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  • 101 editor literario

    (n.) = editor, literary editor
    Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer, or it may include supervision of the manufacturing, revision or elucidation of the text, and the addition of an introduction, notes, and other critical matter, and for certain works it may involve the technical direction of staff of persons engaged in writing or compiling the text.
    Ex. Historical editors believe in the importance of the meaning, literary editors in word sacredness.
    * * *
    (n.) = editor, literary editor

    Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer, or it may include supervision of the manufacturing, revision or elucidation of the text, and the addition of an introduction, notes, and other critical matter, and for certain works it may involve the technical direction of staff of persons engaged in writing or compiling the text.

    Ex: Historical editors believe in the importance of the meaning, literary editors in word sacredness.

    Spanish-English dictionary > editor literario

  • 102 explicación

    f.
    1 explanation, explication, exposition.
    2 reason, account, construction, explication.
    * * *
    1 explanation
    2 (motivo) reason
    \
    sin dar explicaciones without giving any reason
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de tema, motivo] explanation
    2) (=motivo) reason (de for)
    3) (Univ) lecture, class
    * * *
    femenino explanation
    * * *
    = amplification, annotation, clarity, designation, explanation, exposition, explication, walkthrough [walk-through], elucidation.
    Ex. Some amplification is therefore desirable to place it in its full context.
    Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information of a document by way of comment or explanation.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. The designation should be clearly separated from the variant heading itself by means of punctuation or typography.
    Ex. Explanatory references may be either 'see' or 'see also' references, which give a little more explanation than merely the direction to look elsewhere.
    Ex. Ninety-nine years ago Charles Cutter began his exposition of a set of cataloging rules with the following objectives.
    Ex. Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.
    Ex. A cognitive walkthrough consists of a re-enactment of a test session in which the user is queried about their movements and decisions throughout the test session.
    Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the revision or elucidation of the text.
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    * a modo de explicación = parenthetically.
    * dar más explicaciones = elaborate on.
    * dar una explicación = present + explanation.
    * explicación de las signaturas = statement of signing.
    * explicación del formato = format statement.
    * ofrecer una explicación = present + explanation.
    * sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.
    * * *
    femenino explanation
    * * *
    = amplification, annotation, clarity, designation, explanation, exposition, explication, walkthrough [walk-through], elucidation.

    Ex: Some amplification is therefore desirable to place it in its full context.

    Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information of a document by way of comment or explanation.
    Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex: The designation should be clearly separated from the variant heading itself by means of punctuation or typography.
    Ex: Explanatory references may be either 'see' or 'see also' references, which give a little more explanation than merely the direction to look elsewhere.
    Ex: Ninety-nine years ago Charles Cutter began his exposition of a set of cataloging rules with the following objectives.
    Ex: Reference librarians make heavy use of their many literary checklists as well as their indexes to literary, drama, and poetry explication and criticism.
    Ex: A cognitive walkthrough consists of a re-enactment of a test session in which the user is queried about their movements and decisions throughout the test session.
    Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the revision or elucidation of the text.
    * a modo de explicación = parenthetically.
    * dar más explicaciones = elaborate on.
    * dar una explicación = present + explanation.
    * explicación de las signaturas = statement of signing.
    * explicación del formato = format statement.
    * ofrecer una explicación = present + explanation.
    * sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.

    * * *
    explanation
    nos dio una explicación detallada del caso he gave us a detailed explanation of the case, he explained the case to us in great detail
    exigimos una explicación we demand an explanation
    se marchó sin dar ninguna explicación he left without giving an explanation
    yo no tengo por qué dar explicaciones a nadie I don't have to give explanations o explain myself to anyone
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    explicación sustantivo femenino
    explanation
    explicación sustantivo femenino explanation
    ' explicación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casa
    - diáfana
    - diáfano
    - llana
    - llano
    - pedestre
    - prodigiosa
    - prodigioso
    - prosaico
    - ampliar
    - claridad
    - claro
    - cojear
    - completo
    - confuso
    - convencer
    - deber
    - escueto
    - rebuscado
    - repetir
    - vago
    English:
    clear
    - convincing
    - demand
    - demonstration
    - elaborate
    - explanation
    - follow
    - glib
    - none
    - account
    - explain
    - forthcoming
    - key
    - unclear
    * * *
    explanation;
    les daré una breve explicación de cómo funciona I'll give you a brief explanation of how it works;
    dar/pedir explicaciones to give/demand an explanation;
    no tengo que darte explicaciones de lo que hago I don't have to explain my actions to you;
    ¡exijo una explicación! I demand an explanation!;
    creo que te debo una explicación I think I owe you an explanation;
    el fenómeno no tiene explicación there is no explanation for the phenomenon
    * * *
    f explanation;
    pedir explicaciones a alguien ask s.o. for an explanation;
    no tengo que dar explicaciones I don’t need to explain myself;
    * * *
    explicación nf, pl - ciones : explanation
    * * *
    explicación n explanation

    Spanish-English dictionary > explicación

  • 103 incipiente

    adj.
    1 incipient (inicial).
    una democracia incipiente a fledgling democracy
    una amistad incipiente a budding friendship
    2 commencing.
    f. & m.
    neophyte, novice, newbie.
    * * *
    1 incipient
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo (frml o liter) incipient (liter)
    * * *
    = burgeoning, emerging, nascent, inchoate, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], incipient, developing, undeveloped, budding.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.
    Ex. Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex. The library symbolises freedom for the reader to pursue his own desires, however inchoate.
    Ex. Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.
    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. They are also helpful in the revision of existing systems that show signs of incipient weakness.
    Ex. I can join a sporting club and combine developing skills with social activities.
    Ex. I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.
    Ex. The current literature in knowledge management can be described as immature, yet budding.
    ----
    * barba incipiente = stubble, stubble beard.
    * barba incipiente de moda = designer stubble.
    * * *
    adjetivo (frml o liter) incipient (liter)
    * * *
    = burgeoning, emerging, nascent, inchoate, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], incipient, developing, undeveloped, budding.

    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.

    Ex: We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.
    Ex: Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.
    Ex: The library symbolises freedom for the reader to pursue his own desires, however inchoate.
    Ex: Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.
    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: They are also helpful in the revision of existing systems that show signs of incipient weakness.
    Ex: I can join a sporting club and combine developing skills with social activities.
    Ex: I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.
    Ex: The current literature in knowledge management can be described as immature, yet budding.
    * barba incipiente = stubble, stubble beard.
    * barba incipiente de moda = designer stubble.

