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  • 1 chinoamericano

    Ex. The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.
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    Ex: The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chinoamericano

  • 2 mulo

    m.
    mule, hinny.
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    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (macho) mule; (hembra) she-mule
    \
    estar hecho,-a un/una mulo,-a to be as strong as an ox
    ser más terco,-a que una mula to be as stubborn as a mule
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    SM mule
    * * *
    masculino (male) mule
    * * *
    = mule.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.
    ----
    * mulo de carga = workhorse.
    * * *
    masculino (male) mule
    * * *
    = mule.

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.

    * mulo de carga = workhorse.

    * * *
    (male) mule
    estar hecho un mulo ( Esp fam); to be as strong as an ox o as a horse
    ver tb mula1 f A. (↑ mula (1))
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    mulo sustantivo masculino
    (male) mule
    mulo,-a m,f Zool mule
    ' mulo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mula
    English:
    mule
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    mulo nm
    1. [animal] mule
    2. Fam [persona fuerte]
    es un mulo he's as strong as a horse
    3. Fam [estúpido] thickhead
    * * *
    m ZO mule
    * * *
    mulo, -la n
    : mule
    * * *
    mulo n mule

    Spanish-English dictionary > mulo

  • 3 selección de textos

    Ex. The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.
    * * *

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > selección de textos

  • 4 acciones positivas

    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
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    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > acciones positivas

  • 5 androgenia

    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
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    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > androgenia

  • 6 asentamiento

    m.
    1 settlement.
    2 base, foundation.
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    1 (poblado) settlement
    2 MILITAR emplacement
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    SM
    1) (=acción) [de personas, partículas] settlement
    2) (=lugar) [de personas] settlement, establishment; [de animales] colony
    3) (=pueblo) shanty town, township
    4) (Med) settling
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    masculino settlement
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    = homesteading, settlement, habitation.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
    Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    ----
    * asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.
    * asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.
    * * *
    masculino settlement
    * * *
    = homesteading, settlement, habitation.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    * asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.
    * asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.

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    1 (acción) settlement, settling
    2 (colonia — de personas) settlement; (— de animales) colony
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    asentamiento sustantivo masculino
    settlement
    asentamiento sustantivo masculino settlement
    ' asentamiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    settlement
    * * *
    1. [acción] settlement
    Perú asentamiento humano shanty town; Am asentamiento ilegal illegal settlement
    2. [lugar] settlement
    * * *
    m settlement
    * * *
    : settlement

    Spanish-English dictionary > asentamiento

  • 7 asentamiento en tierras federales

    (n.) = homesteading
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
    * * *

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asentamiento en tierras federales

  • 8 colonización

    f.
    1 colonization, land settlement, colonisation.
    2 innidiation, colonization.
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    1 colonization
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    SF [de país, territorio] colonization
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    femenino colonization
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    = homesteading, colonisation [colonization, -USA], settlement.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
    Ex. This article discusses the indexing of archival records relating to European colonisation of the northernmost portion of Western Australia.
    Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
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    * anterior a la colonización = precontact.
    * * *
    femenino colonization
    * * *
    = homesteading, colonisation [colonization, -USA], settlement.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Ex: This article discusses the indexing of archival records relating to European colonisation of the northernmost portion of Western Australia.
    Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
    * anterior a la colonización = precontact.

    * * *
    settling, colonization; (de un territorio extranjero) colonization
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    colonización sustantivo femenino
    colonization
    colonización sustantivo femenino colonization
    ' colonización' also found in these entries:
    English:
    colonization
    - settlement
    * * *
    colonization
    * * *
    f colonization
    * * *
    colonización nf, pl - ciones : colonization

    Spanish-English dictionary > colonización

  • 9 cooperativa de consumo

    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
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    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cooperativa de consumo

  • 10 discriminación positiva

    f.
    reverse discrimination, positive discrimination, positive action, affirmative action.
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    (n.) = affirmative action, positive discrimination
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
    Ex. If the library is to compensate for social inequalities it must exercise positive discrimination and treat unequals unequally.
    * * *
    (n.) = affirmative action, positive discrimination

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Ex: If the library is to compensate for social inequalities it must exercise positive discrimination and treat unequals unequally.

