive capacity, absorptive capability.
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * capacidad de comercialización = marketability.
    * capacidad de comprensión = listening skills, understanding capacity.
    * capacidad de discriminación = discriminating power.
    * capacidad deductiva = heuristic power.
    * capacidad de enganche = holding power.
    * capacidad de escuchar = listening skills.
    * capacidad de interpretar imágenes = visual literacy.
    * capacidad de interpretar información estadística = graphic literacy, spatial literacy, statistical literacy.
    * capacidad de leer = reading skills.
    * capacidad de manejar la información = information handling.
    * capacidad de mantener la atención = attention span.
    * capacidad de negociación = bargaining power.
    * capacidad de procesamiento = throughput, processing power.
    * capacidad de producción = throughput.
    * capacidad de promoción = promotability.
    * capacidad de razonamiento = thinking skills.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * capacidad de retención = holding power.
    * capacidad de saber leer y escribir = literacy skills.
    * capacidad económica = earning capacity, earning power.
    * capacidades informáticas = computer skills.
    * capacidad física = physical capability.
    * capacidad informática = computing power.
    * capacidad intelectual = intellectual ability.
    * capacidad lingüística = language skill.
    * capacidad mental = brainpower [brain power], mental capability.
    * desarrollar la capacidad de = gain in + the ability to.
    * desarrollar las capacidades = fulfil + potential.
    * desarrollo de capacidades = capacity building.
    * en + Posesivo + capacidad como = in + Posesivo + capacity as.
    * no actuando en capacidad de autor = non-authorial.
    * persona que rinde por debajo de su capacidad = underachiever.
    * sin capacidad de discernimiento = undiscriminating.
    * tener la capacidad de = have + the potential (to/for).

    Spanish-English dictionary > capacidad1

  • 42 búsqueda

    f.
    1 search, quest, pursuit, research.
    2 chase, hunting.
    3 data search, lookup, look-up.
    * * *
    1 search
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF search (de for)

    a o en búsqueda de algo — in search of sth

    búsqueda y sustitución — (Inform) find and replace

    * * *
    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

    * * *
    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.
    Ex. Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex. The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex. Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex. If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex. It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex. The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    ----
    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.
    * * *
    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

    * * *
    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.

    Ex: Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.

    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex: The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex: Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex: If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex: It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex: The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.

    * * *
    search búsqueda DE algo/algn search FOR sth/sb
    Compuestos:
    treasure hunt
    ( Inf) wordsearch
    web search
    ( Inf) search and replace
    * * *

     

    búsqueda sustantivo femenino búsqueda (de algo/algn) search (for sth/sb)
    búsqueda sustantivo femenino search
    ' búsqueda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    batida
    - consulta
    - busca
    - cuidadoso
    - minucioso
    English:
    for
    - fruitless
    - hunt
    - job hunting
    - look
    - pursuit
    - scouting
    - search
    - warrant
    - wild-goose chase
    - quest
    - treasure
    * * *
    search;
    a la búsqueda de algo in search of sth;
    Esp
    (ir) en búsqueda de (to go) in search of
    * * *
    f search;
    búsqueda en el texto INFOR search o find in the text
    * * *
    : search
    * * *
    búsqueda n search

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda

  • 43 desmotivado

    adj.
    discouraged, browned-off, spiritless, unenthusiastic.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desmotivar.
    * * *
    ADJ unmotivated, lacking motivation
    * * *
    - da adjetivo demotivated
    * * *
    = disheartened, unmotivated, demotivated.
    Ex. This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.
    Ex. An unmotivated employee does not perform as well as a motivated employee.
    Ex. Are professionally qualified staff more likely to be demotivated by the inability to apply their skills than para-professional staff?.
    ----
    * desmotivados, los = disheartened, the.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo demotivated
    * * *
    = disheartened, unmotivated, demotivated.

    Ex: This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.

    Ex: An unmotivated employee does not perform as well as a motivated employee.
    Ex: Are professionally qualified staff more likely to be demotivated by the inability to apply their skills than para-professional staff?.
    * desmotivados, los = disheartened, the.

    * * *
    demotivated
    * * *
    desmotivado, -a adj
    lacking in motivation

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmotivado

  • 44 diploma

    m.
    diploma.
    * * *
    1 diploma
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino diploma, certificate
    * * *
    = certificate, certification, diploma, diploma course.
    Ex. He received his certificate of librarianship from the University of California at Berkeley the following year, and then returned to UCLA where he obtained a position in the library.
    Ex. It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.
    Ex. The guidelines can be used as a tool for the recognition of LIS diplomas and degrees beyond a country's border.
    Ex. In 1980 a library school was established, offering a 5 year diploma course of evening classes, catering for some 200 students.
    ----
    * conceder diploma = grant + diploma.
    * entrega de diplomas = commencement.
    * * *
    masculino diploma, certificate
    * * *
    = certificate, certification, diploma, diploma course.

    Ex: He received his certificate of librarianship from the University of California at Berkeley the following year, and then returned to UCLA where he obtained a position in the library.

    Ex: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.
    Ex: The guidelines can be used as a tool for the recognition of LIS diplomas and degrees beyond a country's border.
    Ex: In 1980 a library school was established, offering a 5 year diploma course of evening classes, catering for some 200 students.
    * conceder diploma = grant + diploma.
    * entrega de diplomas = commencement.

    * * *
    diploma, certificate
    * * *

    Del verbo diplomar: ( conjugate diplomar)

    diploma es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    diploma sustantivo masculino
    diploma, certificate
    diploma sustantivo masculino diploma
    ' diploma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diplomada
    - diplomado
    - bachillerato
    - calificar
    - diplomarse
    - título
    English:
    diploma
    * * *
    diploma;
    sacarse u [m5] obtener un diploma to get o obtain a diploma
    * * *
    m diploma
    * * *
    : diploma
    * * *
    diploma n diploma

    Spanish-English dictionary > diploma

  • 45 enfrentarse a un problema

    (v.) = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue
    Ex. This paper considers two areas in UK librarianship in which action might serve to challenge these threats.
    Ex. The National Archives confronted the difficult question of how burgeoning electronic records should be appraised.
    Ex. This article looks at one method, adopted by the Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, North Caroline, to cope with the problem of overdue books.
    Ex. They both face the problems presented in attempting to provide a system for the classification of all areas of knowledge.
    Ex. This article outlines some of the problems which confronted students attempting to master the skills of back-of-book indexing.
    Ex. All in all, research at the school has the same characteristics and comes up against the same problems as any other research conducted in the library and information sciences.
    Ex. While it is useful to know the areas in which problems might be experienced by a community, it is vital that each disadvantaged community be assessed individually.
    Ex. Libraries continue to struggle with issues created by the shift to electronic scholarly publishing.
    Ex. Libraries and other institutions currently have little or no guidance from their legislators as they wrestle with the problems related to Internet use.
    Ex. Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients.
    * * *
    (v.) = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue

    Ex: This paper considers two areas in UK librarianship in which action might serve to challenge these threats.

    Ex: The National Archives confronted the difficult question of how burgeoning electronic records should be appraised.
    Ex: This article looks at one method, adopted by the Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, North Caroline, to cope with the problem of overdue books.
    Ex: They both face the problems presented in attempting to provide a system for the classification of all areas of knowledge.
    Ex: This article outlines some of the problems which confronted students attempting to master the skills of back-of-book indexing.
    Ex: All in all, research at the school has the same characteristics and comes up against the same problems as any other research conducted in the library and information sciences.
    Ex: While it is useful to know the areas in which problems might be experienced by a community, it is vital that each disadvantaged community be assessed individually.
    Ex: Libraries continue to struggle with issues created by the shift to electronic scholarly publishing.
    Ex: Libraries and other institutions currently have little or no guidance from their legislators as they wrestle with the problems related to Internet use.
    Ex: Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a un problema

  • 46 entorno

    m.
    1 environment, surroundings.
    2 context.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: entornar.
    * * *
    1 environment, surroundings plural
    2 INFORMÁTICA environment
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=medioambiente) environment; (Literat) setting, milieu; (=clima) climate; (=escenario) scene

    sacar a algn de su entorno — to take sb away from/out of their normal environment

    2) (Inform) environment
    * * *
    a) ( situación) environment

    entorno social — social milieu o environment

    b) (Lit) setting; (Mat) range; (Inf) environment
    * * *
    = arena, atmosphere, environment, scene, setting, surroundings, milieu, compass, compass, set and setting, landscape, habitat, environs, climate, ambient, ambiance [ambience], ambience [ambiance], environ.
    Ex. This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.
    Ex. Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.
    Ex. This document specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code, remaining in a 7-bit environment or increasing to an 8-bit environment.
    Ex. A recent inexpensive introduction to the microcomputer scene, the Sinclair QL, uses a 32 bit processor (the Motorola 680008) and offers 128K RAM expandable to 640K.
    Ex. Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.
    Ex. Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.
    Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.
    Ex. All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.
    Ex. All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.
    Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex. During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
    Ex. The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
    Ex. This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.
    Ex. This article studies monumental wall paintings and mosaics, focusing on the disposition of narratives in relation to their architectural ambients.
    Ex. People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.
    Ex. The current ambience is such that we are facing a new crisis in cataloging.
    Ex. For example, the games themselves can act as a tool to educate social science students how to access and interact with unknown cultures within a safe environ.
    ----
    * adaptarse al entorno = adjust to + environment.
    * cambiar de entorno = change + scenery.
    * cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * del entorno = ambient, environmental.
    * en el entorno de = in the realm of.
    * en + Posesivo + entorno = in + Posesivo + midst.
    * entorno de redes = network environment, online environment.
    * entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.
    * entorno electrónico distribuido = distributed environment.
    * entorno familiar = home environment.
    * entorno físico = atmospherics.
    * entorno laboral = workplace, work environment, work setting, job setting, job environment, working environment.
    * entorno natural = natural habitat, natural setting.
    * entorno natural, el = natural environment, the.
    * entorno OSI = OSI environment.
    * entorno urbanístico = built environment.
    * entorno urbano = built environment.
    * perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.
    * relativo a la navegación por un entorno gráfico = navigational.
    * vida en el entorno familiar = family life.
    * * *
    a) ( situación) environment

    entorno social — social milieu o environment

    b) (Lit) setting; (Mat) range; (Inf) environment
    * * *
    = arena, atmosphere, environment, scene, setting, surroundings, milieu, compass, compass, set and setting, landscape, habitat, environs, climate, ambient, ambiance [ambience], ambience [ambiance], environ.

