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a una

  • 1 una mentira como una casa

    familiar a whopper

    Spanish-English dictionary > una mentira como una casa

  • 2 una mierda de...

    una mierda de...
    a crappy..., a shitty...

    Spanish-English dictionary > una mierda de...

  • 3 una quinta parte

    una quinta parte (1/5)
    = one-fifth [one fifth], one in five

    Ex: Many others besides Rothstein have suspected the truth of these figures for years, bearing in mind Robert Kennedy's hardbitten politician's conclusion that ` one fifth of the people are against everything all of the time' = Muchos otros junto con Rothstein han sospechado durante años de la verdad de estos datos, teniendo presente la conclusión del político escarmentado Robert Kennedy de que " una quinta parte de la gente está en contra de todo siempre".

    Ex: The median time to answer questions was just over two days, and about one in five answers received thank-you messages from users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una quinta parte

  • 4 una tormenta en un vaso de agua

    a storm in a teacup
    * * *
    a storm in a teacup, a tempest in a teapot(EEUU)
    * * *
    Ex. The article 'Outsourcing: a tempest in a teapot' argues that the difference between contracting out in the past and outsourcing today is only one of name.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Outsourcing: a tempest in a teapot' argues that the difference between contracting out in the past and outsourcing today is only one of name.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una tormenta en un vaso de agua

  • 5 una de dos

    it's either one thing or the other
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > una de dos

  • 6 una de cal y otra de arena

    familiar six of one and half a dozen of the other

    Spanish-English dictionary > una de cal y otra de arena

  • 7 una ducha de agua fría

    familiar a blow, a shock

    Spanish-English dictionary > una ducha de agua fría

  • 8 una mera formalidad

    a mere formality

    Spanish-English dictionary > una mera formalidad

  • 9 una porrada de

    familiar tons of, loads of

    Spanish-English dictionary > una porrada de

  • 10 una tal

    familiar prostitute

    Spanish-English dictionary > una tal

  • 11 una tempestad en un vaso de agua

    figurado a storm in a teacup

    Spanish-English dictionary > una tempestad en un vaso de agua

  • 12 una vajilla

    a dinner service

    Spanish-English dictionary > una vajilla

  • 13 uña

    adj.
    one.
    art.
    1 one.
    2 sole, only.
    3 closely resembling the same (idéntico).
    4 it is used relatively or to supply a name.
    Uno a otro one another, reciprocally
    Todo es uno it is all the same; it is foreign to the point
    Uno por uno one and then another: used to mark the distinction more forcibly
    Una y no más never, no more
    Ser para en una to be well matched: applied to a married couple
    Ir a una to act of the same accord, or to the same end
    Uno dijo it was said, or one said.
    5 an, a.
    pron.
    one, oneself, one woman.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: unir.
    * * *
    1 nail (del dedo) fingernail; (del dedo del pie) toenail
    2 (garra) claw; (pezuña) hoof
    \
    arreglarse las uñas to manicure one's nails
    estar de uñas figurado to be at daggers drawn
    hacerse las uñas to do one's nails
    ser uña y carne to be inseparable
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - uno) 2. = un 3. = uno
    * * *
    PRON
    1)

    es la una — (=hora) it's one o'clock

    ¡a la una, a las dos, a las tres! — [antes de empezar algo] one, two, three!; [en subasta] going, going, gone!; (Dep) ready, steady, go!

    2) [enfático]
    a) (=pelea, paliza)
    b) (=mala pasada)
    3) [enfático]

    ¡había una de gente! — what a crowd there was!

    * * *
    pronombre ( ver tb un, uno)
    a) (fam) ( mala pasada)
    b) (fam) (paliza, bofetada, etc)

    había una de gente...! — there was such a crowd (colloq)

    d)
    e)

    a la una, a las dos, a las tres! — ready, steady, go!

    * * *
    = claw, nail, fingernail.
    Ex. The dragon had very long claws and a great many teeth so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.
    Ex. Occasionally we find inverted headings, giving a small measure of grouping in the alphabetical section: nails; nails, INGROWN; nails, MALFORMED.
    Ex. One quarter inch fingernail size receiver holds 50 times more optical and electronic components than ever previously assembled on a chip.
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    * arreglarse las uñas = manicure.
    * arreglo de uñas = manicuring.
    * comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.
    * con las uñas fuera = knives-out.
    * esmalte de uñas = fingernail polish, nail polish.
    * lima de uñas = emery board, nail file.
    * luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.
    * morderse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.
    * mordiéndose las uñas = on tenterhooks.
    * uña del pie = toenail.
    * uña encarnada = ingrown (toe)nail.
    * * *
    pronombre ( ver tb un, uno)
    a) (fam) ( mala pasada)
    b) (fam) (paliza, bofetada, etc)

    había una de gente...! — there was such a crowd (colloq)

    d)
    e)

    a la una, a las dos, a las tres! — ready, steady, go!

