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Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Главное хранилище аэроснимков ВВС
2 director

adj.

director, directing.

m.

1 director, leader, principal.

2 superintendent, manager, officer.

3 conductor, orchestra conductor.

4 warden.

5 headmaster, head teacher.

* * *

director

► adjetivo

1 directing, managing

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 director, manager

2 (de colegio - hombre) headmaster; (mujer) headmistress

3 (de universidad) rector

4 (de editorial) editor

5 (de cárcel) governor

6 (de orquesta) conductor

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FRASEOLOGÍA

director,-ra de cine film director

director,-ra de escena stage manager

director espiritual father confessor

director,-ra gerente managing director

* * *

(f. - directora)

noun

director, manager, head, headmaster

- director de orquesta

* * *
director, -a
1.

ADJ [consejo, junta] governing; [principio] guiding

2. SM / F

1) (=responsable) [de centro escolar] headteacher, headmaster/headmistress, principal; [de periódico, revista] editor; (Cine, TV) director; [de orquesta] conductor; [de hospital] manager, administrator; [de prisión] governor, warden (EEUU)

director(a) artístico/a — artistic director

director(a) de cine — film director

director(a) de coro — choirmaster

director(a) de departamento — (Univ) head of department

director(a) de escena — stage manager

director(a) de funeraria — undertaker, funeral director, mortician (EEUU)

director(a) de interiores — (TV) studio director

director(a) de orquesta — orchestra conductor

director(a) de tesis — thesis supervisor, research supervisor

2) (Com) (=gerente) manager; [de mayor responsabilidad] director

director(a) adjunto/a — assistant manager

director(a) de empresa — company director

director(a) de exportación — export manager

director(a) de finanzas — financial director

director(a) de sucursal — branch manager

director(a) ejecutivo/a — executive director, managing director

director(a) general — general manager

director(a) gerente — managing director

director(a) técnico/a — technical manager

3.

SM
(Rel)
director espiritual — spiritual director

* * *

- tora masculino, femenino

a) ( de escuela) (m) head teacher, principal (AmE), headmaster (BrE); (f) head teacher, principal (AmE), headmistress (BrE); (de periódico, revista) editor (in chief); ( de hospital) administrator; ( de prisión) warden (AmE), governor (BrE)

b) (Com) ( gerente) manager; ( miembro de junta directiva) director, executive

c) (Cin, Teatr) director

- director adjunto -tora adjunta

- director -tora de escena

- director -tora de orquesta

- director ejecutivo -tora ejecutiva

- director -tora general

- director -tora gerente

* * *

= chairman [chairmen, pl.], chairperson [chairpersons, -pl.], chief, chief librarian, director, head, manager [manageress, -fem.], headmaster, office manager, business manager, chair.

Ex. As head of a committee, and being recognized as such, it's perfectly all right with me if I'm called the chairman rather than the chairwoman.

Ex. Special thanks to the ISAD Program Planning Committee, in particular its chairperson, for the conceptual organization.

Ex. He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.

Ex. The chief librarian or director of libraries, by which title the post is sometimes now known, will in general be fully occupied with making decisions on internal professional policy, committee work, and administration and management in the widest sense.

Ex. Hugh C, Atkinson, director of the University of Illinois Libraries, has consistently been in the forefront in applying automation to traditional library problems and services.

Ex. She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was head of the Documents Depository.

Ex. Such hosts are more likely to be accessed by end-users such as economists and managers, than information workers.

Ex. The author played a large part in the successful establishment of the school library when her husband became headmaster = La autora desempeñó un gran papel en la creación de la biblioteca escolar cuando su esposo fue nombrado director.

Ex. This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.

Ex. Watman wondered how the profession would react to the idea of a business manager instead of assistant.

Ex. Once elected, the chair is responsible for maintaining discipline and ensuring that all students are treated fairly.

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* cargo de director = directorship.

* cartas al director = letter to the editor.

* Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).

* directora conjunta = co-chairperson.

* director adjunto = assistant director, deputy director, joint director.

* director artístico = art director.

* director cinematográfico = film director.

* director comercial = marketing executive, chief commercial officer.

* director conjunto = co-chairperson.

* director de biblioteca = library director.

* director de cine = film director.

* director de curso = course leader.

* director de departamento = department head.

* director de empresa = company director.

* director de escuela = school principal.

* director de filial = branch head.

* director de finanzas = finance director.

* director de funeraria = funeral director, undertaker, mortician.

* director de la biblioteca = head librarian.

* director de marketing = marketing executive.

* director de museo = curator.

* director de operaciones = chief operating officer (COO), director for operations.

* director de orquesta = conductor.

* director de periódico = newspaper editor.

* director de pompas fúnebres = undertaker, funeral director, mortician.

* director de prisión = prison warden.

* director de tesis = PhD supervisor, dissertation adviser, dissertation supervisor, thesis supervisor, thesis adviser, research supervisor.

* director ejecutivo = executive director, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), managing director, chief executive.

* director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.

* director, el = principal.

* director financiero = finance director, chief financial officer.

* director general = executive director, Director-General, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), chief executive, senior director.

* director principal = senior director.

* partichela de piano director, violín director, etc = piano/violin, etc. conductor part.

* subdirector = assistant director.

* * *

- tora masculino, femenino

a) ( de escuela) (m) head teacher, principal (AmE), headmaster (BrE); (f) head teacher, principal (AmE), headmistress (BrE); (de periódico, revista) editor (in chief); ( de hospital) administrator; ( de prisión) warden (AmE), governor (BrE)

b) (Com) ( gerente) manager; ( miembro de junta directiva) director, executive

c) (Cin, Teatr) director

- director adjunto -tora adjunta

- director -tora de escena

- director -tora de orquesta

- director ejecutivo -tora ejecutiva

- director -tora general

- director -tora gerente

* * *

el director

= principal

Ex: Anthony read the handwritten note he found in his mailbox from the principal of the high school at which he had been employed as head of the school media program for one month.

= chairman [chairmen, pl.], chairperson [chairpersons, -pl.], chief, chief librarian, director, head, manager [manageress, -fem.], headmaster, office manager, business manager, chair.

Ex: As head of a committee, and being recognized as such, it's perfectly all right with me if I'm called the chairman rather than the chairwoman.

Ex: Special thanks to the ISAD Program Planning Committee, in particular its chairperson, for the conceptual organization.

Ex: He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.

Ex: The chief librarian or director of libraries, by which title the post is sometimes now known, will in general be fully occupied with making decisions on internal professional policy, committee work, and administration and management in the widest sense.

Ex: Hugh C, Atkinson, director of the University of Illinois Libraries, has consistently been in the forefront in applying automation to traditional library problems and services.

Ex: She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was head of the Documents Depository.

Ex: Such hosts are more likely to be accessed by end-users such as economists and managers, than information workers.

Ex: The author played a large part in the successful establishment of the school library when her husband became headmaster = La autora desempeñó un gran papel en la creación de la biblioteca escolar cuando su esposo fue nombrado director.

Ex: This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.

Ex: Watman wondered how the profession would react to the idea of a business manager instead of assistant.

Ex: Once elected, the chair is responsible for maintaining discipline and ensuring that all students are treated fairly.

* cargo de director = directorship.

* cartas al director = letter to the editor.

* Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).

* directora conjunta = co-chairperson.

* director adjunto = assistant director, deputy director, joint director.

* director artístico = art director.

* director cinematográfico = film director.

* director comercial = marketing executive, chief commercial officer.

* director conjunto = co-chairperson.

* director de biblioteca = library director.

* director de cine = film director.

* director de curso = course leader.

* director de departamento = department head.

* director de empresa = company director.

* director de escuela = school principal.

* director de filial = branch head.

* director de finanzas = finance director.

* director de funeraria = funeral director, undertaker, mortician.

* director de la biblioteca = head librarian.

* director de marketing = marketing executive.

* director de museo = curator.

* director de operaciones = chief operating officer (COO), director for operations.

* director de orquesta = conductor.

* director de periódico = newspaper editor.

* director de pompas fúnebres = undertaker, funeral director, mortician.

* director de prisión = prison warden.

* director de tesis = PhD supervisor, dissertation adviser, dissertation supervisor, thesis supervisor, thesis adviser, research supervisor.

* director ejecutivo = executive director, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), managing director, chief executive.

* director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.

* director, el = principal.

* director financiero = finance director, chief financial officer.

* director general = executive director, Director-General, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), chief executive, senior director.

* director principal = senior director.

* partichela de piano director, violín director, etc = piano/violin, etc. conductor part.

* subdirector = assistant director.

* * *

director - tora

masculine, feminine

1 (de una escuela) ( masculine) head teacher, principal ( AmE), headmaster ( BrE); ( feminine) head teacher, principal ( AmE), headmistress ( BrE); (de un periódico, una revista) editor, editor in chief; (de un hospital) administrator; (de una prisión) warden ( AmE), governor ( BrE)

2 ( Com) (gerente) manager; (miembro de la junta directiva) director, executive

3 ( Cin, Teatr) director

Compuestos:

● director adjunto, directora adjunta

masculine, feminine deputy director

● director/directora de división

masculine, feminine divisional director

● director/directora de escena

masculine, feminine stage manager

● director/directora de orquesta

masculine, feminine conductor

● director/directora de ventas

masculine, feminine sales manager o director

● director ejecutivo, directora ejecutiva

masculine, feminine executive director

● director espiritual

masculine father confessor

● director/directora general

masculine, feminine (de una empresa) general manager; (de un organismo oficial) director-general

● director/directora gerente

masculine, feminine managing director

● director técnico, directora técnica

masculine, feminine ( AmL) head coach ( AmE), manager ( BrE)

* * *

director
◊ - tora sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) ( de escuela) (m) head teacher, principal (AmE), headmaster (BrE);

(f) head teacher, principal (AmE), headmistress (BrE);
(de periódico, revista) editor (in chief);
( de hospital) administrator;
( de prisión) warden (AmE), governor (BrE)
b) (Com) ( gerente) manager;

( miembro de junta directiva) director, executive;
◊ director gerente managing director

c) (Cin, Teatr) director;

◊ director de orquesta conductor

director,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 director
(de un colegio) head teacher, US principal
(de un periódico) editor
2 (de una película, musical) director
(de orquesta) conductor
' director' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achuchar
- cineasta
- consejera
- consejero
- definitivamente
- desear
- dirección
- directiva
- directivo
- directora
- dtor
- entrante
- fiscal
- galerista
- general
- proyecto
- realizador
- realizadora
- sazón
- script
- subdirector
- subdirectora
- adjunto
- interino
- jefe
- llegar
- secretario
- señor
English:
advertise
- climax
- conductor
- deputy
- director
- dismiss
- distrust
- film
- film maker
- governor
- head
- headmaster
- hook
- manager
- managing
- MD
- meeting
- mgr
- Postmaster General
- president
- principal
- producer
- put through
- showman
- stage director
- stage manager
- superintendent
- act
- ask
- coach
- controller
- editor
- editorial
- elevate
- funeral
- instigation
- managing director
- mortician
- movie
- stage
- take
- warden

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director, -ora nm,f

1. [de empresa] director;
[de hotel, hospital, banco] manager, f manageress; [de periódico] editor; [de colegio] Br headmaster, f headmistress, US principal; [de cárcel] Br governor, US warden
Comp
director adjunto associate o deputy director;
director comercial marketing manager;

director ejecutivo executive director;

director espiritual spiritual director;

director financiero finance o financial director, US chief financial officer;

director en funciones acting manager;

director general general manager;

director gerente managing director, chief executive, esp US chief executive officer;

director de recursos humanos human resources manager;

director técnico [en fútbol] director of football;

director de tesis supervisor;

director de ventas sales director o manager

2. [de obra artística] director

Comp
director artístico artistic director;
director de banda musical bandmaster;

director de cine movie o Br film director;

director de circo ringmaster;

director de escena producer, stage manager;

director de fotografía director of photography;

director musical musical director;

director de orquesta conductor

* * *

director

I adj leading

II m, directora f

1 de empresa manager

2 EDU principal, Br

head (teacher)

3 TEA, de película director

* * *

director, - tora n

1) : director, manager, head

2) : conductor (of an orchestra)

* * *

director n

1. (de cine) director

2. (de empresa, banco) manager

3. (de colegio) head / headteacher

Si es hombre se puede llamar headmaster y si es mujer, headmistress

4. (de periódico) editor

director de orquesta conductor

Spanish-English dictionary > director
3 tema

m.

1 subject (asunto).

cambiar de tema to change the subject

temas de actualidad current affairs

tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation

2 topic (education) (lección).

3 theme (Music).

4 obsession, mania.

5 musical track, track.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: temer.

* * *

tema

► nombre masculino

1 (de discurso, escrito, etc) topic, subject, theme

■ el tema de su discurso the subject of her speech

2 (de examen) subject

3 MÚSICA theme

4 GRAMÁTICA root, stem, theme

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FRASEOLOGÍA

atenerse al tema to keep/stick to the point

cada loco con su tema familiar everyone has his hobbyhorse

salir(se) del tema to go off at a tangent, get sidetracked

tema de actualidad current news item, current topic of interest

* * *

noun m.

theme, topic

* * *

SM

1) (=asunto) subject

luego hablaremos de ese tema — we'll talk about that subject later

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

es un tema muy manoseado — it's a hackneyed o well-worn theme

es un tema recurrente en su obra — it is a recurring theme in his work

tienen tema para rato — they have plenty to talk about

cambiar de tema — to change the subject

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

tema de actualidad — topical issue

tema de conversación — talking point

temas de actualidad — current affairs

2) (Ling) [de palabra] stem; [de oración] theme

3) (Mús) theme

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject

un tema delicado — a delicate matter o subject

tema de conversación — topic of conversation

temas de actualidad — current affairs

el tema de la novela — the subject matter of the novel

cambiar de tema — to change the subject

no se trató ese tema — that topic wasn't discussed

b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

2) (Ling) stem

* * *

= subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.

Ex. What is a subject?.

Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex. The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.

Ex. And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.

Ex. The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.

Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.

Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex. This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.

Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

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* analizar un tema = explore + theme.

* biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.

* biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.

* cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.

* clasificado por temas = classified.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.

* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.

* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.

* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.

* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.

* divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.

* editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.

* el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.

* el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.

* entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.

* establecer el tema = set + the theme.

* estar con el tema = be on the topic.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* examinar un tema = explore + theme.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.

* mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.

* número de tema = thematic index number.

* organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.

* por temas = topically.

* profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.

* que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.

* reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.

* sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.

* tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.

* tema central = motif.

* tema clave = key area.

* tema común = common thread.

* tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.

* tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.

* tema de búsqueda = search topic.

* tema de conversación = talking point.

* tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.

* tema de discusión = discussion topic.

* tema de estudio = study area, under study.

* tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.

* tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* tema de preocupación = issue of concern.

* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.

* tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema favorito = hobby-horse.

* tema muerto = dead issue.

* tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.

* temas africanos = Africana.

* temas de actualidad = current affairs.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* temas de interés particular = particular concerns.

* tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema tratado = aboutness.

* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.

* tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.

* tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.

* tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject

un tema delicado — a delicate matter o subject

tema de conversación — topic of conversation

temas de actualidad — current affairs

el tema de la novela — the subject matter of the novel

cambiar de tema — to change the subject

no se trató ese tema — that topic wasn't discussed

b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

2) (Ling) stem

* * *

= subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.

Ex: What is a subject?.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.

Ex: And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.

Ex: The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.

Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.

Ex: The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex: This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.

Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

* analizar un tema = explore + theme.

* biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.

* biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.

* cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.

* clasificado por temas = classified.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.

* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.

* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.

* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.

* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.

* divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.

* editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.

* el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.

* el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.

* entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.

* establecer el tema = set + the theme.

* estar con el tema = be on the topic.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* examinar un tema = explore + theme.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.

* mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.

* número de tema = thematic index number.

* organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.

* por temas = topically.

* profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.

* que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.

* reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.

* sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.

* tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.

* tema central = motif.

* tema clave = key area.

* tema común = common thread.

* tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.

* tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.

* tema de búsqueda = search topic.

* tema de conversación = talking point.

* tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.

* tema de discusión = discussion topic.

* tema de estudio = study area, under study.

* tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.

* tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* tema de preocupación = issue of concern.

* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.

* tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema favorito = hobby-horse.

* tema muerto = dead issue.

* tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.

* temas africanos = Africana.

* temas de actualidad = current affairs.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* temas de interés particular = particular concerns.

* tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema tratado = aboutness.

* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.

* tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.

* tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.

* tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.