    Ex: This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.

    Ex: Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.
    Ex: This document specifies methods of extending the 7-bit code, remaining in a 7-bit environment or increasing to an 8-bit environment.
    Ex: A recent inexpensive introduction to the microcomputer scene, the Sinclair QL, uses a 32 bit processor (the Motorola 680008) and offers 128K RAM expandable to 640K.
    Ex: Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.
    Ex: Work in a duly ordered community should be made attractive by the consciousness of usefulness, by variety, and by being exercised amidst pleasurable surroundings.
    Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.
    Ex: All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.
    Ex: All truth is contained in the compass of your mind.
    Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
    Ex: The academic library is the natural habitat of the absent-minded professor.
    Ex: This database contains 500 photographs, drawings, engravings and watercolours of the 16th century Sutton House and its environs.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.
    Ex: This article studies monumental wall paintings and mosaics, focusing on the disposition of narratives in relation to their architectural ambients.
    Ex: People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.
    Ex: The current ambience is such that we are facing a new crisis in cataloging.
    Ex: For example, the games themselves can act as a tool to educate social science students how to access and interact with unknown cultures within a safe environ.
    * adaptarse al entorno = adjust to + environment.
    * cambiar de entorno = change + scenery.
    * cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * del entorno = ambient, environmental.
    * en el entorno de = in the realm of.
    * en + Posesivo + entorno = in + Posesivo + midst.
    * entorno de redes = network environment, online environment.
    * entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.
    * entorno electrónico distribuido = distributed environment.
    * entorno familiar = home environment.
    * entorno físico = atmospherics.
    * entorno laboral = workplace, work environment, work setting, job setting, job environment, working environment.
    * entorno natural = natural habitat, natural setting.
    * entorno natural, el = natural environment, the.
    * entorno OSI = OSI environment.
    * entorno urbanístico = built environment.
    * entorno urbano = built environment.
    * perjudicial para el entorno = environmentally-damaging.
    * relativo a la navegación por un entorno gráfico = navigational.
    * vida en el entorno familiar = family life.

    * * *
    1 (situación) environment
    el entorno del niño influye en esto the child's environment influences this
    entorno social social milieu o environment
    entorno familiar home environment
    el entorno es poco favorable a la negociación the setting is o the situation is o the conditions are o the environment is not ideal for negotiation
    la estructura y los restos hallados en su entorno the structure and the remains found around it o in the vicinity
    2 ( Lit) setting
    3 ( Mat) range
    * * *

     

    Del verbo entornar: ( conjugate entornar)

    entorno es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    entornó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    entornar    
    entorno
    entorno sustantivo masculino

    b) (Lit) setting

    c) (Inf) environment

    entornar verbo transitivo to half-close
    (una puerta, ventana) to leave ajar
    entorno sustantivo masculino
    1 (medio) environment
    entorno social, social environment
    2 (proximidades) surroundings pl
    ' entorno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ambiente
    - escenario
    - media
    - medio
    - sosegada
    - sosegado
    English:
    atmosphere
    - blend
    - environment
    - setting
    - surrounding
    - environmental
    - environs
    * * *
    1. [ambiente] environment, surroundings;
    el entorno familiar/social the home/social environment;
    fuentes bien informadas del entorno del presidente well-informed sources close to the president;
    España y los países de su entorno Spain and her European neighbours
    2. [medio ambiente] environment
    3. Informát environment
    * * *
    m tb INFOR environment
    * * *
    : surroundings pl, environment
    * * *
    entorno n environment

    Spanish-English dictionary > entorno

  • 47 escaso

    adj.
    scarce, bare, scrimpy, poor.
    * * *
    1 (insuficiente) scarce, scant, very little, small
    2 (recursos) slender; (dinero) tight; (público) small; (lluvias, salario) low; (tiempo) very little
    4 (que le falta poco) hardly, scarcely, barely
    5 (mezquino) miserly, mean
    \
    andar escaso,-a de algo to be short of something
    * * *
    (f. - escasa)
    adj.
    scarce, scant
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=limitado)
    2)
    3) (=muy justo)

    duró una hora escasa — it lasted barely o scarcely an hour

    4) †† (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < recursos económicos> limited, scant; < posibilidades> slim, slender; < visibilidad> poor; <conocimientos/experiencia> limited
    b) (en expresiones de medida, peso)

    pesa un kilo escaso — it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo

    a escasos tres días/dos meses — (AmL) barely three days/two months away

    c) [estar] ( falto)

    escaso de algo — de dinero/tiempo short of something

    * * *
    = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].
    Ex. Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.
    Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    Ex. If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.
    Ex. The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.
    Ex. Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.
    Ex. However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
    Ex. The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.
    Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    ----
    * andar escaso de = be short of.
    * andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).
    * escasa comunicación = poor communication.
    * escasa probabilidad = slim chance.
    * escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strapped.
    * escaso de ideas = short of ideas.
    * escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.
    * evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.
    * hacerse escaso = become + scarce.
    * ser escaso = be few and far between.
    * ser muy escaso = be at a premium.
    * ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < recursos económicos> limited, scant; < posibilidades> slim, slender; < visibilidad> poor; <conocimientos/experiencia> limited
    b) (en expresiones de medida, peso)

    pesa un kilo escaso — it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo

    a escasos tres días/dos meses — (AmL) barely three days/two months away

    c) [estar] ( falto)

    escaso de algo — de dinero/tiempo short of something

    * * *
    = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

    Ex: Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.

    Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.
    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    Ex: If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.
    Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.
    Ex: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.
    Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
    Ex: The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.
    Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    * andar escaso de = be short of.
    * andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).
    * escasa comunicación = poor communication.
    * escasa probabilidad = slim chance.
    * escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strapped.
    * escaso de ideas = short of ideas.
    * escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.
    * evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.
    * hacerse escaso = become + scarce.
    * ser escaso = be few and far between.
    * ser muy escaso = be at a premium.
    * ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.

    * * *
    escaso -sa
    1
    (poco, limitado): un país de escasos recursos económicos a country with limited o scant o slender economic resources
    ante un público escaso in front of a small audience
    escasas posibilidades de éxito slim o slender chances of success, little chance of success
    la visibilidad en la zona del aeropuerto es escasa there is poor o limited visibility around the airport
    la comida resultó escasa there wasn't enough food
    obras de escasa calidad works of mediocre quality
    una persona de escasa inteligencia a person of limited intelligence
    mis conocimientos sobre este tema son escasos my knowledge of this subject is limited
    2
    (en expresiones de medida, peso): falta un mes escaso para que llegue there's barely o scarcely a month to go before it arrives
    está a una distancia de cinco kilómetros escasos it's barely o scarcely five kilometers away
    pesa un kilo escaso it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo
    a escasos tres días/dos meses ( AmL); barely three days/two months away
    se despertó luego de escasas tres horas de sueño ( AmL); she awoke having slept for barely three hours
    3 (falto) escaso DE algo short OF sth
    de momento ando escaso de dinero I'm a little o a bit short of money at the moment, money's a bit scarce o tight at the moment
    andamos escasos de personal we're short-staffed
    * * *

     

    escaso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ‹ posibilidades› slim, slender;
    ‹ visibilidad› poor;
    ‹conocimientos/experiencia› limited
    b) [estar] ( falto) escaso de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› short of sth

    escaso,-a adj (alimentos, recursos) scarce, scant
    (dinero, tiempo) short
    (luz) poor
    ♦ Locuciones: andar escaso de, to be short of
    ' escaso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - contada
    - contado
    - corta
    - corto
    - delgada
    - delgado
    - escasa
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mínima
    - mínimo
    - pelada
    - pelado
    - apurado
    - dinero
    - pobre
    English:
    low
    - marginal seat
    - pressed
    - run
    - scant
    - scanty
    - scarce
    - short
    - slender
    - slim
    - small
    - sparse
    - meager
    - narrow
    - poor
    - skimpy
    - slight
    - under
    * * *
    escaso, -a adj
    1. [insuficiente] [conocimientos, recursos, medios] limited, scant;
    [víveres, trabajo] scarce; [cantidad, número, temperaturas] low; [visibilidad, luz] poor, low;
    escaso público se dio cita para ver el partido a poor crowd turned out to see the match;
    sus posibilidades son más bien escasas her chances are rather slim;
    vino tanta gente que la comida se quedó escasa so many people came that there wasn't enough food;
    joyas de escaso valor jewellery of scant o little value;
    la obra tuvo escaso éxito the play had little success;
    debido al escaso tiempo con el que contaban due to the little time they had, since time was short
    2. [falto]
    andar o [m5] estar escaso de to be short of;
    ando escaso de dinero I don't have much money;
    el hotel está escaso de personal the hotel is short-staffed;
    la comida está un poco escasa de sal the food is in need of a bit more salt
    3. [casi completo]
    un metro escaso barely a metre;
    dura dos horas escasas it lasts barely two hours;
    a un mes escaso de las elecciones with barely a month to go to the elections;
    pesó dos kilos escasos al nacer she weighed barely two kilos at birth
    * * *
    adj
    1 recursos limited;
    escasas posibilidades de not much chance of, little chance of
    2
    :
    andar escaso de algo falto be short of sth
    3 ( justo)
    :
    falta un mes escaso it’s barely a month away;
    un kilo escaso a scant kilo, barely a kilo
    * * *
    escaso, -sa adj
    1) : scarce, scant
    2)
    escaso de : short of
    * * *
    escaso adj
    4. (apenas) just under / barely
    andar/estar escaso de tiempo/dinero to be short of time/money