    * * *
    = claw, nail, fingernail.

    Ex: The dragon had very long claws and a great many teeth so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.

    Ex: Occasionally we find inverted headings, giving a small measure of grouping in the alphabetical section: nails; nails, INGROWN; nails, MALFORMED.
    Ex: One quarter inch fingernail size receiver holds 50 times more optical and electronic components than ever previously assembled on a chip.
    * arreglarse las uñas = manicure.
    * arreglo de uñas = manicuring.
    * comerse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.
    * con las uñas fuera = knives-out.
    * esmalte de uñas = fingernail polish, nail polish.
    * lima de uñas = emery board, nail file.
    * luchar con uñas y dientes = fight + tooth and nail.
    * morderse las uñas = bite + Posesivo + fingers, bite + Posesivo + fingernails.
    * mordiéndose las uñas = on tenterhooks.
    * uña del pie = toenail.
    * uña encarnada = ingrown (toe)nail.

    * * *
    (ver tb un, uno1 (↑ uno (1)), uno2 (↑ uno (2)))
    1 ( fam)
    (mala pasada): me hizo una gordísima she played a really dirty trick on me ( colloq)
    2 ( fam)
    (paliza, bofetada, etc): te voy a dar una you're going to get a good thumping ( o whack etc) ( colloq)
    3 ( fam)
    (con valor ponderativo): ¡había una de gente …! there was such a crowd!, there were so many people!
    4
    a una together
    tiremos todos a una let's all pull together
    5
    a la una, a las dos, ¡a las tres! ready, steady, go!
    * * *

     

    Del verbo unir: ( conjugate unir)

    una es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    una    
    unir    
    uña
    una pronombre ( ver tb
    ◊ un, uno): a la uña, a las dos, ¡a las tres! ready, steady, go!

    unir ( conjugate unir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ cables› to join;

    (con cola, pegamento) to stick … together;
    ‹ esfuerzos› to combine
    b) [sentimientos/intereses] to unite

    c) ‹características/cualidades/estilos› to combine;

    uña algo a algo to combine sth with sth
    2 ( comunicar) ‹ lugares› to link
    3 ( fusionar) ‹empresas/organizaciones› to merge
    unirse verbo pronominal
    1 ( aliarse) [personas/colectividades] to join together;

    2 ( juntarse) [ caminos] to converge, meet
    3 ( fusionarse) [empresas/organizaciones] to merge
    uña sustantivo femenino
    a) (Anat) ( de la mano) nail, fingernail;

    ( del pie) nail, toenail;
    arreglarse or hacerse las uñas ( refl) to do one's nails;
    ( caus) to have one's nails done
    b) (de oso, gato) claw;

