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two thirds

  • 1 2/3 (dos tercios)

    = two thirds (2/3)
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.

    Spanish-English dictionary > 2/3 (dos tercios)

  • 2 dos tercios (2/3)

    = two thirds (2/3)
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dos tercios (2/3)

  • 3 tercio

    m.
    2 regiment (military).
    tercio de la guardia civil Civil Guard division
    4 bottle of beer.
    5 third part, third.
    6 Tercio.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: terciar.
    * * *
    1 third
    1 (parte) third
    3 MILITAR (división) division
    4 (botella de cerveza) 33cl bottle of beer
    5 (en tauromaquia) stage, part
    ————————
    1 (parte) third
    3 MILITAR (división) division
    4 (botella de cerveza) 33cl bottle of beer
    5 (en tauromaquia) stage, part
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=tercera parte) third
    2) (Taur) stage, part (of the bullfight)

    cambiar de tercio — (Taur) to enter the next stage of the bullfight; (=cambiar de tema) to change the subject

    3) (Mil, Hist) regiment, corps
    4)

    hacer buen tercio a algn — (=hacer favor) to do sb a service; (=ser útil) to serve sb well, be useful to sb

    5) LAm (=fardo) pack, bale
    6) Caribe (=hombre) fellow, guy *
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( tercera parte) third

    hacer mal tercio — (Méx) to be a fifth wheel (AmE colloq), to play gooseberry (BrE colloq)

    cambiar de tercio — (Taur) to enter the next stage of the bullfight; ( pasar a otra cosa) to move on to something else

    2) (Ven arg) ( hombre)

    mi tercio — my man o guy (colloq)

    * * *
    = third.
    Ex. England has many examples of such town libraries founded in the first third of the 17th century.
    ----
    * dos tercios = two thirds (2/3).
    * un tercio = a third (1/3), one in three.
    * un tercio (1/3) = one third (1/3).
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( tercera parte) third

    hacer mal tercio — (Méx) to be a fifth wheel (AmE colloq), to play gooseberry (BrE colloq)

    cambiar de tercio — (Taur) to enter the next stage of the bullfight; ( pasar a otra cosa) to move on to something else

    2) (Ven arg) ( hombre)

    mi tercio — my man o guy (colloq)

    * * *

    Ex: England has many examples of such town libraries founded in the first third of the 17th century.

    * dos tercios = two thirds (2/3).
    * un tercio = a third (1/3), one in three.
    * un tercio (1/3) = one third (1/3).

    * * *
    A
    sólo se llenó un tercio del teatro only a third of the seats in the theater were filled, the theater was only a third full
    hacer mal tercio ( Méx); to be a fifth wheel ( AmE colloq), to play gooseberry ( BrE colloq)
    2 ( Hist, Mil) infantry regiment
    cambiar de tercio ( Taur) to enter the next stage of the bullfight; (pasar a otra cosa) to move on to something else
    B
    ( Ven arg) (hombre): mi/tu/su tercio my/your/her man o guy ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo terciar: ( conjugate terciar)

    tercio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    terció es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    terciar    
    tercio
    tercio sustantivo masculino


    terciar vi (intervenir, interponerse) to take part, intervene: terció para decir que estábamos equivocados, he intervened to say we were mistaken
    tercio sustantivo masculino
    1 (tercera parte) (one) third: se llevó dos tercios de las ganacias, he took two thirds of the profits
    2 Taur stage, part (of a bullfight)
    3 (de cerveza) un tercio, medium-size bottle of beer
    ' tercio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    terciar
    English:
    move on
    - third
    * * *
    tercio, -a
    ♦ nm
    1. [tercera parte] third;
    hay un tercio de entrada en el estadio the stadium is one-third full;
    dos tercios de la población two-thirds of the population;
    Méx
    hacer mal tercio Br to play gooseberry, US to be a fifth wheel
    2. Mil regiment;
    Hist tercio;
    tercio de la guardia civil Civil Guard division
    3. Taurom = any of the three stages of a bullfight;
    cambio de tercio [de tema] change of subject;
    [de método] change of tack;
    cambiar de tercio [en conversación] to change the subject;
    [en método] to change tack
    4. [de cerveza] bottle of beer [0.33 litre];
    ver también octavo
    ♦ nm,f
    Ven Fam [individuo] guy, Br bloke
    * * *
    m third
    * * *
    tercio nm
    : third
    dos tercios: two thirds
    * * *
    tercio n third

