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  • 61 jugarse el pellejo

    to risk one's neck
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    (v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb
    Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    * * *
    (v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb

    Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.

    Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jugarse el pellejo

  • 62 jugarse la piel

    (v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb
    Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    * * *
    (v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb

    Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.

    Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jugarse la piel

  • 63 jugarse la vida

    (v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life
    Ex. People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.
    Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    Ex. He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.
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    (v.) = play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb, bet + Posesivo + life

    Ex: People who buy foods from roadside vendors or caterers that do not have health permits 'are playing Russian roulette'.

    Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    Ex: He bet his life that he would be found innocent because he believed there was insufficent eyewitness accounts that would render a shadow of a doubt.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jugarse la vida

  • 64 la menor duda de que

    Ex. Powell said there was ' no doubt whatsoever' that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
    * * *

    Ex: Powell said there was ' no doubt whatsoever' that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.

    Spanish-English dictionary > la menor duda de que

  • 65 leche en polvo

    powdered milk
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    (n.) = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder
    Ex. Be sure the dry milk you are buying has been fortified with vitamins A and D.
    Ex. Slovakia will grant food aid in the form of 250 tons of powder milk to people of Iraq suffering from war.
    Ex. With the price of milk soaring through the roof lots of folks are reconsidering powdered milk for it's economy.
    Ex. Milk powder prices fell for a second month as production in Europe and the US increased and concerns eased that drought would reduce global supplies.
    * * *
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    (n.) = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder

    Ex: Be sure the dry milk you are buying has been fortified with vitamins A and D.

    Ex: Slovakia will grant food aid in the form of 250 tons of powder milk to people of Iraq suffering from war.
    Ex: With the price of milk soaring through the roof lots of folks are reconsidering powdered milk for it's economy.
    Ex: Milk powder prices fell for a second month as production in Europe and the US increased and concerns eased that drought would reduce global supplies.

    * * *
    powdered milk

    Spanish-English dictionary > leche en polvo

  • 66 lleno de

    = fraught with, replete with, full of, bursting with, strewn with, plagued with, teeming with, studded with, brimful (of/with), riddled with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity, flush with, laden with
    Ex. That such uninformed intelligence has been translated into hard decisions is fraught with the gravest of consequences for the future of SLIS as bases for IT development.
    Ex. Such information will soon be replete with the requisite illustrations and, if need be, with sound explanations to boot.
    Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to a country bursting with pride and energy.
    Ex. The field of reference work is strewn with failures, measured in the enquirer's terms, but where the reference librarian did provide a technically perfect answer to the actual question asked.
    Ex. Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    Ex. In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.
    Ex. He embodies the otherworldly in a narrative studded with spectacles and visions.
    Ex. This sprawling, exuberant novel, brimful with characters, aspires to accommodate a city full of lifestyles.
    Ex. This hope might prove futile since the draft is riddled with contradictions.
    Ex. This week is looking to be quite a jam packed, event-filled, extravaganza!.
    Ex. If a class is filled to capacity, please contact the secretary and ask to be put on a waiting list.
    Ex. There is growing evidence in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond that al Qaeda and its allies are newly flush with cash, able to buy new weapons.
    Ex. Did you know that the "pope's nose" is laden with toxins from the chicken's body which accumulate in the little fatty morsel?.
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    = fraught with, replete with, full of, bursting with, strewn with, plagued with, teeming with, studded with, brimful (of/with), riddled with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity, flush with, laden with

    Ex: That such uninformed intelligence has been translated into hard decisions is fraught with the gravest of consequences for the future of SLIS as bases for IT development.

    Ex: Such information will soon be replete with the requisite illustrations and, if need be, with sound explanations to boot.
    Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex: It is a great pleasure to welcome you to a country bursting with pride and energy.
    Ex: The field of reference work is strewn with failures, measured in the enquirer's terms, but where the reference librarian did provide a technically perfect answer to the actual question asked.
    Ex: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    Ex: In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.
    Ex: He embodies the otherworldly in a narrative studded with spectacles and visions.
    Ex: This sprawling, exuberant novel, brimful with characters, aspires to accommodate a city full of lifestyles.
    Ex: This hope might prove futile since the draft is riddled with contradictions.
    Ex: This week is looking to be quite a jam packed, event-filled, extravaganza!.
    Ex: If a class is filled to capacity, please contact the secretary and ask to be put on a waiting list.
    Ex: There is growing evidence in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond that al Qaeda and its allies are newly flush with cash, able to buy new weapons.
    Ex: Did you know that the "pope's nose" is laden with toxins from the chicken's body which accumulate in the little fatty morsel?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lleno de

