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  • 21 edición en disco compacto

    (n.) = cd edition, compact disc edition
    Ex. The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI cd edition.
    Ex. Now ISI has added to its compact disc line the Social Sciences Citation Index and new, improved search software for both the SCI and SSCI compact disc editions.
    * * *
    (n.) = cd edition, compact disc edition

    Ex: The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI cd edition.

    Ex: Now ISI has added to its compact disc line the Social Sciences Citation Index and new, improved search software for both the SCI and SSCI compact disc editions.

    Spanish-English dictionary > edición en disco compacto

  • 22 además de

    prep.
    in addition to, besides, plus, aside from.
    Le di mantequilla además de pan I gave him butter in addition to bread.
    * * *
    as well as, in addition to
    ■ además de gordo es feo as well as being fat, he's ugly
    * * *
    besides, as well as
    * * *
    = along with, apart from, as well as, besides, coupled with, in addition (to), over and above, plus, quite apart from, aside from, on top of, other than, complete with, not least, beyond, together with, not to mention
    Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex. Apart from the names of subjects, the names of corporate bodies, persons, chemicals, trade products, and trade names are some other possibilities.
    Ex. All means of conveying affinitive relationships list a number of terms which may be used as well as, or instead of, the original entry term.
    Ex. In a catalogue using main and added entries, all other entries besides the one main entry are added entries.
    Ex. And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.
    Ex. In addition to the full edition, there exist abridged and medium editions of the scheme.
    Ex. Such posts were regarded as a welcome bonus over and above the traditional base market.
    Ex. All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.
    Ex. Quite apart from a completely new vocabulary, the whole mystique of computers is still a source of bewilderment.
    Ex. The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex. Librarians will have to acquire additional skills on top of the old ones.
    Ex. The advantages, other than the savings in costs, are that they allow the student to progress at an individual pace = Las ventajas, además del ahorro en los costes, son que permiten al estudiante avanzar a su propio ritmo.
    Ex. Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.
    Ex. Extra money for books is raised in a variety of ways, not least through the efforts of active parent/teachers' associations.
    Ex. Once it is available, duplicates in large quantities could probably be turned out for a cent apiece beyond the cost of materials.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. UNIMARC could make a significant contribution to UBC but, if it is to succeed, it requires the co-operation and effort, not to mention the financial outlay, of all national MARC users.
    * * *
    = along with, apart from, as well as, besides, coupled with, in addition (to), over and above, plus, quite apart from, aside from, on top of, other than, complete with, not least, beyond, together with, not to mention

    Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.

    Ex: Apart from the names of subjects, the names of corporate bodies, persons, chemicals, trade products, and trade names are some other possibilities.
    Ex: All means of conveying affinitive relationships list a number of terms which may be used as well as, or instead of, the original entry term.
    Ex: In a catalogue using main and added entries, all other entries besides the one main entry are added entries.
    Ex: And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.
    Ex: In addition to the full edition, there exist abridged and medium editions of the scheme.
    Ex: Such posts were regarded as a welcome bonus over and above the traditional base market.
    Ex: All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.
    Ex: Quite apart from a completely new vocabulary, the whole mystique of computers is still a source of bewilderment.
    Ex: The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex: Librarians will have to acquire additional skills on top of the old ones.
    Ex: The advantages, other than the savings in costs, are that they allow the student to progress at an individual pace = Las ventajas, además del ahorro en los costes, son que permiten al estudiante avanzar a su propio ritmo.
    Ex: Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.
    Ex: Extra money for books is raised in a variety of ways, not least through the efforts of active parent/teachers' associations.
    Ex: Once it is available, duplicates in large quantities could probably be turned out for a cent apiece beyond the cost of materials.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: UNIMARC could make a significant contribution to UBC but, if it is to succeed, it requires the co-operation and effort, not to mention the financial outlay, of all national MARC users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > además de

  • 23 de calidad

    = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added
    Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
    Ex. Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.
    Ex. This non-profit organisation was formed to promote quality library and information services.
    Ex. And there was a steady output in the later nineteenth century of well-made prize bindings in gilt-tooled calf, which were slickly produced by specialist firms.
    Ex. The system provides extensive map facilities which until now have been available only on high-end hypermedia systems like Intermedia.
    Ex. Do contact us to know how we may be able to help your business become more efficient by our quality assured products and solutions.
    Ex. Since then, SCI CD Edition has won accolades for its value-added features, sophistication, and flexibility.
    * * *
    = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added

    Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.

    Ex: Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.
    Ex: This non-profit organisation was formed to promote quality library and information services.
    Ex: And there was a steady output in the later nineteenth century of well-made prize bindings in gilt-tooled calf, which were slickly produced by specialist firms.
    Ex: The system provides extensive map facilities which until now have been available only on high-end hypermedia systems like Intermedia.
    Ex: Do contact us to know how we may be able to help your business become more efficient by our quality assured products and solutions.
    Ex: Since then, SCI CD Edition has won accolades for its value-added features, sophistication, and flexibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de calidad

  • 24 de valor añadido

    (adj.) = value-added, value-adding
    Ex. Since then, SCI CD Edition has won accolades for its value-added features, sophistication, and flexibility.
    Ex. The author argues that librarians are in a position to transform themselves into ' value adding knowledge professionals'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = value-added, value-adding

    Ex: Since then, SCI CD Edition has won accolades for its value-added features, sophistication, and flexibility.

    Ex: The author argues that librarians are in a position to transform themselves into ' value adding knowledge professionals'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de valor añadido

  • 25 singular

    adj.
    1 peculiar, odd (raro).
    2 unique.
    singular batalla single combat
    3 singular (grammar).
    m.
    singular (grammar).
    en singular in the singular
    * * *
    1 (único) singular, single
    2 (excepcional) extraordinary, exceptional
    3 (raro) peculiar, odd
    1 GRAMÁTICA singular
    \
    en singular GRAMÁTICA in the singular
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Ling) singular
    2)
    3) (=destacado) outstanding, exceptional
    4) (=raro) singular, odd
    2.
    SM (Ling) singular

    en singular — (lit) in the singular; (fig) in particular

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (frml) (extraordinario, especial) singular (frml)
    b) (peculiar, raro) peculiar, odd
    c) (frml) ( excepcionalmente bueno) singularly good (frml)
    2) (Ling) singular
    II
    masculino singular

    en singular — (Ling) in the singular

    * * *
    = distinctive, singular, quaint, singular, one-of-a-kind, with a difference, unique, portentous.
    Ex. In addition to main or added entries under titles added entries are often also made in respect of distinctive series titles.
    Ex. All nouns have a plural and singular form.
    Ex. Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.
    Ex. The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.
    Ex. Join leading experts in cultural heritage informatics for a one-of-a-kind learning experience.
    Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex. The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    Ex. This novel is once again a most peculiar combination of broad farce and portentous significance.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (frml) (extraordinario, especial) singular (frml)
    b) (peculiar, raro) peculiar, odd
    c) (frml) ( excepcionalmente bueno) singularly good (frml)
    2) (Ling) singular
    II
    masculino singular

    en singular — (Ling) in the singular

    * * *
    = distinctive, singular, quaint, singular, one-of-a-kind, with a difference, unique, portentous.

    Ex: In addition to main or added entries under titles added entries are often also made in respect of distinctive series titles.

    Ex: All nouns have a plural and singular form.
    Ex: Clergymen practice the quaint custom of reading aloud at meal times.
    Ex: The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.
    Ex: Join leading experts in cultural heritage informatics for a one-of-a-kind learning experience.
    Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex: The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    Ex: This novel is once again a most peculiar combination of broad farce and portentous significance.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( frml) (extraordinario, especial) singular ( frml)
    lo hizo con singular entusiasmo he did it with remarkable o extraordinary o singular enthusiasm
    un cuadro de singular colorido a singularly colorful picture
    2 (peculiar, raro) peculiar, odd
    lo dijo en un tonillo muy singular he said it in a very peculiar o odd o funny way
    3 ( frml) (excepcionalmente bueno) singularly good ( frml)
    B ( Ling) singular
    singular
    en singular ( Ling) in the singular
    tú habla en singular you speak for yourself
    * * *

     

    singular adjetivo
    singular
    ■ sustantivo masculino
    singular;

    singular
    I adjetivo
    1 (raro, excepcional) peculiar, odd
    2 frml (único, inigualable) un dibujo de singular belleza, a drawing of outstanding beauty
    II adjetivo & m Ling singular

    ' singular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buen
    - dato
    - demasiada
    - demasiado
    - haber
    - mucha
    - mucho
    - otra
    - otro
    - particular
    - persona
    - poca
    - poco
    - política
    - sí
    - singularizar
    - tanta
    - tanto
    - toda
    - todo
    - acta
    - África
    - África del Sur
    - agua
    - águila
    - ala
    - alba
    - alga
    - álgebra
    - algún
    - alma
    - alta
    - alza
    - ama
    - anca
    - ancla
    - ánfora
    - ánima
    - ansia
    - ara
    - arca
    - área
    - aria
    - arma
    - arpa
    - arte
    - asa
    - ascua
    - Asia
    - asma
    English:
    accused
    - lady
    - majority
    - neither
    - offspring
    - propose
    - singular
    - statistics
    - bad
    - big
    - first
    - good
    - large
    - peculiarity
    - third
    - thirteenth
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [raro] peculiar, odd;
    un hombre singular a peculiar man
    2. [único] unique;
    tiene dotes singulares de cantante she has unique talent as a singer
    3.
    singular batalla single combat
    4. Gram singular
    ♦ nm
    Gram singular;
    en singular in the singular
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( raro) strange, fml
    singular
    2 ( único) outstanding, extraordinary
    II m GRAM singular
    * * *
    1) : singular, unique
    2) particular: peculiar, odd
    3) : singular (in grammar)
    : singular
    * * *
    singular adj singular