    * * *
    ( frml o liter)
    1 ‹barba/bigote› incipient ( liter)
    2 ‹mejoría/síntoma› incipient ( frml)
    una incipiente amistad a newly found friendship
    esta incipiente democracia this incipient o infant democracy
    * * *

    incipiente adjetivo incipient, budding
    ' incipiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    naciente
    English:
    incipient
    * * *
    1. [calvicie] incipient;
    lucía una barba incipiente [de joven] he was starting to get a beard;
    [sin afeitar] his chin was covered in stubble
    2. [inicial] incipient;
    [democracia] fledgling; [amistad, talento] budding
    * * *
    adj incipient
    * * *
    : incipient

    Spanish-English dictionary > incipiente

  • 104 lentamente

    adv.
    slowly, heavily, lazily, lingeringly.
    * * *
    1 slowly
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    ADV slowly

    la libra ha subido lentamente en el último año — the pound has edged upwards in the last year, the pound has risen slowly in the last year

    * * *
    = at a snail's pace, slowly.
    Ex. For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    ----
    * arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * muy lentamente = very slowly.
    * que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * * *
    = at a snail's pace, slowly.

    Ex: For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.

    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    * arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * muy lentamente = very slowly.
    * que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.

    * * *
    slowly
    * * *
    slowly

    Spanish-English dictionary > lentamente

  • 105 obstaculizar

    v.
    1 to hinder, to hamper.
    2 to obstruct, to encumber, to balk, to block up.
    Su tamaño obstaculiza la vista His size obstructs the view.
    3 to obstruct the way to, to make it cumbersome to.
    María obstaculiza hacer la pared Mary makes it cumbersome to make the wall.
    4 to create an obstacle for, to obstruct.
    María obstaculiza a Ricardo Mary creates an obstacle for Richard.
    * * *
    1 to obstruct, hinder
    * * *
    VT [+ negociaciones, progreso] to hinder, hamper; [+ tráfico] to hold up
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.
    Ex. It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex. The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex. It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    ----
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <progreso/trabajo> to hinder, hamper; < tráfico> to hold up
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, thwart, stand in + the way (of), obstruct, stymie, get in + the way (of), hem + Nombre + in, cramp.

    Ex: It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex: The database may, as a result of its parentage, be handicapped by features that are not suited to computerized retrieval.
    Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
    Ex: It may be objected that a direct experience of the country by visiting it does not ensure a true picture, in fact that it may even stand in the way.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
    Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * no obstaculizar = be out of the way of.
    * obstaculizar el paso = block in.
    * obstaculizar la labor judicial = pervert + the course of justice.
    * sin estar obstaculizado por = untrammelled by.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper, impede; ‹tráfico› to hold up, obstruct
    no obstaculice el paso don't stand in the way
    * * *

    obstaculizar ( conjugate obstaculizar) verbo transitivo ‹progreso/trabajo› to hinder, hamper;
    ‹ tráfico› to hold up;

    obstaculizar verbo transitivo
    1 (un propósito, actividad) to hinder
    2 (el paso de una persona, animal, etc) to stand in the way of
    (de un fluido) to obstruct

    ' obstaculizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estorbar
    - interferir
    English:
    block
    - block in
    - hamper
    - obstruct
    * * *
    [proceso, relación] to block, to put obstacles in the way of; [salida] to block, to obstruct; [tráfico] to hold up, to obstruct;
    obstaculizar el paso to block the way
    * * *
    v/t hinder, hamper
    * * *
    obstaculizar {21} vt
    impedir: to obstruct, to hinder
    * * *
    obstaculizar vb to block

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstaculizar

  • 106 poco a poco

    slowly, gradually, bit by bit
    * * *
    * * *
    = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit
    Ex. The indexing changes gradually with time, as the natural language of the documents covered by the index evolves.
    Ex. The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex. These changes occurring incrementally reflected the growing complexity of chemical methodology.
    Ex. For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex. Little by little his heath improved and he was able to walk further and further each day.
    Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    * * *
    = gradually, piecemeal, slowly, incrementally, at a snail's pace, little by little, bit by bit

    Ex: The indexing changes gradually with time, as the natural language of the documents covered by the index evolves.

    Ex: The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex: These changes occurring incrementally reflected the growing complexity of chemical methodology.
    Ex: For our small academic center, we're trying to do something for free, and muddling along at a snail's pace.
    Ex: Little by little his heath improved and he was able to walk further and further each day.
    Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco a poco

  • 107 pérdida de tiempo

    = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand
    Ex. The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.
    Ex. The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    Ex. Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a ' waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una " pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
    Ex. International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex. I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.
    * * *
    = time wasting, wild goose chase, waste of time, time-consuming [time consuming], fool's errand

    Ex: The person seeking information needs to have all the necessary documentation before setting out, otherwise it could result in considerable expense and much time wasting.

    Ex: The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
    Ex: Jones (2002) pointed out that whereas many librarians may see these activities as a ' waste of time, nothing could be further from the truth' = Jones (2002) señaló que mientras que muchos bibliotecarios pueden ver estas actividades como una " pérdida de tiempo, nada estaba más lejos de la verdad".
    Ex: International consultation is bulky and time-consuming, and this makes revision a slow process.
    Ex: I'd like to explain that treating online poker as though it is a science based on mathematic principles is a fool's errand for most of us.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pérdida de tiempo

  • 108 tema

    m.
    1 subject (asunto).
    cambiar de tema to change the subject
    temas de actualidad current affairs
    tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation
    3 theme (Music).
    4 obsession, mania.
    5 musical track, track.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: temer.
    * * *
    1 (de discurso, escrito, etc) topic, subject, theme
    2 (de examen) subject
    3 MÚSICA theme
    4 GRAMÁTICA root, stem, theme
    \
    atenerse al tema to keep/stick to the point
    cada loco con su tema familiar everyone has his hobbyhorse
    salir(se) del tema to go off at a tangent, get sidetracked
    tema de actualidad current news item, current topic of interest
    * * *
    noun m.
    theme, topic
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=asunto) subject

    el tema de su discurso — the subject o theme of his speech

    • pasar del tema *, -¿qué piensas de las elecciones? -paso del tema — "what do you think about the elections?" - "I couldn't care less about them" *