    Spanish-English dictionary > discriminación positiva

  • 11 hermafroditismo

    m.
    1 hermaphroditism, hermaphrodism.
    2 gynandrism.
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    = androgyny, hermaphrodism.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
    Ex. The fact is that hermaphrodism is a genetic defect, not a separate sex, and maleness and femaleness are not social inventions but imbedded in DNA.
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    = androgyny, hermaphrodism.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Ex: The fact is that hermaphrodism is a genetic defect, not a separate sex, and maleness and femaleness are not social inventions but imbedded in DNA.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hermafroditismo

  • 12 China

    f.
    1 small stone, pebble (piedra).
    3 Indian woman. ( Latin American Spanish)
    4 maid (criada). (Argentinian Spanish, Chilean Spanish)
    5 china.
    6 Chinese woman.
    7 ironstone.
    8 slingshot, Y-shaped slingshot.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: chinar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: chinar.
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    1 China
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    noun f.
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    eso es así acá y en la China — that's the way things work, not just here but all over the world

    ni aquí or acá ni en la China — (fam) neither here nor anywhere

    * * *
    = China.
    Ex. There are Irish criminals, they are not all in Ireland; there are Chinese criminals; they are not all in China.
    ----
    * chinas = shingle.
    * col de China = Chinese cabbage.
    * * *

    eso es así acá y en la China — that's the way things work, not just here but all over the world

    ni aquí or acá ni en la China — (fam) neither here nor anywhere

    * * *

    Ex: There are Irish criminals, they are not all in Ireland; there are Chinese criminals; they are not all in China.

    * chinas = shingle.
    * col de China = Chinese cabbage.

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    f:
    tb la China China
    la China Roja or comunista Red o Communist China
    la China nacionalista Nationalist China
    acá y en la China ( fam): las cosas funcionan así acá y en la China that's the way things work, not just here but all over the world
    ni aquí or acá ni en la China ( fam); neither here nor anywhere
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    Multiple Entries:
    China    
    china
    China sustantivo femenino: tb

    china sustantivo femenino

    b) (Esp) ( porcelana) porcelain

    china sustantivo femenino
    1 (piedrecilla) pebble, small stone
    2 argot (de hachís) deal
    3 Geography (la) China, China
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar tocarle a uno la china, to get the short straw
    ' China' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abuelo
    - china
    - loza
    - muralla
    - naranja
    - oro
    - porcelana
    - tinta
    - venir
    - chino
    - Indochina
    - mundo
    - parlanchín
    English:
    bone china
    - China
    - exciting
    - Indian ink
    - literature
    - mishap
    - open up
    - pebble
    - travel
    - wok
    - afield
    - bone
    - china
    - chip
    - crack
    - fine
    - fragile
    - main
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    (la) China China
    la China comunista Communist China;
    la China nacionalista Nationalist China;
    la China roja Red China
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    f China
    * * *
    china nf
    1) : pebble, small stone
    2) PRi : orange

    Spanish-English dictionary > China

  • 13 difundir una idea

    (v.) = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex. This idea spread during an era in which reformers regarded the book as a curative for societal ills = Esta idea se difundió durante una era durante la que los reformistas consideraban el libro como un remedio para los males sociales.
    Ex. Our aim is to provoke discussion and to provide commentators with an opportunity to circulate their ideas in a new format.
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    (v.) = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea

    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.

    Ex: This idea spread during an era in which reformers regarded the book as a curative for societal ills = Esta idea se difundió durante una era durante la que los reformistas consideraban el libro como un remedio para los males sociales.
    Ex: Our aim is to provoke discussion and to provide commentators with an opportunity to circulate their ideas in a new format.

    Spanish-English dictionary > difundir una idea

  • 14 mano de obra

    labour
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    manpower, workforce
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    labor*
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    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], manpower, manpower force, work-force [workforce], work-force, labour force, manual labour
    Ex. Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.
    Ex. The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.
    Ex. This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. They were helpful in imparting the literacy and knowledge needed by modern technology without coercing the work-force away from its duty.
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex. The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.
    * * *
    labor*
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], manpower, manpower force, work-force [workforce], work-force, labour force, manual labour

    Ex: Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.

    Ex: The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.
    Ex: This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex: They were helpful in imparting the literacy and knowledge needed by modern technology without coercing the work-force away from its duty.
    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex: The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.

