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  • 41 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    ----
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 42 documento vencido

    m.
    past due note, past-due item.
    * * *
    (n.) = overdue, overdue document
    Ex. This package enables the library to carry out the following functions: title searches; keyword searches; generating overdues; generating chasers; printing applications, generating loan statistics; generating reports.
    Ex. This will cause the system to react differently to a request to renew an overdue document.
    * * *
    (n.) = overdue, overdue document

    Ex: This package enables the library to carry out the following functions: title searches; keyword searches; generating overdues; generating chasers; printing applications, generating loan statistics; generating reports.

    Ex: This will cause the system to react differently to a request to renew an overdue document.

    Spanish-English dictionary > documento vencido

  • 43 echar a perder

    to spoil
    * * *
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    (v.) = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex. Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. A lot depends on how dry the weather is outside because humidity is a real enemy and enables bacteria to quickly make the meat go off.
    * * *
    (v.) = ruin, bungle, bring out + the worst in, cast + a blight on, blight, go off

    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.

    Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex: Although there are some bad stepparents in the real world, becoming a stepmother or stepfather does not inevitably bring out the worst in people.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: A lot depends on how dry the weather is outside because humidity is a real enemy and enables bacteria to quickly make the meat go off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar a perder

  • 44 equipo informático

    m.
    data processing equipment.
    * * *
    (n.) = computer hardware, computer equipment, computer machinery
    Ex. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware and software that enables geographic or spatial data to be recorded, manipulated and presented to the user.
    Ex. In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.
    Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    * * *
    (n.) = computer hardware, computer equipment, computer machinery

    Ex: A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware and software that enables geographic or spatial data to be recorded, manipulated and presented to the user.

    Ex: In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.
    Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.

    Spanish-English dictionary > equipo informático

  • 45 esotérico

    adj.
    esoteric, occult, secretive.
    * * *
    1 esoteric
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo esoteric
    * * *
    = arcane, esoteric.
    Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.
    Ex. However, I do not readily see that there is an esoteric punctuation, for example, produced for the benefit of the computer that necessarily has to appear on the card.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo esoteric
    * * *
    = arcane, esoteric.

    Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

    Ex: However, I do not readily see that there is an esoteric punctuation, for example, produced for the benefit of the computer that necessarily has to appear on the card.

    * * *
    esoteric
    * * *

    esotérico,-a adjetivo esoteric
    ' esotérico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esotérica
    English:
    esoteric
    * * *
    esotérico, -a adj
    esoteric
    * * *
    adj esoteric
    * * *
    esotérico, -ca adj
    : esoteric

    Spanish-English dictionary > esotérico

  • 46 estafador

    adj.
    swindling.
    m.
    swindler, con artist, cheat, cheater.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 racketeer, swindler, trickster
    * * *
    estafador, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=timador) swindler, trickster
    2) (Com, Econ) racketeer
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Der) fraudster
    b) (fam) ( timador) con man (colloq)
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, cheater, fraudster, scammer, cuckoo in the nest, con artist, scamster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.
    Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex. Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex. Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
    Ex. This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.
    Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Der) fraudster
    b) (fam) ( timador) con man (colloq)
    * * *
    = con man, crook, swindler, cheater, fraudster, scammer, cuckoo in the nest, con artist, scamster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

    Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.
    Ex: Intenrnet also enables enterprising would-be cheaters to cut and paste material for easy and relatively thought-free composition of essay assignments.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
    Ex: Phishing (also known as phising or carding) is the practice whereby a scammer who is pretending to be from a legitimate organisation, sends misleading emails requesting personal and financial details from unsuspecting people.
    Ex: This type of relgion is a cuckoo in the nest that, in the name of secular society and pluralism, is pushing out all other gods.
    Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.
    Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.
    Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.
    Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.
    Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Der) fraudster
    2 ( fam) (timador) con man ( colloq), rip-off artist ( AmE colloq), rip-off merchant ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    estafador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    a) (Der) fraudster

    b) (fam) ( timador) swindler (colloq)

    estafador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, con man: era un estafador sin escrúpulos, he was an unscrupulous con man
    ' estafador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estafadora
    - gancho
    - granuja
    - mangante
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    cheat
    - con man
    - rope in
    - shark
    - swindler
    - con
    - hustler
    * * *
    estafador, -ora nm,f
    [timador] swindler; [de empresa, organización] fraudster
    * * *
    m, estafadora f con artist fam, fraudster
    * * *
    : cheat, swindler

