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Funding cuts

  • 1 recorte presupuestario

    m.
    budget cut, budgetary cut, budgeting cut.
    * * *
    (n.) = budget cut, budget crunch, budget squeeze, budgetary cut, funding cut
    Ex. There are many good reasons for avoiding too heavy a reliance on one national library and the recent budget cuts are a warning.
    Ex. Public libraries, especially in New York City, are feeling severe budget crunches, because we really haven't been relevant to people and, therefore, nobody uses us = Las bibliotecas públicas, especialmente de la ciudad de Nueva York, están sufriendo graves recortes presupuestarios debido a que la gente no nos ha encontrado necesarios y, por lo tanto, nadie nos utiliza.
    Ex. We couldn't afford to do everything we used to, so standardized entry would be one of the casualties in any budget squeeze.
    Ex. Budgetary cuts are affecting the provision of special collections in tertiary education.
    Ex. Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.
    * * *
    (n.) = budget cut, budget crunch, budget squeeze, budgetary cut, funding cut

    Ex: There are many good reasons for avoiding too heavy a reliance on one national library and the recent budget cuts are a warning.

    Ex: Public libraries, especially in New York City, are feeling severe budget crunches, because we really haven't been relevant to people and, therefore, nobody uses us = Las bibliotecas públicas, especialmente de la ciudad de Nueva York, están sufriendo graves recortes presupuestarios debido a que la gente no nos ha encontrado necesarios y, por lo tanto, nadie nos utiliza.
    Ex: We couldn't afford to do everything we used to, so standardized entry would be one of the casualties in any budget squeeze.
    Ex: Budgetary cuts are affecting the provision of special collections in tertiary education.
    Ex: Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte presupuestario

  • 2 recorte del presupuesto

    (n.) = budgetary constraint, funding cut
    Ex. Additional measures are also critical at a time when many public libraries are facing budgetary constraints.
    Ex. Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.
    * * *
    (n.) = budgetary constraint, funding cut

    Ex: Additional measures are also critical at a time when many public libraries are facing budgetary constraints.

    Ex: Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte del presupuesto

  • 3 recorte en el presupuesto

    (n.) = funding cut
    Ex. Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.
    * * *

    Ex: Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte en el presupuesto

  • 4 difusión de rumores

    Ex. In a climate of funding cuts libraries need to remain calm, think objectively, face commercial realities and outlaw rumour mongering = En un clima de recortes presupuestarios las bibliotecas necesitan permanecer en calma, pensar objetivamente, hacer frente a las realidades comerciales y prohibir la difusión de rumores.
    * * *

    Ex: In a climate of funding cuts libraries need to remain calm, think objectively, face commercial realities and outlaw rumour mongering = En un clima de recortes presupuestarios las bibliotecas necesitan permanecer en calma, pensar objetivamente, hacer frente a las realidades comerciales y prohibir la difusión de rumores.

    Spanish-English dictionary > difusión de rumores

  • 5 reciclaje

    m.
    1 recycling.
    2 retraining.
    * * *
    1 (de materias) recycling
    2 (de personas) retraining
    \
    curso de reciclaje refresher course
    * * *
    = retraining [re-training], recycling [re-cycling], reskilling [re-skilling].
    Ex. Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.
    Ex. The main accent is on primary raw materials, with particular emphasis on the extraction and use of uranium, and on the recycling of municipal and industrial wastes.
    Ex. It is likely that there will be a gradual reskilling of programmers, learning the new techniques involved.
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    * curso de reciclaje = refresher course, retraining course.
    * papelera de reciclaje = recycle bin.
    * * *
    = retraining [re-training], recycling [re-cycling], reskilling [re-skilling].

    Ex: Funding cuts have made re-training difficult in some instances.

    Ex: The main accent is on primary raw materials, with particular emphasis on the extraction and use of uranium, and on the recycling of municipal and industrial wastes.
    Ex: It is likely that there will be a gradual reskilling of programmers, learning the new techniques involved.
    * curso de reciclaje = refresher course, retraining course.
    * papelera de reciclaje = recycle bin.