    Spanish-English dictionary > tercio

  • 4 construcción

    f.
    1 construction, building, work under construction.
    2 construction, erection, raising-up.
    3 building industry.
    4 making, creation, construct, construction.
    5 construction, grammatical construction.
    6 construction, explication.
    * * *
    1 construction
    2 (edificio) building
    \
    en construcción / en vías de construcción under construction
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción) construction, building
    2) (=sector laboral) construction industry
    3) (=estructura) structure
    4) (Ling) construction
    * * *
    1) ( acción) construction, building

    materiales de construcción — building o construction materials

    2)
    a) ( sector) building, construction
    b) (edificio, estructura) construction
    3) (Ling) construction
    * * *
    = building, construction, construction project, construction, erection, property development.
    Ex. Some libraries find that it is difficult to convey all the necessary information in a simple manner, merely because the collection is large, or housed in various separate buildings and wings, and the shelving sequence is complex.
    Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex. Library governing boards need a solid understanding of building sciences, prior to launching a new construction, renovation, or addition project.
    Ex. Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.
    Ex. The war years heralded several changes, one of them being the erection of a new library building.
    Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
    ----
    * asesor técnico en construcción de bibliot = library building consultant.
    * bloque de construcción = building block.
    * ciencias de la construcción = building sciences.
    * construcción de caminos = road construction.
    * construcción de carreteras = road construction.
    * construcción de casas = building construction.
    * construcción de diques = diking [dyking].
    * construcción de edificios = building construction.
    * construcción de muros = walling.
    * construcción de presas = damming.
    * construcción de represas = damming.
    * construcción naval = shipbuilding.
    * Construcción Pasiva de un Verbo = get + Participio.
    * de construcción básica = brick and frame.
    * de construcción sólida = solidly-built.
    * en construcción = under development, under construction.
    * en proceso de construcción = under construction.
    * industria de la construcción, la = construction industry, the, building industry, the.
    * ingeniería de la construcción = construction engineering.
    * material de construcción = building material.
    * obrero de la construcción = construction worker.
    * permiso de construcción = building permit.
    * proyecto de construcción = construction project.
    * suministros de construcción = building supplies.
    * técnica de construcción = construction technique.
    * terreno en construcción = building site.
    * * *
    1) ( acción) construction, building

    materiales de construcción — building o construction materials

    2)
    a) ( sector) building, construction
    b) (edificio, estructura) construction
    3) (Ling) construction
    * * *
    = building, construction, construction project, construction, erection, property development.

    Ex: Some libraries find that it is difficult to convey all the necessary information in a simple manner, merely because the collection is large, or housed in various separate buildings and wings, and the shelving sequence is complex.

    Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex: Library governing boards need a solid understanding of building sciences, prior to launching a new construction, renovation, or addition project.
    Ex: Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.
    Ex: The war years heralded several changes, one of them being the erection of a new library building.
    Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
    * asesor técnico en construcción de bibliot = library building consultant.
    * bloque de construcción = building block.
    * ciencias de la construcción = building sciences.
    * construcción de caminos = road construction.
    * construcción de carreteras = road construction.
    * construcción de casas = building construction.
    * construcción de diques = diking [dyking].
    * construcción de edificios = building construction.
    * construcción de muros = walling.
    * construcción de presas = damming.
    * construcción de represas = damming.
    * construcción naval = shipbuilding.
    * Construcción Pasiva de un Verbo = get + Participio.
    * de construcción básica = brick and frame.
    * de construcción sólida = solidly-built.
    * en construcción = under development, under construction.
    * en proceso de construcción = under construction.
    * industria de la construcción, la = construction industry, the, building industry, the.
    * ingeniería de la construcción = construction engineering.
    * material de construcción = building material.
    * obrero de la construcción = construction worker.
    * permiso de construcción = building permit.
    * proyecto de construcción = construction project.
    * suministros de construcción = building supplies.
    * técnica de construcción = construction technique.
    * terreno en construcción = building site.