  • 67 mal llamado

    adj.
    misnamed, mis-named.
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    (adj.) = ill-named
    Ex. Unfortunately, he supports President Bush's extravagances in his ill-named war on terror and ill-justified invasion of Iraq.
    * * *
    (adj.) = ill-named

    Ex: Unfortunately, he supports President Bush's extravagances in his ill-named war on terror and ill-justified invasion of Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mal llamado

  • 68 mantener la palabra

    (v.) = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word
    Ex. Much to my surprise, they kept their word.
    Ex. Obama is living up to his word that he will remove the main forces out of Iraq.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word

    Ex: Much to my surprise, they kept their word.

    Ex: Obama is living up to his word that he will remove the main forces out of Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener la palabra

  • 69 misión investigadora

    Ex. The experts' meeting agreed that there be an immediate fact-finding mission under UNESCO coordination to assess the extent of damage and loss to cultural property in Iraq.
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    Ex: The experts' meeting agreed that there be an immediate fact-finding mission under UNESCO coordination to assess the extent of damage and loss to cultural property in Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > misión investigadora

  • 70 nepalés

    adj.
    Nepalese.
    m.
    Nepalese, native or inhabitant of Nepal.
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    1 Nepalese, Nepali
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Nepalese, Nepali
    1 (idioma) Nepalese, Nepali
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Nepalese, Nepali
    * * *
    Ex. Twelve Nepalese hostages are killed by Islamic militants in Iraq in what Nepal calls a 'barbarian act'.
    * * *

    Ex: Twelve Nepalese hostages are killed by Islamic militants in Iraq in what Nepal calls a 'barbarian act'.

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    adj/m,f
    Nepalese
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    nepalés, -esa, nepalí (pl nepalíes)
    ♦ adj
    Nepalese
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Nepalese
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Nepalese
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    I adj Nepalese
    II m, nepalesa f Nepalese
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    nepalés, - lesa adj & n, mpl - leses : Nepali

    Spanish-English dictionary > nepalés

  • 71 poco justificado

    (adj.) = ill-justified
    Ex. Unfortunately, he supports President Bush's extravagances in his ill-named war on terror and ill-justified invasion of Iraq.
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    (adj.) = ill-justified

    Ex: Unfortunately, he supports President Bush's extravagances in his ill-named war on terror and ill-justified invasion of Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco justificado

  • 72 poner en peligro la vida

    (v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb
    Ex. Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.
    Ex. The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.
    * * *
    (v.) = risk + Posesivo + life, risk + life and limb

    Ex: Risking their lives, Iraqi shepherds venture into these deadly fields to dig up mines planted during the Iran-Iraq war two decades ago.

    Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner en peligro la vida

  • 73 poner las cartas boca arriba

    (v.) = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table
    Ex. Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.
    Ex. Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
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    (v.) = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table

    Ex: Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.

    Ex: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner las cartas boca arriba

  • 74 poner las cartas sobre la mesa

    figurado to put one's cards on the table
    * * *
    (v.) = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table
    Ex. Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.
    Ex. Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
    * * *
    (v.) = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table

    Ex: Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.

    Ex: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner las cartas sobre la mesa

  • 75 portavoz

    f. & m.
    spokesman, (f) spokeswoman (person).
    m.
    1 voice.
    2 spokesman, spokesperson of a cause, spokesperson, mouthpiece.
    3 spokeswoman.
    4 megaphone, speaking trumpet.
    * * *
    1 (gen) spokesperson; (hombre) spokesman; (mujer) spokeswoman
    * * *
    noun mf.
    spokesperson, spokesman / spokeswoman
    * * *
    1.
    SMF spokesman/spokeswoman, spokesperson
    2. SM
    1) pey (=periódico, emisora) mouthpiece
    2) (=altavoz) megaphone, loudhailer
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    masculino y femenino (m) spokesperson, spokesman; (f) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    * * *
    = spokesman [spokesmen, -pl.], spokesperson [spokespeople, -pl.], mouthpiece, spokeswoman [spokeswomen, -pl.], spin doctor, megaphone, spinner, voice.
    Ex. The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.
    Ex. Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
    Ex. This is the 1st issue of a journal intended as the mouthpiece of the Scottish Branch of the Library Association (UK) = Éste es el primer número de una revista cuyo objetivo es ser el portavoz de la Filial Escocesa de la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Británica.
    Ex. The UK Labour Party spokeswoman on information technology reviewed some of the future applications of the information superhighway to education.
    Ex. The author suggests that the spin doctor is a new communication role, and raises questions about its relationship to the traditional public relations model.
    Ex. When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
    Ex. The writer discusses how presidential spinner Ari Fleischer responded to questions about the proposed war with Iraq.
    Ex. There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
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    * el portavoz de = the voice of.
    * portavoz del gobierno = press spokesman.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (m) spokesperson, spokesman; (f) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    * * *
    = spokesman [spokesmen, -pl.], spokesperson [spokespeople, -pl.], mouthpiece, spokeswoman [spokeswomen, -pl.], spin doctor, megaphone, spinner, voice.