    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    reciclado    
    reciclaje
    reciclado,
    ◊ reciclaje sustantivo masculino

    a) (de papel, vidrio) recycling


    reciclaje sustantivo masculino
    1 (de materiales) recycling
    2 (de personas) retraining
    curso de reciclaje, refresher course
    ' reciclaje' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cursillo
    - reciclado
    English:
    recycling
    - retrain
    * * *
    1. [de residuos] recycling
    2. [de personas] retraining
    * * *
    m recycling;
    * * *
    1) : recycling
    2) : retraining
    * * *
    reciclaje n recycling

    Spanish-English dictionary > reciclaje

  • 6 recorte

    m.
    1 cut, trimming (pieza cortada).
    2 cut, cutback.
    recorte presupuestario/salarial budget/salary cut
    3 cutout (cartulina).
    4 swerve, sidestep (sport).
    5 clipping, snip, clip, cutting.
    6 pruning, scissoring, trimming.
    7 slander, backbiting, calumny, defamation.
    8 windowing.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: recortar.
    * * *
    1 (acción) cutting
    2 (trozo) cutting, clipping
    3 (de períodico) press clipping, newspaper cutting
    4 (de pelo) trim, cut, reduction
    5 figurado (reducción) cut, reduction
    * * *
    noun m.
    cut, reduction
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acción) cutting, trimming
    2) [del pelo] trim
    3) [para economizar] cut

    han anunciado un recorte de o en los gastos — they have announced a cut o cutback in spending

    recortes de personal, recortes de plantilla — staff cutbacks

    4) [de periódico, revista] cutting, clipping
    5) CAm * (=comentario) nasty remark
    * * *
    1) (de periódico, revista) cutting, clipping
    2) (Fin) ( acción) cutting; ( efecto) cut, reduction
    * * *
    = axe [ax, -USA], cut, cutback, cutting, cutting, squeeze, snip, clipping.
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    Ex. Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex. The vast majority of inquiries received by the van had nothing to do with consumer problems and, with the cutbacks of the 1980s, the service was withdrawn.
    Ex. This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.
    Ex. Guard book or scrapbook type arrangement, with possibly a loose-leaf format, is suitable for organising and keeping cuttings, letters and other small items.
    Ex. Even library services to rural areas have been affected by the squeeze on public sector spending.
    Ex. With a snip here and a snip there, it's easy to turn a plant into a living sculpture.
    Ex. The interlacing of twigs into wickerwork is in all probability contemporary with first clipping of flint into arrow-heads.
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    * album de recortes = guard book, scrapbook.
    * archivo de recortes = cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * archivo de recortes de prensa = newspaper clippings archives.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * experimentar recortes = suffer + cuts.
    * imponer recortes = impose + cuts.
    * padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
    * período de recortes presupuestarios = budget-slashing times.
    * recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.
    * recorte del presupuesto = budgetary constraint, funding cut.
    * recorte de periódico = clipping, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * recorte de plantilla = downsizing.
    * recorte de pliego = offcut.
    * recorte de prensa = press cutting [press-cutting], press clipping, newspaper clipping.
    * recorte de presupuesto = cut in budget.
    * recorte económico = axe [ax, -USA].
    * recorte en el presupuesto = funding cut.
    * recorte presupuestario = budget cut, budget crunch, budget squeeze, budgetary cut, funding cut.
    * recortes = contraction, under the knife.
    * recorte salarial = salary cut.
    * recortes económicos = economic retrenchment, retrenchment, financial cutbacks, economic cuts, spending cuts, expenditure cuts.
    * recortes presupuestarios = budget cutting.
    * recortes presupuestarios + hacerse sentir = budget cut + bite.
    * * *
    1) (de periódico, revista) cutting, clipping
    2) (Fin) ( acción) cutting; ( efecto) cut, reduction
    * * *
    = axe [ax, -USA], cut, cutback, cutting, cutting, squeeze, snip, clipping.