    2) (Ling) [de palabra] stem; [de oración] theme
    3) (Mús) theme
    * * *
    1)
    a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject
    b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme
    2) (Ling) stem
    * * *
    = subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.
    Ex. What is a subject?.
    Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.
    Ex. And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.
    Ex. The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.
    Ex. This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.
    Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    ----
    * analizar un tema = explore + theme.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.
    * cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.
    * centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.
    * clasificado por temas = classified.
    * de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
    * desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.
    * editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.
    * el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.
    * el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.
    * entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.
    * establecer el tema = set + the theme.
    * estar con el tema = be on the topic.
    * estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.
    * estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.
    * mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.
    * número de tema = thematic index number.
    * organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.
    * por temas = topically.
    * profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.
    * que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.
    * sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.
    * sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.
    * tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.
    * tema central = motif.
    * tema clave = key area.
    * tema común = common thread.
    * tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.
    * tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * tema de conversación = talking point.
    * tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.
    * tema de discusión = discussion topic.
    * tema de estudio = study area, under study.
    * tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.
    * tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.
    * tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * tema de preocupación = issue of concern.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema favorito = hobby-horse.
    * tema muerto = dead issue.
    * tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.
    * temas africanos = Africana.
    * temas de actualidad = current affairs.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * temas de interés particular = particular concerns.
    * tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema tratado = aboutness.
    * tocar un tema = touch on + a point.
    * tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.
    * tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.
    * tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject
    b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme
    2) (Ling) stem
    * * *
    = subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.

    Ex: What is a subject?.

    Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.
    Ex: And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.
    Ex: The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.
    Ex: This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.
    Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    * analizar un tema = explore + theme.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.
    * cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.
    * centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.
    * clasificado por temas = classified.
    * de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
    * desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.
    * divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.
    * editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.
    * el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.
    * el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.
    * entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.
    * establecer el tema = set + the theme.
    * estar con el tema = be on the topic.
    * estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.
    * estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.
    * mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.
    * número de tema = thematic index number.
    * organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.
    * por temas = topically.
    * profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.
    * que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.
    * sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.
    * sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.
    * tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.
    * tema central = motif.
    * tema clave = key area.
    * tema común = common thread.
    * tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.
    * tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * tema de conversación = talking point.
    * tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.
    * tema de discusión = discussion topic.
    * tema de estudio = study area, under study.
    * tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.
    * tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.
    * tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * tema de preocupación = issue of concern.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema favorito = hobby-horse.
    * tema muerto = dead issue.
    * tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.
    * tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.
    * temas africanos = Africana.
    * temas de actualidad = current affairs.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * temas de interés particular = particular concerns.
    * tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.
    * tema tratado = aboutness.
    * tocar un tema = touch on + a point.
    * tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.
    * tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.
    * tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.

    * * *
    A
    1 (asunto, materia) subject
    ¿no tienes otro tema de conversación? don't you ever talk about anything else?
    nos estamos alejando del tema we're getting off the subject o point
    procuren ceñirse al tema del debate please try to keep to the point o subject o topic of the discussion
    en el programa se tratan temas de actualidad the program deals with current issues
    el tema de la novela the subject matter of the novel
    hay que preparar 20 temas para el examen you have to prepare 20 subjects o topics for the exam
    2 ( Art, Mús) (motivo) theme
    el tema central de la película the central theme of the film
    B ( Ling) stem
    * * *

     

    Del verbo temer: ( conjugate temer)

    tema es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    tema    
    temer
    tema sustantivo masculino
    a) (asunto, cuestión) matter;

    (de conferencia, composición) topic;
    ( de examen) subject;
    (Art, Cin, Lit) subject;

    tema de conversación topic of conversation;
    cambiar de tema to change the subject
    b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

    temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivo ‹castigo/reacción› to fear, dread;
    ‹ persona› to be afraid of;

    temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
    verbo intransitivo
    to be afraid;
    no temas don't be afraid
    temerse verbo pronominal


    me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right


    tema sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un libro, una conversación) subject, topic: no cambies de tema, don't change the subject
    2 (de una tesis, clase, conferencia) topic: no me preparé ese tema, I haven't studied that subject
    nos dio una conferencia sobre el tema, he gave us a lecture on the topic
    3 Mús theme
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar (cada uno a lo suyo) cada loco con su tema, each to his/her own
    temer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
    sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
    2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
    II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
    ' tema' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abordar
    - acotar
    - adentrarse
    - ahondar
    - apartarse
    - braga
    - capítulo
    - ceñirse
    - circunscribirse
    - concretar
    - desviarse
    - empaparse
    - en
    - enfoque
    - enjuiciar
    - enjundia
    - espinosa
    - espinoso
    - ilustrar
    - jota
    - liosa
    - lioso
    - materia
    - oscuras
    - palpitante
    - particular
    - poca
    - poco
    - rehuir
    - repasar
    - soslayo
    - trabajo
    - actualidad
    - apartar
    - apasionante
    - apasionar
    - cambiar
    - candente
    - ceñir
    - conflictivo
    - conocer
    - controvertido
    - cuanto
    - cuestión
    - dar
    - delicado
    - desarrollar
    - desviar
    - discusión
    - divagar
    English:
    about
    - affair
    - agenda
    - anyhow
    - bring forward
    - bring up
    - central
    - change
    - depart
    - dominant
    - enlarge
    - euthanasia
    - get off
    - get on to
    - get onto
    - go off
    - hobbyhorse
    - ignorance
    - issue
    - motif
    - point
    - stray
    - subject
    - switch
    - talking point
    - theme
    - topic
    - touch on
    - touchy
    - bearing
    - drop
    - get
    - go
    - matter
    - side
    - sore
    - talking
    - track
    - turn
    - whichever
    - wrong
    * * *
    tema nm
    1. [asunto] subject;
    será mejor no sacar/tocar ese tema it would be best not to bring up that subject;
    ¿de qué tema quieres que hablemos? what do you want to talk about?;
    el tema de la película son las drogas the film deals with drugs;
    alejarse o [m5] salirse del tema to wander off the subject;
    cambiar de tema to change the subject;
    Fam
    el tema es que necesita ayuda the fact of the matter is she needs help
    temas de actualidad current affairs;
    tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation;
    tema espinoso thorny issue
    2. [lección, unidad] topic;
    en el examen entran cinco temas the exam covers five topics
    3. [canción] track, song;
    una versión de un viejo tema a cover of an old song
    4. Mús [melodía básica] theme;
    el tema principal de la suite the main theme of the suite
    5. Ling theme
    * * *
    m de conversación subject, topic; MÚS, de novela theme
    * * *
    tema nm
    1) asunto: theme, topic, subject
    2) motivo: motif, central theme
    * * *
    tema n
    1. (en general) subject
    2. (canción) song