    Ex: The philosophy of these critics was enunciated by one of their most prominent spokesmen, the famous Thomas Carlyle.

    Ex: Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
    Ex: This is the 1st issue of a journal intended as the mouthpiece of the Scottish Branch of the Library Association (UK) = Éste es el primer número de una revista cuyo objetivo es ser el portavoz de la Filial Escocesa de la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Británica.
    Ex: The UK Labour Party spokeswoman on information technology reviewed some of the future applications of the information superhighway to education.
    Ex: The author suggests that the spin doctor is a new communication role, and raises questions about its relationship to the traditional public relations model.
    Ex: When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'.
    Ex: The writer discusses how presidential spinner Ari Fleischer responded to questions about the proposed war with Iraq.
    Ex: There are networks which have been designed for transmitting information to and from computers, rather than transmitting people's voices.
    * el portavoz de = the voice of.
    * portavoz del gobierno = press spokesman.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) spokesperson, spokesman; ( feminine) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    Compuesto:
    foreman
    * * *

    portavoz sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) spokesperson, spokesman;
    (f) spokesperson, spokeswoman
    portavoz mf spokesperson
    (hombre) spokesman
    (mujer) spokeswoman: este periódico es el portavoz del partido socialista, this newspaper is the voice of the Socialist Party
    ' portavoz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    erigirse
    - vocera
    - vocero
    - autorizado
    - personero
    English:
    mouthpiece
    - shadow cabinet
    - spokesman
    - spokesperson
    - spokeswoman
    - mouth
    - spin
    * * *
    1. [persona] spokesperson, spokesman, f spokeswoman
    2. [medio de comunicación] mouthpiece;
    esa cadena de televisión es la portavoz del gobierno that television channel is the voice o mouthpiece of the government
    * * *
    m/f hombre spokesman; mujer spokeswoman
    * * *
    portavoz nmf, pl - voces : spokesperson, spokesman m, spokeswoman f
    * * *
    portavoz n spokesperson
    Si es un hombre, se puede decir spokesman [pl. spokesmen]; si es una mujer, spokeswoman [pl. spokeswomen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > portavoz

  • 76 posición de ventaja

    (n.) = high ground
    Ex. I can definitely tell you from a military view, that the US and Iraqi forces are on the high ground in Iraq.
    * * *

    Ex: I can definitely tell you from a military view, that the US and Iraqi forces are on the high ground in Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > posición de ventaja

  • 77 posición elevada

    f.
    perch.
    * * *
    (n.) = high ground
    Ex. I can definitely tell you from a military view, that the US and Iraqi forces are on the high ground in Iraq.
    * * *

    Ex: I can definitely tell you from a military view, that the US and Iraqi forces are on the high ground in Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > posición elevada

  • 78 posición ventajosa

    f.
    vantage point, coign of vantage, vantage ground, leading position.
    * * *
    (n.) = vantage point, high ground
    Ex. The reference desk is suggested as the best vantage point from which to view the library and its users.
    Ex. I can definitely tell you from a military view, that the US and Iraqi forces are on the high ground in Iraq.
    * * *
    (n.) = vantage point, high ground

    Ex: The reference desk is suggested as the best vantage point from which to view the library and its users.

    Ex: I can definitely tell you from a military view, that the US and Iraqi forces are on the high ground in Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > posición ventajosa

  • 79 propiedad cultural

    Ex. I am attending an emergency meeting next week to discuss the best ways of responding to the desperate situation arising from the looting and destruction of cultural property in Iraq.
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    Ex: I am attending an emergency meeting next week to discuss the best ways of responding to the desperate situation arising from the looting and destruction of cultural property in Iraq.

