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  • 61 lindar

    v.
    to be adjacent, to abut.
    * * *
    1 to border ( con, on), adjoin ( con, -)
    * * *
    VI

    lindar con: mis tierras lindan con las suyas — my land borders on theirs

    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( limitar)

    lindar con algo — to border on something, verge on something

    * * *
    = border.
    Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
    ----
    * lindar con = adjoin, adjoin, border on.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( limitar)

    lindar con algo — to border on something, verge on something

    * * *

    Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

    * lindar con = adjoin, adjoin, border on.

    * * *
    lindar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 (limitar) lindar CON algo to adjoin sth
    el parque linda con la carretera the park runs alongside o runs adjacent to the road, the park adjoins the road
    2 (asemejarse) lindar CON algo to border ON sth, verge ON sth
    su novela linda con el melodrama her novel borders o verges on the melodramatic
    * * *

    lindar ( conjugate lindar) verbo intransitivo lindar con algo ( limitar) to adjoin sth;
    ( aproximarse a) to border on sth, verge on sth
    lindar verbo intransitivo to border [ con, on]
    ' lindar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    rayar
    English:
    border on
    - adjoin
    - border
    * * *
    lindar vi
    1.
    lindar con [terreno] to adjoin, to be next to;
    su finca linda con la mía her land borders on mine
    2.
    lindar con [conceptos, ideas] to border on, to verge on;
    un chiste que linda con lo grosero a joke which borders o verges on being rude
    * * *
    v/i
    :
    lindar con algo adjoin sth; fig border on sth
    * * *
    lindar vi
    1)
    lindar con : to border, to skirt
    2)
    lindar con bordear: to border on, to verge on

    Spanish-English dictionary > lindar

  • 62 confinar

    v.
    1 to confine.
    Ella confinó su territorio She confined her territory.
    2 to banish.
    3 to restrict, to limit, to confine, to restrain.
    Ella confinó su territorio She confined her territory.
    Ella confinó sus impulsos de ira She restricted her anger impulses.
    El carcelero confinó a Ricardo The jailer confined Richard.
    El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.
    * * *
    1 (limitar) to border
    1 (recluir) to confine
    1 to shut oneself away
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (Jur) to confine (a, en in)
    (Pol) to banish, exile (a to)
    2.
    VI (=limitar)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    confinar a alguien a algo — a hospital/a calabozo to put somebody into something; a casa to confine somebody to something; a isla to banish somebody to something

    2. 3.
    confinarse v pron to shut oneself away
    * * *
    = confine, restrict, intern, consign, box in.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.
    Ex. There ought to be a special kind of Hell to which poor citators can be consigned.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    confinar a alguien a algo — a hospital/a calabozo to put somebody into something; a casa to confine somebody to something; a isla to banish somebody to something

    2. 3.
    confinarse v pron to shut oneself away
    * * *
    = confine, restrict, intern, consign, box in.

    Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.
    Ex: There ought to be a special kind of Hell to which poor citators can be consigned.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

    * * *
    confinar [A1 ]
    vt
    confinar a algn A algo:
    la parálisis lo ha confinado a una silla de ruedas he is confined to a wheelchair because of paralysis
    han sido confinados a puntos alejados del país they have been banished to o exiled to remote parts of the country
    ■ confinar
    vi
    confinar CON algo to border WITH sth
    to shut oneself away
    tras la muerte del marido se ha confinado en casa since her husband died she's stayed shut away inside the house o she's shut herself away inside the house
    * * *

    confinar ( conjugate confinar) verbo transitivo confinar a algn a algo ‹a hospital/a calabozo› to put sb into sth;
    ‹ a casa› to confine sb to sth;
    ‹ a isla› to banish sb to sth;

    confinar verbo transitivo to confine [en, to]: le confinaron en la torre del castillo, he was confined to the castle tower

    ' confinar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    coop up
    - localize
    - confine
    - intern
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [detener, limitar] to confine (en to);
    el accidente lo confinó a una silla de ruedas the accident left him in a wheelchair, he was confined to a wheelchair after the accident
    2. [desterrar] to banish (a o en to)
    ♦ vi
    confinar con algo to border on, to adjoin
    * * *
    I v/t confine
    II v/i border ( con on)
    * * *
    1) : to confine, to limit
    2) : to exile
    confinar con : to border on