    (de caballo, oveja) hoof
    uno,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (cardinal) one
    una manzana y dos limones, one apple and two lemons
    necesito unas zapatillas, I need a pair of slippers
    unos árboles, some trees
    2 (ordinal) first
    el uno de cada mes, the first of every month
    II pron one: falta uno más, we need one more
    hubo uno que dijo que no, there was one person who said no
    vi unas de color verde, I saw some green ones
    uno de ellos, one of them
    unos cuantos, a few: unos cuantos nos arriesgamos, some of us took the chance
    el uno al otro, each other
    III sustantivo femenino
    1 (hora) comimos a la una, we had lunch at one o'clock
    2 (impers) you, one: uno tiene que..., you have to...
    IV m Mat one
    un, una
    I art indet
    1 a
    una azafata, a hostess
    (antes de vocal) an
    un paraguas, an umbrella
    2 unos,-as, some: pasamos unos días en la playa, we spent some days by the sea
    II adj (cardinal) one: solo queda una, there is only one
    un kilo de azúcar, one kilo of sugar ➣ tb uno,-a
    unir verbo transitivo
    1 (cables, conexiones) to join, unite
    2 (esfuerzos, intereses) to join
    (asociar, fusionar) unieron sus empresas, they merged their companies
    3 (comunicar) to link: ese camino une las dos aldeas, that path links the two villages
    uña sustantivo femenino
    1 (de una persona) nail
    (de la mano) fingernail
    (del pie) toenail
    2 (de animal: en la garra, la zarpa) claw
    (casco, pezuña) hoof
    ♦ Locuciones: defender con uñas y dientes, to defend tooth and nail o to defend firmly
    ponerse de uñas con alguien, to get very angry with sb
    familiar ser uña y carne, to be as thick as thieves
    ' uña' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abajo
    - abanderar
    - abandonar
    - abatimiento
    - aberración
    - abertura
    - abierta
    - abierto
    - abismal
    - abogar
    - abono
    - abordar
    - aborregarse
    - abotargarse
    - abotonar
    - abrir
    - abrazar
    - abrazarse
    - abreviar
    - abrigar
    - abrigada
    - abrigado
    - abrigo
    - abrochar
    - abultar
    - aburrirse
    - abusar
    - abusiva
    - abusivo
    - academia
    - acaparar
    - acartonarse
    - accidentada
    - accidentado
    - accionariado
    - aceitunada
    - aceitunado
    - acento
    - achantarse
    - aclimatarse
    - acoger
    - acogerse
    - acogida
    - acolchar
    - acometer
    - acompañar
    - acordar
    - acta
    - actitud
    English:
    A
    - abandon
    - ablaze
    - about
    - absent
    - absurd
    - accomplished
    - accomplishment
    - account
    - account for
    - accumulate
    - accusation
    - acknowledge
    - acoustic
    - acquire
    - act
    - act on
    - activity
    - acute
    - add on
    - addicted
    - address
    - adjourn
    - adjust
    - adjustment
    - administration
    - admire
    - admit
    - adopt
    - advance
    - advantage
    - after
    - again
    - against
    - agency
    - agent
    - aggressive
    - alleged
    - alliance
    - allow
    - allowance
    - alone
    - aloud
    - amass
    - ambush
    - amenities
    - amid
    - amorphous
    - announce
    - annoy
    * * *
    una2
    ♦ nf
    1.
    la una [hora] one o'clock;
    ver también tres
    2.
    a una [a la vez, juntos] together;
    todos a una [a la vez] everyone at once
    ♦ pron
    Fam [con valor enfático]
    lleva paraguas, que está cayendo una… take your umbrella, Br it's tipping (it) down o US it's pouring rain;
    dijo una de tonterías she talked such a load of rubbish;
    te va a caer una buena como no apruebes you'll really be in for it if you fail;
    ver también uno
    * * *
    un, una
    art indet a; antes de vocal y h muda an;
    unos coches/pájaros some cars/birds
    * * *
    uña nf
    1) : fingernail, toenail
    2) : claw, hoof, stinger
    * * *
    uña n
    1. (de la mano) nail / fingernail
    2. (del pie) nail / toenail
    3. (de gato) claw
    4. (de caballo) hoof [pl. hooves]

    Spanish-English dictionary > uña

  • 14 una gran cantidad de

    = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of
    Ex. There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.
    Ex. As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.
    Ex. The floor is carpeted, thus providing a large degree of acoustic absorption and a unifying and dominant colour pattern through the library.
    Ex. Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.
    Ex. A good thesaurus is not necessarily one that has been published with a plethora of effective relationship displays.
    Ex. If your library has decided to operate this way, there will be a supply of preprinted labels at the circulation desk.
    Ex. This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.
    Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
    Ex. Such reports often make available a wealth of factual and statistical information which is not published elsewhere in such detail.
    Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.
    Ex. Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.
    Ex. The UK government will need to mobilize an 'army' of 30,000 civil servants to solve the Year 2000 problem.
    Ex. A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. Environmental organization receive a great number of public enquiries by phone and letter.
    Ex. In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.
    Ex. Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply.
    Ex. There is a host of legislative, political, financial, consumer, and other reports of individuals and corporate bodies.
    Ex. Basically, the book deals with a vast corpus of oral tradition, including both prose and poetic texts.
    Ex. If you want to buy a spit roaster beware; a whole host of illegal spit roasters are now on the market in the UK.
    * * *
    = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of

    Ex: There is a good deal of scope for users and novice cataloguers to find difficulty in identifying the appropriate heading for many of the works which are the responsibility of corporate bodies.

    Ex: As earlier sections amply demonstrate, there is a great deal of choice with regards to data bases.
    Ex: The floor is carpeted, thus providing a large degree of acoustic absorption and a unifying and dominant colour pattern through the library.
    Ex: Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.
    Ex: A good thesaurus is not necessarily one that has been published with a plethora of effective relationship displays.
    Ex: If your library has decided to operate this way, there will be a supply of preprinted labels at the circulation desk.
    Ex: This 15 page report has a vast amount of valuable information between its covers derived from a variety of sources.
    Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
    Ex: Such reports often make available a wealth of factual and statistical information which is not published elsewhere in such detail.
    Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.
    Ex: Managers, overwhelmed by a cascade of documents, tend to turn away from print.
    Ex: The UK government will need to mobilize an 'army' of 30,000 civil servants to solve the Year 2000 problem.
    Ex: A good many heavily gilt retailers' bindings (such as the small English devotional books that were sold in large numbers from the 1560s until the later seventeenth century) were indeed intended to look expensive while really being cheaply executed.
    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex: Environmental organization receive a great number of public enquiries by phone and letter.
    Ex: In the midst of an industrialized and bureaucratized society made up of multitudes of people we live separate lives = En medio de una sociedad industrializada y burocratizada compuesta de una gran cantidad de gente, vivimos vidas distintas.
    Ex: Popular authors receive scores, in some cases hundreds, of letters a year from their young readers and every correspondent, I am quite sure, wants a reply.
    Ex: There is a host of legislative, political, financial, consumer, and other reports of individuals and corporate bodies.
    Ex: Basically, the book deals with a vast corpus of oral tradition, including both prose and poetic texts.
    Ex: If you want to buy a spit roaster beware; a whole host of illegal spit roasters are now on the market in the UK.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una gran cantidad de