    * * *
    labor, Br
    labour, manpower

    Spanish-English dictionary > mano de obra

  • 15 población activa

    f.
    working population, workforce, active population.
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    working population
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    (n.) = working population, economically active population, work-force [workforce], labour force
    Ex. Information technology, then, will have a direct impact on the majority of the working population of highly developed countries.
    Ex. The indicators used were: economically active population, percentage of gross domestic product destined to research and development, and total number of researchers dedicated to research and development.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    * * *
    (n.) = working population, economically active population, work-force [workforce], labour force

    Ex: Information technology, then, will have a direct impact on the majority of the working population of highly developed countries.

    Ex: The indicators used were: economically active population, percentage of gross domestic product destined to research and development, and total number of researchers dedicated to research and development.
    Ex: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.

    * * *
    labor o Br
    labour force

    Spanish-English dictionary > población activa

  • 16 popular

    adj.
    1 popular (del pueblo) (creencia, movimiento, revuelta).
    la voluntad popular the will of the people
    hacerse popular to catch on
    f.
    Popular, Popular Inc.
    * * *
    1 (del pueblo) traditional
    2 (muy conocido) popular
    * * *
    adj.
    2) folk
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=del pueblo) [cultura, levantamiento] popular; [música] popular, folk antes de s ; [tradiciones] popular, folk antes de s ; [lenguaje] popular, colloquial
    2) (=de clase obrera)
    3) (=muy conocido) popular
    * * *
    1)
    a) <cultura/tradiciones> popular (before n); <canción/baile> traditional, folk (before n); < costumbres> traditional
    b) (Pol) <movimiento/rebelión> popular (before n)
    2) ( que gusta) <actor/programa/deporte> popular
    3) < lenguaje> colloquial
    * * *
    = folkloristic, popular, demotic, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, folkloric, grassroots [grass-roots], high selling.
    Ex. The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.
    Ex. Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
    Ex. Without language, the basic and demotic tool, no one would have a chance.
    Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex. The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex. Such recordings often originate in field work and are ethnomusicological, ethnolinguistic or folkloric in content.
    Ex. For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.
    Ex. Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.
    ----
    * acción popular = class action, class action suit.
    * a petición popular = by popular demand.
    * arte popular = folk art.
    * canción popular = popular song.
    * costumbre popular = folkway.
    * creencia popular = urban legend, popular belief.
    * cuento popular = folk tale.
    * cultura popular = public culture.
    * de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].
    * dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.
    * demanda popular = public demand.
    * dicho popular = saying, familiar saying, saw.
    * hacer popular = popularise [popularize, -USA].
    * hacerse popular = catch on.
    * impopular = unpopular.
    * lista de más populares = chart.
    * mito popular = popular myth, urban legend, folk myth.
    * mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.
    * música popular = popular music.
    * muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.
    * organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.
    * protesta popular = street protest.
    * República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.
    * República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.
    * República Popular Democrática de Corea, la = People's Democratic Republic of Korea, the.
    * ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.
    * ser popular = find + favour, be popular in appeal, attain + appeal, be popular.
    * ser popular entre = be popular with.
    * voto popular, el = popular vote, the.
    * * *
    1)
    a) <cultura/tradiciones> popular (before n); <canción/baile> traditional, folk (before n); < costumbres> traditional
    b) (Pol) <movimiento/rebelión> popular (before n)
    2) ( que gusta) <actor/programa/deporte> popular
    3) < lenguaje> colloquial
    * * *
    = folkloristic, popular, demotic, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, folkloric, grassroots [grass-roots], high selling.

    Ex: The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.

    Ex: Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.
    Ex: Without language, the basic and demotic tool, no one would have a chance.
    Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
    Ex: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.
    Ex: Such recordings often originate in field work and are ethnomusicological, ethnolinguistic or folkloric in content.
    Ex: For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.
    Ex: Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.
    * acción popular = class action, class action suit.
    * a petición popular = by popular demand.
    * arte popular = folk art.
    * canción popular = popular song.
    * costumbre popular = folkway.
    * creencia popular = urban legend, popular belief.
    * cuento popular = folk tale.
    * cultura popular = public culture.
    * de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].
    * dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.
    * demanda popular = public demand.
    * dicho popular = saying, familiar saying, saw.
    * hacer popular = popularise [popularize, -USA].
    * hacerse popular = catch on.
    * impopular = unpopular.
    * lista de más populares = chart.
    * mito popular = popular myth, urban legend, folk myth.
    * mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.
    * música popular = popular music.
    * muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.
    * organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.
    * protesta popular = street protest.
    * República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.
    * República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.
    * República Popular Democrática de Corea, la = People's Democratic Republic of Korea, the.
    * ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.
    * ser popular = find + favour, be popular in appeal, attain + appeal, be popular.
    * ser popular entre = be popular with.
    * voto popular, el = popular vote, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 (tradicional) ‹cultura/tradiciones› popular ( before n); ‹canción/baile› traditional, folk ( before n); ‹costumbres› traditional
    2 ( Pol) ‹movimiento/rebelión› popular ( before n)
    protestas populares popular o mass protests
    una manifestación popular a mass demonstration
    B (que gusta) ‹actor/programa/deporte› popular
    muy popular entre los jóvenes very popular with young people
    C ‹lenguaje› colloquial
    * * *