    Spanish-English dictionary > singular

  • 26 tener en cuenta

    to take into account
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = allow for, bear in + mind, cater for/to, consider (as), heed, make + allowances, take + account of, take + cognisance of, take + cognition of, take into + account, take into + consideration, make + provision for, bring into + play, give + an ear to, factor, have + regard for, factor in, be aware of, note, keep in + mind
    Ex. It also allows for and identifies three levels of detail which might be adopted in descriptive cataloguing.
    Ex. Editors should bear in mind problems of translation so that the revised edition can be rendered more easily into other languages.
    Ex. Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. Title indexes then are not true subject indexes, and allowances should be made during searching.
    Ex. Most of the centralised and shared cataloguing projects take account of and probably use the MARC record format.
    Ex. All documents possess physical form but this does not mean it is always taken cognisance of in subject analysis.
    Ex. Of course, in both enumerative and faceted schemes, it is necessary to take cognition of new simple subject.
    Ex. Taking into account both indexing and searching effort a KWIC index is most appropriate for an index that will be studied only infrequently.
    Ex. A certain number of days is to be added to today's date to calculate the date due, taking into consideration the dates the library is closed.
    Ex. We must of course make provision for those users who look for information under one of the other terms, and this is discussed below in the section on showing semantic relationships.
    Ex. Deliberation, evaluation, and thought must be brought into play before a final decision is made.
    Ex. Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
    Ex. Library funding was factored against the comprehensive budgets of WTALC institutions, resulting in a measurement of the comparative percentage of university money made available to its libraries.
    Ex. The apparent success of the project suggests it can be used or adapted for other members of the beef industry, having regard for their particular circumstances = El aparente éxito del proyecto sugiere que se puede utilizar o adaptar para otros miembros de la industria del ganado bovino, teniendo en cuenta sus circunstancias particulares.
    Ex. However, we must factor in the added impact of community-based telecommunications.
    Ex. Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved.
    Ex. Sometimes the number of tickets issued is noted on the form.
    Ex. This fact should be kept in mind when deciding upon the sequence of materials types.
    * * *
    (v.) = allow for, bear in + mind, cater for/to, consider (as), heed, make + allowances, take + account of, take + cognisance of, take + cognition of, take into + account, take into + consideration, make + provision for, bring into + play, give + an ear to, factor, have + regard for, factor in, be aware of, note, keep in + mind

    Ex: It also allows for and identifies three levels of detail which might be adopted in descriptive cataloguing.

    Ex: Editors should bear in mind problems of translation so that the revised edition can be rendered more easily into other languages.
    Ex: Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: Title indexes then are not true subject indexes, and allowances should be made during searching.
    Ex: Most of the centralised and shared cataloguing projects take account of and probably use the MARC record format.
    Ex: All documents possess physical form but this does not mean it is always taken cognisance of in subject analysis.
    Ex: Of course, in both enumerative and faceted schemes, it is necessary to take cognition of new simple subject.
    Ex: Taking into account both indexing and searching effort a KWIC index is most appropriate for an index that will be studied only infrequently.
    Ex: A certain number of days is to be added to today's date to calculate the date due, taking into consideration the dates the library is closed.
    Ex: We must of course make provision for those users who look for information under one of the other terms, and this is discussed below in the section on showing semantic relationships.
    Ex: Deliberation, evaluation, and thought must be brought into play before a final decision is made.
    Ex: Once a willing ear is given to the suggestions and complaints, then morale will increase, as will production.
    Ex: Library funding was factored against the comprehensive budgets of WTALC institutions, resulting in a measurement of the comparative percentage of university money made available to its libraries.
    Ex: The apparent success of the project suggests it can be used or adapted for other members of the beef industry, having regard for their particular circumstances = El aparente éxito del proyecto sugiere que se puede utilizar o adaptar para otros miembros de la industria del ganado bovino, teniendo en cuenta sus circunstancias particulares.
    Ex: However, we must factor in the added impact of community-based telecommunications.
    Ex: Although this may seem an obvious statement, there are many instances when the searcher is not fully aware of what can or might be retrieved.
    Ex: Sometimes the number of tickets issued is noted on the form.
    Ex: This fact should be kept in mind when deciding upon the sequence of materials types.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tener en cuenta

  • 27 ventaja

    f.
    1 advantage (hecho favorable).
    tiene la ventaja de que es más manejable it has the advantage of being easier to handle
    ventajas fiscales tax breaks
    2 lead.
    dar ventaja a alguien to give somebody a start
    le dieron 2 metros de ventaja they gave him a 2-meter start
    llevar ventaja a alguien to have a lead over somebody
    3 advantage.
    4 head start, headstart, lead, leading position.
    5 perfidy.
    * * *
    1 (gen) advantage
    2 (provecho) profit; (beneficio) benefit
    \
    llevar ventaja a alguien to have the advantage over somebody
    sacar ventaja a alguien to be ahead of somebody
    sacar ventaja de algo to profit from something, take advantage of something, benefit from something
    ventaja para... (tenis) advantage to...
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) lead
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=beneficio) advantage

    llevar ventaja a algn — to have the advantage over sb, be ahead of sb, be one up on sb

    sacar ventaja de algo — (=aprovechar) to derive profit from sth; pey to use sth to one's own advantage

    2) (Dep) (en carrera) start, advantage; (Tenis) advantage; (en las apuestas) odds [pl]

    me dio una ventaja de cuatro metros, me dio cuatro metros de ventaja — he gave me a four metre start

    llevar ventaja — (en carrera) to be leading o ahead

    3) pl ventajas (en empleo) extras, perks *
    * * *
    a) ( beneficio) advantage

    lleva or tiene una ventaja de diez segundos — she has a ten-second lead

    * * *
    = advantage, asset, attraction, benefit, merit, strength, value, virtue, beauty, plus [pluses, -pl.], upside, perk, head start, strong point, mileage, edge, bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    Ex. This has two advantages.
    Ex. The efficient analysis of professional and technical documents is an asset in many spheres of activity.
    Ex. Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.
    Ex. The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI CD Edition.
    Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex. One particular strength is that it is possible both to specify the area and the subject of the map.
    Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex. Murra described a number of these enterprises, their virtues and weaknesses and the possible explanations for their demise.
    Ex. The digital form in which we will send information through the network is one of the beauties of modern technology.
    Ex. Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex. The article 'The upside and downside of information highway capitology' compares the writings of optimistic futurists and pessimistic visionaries on the subject of the information superhighway.
    Ex. At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex. The article 'Providing a head start' explains the essential role toy libraries play in the school environment.
    Ex. One of the strong points of the DIALOG service is the documentation.
    Ex. Reports produced by government-sponsored projects may not be widely distributed until the government has had good mileage from them = Los informes obtenidos de los proyectos patrocinados por el gobierno puede que no se distribuyan de forma general hasta que el gobierno les haya sacado un buen provecho.
    Ex. Internet Explorer was rated as having a slight edge at 83 per cent over Netscape Navigator at 79 per cent.
    Ex. Such posts were regarded as a welcome bonus over and above the traditional base market.
    ----
    * aportar ventajas = bring + strengths.
    * aprovecharse de las ventajas que ambas partes ofrecen = get + the best of both worlds.
    * aprovecharse de las ventajas que cada parte ofrece = get + the best of all worlds.
    * con ventaja sobre el pelotón = ahead of the pack.
    * dar una ventaja = give + Nombre + an edge.
    * dar una ventaja a Alguien = give + Nombre + a head start.
    * disfrutar de todas las ventajas = have + the best of both worlds.
    * encontrarse en ventaja = find + Reflexivo + at an advantage.
    * la ventaja de = the beauty of.
    * la ventaja es que = on the positive side, the advantage is that, on the bright side.
    * obtener ventaja = gain + advantage.
    * obtener ventajas = reap + advantages.
    * ofrecer ventaja = be of benefit.
    * posición de ventaja = high ground.
    * sacar ventaja = gain + one-upmanship.
    * ser todo ventajas = the best of both worlds.
    * ser una ventaja = be a plus.
    * tener una ventaja = get + a head start, have + an edge.
    * tener ventaja = have + an edge.
    * todo tiene sus ventajas y sus inconvenientes = swings and roundabouts, what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
    * ventaja acumulada = cumulative advantage.
    * ventaja añadida = added advantage, added benefit.
    * ventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover advantage.
    * ventaja política = political advantage.
    * ventajas e inconvenientes = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], ins and outs.
    * ventaja sobre la competencia = competitive edge, competitive advantage.
    * ventajas y desventajas = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], pros and cons, benefits and pitfalls.
    * ventajas (y/o) desventajas = merits (and/or) demerits, advantages (and/or) disadvantages, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.
    * ver ventajas = see + advantages.
    * * *
    a) ( beneficio) advantage

    lleva or tiene una ventaja de diez segundos — she has a ten-second lead

    * * *
    = advantage, asset, attraction, benefit, merit, strength, value, virtue, beauty, plus [pluses, -pl.], upside, perk, head start, strong point, mileage, edge, bonus [bonuses, -pl.].

    Ex: This has two advantages.

    Ex: The efficient analysis of professional and technical documents is an asset in many spheres of activity.
    Ex: Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.
    Ex: The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI CD Edition.
    Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex: One particular strength is that it is possible both to specify the area and the subject of the map.
    Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex: Murra described a number of these enterprises, their virtues and weaknesses and the possible explanations for their demise.
    Ex: The digital form in which we will send information through the network is one of the beauties of modern technology.
    Ex: Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex: The article 'The upside and downside of information highway capitology' compares the writings of optimistic futurists and pessimistic visionaries on the subject of the information superhighway.
    Ex: At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex: The article 'Providing a head start' explains the essential role toy libraries play in the school environment.
    Ex: One of the strong points of the DIALOG service is the documentation.
    Ex: Reports produced by government-sponsored projects may not be widely distributed until the government has had good mileage from them = Los informes obtenidos de los proyectos patrocinados por el gobierno puede que no se distribuyan de forma general hasta que el gobierno les haya sacado un buen provecho.
    Ex: Internet Explorer was rated as having a slight edge at 83 per cent over Netscape Navigator at 79 per cent.
    Ex: Such posts were regarded as a welcome bonus over and above the traditional base market.
    * aportar ventajas = bring + strengths.
    * aprovecharse de las ventajas que ambas partes ofrecen = get + the best of both worlds.
    * aprovecharse de las ventajas que cada parte ofrece = get + the best of all worlds.
    * con ventaja sobre el pelotón = ahead of the pack.
    * dar una ventaja = give + Nombre + an edge.
    * dar una ventaja a Alguien = give + Nombre + a head start.
    * disfrutar de todas las ventajas = have + the best of both worlds.
    * encontrarse en ventaja = find + Reflexivo + at an advantage.
    * la ventaja de = the beauty of.
    * la ventaja es que = on the positive side, the advantage is that, on the bright side.
    * obtener ventaja = gain + advantage.
    * obtener ventajas = reap + advantages.
    * ofrecer ventaja = be of benefit.
    * posición de ventaja = high ground.
    * sacar ventaja = gain + one-upmanship.
    * ser todo ventajas = the best of both worlds.
    * ser una ventaja = be a plus.
    * tener una ventaja = get + a head start, have + an edge.
    * tener ventaja = have + an edge.
    * todo tiene sus ventajas y sus inconvenientes = swings and roundabouts, what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
    * ventaja acumulada = cumulative advantage.
    * ventaja añadida = added advantage, added benefit.
    * ventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover advantage.
    * ventaja política = political advantage.
    * ventajas e inconvenientes = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], ins and outs.
    * ventaja sobre la competencia = competitive edge, competitive advantage.
    * ventajas y desventajas = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], pros and cons, benefits and pitfalls.
    * ventajas (y/o) desventajas = merits (and/or) demerits, advantages (and/or) disadvantages, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.
    * ver ventajas = see + advantages.

