she is very diet-conscious

Calorie — ( Culin) (kilo)caloría f; (before n)

a calorie-controlled diet — una dieta or un régimen bajo en calorías

Calorie — ( Culin) (kilo)caloría f; (before n)

a calorie-controlled diet — una dieta or un régimen bajo en calorías

siga esta calle y al final gire a la derecha — carry on up o follow this street and turn right at the end

• seguir su camino — to continue on one's way

• seguir su curso, el proyecto sigue su curso — the project is still on course, the project continues on (its) course

la enfermedad sigue su curso — the illness is taking o running its course

¡siga! — (=hable) go on!, carry on; LAm (=pase) come in

¡síguele! — Méx go on!

"sigue" — [en carta] P.T.O.; [en libro] continued

• seguir adelante — [persona] to go on, carry on; [acontecimiento] to go ahead

• seguimos sin teléfono — we still haven't got a phone

siguió mirándola — he went on o carried on looking at her

• seguir a algo, las horas que siguieron a la tragedia — the hours following o that followed the tragedy

el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

Ex: So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

no one in his (right) senses would do something like that — una persona en su (sano) juicio or en sus cabales no haría una cosa así

to take leave of one's senses — perder* el juicio, volverse* loco

sense of humor — sentido m del humor

she had the (good) sense to leave her phone number — tuvo la sensatez or el tino de dejar su número de teléfono

I'm going to knock o beat some sense into him! — voy a hacerlo entrar en razón

the different senses of the word — las distintas acepciones or los distintos significados de la palabra

in a sense they're both correct — en cierto modo or sentido ambos tienen razón

it must in no sense be taken as the final offer — no debe de ningún modo or de ninguna manera interpretarse como la oferta final

what he said made a lot of sense — lo que dijo era muy razonable or sensato

I sensed that they weren't very happy — sentí or intuí que no estaban muy contentos

sense of hearing/smell/taste/touch — sentido m del oído/olfato/gusto/tacto

sense of sight — sentido m de la vista

• sixth sense — sexto sentido

• I was overcome by a sense of failure — me invadió una sensación de fracaso

• I felt a terrible sense of guilt — me invadió un tremendo sentimiento de culpa or culpabilidad

• I felt a terrible sense of loss — sentí un tremendo vacío

• have you no sense of shame? — ¿es que no tienes vergüenza?

• there is a sense of space in his paintings — sus cuadros transmiten una sensación de espacio

• I lost all sense of time — perdí la noción del tiempo

I thought you would have had more sense — pensé que eras más sensato or tenías más sentido común

• to make sb see sense — hacer que algn entre en razón

• to talk sense — hablar con sentido común, hablar con juicio

it doesn't make sense or it makes no sense — no tiene sentido

• to make sense of sth, I could make no sense of what he was saying — no entendía nada de lo que decía, no podía sacar nada en claro de lo que decía

• I hope this warning will bring him to his senses — espero que esta advertencia le haga entrar en razón

• to come to one's senses — entrar en razón

• no-one in his right senses would do that — nadie (que esté) en su sano juicio haría eso

• have you taken leave of your senses? — ¿has perdido el juicio?

it has several senses — tiene varias acepciones or varios significados

• in a sense — en cierto modo

• in every sense (of the word) — en todos los sentidos (de la palabra)

• in the full sense of that word — en toda la extensión de la palabra

• in no sense can it be said that... — de ninguna manera se puede decir que...

• in one sense — en cierto modo

• in the strict/ true sense of the word — en el sentido estricto/en el verdadero sentido de la palabra

• she has very good business sense — tiene muy buen ojo para los negocios

• sense of direction — sentido m de la orientación

• she has a strong sense of duty — tiene un arraigado sentido del deber

• sense of humour — sentido m del humor

• they have an exaggerated sense of their own importance — se creen bastante más importantes de lo que son

• where's your sense of occasion? — tienes que estar a la altura de las circunstancias or la ocasión

• we must keep a sense of proportion about this — no debemos darle a esto más importancia de la que tiene

• one must have some sense of right and wrong — uno tiene que tener cierta noción de lo que está bien y lo que está mal

• sense of self — (señas fpl de) identidad f

• he has no sense of timing — es de lo más inoportuno

• she needs to regain a sense of her own worth — necesita recuperar la confianza en sí misma

sense organ N — órgano m sensorial

no one in his (right) senses would do something like that — una persona en su (sano) juicio or en sus cabales no haría una cosa así

to take leave of one's senses — perder* el juicio, volverse* loco

sense of humor — sentido m del humor

she had the (good) sense to leave her phone number — tuvo la sensatez or el tino de dejar su número de teléfono