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex: The vast majority of inquiries received by the van had nothing to do with consumer problems and, with the cutbacks of the 1980s, the service was withdrawn.
    Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.
    Ex: Guard book or scrapbook type arrangement, with possibly a loose-leaf format, is suitable for organising and keeping cuttings, letters and other small items.
    Ex: Even library services to rural areas have been affected by the squeeze on public sector spending.
    Ex: With a snip here and a snip there, it's easy to turn a plant into a living sculpture.
    Ex: The interlacing of twigs into wickerwork is in all probability contemporary with first clipping of flint into arrow-heads.
    * album de recortes = guard book, scrapbook.
    * archivo de recortes = cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * archivo de recortes de prensa = newspaper clippings archives.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * experimentar recortes = suffer + cuts.
    * imponer recortes = impose + cuts.
    * padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
    * período de recortes presupuestarios = budget-slashing times.
    * recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.
    * recorte del presupuesto = budgetary constraint, funding cut.
    * recorte de periódico = clipping, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * recorte de plantilla = downsizing.
    * recorte de pliego = offcut.
    * recorte de prensa = press cutting [press-cutting], press clipping, newspaper clipping.
    * recorte de presupuesto = cut in budget.
    * recorte económico = axe [ax, -USA].
    * recorte en el presupuesto = funding cut.
    * recorte presupuestario = budget cut, budget crunch, budget squeeze, budgetary cut, funding cut.
    * recortes = contraction, under the knife.
    * recorte salarial = salary cut.
    * recortes económicos = economic retrenchment, retrenchment, financial cutbacks, economic cuts, spending cuts, expenditure cuts.
    * recortes presupuestarios = budget cutting.
    * recortes presupuestarios + hacerse sentir = budget cut + bite.

    * * *
    A (de un periódico, una revista) cutting, clipping
    B ( Fin) (acción) cutting; (efecto) cut, reduction
    recortes presupuestarios budget cuts, reductions in the budget
    C
    ( Méx fam) (maledicencia): se dedicaron al recorte they spent their time pulling everyone apart o tearing into people ( colloq)
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    Del verbo recortar: ( conjugate recortar)

    recorté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    recorte es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    recortar    
    recorte
    recortar ( conjugate recortar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹figura/artículo/anuncio› to cut out

    b) ‹pelo/puntas› to trim

    2 ‹gastos/plantilla› to reduce
    recorte sustantivo masculino
    1 (de periódico, revista) cutting, clipping
    2 (Fin) ( acción) cutting;
    ( efecto) cut, reduction
    recortar verbo transitivo
    1 (una foto, un texto) to cut out
    2 (bordes, puntas del pelo) to trim
    3 (gastos) to reduce, cut
    recorte sustantivo masculino
    1 (de prensa) cutting, clipping
    2 (de bordes, pelo) trim, cut
    3 (de gastos) reduction, cut
    ' recorte' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clipping
    - cut
    - cutting
    - press cutting
    - snip
    - spending cut
    - off
    - trim
    * * *
    1. [pieza cortada] trimming;
    [de periódico, revista] cutting, clipping
    2. [reducción] cut, cutback
    recortes de personal job cuts;
    recorte salarial wage o pay cut
    3. [cartulina] cutout
    4. Dep sidestep
    5. Méx Fam [crítica] nasty o snide remark;
    no me gustan tus amigos, están siempre en el recorte I don't like your friends, they're always being nasty about o Br slagging off other people
    * * *
    m fig
    cutback;
    recorte de periódico cutting, clipping;
    recorte salarial salary cut;
    recorte de personal reduction in personnel, personnel cutback;
    recortes sociales pl cutbacks in public services
    * * *
    1) : cut, reduction
    2) : clipping
    recortes de periódicos: newspaper clippings

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte

  • 7 cada vez menor

    (adj.) = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending
    Ex. It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.
    Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
    Ex. It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.
    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. With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.
    Ex. As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar.
    Ex. Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
    Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex. It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.
    Ex. Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.
    Ex. The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market.
    * * *
    (adj.) = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending

    Ex: It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.

    Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
    Ex: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.
    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: With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.
    Ex: As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar.
    Ex: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
    Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.
    Ex: Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.
    Ex: The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez menor

  • 8 expresar + Posesivo + opinión

    (v.) = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice
    Ex. In her essay, Montaigne's adoptive daughter struggled to find her own voice while speaking as the authorized representative of her father.
    Ex. But the practical question that gets asked again and again is how does the reader find voice on the printed page.
    Ex. The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.
    * * *
    (v.) = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice

    Ex: In her essay, Montaigne's adoptive daughter struggled to find her own voice while speaking as the authorized representative of her father.

    Ex: But the practical question that gets asked again and again is how does the reader find voice on the printed page.
    Ex: The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresar + Posesivo + opinión

  • 9 expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos

    (v.) = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice
    Ex. In her essay, Montaigne's adoptive daughter struggled to find her own voice while speaking as the authorized representative of her father.
    Ex. But the practical question that gets asked again and again is how does the reader find voice on the printed page.
    Ex. The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.
    * * *
    (v.) = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice

    Ex: In her essay, Montaigne's adoptive daughter struggled to find her own voice while speaking as the authorized representative of her father.

    Ex: But the practical question that gets asked again and again is how does the reader find voice on the printed page.
    Ex: The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos

  • 10 problemas iniciales

    m.pl.
    1 growing pains.
    2 teething troubles, teething problems.
    * * *
    = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains
    Ex. This article describes the installation of the terminal, teething problems, staff training, searching on-line, and selection of staff for training.
    Ex. This article describes how the library is coping with cataloguing given the speed with which it has grown, teething troubles with new software, backlogs, and funding and staffing cuts.
    Ex. Information technology is in a period of dynamic growth, accompanied by all the growing pains and uncertainties which characterize the 'adolescent phase' of a young subject.
    * * *
    = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains

    Ex: This article describes the installation of the terminal, teething problems, staff training, searching on-line, and selection of staff for training.

    Ex: This article describes how the library is coping with cataloguing given the speed with which it has grown, teething troubles with new software, backlogs, and funding and staffing cuts.
    Ex: Information technology is in a period of dynamic growth, accompanied by all the growing pains and uncertainties which characterize the 'adolescent phase' of a young subject.

    Spanish-English dictionary > problemas iniciales

  • 11 protestar

    v.
    1 to complain.
    protestaron por el mal servicio they complained about the poor service
    protestaban contra la detención del líder sindical they were protesting against the arrest of the union leader
    ¡protesto! (law) objection!
    2 to grumble.
    haz lo que te digo sin protestar do what I tell you and no grumbling
    3 to protest, to object, to remonstrate, to present an objection.
    María se quejó contra los perros Mary complained against the dogs.
    * * *
    1 (mostrar disconformidad) to protest ( contra, against)
    2 DERECHO to raise an objection
    ■ ¡protesto, su señoría! objection, Your Honour!
    3 (refunfuñar) to moan
    \
    sin protestar without protest
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=quejarse) to complain

    protestaron contra la subida de la gasolina — they complained o frm protested against the rise in the price of petrol

    protestó por lo mal que la habían tratado — she complained o frm protested about how badly she had been treated

    2) (Jur)

    ¡protesto, Su Señoría! — objection, Your Honour!

    ¡protesto contra esa observación! — I resent that!, I object to that remark!