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaso

  • 48 independiente

    adj.
    1 independent.
    2 separate (aparte).
    3 freelance, indie.
    f. & m.
    independent, maverick.
    * * *
    1 independent
    2 (individualista) self-sufficient
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [gen] independent
    2) [piso etc] self-contained
    3) (Inform) stand-alone
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino independent
    * * *
    = freebooting, self-contained, self-supporting, separate, stand-alone [standalone], free-standing, non-partisan [nonpartisan], self-directed, self-reliant, independent, independent, self-organising [self-organizing, -USA].
    Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    Ex. From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
    Ex. Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
    Ex. One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
    Ex. BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
    Ex. A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
    Ex. To support these ends, the public library must be readily accessible to all, its use must be free of charge, it must be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
    Ex. Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.
    Ex. The modern concept of helping library users become information literate, self-reliant learners must replace traditional BI = El concepto moderno de ayudar a los usuarios de la biblioteca a adquirir los conocimientos básicos en el manejo de la información, a ser alumnos autosuficientes, debe sustituir a la formación de usuarios tradicional.
    Ex. The organization wants employees to be dependent and the employee wants to be independent.
    Ex. However, recent book industry statistics show that the market share held by the independents is shrinking.
    Ex. These techniques may lead to the study of science as a self-organizing system in the form of neural network like structures.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * con financiación independiente = self-funded.
    * Federación Nacional de Asesorías Independientes (FIAC) = National Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).
    * semiindependiente = semi-independent.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino independent
    * * *
    = freebooting, self-contained, self-supporting, separate, stand-alone [standalone], free-standing, non-partisan [nonpartisan], self-directed, self-reliant, independent, independent, self-organising [self-organizing, -USA].

    Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

    Ex: From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
    Ex: Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
    Ex: One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
    Ex: BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
    Ex: A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
    Ex: To support these ends, the public library must be readily accessible to all, its use must be free of charge, it must be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
    Ex: Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.
    Ex: The modern concept of helping library users become information literate, self-reliant learners must replace traditional BI = El concepto moderno de ayudar a los usuarios de la biblioteca a adquirir los conocimientos básicos en el manejo de la información, a ser alumnos autosuficientes, debe sustituir a la formación de usuarios tradicional.
    Ex: The organization wants employees to be dependent and the employee wants to be independent.
    Ex: However, recent book industry statistics show that the market share held by the independents is shrinking.
    Ex: These techniques may lead to the study of science as a self-organizing system in the form of neural network like structures.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * con financiación independiente = self-funded.
    * Federación Nacional de Asesorías Independientes (FIAC) = National Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).
    * semiindependiente = semi-independent.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.

    * * *
    1 ‹carácter› independent
    2 ‹político› independent
    independent, independent candidate
    * * *

     

    independiente adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    independent
    independiente adjetivo
    1 (sin ataduras) independent
    un partido independiente, an independent party
    2 (individualista) self-reliant
    ' independiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absoluta
    - absoluto
    - autosuficiente
    - bañera
    - chalet
    - autonómico
    - congelador
    - presentar
    English:
    financially
    - free agent
    - freelance
    - freestanding
    - independent
    - ITV
    - nonpartisan
    - unattached
    - emancipated
    - maisonette
    - self
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [país, persona] independent
    2. [aparte] separate
    ♦ nmf
    [político] independent
    * * *
    adj independent
    * * *
    : independent
    * * *
    independiente adj independent

    Spanish-English dictionary > independiente

  • 49 investigación en biblioteconomía

    Ex. This article describes the problems and successes encountered in the use of an interactive video system for teaching basic library research skills.
    * * *

    Ex: This article describes the problems and successes encountered in the use of an interactive video system for teaching basic library research skills.

    Spanish-English dictionary > investigación en biblioteconomía

  • 50 mano de obra

    labour
    * * *
    manpower, workforce
    * * *
    labor*
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], manpower, manpower force, work-force [workforce], work-force, labour force, manual labour
    Ex. Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.
    Ex. The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.
    Ex. This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. They were helpful in imparting the literacy and knowledge needed by modern technology without coercing the work-force away from its duty.
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex. The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.
    * * *
    labor*
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], manpower, manpower force, work-force [workforce], work-force, labour force, manual labour

    Ex: Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.

    Ex: The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.
    Ex: This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex: They were helpful in imparting the literacy and knowledge needed by modern technology without coercing the work-force away from its duty.
    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex: The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.

    * * *
    labor, Br
    labour, manpower

    Spanish-English dictionary > mano de obra

  • 51 ofrecer una visión de conjunto

    (v.) = provide + a picture, provide + overview
    Ex. Quantitative data from library systems provides a different, probably more accurate, picture of the nature and extent of public library use.
    Ex. Chapter 1 provides an overview of today's reference services, suggesting the rich possibilities for applying basic professional skills.
    * * *
    (v.) = provide + a picture, provide + overview

    Ex: Quantitative data from library systems provides a different, probably more accurate, picture of the nature and extent of public library use.

    Ex: Chapter 1 provides an overview of today's reference services, suggesting the rich possibilities for applying basic professional skills.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ofrecer una visión de conjunto

  • 52 poner a prueba

    to put to the test
    * * *
    (v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge
    Ex. Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.
    Ex. However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
    Ex. If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
    Ex. This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
    Ex. There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex. The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
    Ex. Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
    Ex. This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
    Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    Ex. But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.
    * * *
    (v.) = stretch, tax, try, strain, overtax, pilot, put to + the test, test, plumb + the depths of, trial, overstretch, push + the envelope, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on, push + Nombre + to the edge

    Ex: Written in a telegram style, telegraphic abstracts stretch the skills of the abstractor in writing in an abbreviated yet unambiguous style.

    Ex: However, the definition of an 'author' has taxed cataloguers for many years.
    Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.
    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: Currently, they are trying to charge Internet providers more because Internet use is overtaxing the telephone networks.
    Ex: This will be piloted during 1996 by academic libraries, systems vendors, publishers and intermediaries.
    Ex: There are 2 important areas where the librarian's interpretation of his role are put to the test: his involvement with audiovisual materials, and his attitude towards teaching.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Mapping the unmappable: plumbing the depths of cross-file and cross-system navigation'.
    Ex: The concept was trialled in 1995 and subscribers to this service will be transferred with no additional charge.
    Ex: Reliance on court libraries is futile as the libraries are already overstretched by the needs of the Bench.
    Ex: This paper describes the contention existing between those who are pushing the envelope of free speech on the Internet, sometimes anarchically and those trying to limit it, sometimes oppressively.
    Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    Ex: But he was proved wrong as India pushed England to the edge and beat them hollow the following day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner a prueba

  • 53 probar

    v.
    1 to prove.
    eso prueba que tenía razón that proves I was right
    Einstein probó su teoría Einstein proved his theory.
    2 to try.
    lo hemos probado todo we've tried everything
    Ella prueba la adivinanza She tries the riddle.
    Ellos probaron ayer They tried yesterday.
    3 to try on (clothes).
    probar una camisa to try on a shirt
    4 to taste, to try.
    Ella probó la comida She tasted the food.
    5 to test, to check.
    El presidente probó a María The president tested Mary.
    6 to try to, to have a bash at.
    Ella probó patinar sin caer She tried to skate without falling.
    7 to drink, to touch.
    Yo no pruebo el alcohol I don't drink alcohol.
    8 to show to, to demonstrate to.
    María probó saber mucho Mary showed to know a lot.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar
    1 (demostrar) to prove
    2 (comprobar) to test, check
    3 (vino, comida) to taste, try
    ■ ¿has probado alguna vez las judías con almejas? have you ever tried beans with clams?
    4 (prenda, zapato) to try on
    1 to try
    * * *
    verb
    4) test
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=demostrar) [+ eficacia, inocencia, teoría] to prove

    ¿cómo puedes probar que no estabas allí? — how can you prove that you weren't there?

    2) (=poner a prueba) [+ sustancia, vacuna, persona] to test; [+ método] to try; [+ aparato, arma] to test, try out; [+ actor, músico] to audition

    prueben su puntería, señoras y señores — try your aim, ladies and gentlemen

    te dan diez días para probar el vídeo — they give you a ten-day trial period for the video, they give you ten days to try out the video

    fortuna 1), suerte 1)
    3) (=catar) to try, taste

    prueba un poco de este pescado — try o taste a bit of this fish

    4) [+ ropa] [hecha a medida] to fit; [de confección] to try on

    ¿puede venir mañana a que le pruebe el traje? — can you come tomorrow to have your suit fitted?