    Spanish-English dictionary > tema

  • 109 un grupo de

    = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of
    Ex. A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents.
    Ex. So I feel, in Mr. Kilgour's behalf, that everybody should understand that OCLC is a bunch of individuals.
    Ex. Both the original production and revision of STC spawned a large crop of such items which are worth following up.
    Ex. This article describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors.
    Ex. He has recruited a well-trained cadre of professional local government officials.
    Ex. Each test involves obtaining a cluster of about five documents known on some grounds to be related in subject matter, and retrieving their descriptors from at least two data bases.
    Ex. The article ' a galaxy of rustling stars: places on the web and other library and information paths for the deaf' discusses the potential of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a source of information for deaf users.
    Ex. The article 'Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year.
    Ex. And like any group, any clan, a company of children is cemented together by shared interests, which we frequently recognize as 'crazes'.
    * * *
    = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of

    Ex: A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents.

    Ex: So I feel, in Mr. Kilgour's behalf, that everybody should understand that OCLC is a bunch of individuals.
    Ex: Both the original production and revision of STC spawned a large crop of such items which are worth following up.
    Ex: This article describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors.
    Ex: He has recruited a well-trained cadre of professional local government officials.
    Ex: Each test involves obtaining a cluster of about five documents known on some grounds to be related in subject matter, and retrieving their descriptors from at least two data bases.
    Ex: The article ' a galaxy of rustling stars: places on the web and other library and information paths for the deaf' discusses the potential of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a source of information for deaf users.
    Ex: The article 'Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year.
    Ex: And like any group, any clan, a company of children is cemented together by shared interests, which we frequently recognize as 'crazes'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > un grupo de

  • 110 total

    adj.
    1 total (completo) (cifra, coste).
    adv.
    basically, in a word.
    total que me marché so anyway, I left
    total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?
    intj.
    in short.
    Total,nadie acudió a su trabajo! In short, nobody came to work!
    m.
    1 total (suma).
    2 whole (totalidad, conjunto).
    el total del grupo the whole group
    nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all
    en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us
    * * *
    1 total, complete, overall
    1 (totalidad) whole
    2 (suma) total, sum
    1 (en conclusión) in short, so
    ■ total, fue un fracaso in short, it was a failure
    ■ total, que se fueron porque quisieron they left because they wanted to
    2 (al fin y al cabo) after all
    ■ total, para lo que me sirve... after all, for all the good it is to me...
    \
    en total in all
    * * *
    noun m. adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=absoluto) [éxito, fracaso] total
    2) (=global) [importe, suma] total
    3) * (=excelente) smashing, brilliant
    2. ADV
    1) (=resumiendo) in short, all in all; (=así que) so

    total que — to cut a long story short, the upshot of it all was that...

    total, que no fuimos — so we didn't go after all

    total, que vas a hacer lo que quieras — basically then you're going to do as you please

    2) (=al fin y al cabo) at the end of the day

    total, ¿qué más te da? — at the end of the day, what do you care?

    total, usted manda — well, you're the boss after all

    3.
    SM (=suma total) total; (=totalidad) whole
    * * *
    I
    a) ( absoluto) <desastre/destrucción> total; < éxito> resounding, total
    b) ( global) <costo/importe> total
    II
    masculino total

    ¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?

    III
    adverbio (indep) (fam)
    a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end

    total, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up

    b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)

    total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway

    total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

    * * *
    I
    a) ( absoluto) <desastre/destrucción> total; < éxito> resounding, total
    b) ( global) <costo/importe> total
    II
    masculino total

    ¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?

    III
    adverbio (indep) (fam)
    a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end

    total, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up

    b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)

    total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway

    total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow

    * * *
    total1
    1 = tally [tallies, pl.], total, count, grand total.

    Ex: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.

    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.
    Ex: The grand total of 4,300 exhibitors was 4 per cent up on 1996.
    * de un total de + Cantidad = out of a total of + Cantidad.
    * el total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * total comprometida = encumbrance.
    * total comprometido = accrual.
    * total de calorías = calorie count.
    * total de préstamos = circulation figures.
    * total devengado = encumbrance, accrual.
    * un total de = a universe of, a total of.

    total2
    2 = complete, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], thorough, total, end to end, supine, unrelieved, utter, gavel to gavel, systemic, overarching, ultimate, avowed, out-and-out, certified, unmitigaged, fully blown, unreserved.

    Ex: The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.

    Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.
    Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
    Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.
    Ex: 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.
    Ex: A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.
    Ex: There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.
    Ex: There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.
    Ex: The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex: Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.
    Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.
    Ex: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.
    Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.
    Ex: This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.
    Ex: It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.
    * de movimiento total = full-motion.
    * en total = all told, altogether, in all, overall, in total, in toto.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * integración total = seamlessness.
    * la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.
    * limpieza total = clean sweep.
    * Número + en total = Número + in number.
    * oscuridad total = pitch blackness, pitch darkness.
    * rechazo total = bold statement against.
    * síndrome de alergia total = total allergy syndrome.
    * siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].
    * suma total = sum total, count.
    * total atención = undivided attention.