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tema

masculine

A

1 (asunto, materia) subject

¿no tienes otro tema de conversación? don't you ever talk about anything else?

nos estamos alejando del tema we're getting off the subject o point

procuren ceñirse al tema del debate please try to keep to the point o subject o topic of the discussion

en el programa se tratan temas de actualidad the program deals with current issues

el tema de la novela the subject matter of the novel

hay que preparar 20 temas para el examen you have to prepare 20 subjects o topics for the exam

2 ( Art, Mús) (motivo) theme

el tema central de la película the central theme of the film

B ( Ling) stem

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Del verbo temer: ( conjugate temer)

tema es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

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

(de conferencia, composición) topic;
( de examen) subject;
(Art, Cin, Lit) subject;
◊ es un tema delicado it's a delicate matter;

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

temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivo ‹castigo/reacción› to fear, dread;
‹ persona› to be afraid of;
◊ sus hijos le temen her children are afraid of her;

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

◊ ya me lo temía I knew this would happen;

me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right
b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid;

◊ me temo que no ha llegado I'm afraid he hasn't arrived

tema sustantivo masculino
1 (de un libro, una conversación) subject, topic: no cambies de tema, don't change the subject
2 (de una tesis, clase, conferencia) topic: no me preparé ese tema, I haven't studied that subject
nos dio una conferencia sobre el tema, he gave us a lecture on the topic
3 Mús theme
♦ Locuciones: familiar (cada uno a lo suyo) cada loco con su tema, each to his/her own
temer
I verbo transitivo
1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
' tema' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abordar
- acotar
- adentrarse
- ahondar
- apartarse
- braga
- capítulo
- ceñirse
- circunscribirse
- concretar
- desviarse
- empaparse
- en
- enfoque
- enjuiciar
- enjundia
- espinosa
- espinoso
- ilustrar
- jota
- liosa
- lioso
- materia
- oscuras
- palpitante
- particular
- poca
- poco
- rehuir
- repasar
- soslayo
- trabajo
- actualidad
- apartar
- apasionante
- apasionar
- cambiar
- candente
- ceñir
- conflictivo
- conocer
- controvertido
- cuanto
- cuestión
- dar
- delicado
- desarrollar
- desviar
- discusión
- divagar
English:
about
- affair
- agenda
- anyhow
- bring forward
- bring up
- central
- change
- depart
- dominant
- enlarge
- euthanasia
- get off
- get on to
- get onto
- go off
- hobbyhorse
- ignorance
- issue
- motif
- point
- stray
- subject
- switch
- talking point
- theme
- topic
- touch on
- touchy
- bearing
- drop
- get
- go
- matter
- side
- sore
- talking
- track
- turn
- whichever
- wrong

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tema nm

1. [asunto] subject;

será mejor no sacar/tocar ese tema it would be best not to bring up that subject;

¿de qué tema quieres que hablemos? what do you want to talk about?;

el tema de la película son las drogas the film deals with drugs;

alejarse o [m5] salirse del tema to wander off the subject;

cambiar de tema to change the subject;
Fam
el tema es que necesita ayuda the fact of the matter is she needs help

Comp
temas de actualidad current affairs;
tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation;

tema espinoso thorny issue

2. [lección, unidad] topic;

en el examen entran cinco temas the exam covers five topics

3. [canción] track, song;

una versión de un viejo tema a cover of an old song

4. Mús [melodía básica] theme;

el tema principal de la suite the main theme of the suite

5. Ling theme

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tema

m de conversación subject, topic; MÚS, de novela theme

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tema nm

1) asunto: theme, topic, subject

2) motivo: motif, central theme

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tema n

1. (en general) subject

no me interesa el tema I'm not interested in the subject

es un tema delicado it's a delicate subject

2. (canción) song

cantó todos sus viejos temas he sang all his old songs

Spanish-English dictionary > tema
4 atrevido

adj.

1 daring, adventurous, bold, brave.

2 cheeky, brassy, bold-faced, pert.

f. & m.

cheeky person, insolent person.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: atreverse.

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atrevido

► participio pasado

1→ link=atreverse atreverse

► adjetivo

1 (osado) daring, bold

2 (insolente) insolent, impudent

3 (indecoroso) daring, risqué

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(f. - atrevida)

adj.

daring, bold

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atrevido, -a
1. ADJ

1) [persona] (=audaz) daring, bold; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)

el periodista le hizo preguntas muy atrevidas — the reporter asked him some very daring o bold questions

no seas tan atrevido con el jefe — don't be so cheeky to the boss

2) [chiste] daring, risqué

un escote muy atrevido — a very daring neckline

2.

SM / F cheeky person

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I
- da adjetivo

a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

c) ( valiente) brave
II
- da masculino, femenino

a) ( insolente)

es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

b) ( valiente)

el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

* * *

= brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.

Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.

Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.

Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.

Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.

Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.

Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.

Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.

Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.

Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.

Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

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* ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.

* persona atrevida = risk taker.

* ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

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I
- da adjetivo

a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

c) ( valiente) brave
II
- da masculino, femenino

a) ( insolente)

es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

b) ( valiente)

el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

* * *

= brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.

Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.

Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.

Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.

Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.

Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.

Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.

Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.

Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.

Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.

Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

* ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.

* persona atrevida = risk taker.

* ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

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atrevido¹ -da

adjective

1 (insolente) mouthy ( AmE colloq), sassy ( AmE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)

2 (osado) ‹escote/vestido› daring; ‹chiste› risqué

el atrevido diseño del edificio the bold o adventurous design of the building

me parece algo atrevido decir una cosa así I think it would be rash to say such a thing

un escritor atrevido a daring writer

3 (valiente) brave

¿te vas a vivir allí? eres muy atrevido are you going to live there? that's very brave of you

atrevido² -da

masculine, feminine

1

(insolente): ese niño es un atrevido y un maleducado that little boy is mouthy ( AmE) o sassy ( AmE) o ( BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered ( colloq)

2

(valiente): el mundo es de los atrevidos fortune favors the brave

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Del verbo atreverse: ( conjugate atreverse)

atrevido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
atreverse
atrevido
atreverse ( conjugate atreverse) verbo pronominal
to dare;
◊ ¡anda, atrévete! go on then, I dare you (to);

no me atrevo a decírselo I daren't tell him;
¿cómo te atreves a pegarle? how dare you hit him?;
¿a que conmigo no te atreves? I bet you wouldn't dare take me on
atrevido -da adjetivo
a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

b) ( osado) ‹escote/persona› daring;

‹ chiste› risqué;
‹ diseño› bold
c) ( valiente) brave

atreverse verbo reflexivo to dare: ¿te atreves a hacerlo?, do you dare to do it? o dare you do it? ➣ Ver nota en dare
atrevido,-a adjetivo
1 (descarado) daring, bold
2 (insolente) cheeky, impudent
3 (un vestido) risqué
' atrevido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrojada
- arrojado
- atrevida
- desvergonzada
- desvergonzado
- impertinente
- lanzada
- lanzado
English:
audacious
- daredevil
- daring
- naughty
- presumptuous
- revealing
- forward
- risqué
- sassy
- unadventurous

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atrevido, -a

♦ adj

1. [osado] daring;

es muy atrevido, le encantan los deportes de riesgo he's very daring, he loves dangerous sports;

un escote atrevido a daring neckline;

una película/escultura atrevida a bold movie/sculpture

2. [caradura] cheeky

♦ nm,f

1. [osado] daring person

2. [caradura] cheeky person;

¡qué atrevido, contestar así a tu madre! what a cheek, answering your mother back like that!

* * *

atrevido

adj

1 ( insolente) sassy fam, Br

cheeky fam

2 ( valiente) brave, daring

* * *

atrevido, -da adj

1) : bold, daring

2) : insolent

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atrevido adj

1. (audaz) daring

fue más atrevido que de costumbre he was more daring than usual

2. (insolente) cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

su madre le dijo que no fuera tan atrevido his mother told him not to be so cheeky

Spanish-English dictionary > atrevido
5 excitar

v.

1 to upset, to agitate.

2 to stimulate (to stimulate) (sentidos).

3 to excite, to thrill, to awaken, to impassion.

Su belleza excitó a Tito Her beauty excited Tito.

El magnetismo excita la máquina Magnetism excites the machine.

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excitar

► verbo transitivo

1 to excite

2 (emociones) to stimulate, arouse

► verbo pronominal excitarse

1 to get excited, get worked up, get carried away

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verb

to excite

* * *

1. VT

1) (=intranquilizar) to get worked up, get excited

no veas el partido porque te excita mucho — don't watch the game, it'll get you worked up o excited

el café me excita — coffee makes me hyper *

2) (=entusiasmar) to make excited

la buena noticia lo excitó tanto que ya no pudo dormir — the good news made him so excited he couldn't get to sleep

3) (=provocar) [+ curiosidad] to arouse, excite; [+ sentimiento] to arouse, provoke; [+ apetito] to stimulate

4) [sexualmente] to arouse, excite

5) (Bio, Elec, Fís) to excite

6) † (=incitar) to rouse, incite

excitar al pueblo a la rebelión — to rouse the populace to rebellion

2.

See:

excitarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( hacer enojar)

la discusión lo excitó mucho — he got very excited o worked up during the argument

b) ( sobreexcitar) to get... overexcited

el café me excita — coffee makes me jumpy

c) ( en sentido sexual) to arouse, excite

d) <deseo/odio/curiosidad> to arouse

2)

a) < célula> to stimulate; < molécula> to excite

b) < dínamo> to energize, excite
2.
excitarse v pron

a) ( enojarse) to get agitated, get worked up

b) ( sobre excitarse) to get overexcited

no se podía dormir porque estaba muy excitado — he couldn't sleep because he was so excited

c) ( sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited

* * *

= turn on, titillate, electrify, wow.

Ex. When a child is turned on to books and reading, a lifelong 'friend' of the library has been made.

Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex. He then produced a sound like the deep wail of a bereaved mother which electrified the audience.

Ex. He makes science easy to understand and ' wows' the reader with terrific examples of how modern genetic research is lifting the curtain on human history.

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* excitarse = excite, fire up, get + (all) worked up.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( hacer enojar)

la discusión lo excitó mucho — he got very excited o worked up during the argument

b) ( sobreexcitar) to get... overexcited

el café me excita — coffee makes me jumpy

c) ( en sentido sexual) to arouse, excite

d) <deseo/odio/curiosidad> to arouse

2)

a) < célula> to stimulate; < molécula> to excite

b) < dínamo> to energize, excite
2.
excitarse v pron

a) ( enojarse) to get agitated, get worked up

b) ( sobre excitarse) to get overexcited

no se podía dormir porque estaba muy excitado — he couldn't sleep because he was so excited

c) ( sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited

* * *

= turn on, titillate, electrify, wow.

Ex: When a child is turned on to books and reading, a lifelong 'friend' of the library has been made.

Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex: He then produced a sound like the deep wail of a bereaved mother which electrified the audience.

Ex: He makes science easy to understand and ' wows' the reader with terrific examples of how modern genetic research is lifting the curtain on human history.

* excitarse = excite, fire up, get + (all) worked up.

* * *

excitar [A1 ]

vt

A

1

(agitar): la discusión lo excitó mucho he got very excited o worked up during the argument

no tomes tanto café, sabes que te excita don't drink so much coffee, you know it makes you jumpy, don't drink so much coffee, you'll be running around all afternoon/it'll keep you awake all night

2 (en sentido sexual) to arouse, excite

3 ‹curiosidad› to excite, arouse, awake; ‹deseo/apetito› to arouse; ‹ira/odio› to arouse

B

1 ( Biol) ‹célula› to excite, stimulate

2 ( Fís) ‹dinamo› to energize, excite; ‹molécula/átomo› to excite

■ excitarse

v pron

1

(agitarse): no te excites, tómatelo con calma don't get so agitated o worked up, keep calm

no se podía dormir porque estaba muy excitado he couldn't sleep because he was so excited o overexcited

2 (sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited

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excitar ( conjugate excitar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer enojar):

◊ la discusión lo excitó mucho he got very excited o worked up during the argument

b) ( sobreexcitar) to get … overexcited;

◊ el café me excita coffee makes me jumpy

c) ( en sentido sexual) to arouse, excite

d) ‹deseo/odio/curiosidad› to arouse

excitarse verbo pronominal
a) ( enojarse) to get agitated, get worked up

b) ( sobreexcitarse) to get overexcited

c) ( sexualmente) to get aroused, get excited

excitar verbo transitivo to excite
' excitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calentar
- provocar
- alborotar
- arrechar
- exaltar
English:
arouse
- electrify
- excite
- exhilarate
- turn on
- turn

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excitar

♦ vt

1. [agitar] [enfermo, niño] to get worked up o over-excited;

el café me excita demasiado coffee gets me too worked up

2. [sexualmente] to arouse

3. [estimular] [sentidos] to stimulate;
[apetito] to whet; [curiosidad, interés] to excite; [ira, pasión] to arouse
♦ See also the pronominal verb excitarse

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excitar

v/t

1 excite

2 sentimientos, sexualmente arouse

* * *

excitar vt

: to excite, to arouse

♦ See also the reflexive verb excitarse

* * *

excitar vb to excite

Spanish-English dictionary > excitar
6 provocar

v.

1 to provoke.

El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.

Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.

2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).

provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebody

provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh

el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze

3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).

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provocar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to provoke

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

provocar el parto to induce birth

provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire

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verb

to provoke

* * *

1. VT

1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote

provocar risa a algn — to make sb laugh

incendio provocado — arson

2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on

3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite

¡no me provoques! — don't start me!

provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury

provocar a algn a lástima — to move sb to pity

el mar provoca a bañarse — the sea invites one to go for a swim

4) [sexualmente] to rouse

2. VI

1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)

me provoca comer — I feel like eating

¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?

¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?

no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea

-¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"

no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today

2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up *

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt

b) (Med)

provocar el parto — to induce labor*

las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction

2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
2.
provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

* * *

= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.

Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.

Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.

Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.

Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.

Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.

Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.

Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.

Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.

Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.

Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.

Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.

Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.

Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.

Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.

Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

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* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.

* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.

* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.

* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.

* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.

* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.

* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.

* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.

* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.

* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.

* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.

* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.

* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.

* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.

* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt

b) (Med)

provocar el parto — to induce labor*

las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction

2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
2.
provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

* * *

= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.

Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.

Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.

Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.

Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.

Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.

Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.

Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.

Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.

Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.

Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.

Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.

Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.

Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.

Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.

Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.

Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.

Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.

Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.

* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.

* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.

* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.

* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.

* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.

* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.

* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.

* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.

* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.

* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.

* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.

* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.

* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.

* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.

* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.

* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.

* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* * *

provocar [A2 ]

vt

A

1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause

un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette

una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy

no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire

2 ( Med):

provocar el parto to induce labor*

las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction

el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies

B ‹persona›

1 (al enfado) to provoke

2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on

■ provocar

vi

( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)

■ provocarse

v pron

( refl):

se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself

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provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

‹ incendio› to start;
‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
‹ reacción› to cause
b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
( sexualmente) to lead … on
verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):
◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

provocar verbo transitivo
1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
(un aplauso) to provoke
5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke

' provocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campanada
- desatar
- engendrar
- hacer
- motivar
- organizar
- pinchar
- chulear
- dar
- meter
- parto
- reclamo
- torear
English:
bait
- bring
- bring about
- bring on
- cause
- excite
- fight
- incur
- induce
- instigate
- invite
- prompt
- provoke
- raise
- rouse
- roust
- short-circuit
- spark off
- start
- stir up
- tease
- trigger
- disturbance
- draw
- elicit
- evoke
- short
- spark
- stir
- taunt
- whip
- wreck

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provocar

♦ vt

1. [incitar] to provoke;

¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!

2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;
[incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;
una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;

provocar las iras de alguien to anger sb;

provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;

el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;

su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else

3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;

le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes

♦ vi
Carib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]
¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;

¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;

¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?

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provocar

v/t

1 cause

2 el enfado provoke

3 sexualmente lead on

4 parto induce

5

:

¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?

* * *

provocar {72} vt

1) causar: to provoke, to cause

2) irritar: to provoke, to pique

* * *

provocar vb

1. (en general) to cause

la tormenta provocó un apagón the storm caused a blackout

2. (incendio) to start

una chispa provocó el incendio a spark started the fire

3. (una persona) to provoke

no deja de provocarme he keeps provoking me

Spanish-English dictionary > provocar
7 copia

f.

1 copy.

sacar una copia to make a copy

copia impresa (computing) hard copy

copia de seguridad (computing) backup

hacer una copia de seguridad de algo to make a backup of something

2 copying.

3 (spitting) image (person).

4 carbon copy, cc.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: copiar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: copiar.

* * *

copia

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) copy

2 (de fotografía) print

3 figurado (persona) image

■ es la copia de su padre he's the image of his father

4 literal (abundancia) abundance

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sacar una copia to make a copy

copia legalizada certified true copy

papel de copia copy paper

* * *

noun f.

1) copy

2) imitation

* * *

SF

1) (=reproducción) [de fotografía, documento] copy; (Econ) duplicate

copia al carbón — carbon copy

copia carbónica — Cono Sur carbon copy

copia certificada — certified copy

copia de calco — Cono Sur carbon copy

copia de respaldo, copia de seguridad — (Inform) back-up copy

hacer una copia de seguridad — to back up, make a back-up copy

copia en color — colour o (EEUU) color copy

copia en limpio — fair copy

copia fotostática — photostat, photocopy

copia impresa — (Inform) hard copy

2) (=imitación) [de obra de arte, edificio] copy

3) liter (=abundancia) abundance, plenty

* * *

femenino

1) (de documento, fotografía) copy

hice or saqué dos copias — I made two copies

- copia autentificada or legalizada

- copia certificada

- copia de respaldo or de seguridad

2) ( imitación) copy, imitation

* * *

= copy [copies, -pl.], copying, dump, duplicate, offloading [off-loading], reproduction, single copy [multiple copies, -pl.], transcript, duplicating, download, duplication.

Ex. Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.

Ex. The copying of words and phrases from the schedules encourages the indexer to use them as they stand.

Ex. On The Source this can be sent from disk in one ' dump', which CompuServe accepts messages only in response to line-by-line prompts.

Ex. Because duplicates can be easily made, sheaf catalogues were popular in applications where multiple copies were desirable.

Ex. It enables easy access to on-line data bases and CD-ROM, off-loading of records, editing, and office tasks such as spreadsheets and word processing.

Ex. Acknowledgements: the author wishes to acknowledge her debt to the authors of the literature that has gone before, and also to the various persons and organisations that have kindly permitted the reproduction of their work.

Ex. As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.

Ex. The cataloguer must make an exact transcript of the title on the title page.

Ex. This article discusses the lifespan of photographic film and warns about processing and duplicating methods = Este artículo trata de la vida útil de las películas fotográficas y advierte sobre los métodos de procesamiento y duplicado.