    Spanish-English dictionary > confinar

  • 63 reducir

    rrɛđu'θir
    v irr
    1) herabsetzen, verkleinern, verringern
    2) (fig: menguar) dämpfen, nachlassen, schmälern
    3) ( limitar) kürzen, beschränken, vermindern, abbauen
    4)
    verbo transitivo
    1. [disminuir] verringern
    2. [hacer más pequeño] verkleinern
    3. [someter] überwältigen
    4. [concentrar] verdicken
    6. [transformar]
    ————————
    verbo intransitivo
    ————————
    reducirse a verbo pronominal
    1. [limitarse] sich beschränken auf (+A)
    2. [equivaler] hinauslaufen auf (+A)
    reducir
    reducir [rreðu'θir]
    num1num (disminuir) también química reduzieren; (personal) abbauen; (gastos) senken; (precios) herabsetzen
    num2num (foto, dibujo) verkleinern; reducir de escala in einem kleineren Maßstab wiedergeben
    num3num (someter) unterwerfen; la policía redujo al agresor die Polizei überwältigte den Täter
    num4num (convertir) verwandeln [a in+acusativo]; el fuego redujo la casa a cenizas bei dem Feuer brannte das Haus völlig nieder; reducir/quedar reducido a escombros in Schutt und Asche legen/liegen; reducir al absurdo algo etw ad absurdum führen
    num5num (limitar) beschränken [a auf+acusativo]
    num6num (resumir) zusammenfassen; (acortar) kürzen
    num7num medicina einrenken
    num8num matemática umrechnen; reducir al común denominador ( también figurativo) auf einen gemeinsamen Nenner bringen
    automóvil y tráfico zurückschalten
    ■ reducirse sich beschränken [a auf+acusativo]

    Diccionario Español-Alemán > reducir

  • 64 búsqueda

    f.
    1 search, quest, pursuit, research.
    2 chase, hunting.
    3 data search, lookup, look-up.
    * * *
    1 search
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF search (de for)

    a o en búsqueda de algo — in search of sth

    búsqueda y sustitución — (Inform) find and replace

    * * *
    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

    * * *
    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.
    Ex. Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex. The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex. Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex. If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex. It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex. 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex. 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex. The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    ----
    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.
    * * *
    femenino search

    búsqueda de algo/alguien — search for something/somebody

    * * *
    = chase, look-up [lookup], search, search request, searching, hunt, hunting, reaching, trawl, querying.

    Ex: Enthusiasm in a searcher, of course, all are agreed on: 'he must delight in the chase for its own sake'.