    * * *
    A (acción) construction, building
    en construcción under construction
    vivienda de muy mala construcción jerry-built housing, very poorly built o constructed housing
    materiales de construcción building o construction materials
    usen regla y compás para la construcción del triángulo use a ruler and compasses to construct the triangle
    trabajemos juntos en la construcción de una sociedad más justa let's work together to create a fairer society
    B
    1 (sector) building, construction
    obrero de la construcción a construction o building worker
    la industria de la construcción naval the shipbuilding industry
    2 (edificio) building, construction; (otra estructura) construction, structure
    C ( Ling) construction
    * * *

     

    construcción sustantivo femenino


    obrero de la construcción building o construction worker
    b) (edificio, estructura) construction

    c) (Ling) construction

    construcción sustantivo femenino
    1 (edificio) building: las construcciones de la zona no aguantaron el temblor de tierra, the buildings in the area did not withstand the earthquake
    2 (acción) construction: la construcción de la catedral tardó más de un siglo, it took over a century to complete construction of the cathedral
    3 (industria) trabajo en la construcción, I work in the building industry
    ' construcción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ampliación
    - concatenación
    - elevada
    - elevado
    - escora
    - fortaleza
    - gremio
    - grúa
    - hundir
    - hundimiento
    - hundirse
    - levantar
    - parecerse
    - promotor
    - promotora
    - promover
    - resaltar
    - urbanización
    - barraca
    - carpintería
    - en
    - fuente
    - licitación
    - madera
    - material
    - obra
    - robusto
    - tosco
    - vivienda
    English:
    advocate
    - building
    - construction
    - defence
    - defense
    - demonstrate
    - deserve
    - erect
    - erection
    - flimsy
    - fountain
    - mention
    - rough
    - shipbuilding
    - solidly
    - sound
    - structure
    - timber
    - tumble
    - well-built
    - ship
    * * *
    1. [acción] construction;
    [de edificio, muro] construction, building; [de buque] building; [de automóvil, aeronave] manufacture; [de mueble] making, building;
    la construcción sólida del vehículo the vehicle's solid build;
    en construcción [edificio, página web] under construction;
    la construcción del teatro llevará dos años the theatre will take two years to build;
    una fase clave en la construcción europea a key phase in the development of the EU;
    trabajamos en la construcción de oportunidades para todos we are working to create opportunities for everyone
    2. [sector] construction o building industry;
    trabajadores de la construcción construction o building workers;
    una empresa de la construcción a construction company
    construcción naval shipbuilding
    3. [edificio, estructura] building
    4. Gram construction
    * * *
    f
    1 actividad, sector construction;
    construcción naval shipbuilding
    2 ( edificio) building
    * * *
    construcción nf, pl - ciones : construction, building
    * * *
    construcción n building

    Spanish-English dictionary > construcción

  • 5 disputa

    f.
    dispute.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: disputar.
    * * *
    1 (discusión) dispute, argument, quarrel
    2 (enfrentamiento) clash, struggle
    \
    sin disputa without dispute
    tener una disputa to quarrel
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=discusión) dispute, argument

    sin disputa — undoubtedly, beyond dispute

    2) (=controversia) controversy
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    ----
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.

    * * *
    1 (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    2 (controversia) dispute
    ha sido objeto de una larga disputa it has been the source of a long-running dispute
    es, sin disputa, la mejor she is, without question, the best
    3 (combate) fight
    * * *

    Del verbo disputar: ( conjugate disputar)

    disputa es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    disputa    
    disputar
    disputa sustantivo femenino
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument



    disputar ( conjugate disputar) verbo transitivo
    a) disputale algo a algn ‹ título› to challenge sb for sth;


    b) ‹ partido› to play;

    ‹ combate› to fight
    disputarse verbo pronominal:

    disputa sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento) dispute
    (por un puesto, etc) contest
    2 (riña, pelea) argument
    disputar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (debatir) disputaban sobre ello acaloradamente, they were arguing heatedly about it
    2 (competir por) to contest: han disputado la carrera dos de los mejores atletas, two of the best athletes competed in the race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (competir) to compete: le disputa la presidencia a Gómez, he is competing against Gómez for the presidency
    2 Dep (un encuentro) to play

    ' disputa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - bronca
    - concesión
    - discusión
    - disgusto
    - disputar
    - disputarse
    - margen
    - trabar
    - agrio
    - arbitrar
    - litigio
    - lugar
    - originar
    - pleito
    - querella
    English:
    acrimonious
    - contention
    - dispute
    - embroil
    - feud
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - row
    - squabble
    - wrangle
    - settle
    * * *
    1. [discusión] dispute, argument
    2. [competición] contest;
    la disputa por el título de liga the battle for the league title;
    entrar en la disputa por algo to enter the contest for sth;
    hay mucha disputa para conseguir el puesto there's a lot of competition for the post
    3. [polémica] dispute;
    mediar o [m5] terciar en la disputa to intervene in the dispute;
    es, sin disputa, el más lujoso it is indisputably o unquestionably the most luxurious
    * * *
    f dispute;
    sin disputa undoubtedly
    * * *
    altercado, discusión: dispute, argument