    * * *
    1 (beneficio, provecho) advantage
    esa zona tiene la ventaja de que está muy bien comunicada that area has the advantage of being well served by public transport
    tienes ventaja porque tienes más experiencia que yo you have an advantage because you're more experienced than I am
    2
    (en una carrera): lleva or tiene una ventaja de diez segundos/metros she has a ten-second/ten-meter lead
    te doy una ventaja de tres metros I'll give you a three-meter start o advantage
    sacó ventaja en la curva he pulled ahead on the bend
    estaba jugando con ventaja he was at o he had an advantage
    * * *

     

    ventaja sustantivo femenino


    tienes ventaja por tu experiencia you have an advantage because of your experience
    b) ( en carrera):


    jugar con ventaja to be at an advantage
    ventaja sustantivo femenino
    1 advantage
    2 Dep (en carrera) les lleva treinta segundos de ventaja, he's thirty seconds ahead of them
    (tenis) advantage
    ' ventaja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    beneficio
    - bien
    - delantera
    - grande
    - llevar
    - presentar
    - pro
    English:
    advantage
    - ahead
    - asset
    - benefit
    - blessing
    - bonus
    - boon
    - edge
    - hand
    - interest
    - lead
    - merit
    - perk
    - start
    - up
    - vantage
    - advantageous
    - definite
    - fringe
    - head
    - lap
    - plus
    - virtue
    * * *
    1. [hecho favorable] advantage;
    tiene la ventaja de que es más manejable it has the advantage of being easier to handle;
    tenemos que sacarle las ventajas a la situación we might as well look on the bright side
    Com ventaja competitiva competitive advantage;
    ventajas fiscales tax breaks;
    invertir en cultura ofrece ventajas fiscales there are tax advantages to investing in culture
    2. [en competición] lead;
    dar ventaja a alguien to give sb a start;
    le dieron dos metros de ventaja they gave him a two-metre start;
    llevar ventaja a alguien to have a lead over sb;
    saca tres minutos de ventaja al pelotón he has a three-minute lead over the pack, he's three minutes ahead of o clear of the pack
    3. [en tenis] advantage;
    ventaja Hingis advantage Hingis
    * * *
    f
    1 advantage;
    sacar ventaja de algo derive benefit from sth;
    ganar ventaja gain the advantage;
    llevar ventaja a alguien have an advantage over s.o.
    2 DEP en carrera, partido lead
    * * *
    1) : advantage
    2) : lead, head start
    3) ventajas nfpl
    : perks, extras
    * * *
    ventaja n advantage

    Spanish-English dictionary > ventaja

  • 28 incluir

    v.
    1 to include.
    el precio incluye desayuno y cena en el hotel the price includes breakfast and evening meals at the hotel
    te he incluido en la lista de participantes I've included o put you on the list of participants
    a mí no me incluyas count me out
    El paquete incluye servilletas The package includes napkins.
    El club incluyó a Ricardo The club included Richard.
    2 to comprise, to include, to encompass, to contain.
    El libro incluye las guerras mundiales The book comprises all world wars.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to include
    2 (contener) to contain, comprise
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=comprender) to include, contain

    todo incluido — (Com) inclusive, all-in

    2) (=agregar) to include; [en carta] to enclose
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <impuestos/gastos> to include

    $500 todo incluido — $500 all inclusive, all in

    b) <tema/sección> to include, contain
    2) (poner, agregar)
    a) ( en un grupo) to include

    ¿vamos a incluir a todo el personal? — are we going to include all the staff?

    ¿te incluyo en la lista? — shall I put you on the list?

    b) ( en una carta) to enclose
    * * *
    = add, cover, embed [imbed, -USA], enclose, encompass, file, fit, give, include, inject, list, put in, put into, record, span, store, subsume, throw in, interpolate, embrace, design into, build in, register in, go under + Nombre, graft.
    Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.
    Ex. This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
    Ex. String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.
    Ex. The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
    Ex. The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex. File boxes can be used and filed on shelves, if appropriate, interfiled with the books.
    Ex. One such method requires that each book has a magnetic strip inserted into the spine and a special exit door is fitted across which an electric signal is beamed.
    Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.
    Ex. Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.
    Ex. The abstractor injects his opinion and analysis.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
    Ex. If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex. The shelflist itself had problems, since it consisted of cataloging practices that spanned some fifty years.
    Ex. The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.
    Ex. The fourth principle does not sanction subsuming saleswomen under salesmen.
    Ex. There is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.
    Ex. A word should be interpolated here about `made-up' copies.
    Ex. The library community is now ready to embrace the most revolutionary technology for libraries -- CD-ROM.
    Ex. User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Authors must register in their own name and not a pseudonym or maiden name under which the book may be written.
    Ex. In general preference is for entry under name of organization but there are many exceptions in particular, official organizations go under place.
    Ex. They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.
    ----
    * al incluirse en = on admission to.
    * entre estos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.
    * incluir a Alguien = count + Pronombre + in.
    * incluir al final = append.
    * incluir anotaciones = annotate.
    * incluir a todo el mundo = inclusivity.
    * incluir como registro de encabezamiento secundario = trace.
    * incluir como tracing = trace.
    * incluir con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * incluir dentro de = fall into.
    * incluir en = lump + Nombre + into.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * incluir en la lista de morosos = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir en la lista negra = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir entre = go between.
    * incluir en una categoría = fall into + category.
    * incluir licencia de uso en sobre cerrado = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].
    * incluirlo todo = be all inclusive.
    * incluir referencias cruzadas = cross-reference.
    * incluir todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.
    * incluye = inclusive of.
    * incluyendo = counting.
    * que lo incluye todo = all-embracing.
    * sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.
    * sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.
    * volver a incluir = reinstate.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <impuestos/gastos> to include

    $500 todo incluido — $500 all inclusive, all in

    b) <tema/sección> to include, contain
    2) (poner, agregar)
    a) ( en un grupo) to include

    ¿vamos a incluir a todo el personal? — are we going to include all the staff?

    ¿te incluyo en la lista? — shall I put you on the list?

    b) ( en una carta) to enclose
    * * *
    = add, cover, embed [imbed, -USA], enclose, encompass, file, fit, give, include, inject, list, put in, put into, record, span, store, subsume, throw in, interpolate, embrace, design into, build in, register in, go under + Nombre, graft.

    Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

    Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
    Ex: String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.
    Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
    Ex: The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex: File boxes can be used and filed on shelves, if appropriate, interfiled with the books.
    Ex: One such method requires that each book has a magnetic strip inserted into the spine and a special exit door is fitted across which an electric signal is beamed.
    Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.
    Ex: Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.
    Ex: The abstractor injects his opinion and analysis.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
    Ex: If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex: The shelflist itself had problems, since it consisted of cataloging practices that spanned some fifty years.
    Ex: The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.
    Ex: The fourth principle does not sanction subsuming saleswomen under salesmen.
    Ex: There is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.
    Ex: A word should be interpolated here about `made-up' copies.
    Ex: The library community is now ready to embrace the most revolutionary technology for libraries -- CD-ROM.
    Ex: User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Authors must register in their own name and not a pseudonym or maiden name under which the book may be written.
    Ex: In general preference is for entry under name of organization but there are many exceptions in particular, official organizations go under place.
    Ex: They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.
    * al incluirse en = on admission to.
    * entre estos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.
    * incluir a Alguien = count + Pronombre + in.
    * incluir al final = append.
    * incluir anotaciones = annotate.
    * incluir a todo el mundo = inclusivity.
    * incluir como registro de encabezamiento secundario = trace.
    * incluir como tracing = trace.
    * incluir con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * incluir dentro de = fall into.
    * incluir en = lump + Nombre + into.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * incluir en la lista de morosos = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir en la lista negra = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir entre = go between.
    * incluir en una categoría = fall into + category.
    * incluir licencia de uso en sobre cerrado = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].
    * incluirlo todo = be all inclusive.
    * incluir referencias cruzadas = cross-reference.
    * incluir todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.
    * incluye = inclusive of.
    * incluyendo = counting.
    * que lo incluye todo = all-embracing.
    * sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.
    * sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.
    * volver a incluir = reinstate.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹impuestos/gastos› to include
    sin incluir los gastos exclusive of expenses
    $500 todo incluido $500 all inclusive o all in
    2 ‹tema/sección› to include, contain
    sus tareas incluyen la preparación del presupuesto her duties include preparing the budget
    B (poner, agregar)
    1 (en un grupo) to include
    ¿vamos a incluir a todo el personal? are we going to include all the staff?
    ¿te incluyo en la lista? shall I put you on the list?
    2 (en una carta) ‹cheque/folleto› to enclose
    * * *

     

    incluir ( conjugate incluir) verbo transitivo
    1 ( comprender)
    a) ‹impuestos/gastos› to include;

    ◊ $500 todo incluido $500 all inclusive o all in

    b) ‹tema/sección› to include, contain

    2 (poner, agregar)


    incluir verbo transitivo
    1 to include: inclúyelo en la lista, include him on the list
    2 (contener) to contain, comprise
    3 (adjuntar) to enclose
    ' incluir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comprender
    - descontar
    - encuadrar
    - incorporar
    - presupuestar
    English:
    count
    - count in
    - cover
    - embrace
    - exclude
    - include
    - incorporate
    - list
    - bed
    - excluding
    - including
    - inclusive
    - index
    - omit
    - slip
    - take
    * * *
    1. [comprender] to include;
    el precio incluye desayuno y cena en el hotel the price includes breakfast and evening meals at the hotel
    2. [adjuntar] to enclose
    3. [contener] to contain
    4. [poner]
    te he incluido en la lista de participantes I've included o put you on the list of participants;
    a mí no me incluyas count me out
    * * *
    v/t include; ( comprender) comprise
    * * *
    incluir {41} vt
    : to include
    * * *
    1. (en general) to include
    2. (adjuntar) to enclose