    popular adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹cultura/tradiciones› popular ( before n);

    ‹canción/baile/costumbres› traditional
    b) (Pol) ‹movimiento/rebelión› popular ( before n)

    2 ( que gusta) ‹actor/programa/deporte› popular
    popular adjetivo
    1 (folclórico) folk
    2 (humilde) las clases populares, the people, the working class
    3 (bien aceptado) popular
    4 (conocido, famoso) well-known
    ' popular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aceptación
    - cabezudo
    - cancionero
    - cómic
    - conocida
    - conocido
    - constancia
    - divulgación
    - infarto
    - interpretar
    - legitimar
    - pueblo
    - romería
    - seguidilla
    - solicitada
    - solicitado
    - atracción
    - concurrido
    - conjunto
    - copla
    - cultura
    - curandero
    - feria
    - jalador
    - palenque
    - pegar
    - petición
    - popularizar
    - usar
    - verbena
    - vulgar
    English:
    alike
    - bandwagon
    - belief
    - big
    - down-market
    - folk
    - folk song
    - immensely
    - itself
    - lore
    - outcry
    - pander
    - popular
    - request
    - throughout
    - by
    - catch
    - demand
    - downmarket
    - hot
    - pop
    - popularize
    - tabloid
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [del pueblo] [creencia, movimiento, revuelta] popular;
    la voluntad popular the will of the people;
    una insurrección/protesta popular a popular uprising/protest
    2. [arte, música] folk
    3. [precios] affordable
    4. [lenguaje] colloquial
    5. [famoso] popular;
    hacerse popular to catch on
    6. [aceptado] popular;
    es muy popular en la oficina she's very popular in the office
    7. Esp Pol = of/relating to the Partido Popular
    ♦ nmf
    Esp Pol = member/supporter of the Partido Popular
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( afamado) popular
    2 ( del pueblo) folk atr
    3 barrio lower-class
    II mpl
    :
    POL the Popular Party
    * * *
    popular adj
    1) : popular
    2) : traditional
    3) : colloquial
    * * *
    popular adj popular

    Spanish-English dictionary > popular

  • 17 remoto

    adj.
    1 remote, distant, far away, way-out.
    2 unlikely.
    3 distant, remote.
    * * *
    1 remote, far-off
    * * *
    (f. - remota)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [en el tiempo] far-off, distant

    en épocas remotas — in far-off o distant times

    2) [en el espacio] faraway, distant

    en un país remoto — in a faraway o distant country

    3) (=poco probable) remote

    -¿te enfrentarías a él? -¡ni por lo más remoto! — "would you stand up to him?" - "no way o not on your life!"

    * * *
    - ta adjetivo

    en épocas remotas — in distant o far-off times

    2)
    a) <lugar/mares/tierras> remote, far-off
    b) (Inf) remote
    3) < posibilidad> remote, slim; < esperanza> faint
    * * *
    = far-flung, off-site [offsite], outlying, outside, remote, hideaway, isolated, distant, outstation, distanced, secluded, secluded, off the beaten track.
    Ex. Books by authors of all origins, African, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, have now become commonplace in even the most far-flung libraries of Europe and America.
    Ex. These technologies will enhance the trend toward increased direct patron access to information in data bases and on-line catalogues often from off-site locations.
    Ex. Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
    Ex. A facility which extends beyond library housekeeping permits the viewing of outside data bases.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. Information was collected through a questionnaire circulated among 100 local as well as outstation scholars of the American Studies Research Centre.
    Ex. The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex. The article ' Off the beaten track. Small publishers in India' reviews the efforts of small and alternative presses in India in publishing the most exciting and innovative books for children.
    ----
    * control remoto = remote control.
    * control remoto de llavero = key fob.
    * en el pasado remoto = in the dim and distant past.
    * estación de trabajo remota = outstation.
    * lugar remoto = secluded spot.
    * no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.
    * percepción remota = remote sensing.
    * terminal remoto = remote terminal.
    * una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo

    en épocas remotas — in distant o far-off times

    2)
    a) <lugar/mares/tierras> remote, far-off
    b) (Inf) remote
    3) < posibilidad> remote, slim; < esperanza> faint
    * * *
    = far-flung, off-site [offsite], outlying, outside, remote, hideaway, isolated, distant, outstation, distanced, secluded, secluded, off the beaten track.

