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21 temblor
m.1 shaking, trembling.temblor de tierra earth tremor2 moderate earthquake, seism, quake.3 tremor.* * *2 figurado shiver\temblor de tierra earth tremor* * *noun m.* * *SM1) [de miedo] trembling, shaking; [de frío, fiebre] shiveringuno de los síntomas es un ligero temblor en las manos — one of the symptoms is a slight trembling o shaking of the hands
2) (tb: temblor de tierra) earthquake, (earth) tremor* * *1) (de frío, fiebre) shivering; (de miedo, nervios) trembling, shaking2) tb* * *= tremble, trembling, quiver, tremor.Ex. In all experimental embryos, neurological disorders such as trembles and loss of equilibrium were observed.Ex. Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.Ex. It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.Ex. Tremors have many causes and can be inherited, be related to illnesses such as thyroid disease, or caused by fever, hypothermia, drugs or fear.----* temblor de tierra = quake, earth tremor, earthquake tremor.* * *1) (de frío, fiebre) shivering; (de miedo, nervios) trembling, shaking2) tb* * *= tremble, trembling, quiver, tremor.Ex: In all experimental embryos, neurological disorders such as trembles and loss of equilibrium were observed.
Ex: Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.Ex: It's a very intense throbbing pain that sends her body into quivers and shakes.Ex: Tremors have many causes and can be inherited, be related to illnesses such as thyroid disease, or caused by fever, hypothermia, drugs or fear.* temblor de tierra = quake, earth tremor, earthquake tremor.* * *A (de frío, fiebre) shivering; (de miedo, nervios) trembling, shakingmedicamentos para controlarle el temblor de las manos drugs to control the shaking of his handscuando oyó su voz le dio un temblor he trembled o quivered when he heard her voicehabló con un ligero temblor en la voz he spoke in a quivering o quavering o tremulous voicecuando pienso en los exámenes me dan temblores ( fam); just thinking about the exams gives me the jitters ( colloq)Btb temblor de tierra tremor, earth tremor* * *
temblor sustantivo masculino
(de miedo, nervios) trembling, shaking;
b) tb
temblor sustantivo masculino
1 (de miedo, temor) tremor, shudder
(de frío) shiver
2 Geol (de baja intensidad) earth tremor
(de gran intensidad) earthquake, familiar quake
' temblor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
construcción
- seísmo
- trepidación
- registrar
- remezón
- sismo
English:
quake
- quaver
- quiver
- tremor
* * *temblor nm1. [del cuerpo] [por miedo, nervios] shaking, trembling;[por frío, fiebre] shivering;la fiebre le produjo temblores the fever made him start shaking o shivering;Figme dan temblores sólo de pensarlo it makes me shudder just to think about it3. [de máquina, motor] shudder* * *m1 trembling, shaking; de frío shivering2 L.Am. ( terremoto) earthquake* * *temblor nm1) : shaking, trembling2) : tremor, earthquake -
22 cuadro
m.1 square (cuadrado).una camisa a cuadros a check shirt2 painting (pintura).un cuadro de Miró a painting by Miró3 scene, spectacle (escena).después del terremoto, la ciudad presentaba un cuadro desolador after the earthquake, the city was a scene of devastation4 team (equipo).el cuadro directivo de una empresa the management of a companycuadro flamenco flamenco group5 chart, diagram.cuadro sinóptico tree diagram6 frame.7 scene (Teatro).8 picture, painting.9 description, picture.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cuadrar.* * *1 (cuadrado) square2 (pintura) painting, picture3 TEATRO scene4 (descripción) description, picture5 MILITAR cadre7 (conjunto de datos) chart, graph8 (tablero de control) panel9 (de un jardín etc) bed, patch, plot11 (de bicicleta) frame12 (armazón) frame\a cuadros checked, US checkereden cuadro in a squareestar en cuadro / quedarse en cuadro figurado to be greatly reduced in numberscuadro clínico clinical patterncuadro de costumbres study of mannerscuadro de distribución switchboardcuadro de mandos control panelcuadro facultativo medical staffcuadro sinóptico diagram, chart* * *noun m.1) square2) picture, painting* * *SM1) (=cuadrado) squareuna camisa/un vestido a o de cuadros — a checked o check shirt/dress
- quedarse a cuadrosen cuadro —
el equipo llegó en cuadro al partido — they brought a drastically reduced side o team to the match
2) (Arte) (=pintura) painting; (=reproducción) picturedos cuadros de Velázquez — two paintings by Velázquez, two Velázquez paintings
pintar un cuadro — to do a painting, paint a picture
cuadro de honor — roll of honour, honor roll (EEUU)
3) (=escena) (Teat) scene; (fig) scene, sightdesde el avión los escaladores ofrecían un cuadro impresionante — seen from the plane the climbers were an impressive sight
llegaron calados hasta los huesos y llenos de barro ¡vaya cuadro! — they arrived soaked to the skin and covered in mud, what a sight (they were)!
cuadro viviente, cuadro vivo — tableau vivant
4) (=gráfico) table, chart5) (=tablero) panelcuadro de conmutadores, cuadro de distribución — (Elec) switchboard
cuadro de instrumentos — (Aer) instrument panel; (Aut) dashboard
6) (=armazón) [de bicicleta, ventana] frame7) pl cuadros (tb: cuadros de mando) [en empresa] managerial staff; (Admin, Pol) officials; (Mil) commanding officerscuadros dirigentes — [en empresa] senior management; (Admin, Pol) senior officials; (Mil) senior officers
cuadros medios — [en empresa] middle management; (Admin, Pol) middle-ranking officials; (Mil) middle-ranking officers
cuadros superiores — = cuadros dirigentes
8) (Med) symptoms pl, set of symptomsel paciente presentaba un cuadro vírico — the patient presented with viral symptoms frm, the patient showed symptoms of a virus
cuadro clínico — symptoms pl, clinical symptoms pl
9) (=descripción) picturecuadro de costumbres — (Literat) description of local customs
10) [en jardín, huerto] bed, plot11) (Mil) (=formación) square12) (Dep) team13) Cono Sur (=matadero) slaughterhouse, abattoir15) And (=pizarra) blackboard* * *1)b) (Teatr) scenec) ( gráfico) table, chart2)a) (Lit) ( descripción) picture, descriptionb) ( panorama) scene, sight3)a) ( cuadrado) square, checktela a or de cuadros — checked material
b) ( en béisbol) diamond4) (Med) symptoms (pl)uno de los cuadros más frecuentes — one of the most common combinations of manifestations o symptoms
5) ( tablero) board, panel6) ( de bicicleta) frame7) ( en organización)los cuadros superiores/inferiores — ( de empresa) senior/junior management; ( del ejército) senior/junior officers
8) (RPl) (Dep) teamser del otro cuadro — (Ur fam) to be gay
9) cuadros masculino plural (Chi frml) (Indum) panties (pl) (AmE), briefs (pl) (BrE frml)* * *1)b) (Teatr) scenec) ( gráfico) table, chart2)a) (Lit) ( descripción) picture, descriptionb) ( panorama) scene, sight3)a) ( cuadrado) square, checktela a or de cuadros — checked material
b) ( en béisbol) diamond4) (Med) symptoms (pl)uno de los cuadros más frecuentes — one of the most common combinations of manifestations o symptoms
5) ( tablero) board, panel6) ( de bicicleta) frame7) ( en organización)los cuadros superiores/inferiores — ( de empresa) senior/junior management; ( del ejército) senior/junior officers
8) (RPl) (Dep) teamser del otro cuadro — (Ur fam) to be gay
9) cuadros masculino plural (Chi frml) (Indum) panties (pl) (AmE), briefs (pl) (BrE frml)* * *cuadro11 = painting.Ex: Within Human Science we find such subdisciplines as economics and sociology; within Art, painting and music.
* cuadro de la bicicleta = bike frame, bicycle frame.* tela de cuadros = tweed.* tela escocesa de cuadros = tartan.* tela típica escocesa de cuadros = tartan.cuadro22 = table.Nota: Documento que contiene datos ordenados generalmente en filas y columnas que pueden ir acompañados de texto.Ex: The document containing ordered data typically in rows and columns and possibly with an accompanying text is known as tables.
* cuadro de honor = roll of honour.* cuadro de instrumentos = dashboard.* Cuadro de Mando Integral (CMI) = Balanced Scorecard (BSC).* cuadro de mandos = circuit board, dashboard.* * *Aestá pintando un cuadro he's doing a painting, he's painting a pictureun cuadro de Dalí a painting by Dalí2 ( Teatr) scene3 (gráfico) table, chart4 (TV) frameCompuestos:honors board* ( list of outstanding students)synoptic charttableau vivantB1 ( Lit) (descripción) picture, descriptionme pintó un cuadro muy negro he painted me a very bleak picture2 (espectáculo, panorama) scene, sightel campo de batalla ofrecía un cuadro desolador the battlefield presented a scene of devastationse complica el cuadro político the political picture is becoming complicated¡vaya (un) cuadro! ( fam); what a sight!Compuesto:C1 (cuadrado) square, checktela a or de cuadros checked materialtela de cuadritos ginghamzanahorias cortadas en cuadritos diced carrots2 (en un jardín) flowerbed3 (en béisbol) diamondD ( Med) manifestations (pl)el cuadro patológico the pathological manifestationspresentan cuadros bronquiales crónicos their symptoms include chronic bronchial problems, they present with chronic bronchial problems ( tech)uno de los cuadros más frecuentes one of the most common combinations of manifestations o symptomsCompuesto:clinical manifestation, symptoms (pl)E (tablero) board, panelCompuestos:control panel● cuadro de mandos or instrumentosF (de bicicleta) frameG(en una organización): los cuadros directivos del partido the top party officialsel grupo ha reestructurado sus cuadros the group has restructured its organizationcuadro de profesionales team of specialists o professionalslos cuadros medios de la empresa the company's middle managementlos cuadros inferiores de las fuerzas armadas the junior officers in the armed forcesCompuesto:mpl (de un ejército) commanders (pl), commanding officers (pl); (de una organización) leaders (pl), leading figures (pl)* * *
Del verbo cuadrar: ( conjugate cuadrar)
cuadro es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
cuadró es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
cuadrar
cuadro
cuadrar ( conjugate cuadrar) verbo intransitivo
cuadro con algo to fit in with sth, tally with sth
cuadro para hacer algo to arrange to do sth
cuadrarse verbo pronominal
cuadro sustantivo masculino
1
(grabado, reproducción) pictureb) (Teatr) scene
2
zanahorias cortadas en cuadritos diced carrots
cuadro de mandos or instrumentos (Auto) dashboard;
(Aviac) instrument panel
3 ( en organización):
los cuadros superiores de la empresa the company's senior management;
cuadros de mando (Mil) commanders (pl)
cuadrar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (coincidir) to square, agree [con, with]
2 (las cuentas) to balance, tally
II verbo transitivo to balance
cuadro sustantivo masculino
1 Arte painting, picture
2 Teat scene
3 Geom square
tela a cuadros, checked cloth
4 (gráfico, esquema) chart, graph
cuadro clínico, medical profile
cuadro sinóptico, diagram
5 Elec Téc panel
cuadro de mandos, control panel
♦ Locuciones: quedarse a cuadros, to be astonished
estar/quedarse en cuadros, to be short of staff
' cuadro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorcarse
- barnizar
- colgar
- descentrada
- descentrado
- descolgar
- descolgarse
- deterioro
- enmarcar
- escudriñar
- imitación
- inglete
- mando
- parar
- pasmada
- pasmado
- posar
- presidir
- rematar
- representar
- restaurar
- retratar
- revalorizar
- rozar
- sinóptica
- sinóptico
- torcida
- torcido
- auténtico
- bajo
- bien
- colocar
- contemplar
- cotizar
- derecho
- deteriorado
- efigie
- encargar
- enchuecar
- exhibir
- exponer
- falso
- fondo
- inapreciable
- inclinado
- ladeado
- marco
- mirar
- óleo
- pintura
English:
bid
- canvas
- chart
- check
- colourful
- commission
- depict
- draw
- frame
- hang up
- mess
- mount
- noteworthy
- oil painting
- outbid
- painting
- picture
- pose
- put up
- restoration
- restore
- round
- show
- sight
- square
- squint
- straight
- straighten up
- table
- unhook
- view
- work in
- detract
- go
- honor
- pay
- wrong
* * *cuadro nm1. [pintura] painting;un cuadro de Miró a Miró, a painting by Miró;cuadro al óleo oil painting2. [escena] scene, spectacle;después del terremoto, la ciudad presentaba un cuadro desolador after the earthquake, the city was a scene of devastation;¡vaya (un) cuadro ofrecíamos tras la tormenta! we were in a sorry state after we got caught in the storm!3. [descripción] portraitcuadro de costumbres = scene portraying regional customs4. [cuadrado] square;[de flores] bed;una camisa a cuadros a checked shirt;un diseño a cuadros a checked pattern;una camisa de cuadros verdes a green checked shirtcuadro de saque [en squash] service box5. [equipo] team;el cuadro visitante the away team;en este hospital hay un buen cuadro médico o [m5] facultativo the medical staff in this hospital are good;el cuadro directivo de una empresa the management of a company;cuadro flamenco flamenco group;cuadros de mando [en ejército] commanding officers;[en organización] highest-ranking officials; [en empresa] top management6. [gráfico] chart, diagramcuadro sinóptico tree diagram7. [de bicicleta] frame8. [de aparato] panelcuadro de distribución switchboard;cuadro eléctrico fuse box;cuadro de instrumentos [en avión] control panel;[en automóvil] dashboard;cuadro de mandos [en avión] control panel;[en automóvil] dashboard9. Teatro scenecuadro vivo tableau vivantpresenta un cuadro de extrema gravedad her symptoms are extremely serious11. [armazón] framework12. Mil square formation13. Informát boxcuadro de cierre close box;cuadro de diálogo dialog box14. Am [matadero] slaughterhouse15. Compen cuadro: la empresa está en cuadro tras la marcha del equipo directivo the company has been caught seriously short after its entire management team left;con la lesión de siete jugadores, el equipo se queda en cuadro the team has been seriously weakened after the injuries to seven of its players;Famquedarse a cuadros: cuando me dijo que yo era el padre del bebé, me quedé a cuadros I was completely floored when she told me that I was the father of the baby* * *m1 painting; ( grabado) picture2 ( tabla) table3 DEP team; POL, MIL staff, cadre;cuadro de actores TEA cast4:de oa cuadros checked;estar oquedarse a cuadros be short of staff* * *cuadro nm1) : squareuna blusa a cuadros: a checkered blouse2) : painting, picture3) : baseball diamond, infield4) : panel, board, cadre* * *cuadro n1. (de arte) painting2. (figura cuadrada) squarea cuadros / de cuadros check / checked -
23 abrirse
pron.v.to open, to open out, to unfold, to spread out, to expand.* * *1 (gen) to open■ le dieron puntos para que no se le abriera la herida they gave her stitches so that the wound wouldn't open2 (flor) to open, come out3 (iniciarse) to begin, start, open4 (extenderse) to spread out, unfold5 (dar) to open (a, onto), look (a, onto)6 (ligamentos) to sprain7 figurado (sincerarse) to open out8 argot (largarse) to clear off, be off,■ ¡adiós, me abro! bye, I'm off!, US I'm out of here!* * *VPR1) [paracaídas, paraguas, ventana, libro] to opende repente se abrió la puerta — suddenly, the door opened
2) (=extenderse)ante nosotros se abría todo un mundo de posibilidades — a whole world of possibilities was opening up before us
3) [persona]a)b)c) ** (=largarse)¡me abro! — I'm off!