    2. VI
    1) (=intentar) to try, have a go

    déjame que pruebe yo — let me try, let me have a go

    ¿has probado con este bolígrafo? — have you tried this pen?

    he probado a hacerlo yo sola, pero no he podido — I tried doing it on my own but I couldn't

    2) (=sentar) [actividad, ropa] to suit; [comida] to agree with
    3)

    probar de algo —

    see VT
    See:
    probar 1., 3)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( demostrar) <teoría/inocencia> to prove
    2)
    a) <vino/sopa> to taste; ( por primera vez) to try

    no probé bocado en todo el día — I didn't eat a thing o have a bite to eat all day

    b) < método> to try
    c) < ropa> to try on
    d) ( poner a prueba) <empleado/honradez> to test
    2.
    probar vi ( intentar) to try

    ¿has probado con quitamanchas? — have you tried using stain remover?

    probar A + INF — to try -ing

    3.
    probarse v pron <ropa/zapatos> to try on
    * * *
    = evidence, have + a turn at, prove, test, sample, play with, test drive, run-in, try out, have + a shot at, try + Posesivo + hand, taste, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on.
    Ex. Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.
    Ex. Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    Ex. One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.
    Ex. In this five-day workshop we will play with the design and building of non-traditional interface solutions.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Out for a spin: a school librarian test drives 14 CD-ROM encyclopedias'.
    Ex. Such an arrangement would enable a viewer to run-in whatever program he needs.
    Ex. All they need is a willingness to experiment a bit and to try out a pedagogical method others testify to being of some value.
    Ex. Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.
    Ex. He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man.
    Ex. Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.
    Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    ----
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * probando Algo = trial and error.
    * probar a hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.
    * probar Algo = dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters, give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.
    * probar diferentes cosas = mess with.
    * probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim, make + good + Posesivo + claim.
    * probar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probarse = try on.
    * probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.
    * probar una idea = test + idea.
    * probar una solución = try out + solution.
    * probar un punto = prove + point.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( demostrar) <teoría/inocencia> to prove
    2)
    a) <vino/sopa> to taste; ( por primera vez) to try

    no probé bocado en todo el día — I didn't eat a thing o have a bite to eat all day

    b) < método> to try
    c) < ropa> to try on
    d) ( poner a prueba) <empleado/honradez> to test
    2.
    probar vi ( intentar) to try

    ¿has probado con quitamanchas? — have you tried using stain remover?

    probar A + INF — to try -ing

    3.
    probarse v pron <ropa/zapatos> to try on
    * * *
    = evidence, have + a turn at, prove, test, sample, play with, test drive, run-in, try out, have + a shot at, try + Posesivo + hand, taste, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on.

    Ex: Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

    Ex: Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    Ex: One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.
    Ex: In this five-day workshop we will play with the design and building of non-traditional interface solutions.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Out for a spin: a school librarian test drives 14 CD-ROM encyclopedias'.
    Ex: Such an arrangement would enable a viewer to run-in whatever program he needs.
    Ex: All they need is a willingness to experiment a bit and to try out a pedagogical method others testify to being of some value.
    Ex: Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.
    Ex: He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man.
    Ex: Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.
    Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * probando Algo = trial and error.
    * probar a hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.
    * probar Algo = dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters, give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.
    * probar diferentes cosas = mess with.
    * probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim, make + good + Posesivo + claim.
    * probar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probarse = try on.
    * probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.
    * probar una idea = test + idea.
    * probar una solución = try out + solution.
    * probar un punto = prove + point.

    * * *
    probar [ A10 ]
    vt
    A (demostrar) ‹teoría/acusación/inocencia› to prove
    esto prueba que ella tenía razón this proves that she was right
    B
    1 ‹vino/sopa› to taste; (por primera vez) to try
    nunca he probado el caviar I've never tried caviar
    no puedo probar el vino, el médico me lo ha prohibido I can't drink wine, doctor's orders
    desde entonces no he vuelto a probar la ginebra I haven't touched gin again since then
    no ha probado bocado en todo el día she hasn't eaten a thing o had a bite to eat all day
    2 ‹método› to try
    prueba la aspiradora antes de comprarla try the vacuum cleaner (out) before buying it
    estoy dispuesto a probar cualquier cosa con tal de curarme I'm prepared to try anything if it helps me to get better
    llevaron el coche a que le probaran los frenos they took the car to have the brakes tested
    3 ‹ropa› to try on probarle algo A algn to try sth ON sb
    no le puedo comprar zapatos sin probárselos I can't buy shoes for him without him trying them on o without trying them on him
    la modista sólo me probó el vestido una vez the dressmaker only gave me one fitting for the dress
    4 (poner a prueba) ‹empleado/honradez› to test
    dejaron el dinero allí para probarlo they left the money there to test him
    ■ probar
    vi
    1 (intentar) to try
    déjame probar a mí let me try, let me have a go
    probar no cuesta nada there's no harm in trying
    ¿has probado con quitamanchas? have you tried using stain remover?
    probar A + INF to try -ING
    prueba a hacerlo de la otra manera try doing it the other way
    2 ( ant) (sentar) (+ me/te/le etc) to suit
    la vida de ciudad no le prueba city life doesn't suit him
    ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
    ¿quiere probárselo? would you like to try it on?
    quisiera probarme uno más grande I'd like to try a larger size
    * * *

     

    probar ( conjugate probar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( demostrar) ‹teoría/inocencia› to prove
    2
    a) ‹vino/sopa› to taste;

    ( por primera vez) to try
    b) ‹ método› to try;

    ‹coche/mecanismo› to try out
    c) ‹ ropa› to try on;

    probarle algo A algn to try sth on sb
    d) ( poner a prueba) ‹empleado/honradez› to test;

    ‹arma/vehículo› to test (out)
    verbo intransitivo ( intentar) to try;
    probar A hacer algo to try doing sth
    probarse verbo pronominal ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
    probar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una teoría, un hecho) to prove
    2 (una máquina, un aparato, etc) to test
    3 (comida, bebida) to try
    (sabor, etc) to taste: no prueba el alcohol, he never touches alcohol
    II vi (intentar) to try ➣ Ver nota en try
    ' probar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bocado
    - gustar
    - suerte
    - acreditar
    - atestiguar
    - fortuna
    - tentar
    English:
    go
    - little
    - prove
    - sample
    - substantiate
    - taste
    - test
    - test drive
    - try
    - try out
    - authenticate
    - hand
    - onus
    - unproven
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [demostrar, indicar] to prove;
    eso prueba que tenía razón that shows I was right
    2. [comprobar] to test, to check;
    prueba tú mismo la potencia de mi coche see for yourself how powerful my car is
    3. [experimentar] to try;
    lo hemos probado todo we've tried everything;
    probaron a varios actores antes de encontrar el que buscaban they tried o auditioned various actors before finding the one they were looking for
    4. [ropa] to try on;
    probar una camisa to try on a shirt
    5. [degustar] to taste, to try;
    ¿has probado alguna vez el caviar? have you ever tasted o tried caviar?;
    no prueba el vino desde hace meses he hasn't touched wine for months;
    no he probado bocado en todo el día I haven't had a bite to eat all day
    ♦ vi
    1. [tratar de]
    probar a hacer algo to try to do sth;
    prueba a nadar de espaldas try swimming backstroke;
    deja que pruebe yo let me try;
    por probar no se pierde nada there's no harm in trying
    2. [degustar]
    probar de todo to try a bit of everything
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 teoría test, try out
    2 ( comer un poco de) taste, try; ( comer por primera vez) try
    3 ( justificar) prove
    II v/i try;
    probar a hacer try doing
    * * *
    probar {19} vt
    1) : to demonstrate, to prove
    2) : to test, to try out
    3) : to try on (clothing)
    4) : to taste, to sample
    probar vi
    : to try
    * * *
    probar vb
    1. (examinar) to test / to try [pt. & pp. tried]
    2. (demostrar) to prove
    3. (catar) to taste
    4. (intentar) to try

    Spanish-English dictionary > probar

  • 54 realización

    f.
    1 realization, accomplishment, attainment, achievement.
    2 liquidation, close-out, clearance sale, closeout.
    * * *
    1 (de un deseo) fulfilment (US fulfillment)
    2 (ejecución) execution, carrying out
    3 (de obra, película) production
    * * *
    noun f.
    realization, fulfilment
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de proyecto] carrying out
    2) [de promesa] fulfilment, fulfillment (EEUU)
    3) [de propósito] achievement, realization
    4) [de viaje, vuelo, visita, compra] making
    5) (Econ) realization; (=venta) sale, selling-up; (=liquidación) clearance sale

    realización de beneficios, realización de plusvalías — profit taking

    6) (Cine, TV) production; (Radio) broadcast
    7) (Ling) performance
    * * *
    1) ( de tarea) carrying out, execution (frml); (de sueños, deseos) fulfillment*, realization
    2) (Cin, TV) production
    3) ( de bienes) realization, disposal

    realización de beneficios or (AmL) utilidades — profit-taking

    * * *
    = execution, realisation [realization, -USA], actualisation [actualization, -USA].
    Ex. Those are the elements which will contribute directly to the execution of these skills with greater competence.
    Ex. Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realisation of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.
    Ex. In today's economic situation we are seeing the actualization of the nongrowth library.
    ----
    * autorealización = self-actualisation [self-actualization, -USA].
    * encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * en realización = underway [under way], underway [under way], in progress, under preparation.
    * FEDRIP (Investigación Federal en Realización) = FEDRIP (Federal Research in Progress).
    * metodología para la realización de encuestas = survey methodology.
    * posibilidad de realización = potential for fulfilment.
    * realización de actividades = conduct of business.
    * realización de cursos = coursework [course work].
    * realización de los estudios escolares en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].
    * realización de préstamos = checkout [check-out].
    * realización de varias tareas simultáneamente = concurrent tasking.
    * realización personal = self-actualisation [self-actualization, -USA], self-fulfilment [self-fulfillment, -USA], self-realisation, personal fulfilment.
    * * *
    1) ( de tarea) carrying out, execution (frml); (de sueños, deseos) fulfillment*, realization
    2) (Cin, TV) production
    3) ( de bienes) realization, disposal

    realización de beneficios or (AmL) utilidades — profit-taking

    * * *
    = execution, realisation [realization, -USA], actualisation [actualization, -USA].