    Spanish-English dictionary > disputa

  • 6 absorber

    v.
    1 to absorb.
    esta aspiradora no absorbe el polvo muy bien this vacuum doesn't pick up dust very well
    esta crema se absorbe muy bien this cream works into the skin very well
    La esponja absorbe agua y fluidos The sponge absorbs water and fluids.
    La película absorbe a María The film absorbs=captivates Mary.
    El amortiguador absorbe energía The shock absorber absorbs energy.
    El tema absorbe a Pedro The topic absorbs=engrosses Peter.
    2 to take up, to soak up.
    esta tarea absorbe mucho tiempo this task takes up a lot of time
    3 to absorb by merger (empresa).
    4 to assimilate.
    El estómago absorbe los nutrientes The stomach assimilates nutrients.
    * * *
    1 (líquidos) to absorb, soak up
    3 figurado (consumir) to use up
    4 figurado (cautivar) to captivate
    * * *
    verb
    to absorb, soak up
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ líquido] to absorb, soak up
    2) [+ información] to absorb, take in; [+ recursos] to use up; [+ energías] to take up; [+ atención] to command
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <líquido/ruido/calor> to absorb
    b) < tiempo> to occupy, take up; <recursos/energía> to absorb
    2) < empresa> to take over
    * * *
    = absorb, steep + Reflexivo + in, take up, hijack, take in, soak in, co-opt, soak up, sop up, pick up, suck up.
    Ex. For the majority, however, IT was regarded as simply another topic to absorb into syllabuses.
    Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to ' steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.
    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. Among the visual attributes found to be most useful were: absorption ( soaks in, sits on top), luster (shiny, dull), flakiness (doesn't flake off, flakes off), and thickness (thin, thick).
    Ex. Social workers accused librarians of moving into their territory, of co-opting their activity, of doing social work without training, of being representative of establishment interests.
    Ex. They gradually soak up language, discovering the rules by which it works almost without noticing it.
    Ex. Here are activities to sop up those extra minutes by reinforcing what you're taught.
    Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.
    Ex. Cinder blocks do suck up paint quickly but mine are light because I only used the left over paint from the walls.
    ----
    * absorber tiempo = absorb + time.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <líquido/ruido/calor> to absorb
    b) < tiempo> to occupy, take up; <recursos/energía> to absorb
    2) < empresa> to take over
    * * *
    = absorb, steep + Reflexivo + in, take up, hijack, take in, soak in, co-opt, soak up, sop up, pick up, suck up.

    Ex: For the majority, however, IT was regarded as simply another topic to absorb into syllabuses.

    Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to ' steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.
    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.
    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: Among the visual attributes found to be most useful were: absorption ( soaks in, sits on top), luster (shiny, dull), flakiness (doesn't flake off, flakes off), and thickness (thin, thick).
    Ex: Social workers accused librarians of moving into their territory, of co-opting their activity, of doing social work without training, of being representative of establishment interests.
    Ex: They gradually soak up language, discovering the rules by which it works almost without noticing it.
    Ex: Here are activities to sop up those extra minutes by reinforcing what you're taught.
    Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.
    Ex: Cinder blocks do suck up paint quickly but mine are light because I only used the left over paint from the walls.
    * absorber tiempo = absorb + time.

    * * *
    absorber [E1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹líquido› to absorb, soak up; ‹humedad› to absorb; ‹ruido/calor/luz› to absorb
    la vitamina D ayuda a que se absorba el calcio vitamin D helps to absorb calcium
    las plantas absorben el oxígeno del aire plants take in o absorb oxygen from the air
    2 ‹tiempo› to occupy, take up; ‹recursos/energía› to absorb
    absorben un tercio del total de nuestras exportaciones they take o absorb a third of our total exports
    es un tipo de actividad que te absorbe totalmente it's the sort of activity that takes up all your time and energy
    los salarios absorben un 70% del presupuesto salaries take up o swallow up 70% of the budget
    B ‹empresa› to take over
    * * *