Ex. The software enables the user to specify the entry point of the download.

Ex. A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

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* catalogación por copia = copy cataloguing.

* copia caché = caching.

* copia de archivo = archival print.

* copia de catalogación = derivative cataloguing.

* copia de papel de calco = carbon copy.

* copia de seguridad = backup [back-up], duplicate copy, backup copy.

* copia de seguridad del sistema = system backup.

* copia digitalizada = facsimile image.

* copia electrónica = electrocopying [electro-copying].

* copia en papel = hard copy [hardcopy].

* copia exacta = replica.

* copia impresa = printout [print-out], print copy, print-off.

* copia literal = fair copy.

* copia mecanografiada = typescript.

* copia por ciclostil = cyclostyling.

* copias = multiple copies [single copy, -sing.].

* era de la copia electrónica, la = electrocopying era, the.

* error de copia = clerical error, clerical mistake.

* hacer copias = make + multiple copies.

* hacer copias mediante multicopista por disolvente = spirit duplication.

* hacer más copias de Algo = produce + additional copies.

* hacer una copia = download.

* hacer varias copias de Algo = reproduce in + multiple copies, produce + multiple copies.

* libertad de copia = copyleft.

* ser una copia exacta de = be a dead ringer for.

* sistema de copias de seguridad = backup system.

* * *

femenino

1) (de documento, fotografía) copy

hice or saqué dos copias — I made two copies

- copia autentificada or legalizada

- copia certificada

- copia de respaldo or de seguridad

2) ( imitación) copy, imitation

* * *

= copy [copies, -pl.], copying, dump, duplicate, offloading [off-loading], reproduction, single copy [multiple copies, -pl.], transcript, duplicating, download, duplication.

Ex: Usually a central cataloguing agency is based upon a national library or copyright office, where publishers are required by law to send at least one copy of every book published in that country.

Ex: The copying of words and phrases from the schedules encourages the indexer to use them as they stand.

Ex: On The Source this can be sent from disk in one ' dump', which CompuServe accepts messages only in response to line-by-line prompts.

Ex: Because duplicates can be easily made, sheaf catalogues were popular in applications where multiple copies were desirable.

Ex: It enables easy access to on-line data bases and CD-ROM, off-loading of records, editing, and office tasks such as spreadsheets and word processing.

Ex: Acknowledgements: the author wishes to acknowledge her debt to the authors of the literature that has gone before, and also to the various persons and organisations that have kindly permitted the reproduction of their work.

Ex: As stated earlier, the main purpose of electrostatic copiers is to produce single copies, but they will produce multiple copies very rapidly.

Ex: The cataloguer must make an exact transcript of the title on the title page.

Ex: This article discusses the lifespan of photographic film and warns about processing and duplicating methods = Este artículo trata de la vida útil de las películas fotográficas y advierte sobre los métodos de procesamiento y duplicado.

Ex: The software enables the user to specify the entry point of the download.

Ex: A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

* catalogación por copia = copy cataloguing.

* copia caché = caching.

* copia de archivo = archival print.

* copia de catalogación = derivative cataloguing.

* copia de papel de calco = carbon copy.

* copia de seguridad = backup [back-up], duplicate copy, backup copy.

* copia de seguridad del sistema = system backup.

* copia digitalizada = facsimile image.

* copia electrónica = electrocopying [electro-copying].

* copia en papel = hard copy [hardcopy].

* copia exacta = replica.

* copia impresa = printout [print-out], print copy, print-off.

* copia literal = fair copy.

* copia mecanografiada = typescript.

* copia por ciclostil = cyclostyling.

* copias = multiple copies [single copy, -sing.].

* era de la copia electrónica, la = electrocopying era, the.

* error de copia = clerical error, clerical mistake.

* hacer copias = make + multiple copies.

* hacer copias mediante multicopista por disolvente = spirit duplication.

* hacer más copias de Algo = produce + additional copies.

* hacer una copia = download.

* hacer varias copias de Algo = reproduce in + multiple copies, produce + multiple copies.

* libertad de copia = copyleft.

* ser una copia exacta de = be a dead ringer for.

* sistema de copias de seguridad = backup system.

* * *

copia

feminine

A (de un documento, una fotografía) copy

hice or saqué dos copias del informe I made two copies of the report

Compuestos:

● copia autentificada

legally validated copy

● copia certificada

certified copy

● copia de respaldo or de seguridad

back-up copy

● copia legalizada

legally validated copy

● copia temporal

soft copy

B (imitación) copy, imitation

es una copia del edificio que hay en París it's a copy o replica of the building in Paris

* * *

Del verbo copiar: ( conjugate copiar)

copia es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
copia
copiar
copia sustantivo femenino
copy;
◊ saqué dos copias I made two copies

copiar ( conjugate copiar) verbo transitivo
to copy;
copió el artículo a máquina he typed out a copy of the article;
le copia todo al hermano he copies his brother in everything;
le copié la respuesta a Ana I copied the answer from Ana
verbo intransitivo
to copy
copia sustantivo femenino
1 (reproducción) copy
2 (parecido) imitation: es una mala copia de Elvis, he's a bad Elvis impersonator
3 Inform copia de seguridad, backup
copiar verbo transitivo
1 (una persona, máquina) to copy [de, from]
2 Educ (en un examen) to cheat
3 (imitar) to imitate

' copia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
duplicar
- falsificar
- pirata
- sacar
- trasunto
- adjunto
- calco
- copiar
- exacto
- fiel
- imitación
- plagio
- réplica
English:
backup
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- certify
- copy
- fake
- hard copy
- imitation
- master copy
- minute
- original
- print
- printout
- replica
- score
- back
- carbon
- duplicate
- reprint

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copia nf

1. [reproducción] copy;

hacer una copia de algo to duplicate sth;

sacar una copia to make a copy

Comp
copia certificada certified copy; Informát copia impresa printout;
copia en limpio fair copy

2. [de disco, libro, software] copy;

han vendido 20.000 copias de su último disco they've sold 20,000 copies of their latest record

Comp
copia de evaluación [libro] Br inspection o US examination copy; [software] evaluation copy;
copia maestra master copy;
Informát copia de seguridad backup (copy);
hacer una copia de seguridad de algo to back sth up, to make a backup of sth

3. [imitación] copy;

es una copia de un cuadro de Monet it's a copy of a painting by Monet

4. [acción] copying

5. [persona] (spitting) image

6. [de fotografía] copy;

quería dobles copias de este carrete, por favor I'd like an extra set of prints of this film, please

Comp
Fot copia de contacto contact print
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copia

f copy

* * *

copia nf

1) : copy

2) : imitation, replica

* * *

copia n copy [pl. copies]

Spanish-English dictionary > copia
8 cámara

f.

1 camera, photographic camera.

2 chamber, empty chamber.

3 chamber, hall, room, saloon.

4 chamber.

5 camera, television transmitting camera.

6 camera, motion-picture camera.

7 cameraman, cinematographer, cinematographist.

8 House.

9 inner tube of the tire.

* * *

cámara

► nombre femenino

1 (sala, pieza) chamber, room

2 (institución) chamber

3 (para el grano) granary

4 (de parlamento) house

5 (de rueda) inner tube

6 TÉCNICA chamber

7 (fotográfica, de cine) camera

8 ANATOMÍA cavity

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (hombre) cameraman; (mujer) camerawoman

► nombre femenino plural cámaras

1 (diarrea) diarrhoea sing (US diarrhea)

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a cámara lenta in slow motion

cámara acorazada strongroom

cámara alta PLÍTICA upper house

cámara baja PLÍTICA lower house

cámara de aire air chamber

cámara de cine cine camera, (US movie camera)

cámara de comercio chamber of commerce

cámara de gas gas chamber

Cámara de los Comunes House of Commons

Cámara de los Diputados Chamber of Deputies

Cámara de los Lores House of Lords

cámara fotográfica camera

cámara frigorífica cold-storage room

cámara mortuoria funeral chamber

cámara nupcial bridal suite

* * *

noun f.

1) camera

2) chamber

3) house

•

- cámara de video
- cámara fotográfica
* * *

1. SF

1) [de fotos, televisión] camera

a cámara lenta — in slow motion

a cámara rápida — in fast-forward

cámara de cine — film camera

cámara de fotos — camera

cámara de seguridad — security camera

cámara de vídeo — video camera

cámara digital — digital camera

cámara fotográfica — camera

cámara oculta — hidden camera

cámara oscura — camera obscura
chupar 1., 1)
2) † (=habitación) chamber

cámara acorazada — [de archivo] strongroom, vaults pl ; [de banco] vaults pl

cámara ardiente — funeral chamber

cámara de aislamiento — isolation room

cámara de descompresión — decompression chamber

cámara de gas — [de ejecución] gas chamber

cámara de tortura — torture chamber

cámara frigorífica — cold-storage room, refrigerated container

cámara mortuoria — funeral chamber

cámara nupcial — bridal chamber

3) (Pol) house, chamber

Cámara Alta — Upper House, Upper Chamber

Cámara Baja — Lower House, Lower Chamber

Cámara de Comercio — Chamber of Commerce

Cámara de los Comunes — House of Commons

Cámara de (los) Diputados — Chamber of Deputies

Cámara de los Lores — House of Lords

Cámara de Representantes — House of Representatives

Cámara de Senadores — Senate

cámara legislativa — legislative chamber

Cámara Regional — regional parliament

4) ( Hist) [de palacio] royal chamber

médico de cámara — royal doctor

gentilhombre de cámara — gentleman-in-waiting
ayuda 2.
5) (Náut) (=camarote) cabin; [de oficiales] wardroom

cámara de cartas — chart house

cámara de motores — engine room

6) [de neumático] (inner) tube

cubierta sin cámara — tubeless tyre, tubeless tire (EEUU)

7) (Mec)

cámara de combustión — combustion chamber

cámara de compresión — compression chamber

cámara de oxígeno — oxygen tent

8) (Anat) cavity

9) pl cámaras (Med) † diarrhoea sing, diarrhea sing (EEUU)

- tener cámaras en la lengua

2.

SMF camera operator, cameraman/camerawoman

* * *

femenino

1) (arc) ( aposento) chamber (frml)

- cámara acorazada or blindada

- cámara de combustión/compresión/descompresión

- cámara de gas

- cámara de oxígeno

- cámara frigorífica

- cámara mortuoria

2) (Gob, Pol) house

- cámara alta/baja

- Cámara de los Comunes/de los Lores

- Cámara de los Diputados

- Cámara de Representantes

- Cámara de Senadores

3) (Com, Fin) association

- cámara agraria or agrícola

- cámara de comercio

4) ( aparato) camera

en or (Esp) a cámara lenta — in slow motion

- cámara de cine

- cámara de televisión/video or vídeo

- cámara fotográfica

5) cámara masculino y femenino (Esp) ( camarógrafo) (m) cameraman; (f) camerawoman

6)

a) (Fís, Mec) chamber

b) ( de un arma) chamber

7) ( de un neumático) inner tube

* * *

femenino

1) (arc) ( aposento) chamber (frml)

- cámara acorazada or blindada

- cámara de combustión/compresión/descompresión

- cámara de gas

- cámara de oxígeno

- cámara frigorífica

- cámara mortuoria

2) (Gob, Pol) house

- cámara alta/baja

- Cámara de los Comunes/de los Lores

- Cámara de los Diputados

- Cámara de Representantes

- Cámara de Senadores

3) (Com, Fin) association

- cámara agraria or agrícola

- cámara de comercio

4) ( aparato) camera

en or (Esp) a cámara lenta — in slow motion

- cámara de cine

- cámara de televisión/video or vídeo

- cámara fotográfica

5) cámara masculino y femenino (Esp) ( camarógrafo) (m) cameraman; (f) camerawoman

6)

a) (Fís, Mec) chamber

b) ( de un arma) chamber

7) ( de un neumático) inner tube

* * *

cámara¹

¹ = vault, chamber, house.

Nota: De congreso, parlamento u otro organismo de gobierno.

Ex: Film and videotape are stored on the premises in vaults situated at the back of the library and are air conditioned to ensure a constant temperature.

Ex: In the central chamber about 100 sheets (130 litres) of A4 paper can be treated so as to imitate and accelerate their exposure to highly polluted air.

Ex: The first committee involving both houses of Congress in the new capital of Washington, D.C., was the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, founded in 1802.

* ayuda de cámara = valet.

* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.

* cámara de combustión = combustion chamber.

* cámara de comercio = chamber of commerce.

* Cámara de Delegados = House of Delegates.

* cámara de gas = gas chamber.

* Cámara de los Comunes, la = House of Commons, the.

* Cámara de los Lores, la = House of Lords, the.

* Cámara de Representantes = House of Representatives.

* cámara de seguridad = storage vault.

* cámara de tortura = torture chamber.

* cámara de vapor = steam chamber.

* cámara frigorífica = cold vault, cool vault.

* cámara humidificadora = humidity chamber, humidifying chamber.

* música de cámara = chamber music.

* orquesta de cámara = chamber orchestra.

* pared con cámara de aire = cavity wall.

* rueda sin cámara = tubeless tyre.

cámara²

² = camera, cam.

Ex: The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

Ex: They were seen posing on cam showing their boobies and wearing gee-strings.

* cámara de rodar películas = movie camera.

* cámara de seguridad = security camera, surveillance camera.

* cámara digital = digital camera.

* cámara fotográfica = photographic camera.

* cámara lenta = slow motion.

* cámara oculta = hidden camera.

* móvil con cámara = cameraphone.

cámara³

³ = cinematographer.

Ex: Film, a new medium of communication 100 years ago, developed into an art form for directors, cinematographers, and a new breed of actors.

* * *

cámara Congreso de los Diputados (↑ congreso a1)

feminine

A ( arc) (aposento) chamber ( frml)

Compuestos:

● cámara acorazada

strongroom, vault

● cámara ardiente

funeral chamber

● cámara blindada

strongroom, vault

● cámara de aislamiento

isolation room

● cámara de gas

gas chamber

● cámara de refrigeración

( Méx) cold store

● cámara de torturas

torture chamber

● cámara frigorífica

cold store

● cámara mortuoria

funeral chamber

● cámara séptica

(CS) septic tank

B ( Gob, Pol) house

Compuestos:

● cámara alta/baja

upper/lower house

● Cámara de los Comunes

House of Commons

● Cámara de los Diputados

Chamber of Deputies

● Cámara de los Lores

House of Lords

● Cámara de Representantes

House of Representatives

● Cámara de Senadores

Senate

● Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones

( Arg) Federal Appeal Court

C ( Com, Fin) association

Compuestos:

● cámara agraria or agrícola

farmers' union

● cámara de comercio

chamber of commerce

● cámara de compensación

clearing house

● cámara de cuentas

audit commission

● cámara de turismo

chamber of tourism

D (aparato) camera

filmar/pasar una secuencia en or ( Esp) a cámara lenta to film/show a sequence in slow motion

chupar cámara ( fam); to get media attention ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● cámara cinemática

camera, film camera

● cámara de cine

film camera

● cámara de control de velocidad

speed camera

● cámara de disco

disk camera

● cámara de televisión/video or ( Esp) vídeo

television/video camera

● cámara de videovigilancia

CCTV camera

● cámara de vigilancia o de seguridad

video surveillance; CCTV

● cámara de visión térmica

infrared camera

● cámara digital

digital camera

● cámara estenopeica

pinhole camera

● cámara fotográfica

camera

● cámara réflex

reflex camera

● cámara web

webcam

E

cámara masculine and feminine ( Esp) (camarógrafo) ( masculine) cameraman;

( feminine) camerawoman

F

1 ( Fís, Mec) chamber

2 (de un arma) chamber

Compuestos:

● cámara de aire

air chamber

● cámara de combustión

combustion chamber

● cámara de compresión

compression chamber

● cámara de descompresión

decompression chamber

● cámara de oxígeno

oxygen tent

● cámara de vacío

vacuum chamber

G

(de un neumático) tb cámara de aire inner tube

* * *

cámara sustantivo femenino
1
a) (arc) ( aposento) chamber (frml)

b) ( recinto): cámara acorazada or blindada strongroom, vault;

◊ cámara de descompresión decompression chamber;

cámara de gas gas chamber;
cámara frigorífica cold store
2 (Gob, Pol):
◊ Ccámara de los Diputados Chamber of Deputies;

Ccámara de los Comunes/de los Lores House of Commons/of Lords;
Ccámara de Representantes House of Representatives
3 (Com, Fin) association;
◊ cámara de comercio chamber of commerce

4 ( aparato) camera;
en or (Esp) a cámara lenta in slow motion;
◊ cámara de cine film camera;

cámara de video or (Esp) vídeo video camera;
cámara fotográfica camera
cámara
I sustantivo femenino
1 Fot TV camera
2 (habitación, reservado) room, chamber
cámara acorazada, vault
cámara de gas, gas chamber
3 (refrigerador industrial) cold-storage room
4 Pol Chamber, House
cámara alta, (senado) upper house
cámara baja, (congreso) lower house
Cámara de los Diputados, Chamber of Deputies
5 Com Cámara de Comercio, Chamber of Commerce
cámara de compensación, clearing house
6 Auto (de un neumático) inner tube
7 Mús música de cámara, chamber music
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (hombre) cameraman
(mujer) camerawoman
♦ Locuciones: a cámara lenta, in slow motion
' cámara' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boquete
- descompresión
- enfocar
- enseñar
- frigorífica
- frigorífico
- lord
- operador
- operadora
- orquesta
- resonancia
- rollo
- simple
- sumergible
- traerse
- visor
- cargar
- espía
- mover
English:
camcorder
- camera
- cameraman
- chamber
- chamber music
- Chamber of Commerce
- common
- crew
- damage
- face
- focus
- gas chamber
- house
- House Lords
- House of Commons
- House of Representatives
- loaded
- lord
- photo finish
- representative
- saloon
- slow-motion
- speaker
- strap
- strongroom
- train
- tube
- Upper House
- valet
- vault
- cinecamera
- Commons
- digital
- gas
- inner
- movie camera
- pan
- slow motion
- steady
- strong