    Ex: Those are the elements which will contribute directly to the execution of these skills with greater competence.

    Ex: Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realisation of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.
    Ex: In today's economic situation we are seeing the actualization of the nongrowth library.
    * autorealización = self-actualisation [self-actualization, -USA].
    * encontrar la realización de Uno = be + Posesivo + big scene.
    * en realización = underway [under way], underway [under way], in progress, under preparation.
    * FEDRIP (Investigación Federal en Realización) = FEDRIP (Federal Research in Progress).
    * metodología para la realización de encuestas = survey methodology.
    * posibilidad de realización = potential for fulfilment.
    * realización de actividades = conduct of business.
    * realización de cursos = coursework [course work].
    * realización de los estudios escolares en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].
    * realización de préstamos = checkout [check-out].
    * realización de varias tareas simultáneamente = concurrent tasking.
    * realización personal = self-actualisation [self-actualization, -USA], self-fulfilment [self-fulfillment, -USA], self-realisation, personal fulfilment.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una tarea) carrying out, execution ( frml)
    2 (de sueños, deseos) fulfillment*, realization
    B ( Cin, TV) production
    C (de bienes) realization, disposal
    realización de beneficios or ( AmL) utilidades profit-taking
    * * *

     

    realización sustantivo femenino
    1 ( de tarea) carrying out, execution (frml);
    (de sueños, deseos) fulfillment( conjugate fulfillment), realization
    2 (Cin, TV) production
    realización sustantivo femenino
    1 (ejecución, elaboración) carrying out
    (consecución) achievement
    2 TV production
    Cine direction
    ' realización' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confección
    - cumplimiento
    - ejecución
    - operación
    - culminación
    English:
    accomplishment
    - achievement
    - execution
    - fruition
    - fulfillment
    - fulfilment
    - performance
    - production
    - realization
    * * *
    1. [ejecución] [de esfuerzo, viaje, inversión] making;
    [de operación, experimento, trabajo] performing; [de encargo] carrying out; [de plan, reformas] implementation; [de desfile] organization
    2. [cumplimiento] [de sueños, deseos] fulfilment, realization
    4. [satisfacción personal] self-fulfilment
    5. [película, programa] production
    6. [actividad] [en cine] direction;
    [en televisión] editing
    7. Ling realization
    * * *
    f
    1 personal, de sueños fulfillment, Br
    fulfilment
    2 RAD, TV production
    * * *
    realización nf, pl - ciones : execution, realization

    Spanish-English dictionary > realización

  • 55 reivindicar

    v.
    1 to claim, to demand (derechos, salario).
    2 to claim responsibility for (atentado).
    3 to lay claim to (herencia, territorio).
    4 to defend (memoria).
    5 to vindicate, to replevin, to claim the right of, to revindicate.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to claim, demand
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reclamar) [+ derechos, condiciones, independencia] to demand; [+ herencia] to claim
    2) [+ asesinato, crimen] to claim responsibility for
    3) (=desagraviar) [+ reputación] to vindicate
    4) (Jur) to recover
    5) LAm * (=exigir) to demand
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < derecho> to demand; < tierras> to claim
    b) ( rehabilitar) to restore, rehabilitate
    c) < atentado> to claim responsibility for
    2.
    reivindicarse v pron (AmS) to vindicate oneself
    * * *
    = claim, reclaim, make + claim, vindicate, lay + claim(s) to, demand.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex. The article ' Reclaiming our technological future' discusses the effects of electronic technology on the future development of libraries and librarians.
    Ex. The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    Ex. The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.
    Ex. If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.
    Ex. The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    ----
    * reivindicar el derecho de Uno = stake + Posesivo + claim.
    * reivindicar la autoría = make + claim of responsibility, claim + responsibility.
    * reivindicar la responsabilidad = make + claim of responsibility, claim + responsibility.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < derecho> to demand; < tierras> to claim
    b) ( rehabilitar) to restore, rehabilitate
    c) < atentado> to claim responsibility for
    2.
    reivindicarse v pron (AmS) to vindicate oneself
    * * *
    = claim, reclaim, make + claim, vindicate, lay + claim(s) to, demand.

    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.

    Ex: The article ' Reclaiming our technological future' discusses the effects of electronic technology on the future development of libraries and librarians.
    Ex: The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    Ex: The relevance to a local library situation of British Library Lending Division data on periodical usage is vindicated.
    Ex: If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.
    Ex: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.
    * reivindicar el derecho de Uno = stake + Posesivo + claim.
    * reivindicar la autoría = make + claim of responsibility, claim + responsibility.
    * reivindicar la responsabilidad = make + claim of responsibility, claim + responsibility.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹derecho› to demand; ‹tierras› to claim
    reivindicaban el derecho a la huelga they were demanding the right to strike
    2 (rehabilitar) to restore, rehabilitate
    3 ‹atentado› to claim responsibility for
    4 ( Der) to lay claim to
    ( AmS) to vindicate oneself
    tendrá que reivindicarse en el campeonato de Wimbledon he will have to vindicate himself o prove his worth at Wimbledon
    * * *

    reivindicar ( conjugate reivindicar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ derecho› to demand;

    ‹ tierras› to claim
    b) ( rehabilitar) ‹imagen/reputación› to restore


    reivindicar verbo transitivo
    1 (reclamar, exigir) to claim, demand
    2 (recuperar la dignidad, esplendor) to restore, vindicate: hay que reivindicar la historia de nuestros pueblos, we must claim the right to the heritage of our people
    3 (atribuirse) to claim responsibility for
    ' reivindicar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    claim
    - demand
    - vindicate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [derechos, salario] to claim, to demand;
    reivindican el derecho a sindicarse they are demanding the right to join a union
    2. [atentado, secuestro] to claim responsibility for;
    la banda reivindicó el atentado the group claimed responsibility for the attack
    3. [herencia, territorio] to lay claim to
    4. [reputación, memoria] to defend
    * * *
    v/t claim;
    reivindicar un atentado claim responsibility for an attack
    * * *
    reivindicar {72} vt
    1) : to vindicate
    2) : to demand, to claim
    3) : to restore
    * * *
    1. (exigir) to demand / to claim
    2. (atribuirse) to claim responsibility for

    Spanish-English dictionary > reivindicar

  • 56 restringido

    adj.
    1 restricted, limited, qualified.
    2 frugally restricted, frugal.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: restringir.
    * * *
    (f. - restringida)
    adj.
    limited, restricted
    * * *
    ADJ restricted, limited
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < libertad> restricted, limited; <posibilidades/cantidad> limited
    * * *
    = reduced, restrictive, restricted, curtailed, unapproved, hampered.
    Ex. The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.
    Ex. These beliefs will determine how restrictive or nonrestrictive the library will be in terms of providing physical and intellectual access to information.
    Ex. Librarians are experiencing dissatisfaction with the restricted opportunities available to them to find expression for, and recognition of, their skills in the present climate of change.
    Ex. Most of their libraries offer 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. opening on weekdays, and a somewhat curtailed opening day on Saturdays.
    Ex. Tenure came into being to protect the academic freedom of scholars who intellectually venture into new or unapproved areas of knowledge.
    Ex. Such effects are often explicable in terms of the inability of the hampered roots to supply the shoot with water or nutrients.
    ----
    * acceso restringido = restricted access.
    * biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.
    * cada vez más restringido = tightening.
    * campo restringido = limit field.
    * de acceso restringido = closed access.
    * estar restringido = be constrained.
    * fondos de acceso restringido = closed access collection, closed stacks.
    * no restringido = non-restrictive, unconfined.
    * ser restringido = be constrained.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < libertad> restricted, limited; <posibilidades/cantidad> limited
    * * *
    = reduced, restrictive, restricted, curtailed, unapproved, hampered.

    Ex: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.

    Ex: These beliefs will determine how restrictive or nonrestrictive the library will be in terms of providing physical and intellectual access to information.
    Ex: Librarians are experiencing dissatisfaction with the restricted opportunities available to them to find expression for, and recognition of, their skills in the present climate of change.
    Ex: Most of their libraries offer 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. opening on weekdays, and a somewhat curtailed opening day on Saturdays.
    Ex: Tenure came into being to protect the academic freedom of scholars who intellectually venture into new or unapproved areas of knowledge.
    Ex: Such effects are often explicable in terms of the inability of the hampered roots to supply the shoot with water or nutrients.
    * acceso restringido = restricted access.
    * biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.
    * cada vez más restringido = tightening.
    * campo restringido = limit field.
    * de acceso restringido = closed access.
    * estar restringido = be constrained.
    * fondos de acceso restringido = closed access collection, closed stacks.
    * no restringido = non-restrictive, unconfined.
    * ser restringido = be constrained.