    2. VT
    1) [+ letra, pagaré] to protest, note
    2) frm (=declarar) to protest
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( mostrar desacuerdo) to protest

    protesto, su señoría! — objection, your Honor*, I object, your Honor

    b) ( quejarse) to complain

    protestar POR or DE algo — to complain about something

    nadie protestó cuando lo propuse — nobody complained o objected when I made the proposal

    2.
    1)
    a) (Com, Fin) < letra> to protest; < cheque> to refer... to drawer, dishonor*
    b) <actuación/decisión> to protest about o at
    2) (frml) < inocencia> to protest
    * * *
    = protest, remonstrate, make + protest, squwak, be (all) up in arms, find + a voice, mouth off, rail against, speak out against, cry + foul, raise + Posesivo + voice, stage + protest, make + a noise about, make + noises about.
    Ex. 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.
    Ex. 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.
    Ex. This announcement caused a lot of concern among organisations such as OCLC and the library community in the USA, and many protests have been made.
    Ex. Again, I must squawk about the futility of seeking consensus on specific meanings of words.
    Ex. And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.
    Ex. The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.
    Ex. She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex. She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.
    Ex. Such restraint creates a ridiculous and pathetic situation in which librarians refuse to speak out against, or work to defeat legislation destructive to libraries such as California's Propositions.
    Ex. Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
    Ex. As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.
    Ex. Fishermen from across the UK have staged a protest in London over the impact of spiralling fuel prices on their industry.
    Ex. The really good news is that we can stand up as one and that all we have to do is make a noise about it.
    Ex. The government have been making noises about it for some time but haven't quite got round to it.
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    * aceptar Algo sin protestar = take + Nombre + lying down.
    * protestar enérgicamente = protest + forcefully.
    * protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * protestar furiosamente = rage against.
    * protestar por = bridle at.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( mostrar desacuerdo) to protest

    protesto, su señoría! — objection, your Honor*, I object, your Honor

    b) ( quejarse) to complain

    protestar POR or DE algo — to complain about something

    nadie protestó cuando lo propuse — nobody complained o objected when I made the proposal

    2.
    1)
    a) (Com, Fin) < letra> to protest; < cheque> to refer... to drawer, dishonor*
    b) <actuación/decisión> to protest about o at
    2) (frml) < inocencia> to protest
    * * *
    = protest, remonstrate, make + protest, squwak, be (all) up in arms, find + a voice, mouth off, rail against, speak out against, cry + foul, raise + Posesivo + voice, stage + protest, make + a noise about, make + noises about.

    Ex: 'He's building himself a small empire,' one protested bitterly.

    Ex: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.
    Ex: This announcement caused a lot of concern among organisations such as OCLC and the library community in the USA, and many protests have been made.
    Ex: Again, I must squawk about the futility of seeking consensus on specific meanings of words.
    Ex: And everyone who reads, writes, sings, does research, or teaches should be up in arms but the real question is why so few people are complaining.
    Ex: The author argues that people must find a voice to address cuts in funding for the arts.
    Ex: She walked into the tavern and started mouthing off about my less than exemplary manliness.
    Ex: She has vented her frustration over the nation's over-zealous traffic wardens and railed against the littered streets.
    Ex: Such restraint creates a ridiculous and pathetic situation in which librarians refuse to speak out against, or work to defeat legislation destructive to libraries such as California's Propositions.
    Ex: Hillary has put her cards on the table and her supporters still do not cry foul.
    Ex: As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.
    Ex: Fishermen from across the UK have staged a protest in London over the impact of spiralling fuel prices on their industry.
    Ex: The really good news is that we can stand up as one and that all we have to do is make a noise about it.
    Ex: The government have been making noises about it for some time but haven't quite got round to it.
    * aceptar Algo sin protestar = take + Nombre + lying down.
    * protestar enérgicamente = protest + forcefully.
    * protestar en vano = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
    * protestar furiosamente = rage against.
    * protestar por = bridle at.