    Spanish-English dictionary > estafador

  • 47 estancamiento

    m.
    1 stagnation.
    2 engorgement.
    * * *
    1 stagnation
    2 figurado deadlock, standstill
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de agua] stagnation
    2) (=falta de actividad) [de asunto, comercio, suministro] stagnation; [de negociaciones] deadlock
    * * *
    masculino stagnation
    * * *
    = stagnancy, stagnation, plateauing, stasis.
    Ex. This strategy enables companies to learn of new technologies, stay abreast of dynamic changes and trends, and avoid creative stagnancy.
    Ex. After a period of decline and stagnation, the Artothek Centre was started as a pilot project in 1983.
    Ex. Plateauing is reaching a stage in work or life where there is no more growth or movement and it can destroy motivation, allegiance, commitment, and productivity.
    Ex. He concludes that in both democracy and art, we have reached a point of stasis in which the show must go on because there is nothing to replace it.
    ----
    * período de estancamiento = plateau [plateaux, -pl.].
    * * *
    masculino stagnation
    * * *
    = stagnancy, stagnation, plateauing, stasis.

    Ex: This strategy enables companies to learn of new technologies, stay abreast of dynamic changes and trends, and avoid creative stagnancy.

    Ex: After a period of decline and stagnation, the Artothek Centre was started as a pilot project in 1983.
    Ex: Plateauing is reaching a stage in work or life where there is no more growth or movement and it can destroy motivation, allegiance, commitment, and productivity.
    Ex: He concludes that in both democracy and art, we have reached a point of stasis in which the show must go on because there is nothing to replace it.
    * período de estancamiento = plateau [plateaux, -pl.].

    * * *
    1 (de agua) stagnation
    2 (de un proceso) stagnation
    * * *

    estancamiento sustantivo masculino
    stagnation
    ' estancamiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    stagnancy
    - stalemate
    - stand-off
    * * *
    1. [de agua] stagnation
    2. [de economía] stagnation;
    [de negociaciones] deadlock;
    temen el estancamiento del proyecto they're afraid the project will come to a standstill
    * * *
    m tb fig, stagnation
    * * *
    : stagnation

    Spanish-English dictionary > estancamiento

  • 48 excitante

    adj.
    1 exciting (emocionante).
    2 sensual, arousing.
    m.
    stimulant.
    * * *
    1 exciting
    2 MEDICINA stimulating
    1 stimulant
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Med) stimulating
    2) (=emocionante) exciting
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <espectáculo/libro> exciting
    II
    masculino stimulant
    * * *
    = exciting, heady [headier -comp., headiest -sup.], exhilarating, rousing, titillating, stimulant, pulsating, electrifying, thrilling, thrilling.
    Ex. Finally, I wish to thank all of the speakers, reactors, and attendees who made these institutes so memorable, exciting, and rewarding.
    Ex. The heady integration scenario is that given a seemingly simple query the system would automatically expand the search beyond the capabilities of an inexperienced user.
    Ex. The causes of this interest differ from one man to another; it may be the beautiful, the terrible, the awe-inspiring, the exhilarating, the pathetic, the comic, or the merely piquant.
    Ex. This was the first time that MLA had attempted a multi-level distance learning project and it proved to be a rousing success.
    Ex. Television shows foster titillating discussion topics and trivialize troubles.
    Ex. The system consequently retrieves any record in which the term ' stimulants' appears.
    Ex. Thus the pulsating magnetic field enables an effective therapy which can be used for a broad range of indications.
    Ex. He gave an electrifying performance and he deserved all the accolades he received.
    Ex. This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    Ex. This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo <espectáculo/libro> exciting
    II
    masculino stimulant
    * * *
    = exciting, heady [headier -comp., headiest -sup.], exhilarating, rousing, titillating, stimulant, pulsating, electrifying, thrilling, thrilling.