    * * *
    ‹libertad› restricted, limited; ‹posibilidades› limited
    un número restringido de personas a limited number of people
    * * *

    Del verbo restringir: ( conjugate restringir)

    restringido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    restringido    
    restringir
    restringido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ libertad› restricted, limited;


    ‹posibilidades/cantidad› limited
    restringir ( conjugate restringir) verbo transitivo
    to restrict
    restringir vtr (el acceso a un lugar, derecho) to restrict, limit
    (el consumo, distribución de algo) to cut back, restrict
    ' restringido' also found in these entries:
    English:
    open
    - clamp
    - narrow
    * * *
    restringido, -a adj
    limited, restricted
    * * *
    restringido, -da adj
    limitado: limited, restricted

    Spanish-English dictionary > restringido

  • 57 subir

    v.
    1 to go/come up (ascender) (calle, escaleras).
    subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could
    subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs
    2 to lift up (poner arriba).
    3 to put up, to increase (increase) (precio, peso).
    La empresa sube los precios The company increases the prices.
    Me subió la calentura My fever increased.
    4 to raise (alzar) (mano, bandera, voz).
    El chico sube la cama The boy raises the bed.
    5 to raise the pitch of (Music).
    6 to go up, to rise (increase) (precio, temperatura).
    El elevador sube The elevator climbs.
    7 to get on (montar) (en avión, barco).
    sube al coche get into the car
    9 to walk up, to climb.
    Ella subió el sendero She walked up the path.
    * * *
    1 (ir hacia arriba - gen) to go up, come up; (- avión) to climb
    2 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in; (autobús, avión, barco, tren) to get on, get onto
    ■ ¡venga, sube! go on, get in!
    3 (montar - bicicleta) to get on; (- caballo) to get on, mount
    4 (a un árbol) to climb up
    5 figurado (elevarse, aumentar) to rise
    6 figurado (categoría, puesto) to be promoted
    7 figurado (cuenta) to come (a, to)
    1 (escaleras, calle) to go up, climb; (montaña) to climb
    2 (mover arriba) to carry up, take up, bring up; (poner arriba) to put upstairs
    3 (cabeza etc) to lift, raise
    4 (pared) to raise
    5 COSTURA to take up
    6 figurado (precio, salario, etc) to raise, put up
    8 figurado (color) to strengthen
    1 (piso, escalera) to go up
    2 (árbol, muro, etc) to climb up (a, -)
    3 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in (a, -); (autobús) to get on (a, -); (avión, barco, tren) to get on (a, -), get onto (a,-)
    ■ ¡súbete, súbete al coche! get in, get into the car!
    4 (en animales, bicicleta) to get on (a, -), mount
    5 (ropa, calcetines) to pull up; (cremallera) to do up, zip up; (mangas) to roll up
    \
    subir a bordo to get on board
    subir al trono figurado to ascend to the throne
    subir como la espuma familiar to spread like wildfire
    * * *
    verb
    1) to increase, rise
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=levantar) [+ pierna, brazo, objeto] to lift, lift up, raise; [+ calcetines, pantalones, persianas] to pull up

    sube los brazos — lift your arms (up), raise your arms

    2) (=poner arriba) [llevando] to take up; [trayendo] to bring up

    ¿me puedes ayudar a subir las maletas? — can you help me to take up the cases?

    ¿puedes subir ese cuadro de abajo? — could you bring that picture up from down there?

    3) (=ascender) [+ calle, cuesta, escalera, montaña] (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up
    4) (=aumentar) [+ precio, salario] to put up, raise, increase; [+ artículo en venta] to put up the price of

    van a subir la gasolina — they are going to put up o increase the price of petrol

    5) (=elevar) [+ volumen, televisión, radio] to turn up; [+ voz] to raise

    sube la radio, que no se oye — turn the radio up, I can't hear it

    6) [en escalafón] [+ persona] to promote
    7) (Arquit) to put up, build

    subir una pared — to put up o build a wall

    8) (Mús) to raise the pitch of
    2. VI
    1) (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up; [en un monte, en el aire] to climb

    sube, que te voy a enseñar unos discos — come up, I've got some records to show you

    2) (Transportes) [en autobús, avión, tren, bicicleta, moto, caballo] to get on; [en coche, taxi] to get in

    subir a un autobús/avión/tren — to get on(to) a bus/plane/train

    subir a un caballo — to mount a horse, get on(to) a horse

    subir a bordo — to go o get on board

    3) [en el escalafón] to be promoted (a to)
    4) (=aumentar) [precio, valor] to go up, rise; [temperatura] to rise
    tono 2)
    5) (=aumentar de nivel) [río, mercurio] to rise; [marea] to come in
    6) [cantidad]

    subir a — to come to, total

    3.
    See:
    SUBIR Otros verbos de movimiento ► Subir la cuesta/ la escalera {etc}, por regla general, se suele traducir por to come up o por to go up, según la dirección del movimiento (hacia o en sentido contrario al hablante), pero come y go se pueden reemplazar por otros verbos de movimiento si la oración española especifica la forma en que se sube mediante el uso de adverbios o construcciones adverbiales: Tim subió las escaleras a gatas Tim crept up the stairs El mes pasado los precios subieron vertiginosamente Prices shot up last month Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

    el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

    b)

    subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

    subir a bordo — to go o get on board

    c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

    han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

    d) ( en tenis)
    2)
    a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise
    b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise
    c) leche materna to come in
    3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
    2.
    subir vt
    1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb
    2)
    a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up
    b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)
    c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

    ¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

    d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up
    3) (Inf) to upload
    4)
    a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

    ¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

    b) <volumen/radio> to turn up
    3.
    subirse verbo pronominal
    1)
    a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b
    b) ( trepar) to climb

    se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

    estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

    c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)
    2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up
    * * *
    = go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.
    Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.
    Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.
    Ex. He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.
    Ex. Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.
    Ex. Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.
    Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.
    Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex. The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.
    Ex. Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.
    Ex. The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.
    Ex. You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.
    Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex. Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex. Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.
    Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
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    * estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.
    * subir a = board.
    * subir al poder = rise to + power.
    * subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.
    * subir a un barco = board + ship.
    * subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir de precio = rise in + price.
    * subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.
    * subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.
    * subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.
    * subir en = ride.
    * subir en bici = ride + a bike.
    * subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.
    * subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.
    * subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.
    * subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.
    * subir ligeramente = nudge up.
    * subir los impuestos = push + taxes.
    * subir repentinamente = shoot up.
    * subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.
    * subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.
    * subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.
    * subírsele los colores = go + bright red.
    * subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.
    * subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.
    * subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.
    * telón + subir = curtain + rise.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

    el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

    b)

    subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

    subir a bordo — to go o get on board

    c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

    han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

    d) ( en tenis)
    2)
    a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise
    b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise
    c) leche materna to come in
    3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
    2.
    subir vt
    1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb
    2)
    a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up
    b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)
    c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

    ¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

    d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up
    3) (Inf) to upload
    4)
    a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

    ¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

    b) <volumen/radio> to turn up
    3.
    subirse verbo pronominal
    1)
    a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b
    b) ( trepar) to climb

    se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

    estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

    c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)
    2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up
    * * *
    = go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

    Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

    Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.
    Ex: He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.
    Ex: Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.
    Ex: Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.
    Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.
    Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex: The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.
    Ex: Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.
    Ex: The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.
    Ex: You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.
    Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex: Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex: Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.
    Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    * estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.
    * obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.
    * subir a = board.
    * subir al poder = rise to + power.
    * subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.
    * subir a un barco = board + ship.
    * subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir de precio = rise in + price.
    * subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.
    * subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.
    * subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.
    * subir en = ride.
    * subir en bici = ride + a bike.
    * subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.
    * subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.
    * subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.
    * subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.
    * subir ligeramente = nudge up.
    * subir los impuestos = push + taxes.
    * subir repentinamente = shoot up.
    * subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.
    * subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.
    * subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.
    * subírsele los colores = go + bright red.
    * subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.
    * subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.
    * subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.
    * telón + subir = curtain + rise.