    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind, may be seeking a specific subject which does not quite match requirements.
    Ex: The search request is displayed on the screen and assigned a number in the extreme left column.
    Ex: Indexing and searching, then, are integral one to another, and so a few comments on searching are in order here = Por lo tanto, la indización y la búsqueda son complementarios y así pues es pertinente hacer algunos comentarios aquí sobre la búsqueda.
    Ex: If a search, manual or on-line, appears likely to last more than a few minutes, and should the librarian decide not to encourage the enquirer to join in the hunt, good practice requires that the visitor be given something to be going on with and invited to sit down.
    Ex: It was not until the 16th century that falconry and stag hunting gained the significance that it retained until 1789.
    Ex: 'Searching' or even 'ordering' would be better, so long as we didn't imply by either of them an 'irritable reaching after fact and reason'.
    Ex: 'Systematic review' is the process whereby similar studies, identified from a comprehensive trawl of numerous databases, are summarized in digestible form.
    Ex: The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.
    * acotador de búsqueda = search qualifier.
    * acotar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.
    * ampliar una búsqueda = broaden + search, expand + Posesivo + search.
    * anterior a la búsqueda = pre-search.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * búsqueda a terceros = third party searching.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * búsqueda automatizada = computer searching, computer search, automated searching.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * búsqueda bibliográfica = literature searching, literature search, bibliographic search.
    * búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.
    * búsqueda con anterioridad al pedido = preorder searching.
    * búsqueda contextual = contextual searching.
    * búsqueda cruzada = federated search.
    * búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda de citas = citation search.
    * búsqueda de comida = foraging.
    * búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.
    * búsqueda de documento conocido = known-item search.
    * búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.
    * búsqueda deductiva = heuristic search.
    * búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.
    * búsqueda de información = fact-finding, quest for + information, information seeking.
    * búsqueda de la verdad = truth-seeking.
    * búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.
    * búsqueda del tesoro = treasure hunt, scavenger hunt.
    * búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.
    * búsqueda de oro = gold digging.
    * búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.
    * búsqueda de pareja = mate finding.
    * búsqueda de proximidad = proximity searching.
    * búsqueda de recursos = resource discovery.
    * búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres = string search, string searching.
    * búsqueda de tesoros = treasure-seeking.
    * búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.
    * búsqueda de títulos = title search.
    * búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.
    * búsqueda difusa = fuzzy match, fuzzy matching.
    * búsqueda documental = document search.
    * búsqueda eficaz = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda en el índice = index searching.
    * búsqueda en lenguaje natural = natural language searching.
    * búsqueda en línea = online searching, online search.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * búsqueda en serie = serial search, serial searching.
    * búsqueda en texto completo = full text search.
    * búsqueda en vano = wild goose chase.
    * búsqueda evolutiva = berrypicking.
    * búsqueda exacta = exact match.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * búsqueda inteligente = savvy searching.
    * búsqueda interactiva = interactive searching, interactive search.
    * búsqueda inversa = backtracking search.
    * búsqueda iterativa = iterative searching.
    * búsqueda lateral = lateral searching.
    * búsqueda manual = manual searching.
    * búsqueda mecánica = machine searching.
    * búsqueda parcial = partial match.
    * búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunting, executive search.
    * búsqueda ponderada = weighted query.
    * búsqueda por autor = author searching.
    * búsqueda por autor/título = author/title search.
    * búsqueda por campos = field searching.
    * búsqueda por descriptores = descriptor searching.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * búsqueda por materia = subject searching, topical subject search.
    * búsqueda por materias = subject search, subject query, subject browsing.
    * búsqueda por máxima proximidad = nearest neighbour searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.
    * búsqueda por medio de órdenes = command search.
    * búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.
    * búsqueda por rangos = range searching, ranged search.
    * búsqueda por secuencia de caracteres = character-string search.
    * búsqueda por términos ponderados = weighted term search.
    * búsqueda rápida = scanning.
    * búsqueda repetitiva = iterative search.
    * búsqueda retrospectiva = retrospective search, retrospective searching.
    * búsquedas de secuencias de caracteres = text-string searching.
    * búsqueda simple = simple search.
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios ficheros = cross-searching [cross searching].
    * búsqueda simultánea en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].
    * Búsqueda Simultánea Remota (SRS) = Simultaneous Remote Searching (SRS).
    * búsqueda tabú = tabu search.
    * búsqueda truncada = truncated search.
    * búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).
    * capacidad de búsqueda = searching power.
    * clave de búsqueda = search key.
    * clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.
    * clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.
    * clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.
    * clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.
    * código de búsqueda = searchable code, search code.
    * coincidencia de mayúsculas y minúsculas en la búsqueda = case sensitivity.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * condición de búsqueda = search requirement.
    * conocimientos básicos de búsqueda = information literacy.
    * construir una búsqueda = construct + search.
    * construir un enunciado de búsqueda = state + search topic.
    * criterios de búsqueda = search criteria.
    * cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.
    * cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.
    * de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.
    * delimitar una búsqueda = narrow + search, qualify + search, refine + search.
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, rec = information illiteracy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * detener búsqueda = discontinue + search.
    * donde se pueden hacer búsquedas = queriable.
    * durante la búsqueda = at the search stage.
    * ecuación de búsqueda = search argument, search expression, search formulation.
    * elemento de búsqueda ficticio = rogue string.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.
    * en búsqueda de = a quest for.
    * en la búsqueda de = in the quest for.
    * enseñanza en la búsqueda de información = information instruction.
    * enunciado de búsqueda = search prescription, search statement, search query, query statement.
    * enunciado de búsqueda de documentos multimedia = multimedia query.
    * enunciado de búsqueda en texto libre = free-text search statement.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * estadísticas de búsqueda = searching statistics.
    * estrategia de búsqueda = search strategy, search process.
    * estrategia de búsqueda de información = information seeking pattern.
    * expansión de una búsqueda por medio del tesauro = thesaurus expansion.
    * explosión de las búsquedas = explosion of searches.
    * expresión de búsqueda = access vector, search expression.
    * facilidad de búsqueda = scannability, soughtness, searchability, findability.
    * formulación de una búsqueda = query formulation.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.
    * guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.
    * guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.
    * hábito de búsqueda de información = information-seeking habit.
    * hacer búsquedas en = search through.
    * hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda = look up, submit + search, do + search.
    * hacer una búsqueda en Google = google.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * historial de búsqueda = search history.
    * impreso de perfil de búsqueda = profile search form.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * interfaz de búsqueda = search interface.
    * juego de búsqueda bibliográfica = library scavenger hunt.
    * lenguaje de búsqueda = search language.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * línea de búsqueda = query line.
    * lista de búsqueda = finding list.
    * lógica de búsqueda = search logic.
    * lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.
    * método de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.
    * motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.
    * número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.
    * número de la búsqueda = set number.
    * opción de búsqueda = search option.
    * opciones de búsqueda = search capabilities.
    * operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.
    * ordenación jerárquica del resultado de la búsqueda = output ranking.
    * orden de ampliar la búsqueda a los términos relaci = explode command.
    * papeleta de petición de búsqueda en línea = online search request form.
    * paradigma de búsqueda = search paradigm.
    * perfil de búsqueda = search profile.
    * petición de búsqueda = search request.
    * ponderación de los términos de la ecuación de búsqueda = query term weighting.
    * posibilidades de búsqueda = searching capabilities, searchability, retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * posterior a la búsqueda = post-search.
    * precisar una búsqueda = focus + Posesivo + search.
    * proceso de búsqueda = searching process, search process.
    * programa de búsqueda = search software, search software package.
    * proveedor de servicios de búsqueda en línea = online search service supplier.
    * realizar una búsqueda = conduct + search, execute + search, perform + search, run + search, undertake + search, carry out + search.
    * recuadro de búsqueda = search box.
    * reformulación de la búsqueda = query reformation.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * resultado de la búsqueda = posting, search output, search result, searching result.
    * resultado de una búsqueda = set.
    * robot de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler, Web crawler.
    * servicio de búsqueda = search service.
    * sesión de búsqueda = search session.
    * sistema de búsqueda = paging system.
    * técnica de búsqueda automatizada = computer-searching technique.
    * tema de búsqueda = search topic.
    * término de búsqueda = search term, search word.
    * término de la búsqueda = query term.
    * tiempo de búsqueda = search time.
    * tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.
    * vector de búsqueda = query vector.
    * velocidad de búsqueda = search speed.
    * ventana de búsqueda = search box.