    * * *
    1 (absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total; ‹éxito› resounding ( before n), total
    la película fue un fracaso total the film was a total o an utter failure
    un cambio total a complete change
    2 (global) ‹coste/importe› total
    total
    ¿cuánto es el total? what's the total?, what does it all come to?, how much is it altogether?
    el total de las pérdidas/ganancias the total losses/profits
    el total asciende a $40.000 the total amounts to o comes to o is $40,000
    afecta a un total de 600 personas it affects a total of 600 people
    en total altogether
    son 5 euros en total that's 5 euros altogether
    ( indep) ( fam)
    total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up
    2
    (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia): ¿por qué no te quedas? total, mañana no tienes que trabajar why not stay? I mean o after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow
    * * *

     

    total adjetivo
    a) ( absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total;

    ‹ éxito› resounding ( before n), total;
    ‹ cambio› complete
    b) ( global) ‹costo/importe› total

    ■ sustantivo masculino
    total;

    ■ adverbio ( indep) (fam) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end;
    total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up
    total
    I adjetivo total
    un desastre total, a complete o total disaster
    eclipse total, total eclipse
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 total
    el total de la población, the whole population
    el total de los trabajadores, all the workers
    en total costó unas dos mil pesetas, altogether it cost over two thousand pesetas
    2 Mat total
    III adv (en resumen) so: total, que al final María vino con nosotros, so, in the end Maria came with us
    fam (con indiferencia) anyway: total, a mí no me gustaba, I didn't like it anyway

    ' total' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absoluta
    - absoluto
    - aforo
    - completa
    - completo
    - desconocimiento
    - esclarecimiento
    - importe
    - montante
    - monto
    - parque
    - radical
    - suma
    - sumar
    - toda
    - todo
    - totalizar
    - global
    - integral
    - liquidación
    - miramiento
    - monta
    - perdido
    - pleno
    - ser
    - silencio
    English:
    absolute
    - all
    - altogether
    - bedlam
    - capacity
    - come to
    - complete
    - dead
    - dedication
    - dismal
    - disregard
    - full
    - grand total
    - ignorance
    - in
    - overall
    - perfect
    - rank
    - raving
    - reversal
    - sell-out
    - serve out
    - sheer
    - subtotal
    - sum
    - tell
    - total
    - unqualified
    - utter
    - write off
    - write-off
    - account
    - add
    - come
    - count
    - disarray
    - downright
    - flat
    - grand
    - grid
    - gross
    - implicit
    - matter
    - number
    - out
    - recall
    - run
    - swell
    - virtual
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [cifra, coste, gasto] total;
    el importe total de las inversiones the total amount of the investments
    2. [confianza, rechazo, ruptura] total, complete;
    actúa con total libertad she acts completely freely, she has complete freedom of action;
    su influencia en ellos es total he has overwhelming influence over them
    3. Fam [fantástico] fab, Br brill
    ♦ nm
    1. [suma] total;
    el total de visitantes del museo alcanzó los tres millones the total number of visitors to the museum reached three million;
    me da un total de 580 I make it 580
    Cont total actualizado running total;
    total de ventas total sales
    2. [totalidad, conjunto] whole;
    el total del grupo the whole group;
    en total in total, in all;
    nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all;
    en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us
    ♦ adv
    1. [en resumen] basically, in a word;
    total, que me marché so anyway, I left;
    total, que te has quedado sin trabajo, ¿no? basically, you're out of a job, then?
    2. [en realidad] anyway;
    total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?;
    llévatelo, total ¿para qué lo quiero yo? take it, what good is it to me, after all?
    * * *
    I adj total, complete;
    en total altogether, in total
    II m total;
    un total de 50 personas a total of 50 people
    III adv
    :
    total, que no conseguí estudiar the upshot was that I didn’t manage to get any studying done
    * * *
    total adv
    : in the end, so
    total, que no fui: in short, I didn't go
    total adj & nm
    : total
    ♦ totalmente adv
    * * *
    total1 adj total / complete
    total2 adv so
    total, que no piensas venir so, you're not coming then
    total3 n total
    eso hace un total de 2.000 pesetas that makes a total of 2,000 pesetas

    Spanish-English dictionary > total

  • 111 Durchsicht

    Durchsicht f 1. GEN revision; 2. MGT review
    * * *
    f 1. < Geschäft> revision; 2. < Mgmnt> review
    * * *
    Durchsicht
    going through, auditing, examination, (Text) revision, recension;
    • bei nochmaliger Durchsicht on second inspection;
    • bei Durchsicht unserer Akten on looking over our books, upon consulting (in reviewing) our records;
    • bei Durchsicht der Sendung on checking the consignment;
    • zur gefälligen Durchsicht for your kind inspection (perusal);
    • nochmalige Durchsicht re-examination;
    • redaktionelle Durchsicht editorial revision;
    • repräsentative Durchsicht cross section;
    • sorgfältige Durchsicht perusal.

    Business german-english dictionary > Durchsicht

  • 112 lernen

    I v/t
    1. learn; (aufschnappen) pick up; lesen lernen learn to read; Englisch lernen learn English; Klavier lernen learn to play the piano; das Autofahren lernen learn to drive a car; du wirst es nie lernen you’ll never learn; das will gelernt sein! it’s something that has to be learn|t (Am. -ed), it’s not as easy as it looks; gelernt ist gelernt once learn|t (Am. -ed) never forgotten
    2. (ausgebildet werden als) Tischler(in) lernen train to be ( oder train as) a carpenter; er hat Kaufmann gelernt he qualified in business studies
    3. jemanden schätzen lernen come to appreciate s.o.; jemanden lieben lernen grow ( oder learn) to love s.o.
    4. umg. (lehren) teach; mein Vater hat mir das Schwimmen gelernt my father taught me to swim
    II v/i
    1. learn; aus Fehlern / aus der Geschichte lernen learn from one’s mistakes / from history; schnell / leicht lernen be a fast / good learner; langsam / schwer lernen be a slow / poor learner
    2. (studieren) study; für die Schule: do (one’s) homework; (Stoff wiederholen) auch revise, do one’s revision; (in der Ausbildung sein) be a trainee; die Mutter hat jeden Tag mit ihr ( für die Prüfung) gelernt her mother worked with her every day ( oder helped her every day with her work) (preparing for the exam); fleißig lernen work ( oder study) hard; gelernt
    III v/refl: das lernt sich leicht / schwer that’s easy / hard to learn oder remember; das lernt sich schnell you’ll learn that ( oder pick that up) in no time
    * * *
    to study; to learn
    * * *
    lẹr|nen ['lɛrnən]
    1. vt
    1) (= Fertigkeit erwerben in) to learn

    lesen/schwimmen etc lernen — to learn to read/swim etc

    Stenografie/Schreibmaschine lernen — to learn shorthand/typing or to type

    lernen, etw zu tun — to learn to do sth

    etw von/bei jdm lernen — to learn sth from sb

    jdn lieben/schätzen lernen — to come or learn to love/appreciate sb

    er lernts nie — he never learns

    See:
    2) Beruf to learn; Bäcker, Schlosser etc to train as, to learn the trade of

    er hat zwei Jahre gelernt — he trained for two years, he did two years' training; (in Handwerk) he did a two-year apprenticeship

    lerne was, so kannst/bist du was (prov) — it never hurt anyone to learn anything

    See:
    → auch gelernt
    2. vi
    1) (= Kenntnisse erwerben) to learn; (= arbeiten) to study; (= Schulaufgaben machen) to do (one's) homework

    die Mutter lernte drei Stunden mit ihm — his mother spent three hours helping him with his homework

    lerne fleißig in der Schule — work hard at school

    nicht für die Schule, sondern für das Leben lernen wir (prov) — learning is not just for school but for life