  • 15 una amplia gama de

    = a wide band of, a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of
    Ex. In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.
    Ex. Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.
    Ex. A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.
    Ex. Intrantets are becoming very popular among a broad variety of companies.
    Ex. Data on a broad range of topics were collected.
    * * *
    = a wide band of, a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of

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

    Ex: Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.
    Ex: A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.
    Ex: Intrantets are becoming very popular among a broad variety of companies.
    Ex: Data on a broad range of topics were collected.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una amplia gama de

  • 16 una diversidad de

    = a variety of, an array of, a mosaic of, a diversity of, a menu of
    Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex. The book attempts to present a mosaic of community information services out of which certain patterns will, I hope, emerge.
    Ex. The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.
    Ex. Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.
    * * *
    = a variety of, an array of, a mosaic of, a diversity of, a menu of

    Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.

    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex: The book attempts to present a mosaic of community information services out of which certain patterns will, I hope, emerge.
    Ex: The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.
    Ex: Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una diversidad de

  • 17 una gran gama de

    = a wide range of, a rich tapestry of, a wide band of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of
    Ex. A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.
    Ex. This article postulates a series of disciplinary incorporations and transformation that has created a rich tapestry of speculation and systems development that has led to what we now call library and information science.
    Ex. In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.
    Ex. Intrantets are becoming very popular among a broad variety of companies.
    Ex. Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.
    Ex. Data on a broad range of topics were collected.
    Ex. There has been a whole gamut of responses to community information.
    * * *
    = a wide range of, a rich tapestry of, a wide band of, a broad variety of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a whole gamut of

    Ex: A wide range of pamphlet and leaflet material was collected and arranged in cabinet files under topic heads such as health, employment, child welfare.

    Ex: This article postulates a series of disciplinary incorporations and transformation that has created a rich tapestry of speculation and systems development that has led to what we now call library and information science.
    Ex: In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.
    Ex: Intrantets are becoming very popular among a broad variety of companies.
    Ex: Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.
    Ex: Data on a broad range of topics were collected.
    Ex: There has been a whole gamut of responses to community information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una gran gama de

  • 18 una lotería

    (adj.) = hit (and/or) miss
    Ex. Funds are low, so libraries could benefit from interlibrary loan schemes, although without a national union catalogue, efforts to serve readers are hit and miss = Los fondos son escasos, por lo que las bibliotecas se podrían beneficiar del préstamo interbibliotecario, aunque, sin un catálogo colectivo nacional, los esfuerzos para atender a los usuarios son una lotería.
    * * *
    (adj.) = hit (and/or) miss

    Ex: Funds are low, so libraries could benefit from interlibrary loan schemes, although without a national union catalogue, efforts to serve readers are hit and miss = Los fondos son escasos, por lo que las bibliotecas se podrían beneficiar del préstamo interbibliotecario, aunque, sin un catálogo colectivo nacional, los esfuerzos para atender a los usuarios son una lotería.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una lotería

  • 19 una variedad de

    = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of
    Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex. This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex. Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.
    Ex. Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.
    Ex. The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.
    Ex. People use this type of language as part of a palette of ways of expressing things.
    * * *
    = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of

    Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.

    Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex: This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex: Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.
    Ex: Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.
    Ex: The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.
    Ex: People use this type of language as part of a palette of ways of expressing things.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una variedad de

  • 20 una cuarta parte

    = one-quarter (1/4), one in four
    Ex. The most significant finding was that one-quarter of public library users are young adults (12-18 years).
    Ex. Users using English language search engines were found to have only a one in four chance of finding information that is relevant to their search while comparable odds for those using a Spanish language search engine only were one in eight.
    * * *
    una cuarta parte (1/4)
    = one fourth (1/4)

    Ex: During as much as one fourth of his waking day the average adult is engaged in one or another of these activities.

    = one-quarter (1/4), one in four

    Ex: The most significant finding was that one-quarter of public library users are young adults (12-18 years).

    Ex: Users using English language search engines were found to have only a one in four chance of finding information that is relevant to their search while comparable odds for those using a Spanish language search engine only were one in eight.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una cuarta parte

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