    * * *
    search búsqueda DE algo/algn search FOR sth/sb
    Compuestos:
    treasure hunt
    ( Inf) wordsearch
    web search
    ( Inf) search and replace
    * * *

     

    búsqueda sustantivo femenino búsqueda (de algo/algn) search (for sth/sb)
    búsqueda sustantivo femenino search
    ' búsqueda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    batida
    - consulta
    - busca
    - cuidadoso
    - minucioso
    English:
    for
    - fruitless
    - hunt
    - job hunting
    - look
    - pursuit
    - scouting
    - search
    - warrant
    - wild-goose chase
    - quest
    - treasure
    * * *
    search;
    a la búsqueda de algo in search of sth;
    Esp
    (ir) en búsqueda de (to go) in search of
    * * *
    f search;
    búsqueda en el texto INFOR search o find in the text
    * * *
    : search
    * * *
    búsqueda n search

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda

  • 65 con llave

    (adj.) = locked, locking
    Ex. Such items may be kept in locked cupboards, bookcases or display cases to which some type of alarm device is fitted.
    Ex. Some libraries choose not to circulate their comics collection at all, instead placing the issues in locking plastic periodical covers to reduce disappearing copies = Algunas bibliotecas deciden limitar sus colecciones de comics a consulta en sala y colocan los tebeos en fundas de plástico con llave para reducir su desaparición.
    * * *
    (adj.) = locked, locking

    Ex: Such items may be kept in locked cupboards, bookcases or display cases to which some type of alarm device is fitted.

    Ex: Some libraries choose not to circulate their comics collection at all, instead placing the issues in locking plastic periodical covers to reduce disappearing copies = Algunas bibliotecas deciden limitar sus colecciones de comics a consulta en sala y colocan los tebeos en fundas de plástico con llave para reducir su desaparición.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con llave

  • 66 debate

    m.
    debate.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: debatir.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: debatir.
    * * *
    1 debate, discussion
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *

    poner o sacar un tema a debate — to raise an issue for discussion

    * * *
    masculino debate; ( más informal) discussion
    * * *
    = debate, discussion, exchange, thread, disquisition, Q&A session [question and answer session].
    Ex. The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.
    Ex. In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.
    Ex. Reports of interviews of exchanges are to be entered under the participant if the report is essentially confined to the words of the person(s) interviewed.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. There are disadvantages to this but a disquisition on all of that would run on for many pages.
    Ex. The delivery of each presentation should last 15-20 minutes which should include a Q&A session.
    ----
    * abrir el debate = open + the debate.
    * abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.
    * acallar el debate = stifle + debate.
    * contribución a un debate = input to a debate.
    * contribuir a un debate = have + an input to a debate.
    * debate abierto = open discussion.
    * debate académico = academic debate.
    * debate acalorado = heated debate, heated discussion.
    * debate + centrarse sobre = debate + centre around/on/upon.
    * debate científico = scientific debate.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate + durar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * debate entre ponentes = panel discussion, panel debate.
    * debate + mantenerse = debate + rage.
    * debate parlamentario = parliamentary debate.
    * debate + perdurar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.
    * debate político = political discussion, political debate.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * debate presidencial = presidential debate.
    * debate público = public debate.
    * debate + seguir = debate + rage.
    * debate social = public discourse.
    * desviar el debate de... a = wrest + discussion + away from... to.
    * documento de debate = discussion paper.
    * el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.
    * estar en debate = be under discussion.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * fomentar el debate = foster + discussion.
    * foro de debate = discussion list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], newsgroup [news group], electronic forum, open forum, e-mail list, distribution list, electronic distribution list, discussion forum.
    * foro de debate en línea = online forum.
    * generar debate = generate + debate.
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.
    * mantener un debate = hold + discussion.
    * mesa de debate = panel discussion, discussion panel.
    * objeto del debate = at issue.
    * panel de debate = panel presentation, panel discussion, discussion panel, panel session.
    * participar en un debate = participate + discussion.
    * preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.
    * programa de debate = talk show.
    * propiciar el debate = stimulate + discussion, stimulate + debate.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * reavivar el debate = reignite + debate.
    * seguir el debate = follow + the thread.
    * ser objeto de debate = be at issue.
    * sesión de debate = discussion session.
    * suscitar el debate = spark + debate, spark + discussion, stir + debate.
    * suscitar un debate = arouse + discussion, debate + surface, raise + debate.
    * tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.
    * * *
    masculino debate; ( más informal) discussion
    * * *
    = debate, discussion, exchange, thread, disquisition, Q&A session [question and answer session].

    Ex: The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.