¡ábrete! — shove off! *
4)abrirse a: tenemos que abrirnos más al progreso — we have to open up more to progress
abrirse a o con algn — to confide in sb
5) (=romperse, rajarse)abrirse el tobillo — to twist one's ankle, sprain one's ankle
6) (Meteo) to clear, clear up7) Méx (=echar marcha atrás) to backtrack, back-pedal* * *(v.) = gape, swing + open, hewEx. This article argues that box designs for small books have 3 shortcomings: their corners tend to gape; strings, buttons and other fixing arrangements clutter the outside of the box; and the box flaps are too soft causing it to be pushed out of alignment.Ex. The window of opportunity now swings open for the creative library manager.Ex. All of the women hewed unconventional career paths mostly using convention.* * *(v.) = gape, swing + open, hewEx: This article argues that box designs for small books have 3 shortcomings: their corners tend to gape; strings, buttons and other fixing arrangements clutter the outside of the box; and the box flaps are too soft causing it to be pushed out of alignment.
Ex: The window of opportunity now swings open for the creative library manager.Ex: All of the women hewed unconventional career paths mostly using convention.* * *
■abrirse verbo reflexivo
1 to open
figurado abrirse camino, to make one's way: tienes que abrirte a nuevas ideas, you've got to be open to new ideas
2 familiar me fumo el pitillo y me abro, I'll finish this cigarette and then I'm off
' abrirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
paso
- abrir
- camino
- confiar
- empujón
- permiso
- pierna
English:
break through
- burst open
- gape
- open
- open out
- part
- plough through
- push through
- snap
- spring
- swing
- undone
- unfold
- wade through
- way
- work
- bloom
- burst
- do
- fan
- plow
- splay
- split
* * *vpr1. [puerta, caja] to open;[cremallera, chaqueta] to come undone;este bote no se abre this jar won't open;la puerta se abre fácilmente the door opens easily;se te ha abierto la camisa your shirt has come undone;la pared se abrió a causa del terremoto the earthquake caused a crack to appear in the wall2. [empezar] [película, función] to open, to begin;el libro se abre con una escena muy violenta the book opens with a very violent scene;el debate se abrió con una intervención del ministro the debate began with a speech by the minister3. [periodo] to begin;cuando se abra el plazo para presentar solicitudes when they start accepting applications4. [sincerarse] to open up;abrirse a alguien to open up to sb, to confide in sb;tienes que abrirte más a la gente you should be more open with people5. [posibilidades] to open up;tras su marcha se abrieron nuevas posibilidades after she left, new opportunities arose6. [cielo] to clear7. [flores] to blossom8. [vehículo en una curva] to go wide;se abrió demasiado en la curva y se cayó de la bici he went too wide on the bend and fell off his bike9. Depse abrió por la banda para esquivar a la defensa he moved out onto the wing to get behind the defence10. [rajarse] to split open;se cayó del caballo y se abrió la cabeza she fell off her horse and split her head opennosotros nos abrimos ya it's time for us to be off* * *v/r open;abrirse la cabeza split one’s head open;abrirse paso get through;abrirse paso entre make one’s way through;abrirse a algo fig open up to sth* * *vr1) : to open up2) : to clear (of the skies)* * *abrirse vb1. (en general) to open2. (irse) to be off¡me abro! I'm off! -
24 afectado
adj.1 affected, impressed, cut-up.2 affected, concerned, interested.3 affected, hammy, unnatural.f. & m.sufferer.past part.past participle of spanish verb: afectar.* * *1→ link=afectar afectar► adjetivo1 (gen) affected2 (emocionado) affected, upset\estar afectado,-a de to be suffering from* * *(f. - afectada)adj.1) affected2) afflicted* * *ADJ1) (=forzado) [acento, persona] affected; [estilo] stilted, precious2) (Med) (=aquejado)estar afectado — Méx to be consumptive; Cono Sur to be hurt
* * *- da adjetivoa) <gestos/acento> affectedb) <área/órgano> affectedestá afectado de una grave enfermedad — (frml) he is suffering from a serious disease
* * *= affected, mannered, concerned, devastated, stilted, camp, shaken.Ex. A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.Ex. Since 1975 his work has become mannered and predictable.Ex. Mainframe computers are rarely dedicated to the library's own sole application, unless the library concerned happens to be a national library, offering online access to its data bases to a wide audience.Ex. The most devastated countries have seen almost no debt relief, and most of the bank's aid has come in the form of loans, not grants.Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Ex. There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.Ex. I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.----* afectado por el oídio = mildewed.* afectado por la sequía = drought-plagued, drought-parched.* afectado por las inundaciones = flood-hit.* afectado por las mareas = tidal.* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.* no verse afectado = be none the worse for wear, be none the worse for (that).* peor afectado = worst-hit.* usar sobre la zona afectada = use + topically.* * *- da adjetivoa) <gestos/acento> affectedb) <área/órgano> affectedestá afectado de una grave enfermedad — (frml) he is suffering from a serious disease
* * *= affected, mannered, concerned, devastated, stilted, camp, shaken.Ex: A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.
Ex: Since 1975 his work has become mannered and predictable.Ex: Mainframe computers are rarely dedicated to the library's own sole application, unless the library concerned happens to be a national library, offering online access to its data bases to a wide audience.Ex: The most devastated countries have seen almost no debt relief, and most of the bank's aid has come in the form of loans, not grants.Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Ex: There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.* afectado por el oídio = mildewed.* afectado por la sequía = drought-plagued, drought-parched.* afectado por las inundaciones = flood-hit.* afectado por las mareas = tidal.* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.* no verse afectado = be none the worse for wear, be none the worse for (that).* peor afectado = worst-hit.* usar sobre la zona afectada = use + topically.* * *afectado -daaffected* * *
Del verbo afectar: ( conjugate afectar)
afectado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
afectado
afectar
afectado◊ -da adjetivo
afectar ( conjugate afectar) verbo transitivo
1
2 ( fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign
afectado,-a I adj (amanerado) affected
II sustantivo masculino y femenino los afectados por el terremoto, those affected by the earthquake
los afectados de hepatitis, the hepatitis victims
afectar verbo transitivo
1 (incumbir) to affect: la medida nos afecta a todos, the measure affects us all
2 (impresionar, entristecer) to affect, sadden: le afectó mucho la muerte de su padre, she was deeply affected by her father's death
' afectado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afectada I
- hinchada
- hinchado
- remilgada
- remilgado
- retórica
- amanerado
English:
affected
- concerned
- precious
- self-conscious
- unaffected
- unnatural
- untouched
- visibly
- any
- camp
- diseased
- Down's syndrome
- fog
- hard
- self
- stricken
- suffer
* * *afectado, -a♦ adj1. [amanerado] affected2. [afligido] upset, badly affected3. RP [asignado] assigned♦ nm,fvictim;los afectados por las inundaciones serán indemnizados the people affected by the floods will receive compensation* * *I adj2 ( amanerado) affectedII m, afectada f:es un afectado he is so affected* * *afectado, -da adj1) : affected, mannered2) : influenced3) : afflicted4) : feigned* * *afectado adj (conmovido) affected / upset -
25 aguantar
v.1 to bear.está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressureesa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books2 to bear, to stand.no lo aguanto I can't bear himno sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with herno sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke3 to hold.aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelfAguante su respiración Hold your breath.4 to hold (contener) (respiración, mirada).apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh5 to hold on (time).aguanta un poco más hold on a bit longerno aguanto más I can't take any moreElla aguantará porque es fuerte She will hold on because she is strong.6 to wait for (esperar). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)7 to last.estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next yearaguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance8 to endure, to abide, to bear, to tolerate.Noel aguanta muchas penas Noel endures many sorrows.9 to withstand, to hold, to uphold, to support.El barrote aguanta el techo The crosspiece holds the roofing.10 to tolerate to, to suffer to, to bear to, to endure to.Silvia aguanta estudiar de noche Silvia tolerates to study nights.* * *1 (contener) to hold (back)2 (sostener) to hold, support3 (soportar) to tolerate■ no aguanto más I can't stand any more, I can't take any more1 (contenerse) to keep back; (risa, lágrimas) to hold back2 (resignarse) to resign oneself\¡que se aguante! familiar that's her/his tough luck!* * *verb1) to bear, endure, withstand2) hold•* * *1. VT1) (=soportar deliberadamente) to put up with, endureaguanté el dolor como pude — I bore o put up with o endured the pain as best as I could
tenemos que estar aguantando continuas ofensas — we have to put up with o endure continual insults
no aguantaré tus impertinencias ni un minuto más — I won't stand for o take o put up with your cheek a minute longer
2) (=tener capacidad de resistir) to stand up toesta planta aguanta bien el calor — this plant withstands o can take heat well, this plant stands up well to heat
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no aguantar, no aguanto a los cotillas — I can't bear o stand gossipsno aguanto ver sufrir a un animal — I can't bear o stand to see an animal suffering
no aguantaba la rutina de los entrenamientos — he couldn't cope with o take the training programme
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no hay quien te aguante — you're impossible o insufferable3) (=sostener) [persona] to hold; [muro, columna] to support, hold upse rompió el cable que aguantaba la antena — the cable holding up o supporting the aerial broke
4) (=contener) [+ respiración] to hold; [+ risa, llanto] to hold backel mundo aguantó la respiración temiendo un desastre — the world waited with bated breath, fearing a disaster
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aguantar las ganas de hacer algo — to resist the urge to do sthno pude aguantar las ganas de decirle lo que pensaba — I couldn't resist telling her what I thought, I couldn't resist the urge to tell her what I thought
5) (=durar) to last2. VI1) [persona]ya no aguanto más — I can't bear it o stand it o take it any longer, I can't bear o stand o take any more
cuando empezaba a correr no aguantaba más de diez minutos — when she started running she couldn't keep going o last for more than ten minutes
aguantaré en Madrid hasta que pueda — I'll hang on o hold on in Madrid as long as I can
yo me emborracho enseguida, pero él aguanta mucho — I get drunk straight away but he can really hold his drink
tienes que aguantar hasta el año que viene con esos zapatos — you'll have to make do with those shoes until next year
yo ya no aguanto mucho, a las diez estoy en la cama — I can't take the pace any more, I'm in bed by ten
aguantan poco sin aburrirse — they have a low boredom threshold, they're easily bored
es de guapo que no se puede aguantar — * he's drop dead gorgeous *, he's to die for *
2) [clavo, columna] to hold¿crees que este clavo aguantará? — do you think this nail will hold?
3) LAm * (=esperar) to hang on *, hold on¡aguanta! — hang on * o hold on a minute!
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure2)a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstandb) ( durar)estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter
3) ( sostener) to hold4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back2.aguantar vicon ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health
3.¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?
aguantarse v pron1) (conformarse, resignarse)me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it
si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)
2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there
3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)* * *= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.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. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex. Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.Ex. Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.----* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.* aguantarlo = live with it.* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.* aguántate = lump it.* no aguantar más = have had enough.* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure2)a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstandb) ( durar)estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter
3) ( sostener) to hold4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back2.aguantar vicon ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health
3.¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?
aguantarse v pron1) (conformarse, resignarse)me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it
si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)
2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there
3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)* * *= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.
Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.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: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Ex: Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.Ex: Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.* aguantarlo = live with it.* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.* aguántate = lump it.* no aguantar más = have had enough.* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.* * *aguantar [A1 ]vtA1(tolerar, soportar): aguanto bien el calor I can take the heattuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas en el desierto they had to endure extremely high temperatures in the deserty como no tengo donde ir tengo que aguantar sus bromas estúpidas and since I have nowhere to go I have to put up with o suffer his stupid jokesaguantó el dolor con gran fortaleza she bore o endured the pain very bravelylo aguantó durante años she put up with him for yearsno tengo por qué aguantar que me traten así I don't have to stand for this kind of treatment, I don't have to put up with being treated like thisa ése le aguantan todo porque es el hijo del jefe he gets away with anything because he's the boss's sonaguantó su mirada un momento y desvió los ojos he held her stare for a moment, then averted his eyes2(uso hiperbólico): este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearableno sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a jokeno puedo aguantarlo I can't stand himno puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearableB1 ‹peso/presión›aguanta todo el peso del tejado it supports o bears the whole weight of the roofel puente no aguanta más de cierto tonelaje the bridge will only withstand o take o stand a certain tonnageno aguantó la presión it didn't take o withstand the pressureel mástil no aguantaría otra embestida del viento the mast wouldn't stand up to o take another gustella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo she can take twice as much drink as I can2(durar): estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winterconstrucciones que han aguantado el paso del tiempo buildings that have survived the passing of timeaguantó tres meses en ese trabajo he lasted three months in that jobC (sostener) to holdaguántame los paquetes mientras compro las entradas hold (on to) the parcels for me while I buy the ticketsuna cuña para aguantar la puerta a wedge to hold the door openD (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold backaguanta la respiración todo lo que puedas hold your breath for as long as you canya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer■ aguantarvi¡ya no aguanto más! yo renuncio I can't take any more! I quitcon ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? can you hang o hold on until we arrive?no puedo aguantar hasta enero con este abrigo I can't last till January with this coat, this coat won't last me till Januarytenemos que aguantar hasta fin de mes con este dinero we have to make this money last o stretch till the end of the month, we have to get by on o manage on o survive on this money till the end of the monthno creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will holdA(conformarse, resignarse): no me apetece ir pero me tendré que aguantar I don't feel like going, but I'll just have to grin and bear it o put up with itsi no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it ( colloq)me he quedado sin cena — te aguantas, por no haber llegado antes there's no dinner left for me — tough, you should have got(ten) here earlier ( colloq)B ( euf)(reprimirse, contenerse): aguántate un poquito que enseguida llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be thereya no se aguanta las ganas de abrir los paquetes he can't resist the temptation to open the packages any longerse aguantó hasta que no pudo más y se lo dijo todo she kept quiet as long as she could and then she told him everything* * *
aguantar ( conjugate aguantar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dolor/sufrimiento› to bear, endure;
no tengo por qué aguantar esto I don't have to put up with this;
este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable;
no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke;
no los aguanto I can't stand them;
no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable
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‹ presión› to withstandb) ( durar):◊ estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter
3 ( sostener) to hold
4 (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back;
verbo intransitivo:◊ ¡ya no aguanto más! I can't take any more!;
no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold
aguantarse verbo pronominal
1 (conformarse, resignarse):◊ me tendré que aguantar I'll just have to put up with it;
si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)
2 (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse):
aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there
3 (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)
aguantar
I verbo transitivo
1 (soportar, tolerar) to tolerate: no puedo aguantar más tu prepotencia, I can't stand your arrogance any longer ➣ Ver nota en bear y stand
2 (sujetar) to support, hold: por favor, aguanta la escalera mientras cambio la bombilla, please hold the ladder while I change the bulb
3 (reprimirse) aguantó la respiración tres minutos, he held his breath for three minutes
II verbo intransitivo
1 (durar) to last
2 (soportar) aguanta un poco más, hold on a bit longer
' aguantar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calibre
- mecha
- pasar
- resistir
- saber
- sufrir
- tipo
- soplar
- tragar
English:
abide
- bear
- bear up
- brave
- bullet
- endure
- going
- hang on
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- last
- pace
- put up with
- ride out
- ridicule
- sit out
- sit through
- stand
- stay
- stick
- stick out
- stomach
- suffer
- sweat out
- take
- go
- hang
- keep
- put
- ride
- sit
- stuck
- support
- tolerate
* * *♦ vt1. [sostener] to hold;aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf2. [peso, presión] to bear;esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books;la presa no aguantará otro terremoto the dam won't withstand another earthquake;está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure3. [tolerar, soportar] to bear, to stand;estas plantas no aguantan bien el calor these plants don't like the heat;no aguantó el ritmo de sus rivales she couldn't keep up with her rivals;a tu hermana no hay quien la aguante your sister's unbearable;no puedo aguantarlo, no lo aguanto I can't bear him;no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her;ya no aguanto más este dolor this pain is unbearable;no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke4. [tiempo] to hold out for;aguantó dos meses en el desierto he survived for two months in the desert;no creo que aguante mucho tiempo fuera su país I don't think he'll be able to last long abroad;¿cuánto tiempo aguantas sin fumar un cigarillo? how long can you go without smoking a cigarette?;este abrigo me ha aguantado cinco años this coat has lasted me five years5. [contener] [respiración, mirada] to hold;[risa] to contain;debes aguantar la respiración para hacerte la radiografía you'll have to hold your breath when you have the X-ray;apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh♦ vi1. [tiempo] to hold on;aguanta un poco más, en seguida nos vamos hold on a bit longer, we'll be going soon;no aguanto más – necesito un vaso de agua I can't take any more, I need a glass of water;¡ya no aguanto más, vámonos! I've had enough, let's go!2. [resistir] to last;estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year;aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance;a pesar de estar lesionado, aguantó hasta el final despite his injury, he carried on until the end3. Taurom to stand firm* * *I v/t1 un peso bear, support2 respiración hold3 ( soportar) put up with;no lo puedo aguantar I can’t stand o bear itII v/i:no aguanto más I can’t take (it) any more, I can’t bear it any longer* * *aguantar vt1) soportar: to bear, to tolerate, to withstand2) : to hold3)aguantar las ganas : to resist an urgeno pude aguantar las ganas de reír: I couldn't keep myself from laughingaguantar vi: to hold out, to last* * *aguantar vb4. (durar) to lastaguanta, que falta poco hold on, we're nearly there6. (en la mano) to hold¿me aguantas la carpeta un momento? can you hold my folder for a minute? -
26 amplio
adj.1 ample, extensive, broad, roomy.2 ample, generous, broad, free-handed.3 wide, diverse, varied.4 liberal-minded, liberal, tolerant, all-round.5 spacious, capacious.6 free-ranging.* * *► adjetivo1 (extenso) large2 (espacioso) roomy, spacious3 (ancho) wide, broad4 (holgado) loose\en el sentido más amplio de la palabra in the broadest sense of the word* * *(f. - amplia)adj.ample, wide, spacious* * *ADJ1) (=espacioso) [habitación, interior] spacious; [avenida, calle] widecompró una amplia extensión de terreno — he bought a vast tract o stretch of land
2) [ropa] loose(-fitting), roomy *; [falda] full3) [margen] widelos socialistas ganaron las elecciones por amplia mayoría — the socialists won the election with a large majority
4) [conocimiento, vocabulario, poder, gama] wide, extensiveun amplio surtido de productos — a wide o extensive range of products
5) [sentido] broad6) [repercusión] far-reachingla noticia tuvo amplia difusión o amplio eco en la prensa — the news was widely o extensively reported
su novela tuvo amplia resonancia entre los intelectuales — his novel had great influence among the intellectuals
7) [informe] full, detailed* * *- plia adjetivoa) <calle/valle/margen> wide; < casa> spacious; <vestido/abrigo> loose-fittingb) <criterio/sentido> broadc) <garantías/programa> comprehensive* * *= vast [vaster -comp., vastest -sup.], extensive, large [larger -comp., largest -sup.], wide-sweeping, widespread, broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], ample, capacious, widespan, wide-reaching, expansive, extended, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], wide-angle(d), loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].Ex. If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.Ex. Serial searching for a string of characters is usually performed on a small subset of a large file.Ex. Surely these innovations already have and will continue to bring deep and wide-sweeping change to our profession - and because of their rapidity, these changes will be sudden and often tumultuous.Ex. Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Ex. In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.Ex. This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.Ex. With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, translucency to permit uniform daylight, and transportability or relocatability.Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.Ex. The brief abstracts and extended abstracts of papers, not published in full in the proceedings, are excluded.Ex. Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.Ex. Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.Ex. With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.----* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.* en su sentido más amplio = in its/their broadest sense, in its/their widest sense.* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.* una amplia gama de = a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).* * *- plia adjetivoa) <calle/valle/margen> wide; < casa> spacious; <vestido/abrigo> loose-fittingb) <criterio/sentido> broadc) <garantías/programa> comprehensive* * *= vast [vaster -comp., vastest -sup.], extensive, large [larger -comp., largest -sup.], wide-sweeping, widespread, broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], ample, capacious, widespan, wide-reaching, expansive, extended, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], wide-angle(d), loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].Ex: If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.
Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.Ex: Serial searching for a string of characters is usually performed on a small subset of a large file.Ex: Surely these innovations already have and will continue to bring deep and wide-sweeping change to our profession - and because of their rapidity, these changes will be sudden and often tumultuous.Ex: Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.Ex: In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.Ex: This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.Ex: With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, translucency to permit uniform daylight, and transportability or relocatability.Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.Ex: The brief abstracts and extended abstracts of papers, not published in full in the proceedings, are excluded.Ex: Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.Ex: Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.Ex: With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.* en su sentido más amplio = in its/their broadest sense, in its/their widest sense.* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.* una amplia gama de = a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).* * *1 ‹calle› wide; ‹valle› wide, broad; ‹casa› spacious; ‹vestido/abrigo› loose-fitting; ‹falda/manga› fullcon una amplia sonrisa with a broad smile2 ‹criterio› broad; ‹margen› wideen el sentido amplio de la palabra in the broad sense of the wordpor amplia mayoría by a large majoritytiene amplias facultades para decidir sobre este punto he has full authority to make a decision on this pointuna amplia gama de colores a wide range of colorsles ofrecemos las más amplias garantías we offer comprehensive guarantees o the fullest possible guaranteesun tema que tuvo una amplia difusión an issue that received wide media coverageun amplio programa de reformas a full o wide-ranging o comprehensive program of reforms* * *
Del verbo ampliar: ( conjugate ampliar)
amplío es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
amplió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
ampliar
amplio
ampliar ( conjugate ampliar) verbo transitivo
‹ negocio› to expand
‹ explicación› to expand (on);
‹ campo de acción› to widen, broaden;
amplio◊ - plia adjetivo
‹ casa› spacious;
‹vestido/abrigo› loose-fitting;
‹ sonrisa› broad
una amplia gama de colores a wide range of colors
ampliar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer más largo un plazo) to extend
2 (hacer más grande un edificio) to enlarge
3 (extender un negocio) to expand
4 (una fotografía) to enlarge, to blow up
5 (el campo de acción) to widen: los sindicatos proponen ampliar las sanciones a los defraudadores, the unions propose greater penalties for those committing fraud
amplio,-a adjetivo
1 large, roomy
2 (ancho, profundo, variado) wide, broad ➣ Ver nota en ancho
' amplio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amplia
- ancha
- ancho
- dilatada
- dilatado
- espectro
- nave
English:
ample
- extensive
- large
- roomy
- spacious
- sweep
- vocabulary
- wide
- all
- broad
- comfortable
- smock
- sweeping
* * *amplio, -a adj1. [grande] [sala, maletero] roomy, spacious;[avenida] wide;una amplio sonrisa a broad smile2. [ropa] loose3. [extenso] [explicación, cobertura] comprehensive;[ventaja, capacidad] considerable;en el sentido más amplio de la palabra in the broadest sense of the word;ganaron por una amplia mayoría they won with a large majority;hubo un amplio consenso there was a broad consensus;ofrecen una amplia gama de servicios they offer a wide range of services;gozan de una amplia aceptación they enjoy widespread approval;tiene una amplia experiencia she has wide-ranging experience* * ** * *: broad, wide, ample♦ ampliamente adj* * *amplio adj1. (gama, margen) wide2. (valor, cantidad) large3. (espacioso) spacious -
27 asolar
v.1 to devastate.2 to desolate, to destroy, to devastate, to lay flat.Los vientos desolaron el bosque The winds desolated the forest.3 to raze, to level with ground, to strip.Los tractores asolaron la tierra The tractors razed the land.4 to vanquish.* * ** * *verbto raze, destroy* * *I= asolanarII1.VT to raze, raze to the ground, destroy2.See:* * *verbo transitivo guerra/huracán/sequía to devastateun país asolado por el hambre — a country ravaged o devastated by hunger
* * *= plague, devastate, lay + waste to, desolate.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.* * *verbo transitivo guerra/huracán/sequía to devastateun país asolado por el hambre — a country ravaged o devastated by hunger
* * *= plague, devastate, lay + waste to, desolate.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.Ex: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.* * *vt«guerra/huracán/sequía» to devastateel terremoto asoló la ciudad the earthquake devastated the townun país asolado por el hambre a country ravaged o devastated by hunger* * *
asolar ( conjugate asolar) verbo transitivo [guerra/huracán/sequía] to devastate
asolar verbo transitivo to devastate, destroy
' asolar' also found in these entries:
English:
devastate
- plague
- blight
* * *asolar vtto devastate* * *v/t devastate* * *asolar {19} vt: to devastate, to destroy -
28 centro
m.1 center.centro de atracción center of attractioncentro de gravedad center of gravitycentro de interés center of interestcentro de mesa centerpiececentro nervioso nerve centercentro óptico optic center2 center (establecimiento).centro de cálculo computer centercentro cívico community centercentro docente o de enseñanza educational institutioncentro recreativo leisure center3 city/town center.me voy al centro I'm going to towncentro ciudad o urbano city/town center (en letrero)4 center of the city, downtown, city centre.5 Centro.6 centrum.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: centrar.* * *1 centre (US center), middle2 (de ciudad) town centre, city centre, US downtown area■ me voy al centro I'm going into town, US I'm going downtown3 (asociación) centre (US center), association, institution4 DEPORTE cross, centre (US center)5 PLÍTICA centre (US center)\centro benéfico charitable organizationcentro ciudad city centre, US downtown areacentro comercial shopping centre, US mallcentro cultural cultural centre (US center)centro de atracción centre (US center) of attractioncentro de enseñanza educational institutioncentro de gravedad centre of gravitycentro de interés centre (US center) of interestcentro de mesa centrepiece (US centerpiece)centro docente educational institutioncentro sanitario hospital, clinicmedio centro DEPORTE centre (US center) halfpartido de centro PLÍTICA centre (US center) party* * *noun m.1) center2) downtown* * *1. SM1) (=medio) centre, center (EEUU)las regiones del centro del país — the central areas of the country, the areas in the centre of the country