    Spanish-English dictionary > incluir

  • 29 aumentar

    v.
    1 to increase, to rise.
    aumentar la producción to increase production
    la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image
    me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been raised
    aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos
    aumentar de peso/tamaño to increase in weight/size
    aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price
    el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent
    El ejercicio aumenta el apetito Exercising increases the appetite.
    Aumentaron los gastos The expenses increased.
    Nos aumentaron las ganancias este año Our profits increased this year.
    2 to magnify, to amplify.
    El reportero aumentó la noticia The reporter magnified the news story.
    3 to enlarge.
    Vamos a aumentar la casa We will enlarge the house.
    4 to raise, to improve.
    El movimiento aumentó la temperatura Movement raised the temperature.
    5 to increase the size of, to enlarge.
    * * *
    1 to augment, increase (precios) to put up; (producción) to step up
    2 (óptica) to magnify
    3 (fotos) to enlarge
    4 (sonido) to amplify
    1 to rise, go up
    1 to increase, be on the increase (precios) to go up, rise
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ tamaño] to increase; (Fot) to enlarge; (Ópt) to magnify
    2) [+ cantidad] to increase; [+ precio] to increase, put up; [+ producción] to increase, step up
    3) [+ intensidad] to increase
    4) (Elec, Radio) to amplify
    2. VI
    1) [tamaño] to increase
    2) [cantidad, precio, producción] to increase, go up

    este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

    3) [intensidad] to increase
    4)

    aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase
    b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
    2.
    aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

    aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

    aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

    * * *
    = accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.
    Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.
    Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.
    Ex. If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.
    Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex. As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.
    Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex. No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.
    Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex. One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.
    Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.
    Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex. Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.
    Ex. The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.
    Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex. EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    ----
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.
    * aumentar de valor = increase in + value.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.
    * aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.
    * aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.
    * aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.
    * aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.
    * aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.
    * aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.
    * aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.
    * aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.
    * aumentar rápidamente = snowball.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase
    b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
    2.
    aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

    aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

    aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

    * * *
    = accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

    Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

    Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.
    Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.
    Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.
    Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.
    Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.
    Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.
    Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.
    Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.
    Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.
    * aumentar de valor = increase in + value.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.
    * aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.
    * aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.
    * aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.
    * aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.
    * aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.
    * aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.
    * aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.
    * aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.
    * aumentar rápidamente = snowball.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.

    * * *
    aumentar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹precio› to increase, raise, put up; ‹sueldo› to increase, raise; ‹cantidad/velocidad/tamaño› to increase; ‹producción/dosis› to increase, step up
    el microscopio aumenta la imagen the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image
    no hizo más que aumentar su dolor/miedo all it did was increase her pain/fear
    esto aumentó la tensión this added to o increased the tension
    2 ‹puntos› (en tejido) to increase
    ■ aumentar
    vi
    «temperatura» to rise; «presión» to rise, increase; «velocidad» to increase; «precio/producción/valor» to increase, rise
    el niño aumentó 500 gramos the child put on o gained 500 grams
    su popularidad ha aumentado his popularity has grown, he has gained in popularity
    el costo de la vida aumentó en un 3% the cost of living rose by 3%
    la dificultad de los ejercicios va aumentando the exercises get progressively more difficult
    aumentará el frío durante el fin de semana it will become colder over the weekend
    aumentar DE algo to increase IN sth
    aumentó de volumen/tamaño it increased in volume/size
    ha aumentado de peso he's put on o gained weight
    * * *

     

    aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo

    ‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
    b) (Opt) to magnify

    verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
    [ velocidad] to increase;
    [precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;

    aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
    aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
    aumentar
    I verbo transitivo to increase
    Fot to enlarge
    Ópt to magnify
    II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
    (de valor) to appreciate

    ' aumentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alargar
    - engordar
    - explorar
    - separar
    - separarse
    - doblar
    - elevar
    - multiplicar
    - redoblar
    English:
    add to
    - appreciate
    - augment
    - boost
    - build up
    - deepen
    - efficiency
    - enhance
    - escalate
    - gain
    - grow
    - heighten
    - improve
    - increase
    - intensify
    - jack up
    - jump
    - magnify
    - mark up
    - mount
    - odds
    - put up
    - quantity
    - raise
    - rise
    - snowball
    - step up
    - surge
    - swell
    - up
    - add
    - develop
    - go
    - put
    - soar
    - strengthen
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to increase;
    aumentar la producción to increase production;
    los enfrentamientos aumentaron la tensión en la zona the clashes increased the tension in the zone;
    me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been increased o raised;
    la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image;
    aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos
    ♦ vi
    [temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;
    aumentar de tamaño to increase in size;
    aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price;
    el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent;
    con lo que come, no me sorprende que haya aumentado de peso it doesn't surprise me that he's put on weight, considering how much he eats
    * * *
    I v/t increase; precio increase, raise, put up
    II v/i de precio, temperatura rise, increase, go up
    * * *
    acrecentar: to increase, to raise
    : to rise, to increase, to grow
    * * *
    1. (hacer subir) to increase / to raise
    2. (subir) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to increase
    3. (con lupa, microscopio) to magnify [pt. & pp. magnified]

    Spanish-English dictionary > aumentar

  • 30 vocabulary

    [və'kæbjuləri]
    plural - vocabularies; noun
    1) (words in general: This book contains some difficult vocabulary.) ord
    2) ((the stock of) words known and used eg by one person, or within a particular trade or profession: He has a vocabulary of about 20,000 words; the specialized vocabulary of nuclear physics.) ordforråd; terminologi
    3) (a list of words in alphabetical order with meanings eg added as a supplement to a book dealing with a particular subject: This edition of Shakespeare's plays has a good vocabulary at the back.) ordliste
    * * *
    [və'kæbjuləri]
    plural - vocabularies; noun
    1) (words in general: This book contains some difficult vocabulary.) ord
    2) ((the stock of) words known and used eg by one person, or within a particular trade or profession: He has a vocabulary of about 20,000 words; the specialized vocabulary of nuclear physics.) ordforråd; terminologi
    3) (a list of words in alphabetical order with meanings eg added as a supplement to a book dealing with a particular subject: This edition of Shakespeare's plays has a good vocabulary at the back.) ordliste

    English-Danish dictionary > vocabulary

  • 31 () (paréntesis)

    = parentheses () [parenthesis, -sing.], round brackets ().
    Ex. The first 15 characters of the edition note are displayed in parentheses at the right end of the line, just before the date.
    Ex. The notations for Space concepts are enclosed in round brackets (), and added to the main table numbers when required.
    * * *
    = parentheses () [parenthesis, -sing.], round brackets ().

    Ex: The first 15 characters of the edition note are displayed in parentheses at the right end of the line, just before the date.

    Ex: The notations for Space concepts are enclosed in round brackets (), and added to the main table numbers when required.

    Spanish-English dictionary > () (paréntesis)

  • 32 adquirir

    v.
    1 to acquire, to purchase.
    Ricardo adquirió un televisor nuevo Richard acquired a new television set.
    Silvia adquirió experiencia Silvia acquired experience.
    2 to acquire (conseguir) (conocimientos, hábito, cultura).
    3 to incur in, to fall into.
    María adquirió una deuda Mary incurred in a debt.
    4 to get.
    5 to gain in.
    Elsa adquirió peso Elsa gained in weight.
    * * *
    (i changes to ie in stressed syllables)
    Present Indicative
    adquiero, adquieres, adquiere, adquirimos, adquirís, adquieren.
    Present Subjunctive
    adquiera, adquieras, adquiera, adquiramos, adquiráis, adquieran.
    Imperative
    adquiere (tú), adquiera (él/Vd.), adquiramos (nos.), adquirid (vos.), adquieran (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to acquire, gain
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=comprar) [+ vivienda, billete] to purchase; (Econ) [+ derechos, acciones, empresa] to acquire, purchase
    2) (=conseguir) [+ cultura, conocimientos, dinero] to acquire; [+ fama] to gain, achieve
    3) (=adoptar) [+ costumbre] to adopt; [+ carácter, identidad] to take on, acquire; [+ nacionalidad] to acquire, obtain; [+ compromiso] to undertake; [+ color] to take on

    la palabra "enchufe" adquirió el sentido que todos conocemos — the word "enchufe" took on o acquired the sense we are all familiar with

    * * *
    verbo transitivo to acquire, obtain

    adquiera su nuevo coche antes del día 30 — purchase o buy your new car before the 30th

    adquirió renombre internacional — he attained o achieved international renown

    * * *
    = acquire, assume, purchase, buy, attain, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own.
    Ex. Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.
    Ex. A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex. This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.
    Ex. Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.
    Ex. A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.
    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    ----
    * adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * adquirir fama = achieve + notoriety.
    * adquirir ímpetu = pick up + speed.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * adquirir una idea = gain + impression.
    * adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un gusto por = get + a taste for.
    * adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un valor añadido = take on + added weight.
    * gusto que se adquiere con el tiempo = acquired taste.
    * voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to acquire, obtain

    adquiera su nuevo coche antes del día 30 — purchase o buy your new car before the 30th

    adquirió renombre internacional — he attained o achieved international renown

    * * *
    = acquire, assume, purchase, buy, attain, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own.

    Ex: Many libraries have special collections of foreign, unpublished or unusual materials which include items unlikely to be acquired by other libraries.

    Ex: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex: This mode of publication permits special libraries to purchase relevant parts and facilitates revision at a later date.
    Ex: Discount charges are available by contracting to buy a predetermined number of connect hours per year.
    Ex: A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.
    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * adquirir fama = achieve + notoriety.
    * adquirir ímpetu = pick up + speed.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * adquirir una idea = gain + impression.
    * adquirir una nueva dimensión = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un gusto por = get + a taste for.
    * adquirir un nuevo significado = take on + new dimension.
    * adquirir un valor añadido = take on + added weight.
    * gusto que se adquiere con el tiempo = acquired taste.
    * voz + adquirir + tono = voice + take on + quality.