* * *

cámara

♦ nf

1. [de fotos, cine] camera

Comp
cámara cinematográfica movie o Br cine camera;
cámara de control de velocidad speed camera;

cámara digital digital camera;

cámara fotográfica camera;

cámara lenta slow motion;
también Fig
a cámara lenta in slow motion;

si miras la repetición de la jugada a cámara lenta podrás fijarte en todos los detalles if you watch the slow-motion replay, you'll be able to see all the details;
TV cámara oculta candid camera;
cámara oscura camera obscura;

cámara réflex reflex o SLR camera;

cámara de televisión television camera;

cámara de vídeo o Am video [profesional] video camera;
[de aficionado] camcorder;
cámara web web camera

2. [sala] chamber

Comp
cámara acorazada strongroom, vault;
cámara de gas gas chamber;

cámara mortuoria funeral chamber;

cámara de torturas torture chamber

3. [receptáculo] chamber;

cámara (de aire) [de balón] bladder;
[de neumático] inner tube
Comp
cámara de combustión combustion chamber;
cámara de descompresión decompression chamber;

cámara frigorífica cold-storage room;

un camión con cámara frigorífica a refrigerated Br lorry o US truck;
Fís cámara de niebla cloud chamber;
cámara de resonancia echo chamber;
RP cámara séptica septic tank;
cámara de vacío vacuum chamber

4. [de arma] chamber, breech

5. [asamblea] chamber

Comp
cámara alta upper house; Esp cámara autonómica autonomous regional parliament;
cámara baja lower house;

Cámara de los Comunes House of Commons;

cámara legislativa legislative chamber;

Cámara de los Lores House of Lords;

Cámara de Representantes House of Representatives;

cámara territorial = chamber of parliament where members represent a region, rather than electoral constituencies of roughly equal size

6. Com [entidad, organismo] chamber

Comp
cámara agrícola farmers' association;
cámara de Comercio Chamber of Commerce;

cámara de compensación clearing house;

cámara de la propiedad property owners' association

7.
de cámara [del rey] court, royal;

pintor de cámara court painter

♦ nmf
[persona] cameraman, f camerawoman
* * *

cámara

I f

1 FOT, TV camera;

chupar cámara fam
TV hog the limelight fam ;
a cámara lenta in slow motion

2 ( sala) chamber;

de cámara MÚS chamber atr

II m/f cameraman; mujer camerawoman

* * *

cámara nf

1) : camera

2) : chamber, room

3) : house (in government)

4) : inner tube

* * *

cámara n

1. (fotográfica, de televisión) camera

se ha comprado una cámara de vídeo he's bought a video camera

2. (persona) cameraman [pl. cameramen]

3. (de bicicleta) inner tube

Spanish-English dictionary > cámara
9 arder

v.

1 to burn.

la iglesia está ardiendo the church is burning o on fire

con eso va que arde (informal figurative) that's more than enough

El legajo ardió ante sus ojos The dossier burned before his very eyes.

Mis ojos arden My eyes burn=itch.

Me arden los ojos My eyes burn.

2 to be boiling hot (estar caliente) (café, sopa).

¡está que arde! (figurative) he's fuming; (persona) it's getting pretty heated (reunión)

* * *

arder

► verbo intransitivo

1 to burn (completamente) to burn down; (sin llama) to smoulder

■ el edificio está ardiendo the building is in flames

2 (resplandecer) to glow

3 figurado to burn

► verbo transitivo

1 to burn

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

arder de pasión figurado to burn with passion

arder en guerras figurado to be ravaged by war

la cosa está que arde familiar things are getting pretty hot

* * *

verb

1) to burn

2) smart, sting

* * *

1. VT

1) (=quemar) to burn

2) esp LAm * [herida] to sting, make smart

2. VI

1) (=quemarse) to burn

arder sin llama — to smoulder, smolder (EEUU)

2) [abono] to ferment; [trigo etc] to heat up

3) poét (=resplandecer) to glow, shine, blaze; (=relampaguear) to flash

4) (fig) (=consumirse) to burn, seethe

arder de o en amor — to burn with love

arder de o en ira — to seethe with anger

arder en guerra — to be ablaze with war

- la cosa está que arde

3.

See:

arderse

* * *

verbo intransitivo

1) ( quemarse) to burn

ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he burned with desire to see her (liter)

2) ( estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot)

arder en fiestas: Zaragoza arde en fiestas the festivities in Zaragoza are in full swing; estar que arde persona to be fuming; la cosa está que arde — things have reached boiling point

3) ( escocer) <herida/ojos> to sting, smart

le ardían los hombros — her shoulders were burning

me arde el estómago — I've got heartburn

* * *

= burn, go up in + flames, ignite, blaze, catch + fire, catch on + fire.

Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.

Ex. The title of the article is 'National library in Sarajevo destroyed; collections, archives go up in flames'.

Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.

Ex. An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.

Ex. An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.

Ex. Eric continued trying to stomp it out but his shoe caught on fire.

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* arder completamente = burn out.

* arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].

* arder sin llama = smoulder [smolder, -USA].

* comenzar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

* que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].

* * *

verbo intransitivo

1) ( quemarse) to burn

ardía en deseos de verla — (liter) he burned with desire to see her (liter)

2) ( estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot)

arder en fiestas: Zaragoza arde en fiestas the festivities in Zaragoza are in full swing; estar que arde persona to be fuming; la cosa está que arde — things have reached boiling point

3) ( escocer) <herida/ojos> to sting, smart

le ardían los hombros — her shoulders were burning

me arde el estómago — I've got heartburn

* * *

= burn, go up in + flames, ignite, blaze, catch + fire, catch on + fire.

Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.

Ex: The title of the article is 'National library in Sarajevo destroyed; collections, archives go up in flames'.

Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.

Ex: An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.

Ex: An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.

Ex: Eric continued trying to stomp it out but his shoe caught on fire.

* arder completamente = burn out.

* arder lentamente = smoulder [smolder, -USA].

* arder sin llama = smoulder [smolder, -USA].

* comenzar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

* empezar a arder = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

* que arde lentamente = smouldering [smoldering, -USA].

* * *

arder [E1 ]

vi

A «madera/bosque/casa» (quemarse) to burn

ardía en deseos de volver a verla ( liter); he burned with desire to see her again ( liter)

B (estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot)

arder en fiestas: Zaragoza arde en fiestas the festivities in Zaragoza are in full swing

estar algn/algo que arde: tu padre está que arde your father's fuming o seething

la sopa está que arde the soup's boiling (hot)

la cosa está que arde things have reached boiling point

la fiesta estaba que ardía ( Chi); the party was in full swing

va que arde ( Esp fam): te pagaré 1.000 euros y vas que ardes I'll pay you 1,000 euros and that's all you're getting o and you can count yourself lucky you're getting that much

C

1 (escocer) «herida/ojos» to sting, smart

le ardían los ojos con el humo the smoke was making her eyes smart, the smoke was irritating her eyes

le hizo arder la herida (CS); it made the cut sting

después de tanto sol le ardían los hombros her shoulders were burning o sore after so long in the sun

2

«estómago»: me arde el estómago I've got heartburn

* * *

arder ( conjugate arder) verbo intransitivo
1 ( quemarse) to burn
2 ( estar muy caliente) to be boiling (hot);
◊ estar que arde [ persona] to be fuming;

la cosa está que arde things have reached boiling point
3 ( escocer) [herida/ojos] to sting, smart
arder verbo intransitivo to burn: familiar el jefe está que arde, the boss is really fuming
la cosa está que arde, things are hotting up
' arder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calcinar
- deseo
- incendiar
English:
blaze
- burn
- flare up
- glow
- inflamed
- rage
- smoulder
- ablaze
- smolder
- sting

* * *

arder vi

1. [quemarse] [bosque, casa] to burn;

la iglesia está ardiendo the church is burning o on fire;

ha ardido el granero the barn has burnt down;

una antorcha que arde permanentemente a torch that is always burning;

todavía arden los rescoldos de la hoguera the bonfire is still smouldering;

Comp
Fam
con eso va que arde that's more than enough

2. [estar caliente] [café, sopa] to be boiling hot;

Comp

¡está que arde! [persona] he's fuming;
[reunión] it's getting pretty heated
3. [sentir ardor]
le arde la cara her face is burning;

me arde el estómago I've got heartburn;

tanto dinero le arde en sus manos all that money is burning a hole in his pocket

4. [por deseos]
arder de rabia to burn with rage;

arder en deseos de hacer algo to be dying to do sth

5. [por agitación]
la ciudad ardía en fiestas the city was one great party;

todavía arde la revuelta de mayo the spirit of the May uprising is still alive

* * *

arder

v/i

1 burn;

arder de o

en be burning with

2 estar muy caliente be exceedingly hot;

la reunión está que arde fam the meeting is about to erupt fam

* * *

arder vi

1) : to burn

el bosque está ardiendo: the forest is in flames

arder de ira: to burn with anger, to be seething

2) : to smart, to sting, to burn

le ardía el estómago: he had heartburn

* * *

arder vb

1. (quemarse) to burn [pt. & pp. burnt] / to be on fire

los bosques ardieron durante dos días the woods burnt for two days

2. (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot / to be boiling hot

la sopa está ardiendo the soup is boiling hot

Spanish-English dictionary > arder
10 comercial

adj.

1 commercial.

relaciones comerciales trade relations

2 store.

f. & m.

sales rep (vendedor, representante).

m.

commercial, ad, advertisement, advert.

* * *

comercial

► adjetivo

1 (del comercio) commercial

2 (de tiendas) shopping

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (vendedor) seller; (hombre) salesman; (mujer) saleswoman

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

banco comercial commercial bank

tratado comercial commercial treaty

* * *

adj.

commercial

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=de tiendas) [área, recinto] shopping antes de s

un centro comercial — a shopping centre

2) (=financiero) [carta, operación] business antes de s ; [balanza, déficit, guerra, embargo] trade antes de s ; [intercambio, estrategia] commercial

el interés comercial de la empresa — the commercial o trading interests of the company

su novela alcanzó un gran éxito comercial — his novel was very successful commercially, his novel achieved great commercial success

han reanudado las relaciones comerciales — they have resumed trading relations
agente 1., local 2., 1)
3) [aviación, avión, piloto] civil

4) [cine, teatro, literatura] commercial

una película muy comercial — a very commercial film

2.

SMF (=vendedor) salesperson

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <zona/operación/carta> business (before n)

una firma comercial — a company

el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países — the trade imbalance between the two countries

el déficit comercial — the trade deficit

nuestra división comercial — our sales o marketing department; galería, centro

b) <película/arte> commercial
II
masculino

1) (AmL) commercial, advert (BrE)

2) (CS) (Educ) business school
III
femenino o masculino ( tienda)

Comercial Hernández — Hernandez's Stores

* * *

= commercial, commercially available, entrepreneurial, fee-based, marketing, priceable, for-profit, consumer-like, business-like, business-related, market-orientated [market orientated], profit-making, profit-related, readily available, trade-oriented, profit-orientated, marketable, business, off-the-shelf, commercially operated, market-oriented [market oriented], profit-oriented, out of the box, profit-generating.

Ex. It is these features which have led co-operative members to select these systems rather than those of the commercial software vendor.

Ex. Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.

Ex. It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.

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. Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.

Ex. Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.

Ex. The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.

Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.

Ex. Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.

Ex. In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.

Ex. Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.

Ex. However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).

Ex. Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.

Ex. Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.

Ex. Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.

Ex. Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.

Ex. A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.

Ex. A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.

Ex. There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.

Ex. The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.

Ex. The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.

Ex. Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.

Ex. Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.

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* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* anuncio comercial = commercial.

* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.

* aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.

* argumento comercial = business case.

* asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.

* aviación comercial = commercial aviation.

* bajo comercial = commercial premise.

* banco comercial = business bank.

* barrera comercial = trade barrier.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* casa comercial = house.

* caso comercial = business case.

* catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.

* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.

* comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.

* compañía comercial = business firm.

* correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.

* déficit comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* director comercial = chief commercial officer.

* directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.

* directorio comercial por calles = street directory.

* distrito comercial = business district.

* diversificación comercial = business diversification.

* edificio comercial = commercial building.

* editor comercial = commercial publisher.

* editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.

* emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].

* empresa comercial = business firm.

* estafa comercial = business scam.

* estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.

* éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.

* firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.

* galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.

* horario comercial = business hours.

* industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.

* inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.

* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.

* nación comercial = trading nation.

* no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].

* novedad comercial = industry update.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* parque comercial = business estate.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* polígono comercial = business estate.

* presentación comercial = technical presentation.

* producto comercial = retail product.

* programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.

* programas comerciales = commercial software.

* propuesta comercial = business proposition.

* proyecto comercial = marketing project.

* razonamiento comercial = business case.

* relaciones comerciales = business dealings.

* rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.

* representante comercial = business traveller.

* riesgo comercial = business risk.

* secreto comercial = competitive information.

* sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.

* sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.

* servicio comercial = commercial service.

* sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.

* situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront] .

* socio comercial = business associate.

* software comercial = commercial software.

* valor comercial = commercial paper.

* vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.

* viajante comercial = business traveller.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* vuelo comercial = commercial flight.

* zona comercial = business district, shopping area, shopping district.

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <zona/operación/carta> business (before n)

una firma comercial — a company

el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países — the trade imbalance between the two countries

el déficit comercial — the trade deficit

nuestra división comercial — our sales o marketing department; galería, centro

b) <película/arte> commercial
II
masculino

1) (AmL) commercial, advert (BrE)

2) (CS) (Educ) business school
III
femenino o masculino ( tienda)

Comercial Hernández — Hernandez's Stores

* * *

= commercial, commercially available, entrepreneurial, fee-based, marketing, priceable, for-profit, consumer-like, business-like, business-related, market-orientated [market orientated], profit-making, profit-related, readily available, trade-oriented, profit-orientated, marketable, business, off-the-shelf, commercially operated, market-oriented [market oriented], profit-oriented, out of the box, profit-generating.

Ex: It is these features which have led co-operative members to select these systems rather than those of the commercial software vendor.

Ex: Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.

Ex: It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.

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: Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.

Ex: Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.

Ex: The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.

Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.

Ex: Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.

Ex: In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.

Ex: Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.

Ex: However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).

Ex: Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.

Ex: Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.

Ex: Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.

Ex: Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.

Ex: A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.

Ex: A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.

Ex: There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.

Ex: The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.

Ex: The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.

Ex: Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.

Ex: Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.

* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* anuncio comercial = commercial.

* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.

* aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.

* argumento comercial = business case.

* asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.

* aviación comercial = commercial aviation.

* bajo comercial = commercial premise.

* banco comercial = business bank.

* barrera comercial = trade barrier.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* casa comercial = house.

* caso comercial = business case.

* catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.

* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.

* comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.

* compañía comercial = business firm.

* correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.

* déficit comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* director comercial = chief commercial officer.

* directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.

* directorio comercial por calles = street directory.

* distrito comercial = business district.

* diversificación comercial = business diversification.

* edificio comercial = commercial building.

* editor comercial = commercial publisher.

* editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.

* emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].

* empresa comercial = business firm.

* estafa comercial = business scam.

* estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.

* éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.

* firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.

* galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.

* horario comercial = business hours.

* industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.

* inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.

* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.

* nación comercial = trading nation.

* no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].

* novedad comercial = industry update.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* parque comercial = business estate.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* polígono comercial = business estate.

* presentación comercial = technical presentation.

* producto comercial = retail product.

* programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.

* programas comerciales = commercial software.

* propuesta comercial = business proposition.

* proyecto comercial = marketing project.

* razonamiento comercial = business case.

* relaciones comerciales = business dealings.

* rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.

* representante comercial = business traveller.

* riesgo comercial = business risk.

* secreto comercial = competitive information.

* sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.

* sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.

* servicio comercial = commercial service.

* sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.

* situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront].

* socio comercial = business associate.

* software comercial = commercial software.

* valor comercial = commercial paper.

* vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.

* viajante comercial = business traveller.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* vuelo comercial = commercial flight.

* zona comercial = business district, shopping area, shopping district.

* * *

comercial¹

adjective

1 ‹distrito/operación› business ( before n)

una importante firma comercial an important company

el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países the trade imbalance between the two countries

un emporio comercial fenicio a Phoenician trading post

algunos critican su agresividad comercial some people criticize their aggressive approach to business

el déficit comercial the trade deficit

una carta comercial a business letter

nuevas iniciativas comerciales new business initiatives

nuestra división comercial our sales o marketing department

el derribo de un avión comercial the shooting down of a civil aircraft

ver tb agente comercial (↑ agente), centro comercial (↑ centro), galería, etc

2 ‹película/arte› commercial

comercial²

masculine

( AmL)

commercial, advert ( BrE)

comercial³

feminine

or

masculine

A

(tienda): [ S ] Comercial Hernández Hernandez's Stores

B (CS) ( Educ) business school

* * *

comercial adjetivo
a) ‹zona/operación/carta› business ( before n);

◊ una firma comercial a company;

el déficit comercial the trade deficit;
See Also→ galería, centro
b) ‹película/arte› commercial

■ sustantivo masculino
a) ( anuncio) commercial, advert (BrE)

b) (CS) (Educ) business school

comercial adjetivo commercial
' comercial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balanza
- centro
- depresión
- erotizar
- galería
- propaganda
- recibo
- Sres.
- feria
- gerente
- pasaje
- relación
- señalización
- señalizar
- zona
English:
accessible
- arcade
- brand name
- business
- commercial
- commercialize
- delay
- delegation
- head-hunt
- mall
- merchant bank
- moneymaker
- profit margin
- rep
- run across
- sales brochure
- sales promotion
- sales rep
- selling point
- shopping centre
- trade agreement
- trade deficit
- trade embargo
- trade gap
- trade route
- tradename
- trading partner
- trading results
- unbusinesslike
- break
- cash
- fair
- for
- mix
- opening
- plaza
- precinct
- representative
- shopping
- trade
- trading

* * *

comercial

♦ adj

1. [de empresas] commercial;
[embargo, déficit, disputa] trade;
relaciones comerciales trade relations;

aviación comercial civil aviation;

política comercial trade policy;

gestión comercial business management

2. [que se vende bien] commercial;

una película muy comercial a very commercial film

♦ nmf
[vendedor, representante] sales rep
♦ nm
Am commercial, Br advert
* * *

comercial

I adj commercial; de negocios business atr ;

el déficit comercial the trade deficit

II m/f representative

III m L.Am. ( anuncio) commercial

* * *

comercial adj & nm

: commercial

♦ comercialmente adv

* * *

comercial¹ adj commercial

comercial² n salesman [pl. salesmen] / saleswoman [pl. saleswomen]

Spanish-English dictionary > comercial
11 nuevo

adj.

new, modern, recent, novel.