    2) (= sich in der Ausbildung befinden) to go to school; (in Universität) to study; (in Beruf) to train

    er lernt bei der Firma Braun — he's training at Braun's, Braun's are training him

    3. vr

    der Text/die Rolle lernt sich leicht/schwer/schnell — the text/part is easy/hard to learn/doesn't take long to learn

    * * *
    (to gain knowledge or skill (in): A child is always learning; to learn French; She is learning (how) to swim.) learn
    * * *
    Ler·nen
    [ˈlɛrnən]
    nt learning
    exemplarisches \Lernen learning by example
    rechnerunterstütztes \Lernen computer-aided [or -assisted] learning
    * * *
    1.

    gut/schlecht lernen — be a good/poor learner or pupil; (fleißig/nicht fleißig sein) work hard/not work hard [at school]

    leicht lernen — find it easy to learn; find school work easy

    mit jemandem lernen — (ugs.) help somebody with his/her [school-]work

    2) (Lehrling sein) train
    2.

    schwimmen/Klavier lernen — learn to swim/play the piano

    er/mancher lernt es nie — (ugs.) he/some people [will] never learn

    gelernt ist gelernt — once learnt, never forgotten

    das Fürchten lernen — find out what it is to be afraid

    2)

    Bäcker usw. lernen — train to be or as a baker etc

    * * *
    A. v/t
    1. learn; (aufschnappen) pick up;
    lesen lernen learn to read;
    Englisch lernen learn English;
    Klavier lernen learn to play the piano;
    das Autofahren lernen learn to drive a car;
    du wirst es nie lernen you’ll never learn;
    das will gelernt sein! it’s something that has to be learnt (US -ed), it’s not as easy as it looks;
    gelernt ist gelernt once learnt (US -ed) never forgotten
    2. (ausgebildet werden als)
    Tischler(in) lernen train to be ( oder train as) a carpenter;
    er hat Kaufmann gelernt he qualified in business studies
    3.
    jemanden schätzen lernen come to appreciate sb;
    jemanden lieben lernen grow ( oder learn) to love sb
    4. umg (lehren) teach;
    mein Vater hat mir das Schwimmen gelernt my father taught me to swim
    B. v/i
    1. learn;
    aus Fehlern/aus der Geschichte lernen learn from one’s mistakes/from history;
    schnell/leicht lernen be a fast/good learner;
    langsam/schwer lernen be a slow/poor learner
    2. (studieren) study; für die Schule: do (one’s) homework; (Stoff wiederholen) auch revise, do one’s revision; (in der Ausbildung sein) be a trainee;
    die Mutter hat jeden Tag mit ihr (für die Prüfung) gelernt her mother worked with her every day ( oder helped her every day with her work) (preparing for the exam);
    fleißig lernen work ( oder study) hard; → gelernt
    C. v/r:
    das lernt sich leicht/schwer that’s easy/hard to learn oder remember;
    das lernt sich schnell you’ll learn that ( oder pick that up) in no time
    * * *
    1.

    gut/schlecht lernen — be a good/poor learner or pupil; (fleißig/nicht fleißig sein) work hard/not work hard [at school]

    leicht lernen — find it easy to learn; find school work easy

    mit jemandem lernen — (ugs.) help somebody with his/her [school-]work

    2.

    schwimmen/Klavier lernen — learn to swim/play the piano

    er/mancher lernt es nie — (ugs.) he/some people [will] never learn

    gelernt ist gelernt — once learnt, never forgotten

    2)

    Bäcker usw. lernen — train to be or as a baker etc

    * * *
    n.
    study n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > lernen

  • 113 inoportuno

    adj.
    1 inopportune, out of order, ill-timed, importunate.
    2 importunate, meddlesome.
    * * *
    1 (visita etc) inopportune, untimely; (comentario etc) inopportune, ill-timed
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [momento] inopportune, untimely
    2) (=molesto) inconvenient
    3) [comportamiento, comentario] inappropriate
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <visita/llamada> untimely, inopportune
    b) <comentario/crítica> ill-timed, inopportune
    * * *
    = unwelcome, obtrusive, inopportune, importunate, untimely, ill-timed, indiscreet.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. These books have appeared at an inopportune time for radical or even liberal thought.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. Each attacks the other's work as untimely, as out of step with today.
    Ex. His statement is not just ill-timed; it's devoid of common sense and of some significant humanity.
    Ex. Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) <visita/llamada> untimely, inopportune
    b) <comentario/crítica> ill-timed, inopportune
    * * *
    = unwelcome, obtrusive, inopportune, importunate, untimely, ill-timed, indiscreet.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.

    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: These books have appeared at an inopportune time for radical or even liberal thought.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: Each attacks the other's work as untimely, as out of step with today.
    Ex: His statement is not just ill-timed; it's devoid of common sense and of some significant humanity.
    Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.