    * * *
    vt
    ‹artículo/propiedad› to acquire, obtain; ‹cultura/conocimientos› to acquire; ‹experiencia› to gain, acquire; ‹nacionalidad› to acquire, obtain; ‹lengua› to acquire
    ha adquirido el 13% de las acciones de Bianco he has acquired o obtained o purchased 13% of Bianco's shares
    adquiera su nuevo coche antes del día 30 purchase o buy your new car before the 30th
    ha adquirido renombre internacional he has attained o achieved international renown
    con el tiempo ha ido adquiriendo madurez y aplomo over the years he has gained in maturity and assurance
    derechos adquiridos vested o acquired rights
    * * *

     

    adquirir ( conjugate adquirir) verbo transitivo ‹casa/coche› to acquire, obtain;
    ( comprar) to purchase, buy;
    ‹conocimientos/colección/fortuna› to acquire;
    ‹ fama› to attain, achieve;
    ‹ experiencia› to gain;

    adquirir verbo transitivo
    1 to acquire
    2 frml (comprar) to purchase

    ' adquirir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carta
    - contagiarse
    - empeñarse
    - iniciarse
    - soltarse
    - adquiera
    - agarrar
    - asentar
    - cobrar
    - coger
    - compromiso
    - ganar
    - hábito
    - hacer
    - tomar
    - vale
    English:
    acquire
    - come by
    - edition
    - gain
    - mail order
    - form
    - lapse
    - pick
    - purchase
    - take
    * * *
    1. [comprar] to acquire, to purchase;
    ya es posible adquirir pasajes de avión a través de Internet you can now buy air tickets on the Internet;
    adquirieron el 51 por ciento de las acciones de la empresa they acquired a 51 percent shareholding in the company
    2. [conseguir] [conocimientos, hábito, cultura] to acquire;
    [éxito, popularidad] to achieve; [libertad, experiencia] to gain; [fortuna] to acquire, to come by; [nacionalidad] to obtain;
    adquirió una reputación de inflexibilidad he gained o acquired a reputation for inflexibility;
    adquirieron el compromiso de ayudarse mutualmente they committed themselves to helping each other
    * * *
    v/t
    1 acquire
    2 ( comprar) buy, purchase fml
    * * *
    adquirir {4} vt
    1) : to acquire, to gain
    2) comprar: to purchase
    * * *
    1. (llegar a tener) to acquire
    2. (comprar) to buy [pt. & pp. bought]

    Spanish-English dictionary > adquirir

  • 33 beneficio

    m.
    1 benefit (bien).
    a beneficio de in aid of (gala, concierto)
    en beneficio de for the good of
    en beneficio de todos in everyone's interest
    en beneficio propio for one's own good
    Para su bien For his sake.
    2 profit (ganancia).
    beneficio bruto/neto gross/net profit
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: beneficiar.
    * * *
    1 (ganancia) profit
    2 (bien) benefit
    \
    en beneficio de for the good of, for the benefit of, in the interest of
    a beneficio de in aid of
    sacar beneficio de to profit from
    beneficio bruto gross profit
    beneficio neto clear profit
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) gain, profit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=ventaja) benefit

    • a beneficio de algn — in aid of sb

    • en beneficio de algn, aprovechó las cualidades literarias de su mujer en beneficio propio — he exploited his wife's literary talent to his own advantage o for his own benefit

    en o por tu propio beneficio, es mejor que no vengas — for your own good o benefit o in your own interests, it's best if you don't come

    oficio 1)
    2) (Com, Econ) profit

    • obtener o tener beneficios — to make a profit

    obtuvieron 1.500 millones de beneficio el año pasado — they made a profit of 1,500 million last year

    beneficio de explotación — operating profit, trading profit

    beneficio líquido — [en un balance] net profit; [en una transacción] net profit, clear profit

    beneficio neto — = beneficio líquido

    beneficio operativo — operating profit, trading profit

    beneficios antes de impuestos — pre-tax profits, profits before tax

    beneficios postimpositivos — after-tax profits, profits after tax

    margen 1., 4)
    3) (=función benéfica) benefit (performance)
    4) (=donación) donation
    5) (Rel) living, benefice
    6) (Min) [de mina] exploitation, working; [de mineral] (=extracción) extraction; (=tratamiento) processing, treatment
    7) LAm (=descuartizamiento) butchering; (=matanza) slaughter
    8) CAm [de café] coffee processing plant
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Com, Fin) profit

    producir or reportar beneficios — to yeild o bring returns o profits

    b) (ventaja, bien) benefit
    2)
    a) (AmL) ( de animal) dressing
    b) (AmC) (Agr) coffee processing plant
    c) (Chi) ( de mineral) extraction
    * * *
    = benefit, gain, profit, plus [pluses, -pl.], dividend, payback, payoff [pay-off], perk, mileage.
    Ex. The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI CD Edition.
    Ex. This is likely to lead to shorter and less complex profiles for searches, and the gains will be most obvious in a natural language system.
    Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex. Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex. The article has the title ' Dividends: the value of public libraries in Canada'.
    Ex. In the 1980s the illegal reproduction and distribution of information was a tedious process that generally produced poor payback.
    Ex. Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex. At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex. Reports produced by government-sponsored projects may not be widely distributed until the government has had good mileage from them = Los informes obtenidos de los proyectos patrocinados por el gobierno puede que no se distribuyan de forma general hasta que el gobierno les haya sacado un buen provecho.
    ----
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * aportar beneficios = lead to + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * beneficio añadido = added benefit.
    * beneficio de bolsa = share dividend.
    * beneficio directo = direct benefit.
    * beneficio económico = economic benefit, financial benefit, economic return.
    * beneficio extra = bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    * beneficio fiscal = tax benefit, fiscal benefit.
    * beneficio indirecto = spin-off, indirect benefit, spinoff benefit, spillover benefit.
    * beneficio marginal = marginal benefit.
    * beneficio material = material benefit.
    * beneficio mutuo = mutual benefit.
    * beneficio neto = net trading profit, net profit, net gain, net benefit.
    * beneficio para la salud = health benefit.
    * beneficio personal = personal gain.
    * beneficio positivo = positive return.
    * beneficio público = public interest.
    * beneficio recíproco = mutual benefit.
    * beneficios = return.
    * beneficios acumulados = accruing benefits.
    * beneficios brutos = gross benefits.
    * beneficios complementarios = fringe benefits.
    * beneficios de la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios del cargo, los = spoils of office, the.
    * beneficios en metálico = cash benefit.
    * beneficios en relación con la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios netos = net income.
    * beneficio social = societal benefit, social return, social benefit.
    * concierto a beneficio = benefit concert.
    * conseguir beneficio = accrue + benefit.
    * costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * costos y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.
    * el beneficio de la duda = the benefit of the doubt.
    * en beneficio de = for the benefit of, to the benefit of.
    * en beneficio propio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * en + Posesivo + propio beneficio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.
    * explotar beneficios = exploit + benefits.
    * margen de beneficio = markup rate, markup [mark-up], profit margin.
    * muchos beneficios = high return.
    * obtener beneficios = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit.
    * obtener el máximo beneficio = reap + full potential.
    * para beneficio de = for the good of.
    * para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.
    * precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.
    * producir beneficios = reap + dividends, render + returns, achieve + returns, pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * relativo a la relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * reportar beneficio = provide + benefit.
    * reportar beneficios = have + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * riesgos-beneficios = risk-return.
    * ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.
    * ser un beneficio inesperado para = be a boon to.
    * tener beneficios = have + benefits.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Com, Fin) profit

    producir or reportar beneficios — to yeild o bring returns o profits

    b) (ventaja, bien) benefit
    2)
    a) (AmL) ( de animal) dressing
    b) (AmC) (Agr) coffee processing plant
    c) (Chi) ( de mineral) extraction
    * * *
    = benefit, gain, profit, plus [pluses, -pl.], dividend, payback, payoff [pay-off], perk, mileage.

    Ex: The examples that follow will give you a glimpse of the important features and benefits of the SCI CD Edition.

    Ex: This is likely to lead to shorter and less complex profiles for searches, and the gains will be most obvious in a natural language system.
    Ex: As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex: Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex: The article has the title ' Dividends: the value of public libraries in Canada'.
    Ex: In the 1980s the illegal reproduction and distribution of information was a tedious process that generally produced poor payback.
    Ex: Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex: At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex: Reports produced by government-sponsored projects may not be widely distributed until the government has had good mileage from them = Los informes obtenidos de los proyectos patrocinados por el gobierno puede que no se distribuyan de forma general hasta que el gobierno les haya sacado un buen provecho.
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * aportar beneficios = lead to + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * beneficio añadido = added benefit.
    * beneficio de bolsa = share dividend.
    * beneficio directo = direct benefit.
    * beneficio económico = economic benefit, financial benefit, economic return.
    * beneficio extra = bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    * beneficio fiscal = tax benefit, fiscal benefit.
    * beneficio indirecto = spin-off, indirect benefit, spinoff benefit, spillover benefit.
    * beneficio marginal = marginal benefit.
    * beneficio material = material benefit.
    * beneficio mutuo = mutual benefit.
    * beneficio neto = net trading profit, net profit, net gain, net benefit.
    * beneficio para la salud = health benefit.
    * beneficio personal = personal gain.
    * beneficio positivo = positive return.
    * beneficio público = public interest.
    * beneficio recíproco = mutual benefit.
    * beneficios = return.
    * beneficios acumulados = accruing benefits.
    * beneficios brutos = gross benefits.
    * beneficios complementarios = fringe benefits.
    * beneficios de la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios del cargo, los = spoils of office, the.
    * beneficios en metálico = cash benefit.
    * beneficios en relación con la inversión = return on investment (ROI).
    * beneficios netos = net income.
    * beneficio social = societal benefit, social return, social benefit.
    * concierto a beneficio = benefit concert.
    * conseguir beneficio = accrue + benefit.
    * costes y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * costos y beneficios = costs and benefits.
    * dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * de mucho beneficio = high-payoff.
    * el beneficio de la duda = the benefit of the doubt.
    * en beneficio de = for the benefit of, to the benefit of.
    * en beneficio propio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * en + Posesivo + propio beneficio = to + Posesivo + advantage.
    * escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.
    * explotar beneficios = exploit + benefits.
    * margen de beneficio = markup rate, markup [mark-up], profit margin.
    * muchos beneficios = high return.
    * obtener beneficios = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit.
    * obtener el máximo beneficio = reap + full potential.
    * para beneficio de = for the good of.
    * para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.
    * precio de coste más margen de beneficios = cost-plus pricing.
    * producir beneficios = reap + dividends, render + returns, achieve + returns, pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit ratio.
    * relativo a la relación costes-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * relativo a la relación costos-beneficios = cost-benefit.
    * reportar beneficio = provide + benefit.
    * reportar beneficios = have + benefits, bring + benefits.
    * riesgos-beneficios = risk-return.
    * ser de gran beneficio para = be of great benefit to.
    * ser un beneficio inesperado para = be a boon to.
    * tener beneficios = have + benefits.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Com, Fin) profit
    este negocio produce grandes beneficios this business yields large profits
    una inversión que reportó importantes beneficios an investment that brought significant returns o profits
    margen de beneficio(s) profit margin
    2 (ventaja, bien) benefit
    no va a sacar gran beneficio del asunto he's not going to benefit much from this affair
    una colecta a beneficio de las víctimas a collection in aid of the victims
    en beneficio de todos in the interests of everyone
    todo lo hace en beneficio propio everything he does is for his own gain o advantage
    tales mejoras redundarán en beneficio del público these improvements will benefit the public o will be in the public interest
    3 (función benéfica) charity performance
    Compuestos:
    gross profit
    entitlement to legal aid
    fringe benefit
    net profit
    net profit
    earnings per share (pl)
    fringe benefit
    B ( AmL) (de un animal) dressing
    C ( Chi) (de un mineral) extraction
    D ( AmC) ( Agr) coffee processing plant
    * * *