* * *

nuevo

► adjetivo

1 new

2 (adicional) further

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 newcomer (principiante) beginner; (universidad) fresher (US freshman)

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de nuevo again

coger a alguien de nuevas to take somebody by surprise

estar (como) nuevo,-a (objeto) to be as good as new 2 (persona) to feel like new, feel as good as new

hacerse de nuevas to pretend not to know

¿qué hay de nuevo? familiar what's new?

* * *

(f. - nueva)

adj.

new

- de nuevo

* * *

ADJ

1) (=no usado) new

ha presentado su nueva película — he launched his new film

la casa es nueva — the house is new

la casa está nueva — the house is as good as new

como nuevo: estos pantalones están como nuevos — these trousers are just like new

con una mano de pintura quedará como nuevo — it'll look like new after a coat of paint

después de una buena siesta quedarás como nuevo — you'll feel like new after a good nap

- no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol

2) (=recién llegado) new

es nuevo en el oficio — he's new to the trade

es nuevo en la ciudad — he's new to the town

soy nuevo en el colegio — I'm new at the school

3)

de nuevo — (=otra vez) again

tuve que leer el libro de nuevo — I had to read the book again

* * *

- va adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <coche/casa/trabajo> new

b) (delante del n) <intento/cambio> further

ha surgido un nuevo problema — another o a further problem has arisen

c) [ser] <estilo/enfoque> new

¿qué hay de nuevo? — (fam) what's new? (colloq)

d) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new

todavía lo tengo nuevecito or (CS) nuevito — it's still as good as new

- nueva ola

- nuevas tecnologías

- nuevo rico -va rica

- Nuevo Testamento

2)

de nuevo — again

* * *

= emerging, fresh, new [newer -comp., newest -sup.], renewed, rising, unfamiliar, unworn, emergent, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], uncharted, unchartered, brand new, ever-new, up-and-coming, new found [new-found/newfound], evolving, changing.

Ex. We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.

Ex. This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.

Ex. The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex. It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.

Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex. A printer who wanted to achieve a sharp impression from unworn type of even height to paper would put hard rather than soft packing in the tympan.

Ex. Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.

Ex. Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.

Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex. Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.

Ex. He was then able to compare sources that made correlations possible and raised ever-new questions.

Ex. The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.

Ex. This could help readers gain a newfound appreciation of each others' childhood through books.

Ex. One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.

Ex. These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

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* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch into.

* activo de nuevo = up and about.

* adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.

* adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.

* alfombrar de nuevo = recarpet [re-carpet].

* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].

* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.

* Año Nuevo = New Year.

* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.

* aprender de nuevo = relearn.

* asumir una nueva faceta = take on + new dimension.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start, clean slate, new leaf.

* búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.

* cobrar nuevo entusiasmo = develop + renewed enthusiasm.

* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again, recommence, make + a new start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].

* concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* convocar de nuevo = reconvene.

* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].

* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.

* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.

* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de nueva ola = new-wave.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.

* de nuevo = again, once again, yet again, afresh, anew, all over again, redux, over again.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* de nuevo en pie = up and about.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* desarrollo de nuevos productos = product development.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* de una nueva manera = in a new way.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].

* enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].

* entrada de nuevo = re-entry [reentry].

* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].

* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.

* hacer borrón y cuenta nueva = start with + a clean slate, turn over + a new leaf.

* hacerlo de nuevo = go and do it again.

* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.

* idea nueva = fresh idea.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inscribir de nuevo = reregister.

* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].

* introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].

* ir con la nueva ola = ride + wave.

* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.

* llevar a Algo a una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* luna nueva = new moon.

* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].

* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* mostrar de nuevo = redisplay.

* nacido de nuevo = born again.

* Nueva Brunswick = New Brunswick.

* nueva edición = new edition.

* nueva era = new age.

* Nueva Escocia = Nova Scotia.

* nueva evaluación = reappraisal.

* Nueva Gales del Sur = New South Wales.

* Nueva Guinea = New Guinea.

* nueva idea = reform idea.

* Nueva Inglaterra = New England.

* nueva lectura = rereading [re-reading].

* nueva línea = linefeed.

* Nueva Ola, la = New Wave, the.

* Nueva Orleans = New Orleans.

* nueva perspectiva = new light.

* nueva promesa = rising star.

* nueva redacción = redraft, rewrite [re-write].

* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.

* nueva tirada = rerun.

* nueva versión = upgrade, remake.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nueva visita = return visit.

* Nueva York = New York (NY).

* Nueva Zelanda = New Zealand (NZ).

* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].

* nuevo comienzo = new beginning, clean slate, new leaf.

* Nuevo Méjico = New Mexico.

* nuevo miembro = entrant.

* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.

* nuevo nombramiento = reappointment.

* nuevo resurgir = second wind.

* nuevos avances = future development(s).

* nuevos conversos, los = recently converted, the.

* nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nuevos retos = new horizons.

* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.

* Nuevo Testamento = New Testament (N.T.).

* nuevo valor = newcomer.

* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.

* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* pintar de nuevo = repaint [re-paint].

* prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.

* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* reunirse de nuevo = reconvene.

* salir de nuevo = come back out.

* sangre nueva = new blood.

* sentirse como nuevo = be right as rain.

* surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.

* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.

* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.

* ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.

* ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.

* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.

* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins.

* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.

* vivir de nuevo = relive.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* * *

- va adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <coche/casa/trabajo> new

b) (delante del n) <intento/cambio> further

ha surgido un nuevo problema — another o a further problem has arisen

c) [ser] <estilo/enfoque> new

¿qué hay de nuevo? — (fam) what's new? (colloq)

d) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new

todavía lo tengo nuevecito or (CS) nuevito — it's still as good as new

- nueva ola

- nuevas tecnologías

- nuevo rico -va rica

- Nuevo Testamento

2)

de nuevo — again

* * *

= emerging, fresh, new [newer -comp., newest -sup.], renewed, rising, unfamiliar, unworn, emergent, fledging, fledgling [fledgeling], uncharted, unchartered, brand new, ever-new, up-and-coming, new found [new-found/newfound], evolving, changing.

Ex: We have too much invested for us to assume any longer that we can, by sheer force of will, temper their influence on emerging standards.

Ex: This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.

Ex: The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: It is not enough to train the rising generation to meet their new responsibilities, for irreversible decisions must be made before they come to maturity.

Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex: A printer who wanted to achieve a sharp impression from unworn type of even height to paper would put hard rather than soft packing in the tympan.

Ex: Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.

Ex: Venture capitalists funded fledging companies in the early days of information technology some of which went on to dominate the market.

Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.

Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex: Information on small, sometimes brand new, companies in the chemical and biotechnology industries is often difficult to find.

Ex: He was then able to compare sources that made correlations possible and raised ever-new questions.

Ex: The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.

Ex: This could help readers gain a newfound appreciation of each others' childhood through books.

Ex: One of the objectives is to produce a statement of the role of the Library in the evolving national information program over the next five to seven years.

Ex: These are the kinds of problems that characteristically arise in the complex and continually changing milieu of libraries and media and information centers.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch into.

* activo de nuevo = up and about.

* adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.

* adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.

* alfombrar de nuevo = recarpet [re-carpet].

* analizar de nuevo = reexamine [re-examine].

* añadir una nueva dimensión = add + new dimension.

* Año Nuevo = New Year.

* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.

* aprender de nuevo = relearn.

* asumir una nueva faceta = take on + new dimension.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* borrón y cuenta nueva = a fresh start, clean slate, new leaf.

* búsqueda de nuevos genes = gene-harvesting.

* cobrar nuevo entusiasmo = develop + renewed enthusiasm.

* colocar de nuevo en los estantes = reshelve [re-shelve].

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again, recommence, make + a new start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* comenzar una nueva vida = make + a new life for + Reflexivo.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* compañía de nueva creación = startup [start-up].

* concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* convocar de nuevo = reconvene.

* crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].

* dar a Algo una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.

* dar nueva forma = reformat [re-format].

* dar nueva vida = give + Nombre + new life, give + a second life.

* dar un nuevo acabado = refinish.

* dar un nuevo impulso = pep up.

* dar un nuevo nombre = rename.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de nueva ola = new-wave.

* de nuevas formas = in new ways.

* de nuevas maneras = in new ways.

* de nuevo = again, once again, yet again, afresh, anew, all over again, redux, over again.

* de nuevo en este caso = here again.

* de nuevo en pie = up and about.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* desarrollo de nuevos productos = product development.

* de una nueva forma = in a new way.

* de una nueva manera = in a new way.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* empezar de nuevo = a fresh start, start over, make + a fresh start.

* empezar una nueva etapa en la vida = turn over + a new page, turn over + a new leaf.

* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].

* enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].

* entrada de nuevo = re-entry [reentry].

* enviar de nuevo = resend [re-send].

* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.

* hacer borrón y cuenta nueva = start with + a clean slate, turn over + a new leaf.

* hacerlo de nuevo = go and do it again.

* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.

* idea nueva = fresh idea.

* infundir nueva vida a = breathe + (new) life into.

* inscribir de nuevo = reregister.

* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].

* introducir de nuevo = re-enter [reenter].

* ir con la nueva ola = ride + wave.

* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.

* llevar a Algo a una nueva dimensión = take + Nombre + into a new dimension.

* luna nueva = new moon.

* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].

* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* mostrar de nuevo = redisplay.

* nacido de nuevo = born again.

* Nueva Brunswick = New Brunswick.

* nueva edición = new edition.

* nueva era = new age.

* Nueva Escocia = Nova Scotia.

* nueva evaluación = reappraisal.

* Nueva Gales del Sur = New South Wales.

* Nueva Guinea = New Guinea.

* nueva idea = reform idea.

* Nueva Inglaterra = New England.

* nueva lectura = rereading [re-reading].

* nueva línea = linefeed.

* Nueva Ola, la = New Wave, the.

* Nueva Orleans = New Orleans.

* nueva perspectiva = new light.

* nueva promesa = rising star.

* nueva redacción = redraft, rewrite [re-write].

* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.

* nueva tirada = rerun.

* nueva versión = upgrade, remake.

* nueva vida = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nueva visita = return visit.

* Nueva York = New York (NY).

* Nueva Zelanda = New Zealand (NZ).

* nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].

* nuevo comienzo = new beginning, clean slate, new leaf.

* Nuevo Méjico = New Mexico.

* nuevo miembro = entrant.

* Nuevo Mundo, el = New World, the.

* nuevo nombramiento = reappointment.

* nuevo resurgir = second wind.

* nuevos avances = future development(s).

* nuevos conversos, los = recently converted, the.

* nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.

* nuevos retos = new horizons.

* nuevos tiempos, los = wind(s) of change, the.

* Nuevo Testamento = New Testament (N.T.).

* nuevo valor = newcomer.

* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.

* NYPL (Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* pintar de nuevo = repaint [re-paint].

* prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.

* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.

* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* reunirse de nuevo = reconvene.

* salir de nuevo = come back out.

* sangre nueva = new blood.

* sentirse como nuevo = be right as rain.

* surgiendo de nuevas = on the rebound.

* un nuevo comienzo = a fresh start.

* un nuevo impulso = a new lease of life.

* ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.

* ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.

* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.

* vino nuevo en pellejos viejos = new wine in old wineskins.

* víspera de Año Nuevo = New Year's Eve.

* vivir de nuevo = relive.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

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nuevo -va

adjective

A

1 [ SER] (de poco tiempo) ‹coche/juguete/ropa› new

me lo dejaron como nuevo it was as good as new when I got it back

soy nuevo en la oficina I'm new in the office

2 [ SER] (que sustituye a otro) ‹casa/novio/trabajo› new

3 ( delante del n) (otro) ‹intento/cambio› further

ha surgido un nuevo problema another o a further problem has arisen

decidieron darle una nueva oportunidad they decided to give him another chance

4 [ SER] (original, distinto) ‹estilo/enfoque› new

no dijo nada nuevo she didn't say anything new

¿que hay de nuevo? ( fam); what's new? ( colloq)

5 [ ESTAR] (no desgastado) as good as new

todavía lo tengo nuevo or (CS) nuevito it's still as good as new

Compuestos:

● nueva ola

feminine new wave

● nuevas tecnologías

fpl new technology

● nuevo rico, nueva rica

masculine, feminine nouveau riche

● Nuevo Testamento

masculine New Testament

B

de nuevo again

de nuevo tengo el honor de … again o once again o once more I have the privilege of …

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nuevo
◊ -va adjetivo

a) [ser] ‹estilo/coche/novio› new;

◊ soy nuevo en la oficina I'm new in the office;

de nuevo again;
¿qué hay de nuevo what's new? (colloq);
nuevo rico nouveau riche
b) ( delante del n) ‹intento/cambio› further;

◊ ha surgido un nuevo problema another o a further problem has arisen;

Nnuevo Testamento New Testament
c) [estar] ( no desgastado) as good as new

nuevo,-a
I adjetivo
1 new: tengo un coche nuevo, I've got a new car
2 (añadido) further: hay nuevas averías, there are further faults
II sustantivo masculino y femenino newcomer
(novato) beginner
♦ Locuciones: de nuevo, again
' nuevo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adicta
- adicto
- ambicionar
- ambientarse
- año
- astronómica
- astronómico
- aterrizar
- aviso
- cara
- cercado
- continente
- decir
- desarrollar
- editar
- emocionada
- emocionado
- emplazar
- entusiasmada
- entusiasmado
- escorrentía
- estallido
- excavar
- flotación
- ir
- generar
- hablar
- impresión
- incorporarse
- mirlo
- N. T.
- nada
- nueva
- replantar
- rumbo
- sacar
- salida
- sanear
- tener
- testamento
- vaya
- contar
- cuño
- día
- entrada
- entrante
- feliz
- flamante
- haber
- inédito
English:
advertise
- afford
- afresh
- again
- agony
- ambivalent
- amorphous
- analyst
- anew
- anticipate
- arrest
- assignment
- austerity
- authenticity
- back
- bash out
- beating
- bomb
- book
- brag
- brand-new
- bring up
- brink
- call back
- chapter
- clean
- come out
- comedown
- commit
- crisp
- daunt
- delay
- design
- dissuade
- do
- donation
- drastic
- drum up
- exploit
- fail
- find
- format
- forthcoming
- founder
- fresh
- fund
- further
- game
- get
- go up

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nuevo, -a

♦ adj

1. [reciente] new;

tengo una casa nueva I've got a new house;

es el nuevo director he's the new manager

Comp
Nueva Caledonia New Caledonia;
el nuevo continente [América] the New World;

Nueva Delhi New Delhi;

nuevo economía new economy;
Hist Nueva España New Spain [Spanish colonial viceroyalty that included Mexico, the southern part of the US and parts of Central America]; Hist Nueva Granada New Granada [Spanish colonial viceroyalty that included the central and northwestern parts of South America];
Nueva Guinea New Guinea;

Nueva Inglaterra New England;

Nueva Jersey New Jersey;

Nuevo México New Mexico;

el Nuevo Mundo the New World;

la nueva ola the New Wave;

el nuevo orden mundial the new world order;

Nueva Orleans New Orleans;

nuevo rico nouveau riche;

nuevo sol [moneda] new sol;

nuevas tecnologías new technology;

el Nuevo Testamento the New Testament;

Nueva York New York;

Nueva Zelanda New Zealand

2. [poco usado] new;

este abrigo está nuevo this coat is new;

un poco de betún y quedarán como nuevos with a bit of polish they'll be as good as new;

después del baño me quedé como nuevo I felt like a new person after my bath

3. [inédito] new;

esto es nuevo para mí, no lo sabía that's news to me, I didn't know it

4. [sin experiencia] new;

soy nuevo en esta clase I'm new in this class;

es nuevo en la profesión he's new to the profession

5. [hortaliza] new, fresh;
[vino] young
6. [repetido] renewed,
de nuevo again;

se han producido nuevos enfrentamientos there have been renewed clashes

♦ nm,f

newcomer

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nuevo

adj

1 new;

sentirse como nuevo feel like new;

¿qué hay de nuevo? what’s new?

2 ( otro) another;

de nuevo again

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nuevo, -va adj

1) : new

una casa nueva: a new house

¿qué hay de nuevo?: what's new?

2)

de nuevo : again, once more

* * *

nuevo adj new

un juego nuevo a new game

de nuevo again

¿qué hay de nuevo? what's new?

