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La privación afina los sentidos

  • 1 afinar

    v.
    afinar la voz to sing in tune
    Elsa afina su piano Elsa tunes her piano.
    2 to fine-tune.
    afinar la puntería to improve one's aim
    3 to refine.
    La refinería afina el aceite The refinery refines the oil.
    4 to sing in tune.
    5 to work out, to iron out.
    Ricardo afinó la propuesta Richard works out the proposal.
    6 to attune.
    La privación afina los sentidos Privation attunes the senses
    7 to enhance.
    El maquillaje afina la belleza natural Makeup enhances natural beauty.
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    1 to perfect, polish
    2 MÚSICA to tune
    3 (puntería) to sharpen
    4 (metales) to purify, refine
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    verb
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    1. VT
    1) (Mús) to tune
    2) (Aut) to tune up
    3) (=perfeccionar) to put the finishing touch to, complete; (=pulir) to polish; (Téc) to purify, refine; [+ puntería] to sharpen, make more precise
    2.
    VI to sing in tune, play in tune
    3.
    See:
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < instrumento> to tune
    b) < coche> to tune up; < motor> to tune
    2) < punta> to sharpen
    2.
    afinarse v pron to become thinner
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    = refine, tune, hone, fine tune [fine-tune], tune-up.
    Ex. The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.
    Ex. Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.
    Ex. libraries are moving beyond their traditional job as book repository and branching into electronic networks, while still honing their traditional roles as educators and guides.
    Ex. These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.
    Ex. The author recommends a system architecture approach to data base security which is more likely to bring simplicity, isolatability and flexibility to overall system solutions than will ad hoc attempts to tune-up individual parts.
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < instrumento> to tune
    b) < coche> to tune up; < motor> to tune
    2) < punta> to sharpen
    2.
    afinarse v pron to become thinner
    * * *
    = refine, tune, hone, fine tune [fine-tune], tune-up.

    Ex: The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.

    Ex: Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.
    Ex: libraries are moving beyond their traditional job as book repository and branching into electronic networks, while still honing their traditional roles as educators and guides.
    Ex: These statistics have been used to fine tune the system and improve response time = Se han usado estos resultados estadísticos para ajustar el funcionamiento del sistema y mejorar el tiempo de respuesta.
    Ex: The author recommends a system architecture approach to data base security which is more likely to bring simplicity, isolatability and flexibility to overall system solutions than will ad hoc attempts to tune-up individual parts.

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    afinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹instrumento› to tune
    2 ‹coche› to tune up; ‹motor› to tune
    3 ‹concepto/definición› to perfect, refine, hone
    B ‹punta› to sharpen
    ■ afinar
    vi
    A
    1 (cantar, tocar en el tono debido) «cantante» to sing in tune; «músico» to play in tune
    B (estar alerta) to be/keep on one's toes
    to become thinner
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    afinar ( conjugate afinar) verbo transitivo
    1

    b) ‹ coche› to tune up;

    ‹ motor› to tune
    2 ‹ punta› to sharpen
    afinar verbo transitivo
    1 (la puntería) to sharpen
    2 (un instrumento) to tune
    ' afinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguzar
    - diapasón
    - puntería
    English:
    attune
    - tune
    - tune up
    - hone
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    ♦ vt
    1. [instrumento] to tune;
    afinar la voz to sing in tune
    2. [perfeccionar, mejorar] to fine-tune;
    afinar la puntería to improve one's aim
    3. [pulir] to refine
    ♦ vi
    [cantar] to sing in tune
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    I v/t
    1 MÚS tune; fig
    fine-tune
    2 punta sharpen
    II v/i play in tune
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    afinar vt
    1) : to perfect, to refine
    2) : to tune (an instrument)
    afinar vi
    : to sing or play in tune
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    afinar vb (instrumento) to tune

    Spanish-English dictionary > afinar

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