     

    Del verbo beneficiar: ( conjugate beneficiar)

    beneficio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    benefició es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    beneficiar    
    beneficio
    beneficiar ( conjugate beneficiar) verbo transitivo ( favorecer) to benefit, to be of benefit to;

    salir beneficiado con algo to be better off with sth
    beneficiarse verbo pronominal
    to benefit;
    beneficiose con/de algo to benefit from sth
    beneficio sustantivo masculino
    a) (Com, Fin) profit;

    producir or reportar beneficios to yield o bring returns o profits
    b) (ventaja, bien) benefit;


    en beneficio de todos in the interests of everyone
    beneficiar verbo transitivo to benefit
    beneficio sustantivo masculino
    1 Com Fin profit
    2 (provecho, ventaja) benefit
    en beneficio de todos, in everyone's benefit
    3 (ayuda) a beneficio de, in aid of: un partido de fútbol a beneficio de los huérfanos, a football match in aid of orphans
    Profit o profits se refieren únicamente al beneficio económico.
    Benefit hace referencia a otro tipo de beneficios y también a ciertas subvenciones de la Seguridad Social.
    ' beneficio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bota
    - dar
    - inventario
    - menoscabar
    - partida
    - partido
    - provecho
    - redundar
    - revertir
    - sacar
    - bien
    - bonificación
    - disfrutar
    - margen
    - mayor
    - mutuo
    - propio
    - renta
    - utilidad
    - ventaja
    English:
    aid
    - benefit
    - blessing
    - cancel out
    - clear
    - gain
    - good
    - interest
    - mark-up
    - perk
    - profit
    - return
    - tidy
    * * *
    1. [bien] benefit;
    a beneficio de [gala, concierto] in aid of;
    en beneficio de for the good of;
    ello redundó en beneficio nuestro it was to our advantage;
    en beneficio de todos in everyone's interest;
    en beneficio propio for one's own good;
    sólo buscan el beneficio propio they're only interested in what's in it for them
    2. [ganancia] profit;
    la tienda ya está dando beneficios the shop is already making a profit
    beneficio bruto gross profit;
    beneficio neto net profit
    3. Min [extracción] extraction
    4. Carib, Chile [de res] slaughter
    * * *
    m
    1 ( ventaja) benefit;
    en beneficio de in aid of
    2 COM profit
    2 Rpl
    para ganado slaughterhouse
    3 C.Am.
    coffee-processing plant
    * * *
    1) ganancia, provecho: gain, profit
    2) : benefit
    * * *
    1. (bien) benefit
    2. (ganancias) profit
    el beneficio neto fue de más de 9.000 millones de pesetas the net profit was over 9,000 million pesetas
    en beneficio de in the interests of / for the good of
    en su propio beneficio in his own interests / for his own good

    Spanish-English dictionary > beneficio

  • 34 debido a

    prep.
    due to, as a matter of, for, because of.
    * * *
    due to, owing to, because of
    * * *
    = be reason of, because of, by reason of, by virtue of, due to, for reasons of, in connection with, in light of, in the face of, in the interest(s) of, in the light of, on account of, on grounds, on the grounds that/of, owing to, thanks to, out of, because
    Ex. For fifty years impregnated papers have been used which turn dark at every point where an electrical contact touches them by reason of the chemical change thus produced in a iodine compound included in the paper.
    Ex. This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.
    Ex. In order that the picture may not be too commonplace, by reason of sticking to present-day patterns, it may be well to mention one such possibility.
    Ex. For example, the set of documents about 'programmed instruction' forms a class by virtue of sharing the common characteristic of subject content.
    Ex. This is in part due to the different stages of development reached by different libraries.
    Ex. It is important to recognise, then, that a variety of different indexing approaches are inevitable, not only for reasons of history and indexer preference, but because different situations demand different approaches.
    Ex. There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.
    Ex. This is essentially the traditional enterprise of cataloguing theory, but it is explored in light of current standards and developments.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields = En vista del crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, siendo realista ahora el investigador no puede mantenerse al día en los avances de su propio campo y mucho menos de los de campos afines.
    Ex. Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.
    Ex. Apart from differing needs of users, indexing approaches may differ on policy grounds.
    Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex. The simplest KWIC indexes are unattractive and tedious to scan owing to their physical format and typeface.
    Ex. It is a matter of some small pride that my account of the eighteenth edition of Dewey appeared at about the same time as the official publication of the scheme itself, thanks to the cooperation of the editor, Mr Ben Custer.
    Ex. But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.
    Ex. In practice, many cataloguers favour the direct catalogue partly because it is simpler for the cataloguer to compile.
    * * *
    = be reason of, because of, by reason of, by virtue of, due to, for reasons of, in connection with, in light of, in the face of, in the interest(s) of, in the light of, on account of, on grounds, on the grounds that/of, owing to, thanks to, out of, because

    Ex: For fifty years impregnated papers have been used which turn dark at every point where an electrical contact touches them by reason of the chemical change thus produced in a iodine compound included in the paper.

    Ex: This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.
    Ex: In order that the picture may not be too commonplace, by reason of sticking to present-day patterns, it may be well to mention one such possibility.
    Ex: For example, the set of documents about 'programmed instruction' forms a class by virtue of sharing the common characteristic of subject content.
    Ex: This is in part due to the different stages of development reached by different libraries.
    Ex: It is important to recognise, then, that a variety of different indexing approaches are inevitable, not only for reasons of history and indexer preference, but because different situations demand different approaches.
    Ex: There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.
    Ex: This is essentially the traditional enterprise of cataloguing theory, but it is explored in light of current standards and developments.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex: In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields = En vista del crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, siendo realista ahora el investigador no puede mantenerse al día en los avances de su propio campo y mucho menos de los de campos afines.
    Ex: Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.
    Ex: Apart from differing needs of users, indexing approaches may differ on policy grounds.
    Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex: The simplest KWIC indexes are unattractive and tedious to scan owing to their physical format and typeface.
    Ex: It is a matter of some small pride that my account of the eighteenth edition of Dewey appeared at about the same time as the official publication of the scheme itself, thanks to the cooperation of the editor, Mr Ben Custer.
    Ex: But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.
    Ex: In practice, many cataloguers favour the direct catalogue partly because it is simpler for the cataloguer to compile.

    Spanish-English dictionary > debido a

  • 35 destacado

    adj.
    1 prominent, featured, distinguished, outstanding.
    2 highlighted, marked.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: destacar.
    * * *
    1→ link=destacar destacar
    1 (persona) outstanding, distinguished, prominent, leading; (actuación) outstanding
    * * *
    (f. - destacada)
    adj.
    outstanding, prominent
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=distinguido) [gen] outstanding; [personaje] distinguished; [dato] noteworthy
    2) (Mil) stationed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <profesional/artista> prominent, distinguished; < actuación> outstanding

    destacadas personalidades — prominent o distinguished figures

    2) [estar] < tropas> stationed

    el cuerpo diplomático destacado en... — the diplomatic staff in...

    * * *
    = leading, outstanding, salient, distinguished, marked, high profile, esteemed, singular, with a difference, prominent, elevated, of note, standout, selected, unique.
    Ex. In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.
    Ex. The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.
    Ex. There must be instructions explaining salient features of the index.
    Ex. This is a contribution to a festschrift in honour of Samuel Rothstein, the distinguished Canadian reference librarian.
    Ex. It hardly needs to be said that the microcomputer is now a fact of life, but its impact upon the world of information retrieval and libraries generally has been less marked than in many other areas.
    Ex. The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.
    Ex. This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.
    Ex. The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.
    Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex. Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.
    Ex. Among its standout features is a collection of animated maps that are not terribly detailed but are accompanied by high-quality pictures of many interesting sites.
    Ex. This month-long fellowship will offer participants an opportunity to train at selected North American libraries.
    Ex. The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    ----
    * elemento destacado = standout.
    * lo más destacado = highlights.
    * más destacado = foremost.
    * miembro destacado = leading member.
    * ocupar un lugar destacado para + Pronombre = stand + high on + Posesivo + list.
    * persona destacada = standout.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <profesional/artista> prominent, distinguished; < actuación> outstanding

    destacadas personalidades — prominent o distinguished figures

    2) [estar] < tropas> stationed

    el cuerpo diplomático destacado en... — the diplomatic staff in...

    * * *
    = leading, outstanding, salient, distinguished, marked, high profile, esteemed, singular, with a difference, prominent, elevated, of note, standout, selected, unique.

    Ex: In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

    Ex: The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.
    Ex: There must be instructions explaining salient features of the index.
    Ex: This is a contribution to a festschrift in honour of Samuel Rothstein, the distinguished Canadian reference librarian.
    Ex: It hardly needs to be said that the microcomputer is now a fact of life, but its impact upon the world of information retrieval and libraries generally has been less marked than in many other areas.
    Ex: The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.
    Ex: This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.
    Ex: The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.
    Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex: Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.
    Ex: Among its standout features is a collection of animated maps that are not terribly detailed but are accompanied by high-quality pictures of many interesting sites.
    Ex: This month-long fellowship will offer participants an opportunity to train at selected North American libraries.
    Ex: The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    * elemento destacado = standout.
    * lo más destacado = highlights.
    * más destacado = foremost.
    * miembro destacado = leading member.
    * ocupar un lugar destacado para + Pronombre = stand + high on + Posesivo + list.
    * persona destacada = standout.