    Spanish-English dictionary > propiedad cultural

  • 80 pérdida

    adj.
    1 lost, strayed, misguided; profligate, dissolute.
    Gente perdida Vagrants, vagabonds
    2 idle (vago); down and out (pobre). (America)
    * * *
    1 (daño) loss
    ■ no hay que lamentar pérdidas humanas fortunately, nobody has been killed
    4 (escape) leak
    \
    llorar la pérdida de alguien to mourn for somebody
    no tiene pérdida you can't miss it
    ser una pérdida de tiempo to be a waste of time
    * * *
    f., (m. - perdido)
    * * *
    perdido
    * * *
    a) ( mujer inmoral) loose woman
    b) (Chi, Méx) ( prostituta) streetwalker
    * * *
    = disappearance, loss, forfeiture, drawdown.
    Ex. If the disappearance of these latter two media are a problem, use dummies on the shelf and store the item at the circulation desk.
    Ex. Some attempts have been made to use video tape, but the results have been poor, with data losses and corruption.
    Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.
    Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    ----
    * compresión sin pérdida = lossless compression.
    * funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.
    * no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.
    * pérdida auditiva = hearing loss, loss of hearing.
    * pérdida de audición = loss of hearing, hearing loss.
    * pérdida de autoridad = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de calor = heat loss.
    * pérdida de categoría laboral = demotion.
    * pérdida de concentración = lapse of concentration.
    * pérdida de confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * pérdida de consistencia = strength loss.
    * pérdida de contacto con la realidad = loss of touch with reality.
    * pérdida de credibilidad = loss of face.
    * pérdida de datos = data loss.
    * pérdida de dinero = cash drain.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * pérdida de la presión = depressurisation [depressurization, -USA].
    * pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.
    * pérdida del cabello = loss of hair.
    * pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.
    * pérdida del sentido = fainting, fainting fit.
    * pérdida de masa ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdida de nitidez = fading.
    * pérdida de pelo = hair loss.
    * pérdida de persona querida = emotional loss.
    * pérdida de peso = weight loss.
    * pérdida de poder = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.
    * pérdida de sangre = bleed.
    * pérdida de tiempo = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand.
    * pérdida de un tiempo precioso = waste of precious time.
    * pérdida de valor = devaluation, loss of value.
    * pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.
    * pérdida de vigencia = demise.
    * pérdida humana = human loss.
    * pérdida neta = net loss.
    * pérdida ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdidas = wastage, losings.
    * pérdida trágica = tragic loss.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * seguro por pérdida de un miembro del cuerpo = dismemberment insurance.
    * ser una pérdida de dinero = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * ser una pérdida de tiempo = be idle, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * ser un pérdida de tiempo = flog + a dead horse.
    * sin pérdida = lossless.
    * sufrir pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * sufrir una pérdida = suffer + loss.
    * tener pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * trágica pérdida = tragic loss.
    * una gran pérdida = a great loss.
    * una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.
    * * *
    a) ( mujer inmoral) loose woman
    b) (Chi, Méx) ( prostituta) streetwalker
    * * *
    = disappearance, loss, forfeiture, drawdown.

    Ex: If the disappearance of these latter two media are a problem, use dummies on the shelf and store the item at the circulation desk.