    Ex: In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.
    Ex: Reports of interviews of exchanges are to be entered under the participant if the report is essentially confined to the words of the person(s) interviewed.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: There are disadvantages to this but a disquisition on all of that would run on for many pages.
    Ex: The delivery of each presentation should last 15-20 minutes which should include a Q&A session.
    * abrir el debate = open + the debate.
    * abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.
    * acallar el debate = stifle + debate.
    * contribución a un debate = input to a debate.
    * contribuir a un debate = have + an input to a debate.
    * debate abierto = open discussion.
    * debate académico = academic debate.
    * debate acalorado = heated debate, heated discussion.
    * debate + centrarse sobre = debate + centre around/on/upon.
    * debate científico = scientific debate.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate + durar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * debate entre ponentes = panel discussion, panel debate.
    * debate + mantenerse = debate + rage.
    * debate parlamentario = parliamentary debate.
    * debate + perdurar = debate + rage, debate + simmer.
    * debate político = political discussion, political debate.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * debate presidencial = presidential debate.
    * debate público = public debate.
    * debate + seguir = debate + rage.
    * debate social = public discourse.
    * desviar el debate de... a = wrest + discussion + away from... to.
    * documento de debate = discussion paper.
    * el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.
    * estar en debate = be under discussion.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * fomentar el debate = foster + discussion.
    * foro de debate = discussion list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], newsgroup [news group], electronic forum, open forum, e-mail list, distribution list, electronic distribution list, discussion forum.
    * foro de debate en línea = online forum.
    * generar debate = generate + debate.
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.
    * mantener un debate = hold + discussion.
    * mesa de debate = panel discussion, discussion panel.
    * objeto del debate = at issue.
    * panel de debate = panel presentation, panel discussion, discussion panel, panel session.
    * participar en un debate = participate + discussion.
    * preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.
    * programa de debate = talk show.
    * propiciar el debate = stimulate + discussion, stimulate + debate.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * reavivar el debate = reignite + debate.
    * seguir el debate = follow + the thread.
    * ser objeto de debate = be at issue.
    * sesión de debate = discussion session.
    * suscitar el debate = spark + debate, spark + discussion, stir + debate.
    * suscitar un debate = arouse + discussion, debate + surface, raise + debate.
    * tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.

    * * *
    debate; (más informal) discussion
    debate parlamentario/público parliamentary/public debate
    * * *

    Del verbo debatir: ( conjugate debatir)

    debate es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    debate    
    debatir
    debate sustantivo masculino
    debate;
    ( más informal) discussion
    debatir ( conjugate debatir) verbo transitivo
    to debate;
    ( más informal) to discuss
    debate sustantivo masculino debate
    debatir verbo transitivo to debate
    ' debate' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coloquio
    - debatir
    - discusión
    - fórum
    - fructífera
    - fructífero
    - intervenir
    - moderar
    - abrir
    - avivar
    - calentar
    - cerrar
    - conducir
    - dirigir
    - discutir
    - extender
    - moderador
    - participación
    - participante
    - prolongar
    - protagonizar
    English:
    argument
    - debate
    - enact
    - speak
    - academic
    - counter
    - discuss
    - discussion
    - dispute
    - enter
    - follow
    - fuel
    - lively
    - open
    - opponent
    - provoke
    - widen
    * * *
    debate nm
    debate;
    se necesita un debate abierto sobre el tema the issue needs to be discussed openly;
    un debate electoral televisado a televised electoral debate;
    el debate sobre el estado de la nación the state-of-the nation debate;
    un debate público a public debate;
    someter un tema a debate to discuss o debate a subject
    * * *
    m debate, discussion
    * * *
    debate nm
    : debate
    * * *
    debate n debate

    Spanish-English dictionary > debate

  • 67 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    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. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
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    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    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: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 68 detestable

    adj.
    detestable.
    * * *
    1 detestable, hateful, repulsive
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] hateful; [costumbre] detestable; [sabor, tiempo] foul
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/carácter> hateful, detestable; < proceder> abominable
    * * *
    = odious, obnoxious, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.
    Ex. Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo <persona/carácter> hateful, detestable; < proceder> abominable
    * * *
    = odious, obnoxious, abhorrent, detestable, loathsome.

    Ex: Perhaps Jane Austen was aware of this, for having stated the fact of the elopement briefly, she says airily: 'Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery, I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can'.

    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: He then made the comment that our soldiers are fighting ' detestable murderers and scumbags'.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    ‹persona/carácter› hateful, detestable, odious ( frml); ‹proceder› abominable, atrocious
    * * *

    detestable adjetivo detestable
    ' detestable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aborrecible
    English:
    damnable
    - obnoxious
    - odious
    * * *
    [persona, actitud] hateful, detestable; [comportamiento, trato] despicable; [comida] revolting; [alojamiento, calidad] terrible, appalling
    * * *
    adj terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > detestable

  • 69 prefijo

    m.
    1 prefix (grammar).
    2 dialing code (British), area code (United States) (telephonic).
    3 area code.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: prefijar.
    * * *
    1 LINGÚÍSTICA prefix
    2 (telefónico) dialling code, US area code
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Ling) prefix
    2) (Telec) (dialling) code, STD code, area code (EEUU)
    * * *
    masculino (Ling) prefix; ( de teléfono) (dialing*) code
    * * *
    = prefix [prefixes, -pl.], prefix code.
    Nota: Abreviatura del nombre de un campo que se utiliza normalmente para limitar la búsqueda a ese campo anteponiéndolo a la palabra buscada.
    Ex. Left hand truncation, which involves the neglect of prefixes or the elimination of characters from the beginning of a word, is also possible in many systems.
    Ex. Other fields are known as 'Additional Indexes' and require the use of prefix codes before search terms (e.g. AU, TI, JN); thus field restriction is automatic.
    ----
    * nombre con prefijo = prefixed name.
    * prefijo telefónico = telephone area code.
    * * *
    masculino (Ling) prefix; ( de teléfono) (dialing*) code
    * * *
    = prefix [prefixes, -pl.], prefix code.
    Nota: Abreviatura del nombre de un campo que se utiliza normalmente para limitar la búsqueda a ese campo anteponiéndolo a la palabra buscada.