    * * *
    subir [I1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «ascensor/persona» (alejándose) to go up; (acercándose) to come up
    hay que subir a pie you have to walk up
    ahora subo I'll be right up, I'm coming up now
    voy a subir al caserío I'm going up to the farmhouse
    los autobuses que suben al pueblo the buses that go up to the village
    el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill
    2 (a un coche) to get in; (a un autobús, etc) to get on subir A algo ‹a un autobús/un tren/un avión› to get ON o ONTO sth; ‹a un coche› to get IN o INTO sth; ‹a un caballo/una bicicleta› to get ON o ONTO sth, to mount sth ( frml)
    subir a bordo to go/get on board
    3 (de categoría) to go up
    ha subido en el escalafón he has been promoted
    han subido a primera división they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division
    ha subido mucho en mi estima she has gone up a lot o ( frml) risen greatly in my estimation
    4 ( Arg fam) to take up office/one's post
    5
    (en tenis): subir a la red to go up to the net
    B
    1 «marea» to come in; «aguas/río» to rise
    las aguas no subieron de nivel the water level did not rise
    2 «fiebre/tensión» to go up, rise
    han subido las temperaturas temperatures have risen
    3 ( Med) «leche» to come in, be produced
    C «precio/valor/cotización» to rise, go up
    la leche subió a 60 céntimos milk went up to sixty cents
    el desempleo subió en 94.500 personas en el primer trimestre unemployment rose by 94,500 in the first quarter
    ha subido el dólar con respecto al euro the dollar has risen against the euro
    D ( Inf) to upload
    ■ subir
    vt
    A ‹montaña› to climb; ‹cuesta› to go up, climb
    tiene problemas para subir la escalera he has trouble getting up o climbing the stairs
    subió los escalones de dos en dos he went o walked up the stairs two at a time
    B
    1 ‹objeto/niño› (acercándose) to bring up; (alejándose) to take up
    voy a subir la compra I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs
    tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic
    ¿puedes subir las maletas? could you take the cases up?
    sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse
    ese cuadro está muy bajo, ¿puedes subirlo un poco? that picture is very low, can you put it up a little higher?
    traía el cuello del abrigo subido he had his coat collar turned up
    2 ‹persiana/telón› to raise
    ¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper ( AmE) o ( BrE) zip?
    subió la ventanilla she wound the window up o closed o raised the window
    ven que te suba los pantalones come here and let me pull your pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers up for you
    3 ‹dobladillo› to take up; ‹falda› to take o turn up
    C
    1 ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up
    ¿cuánto te han subido este año? how much did your salary go up this year?
    2 ‹volumen/radio› to turn up
    sube el volumen turn the volume up
    sube el tono que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you
    sube un poco la calefacción turn the heating o heat up a little
    A
    1 (a un coche, autobús, etc) subir vi A 2.
    2 (trepar) to climb
    se subió al muro she climbed (up) onto the wall
    les encanta subirse a los árboles they love to climb trees
    estaban subidos a un árbol they were up a tree
    el niño se le subió encima the child climbed on top of him
    3 (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc):
    el vino enseguida se me subió a la cabeza the wine went straight to my head
    el éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza success has gone to his head
    noté que se me subían los colores (a la cara) I realized that I was going red o blushing
    B ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up
    * * *

     

    subir ( conjugate subir) verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) [ascensor/persona/coche] ( ir arriba) to go up;

    ( venir arriba) to come up;

    ahora subo I'll be right up;
    el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill
    b) subir A algo ‹a autobús/tren/avión› to get on o onto sth;

    ‹ a coche› to get in o into sth;
    ‹a caballo/bicicleta› to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml);
    ◊ subir a bordo to go o get on board


    ( en el escalafón) to be promoted
    2

    [aguas/río] to rise
    b) [fiebre/tensión] to go up, rise;

    [ temperatura] to rise
    3 [precio/valor/cotización/salario] to rise, go up
    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ montaña› to climb;
    ‹escaleras/cuesta› to go up, climb
    2
    a) ‹objeto/niño› ( traer arriba) to bring up;

    ( llevar arriba) to take up;

    b) ( poner más alto) ‹ objeto› to put up … (higher);

    ‹ cuello de prenda› to turn up:

    c) ‹persiana/telón/ventanilla› to raise;

    ‹ pantalones› to pull up;
    ◊ ¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?


    ‹ falda› to take o turn up
    e) (Inf) to upload

    3
    a) ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

    b) ‹volumen/radio/calefacción› to turn up

    subirse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) (a coche, autobús, etc) See Also→ subir verbo intransitivo 1b


    ◊ se subió al árbol/al muro she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the wall;

    estaba subido a un árbol he was up a tree
    c) ( a la cabeza) (+ me/te/le etc):


    2 ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up;
    ‹ cuello› to turn up
    subir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una pendiente, las escaleras) to go up
    (hacia el hablante) to come up
    (una montaña) to climb
    2 (llevar arriba) to take up: voy a subir las cajas, I'm going to take the boxes upstairs
    (hacia el hablante) to bring up
    3 (elevar) to raise: sube la mano izquierda, lift your left hand
    (el sueldo, la temperatura, la voz, etc) to raise: sube (el volumen de) la radio, turn the radio up
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (ascender) to go up: ¿por qué no subimos a verla?, why don't we go up to see her?
    (acercándose al hablante) to come up ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (a un avión, tren, autobús) to get on o onto: subimos al tren, we boarded the train
    (a un coche) to get into o in
    3 (la marea, las aguas) to rise
    4 (la temperatura) to rise
    5 (los precios, el sueldo, etc) to rise, go up
    6 (de categoría) to go up
    ' subir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abrochar
    - ascender
    - bordo
    - cajón
    - cerrar
    - cortante
    - embarcación
    - escena
    - estrado
    - irse
    - trono
    - abordar
    - alto
    - bien
    - escalafón
    - montar
    - volumen
    English:
    aboard
    - ascend
    - board
    - boarding card
    - boarding pass
    - climb
    - come in
    - come up
    - curl
    - elevate
    - escalate
    - flight
    - get into
    - get on
    - go up
    - hand up
    - heave
    - hoist
    - increase
    - jump on
    - mount
    - move up
    - pile in
    - push
    - raise
    - rise
    - roll up
    - send up
    - sharply
    - shoot up
    - show up
    - slope
    - spiral up
    - stair
    - stand
    - steeply
    - tree
    - turn up
    - up
    - volume
    - walk up
    - zip up
    - air
    - come
    - do
    - flow
    - gain
    - get
    - go
    - jump
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [poner arriba] [libro, cuadro] to put up;
    [telón] to raise; [persiana] to roll up; [ventanilla] to wind up, to close;
    he subido la enciclopedia de la primera a la última estantería I've moved the encyclopedia up from the bottom shelf to the top one;
    sube el cuadro un poco move the picture up a bit o a bit higher;
    ¿me ayudas a subir las bolsas? could you help me take the bags up?;
    ayúdame a subir la caja [a lo alto] help me get the box up;
    [al piso de arriba] help me carry the box upstairs
    2. [montar]
    subir algo/a alguien a to lift sth/sb onto
    3. [alzar] [bandera] to raise;
    subir la mano to put one's hand up, to raise one's hand
    4. [ascender] [calle, escaleras] to go/come up;
    [escalera de mano] to climb; [pendiente, montaña] to go up;
    subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could;
    subió la calle a todo correr he ran up the street as fast as he could
    5. [aumentar] [precio, impuestos] to put up, to increase;
    [música, volumen, radio] to turn up;
    subió la voz o [m5] el tono para que se le oyera she raised her voice so she could be heard;
    sube la voz o [m5]el tono, no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you;
    subir el fuego de la cocina to turn up the heat;
    subir la moral a alguien to lift sb's spirits, to cheer sb up
    6. [hacer ascender de categoría] to promote
    7. Mús to raise the pitch of
    8. Fam Informát to upload
    ♦ vi
    1. [a piso, azotea] to go/come up;
    ¿podrías subir aquí un momento? could you come up here a minute?;
    subo enseguida I'll be up in a minute;
    subir corriendo to run up;
    subir en ascensor to go/come up in the Br lift o US elevator;
    subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs;
    subir (a) por algo to go up and get sth;
    subir a la red [en tenis] to come (in) to the net
    2. [montar] [en avión, barco] to get on;
    [en coche] to get in; [en moto, bicicleta, tren] to get on; [en caballo] to get on, to mount; [en árbol, escalera de mano, silla] to climb up;
    subir a [coche] to get in(to);
    [moto, bicicleta, tren, avión] to get on; [caballo] to get on, to mount; [árbol, escalera de mano] to climb up; [silla, mesa] to get o climb onto; [piso] to go/come up to;
    subir a bordo to go on board;
    es peligroso subir al tren en marcha it is dangerous to board the train while it is moving
    3. [aumentar] to rise, to go up;
    [hinchazón, cauce] to rise; [fiebre] to raise, to go up;
    los precios subieron prices went up o rose;
    subió la gasolina the price of petrol went up o rose;
    el euro subió frente a la libra the euro went up o rose against the pound;
    las acciones de C & C han subido C & C share prices have gone up o risen;
    han subido las ventas sales are up;
    este modelo ha subido de precio this model has gone up in price, the price of this model has gone up;
    el coste total no subirá del millón the total cost will not be more than o over a million;
    no subirá de tres horas it will take three hours at most, it won't take more than three hours;
    está subiendo la marea the tide is coming in;
    el jefe ha subido mucho en mi estima the boss has gone up a lot in my estimation
    4. [cuenta, importe]
    subir a to come o amount to
    5. Culin [crecer] to rise
    6. Fam [ir, venir] to come/go up;
    subiré a la capital la próxima semana I'll be going up to the capital next week;
    ¿por qué no subes a vernos este fin de semana? why don't you come up to see us this weekend?
    7. [ascender de categoría] to be promoted (a to); Dep to be promoted, to go up (a to);
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 cuesta, escalera go up, climb; montaña climb
    2 objeto raise, lift; intereses, precio raise
    II v/i
    2 de precio rise, go up
    3 a un tren, autobús get on; a un coche get in
    4
    :
    subir al poder rise to power;
    subir al trono ascend to the throne
    * * *
    subir vt
    1) : to bring up, to take up
    2) : to climb, to go up
    3) : to raise
    subir vi
    1) : to go up, to come up
    2) : to rise, to increase
    3) : to be promoted
    4)
    subir a : to get on, to mount
    subir a un tren: to get on a train
    * * *
    subir vb
    1. (ir arriba) to go up
    ¡sube! ¡la vista es fantástica! come up! the view is fantastic!
    2. (escalar) to climb
    3. (en un coche) to get in
    4. (en un tren, autobús, avión) to get on
    5. (aumentar) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to go up
    6. (llevar arriba) to take up [pt. took; pp. taken] / to put up [pt. & pp. put]
    7. (incrementar) to put up [pt. & pp. put] / to raise
    8. (hacer más fuerte) to turn up

    Spanish-English dictionary > subir

  • 58 trabajadores

    m.pl.
    workpeople, labour, labor, workmen.
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], work group, work-force [workforce], shop floor, labour force, working people
    Ex. Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.
    Ex. They found that when the work group associated itself with management, productivity rose.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. The system requires close cooperation between the library and shop floor.
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex. The author examines the social and architectural history of the industrial estate, using evidence from the experiences of working people.
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], work group, work-force [workforce], shop floor, labour force, working people

    Ex: Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.