     

    absorber ( conjugate absorber) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹líquido/ruido/calor› to absorb


    ‹recursos/energía› to absorb
    absorber verbo transitivo to absorb
    ' absorber' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amortiguador
    - aspirar
    - chupar
    - sorber
    English:
    absorb
    - grip
    - shock absorber
    - soak up
    - suck
    - suck up
    - take over
    - engross
    - shock
    - soak
    - take
    * * *
    1. [líquido, gas, calor] to absorb;
    esta aspiradora no absorbe el polvo muy bien this vacuum doesn't pick up dust very well;
    absorbió el refresco con la pajita he sucked the soft drink through a straw;
    esta crema se absorbe muy bien this cream works into the skin very well
    2. [consumir] to take up, to soak up;
    esta tarea absorbe mucho tiempo this task takes up a lot of time
    3. [atraer, dominar]
    este trabajo me absorbe mucho this job takes up a lot of my time;
    su mujer lo absorbe mucho his wife is very demanding;
    la televisión los absorbe television dominates their lives
    4. [empresa] to take over;
    Roma Inc. absorbió a su mayor competidor Roma Inc. took over its biggest rival
    * * *
    v/t
    1 absorb
    2 ( consumir) take (up)
    3 ( cautivar) absorb
    4 COM take over
    * * *
    1) : to absorb, to soak up
    2) : to occupy, to take up, to engross
    * * *
    absorber vb to absorb

    Spanish-English dictionary > absorber

  • 7 agencia de transportes

    carriers plural
    * * *
    (n.) = transportation company, transport company
    Ex. Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.
    Ex. Unti recently many transport companies in the public domain have published annual reports and accounts but with privatisation taking place, this is now not always the case.
    * * *
    (n.) = transportation company, transport company

    Ex: Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.

    Ex: Unti recently many transport companies in the public domain have published annual reports and accounts but with privatisation taking place, this is now not always the case.

    * * *
    freight company

    Spanish-English dictionary > agencia de transportes

  • 8 bono del gobierno

    Ex. Two-thirds of families use credit to pay for day-to-day expenses; 29% have government bonds; and 80% have health insurance.
    * * *

    Ex: Two-thirds of families use credit to pay for day-to-day expenses; 29% have government bonds; and 80% have health insurance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bono del gobierno

  • 9 conmovedor

    adj.
    moving, touching, emotional, stirring.
    * * *
    1 moving, touching
    * * *
    (f. - conmovedora)
    adj.
    moving, touching
    * * *
    ADJ moving, touching, poignant
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo moving, touching
    * * *
    = poignant, moving, stirring, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, breathtaking, heart-wrenching.
    Ex. There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.
    Ex. Of them all, The Cosy Owl by James Banks is perhaps the most instructive and moving novel.
    Ex. We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex. This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    ----
    * no conmovedor = unmoving.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo moving, touching
    * * *
    = poignant, moving, stirring, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, breathtaking, heart-wrenching.

    Ex: There was something inexpressibly poignant about the sight of the once powerful Roger Balzac sitting quiescently like a victim in a noose across the desk from him.

    Ex: Of them all, The Cosy Owl by James Banks is perhaps the most instructive and moving novel.
    Ex: We must plan as best we can for known events while contriving to improvise when, as often happens, such stirring distractions occur unannounced.
    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex: This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    * no conmovedor = unmoving.

    * * *
    moving, touching
    * * *

    conmovedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    moving, touching
    conmovedor,-ora adjetivo moving: era una escena conmovedora, it was a touching scene

    ' conmovedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conmovedora
    - emocionante
    English:
    emotional
    - moving
    - poignant
    - soulful
    - stirring
    - touching
    * * *
    conmovedor, -ora adj
    moving, touching
    * * *
    adj moving
    * * *
    emocionante: moving, touching
    * * *
    conmovedor adj moving

    Spanish-English dictionary > conmovedor

  • 10 cuantil

    Nota: En estadística, dado un valor comprendido entre 0 y 1 se define el cuantil de orden alfa como aquel valor que cumple que la proporción de elementos en los que el valor de la variable es menor que dicho cuantil coincide con alfa.
    Ex. As might be expected, there was a significant overlap among the most popular titles in print and electronic form, with 25 titles (almost two-thirds) common to the top quintiles on both lists.
    * * *
    Nota: En estadística, dado un valor comprendido entre 0 y 1 se define el cuantil de orden alfa como aquel valor que cumple que la proporción de elementos en los que el valor de la variable es menor que dicho cuantil coincide con alfa.