    Ex: Left hand truncation, which involves the neglect of prefixes or the elimination of characters from the beginning of a word, is also possible in many systems.

    Ex: Other fields are known as 'Additional Indexes' and require the use of prefix codes before search terms (e.g. AU, TI, JN); thus field restriction is automatic.
    * nombre con prefijo = prefixed name.
    * prefijo telefónico = telephone area code.

    * * *
    1 ( Ling) prefix
    2 (de teléfono) dialing* code, code
    el prefijo telefónico de Madrid es 91 the (area) code for Madrid is 91
    * * *

    Del verbo prefijar: ( conjugate prefijar)

    prefijo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    prefijó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    prefijar    
    prefijo
    prefijo sustantivo masculino (Ling) prefix;
    ( de teléfono) (dialing( conjugate dialing)) code
    prefijo sustantivo masculino
    1 Tel (dialling) code, US area code
    2 Ling prefix
    ' prefijo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    area code
    - code
    - dialling code
    - prefix
    - anti-
    - audio-
    - ex-
    - half-
    - high-
    - low-
    - mid-
    - near-
    - neo-
    - non-
    - once-
    - over-
    - poly-
    - post-
    - pre-
    - pro-
    - re-
    - round-
    - self-
    - semi-
    - ultra-
    - un-
    - under-
    - vice-
    - well-
    * * *
    1. Gram prefix
    2. [telefónico] Br dialling code, US area code
    * * *
    m
    1 GRAM prefix
    2 TELEC area code, Br
    tb dialling code
    * * *
    : prefix
    * * *
    1. (teléfono) code
    2. (lingüístico) prefix

    Spanish-English dictionary > prefijo

  • 70 racionar

    v.
    to ration.
    Los generales racionaron la comida The generals rationed the food.
    El general racionó a su grupo The general rationed his group.
    * * *
    1 (limitar) to ration
    2 MILITAR (distribuir) to ration out
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=limitar) to ration
    2) (=distribuir) to ration out, share out
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to ration
    * * *
    = ration.
    Ex. ILL is an expensive operation and the issue of fees and charges is much debated; the discussion examined here includes the suggestion that users can travel to consult materials and public libraries might ration ILL requests per user including children.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to ration
    * * *

    Ex: ILL is an expensive operation and the issue of fees and charges is much debated; the discussion examined here includes the suggestion that users can travel to consult materials and public libraries might ration ILL requests per user including children.

    * * *
    racionar [A1 ]
    vt
    to ration
    los huevos estaban racionados eggs were rationed
    * * *

    racionar ( conjugate racionar) verbo transitivo
    to ration
    racionar verbo transitivo to ration
    ' racionar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ration
    * * *
    to ration
    * * *
    v/t ration
    * * *
    : to ration
    * * *
    racionar vb to ration

    Spanish-English dictionary > racionar

  • 71 reducir a cero

    (v.) = reduce to + nil
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    * * *
    (v.) = reduce to + nil

    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.

    Spanish-English dictionary > reducir a cero

  • 72 reducir a la nada

    (v.) = reduce to + nil
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    * * *
    (v.) = reduce to + nil

    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by 'obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.

    Spanish-English dictionary > reducir a la nada

  • 73 repelente

    adj.
    1 repulsive (desagradable, repugnante).
    2 repellent.
    m.
    insect repellent.
    * * *
    1 repellent, repulsive
    \
    niño,-a repelente irónico little know-all
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repulsivo) repellent, repulsive
    2) * (=sabelotodo)
    2.
    SM repellent, insect repellent
    * * *
    I
    2) < persona> repulsive, repellent; < niño> obnoxious
    II
    masculino insect repellent
    * * *
    = repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    ----
    * repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.
    * * *
    I
    2) < persona> repulsive, repellent; < niño> obnoxious
    II
    masculino insect repellent
    * * *
    = repellent, repulsive, obnoxious, rebarbative, aversive, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], creep.

    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.

    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: The main character, Tom Johnson, realizes that no girls go out with creeps like him so he quickly changes and buys a guitar and learns how to play one.
    * repelente contra insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de insectos = insect repellent.
    * repelente de mosquitos = mosquito repellent.