pon el jarrón en el centro de la mesa — put the vase in the middle o centre of the table
2) [de ciudad] centre, center (EEUU)no se puede aparcar en el centro — you can't park in the centre (of town), you can't park downtown (EEUU)
un edificio del centro de Madrid — a building in the centre of Madrid o in Madrid town centre o (EEUU) in downtown Madrid
centro ciudad — city centre, town centre
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ir al centro — to go into town, go downtown (EEUU)3) (Pol) centre, center (EEUU)ser de centro — [persona] to be a moderate; [partido] to be in the centre
los partidos de centro izquierda — the parties of the centre left, the centre-left parties
4) (=foco) [de huracán] centre, center (EEUU); [de incendio] seatha sido el centro de varias polémicas últimamente — he has been at the centre o heart of various controversies lately
el gobierno se ha convertido en el centro de las críticas — the government has become the target of criticism
Zaire fue el centro del interés internacional — Zaire was the focus of o was at the centre of international attention
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ser el centro de las miradas, Roma es estos días el centro de todas las miradas — all eyes are on Rome at the moment5) (=establecimiento) centre, center (EEUU)dos alumnos han sido expulsados del centro — two students have been expelled from the school o centre
centro comercial — shopping centre, shopping mall
centro cultural — [en un barrio, institución] (local) arts centre; [de otro país] cultural centre
centro de abasto — Méx market
centro de acogida, centro de acogida de menores — children's home
centro de coordinación — [de la policía] operations room
centro (de determinación) de costos — (Com) cost centre
centro de enseñanza — [gen] educational institution; (=colegio) school
centro de enseñanza media, centro de enseñanza secundaria — secondary school
centro de jardinería — garden centre, garden center (EEUU)
centro de rastreo — (Astron) tracking centre
centro médico — [gen] medical establishment; (=hospital) hospital
centro penitenciario — prison, penitentiary (EEUU)
centro recreacional — Cuba, Ven sports centre, leisure centre
centro sanitario — = centro médico
centro universitario — (=facultad) faculty; (=universidad) university
6) (=población)centro turístico — (=lugar muy visitado) tourist centre; [diseñado para turistas] tourist resort
centro urbano — urban area, city
7) (=ropa) CAm (=juego) trousers and waistcoat, pants and vest (EEUU); And, Caribe (=enaguas) underskirt; And (=falda) thick flannel skirt2.SMF (Ftbl) centre•
delantero centro — centre-forward•
medio centro — centre-half* * *I1)a) (Mat) center*b) ( área central) center*ir al centro de la ciudad — to go downtown (AmE), to go into town o into the town centre (BrE)
centro ciudad/urbano — downtown (AmE), city/town centre (BrE)
2) ( foco)a) ( de atención) center*b) (de actividades, servicios) center*un gran centro cultural/industrial — a major cultural/industrial center
un centro turístico — an tourist resort o center
3) (establecimiento, institución) center*4) (Pol) center*5) ( en fútbol) cross, center*•II1)a) (Mat) center*b) ( área central) center*ir al centro de la ciudad — to go downtown (AmE), to go into town o into the town centre (BrE)
centro ciudad/urbano — downtown (AmE), city/town centre (BrE)
2) ( foco)a) ( de atención) center*b) (de actividades, servicios) center*un gran centro cultural/industrial — a major cultural/industrial center
un centro turístico — an tourist resort o center
3) (establecimiento, institución) center*4) (Pol) center*5) ( en fútbol) cross, center*•* * *= centre [center, -USA], core, hub, office, locus [loci, -pl.], focal point, operation, centrepoint [centerpoint, -USA], pivot.Ex. Over 3,000 such centres were set up, but most had closed by 1949.Ex. The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.Ex. The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.Ex. The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.Ex. The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Ex. In our capacity as centerpoints for local activities, we may be equipped with card production equipment for producing catalog cards through the state division of OCLC.Ex. The use of decimal notation is seen as the pivot of Dewey's scheme and notational systems are analysed generally and compared with Dewey's.----* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.* centro accesible mediante Telnet = Telnet-accesible site.* centro administrativo = administrative centre.* centro artístico = art(s) centre.* Centro Bibliotecario en Línea (OCLC) = OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).* centro cívico = civic centre.* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, shopping mall, mall, outlet mall, plaza.* centro comunitario = village hall.* centro coordinador = focal point, switching point, coordinating centre, hub.* centro coordinador de información = clearinghouse [clearing house].* centro cultural = cultural centre, cultural institution, cultural venue.* centro de acogida = runaway shelter, refuge, shelter, homeless shelter, shelter home.* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.* centro de acogida de mujeres = women's shelter.* centro de actividad = focal point.* centro de adquisiciones = acquisition centre.* centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre.* centro de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.* centro de asesoramiento = counselling centre.* centro de asistencia social = welfare facility.* centro de atención = centre of attention, limelight, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], centre stage, focus of concern, focus of interest, focus of attention, focus.* centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre.* centro de audio = audio centre.* centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre.* centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre.* centro de belleza = beauty centre.* centro de cálculo = computer centre, computing centre, central computing facility.* centro de catalogación = cataloguing department.* centro de computación = computing centre.* centro de comunicaciones = communications hub.* centro de congresos = conference centre, convention centre.* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.* centro de coordinación = re-routing centre.* centro de datos = data centre.* centro de deportes = sports centre.* centro de detención = detention centre.* centro de día = day care centre, day centre.* centro de día para mayores = day centre for the elderly.* centro de distribución = distribution centre.* Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).* centro de documentación = clearinghouse [clearing house], documentation centre, information centre, information unit, research centre.* centro de educación de adultos = adult learning centre, adult learner centre.* centro de educación infantil = early education centre.* centro de educación sanitaria = consumer health centre, consumer health information centre.* centro de, el = centre of, the.* centro de enseñanza = education centre.* centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre.* centro de estudios = study centre.* Centro de Europa = Mitteleurope.* centro de gravedad = centre of gravity.* centro de información = information agency, information centre.* Centro de Información al Ciudadano = Public Information Center (PIC).* centro de información ciudadana = community information centre, neighbourhood information centre (NIC).* centro de información laboral = job information centre.* centro de información sectorial = sectoral information centre.* Centro de Información sobre el Ayuntamiento = Kommune Information Centre.* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.* centro de jardinería = garden centre.* centro de la ciudad = central city, downtown, city centre.* centro de las ciencias = science centre.* centro del campo = halfway line.* centro de Londres = Inner London.* centro del pueblo = town centre.* centro del visitante = visitor's centre.* centro de material didáctico escolar = school resource centre.* centro de menores = young offender institution.* centro de mesa = epergne.* centro de ocio = recreation centre, recreational centre.* centro de orientación = referral centre.* centro de planificación familiar = family planning clinic, planned parenthood centre.* centro deportivo = sports centre.* centro de proceso de información = clearinghouse [clearing house].* centro de recepción de ovejas = sheep station.* centro de recepción y envío = shipping point.* centro de reciclado = recycling centre.* centro de recursos = resource centre.* centro de recursos multimedia = media resource centre.* centro de recursos para el aprendizaje (CRA) = learning hub, learning resource centre (LRC).* centro de referencia = reference centre.* centro de rehabilitación = rehabilitation clinic, rehabilitation centre.* centro de reinserción social = half-way house.* centro de salud = health centre.* centro de trabajo = workplace.* centro de vacaciones = resort, tourist resort.* centro de vacaciones costero = coastal resort, seaside resort, seaside tourist resort.* centro de veraneo = summer resort.* centro de veraneo costero = seaside resort, coastal resort.* centro educativo = educational centre.* centro electoral = polling district.* centro financiero = financial centre.* centro industrial = manufacturing centre.* centro informático = computing centre.* Centro Internacional para la Descripción Bibliográfica del UNISIST = UNIBID.* centro litúrgico = church centre.* centro multimedia = library media centre, media centre.* centro multimedia escolar = school media centre, school library media centre.* centro municipal de información = local authority information outlet.* Centro Nacional de Préstamos = National Lending Centre.* centro neurálgico = powerhouse, power engine.* centro neurálgico, el = nerve centre, the.* centro penitenciario = penitentiary.* centro piloto = pilot centre.* centro recreativo = recreation centre, recreational centre.* centro regional = regional centre.* centro religioso = church centre.* centro social = community centre, village hall, social centre, drop-in centre, community hall.* centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.* centro turístico = tourist resort, resort, summer resort.* centro turístico costero = beachside resort, seaside resort, coastal resort, seaside tourist resort.* centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre.* centro urbano = downtown, city centre, town centre.* conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight, grab + the limelight.* del centro = middle.* el centro de atención + ser = all eyes + be + on.* en el centro de = at the heart of.* en el mismo centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of).* hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward.* ir al centro = go + downtown.* justo en en centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of).* material del centro de recursos = resource centre material.* mesa de centro = coffee table.* mesita de centro = coffee table.* no tomándose a uno como el centro de referencia = ex-centric [excentric].* pasar a ser el centro de atención = take + centre stage.* pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus.* período de prácticas en centros = practicum.* personal de un centro multimedia escolar = school media staff.* poner el centro de atención = put + focus.* ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.* ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash.* tomándose a uno como centro de referencia = centric.* un centro único = one stop shop.* visita a centros profesionales = study tour.* zona del centro = midsection [mid-section].* zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* * *I1)a) (Mat) center*b) ( área central) center*ir al centro de la ciudad — to go downtown (AmE), to go into town o into the town centre (BrE)
centro ciudad/urbano — downtown (AmE), city/town centre (BrE)
2) ( foco)a) ( de atención) center*b) (de actividades, servicios) center*un gran centro cultural/industrial — a major cultural/industrial center
un centro turístico — an tourist resort o center
3) (establecimiento, institución) center*4) (Pol) center*5) ( en fútbol) cross, center*•II1)a) (Mat) center*b) ( área central) center*ir al centro de la ciudad — to go downtown (AmE), to go into town o into the town centre (BrE)
centro ciudad/urbano — downtown (AmE), city/town centre (BrE)
2) ( foco)a) ( de atención) center*b) (de actividades, servicios) center*un gran centro cultural/industrial — a major cultural/industrial center
un centro turístico — an tourist resort o center
3) (establecimiento, institución) center*4) (Pol) center*5) ( en fútbol) cross, center*•* * *= centre [center, -USA], core, hub, office, locus [loci, -pl.], focal point, operation, centrepoint [centerpoint, -USA], pivot.Ex: Over 3,000 such centres were set up, but most had closed by 1949.
Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.Ex: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.Ex: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.Ex: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.Ex: In our capacity as centerpoints for local activities, we may be equipped with card production equipment for producing catalog cards through the state division of OCLC.Ex: The use of decimal notation is seen as the pivot of Dewey's scheme and notational systems are analysed generally and compared with Dewey's.* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.* centro accesible mediante Telnet = Telnet-accesible site.* centro administrativo = administrative centre.* centro artístico = art(s) centre.* Centro Bibliotecario en Línea (OCLC) = OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).* centro cívico = civic centre.* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, shopping mall, mall, outlet mall, plaza.* centro comunitario = village hall.* centro coordinador = focal point, switching point, coordinating centre, hub.* centro coordinador de información = clearinghouse [clearing house].* centro cultural = cultural centre, cultural institution, cultural venue.* centro de acogida = runaway shelter, refuge, shelter, homeless shelter, shelter home.* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.* centro de acogida de mujeres = women's shelter.* centro de actividad = focal point.* centro de adquisiciones = acquisition centre.* centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre.* centro de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.* centro de asesoramiento = counselling centre.* centro de asistencia social = welfare facility.* centro de atención = centre of attention, limelight, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], centre stage, focus of concern, focus of interest, focus of attention, focus.* centro de atención al ciudadano = advice centre.* centro de audio = audio centre.* centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre.* centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre.* centro de belleza = beauty centre.* centro de cálculo = computer centre, computing centre, central computing facility.* centro de catalogación = cataloguing department.* centro de computación = computing centre.* centro de comunicaciones = communications hub.* centro de congresos = conference centre, convention centre.* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.* centro de coordinación = re-routing centre.* centro de datos = data centre.* centro de deportes = sports centre.* centro de detención = detention centre.* centro de día = day care centre, day centre.* centro de día para mayores = day centre for the elderly.* centro de distribución = distribution centre.* Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).* centro de documentación = clearinghouse [clearing house], documentation centre, information centre, information unit, research centre.* centro de educación de adultos = adult learning centre, adult learner centre.* centro de educación infantil = early education centre.* centro de educación sanitaria = consumer health centre, consumer health information centre.* centro de, el = centre of, the.* centro de enseñanza = education centre.* centro de esquí artificial = dry ski centre.* centro de estudios = study centre.* Centro de Europa = Mitteleurope.* centro de gravedad = centre of gravity.* centro de información = information agency, information centre.* Centro de Información al Ciudadano = Public Information Center (PIC).* centro de información ciudadana = community information centre, neighbourhood information centre (NIC).* centro de información laboral = job information centre.* centro de información sectorial = sectoral information centre.* Centro de Información sobre el Ayuntamiento = Kommune Information Centre.* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.* centro de jardinería = garden centre.* centro de la ciudad = central city, downtown, city centre.* centro de las ciencias = science centre.* centro del campo = halfway line.* centro de Londres = Inner London.* centro del pueblo = town centre.* centro del visitante = visitor's centre.* centro de material didáctico escolar = school resource centre.* centro de menores = young offender institution.* centro de mesa = epergne.* centro de ocio = recreation centre, recreational centre.* centro de orientación = referral centre.* centro de planificación familiar = family planning clinic, planned parenthood centre.* centro deportivo = sports centre.* centro de proceso de información = clearinghouse [clearing house].* centro de recepción de ovejas = sheep station.* centro de recepción y envío = shipping point.* centro de reciclado = recycling centre.* centro de recursos = resource centre.* centro de recursos multimedia = media resource centre.* centro de recursos para el aprendizaje (CRA) = learning hub, learning resource centre (LRC).* centro de referencia = reference centre.* centro de rehabilitación = rehabilitation clinic, rehabilitation centre.* centro de reinserción social = half-way house.