    Ex: As might be expected, there was a significant overlap among the most popular titles in print and electronic form, with 25 titles (almost two-thirds) common to the top quintiles on both lists.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuantil

  • 11 cuestionario final

    (n.) = exit survey
    Ex. Public libraries now appear to be more heavily used by women than men, especially branch libraries where a recent exit survey showed that two-thirds of the users were female.
    * * *

    Ex: Public libraries now appear to be more heavily used by women than men, especially branch libraries where a recent exit survey showed that two-thirds of the users were female.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuestionario final

  • 12 estremecedor

    adj.
    shaking, shocking, striking.
    * * *
    1 startling
    2 (grito) bloodcurdling
    * * *
    ADJ alarming, disturbing
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex. This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.

    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.

    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex: This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.

    * * *
    ‹escena/noticia/relato› horrifying, hair-raising
    un grito estremecedor a spine-chilling cry
    * * *

    estremecedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo ‹escena/noticia› horrifying;


    ‹grito/relato› spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    estremecedor, -ora adj
    [ruido, grito] horrifying, ghastly; [crimen, imágenes, historia] horrifying, appalling
    * * *
    adj terrifying
    * * *
    : horrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > estremecedor

  • 13 fregado

    m.
    washing, scour, scouring, scrub.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: fregar.
    * * *
    1 (lavado) washing; (frotado) scrubbing
    2 familiar (riña) fight, quarrel; (lío) mess, muddle
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    fregado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) LAm * (=molesto) annoying
    2) LAm * (=difícil) [trabajo, tarea] tricky; [carácter, persona] fussy
    3) LAm * [persona] (=en mala situación económica) broke *; (=deprimido) down, in a bad way *; (=dañado, enfermo) in a bad way *
    4) LAm * (=puñetero) damn *, lousy *, bloody **
    5) Col, Perú (=astuto) cunning
    6) Chile, Col, Perú, Ven (=estricto) strict
    2.
    SM / F LAm (=persona difícil) fussy person
    3. SM
    1) (=acción de fregar) [con fregona] mopping; [con estropajo, cepillo] scrubbing; [con esponja, trapo] washing; [de platos] washing-up
    2) * (=lío) mess
    3) * (=riña) row
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( molesto) annoying

    no seas fregado, hombre! — stop being such a pain o a bore (colloq)

    b) ( difícil) <examen/tema> tricky (colloq), tough (colloq); <persona/carácter> difficult
    c) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq)
    d) [estar] ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( exigente) strict
    3) (Col, Per fam) ( astuto) sly, sneaky (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
    2) fregado masculino
    a) ( restregadura) scrub, scrubbing
    b) (Esp) (fam) ( lío) mess
    * * *
    = mess, row, fray, wrangle, spat, squabbling, squabble, bickering, fracas.
    Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    ----
    * meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( molesto) annoying

    no seas fregado, hombre! — stop being such a pain o a bore (colloq)

    b) ( difícil) <examen/tema> tricky (colloq), tough (colloq); <persona/carácter> difficult
    c) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq)
    d) [estar] ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    2) (Andes, Ven fam) ( exigente) strict
    3) (Col, Per fam) ( astuto) sly, sneaky (colloq)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    1) (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
    2) fregado masculino
    a) ( restregadura) scrub, scrubbing
    b) (Esp) (fam) ( lío) mess
    * * *
    = mess, row, fray, wrangle, spat, squabbling, squabble, bickering, fracas.

    Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    * meterse en todos los fregados = have + a finger in every pie.

    * * *
    fregado1 -da
    1 (molesto) annoying
    ¡no seas fregado, hombre, ven con nosotros! stop being such a pain o a bore and come with us ( colloq)
    ¡qué niño más fregado!, no me ha dejado descansar ni un momento that kid's a real pest o nuisance, he hasn't given me a moment's peace ( colloq)
    2 (difícil) ‹examen/tema› tricky ( colloq), tough ( colloq); ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    el asunto está fregado, no creo que nos lo den it's all very iffy o things are a bit tricky, I don't think they'll give it to us ( colloq)
    con la edad se ha puesto muy fregado he's become very cantankerous o difficult in his old age
    3 (fastidiado) in a bad way
    anda muy fregado he's in a terrible state o in a very bad way ( colloq)
    B (Andes, Ven fam) (exigente) strict
    es muy fregado con la puntualidad he's a real stickler for punctuality, he's really strict about punctuality
    C (Col, Per fam) (astuto) sly, sneaky ( colloq)
    fregado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    A ( AmL exc RPl fam) (persona difícil) difficult person
    B
    1 ( fam) (lío) mess
    2 (restregadura) scrub, scrubbing barrida A 1. (↑ barrida)
    * * *