Spanish-English dictionary > nuevo
12 ser

m.

1 being (ente).

ser humano human being

los seres vivos living things

2 ens.

v.

1 to be (to be in some place or situation, to originate in, to belong to, to pertain, to exist really).

fue aquí it was here

lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision

ser de to be made of; (estar hecho de) to be from; (provenir de) to belong to; (ser propiedad de) to be a member of (formar parte de)

¿de dónde eres? where are you from?

los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's

es alto/gracioso he is tall/funny

es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult

es un amigo/el dueño he is a friend/the owner

Yo soy buena I am good.

2 to be (to be worth, quantity).

¿cuánto es? how much is it?

son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos

¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?

mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July

¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?

son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm)

3 to be (joined to nouns which signify employment or occupation).

soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress

son estudiantes they're students

4 to be (to happen, to occur, to fall out).

es muy tarde it's rather late

era de noche/de día it was night/day

5 to be (auxiliary verb, by which the passive is formed).

fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness

6 to exist, to live.

7 to be for.

Me es muy fácil aprender español It is very easy for me to learn Spanish.

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SER

CONJUGACIÓN

Present Indicative

soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son.

Imperfect Subjunctive

era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran.

Past Indicative

fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron.

Future Indicative

seré, serás, será, seremos, seréis, serán.

Conditional

sería, serías, sería, seríamos, seríais, serían.

Present Subjunctive

sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean.

Imperfect Subjunctive

fuera, fueras, fuera, fuéramos, fuerais, fueran;

fuese, fueses, fuese, fuésemos, fueseis, fuesen.

Future Subjunctive

fuere, fueres, fuere, fuéremos, fuereis, fueren.

Imperative

sé (tú), sea (él/Vd.), seamos (nos.), sed (vos.), sean (ellos/Vds.).

Past Participle

sido.

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SER

► abreviatura

1 RADIO ( Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión) Spanish private broadcasting company

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1. verb
to be

- ser de
2. noun m.
being

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SF ABR Esp
= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión radio network
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I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

[ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

es bajo — he's short

es muy callada — she's very quiet

mi padre es calvo — my father's bald

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

2) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

es madre de dos niños — she's a mother of two

ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

el que fuera presidente — the former president

años más tarde sería mi asistente — years later she would become my assistant

por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

dame cualquiera que no sea ése — give me any one except o but that one

ya no soy lo que era — I'm not what I used to be

4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

esos zapatos son de plástico — those shoes are (made of) plastic

soy de Córdoba — I'm from Cordoba

es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

este libro no es de aquí — this book doesn't go o belong here

ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

5) (hipótesis, futuro)

será un error — it must be a mistake

¿será cierto? — can it be true?

pero será animal! — he must be a complete idiot
2.
ser vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

2)

a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

la fiesta va a ser en su casa — the party is going to be (held) at her house

¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

b) ( en preguntas)

ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

3) ( sumar)

¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

cuatro y cuatro son ocho — four and four are o make eight

somos diez en total — there are ten of us altogether

4) (causar, significar) to be

aquello fue su ruina — that was his downfall

5) ( resultar)

me va a ser imposible venir — I'm not going to be able to come

me fue muy difícil entenderlo — I found it very difficult to understand

6) ( consistir en) to be

lo importante es participar — the important o main thing is to take part

7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

ser para algo — to be for something

este agua es para beber — this water is for drinking

este traje no es para usarlo mucho — this suit is not for frequent wear

Sentido II

8) ( usado para enfatizar)

así es como queda mejor — like that it looks best

fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

era él el que quería — he was the one who wanted to

fueron los bancos los que se beneficiaron — it was the banks that benefited

fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

9)

es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

10)

lo que es... — (fam)

lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

lo que es saber idiomas! — it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

11) (en locs)

a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

Sentido III

12) ( en el tiempo) to be

¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

es miércoles — it's Wednesday

serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal
3.
ser v impers to be

era primavera — it was spring(time)

es demasiado tarde para llamar — it's too late to phone
4.
ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva)

ser + pp — to be + pp

fue construido en 1900 — it was built in 1900
II
masculino

1)

a) ( ente) being

seres sobrenaturales — supernatural beings

b) (individuo, persona)

un ser querido — a loved one

un ser muy especial — a very special person

- ser humano/vivo

2)

a) ( naturaleza)

desde lo más profundo de mi ser — from the bottom of my heart

b) ( carácter esencial) essence

3) (Fil) being

la mujer que te dio el ser — the woman who brought you into this world

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I 1.
cópula

1) ( seguido de adjetivos) to be

[ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1]

es bajo — he's short

es muy callada — she's very quiet

mi padre es calvo — my father's bald

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

es inglés/rubio/católico — he's English/fair/(a) Catholic

era cierto/posible — it was true/possible

sé bueno, estáte quieto — be a good boy and keep still

que seas muy feliz — I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc)

para serte sincero — to be honest with you, to tell you the truth

siempre le he sido fiel — I've always been faithful to her; ver tb verbo intransitivo I 5

¿éste es o se hace?/¿tú eres o te haces? — (AmL fam) is he/are you stupid or something? (colloq)

2) ( hablando de estado civil) to be

el mayor es casado/divorciado — the oldest is married/divorced

es viuda — she's a widow; ver tb estar I 3)

3) (seguido de nombre, pronombre, sintagma nominal) to be

soy peluquera/abogada — I'm a hairdresser/a lawyer

es madre de dos niños — she's a mother of two

ábreme, soy Mariano/yo — open the door, it's Mariano/it's me

el que fuera presidente — the former president

años más tarde sería mi asistente — years later she would become my assistant

por ser usted, haremos una excepción — for you o since it's you, we'll make an exception

dame cualquiera que no sea ése — give me any one except o but that one

ya no soy lo que era — I'm not what I used to be

4) (con predicado introducido por `de')

esos zapatos son de plástico — those shoes are (made of) plastic

soy de Córdoba — I'm from Cordoba

es de los vecinos — it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'

este libro no es de aquí — this book doesn't go o belong here

ésa es de las que... — she's one of those people who..., she's the sort of person who...

ser de lo que no hay — (fam) to be incredible (colloq)

5) (hipótesis, futuro)

será un error — it must be a mistake

¿será cierto? — can it be true?

pero será animal! — he must be a complete idiot
2.
ser vi

Sentido I

1)

a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos)

érase una vez... — once upon a time there was...

2)

a) (tener lugar, ocurrir)

la fiesta va a ser en su casa — the party is going to be (held) at her house

¿dónde fue el accidente? — where did the accident happen?

el asunto fue así... — it happened like this...

b) ( en preguntas)

ser de algo/alguien: ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him; ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? — what will become of us?

3) ( sumar)

¿cuánto es (todo)? — how much is that (altogether)?

son 3.000 pesos — that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos

cuatro y cuatro son ocho — four and four are o make eight

somos diez en total — there are ten of us altogether

4) (causar, significar) to be

aquello fue su ruina — that was his downfall

5) ( resultar)

me va a ser imposible venir — I'm not going to be able to come

me fue muy difícil entenderlo — I found it very difficult to understand

6) ( consistir en) to be

lo importante es participar — the important o main thing is to take part

7) (indicando finalidad, adecuación)

ser para algo — to be for something

este agua es para beber — this water is for drinking

este traje no es para usarlo mucho — this suit is not for frequent wear

Sentido II

8) ( usado para enfatizar)

así es como queda mejor — like that it looks best

fue aquí donde lo vi — this is where I saw him, it was here that I saw him

era él el que quería — he was the one who wanted to

fueron los bancos los que se beneficiaron — it was the banks that benefited

fui yo quien or la que lo dije fui yo quien or la que lo dijo — I was the one who said it, it was me that said it

9)

es que...: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; díselo, si es que te atreves — tell him, if you dare

10)

lo que es... — (fam)

lo que es yo, no pienso hablarle más — I certainly have no intention of speaking to him again

lo que es saber idiomas! — it sure is something to be able to speak languages! (AmE), what it is to be able to speak languages! (BrE)

11) (en locs)

a no ser que — (+ subj) unless

como debe ser: ¿ves como me acordé? - como debe ser! see, I did remember- I should think so too!; los presentó uno por uno, como debe ser she introduced them one by one, as you should; ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; como ser (CS) such as; de no ser así (frml) should this not be the case (frml); de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); de no ser por...: de no ser por él,... if it hadn't been o if it weren't for him,...; eso es! that's it!, that's right!; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; tú pagas tus mil pesos o lo que sea... you pay your thousand pesos or whatever...; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes o anything; no sea que or no vaya a ser que (+ subj) in case; cierra la ventana, no sea or no vaya a ser que llueva close the window in case it rains; ten cuidado, no sea or no vaya a ser que lo eches todo a perder be careful or you'll ruin everything; o sea: los empleados de más antigüedad, o sea los que llevan aquí más de... longer serving employees, that is to say those who have been here more than...; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea..., (ya) sea... either..., or...; (ya) sea por caridad, (ya) sea por otra razón,... whether he did it out of charity or for some other reason,...; sea como sea: hay que impedirlo, sea como sea it must be prevented now matter how o at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea quien sea le dices que no estoy whoever it is, tell them I'm not in; si no fuera/hubiera sido por... — if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for...

Sentido III

12) ( en el tiempo) to be

¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what's today's date

¿qué día es hoy? — what day is it today?

es miércoles — it's Wednesday

serían las cuatro cuando llegó — it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb verbo impersonal
3.
ser v impers to be

era primavera — it was spring(time)

es demasiado tarde para llamar — it's too late to phone
4.
ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva)

ser + pp — to be + pp

fue construido en 1900 — it was built in 1900
II
masculino

1)

a) ( ente) being

seres sobrenaturales — supernatural beings

b) (individuo, persona)

un ser querido — a loved one

un ser muy especial — a very special person

- ser humano/vivo

2)

a) ( naturaleza)

desde lo más profundo de mi ser — from the bottom of my heart

b) ( carácter esencial) essence

3) (Fil) being

la mujer que te dio el ser — the woman who brought you into this world

* * *

ser¹

¹ = being, creature.

Ex: A feeling of unshielded relief filled Pope's whole being.

Ex: Stories that lead to doing things are all the more attractive to children, who are active rather than passive creatures.

* abducción por seres extraterrestres = alien abduction.

* alimentación del ser humano = human nutrition.

* llegada de seres extraterrestres = alien visitation.

* nutrición del ser humano = human nutrition.

* ser consecuente con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.

* ser extraterrestre = alien creature.

* ser fiel con Uno mismo = be true to + Reflexivo.

* ser humano = human being, human, human person.

* ser inteligente = intelligent being.

* ser pensante = sentient being.

* ser superior = supreme being, higher being, superior being.

* ser supremo = supreme being.

* ser todo un éxito = hit + a home run, knock it out of + the park.

* ser vivo = living being, sentient being.

* todo ser humano = every living soul.

* tráfico de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

* trata de seres humanos = trafficking in human beings.

ser²

² = be, take + the form of, stand as.

Ex: Systems such as Dialog, IRS, ORBIT and BLAISE may be accessed by libraries and information units.

Ex: Hierarchical relationships may also take the form of co-ordinate relationships, in which case they may be represented by 'RT' or related term, in a similar manner to affinitive relationships below.

Ex: Meantime, our new library stand as as a confident symbol of the importance of ALL librarires to the nation's cultural, educational and economic success.

* anhelar ser = ache to be.

* a no ser que = unless.

* así es = that's how it is.

* así sea = amen.

* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.

* centrado en el ser humano = anthropocentric.

* clonación del ser humano = human cloning.

* como es el caso de = as it is with.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* conseguir ser el centro de atención = capture + spotlight.

* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.

* crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.

* cualquiera que fuere = any... whatsoever.

* cualquiera que fuese = any... whatsoever.

* cualquiera que sea + Nombre = whichever + Nombre.

* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.

* dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.

* demostrar ser = prove + to be.

* de tal forma que + ser/estar = in such form as to + be.

* dicho sea de paso = by the by(e).

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* dinero + ser para = money + go towards.

* el + Nombre + es inestimable = the + Nombre + cannot be overestimated.

* el ser barato = cheapness.

* el sueño de todo ser viviente = the stuff dreams are made of.

* entrar sin ser visto = sneak into.

* es = it's [it is].

* esa es la cuestión = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* es decir = i.e. (latín - id est), in other words, that is, that is to say, which is to say.

* es de deducir que = it follows that.

* es de destacar que = significantly.

* es de esperar = hopefully.

* es de esperar que = all being well.

* es de resaltar que = significantly.

* es de suponer que = presumably.

* ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* es el momento adecuado = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.

* es el momento oportuno = the moment is ripe, the time is ripe.

* es evidente = clearly.

* es importante destacar = importantly.

* es inevitable que = inevitably.

* es interesante que = interestingly.

* es lo que a mí me parece = my two cents' worth.

* es lo que yo pienso = my two cents' worth.

* es más = more important, moreover.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* es mi opinión = my two cents' worth.

* es mi parecer = my two cents' worth.

* es por lo tanto deducible que = it therefore follows that.

* es por lo tanto de esperar que = it therefore follows that.

* es por lo tanto lógico que = it therefore follows that.

* ¡esta es tu oportunidad! = here's your chance!.

* estar siendo + Participio = be in process of + Nombre.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* fue durante mucho tiempo = long remained.

* haber sido aceptado = be here to stay, have come + to stay.

* haber sido comprobado exhaustivamente = be thoroughly tested.

* la razón de ser = the reason for being.

* la verdad sea dicha = to tell the truth.

* llegar a ser = become, develop into.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* lo que es aun peor = worse still.

* lo que es peor = what's worse.

* lo que haya que de ser, será = que sera sera, what's meant to be, will be, whatever will be, will be.

* lo que + ser = what + be like.

* lo que tenga que ser, será = que sera sera, whatever will be, will be, what's meant to be, will be.

* merecer ser mencionado = deserve + mention.

* no ser aconsejable = be undesirable.

* no ser + Adjetivo + Infinitivo = be less than + Adjetivo + Infinitivo.

* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.

* no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.

* no ser cobarde = be no chicken.

* no ser consciente de = remain + unaware of.

* no ser deseable = be undesirable.

* no + ser + de sorprender que = it + be + not surprising that.

* no ser fácil = be no picnic, not be easy.

* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.

* no ser lo suficientemente bueno = not be good enough.

* no ser más que = be nothing more than, be nothing but.

* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.

* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* no ser ningún jovencito = be no chicken.

* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.

* no ser sino = be nothing but.

* no ser una gran pérdida = be no great loss.

* no ser un lecho de rosas = be not all roses.

* no ser verdad = be untrue.

* no somos todos iguales = one size doesn't fit all.

* no tener razón de ser + Infinitivo = there + be + no sense in + Gerundio.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = in all honesty.

* para ser sincero = to be honest, in all honesty.

* pasar a ser = become, develop into.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* posible de ser consultado por máquina = machine-viewable.

* posible de ser visto en pantalla = displayable.

* primer puesto + ser para = pride of place + go to.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* que fue = one-time.

* que fue común antes = once-common.

* que ha sido abordado con preguntas = accost.

* que puede ser apilado = stacking.

* razón de ser = point, raison d'etre, rationale, sense of purpose.

* ser reconocido = gain + recognition.

* resultar ser = prove + to be, turn out to be, happen + to be.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost, at any price, come hell or high water.

* sea cual fuere = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.

* sea cual fuese = any... whatsoever, any... whatsoever.

* sea cual sea el criterio utilizado = by any standard(s).

* sea lo que sea = whatever it is, be that as it may, call it what you want.

* seamos realistas = face it, let's face it.

* sean cuales sean = whatever they may be.

* sentido del ser humano = human sense.

* ser accesible a través de = be available through.

* ser aceptado = take + hold, gain + acceptance, take off.

* ser acertado = be spot on.

* ser aconsejable = be welcome, be better served by, be in order.

* ser acorde con = be commensurate with.

* ser acuciante = be acute.

* ser acusado de delito criminal = face + criminal charge.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up, fit + the bill.

* ser + Adjetivo = get + Adjetivo.

* ser + Adjetivo + para = have + a + Adjetivo + effect on.

* ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.

* ser aficionado a = be fond of.

* ser afortunado = be lucky, strike + lucky.

* ser agradable de oír = be good to hear.

* ser agradable + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo bueno = be a good thing.

* ser algo completamente distinto = be nothing of the sort.

* ser algo común = be a fact of life, dominate + the scene, be a common occurrence, become + a common feature, be a part of life.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser algo excepcional = be the exception rather than the rule, be in a league of its own.

* ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo facilísimo = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo habitual = become + a common feature, be a fact of life.

* ser Algo imponente = loom + large.

* ser algo inevitable = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.

* ser algo más profundo que = go + deeper than.

* ser algo más serio que = go + deeper than.

* ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo muy claro = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.

* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.

* ser algo muy obvio = be a dead giveaway.

* ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy raro = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo muy revelador = be a giveaway.

* ser algo natural para = be second nature to + Pronombre, come + naturally to.

* ser algo normal = be a fact of life, become + a common feature, be a part of life.

* ser algo permanente = be here to stay.

* ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser algo poco conocido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo poco sabido que = it + be + a little known fact that.

* ser algo por lo que = be a matter for/of.

* ser algo por ver = be an open question.

* ser algo que no ocurre con frecuencia = be a rare occurrence.

* ser algo seguro = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo útil para = be something in the hand for.

* ser amado = loved-one.

* ser amigo de = be buddies with.

* ser analizado como una frase = be phrase parsed.

* ser apreciado = receive + appreciation.

* ser apropiado = be right.

* ser aproximadamente + Número = be around + Número, be about + Número.

* ser arrestado = be under arrest.

* ser asequible = be available, become + available.

* ser asequible a = be amenable to.