* centro de salud = health centre.* centro de trabajo = workplace.* centro de vacaciones = resort, tourist resort.* centro de vacaciones costero = coastal resort, seaside resort, seaside tourist resort.* centro de veraneo = summer resort.* centro de veraneo costero = seaside resort, coastal resort.* centro educativo = educational centre.* centro electoral = polling district.* centro financiero = financial centre.* centro industrial = manufacturing centre.* centro informático = computing centre.* Centro Internacional para la Descripción Bibliográfica del UNISIST = UNIBID.* centro litúrgico = church centre.* centro multimedia = library media centre, media centre.* centro multimedia escolar = school media centre, school library media centre.* centro municipal de información = local authority information outlet.* Centro Nacional de Préstamos = National Lending Centre.* centro neurálgico = powerhouse, power engine.* centro neurálgico, el = nerve centre, the.* centro penitenciario = penitentiary.* centro piloto = pilot centre.* centro recreativo = recreation centre, recreational centre.* centro regional = regional centre.* centro religioso = church centre.* centro social = community centre, village hall, social centre, drop-in centre, community hall.* centro social para veteranos de guerra = Veterans' centre.* centro turístico = tourist resort, resort, summer resort.* centro turístico costero = beachside resort, seaside resort, coastal resort, seaside tourist resort.* centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre.* centro urbano = downtown, city centre, town centre.* conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight, grab + the spotlight, grab + the limelight.* del centro = middle.* el centro de atención + ser = all eyes + be + on.* en el centro de = at the heart of.* en el mismo centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of).* hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward.* ir al centro = go + downtown.* justo en en centro (de) = plumb in the middle (of).* material del centro de recursos = resource centre material.* mesa de centro = coffee table.* mesita de centro = coffee table.* no tomándose a uno como el centro de referencia = ex-centric [excentric].* pasar a ser el centro de atención = take + centre stage.* pasar a ser el centro de atención = come into + focus.* período de prácticas en centros = practicum.* personal de un centro multimedia escolar = school media staff.* poner el centro de atención = put + focus.* ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.* ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash.* tomándose a uno como centro de referencia = centric.* un centro único = one stop shop.* visita a centros profesionales = study tour.* zona del centro = midsection [mid-section].* zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.* * *A1 ( Mat) center*2 (área central) center*en el centro de la habitación in the middle o center of the roomel terremoto afectó al centro del país the earthquake affected the central region o the center of the countrylos países del centro de Europa the countries of Central Europevive en pleno centro de la ciudad she lives right in the center of the town/citytengo que ir al centro a hacer unas compras I have to go downtown to do some shopping ( AmE), I have to go into town o into the town centre to do some shopping ( BrE)Compuestos:center* of gravitymidfieldcenterpiece*nerve center*center* of power(de una organización) nerve center*; (de una ciudad) heartB (foco)1 (de atención) center*ha sido el centro de todos los comentarios it has been the main talking pointfueron el centro de todas las miradas all eyes were on themse ha convertido estos días en el centro de interés it has become the focus of attention recentlyfue el centro de atracción durante la fiesta she was the center of attention at the partyha hecho de su marido el centro de su existencia she has centered her life around her husband2 (de actividades, servicios) center*centro administrativo administrative centerun gran centro cultural/industrial a major cultural/industrial centerCompuestos:center* of interest to touristscall center*operations center*, operations room ( BrE)urban center*, population center*holiday center*( AmL) leisure center*tourist resort o center*C (establecimiento, institución) center*el centro anglo-peruano the Anglo-Peruvian centerCompuestos:civic center*(en Esp) private school o college ( which receives a state subsidy)( Méx) marketcentro de acogidade animales abandonados animal sanctuarycentro de acogida de menores abandonados children's refugecentro de acogida para mujeres maltratadas refuge for battered womencentro de acogida de refugiados reception center* for refugeessupport center*primary care center*call center*user support center*help center*computer center*control center*conference center*coordination center*cost center*cultural center*detention center*spy headquartersprivate school, academymanagement center*information center*detention center*research center*, research establishmentspeech therapy clinic( Esp) high-tech leisure center*family planning clinicsports center*detention center*health center*service center*telecommunications center*space center*( frml); hospitalmedical center*( AmL) leisure center*leisure center*( frml); hospitalD ( Pol) center*E (en fútbol) tbcentro chut cross, center*F* * *
Del verbo centrar: ( conjugate centrar)
centro es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
centró es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
centrar
centro
centrar ( conjugate centrar) verbo transitivo
c) ‹atención/investigación/esfuerzos› centro algo en algo to focus sth on sth
verbo intransitivo (Dep) to center( conjugate center), cross
centrarse verbo pronominal centrose en algo [investigación/atención/esfuerzos] to focus o center( conjugate center) on sth
centro sustantivo masculino
◊ centro ciudad/urbano downtown (AmE), city/town centre (BrE);
ser el centro de atención to be the center of attention;
se convirtió en el centro de interés it became the focus of attention;
centro turístico tourist resort o center;
centro comercial shopping mall (AmE), shopping centre (BrE);
centro de llamadas call center (AmE) o centre (BrE);
centro de planificación familiar family planning clinic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( jugador) center( conjugate center);
centrar verbo transitivo
1 to centre, US center
2 (los esfuerzos, la atención) to concentrate, centre, US center
centro sustantivo masculino
1 middle, centre, US center
2 (de una ciudad) town centre
3 (institución) institution, centre, US center
4 Pol centre party
5 centro comercial, shopping centre
' centro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorrar
- Cesid
- CIS
- ciudad
- consejo
- delantera
- delantero
- docente
- foco
- gravedad
- media
- medio
- mitad
- neurálgica
- neurálgico
- ombligo
- retención
- almendra
- base
- blanco
- comercial
- deportivo
- diana
- hacia
- hípico
- lejos
- mesa
- mismo
- para
- polo
- posta
- preescolar
- rematar
- retirado
- señalización
- señalizar
- trámite
English:
accessible
- barrage
- central
- centre
- centre forward
- city
- community centre
- core
- delay
- downtown
- garden centre
- heart
- hub
- inner city
- institute
- leisure centre
- mall
- middle
- out
- revolve
- ROTC
- run across
- shopping centre
- slap
- space-centre
- spotlight
- teaching centre
- town
- village hall
- walk about
- welfare centre
- call
- center
- clinic
- coffee
- community
- conference
- control
- facility
- focal
- focus
- garden
- health
- holiday
- home
- inner
- leisure
- midtown
- plaza
- polling
* * *centro nm1. [área, punto central] centre;en el centro de la vía in the middle of the track;estaba en el centro de la muchedumbre she was in the middle of the crowd;las lluvias afectarán al centro del país the rain will affect the central region o centre of the country;la jardinería es el centro de su existencia her life revolves around gardeningcentro de atención centre of attention;centro de atracción centre of attraction;las playas son el centro de atracción para el turismo beaches are the main tourist attraction;centro de gravedad centre of gravity;centro de interés centre of interest;Fís centro de masa centre of mass;centro de mesa centrepiece;centro nervioso nerve centre;también Fig centro neurálgico nerve centre; Fís centro óptico optical centre2. [de ciudad] town centre;me voy al centro I'm going to town;tengo una casa en pleno centro I have a house right in the town centre;centro histórico = old (part of) town3. [económico, administrativo] centre;un importante centro financiero/cultural an important financial/cultural centrecentro turístico tourist resort4. [establecimiento, organismo] centre;[planta] plant, factory; [tienda] branch; [colegio] school Esp centro de acogida reception centre; Esp centro de acogida para mujeres maltratadas refuge for battered women;centro asistencial de día day care centre;centro de atención telefónica call centre;centro de cálculo computer centre;centro cívico community centre;Am centro comunal community centre; Am centro comunitario community centre;centro concertado state-subsidized (private) school;centro de control control centre;centro cultural cultural centre;centro demográfico centre of population;centro deportivo sports centre;centro de desintoxicación detoxification centre o clinic;centro de detención detention centre;centro docente educational institution;centro educativo educational institution;centro de enseñanza educational institution;centro espacial space centre;centro de estudios academy, school;centro excursionista hill-walking club;centro hospitalario hospital;centro de información information centre;centro de investigación research institute;Esp Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas = government body responsible for conducting opinion polls, sociological surveys etc;centro de llamadas call centre;Mil centro de mando command centre;centro médico medical centre;centro meteorológico weather centre;centro de negocios business centre;centro penitenciario prison, US penitentiary;centro de planificación familiar family planning clinic;centro regional regional office;centro de rehabilitación rehabilitation centre;centro de salud clinic, Br health centre;centro sanitario clinic, Br health centre;centro social community centre;centro de trabajo workplace;Am centro de tratamiento intensivo intensive care unit5. [en política] centre;un partido de centro a centre party;ser de centro to be at the centre of the political spectrumjuega en el centro del campo he plays in midfieldenvió un centro al área contraria he crossed the ball into the opposition's penalty area;consiguió un espectacular gol con un centro chut he scored a spectacular goal with what was intended more as a cross than a shot* * *m1 center, Brcentre2 DEP cross* * *centro nmf: center (in sports)centro nm1) medio: centercentro de atención: center of attentioncentro de gravedad: center of gravity2) : downtown3)centro de mesa : centerpiece* * *centro n centre -
29 cobrarse
1 (dinero) to take, collect■ cóbrate el café can you take for the coffee?2 (víctimas) to claim3 (recuperar) to recover (de, from); (volver en sí) to come round* * *VPR1) (=recibir dinero)¡cóbrese, por favor! — can I pay, please?
¡se cobra aquí, por favor! — pay over here, please!
2)• cobrarse un favor — to call in a favour
3) [+ muertos, víctimas] to claim4)5) (Med) (=volver en sí) to come to* * *(v.) = face + charges, be billableEx. This library can only be furnished with commercial products if usage is billable and protected.* * *(v.) = face + charges, be billableEx: This library can only be furnished with commercial products if usage is billable and protected.* * *
■cobrarse verbo reflexivo
1 cóbrese, por favor (al pagar) take it out of this, please
2 (causar víctimas) to claim
' cobrarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cobrar
* * *vprel terremoto se cobró una elevada cantidad de muertos there was a high death toll as a result of the earthquake2. [consumición]cóbrese un café, ¿se cobra un café? could I have the Br bill o US check, please? I had a coffee* * *v/r1:cóbrese por favor can I pay, please?2:el huracán se cobró diez víctimas mortales the hurricane claimed ten lives* * *¿se cobra el café, por favor? can you take for my coffee, please? -
30 coger
v.1 to take.coger a alguien de la mano to take somebody by the handcoge esta bolsa un momento hold this bag a moment¿puedes coger el teléfono, por favor? could you pick the phone up o answer the phone, please?Ella cogió una rama She caught a branch.Ella cogió impulso para despegar She took impulse to lift off.2 to catch (atrapar) (ladrón, pez, pájaro).¿a que no me coges? bet you can't catch me!Ella cogió un ratón con su ratonera She caught a mouse with her mousetrap.Ella cogió una enfermedad contagiosa She caught a contagious disease.3 to catch up with (alcanzar) (persona, vehículo).4 to pick up (recoger) (objeto caído).se me ha caído el bolígrafo, ¿me lo puedes coger? I've dropped my pen, could you pick it up for me?5 to take (quedarse con) (propina, empleo, piso).llegaremos pronto para coger buen sitio we'll get there early to get a good seat6 to take on (contratar) (personal).7 to take.¿quién me ha cogido el lápiz? who's taken my pencil?te he cogido la calculadora un momento I've just borrowed your calculator for a moment8 to take, to catch.no me gusta coger el avión I don't like flying9 to catch, to get (contraer) (gripe, resfriado).coger una borrachera to get drunkcoger frío to get cold10 to start to feel (sentir) (manía, odio, afecto).coger cariño/miedo a to become fond/scared of11 to knock over, to run over.12 to catch.no cogió el chiste he didn't get the joke13 to get, to receive (sintonizar) (canal, emisora).14 to cover, to take up (abarcar) (espacio).15 to screw, to fuck. ( Latin American Spanish)16 to be.coge muy cerca de aquí it's not very far from here17 to catch on, to understand, to catch.Ella cogió la conversación She caught on the conversation.18 to have.Nos cogió un acceso de tos We had a coughing fit.* * *1 (asir) to seize, take hold of2 (apresar) to capture, catch3 (tomar) to take4 (contratar) to take on5 (tren etc) to catch6 (tomar prestado) to borrow7 (recolectar frutos etc) to pick; (del suelo) to gather8 (enfermedad, balón) to catch9 (acento, costumbres) to pick up10 (velocidad, fuerza) to gather11 (atropellar) to run over, knock down12 (emisora, canal) to pick up, get13 (notas) to take, take down14 (oír) to catch15 (entender) to understand, get16 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO tabú to fuck1 (plantas, colores) to take2 (ir) to turn, take, go1 (pillarse) to catch2 (agarrarse) to hold on\coger algo por los pelos figurado to just make somethingcoger del brazo a alguien to take somebody by the arm, grab somebody by the armcoger cariño a algo/alguien to become fond of something/somebody, take a liking to something/somebodycoger desprevenido,-a figurado to catch unawarescoger miedo a algo to become afraid of somethingcoger por sorpresa to catch by surprisecoger puntos (de media etc) to pick up stitchescoger una borrachera familiar to get drunkcoger una manía a alguien familiar to take a dislike to somebodycoger y... familiar to up and..., go and...cogerse un cabreo familiar to get very angryno hay por dónde cogerlo he hasn't got a leg to stand on* * *verb1) to take2) seize3) catch4) gather5) pick* * *Para las expresiones coger desprevenido, coger in fraganti, ver la otra entrada.1. VERBO TRANSITIVO1) (=con la mano)a) (=tomar) to take¿puedo coger este? — can I take this one?
•
coger a algn de la [mano] — to take sb by the handir cogidos de la mano — to walk along holding hands {o} hand in hand
b) (=levantar) to pick upcoge al niño, que está llorando — pick up the baby, he's crying
c) [con fuerza] to graspd) (=sostener) to hold2) (=escoger) to pickcoge el que más te guste — take {o} pick the one you like best
3) [+ flor, fruta] to pick4) (=quitar) [gen] to take; (=pedir prestado) to borrow¿quién ha cogido el periódico? — who's taken the newspaper?
¿te puedo coger el bolígrafo? — can I borrow your pen?
te he cogido la regla — I've borrowed your ruler, I've pinched your ruler *
5) (=apuntar) to take (down)6) esp Esp (=conseguir) to get¿nos coges dos entradas? — would you get us two tickets?
•
coger [hora] para el dentista/en la peluquería — to make an appointment to see {o} with the dentist/at the hairdresser's7) (=adquirir)a) [+ enfermedad] to catchel niño cogió sarampión — the child got {o} caught measles
•
coger [frío] — to get cold•
ha cogido una [insolación] — she's got sunstrokeb) [+ costumbre, hábito] to get into; [+ acento] to pick upc) [+ fuerzas] to gather; [+ velocidad] to gather, pick up8) (=atrapar)a) esp Esp [+ persona, pez, balón] to catch¡coge la pelota! — catch the ball!
¡por fin te he cogido! — caught you at last!
d) (Mil) to take prisoner, capturehan cogido a quince soldados — fifteen soldiers have been taken prisoner {o} have been captured
9) esp Esp (=sorprender) to catchcoger a algn en una mentira — to catch sb lying, catch sb in a lie
la guerra nos cogió en Francia — the war found {o} caught us in France
antes que nos coja la noche — before night overtakes us {o} comes down on us
10) (=empezar a sentir)•
coger [aversión] a algo — to take a strong dislike to sth•
coger [cariño] a algn — to grow {o} become fond of sb, become attached to sb•
coger [celos] de algn — to become jealous of sb11) (=tomarse) to take¿vas a coger fiesta mañana? — are you going to take tomorrow off?, are you going to take the day off tomorrow?
12) (=entender) [+ sentido, giro] to get¿no has cogido el chiste? — don't you get the joke?
13) esp Esp (=aceptar) [+ empleados, trabajo] to take on; [+ alumnos] to take in; [+ pacientes] [en hospital] to take in; [en consultorio] to take on14) (=alquilar) to take, rentcogimos un apartamento — we took {o} rented an apartment
15) (=viajar en) [+ tren, avión, autobús] to takevamos a coger el tren — let's take {o} get the train
16) (=ir por) to take17) (=recibir) [+ emisora, canal] to pick up, getcon esta radio cogemos Radio Praga — we can pick up {o} get Radio Prague on this set
18) (=retener) [+ polvo] to gather, collectesta moqueta coge mucho polvo — this carpet gathers {o} collects a lot of dust
los perros cogen pulgas — dogs get {o} catch fleas
19) (=aprender) to pick up20) (=incorporarse a)2. VERBO INTRANSITIVO1) (=estar) to be¿coge muy lejos de aquí? — is it very far from here?