    * * *
    A ‹profesional/artista› prominent, distinguished; ‹actuación› outstanding
    la nota más destacada del día the highlight of the day
    en presencia de destacadas personalidades in the presence of prominent o distinguished figures
    B [ ESTAR] ‹tropas› stationed
    las fuerzas destacadas en las zonas montañosas the forces stationed in the mountain areas
    el cuerpo diplomático destacado en Addis-Abeba the diplomatic staff in Addis Ababa o assigned to Addis Ababa
    * * *

     

    Del verbo destacar: ( conjugate destacar)

    destacado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    destacado    
    destacar
    destacado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹profesional/artista› prominent, distinguished;
    ‹ actuación› outstanding
    2 [estar] ‹ tropas› stationed
    destacar ( conjugate destacar) verbo transitivo
    1 (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2 ( realzar) ‹belleza/figura› to enhance;
    ‹color/plano› to bring out
    3
    a) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to post

    b) ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send

    verbo intransitivo
    to stand out;
    destacado en algo to excel at o in sth
    destacado,-a adjetivo outstanding
    destacar vtr fig to emphasize, stress
    destacar(se) verbo intransitivo & verbo reflexivo to stand out
    ' destacado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destacada
    - maestra
    - maestro
    - señera
    - señero
    - sobresaliente
    English:
    conspicuous
    - figure
    - foremost
    - highlight
    - leading
    - outstanding
    - prominent
    - striking
    - towering
    - distinction
    - out
    - prominently
    - top
    * * *
    destacado, -a adj
    1. [persona] distinguished, prominent;
    [acto] outstanding;
    era uno de nuestros alumnos más destacados he was one of our most outstanding pupils;
    tuvo una destacada actuación her performance was outstanding
    2. [tropas] stationed;
    [corresponsales] assigned, sent;
    las tropas destacadas en Bosnia the troops stationed in Bosnia;
    conectamos con nuestra unidad móvil destacada en la zona we're going over to our mobile unit in the area itself
    * * *
    adj outstanding
    * * *
    destacado, -da adj
    1) : outstanding, prominent
    2) : stationed, posted
    * * *
    1. (en general) outstanding
    2. (persona) prominent / leading

    Spanish-English dictionary > destacado

  • 36 extra

    adj.
    1 extra (adicional).
    horas extras overtime
    2 top quality, superior.
    3 spare.
    f.
    1 4-star petrol (British), premium gas (United States). ( Latin American Spanish)
    2 extra.
    f. & m.
    extra (Cine).
    m.
    extra (gasto).
    * * *
    1 familiar extra
    2 familiar (superior) top-quality, best-quality
    3 (paga) bonus
    1 familiar (gasto) additional expense
    1 familiar (paga) bonus payment
    \
    hacer un extra familiar to give oneself a treat, treat oneself
    ■ aunque estoy a régimen hoy he hecho un extra y me he comido un trozo de pastel although I'm on a diet I've given myself a treat today and had a piece of cake
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj. 3. noun m.
    extra, bonus
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ INV [tiempo] extra; [gasolina] high-octane

    calidad extra — top-quality, best

    2.
    SMF (Cine) extra
    3. SM
    1) [en cuenta] extra; [de pago] bonus
    2) (=periódico) special edition, special supplement
    * * *
    I
    a) (Com) top quality, fancy grade (AmE)
    b) ( adicional) <gastos/ración> additional, extra; < edición> special
    II
    adverbio extra
    III
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Cin) extra
    2) extra masculino ( gasto) extra expense; ( paga) bonus
    * * *
    = add-on, added, additional, extra, perquisite, extra, perk, frill.
    Ex. As noted in earlier chapters, some possible services are already being explored on a smaller scale as ' add-on' options to the telephone service: electronic mail, banking, publishing, etc.
    Ex. The agreement of both pieces of information with the borrower file is added assurance that the borrower is who he says he is.
    Ex. The note area is the part of the description where it is permitted to include any additional information which the cataloguer feels may be of value to the user.
    Ex. Each step of subdivision involves an extra character (see below).
    Ex. Journeymen traditionally had the perquisite of a free copy of each book that they had helped to print, besides occasional gratuities from authors.
    Ex. Volunteers are not substitutes for paid staff; the latter provides the essential services, the volunteers the extras.
    Ex. At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    ----
    * accesorios extras = bells and whistles.
    * aceite de oliva virgen extra = extra virgin olive oil.
    * beneficio extra = bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    * con todos los extras = with the works!.
    * extra grande = extra-large.
    * hacer horas extras = work + overtime.
    * horas extras = overtime.
    * pagar por horas extra = pay + overtime.
    * servicio extra = frill.
    * sin extras = no-frills.
    * todos los accesorios extras = all the bells and whistles.
    * todos los adornos extras = all the bells and whistles.
    * trabajar horas extras = work + overtime.
    * * *
    I
    a) (Com) top quality, fancy grade (AmE)
    b) ( adicional) <gastos/ración> additional, extra; < edición> special
    II
    adverbio extra
    III
    masculino y femenino
    1) (Cin) extra
    2) extra masculino ( gasto) extra expense; ( paga) bonus
    * * *
    = add-on, added, additional, extra, perquisite, extra, perk, frill.

    Ex: As noted in earlier chapters, some possible services are already being explored on a smaller scale as ' add-on' options to the telephone service: electronic mail, banking, publishing, etc.

    Ex: The agreement of both pieces of information with the borrower file is added assurance that the borrower is who he says he is.
    Ex: The note area is the part of the description where it is permitted to include any additional information which the cataloguer feels may be of value to the user.
    Ex: Each step of subdivision involves an extra character (see below).
    Ex: Journeymen traditionally had the perquisite of a free copy of each book that they had helped to print, besides occasional gratuities from authors.
    Ex: Volunteers are not substitutes for paid staff; the latter provides the essential services, the volunteers the extras.
    Ex: At almost every conference I've spoken at one of the perks is free conference registration.
    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    * accesorios extras = bells and whistles.
    * aceite de oliva virgen extra = extra virgin olive oil.
    * beneficio extra = bonus [bonuses, -pl.].
    * con todos los extras = with the works!.
    * extra grande = extra-large.
    * hacer horas extras = work + overtime.
    * horas extras = overtime.
    * pagar por horas extra = pay + overtime.
    * servicio extra = frill.
    * sin extras = no-frills.
    * todos los accesorios extras = all the bells and whistles.
    * todos los adornos extras = all the bells and whistles.
    * trabajar horas extras = work + overtime.

    * * *
    1 ( Com) top quality, fancy grade ( AmE)
    fruta (calidad) extra top quality o fancy grade fruit
    2 (adicional) ‹gastos/ración› additional, extra; ‹edición› special
    extra
    A ( Cin) extra
    salí de extra I was an extra
    B
    extra masculine (gasto) extra expense; (ingreso) bonus
    por si surge algún extra in case any unforeseen o extra expenses come up
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    algo extra    
    extra
    extra adjetivo
    a) (Com) top quality, fancy grade (AmE)

    b) ( adicional) ‹gastos/ración› additional, extra;

    ‹ edición› special
    ■ adverbio
    extra
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Cin) extra
    ■ sustantivo masculino ( gasto) extra expense;
    ( paga) bonus
    extra 1 I adjetivo
    1 (de más, plus) extra
    horas extras, overtime
    paga extra, bonus, Esp extra month's salary usually paid twice a year
    2 (de calidad superior) top quality
    II sustantivo masculino (gasto adicional) extra expense
    III sustantivo masculino y femenino Cine Teat extra
    ' extra' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accesoria
    - accesorio
    - extraordinaria
    - extraordinario
    - gratificación
    - otra
    - otro
    - paga
    - plus
    - prórroga
    - recargo
    - sobresueldo
    - soplada
    - soplado
    - superfina
    - superfino
    - suplementaria
    - suplementario
    - suplemento
    - supletoria
    - supletorio
    - aguinaldo
    - encimar
    - extraplano
    - hora
    - ñapa
    - pilón
    - prima
    - puente
    - sobra
    - sobrar
    - sobretiempo
    - yapa
    English:
    addition
    - boot
    - come in
    - cushion
    - extra
    - frill
    - further
    - option
    - perk
    - accessory
    - additional
    - bumper
    - drain
    - over
    - side
    - walk
    - XL
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [adicional] extra;
    horas extras overtime
    2. [de gran calidad] top quality, superior;
    chocolate extra superior quality chocolate
    ♦ nmf
    [en película] extra;
    hizo de extra en una del oeste he was an extra in a western
    ♦ nm
    [gasto] extra
    ♦ nf
    1. Fam [paga] = additional payment of a month's salary or wages in June and December
    2. Am [gasolina] Br 4-star petrol, US premium gas
    ♦ interj
    extra;
    ¡extra, extra!, dimite el presidente extra! extra! President resigns!
    * * *
    I adj
    1 excelente top quality
    2 adicional extra;
    horas extra pl overtime sg ;
    paga extra extra month’s pay
    II m/f de cine extra
    III m
    1 gasto additional expense
    2 AUTO extra
    * * *
    extra adv
    : extra
    extra adj
    1) : additional, extra
    2) : superior, top-quality
    extra nmf
    : extra (in movies)
    extra nm
    : extra expense
    paga extra: bonus
    * * *
    extra1 adj
    1. (adicional) extra
    2. (de calidad superior) top quality
    extra2 n
    1. (en el cine) extra
    2. (paga) bonus [pl. bonuses]

    Spanish-English dictionary > extra

  • 37 paréntesis

    m. s.&pl.
    1 parenthesis, bracket.
    2 digression, interruption, pause, parenthesis.
    3 parentheses.
    * * *
    1 (gen) parenthesis; (signo) brackets plural
    2 figurado (interrupción) break, interruption
    \
    abrir paréntesis to open brackets
    cerrar paréntesis to close brackets
    entre paréntesis in brackets, in parentheses
    hacer un paréntesis figurado to take a break
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM INV
    1) (Tip) parenthesis, bracket
    2) (Ling) (=pausa) parenthesis; (=digresión) digression; (=aparte) aside

    hacer un paréntesis — [en discurso, escrito] to digress

    entre paréntesis — [como adj] parenthetical, incidental; [como adv] parenthetically, incidentally

    y, entre paréntesis... — and, by the way..., and I may add in passing...