* ser así = be the case (with), be just like that.

* ser atacado = be under attack, come under + fire, be under assault.

* ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.

* ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

* ser atribuible a = be attributable to.

* ser aun más = be all the more.

* ser autosuficiente = stand on + Posesivo + own, self-serve.

* ser autosuficiente económicamente = pay + Posesivo + own way.

* ser avaricioso = have + Posesivo + cake and eat it.

* ser bienvenido = be most welcome, make + welcome, be welcome.

* ser bonito + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser buenísimo + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser bueno = make + good + Nombre.

* ser bueno en = be good at.

* ser bueno para Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser capaz de = be capable of.

* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.

* ser característico de = be emblematic of.

* ser carísimo = cost + be prohibitive.

* ser caro = be steep.

* ser casi seguro = be a good bet.

* ser chiquito pero matón = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser chulo = be cool.

* ser clavado a = be a dead ringer for.

* ser cliente de una tienda = patronise + shop.

* ser coherente = cohere.

* ser como el día y la noche = different as night and day.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser como mínimo = be no less than.

* ser como una esfera = wrap around.

* ser como un círculo = wrap around.

* ser como un libro abierto = be an open book.

* ser complementario el uno del otro = be integral one to another.

* ser complementarios = be integral one to another.

* ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.

* ser completo = be all inclusive.

* ser común = be the case (with).

* ser condenado a prisión = receive + prison sentence.

* ser confuso = be deceiving.

* ser conocido por = famously, have + a track record of.

* ser conocido por todos = be out in the open.

* ser consciente = sentient being.

* ser consciente de = be alive to, be aware of, be cognisant of, be mindful of/that, become + cognisant of, be aware of, realise [realize, -USA].

* ser consciente de + Posesivo + valía = be alive to + Posesivo + worth.

* ser consciente + desafortunadamente = be painfully aware of.

* ser contradictorio de = run + contrary to.

* ser contraproducente = defeat + Posesivo + purpose, blowback.

* ser contrario a = be contrary to, be hostile to.

* ser conveniente + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

* ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.

* ser cortés con = be civil towards.

* ser costumbre = be customary.

* ser creativo = be inventive.

* ser creíble = invoke + belief.

* ser criticado = be subjected to + criticism, be (the) subject of/to criticism, take + heat, come under + fire.

* ser crucial (para) = be central (to).

* ser cuestión de = come down to.

* ser culpable = be to blame.

* ser culpable (por/de) = be at fault (for/to).

* ser dado a = be amenable to, be apt to, be given to.

* ser de = be a native of.

* ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.

* ser de armas tomar = be a (real) handful.

* ser de ayuda = be of assistance.

* ser debatible = be a moot point, be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

* ser de calidad = be up to snuff, be up to scratch.

* ser decisión de + Nombre = be down to + Nombre.

* ser de contenido + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in content.

* ser de crecimiento rápido = be a quick grower.

* ser de difícil acceso = tuck away.

* ser de dominio público = be public domain.

* ser deficiente = be wanting.

* ser definitivo = be final.

* ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.

* ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.

* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.

* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.

* ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).

* ser dejado en la obligación de Uno = be derelict in + duty.

* ser de la izquierda = be of the left.

* ser de la noche = night creature.

* ser de la opinión de que = be of the opinion that, be of the view that.

* ser del gusto de Uno = be to + Posesivo + taste.

* ser del orden de + Número = be of the order of + Número.

* ser de los que piensan que = subscribe to + view.

* ser demasiado = be over-provided, be a mouthful.

* ser demasiado + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser demasiado complaciente = lean over + too far backwards.

* ser demasiado común = be all too common.

* ser demasiado para = be too much for, be too much for.

* ser demasiado precavido = err + on the side of caution.

* ser demasiado preciso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.

* ser demasiado quisquilloso = put + too fine a point on, split + hairs.

* ser demasiado tarde para echar atrás = reach + the point of no return.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.

* ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.

* ser de poco valor = be of little use, be of little value.

* ser de primera categoría = be top notch.

* ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.

* ser de sabios = be a point of wisdom.

* ser desacertado = miss + the mark, miss + the point.

* ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser descorazonador = be dispiriting.

* ser desoído = be unheeded.

* ser despiadado = play + hardball.

* ser detenido = be under arrest.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).

* ser de un valor especial = be of particular value.

* ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.

* ser de utilidad = be of use.

* ser de utilidad a = be of service to.

* ser diestro en = be skilled at.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser digno de = merit.

* ser digno de admiración = deserve + admiration.

* ser digno de crítica = merit + a critical eye.

* ser digno de + Infinitivo = be worth + Gerundio.

* ser diplomático = say + the right thing.

* ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

* ser dogmático = be dogmatic.

* ser dos mundos completamente distintos = be poles apart.

* ser dudoso = be doubtful.

* ser duro = play + hardball.

* ser eficaz para + Infinitivo = be efficient at + Gerundio.

* ser el acabóse = take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.

* ser el alma de = be the life of, be the life and soul of.

* ser el asunto = be the point.

* ser el beneficiario de = be on the receiving end of.

* ser el blanco de = be a pushover for.

* ser el blanco de las críticas = come under + fire.

* ser el canalizador de = be the conduit for.

* ser el capitán = skipper, captain.

* ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).

* ser el centro de atención = steal + the limelight, steal + the show, cut + a dash.

* ser el centro de todas las miradas = cut + a dash.

* ser el colmo = be the last straw, bring + the situation to a head, take + the biscuit, take + the cake, be the limit.

* ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser el culo del mundo = be the pits.

* ser elegido = get in.

* ser elevado = be steep.

* ser el éxito de la fiesta = steal + the limelight, steal + the show.

* ser el fin de = sign + a death warrant (for).

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* ser el límite = be the limit.

* ser el mandamás = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* ser el más afectado por = bear + the brunt of.

* ser el máximo = be the limit.

* ser el momento clave = mark + the watershed.

* ser el momento (de) = be the time to.

* ser el momento decisivo = mark + the watershed.

* ser el momento de/para = it + be + time to/for.

* ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.

* ser el orgullo de = be the pride and joy of.

* ser el origen de = provide + the material for.

* ser el paraje natural de = be home to.

* ser el preludio = usher in.

* ser el primero = be second to none, come out on + top.

* ser el primero en = lead + the way in.

* ser el primero en + Infinitivo = take + the lead in + Gerundio.

* ser el punto de partida de = form + the basis of.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

* ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.

* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.

* ser el resultado de = follow from, result from.

* ser el segundo de a bordo = play + second fiddle.

* ser el último grito = be all the rage.

* ser el último mono ser el último mono = feel + pulled and tugged.

* ser emblemático de = be emblematic of.

* ser en balde = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* ser en vano = be of no avail, be to no avail.

* ser enviado a = have + the lead to.

* ser equiparable a = be commensurate with.

* ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong.

* ser escaso = be few and far between, be in short supply.

* ser esclavo de = be slave to.

* ser estupendo = sound + great, be fine and dandy.

* ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.

* ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

* ser experto en = be skilled at.

* ser expulsado de = be dropped from.

* ser extraño para = be alien to.

* ser extremadamente + Adjetivo = be too + Adjetivo + by half.

* ser fácil = be easy.

* ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.

* ser facilísimo = be a snap, be a piece of cake.

* ser factible de = be amenable to.

* ser familiar = strike + familiar chords, ring + a bell.

* ser famoso = gain + recognition, be popular.

* ser famoso por = famously, have + a track record of.

* ser favorable = be a plus.

* ser ficticio = be fiction.

* ser fiel a = cleave to.

* ser fructífero = come to + fruition.

* ser goloso = have + a sweet tooth.

* ser grosero con = be abusive of.

* ser hábil para = be adroit at.

* ser habitual = be customary.

* ser harina de otro costal = be a different kettle of fish.

* ser hipertenso = be hyper.

* ser hora de = it + be + time to/for.

* ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

* ser hora de irse = be time to go.

* ser hora de marcharse = be time to go.

* ser hora ya de que = be about time (that), be high time (that/to/for).

* ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

* sería mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.

* ser ideal = suit + best, be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* ser ideal para Uno = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser idóneo para = be suited to.

* ser ignorado = be unheeded.

* ser igual a = be equivalent to, equal.

* ser igual que = amount to + the same thing as.

* ser ilegal = be against the law.

* ser ilimitado = be boundless.

* ser implacable = play + hardball.

* ser imponente = be awe-inspiring.

* ser importante = be of importance, make + a difference, be of consequence.

* ser importantísimo = make + all the difference in the world, make + difference in the world.

* ser importantísimo (para) = be central (to).

* ser imposible = be dead meat.

* ser imprescindible = be a must.

* ser improcedente = be out of order.

* ser imprudente = be reckless.

* ser inalterable = set in + stone, set in + tablets of stone.

* ser incapaz de = be unable to.

* ser incoherente = Negativo + hold + water.

* ser incompatible (con) = be irreconcilable (with).

* ser inconsistente = Negativo + hold + water.

* ser increíble = beggar + belief.

* ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stew in + Posesivo + own juice, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.

* ser indescriptible = beggar + description.

* ser indispensable = be a must.

* ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.

* ser infundado = be unfounded.

* ser inherente a = inhere in.

* ser inimaginable = beggar + imagination.

* ser inminente = be on the cards.

* ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.

* ser innovador = break + new ground, break + ground.

* ser innumerable = be without number, be legion.

* ser innumerables = run into + the thousands.

* ser insignificante = pale into + insignificance, stick + Algo + on a pin-point, be of no consequence.

* ser insignificante de = be slight in.

* ser inteligente = be talented.

* ser interesante = be of interest (to/for).

* ser interesante + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

* ser interesante + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo.

* ser interminable = there + be + no end to.

* ser intransigente = play + hardball.

* ser inútil = fire + blanks.

* ser irrespetuoso con = disrespect, diss.

* ser justo = play + fair.

* ser justo con todos = give the devil his due.

* ser justo hasta con el diablo = give the devil his due.

* ser justo lo que se necesita = be just the thing, be just the ticket, be just the job.

* ser justo lo que Uno necesita = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser justo que = there + be + justice in.

* ser juzgado = stand + trial, stand for + trial.

* ser la abreviatura de = be short for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* ser la ciudad de = be home to.

* ser la clave de = hold + the key to.

* ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.

* ser la comidilla del pueblo = be the talk of the town.

* ser la consecuencia de = follow from, result from.

* ser la costumbre = be customary.

* ser la cuestión = be the point.

* ser la culminación de Algo = represent + the culmination of, mark + the culmination of.

* ser la culpa de = be the fault of.

* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.

* ser la elección lógica = be a/the natural choice.

* ser la elección natural = be a/the natural choice.

* ser la excepción = be the exception.

* ser la excepción a la regla = constitute + the exception to the rule.

* ser la excepción que confirma la regla = be the exception rather than the rule.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* ser la forma de = be a recipe for.

* ser la fórmula para = be a recipe for.

* ser la gota que colma el vaso = bring + the situation to a head.

* ser la idea central de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

* ser la imagen de = be a picture of.

* ser la intención = be the intention.

* ser la intención de uno = be + Posesivo + intention.

* ser la manera de = be a recipe for.

* ser la materia prima de = be grist to + Posesivo + mill.

* ser la mayoría = be in the majority.

* ser la mejor alternativa = be the best bet.

* ser la mejor manera de = be the conduit for.

* ser lamentable = be a pity.

* ser la minoría = be in the minority.

* ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.

* ser la novedad = be on the scene.

* ser la obra de = be the work of.

* ser la persona ideal para = be the best placed to.

* ser la persona más indicada para = be in a position to.

* ser la propia responsabilidad de Alguien = be of + Posesivo + own making.

* ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.

* ser la punta de lanza de = spearhead.

* ser la razón de = lie at + the root of.

* ser la representación misma de = be a picture of.

* ser la responsabilidad de = be the responsibility of.

* ser la responsabilidad de Alguien + Infinitivo = it + lie with + Nombre/Pronombre + to + Infinitivo.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* ser la última persona del mundo que + Infinitivo = be one of the last people in the world to + Infinitivo.

* ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.

* ser lento = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks.

* ser líder en = take + the lead in + Gerundio.

* ser lo de Uno = be cut out for, be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo más parecido a = be as close as we come to.

* ser lo mismo = be one and the same.

* ser lo normal = be the order of the day.

* ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

* ser lo que a Uno le encanta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser lo que a Uno le interesa = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley, be + Posesivo + cup of tea.

* ser lo que a Uno le va = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley.

* ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene.

* ser lo que nos espera = be the shape of things to come.

* ser lo suficientemente + Adjetivo + como para = be + Adjetivo + enough to.

* ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.

* ser lo suficientemente conocido como para que = be sufficiently well known for.

* serlo todo para todos = be all things to all men, be all things to all people.

* ser lo último = be all the rage, be the pits.

* ser lo último en = become + the next stop in.

* ser lo último en lo que + pensar = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.

* ser lo último que + ocurrir + a Alguien = be the last thing of + Posesivo + mind.

* ser magnífico + Gerundio = be terrific at + Gerundio.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* ser maravilloso = sound + great.

* ser más astuto que = outfox, outwit, outsmart.

* ser más interno = inner being.

* ser más un + Nombre = be more of a + Nombre.

* ser mayor = be older.

* ser mejor en = be better at.

* ser mejor que = be superior to, compare + favourably.

* ser mejor que + Subjuntivo = better + Infinitivo.

* ser menor = be less.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser mínimo = be at a minimum.

* ser mirado de forma extraña = get + some funny looks.

* ser modesto = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

* ser molesto = be disturbing.

* ser moroso = be in default.

* ser motivador = be motivating.

* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.

* ser mucho = be a mouthful.

* ser mucho más = be all the more.

* ser mucho más que = be far more than.

* ser muy aconsejable que = be well advised to.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* ser muy amigo de = be pally with.

* ser muy antiguo = go ba

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SER

/ser/

feminine

= Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión

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ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;

(+ me/te/le etc)
◊ siempre le he sido fiel I've always been faithful to her;

ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
◊ el mayor es casado the oldest is married;

es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;
◊ soy abogada I'm a lawyer;

ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):
◊ esos zapatos son de plástico those shoes are (made of) plastic;

soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):
◊ será un error it must be a mistake;

¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( existir) to be

b) (liter) ( en cuentos):

◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …

2
a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):

◊ la fiesta va a ser en su casa the party is going to be (held) at her house;

¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?
b) ( en preguntas):

◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;

¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):
◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;

son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) ser para algo to be for sth;
◊ este agua es para beber this water is for drinking

( en locs)
◊ a no ser que (+ subj) unless;

¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;
◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;

serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
ser v impers to be;
◊ era primavera it was spring(time)

ser v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( ente) being;

◊ ser humano/vivo human/living being

b) (individuo, persona):

◊ un ser querido a loved one

2 ( naturaleza):
◊ desde lo más profundo de mi ser from the bottom of my heart

ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' ser' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acceder
- además
- aficionada
- aficionado
- alardear
- alcanzar
- alimentar
- alta
- alto
- ambicionar
- antigüedad
- aparición
- arma
- atinar
- atorarse
- aúpa
- babear
- básica
- básico
- bendición
- caber
- cacho
- cada
- cafetera
- cafetero
- calco
- callo
- canela
- cansada
- cansado
- cantar
- capaz
- capirote
- carácter
- cardo
- carne
- carné
- caso
- cero
- colarse
- comida
- comidilla
- comido
- conmigo
- conquistador
- conquistadora
- contagiarse
- contemplar
- contienda
English:
accountable
- addicted
- adjust
- allow
- allowance
- ambition
- amount to
- anathema
- anomaly
- arduous
- around
- aspire
- aware
- bad
- be
- beating
- being
- belong
- betray
- big
- bill
- bind over
- bird
- booby trap
- boring
- bounce
- can
- carry
- catch up
- cerebral
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- charm
- chip
- claim
- come into
- come under
- connoisseur
- court
- degree
- deserve
- destroy
- differ
- do
- dodger
- doubly
- due
- ear
- easy
- edit

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ser The auxiliary verb ser is used with the past participle of a verb to form the passive (e.g. la película fue criticada the movie was criticized).

♦ v aux
[para formar la voz pasiva] to be;
fue visto por un testigo he was seen by a witness;

la propuesta es debatida o [m5] está siendo debatida en el parlamento the proposal is being debated in parliament

♦ v copulativo

1. [con adjetivos, sustantivos, pronombres] [indica cualidad, identidad, condición] to be;

es alto/gracioso he's tall/funny;

soy chileno/chiapaneco I'm Chilean/from Chiapas;

es azul/difícil it's blue/difficult;

sé discreta/paciente be discreet/patient;

es un amigo/el dueño he's a friend/the owner;

son unos amigos míos they're friends of mine;

es el cartero/tu madre it's the postman o US mailman/your mother;

soy yo, ábreme open up, it's me;

soy Víctor [al teléfono] it's Víctor;

la casa es aquella de ahí the house is that one over there;

es un tipo muy simpático he's a very nice guy;

¿es eso verdad? is that true?;

eso no es cierto that isn't true;

es obvio que le gustas it's obvious that he likes you;

no es necesario ir it isn't necessary to go;

es posible que llueva it may rain;

no está mal para ser de segunda mano it's not bad considering it's second-hand;

no pierde sus derechos por ser inmigrante just because he's an immigrant doesn't mean he doesn't have any rights;

te lo dejo en la mitad por ser tú seeing as o because it's you, I'll let you have it half-price;

por ser usted, señora, 15 euros to you, madam, 15 euros;

que seas muy feliz I wish you every happiness, I hope you'll be very happy;

¡será imbécil el tipo! the guy must be stupid!;

este restaurante ya no es lo que era this restaurant isn't as good as it used to be o isn't what it used to be;
RP Fam
ser loco por algo to be wild about sth

2. [con sustantivos, adjetivos] [indica empleo, dedicación, estado civil, religión] to be;

soy abogado/actriz I'm a lawyer/an actress;

son estudiantes they're students;

para ser juez hay que trabajar mucho you have to work very hard to be o become a judge;

es padre de tres hijos he's a father of three;

es soltero/casado/divorciado he's single/married/divorced;

era viuda she was a widow;

son budistas/protestantes they are Buddhists/Protestants;

el que fuera gobernador del estado the former governor of the state;

Comp
Am Fam
¿tú eres o te haces? are you stupid or what?;

Comp
RP Fam
¿vos sos o te hacés? are you stupid or what?