    Ex: Finally, I wish to thank all of the speakers, reactors, and attendees who made these institutes so memorable, exciting, and rewarding.

    Ex: The heady integration scenario is that given a seemingly simple query the system would automatically expand the search beyond the capabilities of an inexperienced user.
    Ex: The causes of this interest differ from one man to another; it may be the beautiful, the terrible, the awe-inspiring, the exhilarating, the pathetic, the comic, or the merely piquant.
    Ex: This was the first time that MLA had attempted a multi-level distance learning project and it proved to be a rousing success.
    Ex: Television shows foster titillating discussion topics and trivialize troubles.
    Ex: The system consequently retrieves any record in which the term ' stimulants' appears.
    Ex: Thus the pulsating magnetic field enables an effective therapy which can be used for a broad range of indications.
    Ex: He gave an electrifying performance and he deserved all the accolades he received.
    Ex: This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    Ex: This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.

    * * *
    1 ‹espectáculo/libro› exciting
    2 ‹bebida›
    el café es una bebida excitante coffee is a stimulant
    stimulant
    * * *

    excitante adjetivo ‹espectáculo/libro› exciting
    excitante
    I adjetivo exciting
    Med stimulating
    II sustantivo masculino stimulant
    ' excitante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    emocionante
    English:
    red-hot
    - exhilarating
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sustancia] stimulant;
    el café es excitante coffee is a stimulant, coffee gets you worked up
    2. [sexualmente] arousing
    3. [emocionante] exciting
    ♦ nm
    stimulant
    * * *
    I adj
    1 exciting
    2
    :
    II m stimulant
    * * *
    : exciting
    * * *
    excitante adj exciting

    Spanish-English dictionary > excitante

  • 49 farsa

    f.
    2 burlesque, low comedy.
    * * *
    1 TEATRO farce
    2 (enredo) sham, farce
    * * *
    I
    SF
    1) (Teat) farce; pey bad play
    2) (=engaño) farce, sham
    II
    SF (Culin) stuffing
    * * *
    femenino (Teatr) farce; ( engaño) sham, farce
    * * *
    = farce, travesty of justice, masquerade, theatrics, whitewash, charade, travesty.
    Ex. University libraries are facing the farce of new information and communication technologies.
    Ex. Why did the ALA accept the travesty of justice represented by the Latin American subcommittee's January 2001 report on Cuba, as well as the stage-managed 'onsite investigation' carried out in May 2001?.
    Ex. The book presents an overview of masks and masquerades in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.
    Ex. The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
    Ex. The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    Ex. Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.
    Ex. It's great that Connecticut finally decided to drop the charges, but the whole thing remains a travesty.
    * * *
    femenino (Teatr) farce; ( engaño) sham, farce
    * * *
    = farce, travesty of justice, masquerade, theatrics, whitewash, charade, travesty.

    Ex: University libraries are facing the farce of new information and communication technologies.

    Ex: Why did the ALA accept the travesty of justice represented by the Latin American subcommittee's January 2001 report on Cuba, as well as the stage-managed 'onsite investigation' carried out in May 2001?.
    Ex: The book presents an overview of masks and masquerades in Europe from the Middle Ages to modern times.
    Ex: The film seemed like a cross between theatrics and hippiedom, including the disembowelment of a bull, a unison hooting of brass bands, and the creation of paintings by dripping blood onto white surfaces.
    Ex: The trials in Jakarta have been a whitewash -- Indonesia has failed in its promise to hold the military accountable for the atrocities commited.
    Ex: Political parties happily play along with this charade because it enables them to look like they care about the planet.
    Ex: It's great that Connecticut finally decided to drop the charges, but the whole thing remains a travesty.