    Ex: They found that when the work group associated itself with management, productivity rose.
    Ex: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex: The system requires close cooperation between the library and shop floor.
    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex: The author examines the social and architectural history of the industrial estate, using evidence from the experiences of working people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajadores

  • 59 trabajo de investigación

    (n.) = investigative work, research paper, research work
    Ex. Drawing largely on investigative work done on other professions, they have suggested that reference librarians too exhibit symptoms of what has been called 'avoidance behaviour'.
    Ex. A separate service location was set up in the library to help students acquire research paper skills necessary for an English Class.
    Ex. The library has contributed to the Estonian national retrospective bibliography, cooperated on research work with other libraries and contributed to various all-union and international catalogues and bibliographies.
    * * *
    (n.) = investigative work, research paper, research work

    Ex: Drawing largely on investigative work done on other professions, they have suggested that reference librarians too exhibit symptoms of what has been called 'avoidance behaviour'.

    Ex: A separate service location was set up in the library to help students acquire research paper skills necessary for an English Class.
    Ex: The library has contributed to the Estonian national retrospective bibliography, cooperated on research work with other libraries and contributed to various all-union and international catalogues and bibliographies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo de investigación

  • 60 documentación

    f.
    1 documentation, identity papers, papers, written information.
    2 identity papers, identification document, identification card, identification papers.
    * * *
    1 documentation, documents plural
    2 (para identificar) papers plural, identification
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de vehículo] documentation
    2) [de persona] papers pl, documents pl

    la documentación, por favor — your papers, please

    3) (Prensa) reference section
    * * *
    1) ( de persona) papers (pl); (de vehículo, envío) documents (pl), documentation (frml)
    2) ( información) information, data (pl)
    * * *
    = documentation, documentation, information science, information work, information coverage.
    Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is the documentation, and search aids available to support searching on the data base, such as classification schedules, printed or machine-viewable thesauri, and so on.
    Ex. Documentation is the continuous and systematic collection and processing of recorded information for the purposes of its storage, retrieval, utilization or transmission.
    Ex. Information science consist of the study of the functions, the structure and the transmission of information and also the management of information systems.
    Ex. An appreciation of the decisions necessary in the compilation of abstracts and indexes is essential not only to the intending indexer but also to the information staff devoted to information work.
    Ex. Serious attention should be given to the coordination and improvement of bibliographic control at a national level to avoid duplication of effort and gaps in information coverage.
    ----
    * ALISE (Asociación para la Educación en Biblioteconomía y Documentación) = ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education).
    * Asociación Suiza de Documentación (SAD) = Swiss Association for Documentation (SAD).
    * biblioteconomía especializada en documentacion médica = medical librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en documentación musical = music librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en documentación para enfermería = nursing librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía y documentación = librarianship and information science (LIS), library and information studies.
    * biblioteconomía y documentación (ByD) = library and information science (LIS), information and library studies (ILS).
    * caja de recogida de documentación = deposit box.
    * centro de documentación = clearinghouse [clearing house], documentation centre, information centre, information unit, research centre.
    * ciencias de la documentación = information science, library science.
    * Consejo de los Servicios de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (LISC) = Library and Information Services Council (LISC).
    * documentación audiovisual = audiovisual documentation.
    * documentación clínica = clinical information.
    * documentación de empresas = business record.
    * documentación del sistema = system documentation.
    * documentación de un curso = course pack.
    * documentación efímera = fugitive literature.
    * documentación técnica = technical documentation.
    * enseñanza de biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science education.
    * escuela de biblioteconomía y documentación = LIS school.
    * escuelas universitaria de biblioteconomía y documentación (EUBYD) = school of librarianship and information science (SLIS).
    * facultad de biblioteconomía y documentación = graduate library school, LIS school.
    * Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (FBYD) = Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS).
    * Federación Internacional de Documentación (FID) = International Federation for Documentation (FID).
    * gestión de documentación administrativa = record keeping [recordkeeping], record management [records management], record(s) management, paperwork management.
    * gestor de documentación administrativa = record manager [records manager], record(s) manager.
    * Instituto Americano de Documentación (ADI) = American Documentation Institute (ADI).
    * investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.
    * investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.
    * investigación en documentación = information science research.
    * licenciado en biblioteconomía y documentación = MLS graduate.
    * Licenciatura en Documentación = M.L.S. (Master in Library Science).
    * mundo de la documentación, el = information world, the.
    * pedir la documentación = card.
    * Sección de Automatización y Documentación de ALA (ISAD) = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).
    * seleccionador de documentación de archivo = archival appraiser.
    * servicio de documentación = documentation service.
    * titulación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library degree, library science degree.
    * trabajo con documentación automatizada = computer-based information work.
    * trámites relacionados con la documentación = paper handling.
    * * *
    1) ( de persona) papers (pl); (de vehículo, envío) documents (pl), documentation (frml)
    2) ( información) information, data (pl)
    * * *
    = documentation, documentation, information science, information work, information coverage.

    Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is the documentation, and search aids available to support searching on the data base, such as classification schedules, printed or machine-viewable thesauri, and so on.

    Ex: Documentation is the continuous and systematic collection and processing of recorded information for the purposes of its storage, retrieval, utilization or transmission.
    Ex: Information science consist of the study of the functions, the structure and the transmission of information and also the management of information systems.
    Ex: An appreciation of the decisions necessary in the compilation of abstracts and indexes is essential not only to the intending indexer but also to the information staff devoted to information work.
    Ex: Serious attention should be given to the coordination and improvement of bibliographic control at a national level to avoid duplication of effort and gaps in information coverage.
    * ALISE (Asociación para la Educación en Biblioteconomía y Documentación) = ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education).
    * Asociación Suiza de Documentación (SAD) = Swiss Association for Documentation (SAD).
    * biblioteconomía especializada en documentacion médica = medical librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en documentación musical = music librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en documentación para enfermería = nursing librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía y documentación = librarianship and information science (LIS), library and information studies.
    * biblioteconomía y documentación (ByD) = library and information science (LIS), information and library studies (ILS).
    * caja de recogida de documentación = deposit box.
    * centro de documentación = clearinghouse [clearing house], documentation centre, information centre, information unit, research centre.
    * ciencias de la documentación = information science, library science.
    * Consejo de los Servicios de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (LISC) = Library and Information Services Council (LISC).
    * documentación audiovisual = audiovisual documentation.
    * documentación clínica = clinical information.
    * documentación de empresas = business record.
    * documentación del sistema = system documentation.
    * documentación de un curso = course pack.
    * documentación efímera = fugitive literature.
    * documentación técnica = technical documentation.
    * enseñanza de biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science education.
    * escuela de biblioteconomía y documentación = LIS school.
    * escuelas universitaria de biblioteconomía y documentación (EUBYD) = school of librarianship and information science (SLIS).
    * facultad de biblioteconomía y documentación = graduate library school, LIS school.
    * Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (FBYD) = Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS).
    * Federación Internacional de Documentación (FID) = International Federation for Documentation (FID).
    * gestión de documentación administrativa = record keeping [recordkeeping], record management [records management], record(s) management, paperwork management.
    * gestor de documentación administrativa = record manager [records manager], record(s) manager.
    * Instituto Americano de Documentación (ADI) = American Documentation Institute (ADI).
    * investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.
    * investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.
    * investigación en documentación = information science research.
    * licenciado en biblioteconomía y documentación = MLS graduate.
    * Licenciatura en Documentación = M.L.S. (Master in Library Science).
    * mundo de la documentación, el = information world, the.
    * pedir la documentación = card.
    * Sección de Automatización y Documentación de ALA (ISAD) = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).
    * seleccionador de documentación de archivo = archival appraiser.
    * servicio de documentación = documentation service.
    * titulación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library degree, library science degree.
    * trabajo con documentación automatizada = computer-based information work.
    * trámites relacionados con la documentación = paper handling.

    * * *
    A (papeles — de una persona) papers (pl); (— de un vehículo, un envío) documents (pl), documentation ( frml)
    B (información) information, data (pl)
    * * *

     

    documentación sustantivo femenino
    1 ( de persona) papers (pl);
    (de vehículo, envío) documents (pl), documentation (frml)
    2 ( información) information, data (pl)
    documentación sustantivo femenino
    1 documentation: existe documentación sobre su causa en los archivos, there's documentation in the files regarding her lawsuit
    2 (DNI, de conducir, etc) papers pl
    ' documentación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desproveer
    - encima
    - escrutinio
    - exigible
    - expediente
    - infortunio
    - papel
    - llevar
    English:
    documentation
    - identification
    - identity papers
    - literature
    * * *
    1. [identificación] [de persona] papers, identification;
    [de vehículo, cargamento, mercancías] documents;
    muéstreme su documentación, por favor could you show me your identification, please?
    2. [documentos, información] information;
    [manuales de uso] documentation
    3. [técnica, disciplina] library research skills, documentation;
    equipo de documentación [de programa de TV] research team
    * * *
    f
    1 documentation
    2 de persona papers
    * * *
    documentación nf, pl - ciones : documentation
    * * *
    1. (de identidad) papers
    2. (del coche) documents

    Spanish-English dictionary > documentación

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