2) (=ir)•
coger [por], cogió por esta calle — he went down this street3) Esp * (=caber) to fitaquí no coge — there's no room for it here, it doesn't fit (in) here
4) [planta] to take6)- cogió y se fue3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (esp Esp)a) ( tomar) to takecoge un folleto — pick up o take a leaflet
esto no hay or no tiene por donde cogerlo — (fam) I just don't know where to start with this
b) ( quitar) (+ me/te/le etc) to takec) <flores/fruta> to pick; < levantar> to pick upcoger a alguien en autostop — (Esp) to pick up a hitchhiker
no cogen el teléfono — (Esp) they're not answering the phone
2) (esp Esp) (alcanzar, atrapar)a) <ladrón/terrorista> to catchb) < pelota> to catchc) <pescado/liebre> to catchd) toro to gore3) (esp Esp)a) ( descubrir) to catchlo cogieron in fraganti/robando — he was caught red-handed/stealing
b) ( encontrar) to catch4)a) <tren/autobús/taxi> to catch, takeb) <calle/camino> to take5) (Esp fam)a) (sacar, obtener) <billete/entrada> to getb) ( traer)vete a coger el coche — go and get o bring the car
c) ( ocupar)coge la vez en la cola — take your turn in the line (AmE) o (BrE) queue
6) (Esp)a) ( aceptar) <dinero/trabajo/casa> to takeb) ( admitir) to takec) ( atender)7) (esp Esp) ( adquirir)a) < enfermedad> to catch; < insolación> to getcogí una borrachera — I got plastered (colloq)
b) <polvo/suciedad> to collect, gathercoger algo de color — ( broncearse) to get a bit of color
cogerla con alguien — to take it out on somebody
cogerla por hacer algo — (Ven fam) to take to doing something
8) (esp Esp) ( captar)a) <sentido/significado> to getb) < emisora> to pick up, get9) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)2.coger vi1) (esp Esp) planta to take; tinte/permanente to take2)a) (esp Esp)cojo/cogió y... — (fam)
si empiezas con eso cojo y me voy — if you're going to start talking about that, I'm off o (AmE) I'm taking off (colloq)
b) (esp Esp) ( por un camino)coge por esta calle y... — take this street and...
c) (Esp fam) ( caber) to fit3) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)3.cogerse v pron (esp Esp)a) (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold onb) (recípr)* * *= pick up, seize, take, trap, brace, catch, grab, pick, entrap, hop on, pull from, pull off, reach out, grasp.Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.Ex. A vague sensation of apprehension seized the newly appointed personnel officer as she knocked on the director's door.Ex. If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Ex. If the borrower being processed has been set to be trapped, DOBIS/LIBIS displays the message: 'You have trapped a borrower'.Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.Ex. 'And of course,' said the director, brightening as his idea gave birth to another one in her mind, 'it will be interesting to know how efficient electronic systems are at catching thieves'.Ex. If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.Ex. The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment ( pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex. The article ' Hop on the Internet, it's time' provides a general discussion of the advantages to be gained by using the Internet.Ex. The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.Ex. One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.Ex. The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex. A mouse is commonly moved or lifted from its cage by grasping the base of the tail.----* coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.* coger a Alguien desprevenido = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.* coger a Alguien in fraganti = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.* coger a Alguien por sorpresa = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.* coger cariño a = grow + fond of.* coger con chinchetas = thumbtack.* coger de la mano = hold + Posesivo + hand.* coger desprevenido = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares.* coger el avión = jet off.* coger el toro por los cuernos = seize + the bull by the horns, take + the bull by the horns, grasp + the nettle, face + Posesivo + fears.* coger la mano = take + Posesivo + hand.* coger las tetas = breast grabbing.* cogerle el gusto a = acquire + a taste for, develop + a taste for.* cogerle el truco a Algo = get + the hang of.* coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.* coger peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.* coger por sorpresa = come as + a great surprise, catch out, blindside, take + Nombre + unawares.* coger rápidamente = snatch up.* cogerse = snag.* cogerse de la mano = hold + hands.* cogerse la mano = join + hands.* coger una indirecta = take + a hint, get + a hint.* coger un enfriamiento = catch + a chill.* coger un resfriado de muerte = catch + Posesivo + death (of cold).* coger un taxi = take + a taxi.* extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.* intentar coger = reach for.* no coger Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.* no coger por sorpresa = come as + no surprise.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (esp Esp)a) ( tomar) to takecoge un folleto — pick up o take a leaflet
esto no hay or no tiene por donde cogerlo — (fam) I just don't know where to start with this
b) ( quitar) (+ me/te/le etc) to takec) <flores/fruta> to pick; < levantar> to pick upcoger a alguien en autostop — (Esp) to pick up a hitchhiker
no cogen el teléfono — (Esp) they're not answering the phone
2) (esp Esp) (alcanzar, atrapar)a) <ladrón/terrorista> to catchb) < pelota> to catchc) <pescado/liebre> to catchd) toro to gore3) (esp Esp)a) ( descubrir) to catchlo cogieron in fraganti/robando — he was caught red-handed/stealing
b) ( encontrar) to catch4)a) <tren/autobús/taxi> to catch, takeb) <calle/camino> to take5) (Esp fam)a) (sacar, obtener) <billete/entrada> to getb) ( traer)vete a coger el coche — go and get o bring the car
c) ( ocupar)coge la vez en la cola — take your turn in the line (AmE) o (BrE) queue
6) (Esp)a) ( aceptar) <dinero/trabajo/casa> to takeb) ( admitir) to takec) ( atender)7) (esp Esp) ( adquirir)a) < enfermedad> to catch; < insolación> to getcogí una borrachera — I got plastered (colloq)
b) <polvo/suciedad> to collect, gathercoger algo de color — ( broncearse) to get a bit of color
cogerla con alguien — to take it out on somebody
cogerla por hacer algo — (Ven fam) to take to doing something
8) (esp Esp) ( captar)a) <sentido/significado> to getb) < emisora> to pick up, get9) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)2.coger vi1) (esp Esp) planta to take; tinte/permanente to take2)a) (esp Esp)cojo/cogió y... — (fam)
si empiezas con eso cojo y me voy — if you're going to start talking about that, I'm off o (AmE) I'm taking off (colloq)
b) (esp Esp) ( por un camino)coge por esta calle y... — take this street and...
c) (Esp fam) ( caber) to fit3) (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)3.cogerse v pron (esp Esp)a) (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold onb) (recípr)* * *= pick up, seize, take, trap, brace, catch, grab, pick, entrap, hop on, pull from, pull off, reach out, grasp.Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.
Ex: A vague sensation of apprehension seized the newly appointed personnel officer as she knocked on the director's door.Ex: If we take Cindi, Albert will almost surely grieve.Ex: If the borrower being processed has been set to be trapped, DOBIS/LIBIS displays the message: 'You have trapped a borrower'.Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.Ex: 'And of course,' said the director, brightening as his idea gave birth to another one in her mind, 'it will be interesting to know how efficient electronic systems are at catching thieves'.Ex: If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.Ex: The network itself is assumed to be unreliable; any portion of the network could disappear at any moment ( pick your favorite catastrophe -- these days backhoes cutting cables are more of a threat than bombs).Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex: The article ' Hop on the Internet, it's time' provides a general discussion of the advantages to be gained by using the Internet.Ex: The data is pulled directly from all the bibliographic data bases on DIALOG that have a JN field.Ex: One of its main advantages is the potential to pull off descriptive entries onto disc to create annotated booklists.Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex: A mouse is commonly moved or lifted from its cage by grasping the base of the tail.* coger a Alguien con las manos en la masa = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.* coger a Alguien desprevenido = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.* coger a Alguien in fraganti = catch + Nombre + red-handed, catch + Nombre + in the act.* coger a Alguien por sorpresa = catch + Nombre + off-guard, catch + Nombre + napping, catch + Nombre + flat-footed.* coger cariño a = grow + fond of.* coger con chinchetas = thumbtack.* coger de la mano = hold + Posesivo + hand.* coger desprevenido = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares.* coger el avión = jet off.* coger el toro por los cuernos = seize + the bull by the horns, take + the bull by the horns, grasp + the nettle, face + Posesivo + fears.* coger la mano = take + Posesivo + hand.* coger las tetas = breast grabbing.* cogerle el gusto a = acquire + a taste for, develop + a taste for.* cogerle el truco a Algo = get + the hang of.* coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.* coger peso = put on + weight, gain + weight.* coger por sorpresa = come as + a great surprise, catch out, blindside, take + Nombre + unawares.* coger rápidamente = snatch up.* cogerse = snag.* cogerse de la mano = hold + hands.* cogerse la mano = join + hands.* coger una indirecta = take + a hint, get + a hint.* coger un enfriamiento = catch + a chill.* coger un resfriado de muerte = catch + Posesivo + death (of cold).* coger un taxi = take + a taxi.* extender la mano para coger algo = hand + reach for.* intentar coger = reach for.* no coger Algo = go (way) over + Posesivo + head.* no coger por sorpresa = come as + no surprise.* * *coger [E6 ]vtA1 (tomar) to takecoge lo que quieras take what you likea la salida coge un folleto pick up o take a leaflet on the way outlo cogió del brazo she took him by the armno ha cogido una brocha en su vida she's never used o picked up a paintbrush in her lifeesto no hay or no tiene por donde cogerlo ( fam); I just don't know where to start with this, I can't make head or tail of this ( colloq)2 (quitar) (+ me/te/le etc) to takesiempre me está cogiendo los lápices she's always taking my pencils3 (recoger) to pick up; ‹flores/moras/uvas› to pickcoge esa revista del suelo pick that magazine up off the floor¿quién ha cogido el dinero que dejé aquí? who's taken the money I left here?cogió sus cosas y se largó she got her things together o picked up her things and leftcoger los puntos pick up the stitchescogió al niño en brazos she picked the child up in her armsno cogen el teléfono they're not answering the phoneB (alcanzar, atrapar)1 ( esp Esp) ‹ladrón/terrorista› to catchcomo te coja, ya verás you'll be sorry if I catch you2 ‹pelota› to catch3 ‹pescado› to catch; ‹liebres/faisanes› to catch, bag4 ( esp Esp) «toro» to gore; «coche» to knock … downC1 ( esp Esp) (descubrir) to catchlo cogieron in fraganti/robando he was caught red-handed/stealinglos cogieron con 100 gramos de cocaína they were caught with 100 grams of cocaine2 (encontrar) ( esp Esp) to catchno quiero que me coja la noche en la carretera I don't want to be driving when it gets darkla noticia nos cogió en París we were in Paris when we got the newsme cogió de buenas/malas she caught me in a good/bad moodnos cogió desprevenidos it took us by surprise, it caught us unawaresD1 ‹tren/autobús/taxi› to catch, takeno me apetece coger el coche I don't feel like taking the carhace años que no cojo un coche I haven't driven for years2 ‹calle/camino› to takecoge la primera a la derecha take the first rightEtengo que coger hora para ir al médico I have to make an appointment to see the doctor2(ocupar): ve pronto y coge sitio get there early and save a placecogió la delantera he took the lead1 ‹dinero/propina› to take2 ‹trabajo/casa› to takecogió una casa en las afueras she took a house in the outskirtsno puedo coger más clases I can't take on any more classes3( Esp) (admitir, atender): ya no cogen más niños en ese colegio they're not taking any more children at that school nowestuvimos haciendo autostop durante horas hasta que nos cogieron we were hitching for hours before someone picked us upno pudieron cogerme en la peluquería, they couldn't fit me in at the hairdresser'sentrevistó a cinco personas, pero no cogió a ninguno she interviewed five people, but she didn't give the job to any of them o she didn't take any of them on1 ‹enfermedad› to catch; ‹insolación› to getvas a coger frío you'll catch cold2 ‹borrachera/berrinche›cogí una borrachera I got plastered ( colloq)cogió un berrinche she had a temper tantrum3 ‹polvo/suciedad› to collect, gathercon dos días en la playa ya cojo algo de color it only takes me a couple of days on the beach to start to tan o to get a bit of colorlos tejidos sintéticos no cogen bien el tinte synthetic fabrics don't dye well4 ‹costumbre/vicio/acento› to pick up; ‹ritmo› to get intole cogí cariño I got quite fond of himsi le gritas te va a coger manía if you shout at him he'll take against youcogerla con algn to take it out on sbC (captar)1 ‹sentido/significado› to getno cogió el chiste/la indirecta he didn't get the joke/take the hint2 ‹emisora› to pick up, get3 ‹programa/frase› to catchcogí el programa por la mitad I only caught the second half of the program4 ‹apuntes/notas› to takele cogió las medidas para el vestido she measured her o took her measurements for the dress■ cogerviA1 «planta» to take2 «tinte/permanente» to takeel tinte no cogió the dye didn't takeB1coge/cogió y … ( fam): si empiezas con ese tema cojo y me voy if you're going to start talking about that, I'm off o ( AmE) I'm taking off ( colloq)de repente cogió y se fue suddenly he upped and went ( colloq)cogió y se puso a llorar she (suddenly) burst into tears2(por un camino): cogieron por el camino más corto they took the shortest routecoge por esta calle go down this street■ cogerse1 (agarrarse, sujetarse) to hold oncógete de la barandilla hold on to the railing2 ( recípr):iban cogidos de la mano they were walking along hand in hand* * *
coger ( conjugate coger) verbo transitivo
1 (esp Esp)
coge un folleto pick up o take a leaflet
no cogen el teléfono (Esp) they're not answering the phone
2 ( atrapar) (esp Esp)
3
4 (Esp fam)
coger sitio to save a place
5 (esp Esp) ( adquirir)
‹ insolación› to get;
‹costumbre/vicio› to pick up;
6 (esp Esp) ( captar)
7 (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
verbo intransitivo
1 (esp Esp) [ planta] to take;
[tinte/permanente] to take
2 (Méx, RPl, Ven vulg) to screw (vulg), to fuck (vulg)
cogerse verbo pronominal (esp Esp)
b) ( recípr):
coger
I verbo transitivo
1 to take
(agarrar) to seize: me cogió del brazo, he seized me by the arm
(sostener) to hold: cógeme el bolso un momento, por favor, please hold my bag for a moment
2 (un medio de transporte) to take, catch
(una pelota, un resfriado, a alguien que huye, a alguien haciendo algo) to catch: ¡te cogí!, I caught you!
3 (recoger del suelo) to pick (up)
(una cosecha, flores, ropa tendida) to pick
4 (un hábito) to pick up
(velocidad, impulso) to gather
5 (entender el sentido de algo) to grasp: no lo cojo, I don't understand it
6 (atropellar) to run over, knock down
7 LAm vulgar to fuck
II verbo intransitivo familiar
1 (caber) to fit
2 (para indicar inicio de acción) cogió y se puso a cantar, he went and started singing
♦ Locuciones: ¡Dios me/te/le... coja confesado!, Lord help us!