    * * *
    A
    (que ahuyenta): una loción repelente a repellent
    B ‹persona› repulsive, repellent, horrible; ‹niño› horrible, obnoxious
    insect repellent
    * * *

    repelente adjetivo ‹ persona› repulsive, repellent;
    ‹ niño› obnoxious
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    insect repellent
    repelente
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 (para insectos) repellent
    2 fam (persona redicha) affected person
    (sabelotodo) know-all
    II adjetivo
    1 (repugnante) repulsive, repellent
    2 fam (insoportable, intratable) unbearable, obnoxious
    (redicho) affected: es la niña repelente de la clase, she's the class know-all
    ' repelente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    icky
    - repellent
    - repellant
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. Fam [niño]
    es un niño repelente he's a disgusting little goody-goody
    2. [odioso] disgusting
    3. [de insectos] repellent
    ♦ nm
    repelente (contra insectos) insect repellent
    * * *
    I adj
    1 fig
    repellent, repulsive
    2 fam
    niño horrible
    II m repellent
    * * *
    : repellent, repulsive
    : repellent
    repelente de insectos: insect repellent
    * * *
    repelente1 adj
    1. (sabelotodo) know all
    2. (repulsivo) revolting
    1. (para insectos) repellent
    2. (persona) know all

    Spanish-English dictionary > repelente

  • 74 repugnante

    adj.
    disgusting.
    f. & m.
    loathsome person, repulsive person.
    * * *
    1 repugnant, repulsive, disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adj.
    repugnant, disgusting
    * * *
    ADJ disgusting, revolting
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.
    Ex. Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex. Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * * *
    adjetivo < olor> disgusting, revolting; < crimen> abhorrent, repugnant; < persona> ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting; ( moralmente) repugnant
    * * *
    = filthy [filthier -comp, filthiest -sup.], rank, repellent, revolting, repulsive, obnoxious, disgusting, rebarbative, abhorrent, minging, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], gruesome, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], icky [ickier -comp., ickiest -sup.], creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], loathsome.

    Ex: Printing houses -- apart from the few that had been built for the purpose rather than converted from something else -- were generally filthy and badly ventilated.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex: But, in the main, I find it often boring and sometimes repellent.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: A new indicator, representing the asymmetry of coauthorship links, was used to reveal the main 'attractive' and ' repulsive' centres of cooperation.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: He debates what should the librarian's attitude be to materials considered personally abhorrent.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: Neck buffs and balaclava's get the most icky, because you're usually breathing against them, and they tend to get a bit moist.
    Ex: Today I got followed home by a creepy man with a high-pitched voice.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.

    * * *
    1 ‹olor› disgusting, revolting
    2 ‹crimen› abhorrent, repugnant
    3 ‹persona› (físicamente) repulsive, revolting, repellent; (moralmente) repugnant
    * * *

    repugnante adjetivo ‹ olor› disgusting, revolting;
    ‹ crimen› abhorrent, repugnant;
    ‹ persona› ( físicamente) repulsive, revolting;
    ( moralmente) repugnant
    repugnante adjetivo
    1 (físicamente) disgusting, revolting, repulsive
    2 (moralmente) repugnant
    ' repugnante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repelente
    - asco
    English:
    abhorrent
    - disgusting
    - loathsome
    - obnoxious
    - offensive
    - repugnant
    - revolting
    - foul
    - nauseating
    - repulsive
    * * *
    1. [sabor, olor] disgusting, revolting
    2. [acción, comportamiento] disgusting
    * * *
    adj disgusting, repugnant
    * * *
    : repulsive, repugnant, revolting
    * * *
    repugnante adj revolting

    Spanish-English dictionary > repugnante

  • 75 restringir

    v.
    1 to limit, to restrict.
    El general restringe las actividades The general restricts the activities.
    El detective restringe la información The detective restricts the data.
    2 to cause a reduction in, to bite into, to bite on.
    Esto restringe la disponibilidad This causes a reduction in availability.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DIRIGIR], like link=dirigir dirigir
    1 (limitar) to restrict, limit
    2 (astringir) to contract
    1 (reducirse) to reduce
    * * *
    verb
    to limit, restrict
    * * *
    VT to restrict, limit (a to)
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < gastos> to restrict, cut; < libertad> to restrict
    2.
    restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself
    * * *
    = curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    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. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.
    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.
    ----
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < gastos> to restrict, cut; < libertad> to restrict
    2.
    restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself
    * * *
    = curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

    Ex: Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.
    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    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: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.
    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.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.

    * * *
    restringir [I7 ]
    vt
    ‹gastos› to restrict, cut, limit; ‹libertad› to restrict
    to restrict o limit oneself
    * * *

    restringir ( conjugate restringir) verbo transitivo
    to restrict
    restringir vtr (el acceso a un lugar, derecho) to restrict, limit
    (el consumo, distribución de algo) to cut back, restrict
    ' restringir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    circumscribe
    - confine
    - cut down
    - limit
    - restrict
    - tie down
    - curtail
    - narrow
    * * *
    to limit, to restrict
    * * *
    v/t restrict, limit
    * * *
    restringir {35} vt
    limitar: to restrict, to limit
    * * *
    restringir vb to restrict

    Spanish-English dictionary > restringir

  • 76 граничить

    несов., с + твор. п.
    1) limitar vi (con), confinar vi (con); tener frontera(s) (con), ser limítrofe (fronterizo) con
    Гру́зия грани́чит с Арме́нией — Georgia tiene frontera con Armenia
    2) ( быть близким к чему-либо) rayar vi (en), tocar vi (en)
    э́то грани́чит с глу́постью — esto raya (toca) en la estupidez

    БИРС > граничить

  • 77 лимитировать

    сов., несов., вин. п.