I'm going to knock o beat some sense into him! — voy a hacerlo entrar en razón

the different senses of the word — las distintas acepciones or los distintos significados de la palabra

in a sense they're both correct — en cierto modo or sentido ambos tienen razón

it must in no sense be taken as the final offer — no debe de ningún modo or de ninguna manera interpretarse como la oferta final

what he said made a lot of sense — lo que dijo era muy razonable or sensato

I sensed that they weren't very happy — sentí or intuí que no estaban muy contentos

gli devo il mio successo — I owe my success to him, I have him to thank for my success

devo tutto ai miei genitori — I owe everything to my parents

crede che tutto gli sia dovuto — he thinks he has a god-given right to everything

come si deve — (bene) properly, (meritatamente) properly, as he (o she ecc) deserves

è una persona come si deve — he is a very decent person

non avrebbe dovuto esserne informata che il giorno dopo — she was not supposed to hear about it until the following day

non devi fare rumore — you mustn't o you're not to make a noise

avrebbe dovuto farlo — he should have o ought to have done it

lui deve farlo — he has (got) to do it, he must do it

devo farlo subito? — do I have to o have I got to do it immediately?

ha dovuto pagare — he had to pay

è dovuto partire — he had to leave

devo partire domani — I'm leaving tomorrow, (purtroppo) I've got to leave tomorrow

non devi zuccherarlo — (non è necessario) there's no need to add sugar

lo farò, dovessi morire — I'll do it if it kills me

tutti dobbiamo morire — we all have to die

a dovere — (bene) properly, (debitamente) as he (o she ecc) deserves

rivolgersi a chi di dovere — to apply to the appropriate authority o person

fare il proprio dovere di elettore — to do one's duty as a voter

farsi un dovere di qc — to make sth one's duty

avere il senso del dovere — to have a sense of duty

quanto le devo? — (per un servizio) how much do I owe you? (per un acquisto) how much is it?

a chi di dovere — the person o people concerned

- i coniugali — conjugal o marital duties

prima il dovere, poi il piacere — prov. = duty comes first

• estar en buen estado — [instalación, alimentos] to be in good condition

el ordenador está en perfecto estado — the computer is working perfectly o is in perfect working order

• estar en mal estado — [instalación] to be in (a) poor condition, be in a bad state; [alimentos] to be off

el techo se encontraba en muy mal estado — the roof was in very poor condition o in a very bad state

tras comer carne en mal estado — after eating meat that was off o that had gone off

estado de ánimo — [emocional] mood; [mental] state of mind

estado de gracia — [de creyente] state of grace; [de político, gobierno] honeymoon period; [de deportista] run of good form

estado de la red — (Inform) volume of users

• estar en estado de buena esperanza — to be expecting

• en avanzado estado de gestación — heavily pregnant, in an advanced state of pregnancy

• estar en estado interesante — hum to be expecting, be in the family way *

los intereses del estado — national o state interests

• hombre de estado — statesman

• el estado eclesiástico — the clergy

• estado llano, tercer estado — third estate, commoners pl

estado de contabilidad — Méx balance sheet

estado de cuenta — bank statement, statement of account frm

estado de cuentas — [de una empresa] statement of account

en avanzado estado de descomposición — (frml) in an advanced state of decomposition

en estado de embriaguez — (frml) under the influence of alcohol

tomar estado público — (RPl frml) to become public (knowledge)

en avanzado estado de gestación — (frml) in an advanced state of pregnancy (frml)

estar en estado — (euf) to be expecting (colloq)

estar en estado de buena esperanza — (euf or hum) to be expecting a happy event (euph)

quedarse en estado — (euf) to get pregnant

la seguridad del Estado — national o state security

en avanzado estado de descomposición — (frml) in an advanced state of decomposition

en estado de embriaguez — (frml) under the influence of alcohol

tomar estado público — (RPl frml) to become public (knowledge)

en avanzado estado de gestación — (frml) in an advanced state of pregnancy (frml)

estar en estado — (euf) to be expecting (colloq)

estar en estado de buena esperanza — (euf or hum) to be expecting a happy event (euph)

quedarse en estado — (euf) to get pregnant

la seguridad del Estado — national o state security

Ex: WLN (Western Library Network) is composed of libraries in the states of Washington and Alaska in the United states, and is expanding to cover other states and libraries in Canada.

Ex: The first stage in the choice of access points must be the definition of an author.