no hay por donde cogerlo, awful, third-rate
' coger' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acostumbrada
- acostumbrado
- agarrar
- alcanzar
- anillo
- atajo
- baja
- banda
- calle
- camino
- debajo
- despechugada
- despechugado
- desprevenida
- desprevenido
- embalarse
- empuñar
- enfriarse
- horizontal
- ligar
- mona
- prestar
- separarse
- soler
- sorprender
- sujetar
- timón
- tomar
- toro
- turca
- volante
- carrerilla
- catarro
- frío
- mano
- perra
- sorpresa
- tren
- trompa
English:
act
- bend
- bypass
- catch
- catch out
- catch up
- cotton
- end
- entrap
- gather
- get
- go down with
- hold
- hook
- hop
- lasso
- luckily
- nail
- observe
- opt
- pants
- pick
- pluck
- reach
- red-handed
- stick
- take
- take to
- tape
- train
- trip up
- umbrella
- unawares
- answer
- fuck
- hint
- knack
- latch
- nab
- prisoner
- red
- surprise
- up
* * *coger Although the word coger is accepted in educated use throughout Latin America, in many places its principal meaning is the taboo sense indicated at 21. For this reason it tends to be avoided in other contexts, and is usually replaced by agarrar.♦ vt1. [tomar, agarrar] to take;coger a alguien de la mano to take sb by the hand;pasear cogidos de la mano to walk hand in hand;coger a alguien en brazos to take sb in one's arms;coge la tetera por el asa take o hold the teapot by the handle;coge esta bolsa un momento hold this bag a moment;¿puedes coger el teléfono, por favor? could you pick the phone up o answer the phone, please?;Faméste no ha cogido un libro en su vida he's never picked up a book in his life;Famno haber por dónde cogerlo: esta película no hay por dónde cogerla I couldn't make head or tail of this movie o Br film;tu hermano es muy raro, no hay por dónde cogerlo your brother's very strange, it's hard to know what to make of him;se sabe todas las respuestas, no hay por dónde cogerlo he knows all the answers, it's impossible to catch him out2. [quitar] to take;coger algo a alguien to take sth from sb;¿quién me ha cogido el lápiz? who's taken my pencil?;te he cogido la calculadora un momento I've just borrowed your calculator for a moment3. [recoger] [objeto caído] to pick up;[frutos, flores] to pick;se me ha caído el bolígrafo, ¿me lo puedes coger? I've dropped my pen, could you pick it up for me?;nos gusta mucho coger setas we really enjoy picking mushrooms o going mushrooming;cogimos a un autoestopista muy simpático we picked up a very friendly hitchhiker4. [atrapar] [ladrón, pez, pájaro, pelota] to catch;¿a que no me coges? bet you can't catch me!;Fam¡si te cojo, te la cargas! if I catch you, you'll be in for it!coger a alguien desprevenido to take sb by surprise;coger a alguien in fraganti to catch sb red-handed o in the act;la tormenta me cogió cerca de casa the storm broke when I was nearly home;el terremoto nos cogió en la capital the earthquake happened while we were in the capital;lo cogí de buen humor I caught him in a good mood6. [alcanzar] [persona, vehículo] to catch up with;aceleró para coger al corredor que llevaba delante she ran faster to try and catch up with the runner in front of her;cogió la delantera tras la segunda vuelta she went into o took the lead after the second lap7. [tren, autobús] to take, to catch;no me gusta coger el avión I don't like flying;prefiero coger el coche I'd rather drive8. [sacar, obtener] to get;he cogido hora con el dentista I've made an appointment with the dentist;¿has cogido las entradas? have you got the tickets?9. [quedarse con] [propina, empleo, apartamento] to take;ha cogido un trabajo de mecanógrafo he has taken a job as a typist;llegaremos pronto para coger buen sitio we'll get there early to get a good seat;están tan ocupados que ya no cogen más encargos they're so busy they've stopped taking on o accepting orders10. [contratar, admitir] [personal] to take on;hemos cogido a una secretaria nueva we've taken on a new secretary;el colegio ya no coge más alumnos para este curso the school has stopped taking pupils for this year11. [contraer] [gripe, resfriado] to catch, to get;coger frío to get cold;coger una insolación to get sunstroke;coger el sarampión to get o catch (the) measles;coger una borrachera to get drunk;coger un berrinche to throw a tantrum12. [absorber] to absorb, to soak up;este tipo de esponja coge mucha agua this type of sponge absorbs a lot of water;esta mesa coge mucho polvo al lado de la ventana this table gets very dusty o gathers a lot of dust next to the window13. [empezar a sentir] [odio, afecto] to start to feel;coger cariño/miedo a to become fond/scared of14. [adquirir] [costumbre, vicio, acento] to pick up;los hijos cogen los hábitos de los padres children pick up the habits of their parents;ha cogido la costumbre de cantar por las mañanas she has taken to singing in the mornings;Fam Famcogerla con alguien: la ha cogido con nosotros, y no deja de molestarnos she's got it in for us and never leaves us alone15. [sintonizar] [canal, emisora] to get, to receive16. [entender] to get;[oír] to catch;¿coges lo que te digo? do you get o understand what I'm saying to you?;no cogió la indirecta she didn't take the hint;no cogió el chiste he didn't get the joke;cogí su comentario a mitad I only half heard what she said, I only caught half of what she saidcoger velocidad to gather o gain speed18. [sujeto: vehículo] to knock over, to run over;[sujeto: toro] to gore;me cogió un coche, y ando con muletas I was run over o hit by a car, and I'm on crutches now;le cogió un toro he was gored by a bull19. [abarcar] [espacio] to cover, to take up;estas oficinas cogen tres plantas del edificio these offices take up o occupy three floors of the building20. [elegir] to choose;cogió un mal momento para anunciar el resultado she chose a bad moment to announce the resultcoger a alguien to screw o fuck sb♦ vi1. [situarse] to be;coge muy cerca de aquí it's not very far from here2. [dirigirse]coger a la derecha/la izquierda to turn right/left;coge por la calle de la iglesia take the church road3. [enraizar] to take;los rosales han cogido the roses have taken4. [contestar al teléfono] to answer;llevo un rato llamando, pero no cogen I've been calling for a while now, but there's no answer o they don't answerde pronto cogió y me insultó he turned round and insulted me;si seguimos así, cojo y me marcho if we carry on like this, I'm offcoger con alguien to screw o fuck sb* * *I v/t2 L.Am. vulgscrew vulg3 ladrón, enfermedad catch4 TRANSP catch, take;coger el tren/bus catch the train/bus5 ( entender) getII v/i2 L.Am. vulgscrew vulg4:coger por la primera a la derecha take the first right* * *coger {15} vt1) : to seize, to take hold of2) : to catch3) : to pick up4) : to gather, to pick5) : to gore* * *coger vb¿quién ha cogido mi libro? who's taken my book?quiero coger el tren de las 10.30 I want to catch the 10.30 train¿a que no me coges? I bet you can't catch me3. (entender) to get4. (fruta, flor) to pick5. (emisora, canal) to pick up6. (tomar prestado) to borrowte cojo el diccionario, ¿vale? I'm just borrowing your dictionary, OK?te llevo a tu casa, me coge de camino I'll take you home, it's on my way -
31 conducción
f.1 driving, transportation, conducting, conduction.2 guidance, guiding.3 conduction, passing of nervous impulses.* * *1 FÍSICA conduction2 (transporte) transportation3 (por tubería) piping; (eléctrica) wiring4 AUTOMÓVIL driving5 (cañería) pipe, intake* * *SF1) (Com) management; [de líquidos] piping; [por cable] wiring; (Fís) conduction2) (Aut) drivingconducción descuidada, conducción imprudente, conducción negligente — careless driving
3) (Téc) (=tubo) pipe; (=cable) cabling4) (TV, Radio) presentation* * *1)a) (Elec, Fís) conductionb) (esp Esp) (Auto) driving2)a) (AmL) ( dirección)si se me confía la conducción de los destinos de la nación... — if I am entrusted with managing the nation's destiny...
b) (Arg) ( cúpula) leadership* * *= drive, driving, conduction.Ex. Hierarchical bibliometry would act as a positive drive to support the authorship requirements now stipulated by some international editorial committees.Ex. Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.Ex. The author starts from a systemic view of the information transfer process and likens it to a physical diffusion process, in particular the conduction of heat in solids.----* campaña contra la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink driving.* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drunk driving.* símbolo de conducción = piping symbol (|).* * *1)a) (Elec, Fís) conductionb) (esp Esp) (Auto) driving2)a) (AmL) ( dirección)si se me confía la conducción de los destinos de la nación... — if I am entrusted with managing the nation's destiny...
b) (Arg) ( cúpula) leadership* * *= drive, driving, conduction.Ex: Hierarchical bibliometry would act as a positive drive to support the authorship requirements now stipulated by some international editorial committees.
Ex: Although users are better informed than non-users, they are fairly alike in their attitudes toward such issues as capital punishment and the effect of alcohol on driving.Ex: The author starts from a systemic view of the information transfer process and likens it to a physical diffusion process, in particular the conduction of heat in solids.* campaña contra la conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drink driving.* conducción bajo la influencia del alcohol = drunk driving.* símbolo de conducción = piping symbol (|).* * *Aconducción diurna daytime driving3 ( frml)(en necrológicas): la conducción del cadáver tendrá lugar el día 15 a las diez de la mañana the body will be taken o ( frml) borne to its final resting place on the 15th at 10 o'clockB1( AmL) (dirección): si se me confía la conducción de los destinos de la nación if I am entrusted with managing the nation's destinyla conducción de una investigación the carrying out o conducting of an investigationuna excelente conducción del programa a cargo de Puig ( RPl); Puig's excellent presentation of the programC (tubería) pipes (pl), piping* * *
conducción sustantivo femeninoa) (Elec, Fís) conductionb) (esp Esp) (Auto) driving
conducción sustantivo femenino
1 (acción de conducir) driving: le han multado por conducción temeraria, he has been fined for reckless driving
2 (conjunto de tuberías, conductos o cables) pipes: las conducciones de gas y agua se vieron afectadas por el terremoto, the gas and water pipes were damaged by the earthquake
' conducción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
manejo
- relativamente
- encierro
- pase
English:
careless
- driving
- drunk driving
- driver's license
- leadership
* * *conducción nfconducción temeraria careless o reckless driving2. [de calor, electricidad] conduction3. [por tubería] piping;[por cable] wiring4. [conducto] [de agua, gas] pipe;[de electricidad] wiring5. [dirección] [de empresa] management, running;[de investigación] running* * *f1 AUTO driving3 ( tuberías) piping; (cables) cables pl, cabling* * *conducción nf, pl - ciones1) : conduction (of electricity, etc.)2) dirección: management, direction -
32 confusión
f.1 confusion, mix-up, disorder, confusedness.2 perplexity, bafflement, confusion, confusedness.3 commotion, riot, clutter, hassle.4 scene of confusion, shambles.* * *1 (desorden) confusion, chaos2 (equivocación) mistake, confusion3 (turbación) confusion, embarrassment* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=equivocación) confusionha habido una confusión en los nombres — there was a mix-up with the names, there was some confusion with the names
esta carta no es para mí, debe de tratarse de una confusión — this letter is not for me, there must be some mistake
•
por confusión — by mistake2) (=desconcierto) confusionel terremoto produjo una gran confusión en las calles — the earthquake caused great confusion in the streets
la recuerdo con bastante confusión — I have a hazy o vague memory of her
3) (=turbación)sentí tal confusión que no pude ni dar las gracias — I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't even say thank you
* * *a) (desorden, caos) confusionb) ( perplejidad) confusionc) ( turbación) embarrassmentd) ( equivocación) confusion* * *= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.Ex. Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.Ex. In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.Ex. You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.Ex. SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.Ex. The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex. A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.Ex. The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.Ex. Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.Ex. The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.----* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.* confusión económica = economic turmoil.* confusión histórica = historical confusion.* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.* estado de confusión = state of confusion.* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.* que induce a confusión = confounding.* * *a) (desorden, caos) confusionb) ( perplejidad) confusionc) ( turbación) embarrassmentd) ( equivocación) confusion* * *= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.Ex: Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.
Ex: In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.Ex: You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.Ex: SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.Ex: The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.Ex: The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.Ex: Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.Ex: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.Ex: The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.* confusión económica = economic turmoil.* confusión histórica = historical confusion.* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.* estado de confusión = state of confusion.* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.* que induce a confusión = confounding.* * *1 (perplejidad) confusionpara mayor confusión se llaman igual to add to the confusion o to confuse things even more o to make things even more confusing, they have the same name2 (desorden, caos) confusion3 (turbación) embarrassmentsu inesperada declaración de amor la llenó de confusión his unexpected declaration of love filled her with embarrassment o confusion o threw her into confusiontanta amabilidad me produjo una gran confusión I was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness4 (equivocación) confusionlamentamos la confusión que hubo con la factura we regret the confusion over the invoicesus comentarios se prestan a confusión his comments are open to misinterpretationpara que no haya más confusiones to avoid any further confusion o any more mix-ups* * *
confusión sustantivo femenino
confusión sustantivo femenino
1 (desorden) confusion
2 (error) mistake
' confusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aturdimiento
- barullo
- belén
- desbarajuste
- desconcierto
- desorientación
- embrollo
- folclore
- follón
- obnubilar
- ofuscación
- para
- prestarse
- torre
- turbación
- aquél
- armar
- bochinche
- convulsionar
- desorden
- ése
- éste
- grado
- jaleo
- lío
- mareo
- medio
- sólo
- turbar
English:
brainstorm
- confusion
- disarray
- foul up
- haziness
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- quagmire
- rush
- scramble
- shambles
- start
- turmoil
- welter
- add
- disorder
- havoc
- mix
- straighten
* * *confusión nf1. [desorden, lío] confusion;la confusión aumentó con la llegada del cantante the singer's arrival added to the confusion;los ladrones actuaron aprovechando la confusión the thieves took advantage of the confusion;hubo una gran confusión there was great confusion;en su habitación reina la confusión her room is in chaos;existe cierta confusión acerca de lo que realmente quiso decir there is some confusion as to what he really meant3. [error] mix-up;ha habido una confusión there has been a bit of a mix-up;esa frase puede llevar a confusión that phrase could lead to confusion o be misinterpreted* * *f confusion* * ** * *1. (falta de claridad) confusion2. (equivocación) mistake -
33 cuantioso
adj.abundant, considerable, plentiful, numerous.* * *► adjetivo1 (grande - en cantidad) substantial, considerable; (- en número) numerous* * *ADJ [suma, beneficios, daños] substantial, considerable; [pérdidas] substantial, heavyel terremoto causó cuantiosos daños materiales — the earthquake caused substantial o considerable material damage
* * *- sa adjetivo substantial* * *= sizeable [sizable].Ex. In order to provide information not covered by their own stock, most sizeable special libraries join the subscribers' service offered by the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) housed at Boston Spa in Yorkshire.* * *- sa adjetivo substantial* * *= sizeable [sizable].Ex: In order to provide information not covered by their own stock, most sizeable special libraries join the subscribers' service offered by the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) housed at Boston Spa in Yorkshire.
* * *cuantioso -sa‹suma/donación› considerable, substantial, large; ‹pérdidas› substantial, heavyla tormenta causó cuantiosos daños the storm caused extensive o considerable o substantial damage* * *
cuantioso◊ -sa adjetivo
substantial
cuantioso,-a adjetivo substantial, considerable
' cuantioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
crecida
- crecido
- cuantiosa
- sabrosa
- sabroso
English:
heavy
* * *cuantioso, -a adj[daños, pérdidas] substantial, considerable; [fortuna, inversión] substantial, large; [oferta, recursos] substantial* * *adj substantial* * *cuantioso, -sa adj1) : abundant, considerable2) : heavy, gravecuantiosos daños: heavy damage -
34 cuantía
f.1 quantity, total sum, magnitude.2 importance.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cuantiar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: cuantiar.* * *1 (cantidad) quantity; (importe) amount2 (dimensión) extent\de mayor cuantía importantde menor cuantía insignificant, lesser* * *SF1) (=cantidad)a) (=importe) quantity, amount¿cómo se calcula la cuantía de la pensión? — how is the amount o level of pension calculated?
b) (=alcance) extent2) (=importancia) importancede mayor cuantía — more important, more significant
de menor cuantía, de poca cuantía — unimportant, of little account
* * *a) ( importe)una cuantía mínima de 20.000 euros — a minimum (amount) of 20,000 euros
b) ( importancia) significance, importancede mayor cuantía — of major significance o importance
de menor cuantía — unimportant, insignificant
c) (Der) claim, sum claimed* * *= magnitude, total, count.Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex. Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.Ex. Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.* * *a) ( importe)una cuantía mínima de 20.000 euros — a minimum (amount) of 20,000 euros
b) ( importancia) significance, importancede mayor cuantía — of major significance o importance
de menor cuantía — unimportant, insignificant
c) (Der) claim, sum claimed* * *= magnitude, total, count.Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.