    Del verbo fregar: ( conjugate fregar)

    fregado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    fregado    
    fregar
    fregado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (AmL exc RPl fam)


    ◊ ¡no seas fregado, hombre! stop being such a pain (colloq)

    b) ( difícil) ‹examen/tema› tricky (colloq), tough (colloq);

    ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    c) [estar] (enfermo, delicado) in a bad way (colloq);

    ( sin dinero) broke (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmL exc RPl fam) ( persona difícil) difficult person
    fregar ( conjugate fregar) verbo transitivo
    1 (lavar, limpiar) to wash;


    ( con cepillo) I scrubbed the floor;

    2 (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( molestar) to bug (colloq)

    b) ‹planes/vacaciones› to ruin

    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( lavar los platos) to wash the dishes, to do the dishes (colloq);
    ( limpiar) to clean;
    ( restregar) to scrub
    2 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( molestar):
    ◊ ¡déjate de fregado! stop being such a pest!;

    ¡no friegues! ( no digas) you're kidding! (colloq)
    fregarse verbo pronominal
    1 (AmL fam) ( embromarse):
    ◊ ¡te friegas! tough! (colloq);

    ¡me fregué! I've really done it now! (colloq)
    2 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( malograrse):
    ◊ se fregadoon nuestros planes that's ruined o messed up our plans (colloq)

    fregado sustantivo masculino
    1 (lavado) washing
    2 (asunto complicado) messy affair: no quiero que me metas en tus fregados, I don't want you to involve me in your messes
    3 LAm fam (molestia) pain in the neck: cuidar de tus amigos es un fregado, it's a pain in the neck to have to take care of your friends
    fregar verbo transitivo
    1 (limpiar con agua) to wash: hoy te toca fregar los platos, today is your turn to do the dishes
    yo fregaré el suelo, I'll mop the floor
    2 LAm fam to annoy, irritate
    ' fregado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scrub
    - washing-up
    * * *
    fregado, -a
    ♦ adj
    Andes, Méx, Ven Fam
    1. [persona] [ser] annoying;
    mi vecino es muy fregado my neighbour's a real pain
    2. [persona] [estar]
    perdí las llaves, ¡estoy fregada! I've lost my keys, I've had it!
    3. [situación] tricky;
    este problema es muy fregado this problem is really tricky o a real stinker
    4. [objeto] bust;
    ese reloj está fregado that watch has had it
    ♦ nm
    1. [lavado] [de platos, suelo] wash;
    [frotando] scrub
    2. Fam [lío] mess;
    meterse en un fregado to get into a mess
    3. Fam [discusión] row, rumpus
    ♦ nm,f
    Andes, Méx, Ven Fam [persona] pain, awkward customer;
    tu hermano es un fregado your brother's an awkward little beggar
    * * *
    I adj L.Am.
    annoying
    II m
    1 de platos washing; del suelo mopping; frotando scrubbing
    2 fam ( lío) mess;
    meterse en un buen fregado fig fam get into a fine mess fam
    * * *
    fregado, -da adj, fam : annoying, bothersome
    1) : scrubbing, scouring
    2) fam : mess, muddle

    Spanish-English dictionary > fregado

  • 14 gasto descontrolado

    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    * * *

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gasto descontrolado

  • 15 informar pormenorizadamente

    (v.) = document + blow by blow
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    * * *
    (v.) = document + blow by blow

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.

    Spanish-English dictionary > informar pormenorizadamente

  • 16 programa de estudios

    * * *
    (n.) = course brochure, educational program(me), school program(me), study program(me), syllabus [syllabi/syllabuses, -pl.], education programme
    Ex. Course brochure and prospectuses of course programmes, in addition to publicity materials, were acquired.
    Ex. Those of you here can best answer the question: What are the goals of your educational programs?.
    Ex. This book examines Dewey's enhanced educational views on topics such as the qualifications of a librarian, the value of personal qualities and a college education, and technical qualifications and the school programme.
    Ex. The reasons for this are varied but can depend largely on the importance placed on the provision of these skills by both the library and the course planners in the early stages of the student study programme.
    Ex. Examine a few syllabuses for basic courses in geography.
    Ex. Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.
    * * *
    (n.) = course brochure, educational program(me), school program(me), study program(me), syllabus [syllabi/syllabuses, -pl.], education programme

    Ex: Course brochure and prospectuses of course programmes, in addition to publicity materials, were acquired.