3. [con "de"] [indica material, origen, propiedad]
ser de [estar hecho de] to be made of;
[provenir de] to be from; [pertenecer a] to belong to;
un juguete que es todo de madera a completely wooden toy, a toy made completely of wood;

¿de dónde eres? where are you from?;

estas pilas son de una linterna these batteries are from a torch;

¿es de usted este abrigo? is this coat yours?, does this coat belong to you?;

los juguetes son de mi hijo the toys are my son's;

portarse así es de cobardes only cowards behave like that, it's cowardly to behave like that

4. [con "de"] [indica pertenencia a grupo]
ser de [club, asociación, partido] to be a member of;

¿de qué equipo eres? [aficionado] which team o who do you support?;

soy del Barcelona I support Barcelona;

ser de los que… to be one of those people who…;

ése es de los que están en huelga he is one of those on strike;

no es de las que se asustan por cualquier cosa she's not one to get scared easily

♦ vi

1. [ocurrir, tener lugar] to be;

fue aquí it was here;

¿cuándo es la boda? when's the wedding?;

la final era ayer the final was yesterday;

¿cómo fue lo de tu accidente? how did your accident happen?;

¿qué fue de aquel amigo tuyo? what happened to that friend of yours?;

¿qué es de Pablo? how's Pablo (getting on)?

2. [constituir, consistir en] to be;

fue un acierto que nos quedáramos en casa we were right to stay at home;

lo importante es decidirse the important thing is to reach a decision;

su ambición era dar la vuelta al mundo her ambition was to travel round the world;

tratar así de mal a la gente es buscarse problemas treating people so badly is asking for trouble

3. [con fechas, horas] to be;

¿qué (día) es hoy? what day is it today?, what's today?;

hoy es jueves today's Thursday, it's Thursday today;

¿qué (fecha) es hoy? what's the date today?, what date is it today?;

mañana será 15 de julio tomorrow (it) will be 15 July;

¿qué hora es? what time is it?, what's the time?;

son las tres (de la tarde) it's three o'clock (in the afternoon), it's three (pm);

serán o [m5] deben de ser las tres it must be three (o'clock)

4. [con precios] to be;

¿cuánto es? how much is it?;

son 300 pesos that'll be 300 pesos;

¿a cómo son esos tomates? how much are those tomatoes?

5. [con cifras, en operaciones] to be;

ellos eran unos 500 there were about 500 of them;

11 por 100 son 1.100 11 times 100 is 1,100

6. [servir, ser adecuado]
ser para to be for;

este trapo es para (limpiar) las ventanas this cloth is for (cleaning) the windows;

este libro es para niños this book is for children;

la ciudad no es para mí the city isn't for me

7. [con "de" más infinitivo] [indica necesidad, posibilidad]
es de desear que… it is to be hoped that…;

era de esperar que pasara algo así it was to be expected that something like that would happen;

es de suponer que aparecerá presumably, he'll turn up;

es de temer cuando se enoja she's really scary when she gets angry

8. [para recalcar, poner énfasis]
ése es el que me lo contó he's the one who told me;

lo que es a mí, no me llamaron they certainly didn't call me, they didn't call me, anyway;

¿es que ya no te acuerdas? don't you remember any more, then?, you mean you don't remember any more?

9. [indica excusa, motivo]
es que no me hacen caso but o the thing is they don't listen to me;

es que no vine porque estaba enfermo the reason I didn't come is that I was ill, I didn't come because I was ill, you see;

¿cómo es que no te han avisado? how come they didn't tell you?

10. Literario [existir]
Platón, uno de los grandes sabios que en el mundo han sido Plato, one of the wisest men ever to walk this earth

11. [en frases]
a no ser que venga unless she comes;

tengo que conseguirlo (sea) como sea I have to get it one way or another;

hay que evitar (sea) como sea que se entere we have to prevent her from finding out at all costs o no matter what;

hazlo cuando sea do it whenever;

de no ser/haber sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;

de no ser por él no estaríamos vivos if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be alive;

de no ser así otherwise;

de ser así if that should happen;

déjalo donde sea leave it anywhere o wherever;

érase una vez, érase que se era once upon a time;

dile lo que sea, da igual tell her anything o whatever, it doesn't make any difference;

haré lo que sea para recuperar mi dinero I will do whatever it takes o anything to get my money back;

se enfadó, y no era para menos she got angry, and not without reason;

no sea que…, no vaya a ser que… in case…;

la llamaré ahora no sea que luego me olvide I'll call her now in case I forget later;

Estados Unidos y Japón, o sea, las dos economías mundiales más importantes the United States and Japan, that is to say o in other words, the two most important economies in the world;

50 euros, o sea unas 8.300 pesetas 50 euros, that's about 8,300 pesetas;

o sea que no quieres venir so you don't want to come then?;

por si fuera poco as if that wasn't enough;

habla con quien sea talk to anyone;

sea quien sea no abras la puerta don't open the door, whoever it is;

si no fuera/hubiera sido por… if it weren't/hadn't been for…;
Am
siendo que… seeing that o as…, given that…;
Am
siendo que tienes la plata, cómprate el vestido más caro seeing as o since you've got the money, buy yourself the more expensive dress

♦ v impersonal
[indica tiempo] to be;
es muy tarde it's rather late;

era de noche/de día it was night/day

♦ nm

1. [ente] being;

seres de otro planeta beings from another planet

Comp
ser humano human being;
Ser Supremo Supreme Being;

los seres vivos living things

2. [persona] person;

sus seres queridos his loved ones

3. [existencia]
mis padres me dieron el ser my parents gave me my life

4. [esencia, naturaleza] being;

la quiero con todo mi ser I love her with all my being o soul

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SER

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ser {77} vi

1) : to be

él es mi hermano: he is my brother

Camila es linda: Camila is pretty

2) : to exist, to live

ser, o no ser: to be or not to be

3) : to take place, to occur

el concierto es el domingo: the concert is on Sunday

4) (used with expressions of time, date, season)

son las diez: it's ten o'clock

hoy es el 9: today's the 9th

5) : to cost, to come to

¿cuánto es?: how much is it?

6) (with the future tense) : to be able to be

¿será posible?: can it be possible?

7)

ser de : to come from

somos de Managua: we're from Managua

8)

ser de : to belong to

ese lápiz es de Juan: that's Juan's pencil

9)

es que : the thing is that

es que no lo conozco: it's just that I don't know him

10)

¡sea! : agreed!, all right!

11)

sea... sea : either... or

ser v aux (used in passive constructions) : to be

la cuenta ha sido pagada: the bill has been paid

él fue asesinado: he was murdered

ser nm

: being

ser humano: human being

* * *

ser¹ n (ente) being

ser humano human being

ser vivo living creature

ser² vb

1. (en general) to be

mi amigo es alemán my friend is German

es médico he's a doctor

el cuadro es de Picasso the painting is by Picasso

cinco más cinco son diez five plus five are ten

serán quince euros that'll be fifteen euros

somos cinco there are five of us

la fiesta es el sábado the party is on Saturday

el presidente fue asesinado the president was murdered

2. (estar hecho) to be made

la mesa es de madera the table is made of wood

3. (pertenecer) to belong

este libro es de María this book belongs to María / this book is María's

a no ser que unless

a no ser que llueva unless it rains

érase una vez once upon a time

Spanish-English dictionary > ser
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14 Edison, Thomas Alva

SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building, Automotive engineering, Electricity, Electronics and information technology, Metallurgy, Photography, film and optics, Public utilities, Recording, Telecommunications

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b. 11 February 1847 Milan, Ohio, USA

d. 18 October 1931 Glenmont

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American inventor and pioneer electrical developer.

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He was the son of Samuel Edison, who was in the timber business. His schooling was delayed due to scarlet fever until 1855, when he was 8½ years old, but he was an avid reader. By the age of 14 he had a job as a newsboy on the railway from Port Huron to Detroit, a distance of sixty-three miles (101 km). He worked a fourteen-hour day with a stopover of five hours, which he spent in the Detroit Free Library. He also sold sweets on the train and, later, fruit and vegetables, and was soon making a profit of $20 a week. He then started two stores in Port Huron and used a spare freight car as a laboratory. He added a hand-printing press to produce 400 copies weekly of The Grand Trunk Herald, most of which he compiled and edited himself. He set himself to learn telegraphy from the station agent at Mount Clements, whose son he had saved from being run over by a freight car.

At the age of 16 he became a telegraphist at Port Huron. In 1863 he became railway telegraphist at the busy Stratford Junction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arranging a clock with a notched wheel to give the hourly signal which was to prove that he was awake and at his post! He left hurriedly after failing to hold a train which was nearly involved in a head-on collision. He usually worked the night shift, allowing himself time for experiments during the day. His first invention was an arrangement of two Morse registers so that a high-speed input could be decoded at a slower speed. Moving from place to place he held many positions as a telegraphist. In Boston he invented an automatic vote recorder for Congress and patented it, but the idea was rejected. This was the first of a total of 1180 patents that he was to take out during his lifetime. After six years he resigned from the Western Union Company to devote all his time to invention, his next idea being an improved ticker-tape machine for stockbrokers. He developed a duplex telegraphy system, but this was turned down by the Western Union Company. He then moved to New York.

Edison found accommodation in the battery room of Law's Gold Reporting Company, sleeping in the cellar, and there his repair of a broken transmitter marked him as someone of special talents. His superior soon resigned, and he was promoted with a salary of $300 a month. Western Union paid him $40,000 for the sole rights on future improvements on the duplex telegraph, and he moved to Ward Street, Newark, New Jersey, where he employed a gathering of specialist engineers. Within a year, he married one of his employees, Mary Stilwell, when she was only 16: a daughter, Marion, was born in 1872, and two sons, Thomas and William, in 1876 and 1879, respectively.

He continued to work on the automatic telegraph, a device to send out messages faster than they could be tapped out by hand: that is, over fifty words per minute or so. An earlier machine by Alexander Bain worked at up to 400 words per minute, but was not good over long distances. Edison agreed to work on improving this feature of Bain's machine for the Automatic Telegraph Company (ATC) for $40,000. He improved it to a working speed of 500 words per minute and ran a test between Washington and New York. Hoping to sell their equipment to the Post Office in Britain, ATC sent Edison to England in 1873 to negotiate. A 500-word message was to be sent from Liverpool to London every half-hour for six hours, followed by tests on 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of cable at Greenwich. Only confused results were obtained due to induction in the cable, which lay coiled in a water tank. Edison returned to New York, where he worked on his quadruplex telegraph system, tests of which proved a success between New York and Albany in December 1874. Unfortunately, simultaneous negotiation with Western Union and ATC resulted in a lawsuit.

Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a telephone in March 1876 while Edison was still working on the same idea. His improvements allowed the device to operate over a distance of hundreds of miles instead of only a few miles. Tests were carried out over the 106 miles (170 km) between New York and Philadelphia. Edison applied for a patent on the carbon-button transmitter in April 1877, Western Union agreeing to pay him $6,000 a year for the seventeen-year duration of the patent. In these years he was also working on the development of the electric lamp and on a duplicating machine which would make up to 3,000 copies from a stencil. In 1876–7 he moved from Newark to Menlo Park, twenty-four miles (39 km) from New York on the Pennsylvania Railway, near Elizabeth. He had bought a house there around which he built the premises that would become his "inventions factory". It was there that he began the use of his 200- page pocket notebooks, each of which lasted him about two weeks, so prolific were his ideas. When he died he left 3,400 of them filled with notes and sketches.

Late in 1877 he applied for a patent for a phonograph which was granted on 19 February 1878, and by the end of the year he had formed a company to manufacture this totally new product. At the time, Edison saw the device primarily as a business aid rather than for entertainment, rather as a dictating machine. In August 1878 he was granted a British patent. In July 1878 he tried to measure the heat from the solar corona at a solar eclipse viewed from Rawlins, Wyoming, but his "tasimeter" was too sensitive.

Probably his greatest achievement was "The Subdivision of the Electric Light" or the "glow bulb". He tried many materials for the filament before settling on carbon. He gave a demonstration of electric light by lighting up Menlo Park and inviting the public. Edison was, of course, faced with the problem of inventing and producing all the ancillaries which go to make up the electrical system of generation and distribution-meters, fuses, insulation, switches, cabling—even generators had to be designed and built; everything was new. He started a number of manufacturing companies to produce the various components needed.

In 1881 he built the world's largest generator, which weighed 27 tons, to light 1,200 lamps at the Paris Exhibition. It was later moved to England to be used in the world's first central power station with steam engine drive at Holborn Viaduct, London. In September 1882 he started up his Pearl Street Generating Station in New York, which led to a worldwide increase in the application of electric power, particularly for lighting. At the same time as these developments, he built a 1,300yd (1,190m) electric railway at Menlo Park.

On 9 August 1884 his wife died of typhoid. Using his telegraphic skills, he proposed to 19-year-old Mina Miller in Morse code while in the company of others on a train. He married her in February 1885 before buying a new house and estate at West Orange, New Jersey, building a new laboratory not far away in the Orange Valley.

Edison used direct current which was limited to around 250 volts. Alternating current was largely developed by George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla, using transformers to step up the current to a higher voltage for long-distance transmission. The use of AC gradually overtook the Edison DC system.

In autumn 1888 he patented a form of cinephotography, the kinetoscope, obtaining film-stock from George Eastman. In 1893 he set up the first film studio, which was pivoted so as to catch the sun, with a hinged roof which could be raised. In 1894 kinetoscope parlours with "peep shows" were starting up in cities all over America. Competition came from the Latham Brothers with a screen-projection machine, which Edison answered with his "Vitascope", shown in New York in 1896. This showed pictures with accompanying sound, but there was some difficulty with synchronization. Edison also experimented with captions at this early date.

In 1880 he filed a patent for a magnetic ore separator, the first of nearly sixty. He bought up deposits of low-grade iron ore which had been developed in the north of New Jersey. The process was a commercial success until the discovery of iron-rich ore in Minnesota rendered it uneconomic and uncompetitive. In 1898 cement rock was discovered in New Village, west of West Orange. Edison bought the land and started cement manufacture, using kilns twice the normal length and using half as much fuel to heat them as the normal type of kiln. In 1893 he met Henry Ford, who was building his second car, at an Edison convention. This started him on the development of a battery for an electric car on which he made over 9,000 experiments. In 1903 he sold his patent for wireless telegraphy "for a song" to Guglielmo Marconi.

In 1910 Edison designed a prefabricated concrete house. In December 1914 fire destroyed three-quarters of the West Orange plant, but it was at once rebuilt, and with the threat of war Edison started to set up his own plants for making all the chemicals that he had previously been buying from Europe, such as carbolic acid, phenol, benzol, aniline dyes, etc. He was appointed President of the Navy Consulting Board, for whom, he said, he made some forty-five inventions, "but they were pigeonholed, every one of them". Thus did Edison find that the Navy did not take kindly to civilian interference.

In 1927 he started the Edison Botanic Research Company, founded with similar investment from Ford and Firestone with the object of finding a substitute for overseas-produced rubber. In the first year he tested no fewer than 3,327 possible plants, in the second year, over 1,400, eventually developing a variety of Golden Rod which grew to 14 ft (4.3 m) in height. However, all this effort and money was wasted, due to the discovery of synthetic rubber.

In October 1929 he was present at Henry Ford's opening of his Dearborn Museum to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp, including a replica of the Menlo Park laboratory. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Sciences. He died in 1931 at his home, Glenmont; throughout the USA, lights were dimmed temporarily on the day of his funeral.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Member of the American Academy of Sciences. Congressional Gold Medal.

Further Reading

M.Josephson, 1951, Edison, Eyre \& Spottiswode.

R.W.Clark, 1977, Edison, the Man who Made the Future, Macdonald \& Jane.

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15 cámara1

¹ = vault, chamber, house.

Nota: De congreso, parlamento u otro organismo de gobierno.

Ex. Film and videotape are stored on the premises in vaults situated at the back of the library and are air conditioned to ensure a constant temperature.

Ex. In the central chamber about 100 sheets (130 litres) of A4 paper can be treated so as to imitate and accelerate their exposure to highly polluted air.

Ex. The first committee involving both houses of Congress in the new capital of Washington, D.C., was the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, founded in 1802.

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* ayuda de cámara = valet.

* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.

* cámara de combustión = combustion chamber.

* cámara de comercio = chamber of commerce.

* Cámara de Delegados = House of Delegates.

* cámara de gas = gas chamber.

* Cámara de los Comunes, la = House of Commons, the.

* Cámara de los Lores, la = House of Lords, the.

* Cámara de Representantes = House of Representatives.

* cámara de seguridad = storage vault.

* cámara de tortura = torture chamber.

* cámara de vapor = steam chamber.

* cámara frigorífica = cold vault, cool vault.

* cámara humidificadora = humidity chamber, humidifying chamber.

* música de cámara = chamber music.

* orquesta de cámara = chamber orchestra.

* pared con cámara de aire = cavity wall.

* rueda sin cámara = tubeless tyre.

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