    Ex: Books by authors of all origins, African, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, have now become commonplace in even the most far-flung libraries of Europe and America.

    Ex: These technologies will enhance the trend toward increased direct patron access to information in data bases and on-line catalogues often from off-site locations.
    Ex: Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
    Ex: A facility which extends beyond library housekeeping permits the viewing of outside data bases.
    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: Information was collected through a questionnaire circulated among 100 local as well as outstation scholars of the American Studies Research Centre.
    Ex: The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex: The article ' Off the beaten track. Small publishers in India' reviews the efforts of small and alternative presses in India in publishing the most exciting and innovative books for children.
    * control remoto = remote control.
    * control remoto de llavero = key fob.
    * en el pasado remoto = in the dim and distant past.
    * estación de trabajo remota = outstation.
    * lugar remoto = secluded spot.
    * no tener ni la más remota posibilidad = not to have a prayer.
    * percepción remota = remote sensing.
    * terminal remoto = remote terminal.
    * una posibilidad muy remota = a long shot.

    * * *
    remoto -ta
    A
    (en el tiempo): en épocas remotas in distant o far-off times
    la tradición oral más remota que se conoce the oldest-known oral tradition
    B
    1 ‹lugar/mares/tierras› remote, far-off
    2 ( Inf) remote
    C ‹posibilidad› remote, slim; ‹esperanza› faint, slender
    no tengo (ni) la más remota idea I haven't the remotest o faintest o slightest idea
    D (vago) vague, hazy
    * * *

    remoto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹tiempo/época› distant, far-off ( before n)

    b) ‹lugar/mares/tierras› remote, far-off

    c) ‹ posibilidad› remote, slim;

    ‹ esperanza› faint;
    ◊ no tengo (ni) la más remota idea I haven't the remotest o faintest idea

    remoto,-a adjetivo
    1 (en el tiempo o en el espacio) remote, distant
    2 (una posibilidad, un peligro) remote, slim
    ♦ Locuciones: no tener la más remota idea, not to have the faintest idea
    ' remoto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    allá
    - antes
    - control
    - remota
    - última
    - último
    English:
    faraway
    - outside
    - remote
    - slender
    - slim
    - distant
    - far
    * * *
    remoto, -a adj
    1. [en el espacio] remote;
    visitantes de tierras remotas visitors from far-off lands
    2. [en el tiempo] distant, remote
    3. [posibilidad, parecido] remote;
    no tengo ni la más remota idea I haven't got the faintest idea
    4. Informát remote
    * * *
    adj remote;
    no tengo ni la más remota idea I haven’t the faintest idea
    * * *
    remoto, -ta adj
    1) : remote, unlikely
    hay una posibilidad remota: there is a slim possibility
    2) : distant, far-off
    * * *
    remoto adj remote

    Spanish-English dictionary > remoto

  • 18 trabajadores

    m.pl.
    workpeople, labour, labor, workmen.
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], work group, work-force [workforce], shop floor, labour force, working people
    Ex. Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.
    Ex. They found that when the work group associated itself with management, productivity rose.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. The system requires close cooperation between the library and shop floor.
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex. The author examines the social and architectural history of the industrial estate, using evidence from the experiences of working people.
    * * *
    (n.) = labour [labor, -USA], work group, work-force [workforce], shop floor, labour force, working people

    Ex: Encouraged by these developments, successive waves of cheap labor immigrated from Europe.