    * * *
    1 ( Teatr) farce
    2 (engaño) sham, farce
    las elecciones fueron una farsa the elections were a complete sham o farce
    * * *

    farsa sustantivo femenino (Teatr) farce;
    ( engaño) sham, farce
    farsa sustantivo femenino
    1 Teat farce
    2 (montaje, engaño) sham, mockery: su desmayo fue una farsa para conmovernos, he pretended to faint because he wanted our attention
    ' farsa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comedia
    - pantomima
    - simulacro
    English:
    charade
    - farce
    - mockery
    - sham
    * * *
    farsa nf
    1. [obra teatral] farce
    2. [engaño] farce;
    la investigación fue una farsa the investigation was a complete farce
    * * *
    farce
    * * *
    farsa nf
    1) : farce
    2) : fake, sham

    Spanish-English dictionary > farsa

  • 50 fecha de registro

    (n.) = accession date, time stamp [timestamp]
    Ex. The accession date of a document is the date on which it was entered into the accessions register.
    Ex. This pan-European service enables copyright owners to register their content online followed by certification and a time stamp.
    * * *
    (n.) = accession date, time stamp [timestamp]

    Ex: The accession date of a document is the date on which it was entered into the accessions register.

    Ex: This pan-European service enables copyright owners to register their content online followed by certification and a time stamp.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fecha de registro

  • 51 fichero de vídeo

    (n.) = video file
    Ex. The technique of streaming enables Internet users to speed up the downloading of video files and allow the viewing of full motion video clips almost as quickly as small graphics files.
    * * *
    (n.) = video file

    Ex: The technique of streaming enables Internet users to speed up the downloading of video files and allow the viewing of full motion video clips almost as quickly as small graphics files.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fichero de vídeo

  • 52 ganarse la vida

    to earn a living, earn one's living
    ————————
    to earn one's living
    * * *
    = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living
    Ex. Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.
    Ex. Before leaving the problems of making a living from bookselling it is interesting to take note of one last set of figures in the surveys which give some details of the sales made by bookshops.
    Ex. This enables them to earn an income, which is usually higher than the national average.
    Ex. Professional abstractors earn their living by abstracting.
    Ex. The new hip agrarians, who are attempting to make their living from the land as did the early settlers, must rely on the printed word to bridge the gap between themselves and their ancestors.
    Ex. Not once did it occur to me that I was having a heart-to-heart with a woman who faked orgasms for a living.
    * * *
    = earn + a living, make + a living, earn + income, earn + Posesivo + living, make + Posesivo + living, Verbo + for a living

    Ex: Incentives to earn more than a living were few, and if a man could get his bread by less than a whole week's work, he might well take the rest of the time off.

    Ex: Before leaving the problems of making a living from bookselling it is interesting to take note of one last set of figures in the surveys which give some details of the sales made by bookshops.
    Ex: This enables them to earn an income, which is usually higher than the national average.
    Ex: Professional abstractors earn their living by abstracting.
    Ex: The new hip agrarians, who are attempting to make their living from the land as did the early settlers, must rely on the printed word to bridge the gap between themselves and their ancestors.
    Ex: Not once did it occur to me that I was having a heart-to-heart with a woman who faked orgasms for a living.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganarse la vida

  • 53 ganarse unos ingresos

    (v.) = earn + income
    Ex. This enables them to earn an income, which is usually higher than the national average.
    * * *
    (v.) = earn + income

    Ex: This enables them to earn an income, which is usually higher than the national average.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganarse unos ingresos

  • 54 hacer historia

    v.
    to make history.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = make + history, history in the making, go down in + history
    Ex. This online service enables users to view and print out photographs of major current news stories, people, places and events that made history.
    Ex. We ask you to support what is by far the most important women's rights case in the country and be a witness to women's history in the making.
    Ex. The only thing he should go down in history for is for being the biggest idiot that ever lived.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + history, history in the making, go down in + history

    Ex: This online service enables users to view and print out photographs of major current news stories, people, places and events that made history.