Ex: Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.* * *1(importe): la rebaja de las cuantías de las pensiones the reduction in the level of pensionsse desconoce la cuantía de los daños materiales the extent of the damage is not knownuna cuantía mínima de 50.000 euros mensuales a minimum (amount) of 50,000 euros a monthla cuantía de la deuda asciende a miles de dólares the total of the debt amounts to thousands of dollarsun aumento de la cuantía de las becas an increase in the size of grants2 (importancia) significance, importanceun asunto de mayor cuantía a matter of major significance o importance, a highly significant o an extremely important matterun funcionario de escasa cuantía an insignificant civil servantde menor cuantía unimportant, insignificant3 ( Der) claim, sum o amount claimed* * *
cuantía sustantivo femenino amount: se desconoce la cuantía de lo sustraído, the amount stolen is not known
' cuantía' also found in these entries:
English:
high
* * *cuantía nf1. [suma] amount, quantity;todavía no se conoce la cuantía de los daños causados por el terremoto the final cost of the damage caused by the earthquake is not yet known;van a conceder una ayuda de una cuantía sin precisar todavía they are going to grant an as yet unspecified amount of aid;recibió la cuantía íntegra del premio he received the full amount of the prize money;va a subir la cuantía del subsidio de desempleo unemployment benefit is set to rise2. [alcance] extent;ése es un problema de menor cuantía that is a relatively insignificant o minor problem3. Der claim, amount claimed* * *f amount, quantity; figimportance* * *cuantía nf1) : quantity, extent2) : significance, import -
35 damnificado
adj.injured, harmed, hurt, wounded.f. & m.victim, victim of a natural disaster.past part.past participle of spanish verb: damnificar.* * *1→ link=damnificar damnificar► adjetivo1 (persona) injured, harmed2 (cosa) damaged► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 victim* * *damnificado, -aSM / F victim* * *- da masculino, femenino (frml) victim* * *= victim.Ex. The question can be raised about whether the 'noise' created by Beauperthuy drowned out the cries of pain and suffering of the victims of yellow fever.* * *- da masculino, femenino (frml) victim* * *= victim.Ex: The question can be raised about whether the 'noise' created by Beauperthuy drowned out the cries of pain and suffering of the victims of yellow fever.
* * *damnificado -damasculine, feminine( frml); victimlos damnificados por la sequía the victims of the drought, the drought victims* * *
Del verbo damnificar: ( conjugate damnificar)
damnificado es:
el participio
damnificado◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino (frml) victim
damnificado,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino victim: los damnificados por el tornado, those affected by the tornado
II adj (persona) injured
(lugar, país) affected: las zonas damnificadas, the affected areas
' damnificado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
damnificada
English:
stricken
* * *damnificado, -a♦ adjaffected, damaged;un envío de ayuda urgente para la población damnificada por el terremoto an urgent consignment of aid for the people affected by the earthquake♦ nm,fvictim;los damnificados por el huracán Mitch the victims of hurricane Mitch* * *I adj affectedII m, damnificada f victim* * *damnificado, -da n: victim (of a disaster) -
36 demoledor
adj.devastating, smashing, demolishing, knockout.m.demolisher, housebreaker, wrecker.* * *► adjetivo1 demolishing2 figurado devastating* * *ADJ1) [ataque, efecto] shattering2) (=destructivo) [argumento] overwhelming; [crítica] devastating* * *- dora adjetivoa) < máquina> demolition (before n)b) <ataque/crítica> devastating* * *= devastating, shattering.Ex. Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.Ex. The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.----* algo demoledor = steamroller.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* * *- dora adjetivoa) < máquina> demolition (before n)b) <ataque/crítica> devastating* * *= devastating, shattering.Ex: Such examples are to be found time and time again in LCSH, and the psychological effect on the user must be devastating.
Ex: The death of Scindia was shattering to all of us who knew him.* algo demoledor = steamroller.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* * *1 ‹máquina› demolition ( before n)2 ‹ataque/fuerza› devastating3 ‹crítica/testimonio› devastating* * *
demoledor◊ - dora adjetivo
demoledor,-ora adj fig devastating
' demoledor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demoledora
English:
devastating
* * *demoledor, -ora adj1. [huracán, terremoto, inundaciones] devastating;[energía, empuje, fuerza] overwhelming, overpowering2. [crítica, ataque, declaración] devastating3. [argumento] overwhelming, crushing* * *adj demolition atr ; figdevastating* * *: devastating -
37 desolador
adj.desolating, destructive, ravaging.m.desolator, bereaver, desolater.* * *► adjetivo1 (devastador) devastating, ravaging2 (desconsolador) heartbreaking, devastating* * *ADJ1) (=entristecedor) [imagen] heartbreaking, heartrending; [noticia] devastating, distressing; [paisaje] bleak, cheerless2) [epidemia] devastating* * *- dora adjetivo1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing* * *= desolating, heartbreaking.Ex. This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.Ex. These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.* * *- dora adjetivo1) ( devastador) <tormenta/epidemia> devastating2) (triste, penoso) < noticia> devastating; < espectáculo> distressing* * *= desolating, heartbreaking.Ex: This was especially desolating to Hernandez because Norbert Crane had been so exemplary in this regard.
Ex: These are some of the most gripping, and most heartbreaking, pictures so far from Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's devastating earthquake.* * *A (devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastatingB(triste, penoso): ante este panorama desolador faced with this bleak prospecttodos se conmovieron ante ese espectáculo desolador everybody was moved by that heartrending sightla noticia desoladora de la muerte de su padre the heartbreaking o desvastating news of his father's death* * *
desolador◊ - dora adjetivo
1 ( devastador) ‹tormenta/epidemia› devastating
2 (triste, penoso) ‹ noticia› devastating;
‹ espectáculo› distressing
desolador,-ora adjetivo
1 (asolador, arrasador) devastating
2 (descorazonador) distressing
' desolador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desoladora
- panorama
* * *desolador, -ora adj1. [devastador] [terremoto, guerra] devastating2. [deprimente] [imagen, espectáculo] heart-rending;[noticia] devastating;ante un panorama tan desolador, nadie sabía cómo reaccionar faced with such a bleak prospect, nobody knew how to react* * *adj devastating* * *1) : devastating2) : bleak, desolate -
38 desperfecto
m.1 damage (deterioro).pagar los desperfectos ocasionados to pay for the damage causedsufrir desperfectos to get damaged2 flaw, blemish, imperfection, taint.* * *1 (daño) damage2 (defecto) flaw, defect\causar desperfectos to damage, cause damagesufrir desperfectos to get damaged* * *SM flaw, imperfection* * *a) ( daño)b) ( defecto) flaw* * *= imperfection, disfigurement, nick.Ex. And some of those imperfections are a result of the LC subject headings, the syndetic structure, the lack of cross-references, the obsolescence of terminology, and all the other criticisms.Ex. Owners of rare and valuable books face a special dilemma -- identification marks can be disfigurements and actually reduce the value of the books.Ex. The table was purchased a year and a half ago as a conference table and has a few nicks and scratches but still looks good.* * *a) ( daño)b) ( defecto) flaw* * *= imperfection, disfigurement, nick.Ex: And some of those imperfections are a result of the LC subject headings, the syndetic structure, the lack of cross-references, the obsolescence of terminology, and all the other criticisms.
Ex: Owners of rare and valuable books face a special dilemma -- identification marks can be disfigurements and actually reduce the value of the books.Ex: The table was purchased a year and a half ago as a conference table and has a few nicks and scratches but still looks good.* * *1(daño): sufrir un desperfecto mecánico to have a mechanical breakdownno ha sufrido desperfecto alguno it hasn't been damaged at all, it hasn't suffered any damageesto podría causar desperfectos en el aparato this could damage the appliance o cause damage to the appliancecausaron muchos desperfectos en las instalaciones they caused a lot of damage2 (defecto) flawartículos con pequeños desperfectos slight seconds, slightly flawed articles* * *
desperfecto sustantivo masculino
desperfecto sustantivo masculino
1 (tara, fallo) flaw, imperfection
2 (daño leve) damage
' desperfecto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
remiendo
English:
fault
- flaw
* * *desperfecto nm1. [deterioro] damage;el paquete llegó con desperfectos the package was damaged when it arrived;pagar los desperfectos ocasionados to pay for the damage caused;sufrir desperfectos to get damaged2. [defecto] flaw, imperfection* * *m1 ( defecto) flaw2 ( daño) damage* * *desperfecto nm1) defecto: flaw, defect2) : damage* * *desperfecto n (defecto) flaw -
39 destrozar
v.1 to smash (físicamente) (romper).2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.* * *1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate* * *1. VT1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crushle ha destrozado el que no quisiera casarse con él — her refusal to marry him has devastated o shattered him
3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy2.su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
destrozarse v pron (refl)a) ( romperse)b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin* * *= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.----* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy2.su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
destrozarse v pron (refl)a) ( romperse)b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin* * *= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.
Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.* * *destrozar [A4 ]vt1 (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildingsno hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroyme está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreckla muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death1(romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashedse me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruinte vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes* * *
destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
‹ corazón› to break;
destrozarse verbo pronominal
[jarrón/cristal] to smash
destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- destroy
- mangle
- shatter
- smash
- smash up
- tear apart
- trash
- vandalize
- wreck
- write off
- get
- murder
- piece
- pull
- write
* * *♦ vt1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;[estropear] to ruin;el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;[matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate* * *v/t1 destroy* * *destrozar {21} vt1) : to smash, to shatter2) : to destroy, to wreck* * *destrozar vb1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck2. (hacer trozos) to smash -
40 durar
v.1 to last (continuar siendo).la leche fresca sólo dura unos pocos días fresh milk only lasts o keeps a few daysno durará mucho en ese puesto he won't stay o last long in that jobaquellas botas me duraron tres años those boots lasted me three years¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?aún dura la fiesta the party's still going onaún le dura el enfado she's still angryLa fiesta duró hasta el amanecer The party lasted until morning.Este carro le durará diez años This car will last you ten years.Me duró la mensualidad My monthly allowance lasted.2 to last for, to go on for, to run for.El galón duró tres horas The gallon lasted for three hours.* * *1 to last, go on for2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last* * *verb1) to last2) endure* * *VI1) [aventura, programa, enfermedad] to last¿cuánto dura la representación? — how long is the play?, how long does the play last?
¿cuánto dura el trayecto? — how long is the journey?, how long does the journey take?
fue hermoso mientras duró — it was wonderful while it lasted o for as long as it lasted
estuvo refugiado mientras duró la guerra — he was a refugee throughout the (whole length of the) war
2) [comida, congelado, ropa] to lastesta camisa es mala, durará poco — this shirt is poor quality, it won't last long
* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) reunión/guerra/relación to last¿cuánto dura la película? — how long is the film?
b) coche/zapatos to lastc) (Col, Ven) ( tardar) to take2.durarse v pron (Ven)* * *= endure, last, run + Expresión Temporal, run over, stay in + place.Ex. This code had an important impact upon cataloguing practices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and endured for over half a century.Ex. Their assignments lasted from four months to one year in such diverse posts as Chile, Finland, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritius, and Turkey.Ex. This session ran from May 1979 to October 1980.Ex. An initiative for environmental education which will run over the next few years focuses on Victoria region by region.Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.----* debate + durar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.* durar hasta + Fecha = run into + Fecha.* durar más que = outlive.* durar mucho = last + long.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.* durar poco = be short term.* durar tiempo = take + time, take + long.* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.* que dura todo el año = year-round.* * *1.verbo intransitivoa) reunión/guerra/relación to last¿cuánto dura la película? — how long is the film?
b) coche/zapatos to lastc) (Col, Ven) ( tardar) to take2.durarse v pron (Ven)* * *= endure, last, run + Expresión Temporal, run over, stay in + place.Ex: This code had an important impact upon cataloguing practices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and endured for over half a century.
Ex: Their assignments lasted from four months to one year in such diverse posts as Chile, Finland, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritius, and Turkey.Ex: This session ran from May 1979 to October 1980.Ex: An initiative for environmental education which will run over the next few years focuses on Victoria region by region.Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.* debate + durar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.* durar hasta + Fecha = run into + Fecha.* durar más que = outlive.* durar mucho = last + long.* durar mucho rato = take + a long time.* durar mucho tiempo = last + long.* durar poco = be short term.* durar tiempo = take + time, take + long.* durar toda una vida = go on + for a lifetime, last + (for) a lifetime.* que dura todo el año = year-round.* * *durar [A1 ]vi1 «reunión/guerra/relación» to last¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?, how long does the film go on for?la dictadura no puede durar mucho más the dictatorial regime cannot last o survive much longerno le duró nada el entusiasmo his enthusiasm didn't last longes demasiado bueno para que dure it's too good to lastel resfriado me duró todo el invierno my cold lasted all winter2 «coche/zapatos» to lastesas pilas no duran nada those batteries don't last very longcómpralo de cuero que dura más buy a leather one, it'll last longer o wear betteréstos duran más these last longerlas secretarias no le duran nada her secretaries don't stay o last longla carta duró una semana a llegar the letter took a week to arrive■ durarse( Ven): no te dures tanto en el baño don't be long o take too long in the bathroomme duré muchísimo haciendo el mercado it took me ages o a long time to do the shopping* * *
durar ( conjugate durar) verbo intransitivo
◊ ¿cuánto dura la película? how long is the film?
c) (Col, Ven) See Also→ demorar a
durarse verbo pronominal (Ven) See Also→
durar verbo intransitivo
1 to last
2 (ropa, calzado) to wear well, last
' durar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguantar
- dilatar
- persistir
- siempre
English:
hold out
- last
- outlast
- run
- take
- wear
- out
- supply
* * *durar vi1. [prolongarse] to last;¿cuánto dura la obra? how long is the play?;el viaje/la película dura tres horas the journey/the movie lasts three hours;aún dura la fiesta the party's still going on;aún le dura el enfado she's still angry;les duró poco la felicidad their happiness was short-lived;estuvo bien mientras duró it was good while it lasted2. [permanecer, aguantar] to last;no durará mucho en ese puesto he won't stay o last long in that job;la leche fresca sólo dura unos pocos días fresh milk only lasts a few days3. [ropa, calzado, pilas] to last;cómprate ropa/calzado que dure buy clothes/footwear that will last;aquellas botas me duraron tres años those boots lasted me three years;los juguetes no le duran nada his toys don't last long;pilas que duran más batteries which last longer* * *v/i last* * *durar vi: to last, to endure* * *durar vb1. (en general) to last¿cuánto dura la película? how long does the film last? / how long is the film?esos zapatos te han durado mucho those shoes have lasted a long time / those shoes have worn very well
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