    * * *
    protestar [A1 ]
    vi
    to protest protestar CONTRA algo to protest AGAINST o ABOUT sth
    protestan contra la carestía de vida they're protesting against o about the high cost of living
    protestar POR or DE algo to complain ABOUT sth
    protestó por el trato recibido he complained about o protested about o at the way he had been treated
    hágalo ahora mismo y sin protestar do it right now and no complaining o don't start complaining
    ¡protesto, señoría! objection, your Honor! o I object, your Honor!
    —no es culpa mía —protestó it's not my fault, he protested
    nadie protestó cuando lo propuse nobody complained o objected when I made the proposal
    ■ protestar
    vt
    A
    1 ( Com, Fin) ‹letra› to protest; ‹cheque› to refer … to drawer, dishonor*
    2 ‹actuación› to protest about o at
    protestaron la decisión del árbitro they protested about o at the referee's decision, they protested the referee's decision ( AmE)
    B ( frml); ‹inocencia› to protest
    * * *

    protestar ( conjugate protestar) verbo intransitivo

    protestar CONTRA algo to protest against o about sth

    protestar POR or DE algo to complain about sth
    protestar verbo intransitivo
    1 (manifestar desacuerdo) to protest: vamos a protestar contra la subida de impuestos, we're going to protest against the rise in taxes
    2 (quejarse) to complain: siempre está protestando por el frío, he's always complaining about the cold
    3 Jur to object
    4 Com to protest
    ' protestar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bien
    - chistar
    - levantarse
    - pitar
    - rechistar
    - sentada
    - alegar
    - energía
    - patalear
    - plantón
    - quejarse
    - valer
    - valor
    - venga
    - zapatear
    English:
    constrained
    - fuss
    - protest
    - rage
    - remonstrate
    - contest
    - move
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [quejarse] to complain (por/contra about/against); [en manifestación] to protest (por/contra about/against);
    protestaron por el mal servicio they complained about the poor service;
    los manifestantes protestaban contra la detención del líder sindical the demonstrators were protesting against the arrest of the union leader
    2. [refunfuñar] to grumble;
    haz lo que te digo sin protestar do what I tell you and no grumbling
    3. Der
    ¡protesto! [en juicio] objection!
    ♦ vt
    1. Com to protest
    2. Méx [prometer]
    el presidente protestó su cargo ante el congreso the president was sworn in before parliament
    * * *
    I v/t protest
    II v/i
    1 ( quejarse) complain (por, de about)
    2 ( expresar oposición) protest (contra, por about, against)
    * * *
    : to protest, to object
    1) : to protest, to object to
    2) : to declare, to profess
    * * *
    1. (oponerse a) to protest
    2. (quejarse) to complain / to moan

    Spanish-English dictionary > protestar

  • 12 recorte de personal

    (n.) = downsizing, staffing cut
    Ex. Downsizing has increased productivity and decreased throughput time for materials in technical services.
    Ex. This article describes how the library is coping with cataloguing given the speed with which it has grown, teething troubles with new software, backlogs, and funding and staffing cuts.
    * * *
    (n.) = downsizing, staffing cut

    Ex: Downsizing has increased productivity and decreased throughput time for materials in technical services.

    Ex: This article describes how the library is coping with cataloguing given the speed with which it has grown, teething troubles with new software, backlogs, and funding and staffing cuts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte de personal

  • 13 recortar

    v.
    1 to cut off or away (cortar) (lo que sobra).
    2 to trim (pelo, flequillo).
    3 to cut (down) (gastos).
    4 to cut out, to crop, to clip, to clip off.
    Lisa recorta las plantas Lisa trims the plants.
    5 to prune, to trim.
    6 to cut back, to cut down, to lower, to cut.
    Lisa recorta los gastos Lisa cuts back the expenses.
    7 to suppress, to eliminate.
    8 to criticize, to censure, to carp at, to dispraise.
    * * *
    1 (muñecos, telas, etc) to cut out
    2 (lo que sobra) to cut off
    3 (el pelo) to trim
    4 figurado to cut, restrict
    1 (sobresalir) to stand out
    * * *
    verb
    1) to cut, reduce
    2) trim
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ pelo] to trim; [+ exceso, sobras] to cut away, cut off
    2) [+ figura, diseño] to cut out
    3) [+ escopeta] to saw off
    4) [+ presupuesto] to cut, reduce; [+ plantilla] to cut, cut back; [+ víveres] to cut down
    5) (=perfilar) to draw in outline
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <figura/artículo/anuncio> to cut out
    b) <pelo/puntas> to trim
    2) <gastos/plantilla> to reduce
    3) (Méx fam) ( criticar) to tear into (colloq), to pull... apart (colloq)
    2.
    recortarse v pron (liter) perfil/figura