    Ex: They found that when the work group associated itself with management, productivity rose.
    Ex: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex: The system requires close cooperation between the library and shop floor.
    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex: The author examines the social and architectural history of the industrial estate, using evidence from the experiences of working people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajadores

  • 19 utensilio

    m.
    1 tool, implement (instrument).
    utensilios de cocina cooking utensils
    utensilios de pesca fishing tackle
    2 utensil, device, gadget, implement.
    * * *
    1 (herramienta) tool, utensil
    2 (aparato) device, implement
    * * *
    SM (=herramienta) tool, implement; (Culin) utensil
    * * *
    masculino ( instrumento) utensil; ( herramienta) tool

    utensilios de cocina — kitchen o cooking utensils

    * * *
    = utensil, implement, gadget.
    Ex. Chinese bronze utensils have been unearthed that not only provide data on China's ancient metallurgy, but also have inscriptions that are archival in nature.
    Ex. Object language comprises all intentional and non-intentional display of material things, such as implements, machines, art objects, architectural structures, and last but not least, the human body and whatever clothes cover it.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Exhibits in the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair: women's clothing, men's gadgets, hot dogs and haute couture'.
    ----
    * objetos y utensilios de escritura = stationery.
    * utensilio de cocina = kitchen utensil, cooking utensil.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.
    * utensilio para cortar = cutting tool.
    * utensilio para servir = serving utensil.
    * utensilios = gear.
    * utensilios de cocina = kitchenware.
    * utensilios de jardinería = garden implements.
    * utensilios de plata = silverware.
    * utensilios eléctricos = electrical appliances, appliances.
    * utensilios para la cocina = cookware.
    * * *
    masculino ( instrumento) utensil; ( herramienta) tool

    utensilios de cocina — kitchen o cooking utensils

    * * *
    = utensil, implement, gadget.

    Ex: Chinese bronze utensils have been unearthed that not only provide data on China's ancient metallurgy, but also have inscriptions that are archival in nature.

    Ex: Object language comprises all intentional and non-intentional display of material things, such as implements, machines, art objects, architectural structures, and last but not least, the human body and whatever clothes cover it.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Exhibits in the American Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair: women's clothing, men's gadgets, hot dogs and haute couture'.
    * objetos y utensilios de escritura = stationery.
    * utensilio de cocina = kitchen utensil, cooking utensil.
    * utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.
    * utensilio para cortar = cutting tool.
    * utensilio para servir = serving utensil.
    * utensilios = gear.
    * utensilios de cocina = kitchenware.
    * utensilios de jardinería = garden implements.
    * utensilios de plata = silverware.
    * utensilios eléctricos = electrical appliances, appliances.
    * utensilios para la cocina = cookware.

    * * *
    utensilios de cocina kitchen o cooking utensils
    utensilios de laboratorio laboratory apparatus
    utensilios de pesca fishing tackle
    utensilios de jardinería gardening tools and equipment
    * * *

    utensilio sustantivo masculino ( instrumento) utensil;
    ( herramienta) tool;
    ◊ utensilios de cocina kitchen o cooking utensils;

    utensilios de laboratorio laboratory apparatus;
    utensilios de pesca fishing tackle
    utensilio m (herramienta de labranza, de pesca, de costura) tool
    (de uso frecuente) utensil

    ' utensilio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    matamoscas
    - nivel
    - peso
    - abanico
    - forjar
    - fregona
    - medida
    - plancha
    - plato
    - recipiente
    - regla
    - tosco
    - traste
    English:
    crude
    - right-handed
    - slice
    - utensil
    * * *
    [instrumento] tool, implement; [de cocina] utensil;
    utensilios de limpieza cleaning equipment;
    utensilios de pesca fishing tackle
    * * *
    m tool; de cocina utensil;
    utensilios pl equipment sg ;
    utensilios de pesca pl fishing tackle sg
    * * *
    : utensil, tool
    * * *
    1. (de cocina) utensil
    3. (de agricultura) implement

    Spanish-English dictionary > utensilio

  • 20 zamba

    adj.&f.
    1 bandy-legged.
    2 applied to the son of an Indian by a Chinese woman, or of a Chinaman by an Indian woman.
    f.
    1 an American wild monkey, resembling a dog, with the head of a horse.
    2 samba.
    * * *
    zambo
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    llamar a algn zamba (y) canuta ( Chi fam); to call sb every name under the sun ( colloq)
    * * *

    zamba sustantivo femenino
    zamba ( South American folk dance)
    zambo,-a
    I adjetivo knock-kneed
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 knock-kneed person
    2 LAm person who is half Amerindian and half African
    * * *
    zamba nf
    1. [baile] = popular South American dance
    * * *
    f Arg ( baile) Argentinian folkdance
    I adj knock-kneed, bandy-legged
    II m, zamba f L.Am.
    person of mixed black and Indian descent

    Spanish-English dictionary > zamba

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