Simple physical

имеют простой физический смысл - assume simple physical significance

• nubes de humo con forma de hongo — mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke

• dar forma a — [+ objeto, joya] to shape; [+ idea, teoría] to give shape to

• en forma de U — U-shaped

• tomar forma — to take shape

solo conozco una forma llegar hasta allí — I only know one way of getting there o one way to get there

• de forma directa/inmediata/natural — directly/immediately/naturally

• de esta forma — [gen] in this way; (=por consecuencia) thus

• de todas formas — anyway, in any case

él intentó contestar la pregunta de forma que no le comprometiese — he tried to answer the question so as o in such a way as not to commit himself

el número de socios fue creciendo cada año, de forma que en 1989 eran ya varios miles — the number of members grew every year, so that o such that by 1989 there were several thousand

• de tal forma que — (=en un modo que) in such a way that; (=tanto que) so much that; (=por eso) so that

la empresa ha crecido de tal forma que es irreconocible — the company has grown so much o to such an extent that it is unrecognizable

el jugador ha recuperado su forma física — the player is fit again, the player has regained fitness o form

• estar en (buena) forma — [para hacer deporte] to be fit, be in good shape; [para realizar otra actividad] to be in (good) form

estar en baja forma — (lit) to be not fully fit; (fig) to be in bad shape

• defecto de forma — (Jur) technicality

• guardar o mantener las formas — to keep up appearances

• la Sagrada Forma — the Host

• en forma, una fiesta en forma — a proper party, a blowout *

va a celebrar su cumpleaños en forma — he's going to have a proper o a serious * birthday party

nos aburrimos en forma — we were seriously bored *

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

dar forma a algo — ( al barro) to shape something; ( a proyecto) to give shape to something

en forma — (AmL fam)

una comida en forma — a good square meal (colloq)

nos divertimos en forma — (AmL fam) we had a really good time

de forma que — (frml) in such a way that

de cualquier forma or de todas formas — anyway, in any case

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *

contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out

estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well

controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil

he bebido tanto que ya no controlo — I've drunk so much I can't see straight *

Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

el tema despertó o suscitó el interés del público — the topic aroused public interest

• esperar algo con interés — to await sth with interest

• mostrar interés en o por algo — to show (an) interest in sth

• poner interés en algo — to take an interest in sth

• sentir o tener interés por algo — to be interested in sth

siento auténtico interés por los idiomas — I have a real interest o I am really interested in languages

sentir o tener interés por hacer algo — to be interested in doing sth

te lo digo por tu propio interés — I'm telling you for your own benefit o in your own interest

un préstamo a o con un interés del 9 por ciento — a loan at 9 per cent interest

• dar interés — [capital, inversión] to yield interest; [banco, cuenta] to pay interest

• devengar interés — to accrue interest, earn interest

• tasa LAm o tipo de interés — interest rate

intereses acumulados — accrued interest sing

intereses por cobrar — interest receivable sing

intereses por pagar — interest payable sing

• un conflicto de intereses — a conflict of interests

• tener intereses en algo — to have interests o a stake in sth

tiene intereses en varias compañías extranjeras — he has interests o a stake in several foreign companies

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex: Repayments is normally by equal half-yearly payments of capital and interest after a moratorium on capital repayments of up to five years, depending on project completion date.