    recortarse SOBRE algo — to be outlined o silhouetted against something

    * * *
    = cut away, cut, trim, pare down, clip, make + inroads, cutting out, slim down, cut out, trim off, shave off, prune, slash.
    Ex. Punching equipment is not always as accurate as it might be; holes may not be well centred upon their coding position, and holes are sometimes not completely cut away.
    Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex. The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).
    Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex. Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.
    Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.
    Ex. These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.
    Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex. The project focused on newspaper clipping archives and libraries which currently cut out articles.
    Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex. Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
    ----
    * dado a recortar presupuestos = budget-cutting.
    * máquina de recortar con cuchilla recta = straight-knife trimming machine.
    * recortar el presupuesto = cut back + budget, cut + budget, squeeze + budget.
    * recortar gastos = cut + expenditure, cut + expenses.
    * recortar la financiación = cut + funding.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <figura/artículo/anuncio> to cut out
    b) <pelo/puntas> to trim
    2) <gastos/plantilla> to reduce
    3) (Méx fam) ( criticar) to tear into (colloq), to pull... apart (colloq)
    2.
    recortarse v pron (liter) perfil/figura

    recortarse SOBRE algo — to be outlined o silhouetted against something

    * * *
    = cut away, cut, trim, pare down, clip, make + inroads, cutting out, slim down, cut out, trim off, shave off, prune, slash.

    Ex: Punching equipment is not always as accurate as it might be; holes may not be well centred upon their coding position, and holes are sometimes not completely cut away.

    Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex: The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).
    Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex: Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.
    Ex: In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.
    Ex: These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.
    Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex: The project focused on newspaper clipping archives and libraries which currently cut out articles.
    Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
    * dado a recortar presupuestos = budget-cutting.
    * máquina de recortar con cuchilla recta = straight-knife trimming machine.
    * recortar el presupuesto = cut back + budget, cut + budget, squeeze + budget.
    * recortar gastos = cut + expenditure, cut + expenses.
    * recortar la financiación = cut + funding.

    * * *
    recortar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹figura/artículo/anuncio› to cut out
    la escopeta tenía los cañones recortados the barrels of the shotgun had been sawed off ( AmE) o ( BrE) sawn off
    2 ‹pelo/puntas› to trim
    B ‹presupuesto/gastos› to cut, reduce; ‹plantilla› to reduce, cut down on
    C ( Méx fam) (criticar) to tear into ( colloq), to pull … apart ( colloq)
    ( liter) recortarse SOBRE algo to stand out AGAINST sth, be silhouetted AGAINST sth
    * * *

    recortar ( conjugate recortar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹figura/artículo/anuncio› to cut out

    b) ‹pelo/puntas› to trim

    2 ‹gastos/plantilla› to reduce
    recortar verbo transitivo
    1 (una foto, un texto) to cut out
    2 (bordes, puntas del pelo) to trim
    3 (gastos) to reduce, cut
    ' recortar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ax
    - axe
    - clip
    - cut out
    - lop off
    - trim
    - cut
    - edit
    - scale
    - whittle
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [cortar] [lo que sobra] to cut off o away;
    [figuras] to cut out
    2. [pelo, flequillo] to trim
    3. [reducir] to cut;
    hay que recortar gastos we'll have to cut (down) our expenditure
    4. Dep to sidestep;
    recortó a un defensa he sidestepped a defender
    * * *
    v/t cut out; fig
    cut; exceso reduce, cut back on
    * * *
    1) : to cut, to reduce
    2) : to cut out
    3) : to trim, to cut off
    4) : to outline
    * * *
    1. (foto, figura, etc) to cut out [pt. & pp. cut]
    2. (pelo, bordes, etc) to trim [pt. & pp. trimmed]
    3. (gastos) to cut [pt. & pp. cut]

    Spanish-English dictionary > recortar

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