    Ex: We ask you to support what is by far the most important women's rights case in the country and be a witness to women's history in the making.
    Ex: The only thing he should go down in history for is for being the biggest idiot that ever lived.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer historia

  • 55 hardware

    m.
    hardware (computing).
    * * *
    1 hardware
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    ['xarwer]
    SM hardware, computer hardware
    * * *
    ['xar(ð)wer]
    masculino hardware
    * * *
    = hardware, computer hardware, microcomputer hardware.
    Ex. In the case of microcomputers the information worker needs to be more concerned with the maintenance of the hardware than might be the case with either mainframe or minicomputers.
    Ex. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware and software that enables geographic or spatial data to be recorded, manipulated and presented to the user.
    Ex. The article 'Cutting edge' describes current developments in microcomputer hardware which are likely to become commonplace adjuncts to library microcomputers in the next decade.
    ----
    * hardware informático = computer hardware.
    * * *
    ['xar(ð)wer]
    masculino hardware
    * * *
    = hardware, computer hardware, microcomputer hardware.

    Ex: In the case of microcomputers the information worker needs to be more concerned with the maintenance of the hardware than might be the case with either mainframe or minicomputers.

    Ex: A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware and software that enables geographic or spatial data to be recorded, manipulated and presented to the user.
    Ex: The article 'Cutting edge' describes current developments in microcomputer hardware which are likely to become commonplace adjuncts to library microcomputers in the next decade.
    * hardware informático = computer hardware.

    * * *
    /ˈxar(ð)wer/
    hardware
    * * *
    hardware ['χarwer] nm
    Informát hardware
    * * *
    m INFOR hardware
    * * *
    hardware ['hard.wɛr] nm
    : computer hardware

    Spanish-English dictionary > hardware

  • 56 hardware informático

    Ex. A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware and software that enables geographic or spatial data to be recorded, manipulated and presented to the user.
    * * *

    Ex: A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware and software that enables geographic or spatial data to be recorded, manipulated and presented to the user.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hardware informático

  • 57 hipertextual

    1 hypertext
    * * *
    Ex. This hypermedia model enables the description of structured multimedia documents, incorporating time at a fundamental level and extending the hypertext notion of links to time-based media and compositions of different media = Este model hipermedia permite la descripción de documentos multimedia estructurados, incorporando el tiempo a un nivel básico y extendiendo la noción hipertextual de enlaces a los multimedia con duración temporal y a las composiciones formadas de diferentes multimedia.
    * * *

    Ex: This hypermedia model enables the description of structured multimedia documents, incorporating time at a fundamental level and extending the hypertext notion of links to time-based media and compositions of different media = Este model hipermedia permite la descripción de documentos multimedia estructurados, incorporando el tiempo a un nivel básico y extendiendo la noción hipertextual de enlaces a los multimedia con duración temporal y a las composiciones formadas de diferentes multimedia.

    * * *
    Informát
    enlace hipertextual hypertext link

    Spanish-English dictionary > hipertextual

  • 58 huevo escalfado

    m.
    poached egg.
    * * *
    poached egg
    * * *
    (n.) = poached egg
    Ex. This container enables microwave cooking of eggs in a variety of forms (e.g. poached and scrambled eggs and omelettes).
    * * *

    Ex: This container enables microwave cooking of eggs in a variety of forms (e.g. poached and scrambled eggs and omelettes).

    * * *
    poached egg

    Spanish-English dictionary > huevo escalfado

  • 59 huevos revueltos

    m.pl.
    scrambled eggs, buttered eggs, egg omelette.
    * * *
    scrambled eggs
    * * *
    Ex. This container enables microwave cooking of eggs in a variety of forms (e.g. poached and scrambled eggs and omelettes).
    * * *

    Ex: This container enables microwave cooking of eggs in a variety of forms (e.g. poached and scrambled eggs and omelettes).

    * * *
    scrambled eggs

    Spanish-English dictionary > huevos revueltos

  • 60 imagen en movimiento

    (n.) = moving image, animated image
    Ex. Electronic publishing enables moving image and sound information to be stored with text.
    Ex. This book introduces some of the more advanced Web graphics techniques, including: clickable image maps; and animated images.
    * * *
    (n.) = moving image, animated image

    Ex: Electronic publishing enables moving image and sound information to be stored with text.

    Ex: This book introduces some of the more advanced Web graphics techniques, including: clickable image maps; and animated images.

    Spanish-English dictionary > imagen en movimiento

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