    Ex: Some attempts have been made to use video tape, but the results have been poor, with data losses and corruption.
    Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.
    Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    * compresión sin pérdida = lossless compression.
    * funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.
    * no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.
    * pérdida auditiva = hearing loss, loss of hearing.
    * pérdida de audición = loss of hearing, hearing loss.
    * pérdida de autoridad = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de calor = heat loss.
    * pérdida de categoría laboral = demotion.
    * pérdida de concentración = lapse of concentration.
    * pérdida de confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * pérdida de consistencia = strength loss.
    * pérdida de contacto con la realidad = loss of touch with reality.
    * pérdida de credibilidad = loss of face.
    * pérdida de datos = data loss.
    * pérdida de dinero = cash drain.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * pérdida de la presión = depressurisation [depressurization, -USA].
    * pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.
    * pérdida del cabello = loss of hair.
    * pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.
    * pérdida del sentido = fainting, fainting fit.
    * pérdida de masa ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdida de nitidez = fading.
    * pérdida de pelo = hair loss.
    * pérdida de persona querida = emotional loss.
    * pérdida de peso = weight loss.
    * pérdida de poder = disempowerment.
    * pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.
    * pérdida de sangre = bleed.
    * pérdida de tiempo = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand.
    * pérdida de un tiempo precioso = waste of precious time.
    * pérdida de valor = devaluation, loss of value.
    * pérdida de vidas = loss of life, toll on life.
    * pérdida de vigencia = demise.
    * pérdida humana = human loss.
    * pérdida neta = net loss.
    * pérdida ósea = bone loss.
    * pérdidas = wastage, losings.
    * pérdida trágica = tragic loss.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * seguro por pérdida de un miembro del cuerpo = dismemberment insurance.
    * ser una pérdida de dinero = be money and effort down the drain, throw + Posesivo + money down the drain, be money down the drain.
    * ser una pérdida de tiempo = be idle, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.
    * ser un pérdida de tiempo = flog + a dead horse.
    * sin pérdida = lossless.
    * sufrir pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * sufrir una pérdida = suffer + loss.
    * tener pérdidas = make + a loss.
    * trágica pérdida = tragic loss.
    * una gran pérdida = a great loss.
    * una pérdida constante de = a haemorrhage of.

    * * *
    1 (mujer inmoral) loose woman
    2 (Chi, Méx) (prostituta) streetwalker
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    perdida    
    pérdida
    pérdida sustantivo femenino

    ◊ pérdida de calor/energía heat/energy loss;

    tuvo una pérdida de conocimiento he lost consciousness, he passed out;
    no tiene pérdida (Esp) you can't miss it
    b) (Fin) loss;


    pérdidas materiales damage;
    pérdidas y ganancias profit and loss


    d) (escape de gas, agua) leak

    perdido,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 lost
    2 (desorientado) confused
    3 (perro, bala) stray
    II adv fam (totalmente, rematadamente) es tonto perdido, he's completely stupid
    III mf (libertino) degenerate, vicious
    ♦ Locuciones: ponerse perdido, to get dirty
    pérdida sustantivo femenino
    1 loss: su muerte supone una gran pérdida para nosotros, his death is a great loss for us
    2 (de tiempo, etc) waste
    3 (escape de agua, de gas) leak
    4 (daños materiales) (usu pl) damage: las pérdidas ascienden a varios millones, losses totalled several million
    ♦ Locuciones: no tiene pérdida, you can't miss it
    ' pérdida' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bala
    - derrumbarse
    - desfallecimiento
    - desgracia
    - desvarío
    - rehacerse
    - reparar
    - severidad
    - causa
    - ciudad
    - compensar
    - deshonra
    - desprestigio
    - lamentable
    - mareado
    - marear
    - mareo
    - sensación
    - sensible
    - sentir
    - valorar
    English:
    battle
    - blackout
    - bleeding
    - book
    - compensate
    - depressed
    - deprivation
    - dropout
    - effective
    - experience
    - generation
    - get back
    - good
    - grievous
    - lament
    - loss
    - lost
    - make up
    - make up for
    - outflow
    - sense
    - stall
    - temporary
    - time-wasting
    - unconsciousness
    - vacantly
    - waste
    - miss
    - shantytown
    * * *
    1. [extravío] loss;
    en caso de pérdida, entregar en … in the event of loss, deliver to…;
    Esp
    no tiene pérdida you can't miss it
    2. [de vista, audición, peso] loss
    pérdida del conocimiento loss of consciousness
    3. [de tiempo, dinero] waste
    4. [escape] leak
    5. [muerte] loss;
    nunca se recuperó de la pérdida de su mujer he never got over losing his wife
    pérdidas humanas loss of life
    6. [en baloncesto] turnover
    7.
    pérdidas [financieras] losses
    pérdidas y ganancias profit and loss
    8.
    pérdidas (materiales) [daños] damage;
    las inundaciones han causado grandes pérdidas the floods have caused extensive damage
    9.
    pérdidas [de sangre] haemorrhage
    * * *
    f
    1 loss;
    no tiene pérdida you can’t miss it;
    pérdida de tiempo waste of time
    2 en baloncesto turnover
    * * *
    1) : loss
    2)
    pérdida de tiempo : waste of time
    * * *
    1. (en general) loss [pl. losses]
    2. (de tiempo) waste
    3. (de líquido, gas) leak

    Spanish-English dictionary > pérdida

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