    БИРС > лимитировать

  • 78 ограничивать

    несов.
    2) ( являться границей) limitar vt, formar el límite

    БИРС > ограничивать

  • 79 ограничить

    сов., вин. п.
    restringir vt, limitar vt
    ограни́чить в права́х — restringir los derechos
    ограни́чить себя́ во всем — reducirse (circunscribirse, ceñirse) a lo más necesario( al mínimo)

    БИРС > ограничить

  • 80 actividad

    f
    1) деятельность; сфера деятельности (см. тж. actividades)
    3) дело; ведение дела; занятие
    4) работа; функционирование
    •

    desorrollar la actividad — развивать деятельность [активность]

    impulsar la actividad — способствовать [давать импульс] деятельности

    realizar la actividad — осуществлять [проводить] деятельность

    reiniciar [renovar] la actividad — возобновлять деятельность

    - actividad con ánimo de lucro
    - actividad aseguradora
    - actividad auditora
    - actividad auxiliar
    - actividad bursátil
    - actividad científica
    - actividad comercial
    - actividad distribuidora
    - actividad económica
    - actividad económica exterior
    - actividad económica externa
    - actividad económica y financiera
    - actividad económica informal
    - actividad económica y organizativa
    - actividad económica subterranea
    - actividad económica útil
    - actividad económico-social
    - actividad de empresa
    - actividad de empresa en el mercado
    - actividad en la esfera de ferias
    - actividad especulativa
    - actividad exportadora
    - actividad fiduciaria
    - actividad fiduciaria del banco
    - actividad financiera
    - actividad financiera y crediticia
    - actividad financiero-crediticia
    - actividad con fines de lucro
    - actividad sin fines de lucro
    - actividad forestal
    - actividad ganadera
    - actividad humana
    - actividad informativa
    - actividad inversora
    - actividad de investigación
    - actividad de investigación científica
    - actividad joint venture
    - actividad laboral
    - actividad de mercadeo
    - actividad mercantil
    - actividad normal
    - actividad pecuaria
    - actividad piscícola
    - actividad principal
    - actividad productiva
    - actividad productiva conjunta
    - actividad profesional
    - actividad promocional
    - actividad técnico-informativa

    El diccionario Español-ruso económico > actividad

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  • limitar — verbo transitivo 1. Poner (una persona) límites a [una cosa o un lugar]: Limitaron el terreno dedicado a parque. El Parlamento ha limitado las facultades de los colegios profesionales. 2. Reducir (una persona …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • limitar — (Del lat. limitāre). 1. tr. Poner límites a algo. 2. Acortar, ceñir. U. t. c. prnl.) 3. Fijar la extensión que pueden tener la autoridad o los derechos y facultades de alguien. 4. intr. Dicho de dos territorios o dos terrenos: lindar. 5. Dicho de …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • limitar — v tr (Se conjuga como amar) 1 Poner límites a una extensión: limitar un potrero 2 Fijar la capacidad, la amplitud o la influencia de alguna acción o actividad: limitar funciones, limitar un cargo 3 Limitar con Tener una extensión su término en… …   Español en México

  • limitar — {{＃}}{{LM L23881}}{{〓}} {{ConjL23881}}{{＼}}CONJUGACIÓN{{／}}{{SynL24470}} {{［}}limitar{{］}} ‹li·mi·tar› {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} {{＜}}1{{＞}} Poner límites{{♂}}, especialmente referido a un terreno{{♀}}: • He limitado la finca con unas vallas. Para hacer una …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • limitar — tr. limitar um terreno; limitar as possibilidades. intr. limitar com limita com a estrada. refl. limnar se a limitou se a dizer o que sabia …   Dicionario dos verbos portugueses

  • limitar — (Del lat. limitare, rodear de fronteras .) ► verbo transitivo 1 Señalar los límites de una cosa: ■ limitó el jardín con una valla. SINÓNIMO acotar delimitar ► verbo transitivo/ pronominal 2 Reducir o acortar una cosa: ■ han limitado las… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • limitar — (v) (Básico) reducir, restringir o acortar algo material o inmaterial, como p.ej. el tiempo, el espacio, la movilidad, la libertad, el derecho, etc. Ejemplos: Últimamente han limitado el tiempo de acceso gratuito a la base de datos a una hora.… …   Español Extremo Basic and Intermediate

  • limitar — transitivo y pronominal 1) delimitar*, demarcar, determinar, fijar, señalar. ≠ indeterminar, imprecisar. 2) acortar, restringir, coartar, cercenar, reducir …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • limitar — li|mi|tar Mot Agut Verb transitiu, intransitiu i pronominal …   Diccionari Català-Català

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