    Ex: Those of you here can best answer the question: What are the goals of your educational programs?.
    Ex: This book examines Dewey's enhanced educational views on topics such as the qualifications of a librarian, the value of personal qualities and a college education, and technical qualifications and the school programme.
    Ex: The reasons for this are varied but can depend largely on the importance placed on the provision of these skills by both the library and the course planners in the early stages of the student study programme.
    Ex: Examine a few syllabuses for basic courses in geography.
    Ex: Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.

    * * *
    syllabus, curriculum

    Spanish-English dictionary > programa de estudios

  • 17 programa educativo

    m.
    education program.
    * * *
    (n.) = educational program(me), education programme, instructional programme, learning program(me)
    Ex. Those of you here can best answer the question: What are the goals of your educational programs?.
    Ex. Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.
    Ex. Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.
    Ex. The learning programs themselves can influence whether e-learners sink or swim.
    * * *
    (n.) = educational program(me), education programme, instructional programme, learning program(me)

    Ex: Those of you here can best answer the question: What are the goals of your educational programs?.

    Ex: Out of 18 different education programs conducted by small companies, two-thirds were conducted by manufacturing companies, the remainder were in health services, construction, or transportation companies.
    Ex: Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.
    Ex: The learning programs themselves can influence whether e-learners sink or swim.

    Spanish-English dictionary > programa educativo

  • 18 reyerta

    f.
    1 fight, brawl.
    2 quarrel, dispute, fight, brawl.
    3 armed dispute, war.
    * * *
    1 quarrel, row, fight
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino brawl, fight
    * * *
    = row, wrangle, bickering, squabble, squabbling, dogfight [dog fight], brawl, scuffle, scuffling, spat, affray, dust-up, fracas, fracas.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex. About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.
    Ex. The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex. Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    Ex. There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
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    * reyerta pública = affray.
    * * *
    femenino brawl, fight
    * * *
    = row, wrangle, bickering, squabble, squabbling, dogfight [dog fight], brawl, scuffle, scuffling, spat, affray, dust-up, fracas, fracas.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.

    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: The article recounts the 17-day political dogfight at which John W. Davis was eventually given the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Ex: About 75% of all personal acts of violence (murder, assault and battery), 90% of vandalism, 75% of public brawls, & more than 50% of burglaries & thefts are alcohol-related.
    Ex: The focus of the discussion is less on the altercation than on the reactions of the teacher and the students not only to the fight but also to the atmosphere of the classroom after the scuffle.
    Ex: Violence in public places (eg, pubs, clubs, discos) is limited mainly to threats & scuffling.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: The Public Order Act 1986 contains many of the more common public order offences such as riot, affray and threatening behaviour.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    Ex: There are, as I see it, approximately three positions one can take on the matter, each with its own adherents in the current fracas.
    * reyerta pública = affray.

    * * *
    brawl, fight
    * * *

    reyerta sustantivo femenino brawl, fracas, fight
    ' reyerta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    brawl
    - punch-up
    - scuffle
    * * *
    fight, brawl
    * * *
    f fight
    * * *
    : brawl, fight

    Spanish-English dictionary > reyerta

  • 19 sondeo final

    (n.) = exit survey
    Ex. Public libraries now appear to be more heavily used by women than men, especially branch libraries where a recent exit survey showed that two-thirds of the users were female.
    * * *

    Ex: Public libraries now appear to be more heavily used by women than men, especially branch libraries where a recent exit survey showed that two-thirds of the users were female.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sondeo final

  • 20 sondeo hecho a la salida

    (n.) = exit survey
    Ex. Public libraries now appear to be more heavily used by women than men, especially branch libraries where a recent exit survey showed that two-thirds of the users were female.
    * * *

    Ex: Public libraries now appear to be more heavily used by women than men, especially branch libraries where a recent exit survey showed that two-thirds of the users were female.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sondeo hecho a la salida

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