    * * *
    1 ‹visita/llamada› untimely, inopportune
    llegó en un momento muy inoportuno she arrived at a very bad o inopportune o unfortunate
    2 ‹comentario/crítica› ill-timed, inopportune
    * * *

    inoportuno
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ‹visita/llamada› untimely, inopportune;


    b) ‹comentario/crítica› ill-timed, inopportune

    inoportuno,-a adjetivo inappropriate: ¡vaya lluvia más inoportuna!, what a bad time for it to rain!
    ' inoportuno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desafortunada
    - desafortunado
    - inconveniente
    - inoportuna
    - intempestiva
    - intempestivo
    - mal
    - parecer
    - inconveniencia
    English:
    awkward
    - gauche
    - ill-timed
    - inappropriate
    - inconvenient
    - inept
    - inopportune
    - oops!
    - unfortunate
    - unsuitable
    - unwelcome
    - wrong
    - untimely
    * * *
    inoportuno, -a adj
    1. [en mal momento] inopportune, untimely
    2. [molesto] inconvenient
    3. [inadecuado] inappropriate
    * * *
    adj inopportune; ( molesto) inconvenient
    * * *
    inoportuno, -na adj
    : untimely, inopportune, inappropriate
    * * *
    1. (comentario) inopportune
    2. (momento) inconvenient

    Spanish-English dictionary > inoportuno

  • 114 procesamiento

    m.
    1 prosecution (law).
    2 processing (computing).
    procesamiento automático de datos automatic data processing
    procesamiento de textos word processing
    * * *
    1 DERECHO trial
    2 INFORMÁTICA processing
    \
    dictar auto de procesamiento contra alguien to commit somebody for trial, prosecute somebody
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Jur) [gen] prosecution; (=juicio) trial
    auto II, 1)
    2) (Inform) processing
    3) (Téc) processing
    * * *
    1) (Der) prosecution, trial
    2) (Tec, Inf) processing
    •
    * * *
    = computation, manipulation, processing, throughput, prosecution.
    Ex. Frequently numeric data bases and the hosts which support them permit some computation and manipulation of the retrieved data.
    Ex. Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.
    Ex. Often, the computer is used to aid in the processing of such indexes, and sometimes computer processing is responsible for the creation of multiple entries from one string of index terms.
    Ex. This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.
    Ex. This article describes the legal consequences of the perpetration of these crimes and procedural aspects of their prosecution.
    ----
    * cadena de procesamiento = processing stream.
    * capacidad de procesamiento = processing power.
    * postprocesamiento = post-processing.
    * procesamiento de datos = data processing.
    * procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.
    * procesamiento de información = information processing.
    * procesamiento de préstamos = loan processing.
    * procesamiento de señales = signal processing.
    * procesamiento de texto = text processing.
    * procesamiento de textos = word processing, wordprocessing.
    * procesamiento en lenguaje natural = natural language processing.
    * procesamiento informático = machine processing.
    * sistema de procesamiento de información = information processing system.
    * tasa de procesamiento = processing rate.
    * * *
    1) (Der) prosecution, trial
    2) (Tec, Inf) processing
    •
    * * *
    = computation, manipulation, processing, throughput, prosecution.

    Ex: Frequently numeric data bases and the hosts which support them permit some computation and manipulation of the retrieved data.

    Ex: Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.
    Ex: Often, the computer is used to aid in the processing of such indexes, and sometimes computer processing is responsible for the creation of multiple entries from one string of index terms.
    Ex: This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.
    Ex: This article describes the legal consequences of the perpetration of these crimes and procedural aspects of their prosecution.
    * cadena de procesamiento = processing stream.
    * capacidad de procesamiento = processing power.
    * postprocesamiento = post-processing.
    * procesamiento de datos = data processing.
    * procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.
    * procesamiento de información = information processing.
    * procesamiento de préstamos = loan processing.
    * procesamiento de señales = signal processing.
    * procesamiento de texto = text processing.
    * procesamiento de textos = word processing, wordprocessing.
    * procesamiento en lenguaje natural = natural language processing.
    * procesamiento informático = machine processing.
    * sistema de procesamiento de información = information processing system.
    * tasa de procesamiento = processing rate.

    * * *
    A ( Der) prosecution, trial auto
    B
    1 ( Tec) processing
    2 ( Inf) processing
    Compuestos:
    data processing
    ● procesamiento de textos or palabras
    word processing
    parallel processing
    * * *

    procesamiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (Der) prosecution, trial
    2 (Tec, Inf) processing;

    procesamiento sustantivo masculino
    1 Jur prosecution, trial
    2 Inform processing
    procesamiento de datos/textos, data/ word processing
    ' procesamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    auto
    English:
    processing
    - word processing
    - word
    * * *
    1. Der prosecution
    2. Informát processing
    procesamiento de datos data processing;
    procesamiento de textos word processing
    * * *
    m
    1 INFOR processing
    2 JUR prosecution
    * * *
    : processing
    procesamiento de datos: data processing

    Spanish-English dictionary > procesamiento

  • 115 aceptación

    f.
    1 acceptance, acknowledgment, acknowledgement, consent.
    2 acceptance bill.
    3 admissibility.
    * * *
    1 acceptance
    2 (aprobación) approval; (éxito) success
    ■ la película tuvo poca aceptación the film wasn't popular, the film met with little success
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=acto) acceptance; (=aprobación) approval; (=popularidad) popularity, standing

    mandar algo a la aceptación — (Com) to send sth on approval

    * * *
    a) ( éxito) success

    de gran aceptación entre los jóvenes — very popular o successful with young people

    b) ( acción) acceptance
    * * *
    = acceptance, favour [favor, -USA], take-up, uptake, assent, embrace, accommodation, thumbs up, admission.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    Ex. One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.
    Ex. The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.
    Ex. The new Act, which received the royal assent in 1710, was not entirely to their taste however, for it ruled that copyright in a new book belonged not to its publisher but to its author.
    Ex. The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.
    Ex. Whatever structure emerges will be one of accommodation and acceptance by the various stakeholders both in and outside the library.
    Ex. The article 'Apple Macintosh: thumbs up? thumbs down?' considers whether online searchers should use Apple Macintosh machines.
    Ex. Secondly, the admission of rules incompatible with the general ideology adopted inevitably entails subsequent remedial revision.
    ----
    * aceptación pasiva = acquiescence.
    * adquisición pendiente de examen y aceptación = on approval acquisition, sending on approbation, sending on approval.
    * encontrar aceptación = find + favour, find + acceptance, find + a home.
    * grado de aceptación = acceptance rate.
    * nivel de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * tasa de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * * *
    a) ( éxito) success

    de gran aceptación entre los jóvenes — very popular o successful with young people

    b) ( acción) acceptance
    * * *
    = acceptance, favour [favor, -USA], take-up, uptake, assent, embrace, accommodation, thumbs up, admission.

    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.

    Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.
    Ex: One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.
    Ex: The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.
    Ex: The new Act, which received the royal assent in 1710, was not entirely to their taste however, for it ruled that copyright in a new book belonged not to its publisher but to its author.
    Ex: The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.
    Ex: Whatever structure emerges will be one of accommodation and acceptance by the various stakeholders both in and outside the library.
    Ex: The article 'Apple Macintosh: thumbs up? thumbs down?' considers whether online searchers should use Apple Macintosh machines.
    Ex: Secondly, the admission of rules incompatible with the general ideology adopted inevitably entails subsequent remedial revision.
    * aceptación pasiva = acquiescence.
    * adquisición pendiente de examen y aceptación = on approval acquisition, sending on approbation, sending on approval.
    * encontrar aceptación = find + favour, find + acceptance, find + a home.
    * grado de aceptación = acceptance rate.
    * nivel de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * tasa de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.

    * * *
    1 (éxito) success
    ha tenido gran aceptación entre los jóvenes it has been very popular o successful with young people
    la película encontró poca aceptación the movie was badly received o had little success
    2 (acción) acceptance
    * * *

     

    aceptación sustantivo femenino

    ◊ de gran aceptación entre los jóvenes very popular o successful with young people


    aceptación sustantivo femenino
    1 acceptance
    2 (éxito) success: esta música tiene poca aceptación, this kind of music isn't very popular
    ' aceptación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bilateral
    English:
    acceptance
    - queer
    - would
    - hot
    * * *
    1. [aprobación] acceptance
    2. [éxito] success, popularity;
    tener gran aceptación (entre) to be very popular (with o among)
    3. Com & Fin acceptance
    * * *
    f
    1 acceptance;
    encontrar buena aceptación de plan receive a warm welcome, be welcomed; de producto, novela be successful ( entre with)
    2 éxito success
    * * *
    1) : acceptance
    2) aprobación: approval
    * * *
    aceptación n acceptance

    Spanish-English dictionary > aceptación

  • 116 comité asesor

    m.
    advisory committee, brain trust, think tank, panel.
    * * *
    (n.) = think tank, advisory council, advisory board, advisory committee, consultative committee
    Ex. The problem had been outlined in 1975 in a report from the government's Central Policy Review Staff, or ' Think Tank', as they were popularly called.
    Ex. The advisory council comprises social workers, directors of information centres and public libraries, with student participation.
    Ex. Librarians solicited input from teens using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and young adult advisory boards or councils.
    Ex. Ms. Weihs has been chairperson of the Ontario Public Library's advisory committee that has as its charge reporting on the possibilities of an automated cataloging network for the public libraries of Ontario.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    * * *
    (n.) = think tank, advisory council, advisory board, advisory committee, consultative committee

    Ex: The problem had been outlined in 1975 in a report from the government's Central Policy Review Staff, or ' Think Tank', as they were popularly called.

    Ex: The advisory council comprises social workers, directors of information centres and public libraries, with student participation.
    Ex: Librarians solicited input from teens using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and young adult advisory boards or councils.
    Ex: Ms. Weihs has been chairperson of the Ontario Public Library's advisory committee that has as its charge reporting on the possibilities of an automated cataloging network for the public libraries of Ontario.
    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comité asesor

  • 117 comité consultivo

    m.
    advisory committee, consulting board.
    * * *
    (n.) = advisory committee, consultative committee, advisory council, advisory board
    Ex. Ms. Weihs has been chairperson of the Ontario Public Library's advisory committee that has as its charge reporting on the possibilities of an automated cataloging network for the public libraries of Ontario.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex. The advisory council comprises social workers, directors of information centres and public libraries, with student participation.
    Ex. Librarians solicited input from teens using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and young adult advisory boards or councils.
    * * *
    (n.) = advisory committee, consultative committee, advisory council, advisory board

    Ex: Ms. Weihs has been chairperson of the Ontario Public Library's advisory committee that has as its charge reporting on the possibilities of an automated cataloging network for the public libraries of Ontario.

    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex: The advisory council comprises social workers, directors of information centres and public libraries, with student participation.
    Ex: Librarians solicited input from teens using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and young adult advisory boards or councils.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comité consultivo

  • 118 contribuir a

    v.
    to contribute to, to conduce toward, to conduce to, to partake in.
    * * *
    (v.) = add to, make + contribution to(wards), make for, play + an instrumental role in
    Ex. At the same time outdated terminology adds to the lack of coherence.
    Ex. Document analysis makes a significant contribution to communication and information flow.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex. Many people played an instrumental role in preparing this new FAO manual.
    * * *
    (v.) = add to, make + contribution to(wards), make for, play + an instrumental role in

    Ex: At the same time outdated terminology adds to the lack of coherence.

    Ex: Document analysis makes a significant contribution to communication and information flow.
    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex: Many people played an instrumental role in preparing this new FAO manual.

    Spanish-English dictionary > contribuir a

  • 119 decantarse por

    (v.) = opt (for)
    Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    * * *
    (v.) = opt (for)

    Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.

    Spanish-English dictionary > decantarse por

  • 120 duradero

    adj.
    durable, permanent, abiding, long-lasting.
    * * *
    1 durable, lasting
    * * *
    (f. - duradera)
    adj.
    durable, lasting
    * * *
    ADJ [ropa, tela] hard-wearing; [paz, efecto] lasting; [relación] lasting, long-term antes de s
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.
    Ex. The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.
    Ex. Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex. Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex. Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex. The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex. The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    ----
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.

    Ex: The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.

    Ex: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex: Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex: Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex: The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex: The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.

    * * *
    ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n); ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, durable, longwearing ( AmE)
    * * *

    duradero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n);


    ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    duradero,-a adjetivo durable, lasting
    ' duradero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    duradera
    - resistente
    - secular
    - agudeza
    - agudo
    English:
    continued
    - durable
    - enduring
    - hardwearing
    - lasting
    - long-lasting
    - serviceable
    - long
    * * *
    duradero, -a adj
    1. [que permanece] lasting;
    es una vacuna de efecto duradero it is a long-acting vaccine
    2. [ropa, zapatos] hard-wearing
    * * *
    adj lasting; ropa, calzado hard-wearing
    * * *
    duradero, -ra adj
    : durable, lasting
    * * *
    duradero adj lasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > duradero

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