    3) (=intervalo) interval, break; (=hueco) gap; (=descanso) lull
    * * *
    a) ( signo) parenthesis, bracket (BrE)

    entre paréntesis — ( literal) in parentheses, in brackets; ( a propósito) by the way

    b) ( digresión) digression, parenthesis
    c) ( intervalo) break, interval
    * * *
    = parentheses () [parenthesis, -sing.], bracket, round brackets (), hiatus, lull.
    Ex. The first 15 characters of the edition note are displayed in parentheses at the right end of the line, just before the date.
    Ex. Further complex search strategies are possible with the intercession of other kinds of logic (see below) and the use of brackets.
    Ex. The notations for Space concepts are enclosed in round brackets (), and added to the main table numbers when required.
    Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex. The author observes that there was no lull in the construction of Scottish castellated architecture between 1480 and 1560.
    ----
    * a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.
    * entre paréntesis = parenthetically, parenthetic, in brackets, in parenthesis.
    * equilibrar paréntesis = balance + parentheses.
    * paréntesis angular = angled bracket.
    * paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.
    * paréntesis que cierra = right parenthesis.
    * poner entre paréntesis = bracket.
    * * *
    a) ( signo) parenthesis, bracket (BrE)

    entre paréntesis — ( literal) in parentheses, in brackets; ( a propósito) by the way

    b) ( digresión) digression, parenthesis
    c) ( intervalo) break, interval
    * * *
    = parentheses () [parenthesis, -sing.], bracket, round brackets (), hiatus, lull.

    Ex: The first 15 characters of the edition note are displayed in parentheses at the right end of the line, just before the date.

    Ex: Further complex search strategies are possible with the intercession of other kinds of logic (see below) and the use of brackets.
    Ex: The notations for Space concepts are enclosed in round brackets (), and added to the main table numbers when required.
    Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex: The author observes that there was no lull in the construction of Scottish castellated architecture between 1480 and 1560.
    * a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.
    * entre paréntesis = parenthetically, parenthetic, in brackets, in parenthesis.
    * equilibrar paréntesis = balance + parentheses.
    * paréntesis angular = angled bracket.
    * paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.
    * paréntesis que cierra = right parenthesis.
    * poner entre paréntesis = bracket.

    * * *
    1 (signo) parenthesis, bracket ( BrE)
    abrir/cerrar el paréntesis to open/close parentheses o brackets
    entre paréntesis (literal) in parentheses, in brackets; (a propósito) by the way
    2 (digresión) digression, parenthesis
    3 (intervalo) break, interval, parenthesis ( frml)
    * * *

     

    paréntesis sustantivo masculino (pl

    a) ( signo) parenthesis, bracket (BrE);

    ◊ cerrar el paréntesis close parentheses o brackets;

    entre paréntesis ( literal) in parentheses, in brackets;

    ( a propósito) by the way

    paréntesis m inv
    1 parenthesis, bracket
    entre paréntesis, in parentheses o brackets
    2 (digresión) digression
    3 (descanso, pausa) break, interruption: tras un breve paréntesis en nuestra relación, volvimos a encontrarnos en París, we met up again in Paris after a break in our relationship
    ' paréntesis' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inciso
    - abrir
    - entre
    English:
    bracket
    - parenthesis
    - hiatus
    * * *
    paréntesis nm inv
    1. [signo] (round) bracket, parenthesis;
    abrir/cerrar el paréntesis to open/close brackets;
    entre paréntesis [texto] in brackets, in parentheses;
    [comentario] digression;
    y, entre paréntesis, tengo que decir que… and, by the way, I must say that…;
    poner algo entre paréntesis to put sth in brackets, to bracket sth
    paréntesis angular angle bracket
    2. [intercalación] digression
    3. [interrupción] break;
    hacer un paréntesis to have a break
    * * *
    m inv
    1 parenthesis;
    entre paréntesis fig by the way
    2 fig ( pausa) break
    * * *
    paréntesis nms & pl
    1) : parenthesis
    2) : digression
    * * *
    paréntesis n brackets

    Spanish-English dictionary > paréntesis

  • 38 perspectiva

    adj.&f.
    feminine of PERSPECTIVO.
    f.
    1 perspective (punto de vista).
    2 view (paisaje).
    3 prospect (futuro).
    en perspectiva in prospect
    4 foreshortening.
    * * *
    1 ARTE perspective
    2 (posibilidad) prospect
    3 (vista) view, perspective
    4 (punto de vista) point of view
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) prospect, outlook
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Arte) perspective
    2) (=vista) view, scene
    3) (=posibilidad) prospect
    * * *
    a) (Arquit, Art) perspective
    b) (vista, paisaje) view, perspective (frml)
    c) ( punto de vista) perspective
    d) ( posibilidad) prospect

    las perspectivas son buenas — the prospects are o the outlook is very good

    ante la perspectiva de... — faced with the prospect of...

    * * *
    = angle, insight, prospect, twist, outlook, vista, insight, vision.
    Ex. References or added entries must supplement the first or main entry and cater for access from other angles.
    Ex. The second edition of Austin's PRECIS manual adds additional insights into the evolution and application of PRECIS.
    Ex. At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.
    Ex. Given such a narrow area in which to write it would be argued that the miracle is how so many authors can continue to find new twists to such a restricted basic theme.
    Ex. In their first review article of children's reference books in 1982, the School Library Journal's Review Committe for children's reference books presents a bleak outlook.
    Ex. From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.
    Ex. The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.
    Ex. Several of the librarians reported that their sites were currently undergoing major revisions -- some because they were dull and uninteresting to teens and others because the vision of the page has changed = Varios bibliotecarios dijeron que sus sitios web estaban en la actualidad experimentando cambios importantes; algunos debido a que eran aburridos y poco interesantes para los jóvenes y otros debido a que el planteamiento de la página había cambiado.
    ----
    * analizar desde una perspectiva = see through.
    * concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * considerar desde una perspectiva = hold + perspective on.
    * dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.
    * desde esta misma perspectiva = along the same lines.
    * desde la perspectiva de = in light of.
    * desde + perspectiva = against + backdrop.
    * desde una perspectiva + Adjetivo = along + Adjetivo + line.
    * dotar de una perspectiva histórica = historicise [historicize, -USA].
    * en perspectiva = in the offing.
    * estudiar desde una perspectiva = see through.
    * integración de la perspectiva de género en el conjunto de las políticas = gender mainstreaming.
    * nueva perspectiva = new light.
    * obtener perspectiva de = gain + perspective on.
    * obtener una perspectiva = gather + perspective.
    * ofrecer una perspectiva = offer + perspective.
    * perspectiva de crecimiento = growth pattern.
    * perspectiva de género = gender perspective.
    * perspectiva doble = bifocal vision.
    * perspectivas de futuro = future prospects, future perspectives, future development(s), future opportunities.
    * perspectivas futuras = future perspectives, future opportunities.
    * prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.
    * presentado desde esta perspectiva = cast in this light.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.
    * presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * tener buenas perspectivas para = be well-placed to.
    * ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.
    * ver Algo desde una perspectiva + Adjetivo = see + Nombre + in a + Adjetivo + light.
    * ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.
    * ver el mundo desde una perspectiva diferente = see + the world in a different light.
    * ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.
    * ver + Nombre + desde la perspectiva de + Nombre = see + Nombre + through + Nombre + eyes.
    * visto desde la perspectiva de + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) (Arquit, Art) perspective
    b) (vista, paisaje) view, perspective (frml)
    c) ( punto de vista) perspective
    d) ( posibilidad) prospect

    las perspectivas son buenas — the prospects are o the outlook is very good

    ante la perspectiva de... — faced with the prospect of...

    * * *
    = angle, insight, prospect, twist, outlook, vista, insight, vision.

    Ex: References or added entries must supplement the first or main entry and cater for access from other angles.

    Ex: The second edition of Austin's PRECIS manual adds additional insights into the evolution and application of PRECIS.
    Ex: At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.
    Ex: Given such a narrow area in which to write it would be argued that the miracle is how so many authors can continue to find new twists to such a restricted basic theme.
    Ex: In their first review article of children's reference books in 1982, the School Library Journal's Review Committe for children's reference books presents a bleak outlook.
    Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.
    Ex: The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.
    Ex: Several of the librarians reported that their sites were currently undergoing major revisions -- some because they were dull and uninteresting to teens and others because the vision of the page has changed = Varios bibliotecarios dijeron que sus sitios web estaban en la actualidad experimentando cambios importantes; algunos debido a que eran aburridos y poco interesantes para los jóvenes y otros debido a que el planteamiento de la página había cambiado.
    * analizar desde una perspectiva = see through.
    * concebirse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * considerar desde una perspectiva = hold + perspective on.
    * dar a Algo una nueva perspectiva = give + Nombre + a new twist.
    * desde esta misma perspectiva = along the same lines.
    * desde la perspectiva de = in light of.
    * desde + perspectiva = against + backdrop.
    * desde una perspectiva + Adjetivo = along + Adjetivo + line.
    * dotar de una perspectiva histórica = historicise [historicize, -USA].
    * en perspectiva = in the offing.
    * estudiar desde una perspectiva = see through.
    * integración de la perspectiva de género en el conjunto de las políticas = gender mainstreaming.
    * nueva perspectiva = new light.
    * obtener perspectiva de = gain + perspective on.
    * obtener una perspectiva = gather + perspective.
    * ofrecer una perspectiva = offer + perspective.
    * perspectiva de crecimiento = growth pattern.
    * perspectiva de género = gender perspective.
    * perspectiva doble = bifocal vision.
    * perspectivas de futuro = future prospects, future perspectives, future development(s), future opportunities.
    * perspectivas futuras = future perspectives, future opportunities.
    * prensentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = present + Nombre + in a new light.
    * presentado desde esta perspectiva = cast in this light.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = throw + Nombre + in a new light.
    * presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.
    * presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.
    * tener buenas perspectivas para = be well-placed to.
    * ver Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = view + Nombre + in a new light, see + Nombre + in a new light.
    * ver Algo desde una perspectiva + Adjetivo = see + Nombre + in a + Adjetivo + light.
    * ver desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on.
    * ver el mundo desde una perspectiva diferente = see + the world in a different light.
    * ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.
    * ver + Nombre + desde la perspectiva de + Nombre = see + Nombre + through + Nombre + eyes.
    * visto desde la perspectiva de + Nombre = as seen through the eyes of + Nombre.

    * * *
    1 ( Arquit, Art) perspective
    un dibujo en perspectiva a drawing in perspective, a perspective drawing
    2 (vista, paisaje) view, perspective ( frml)
    desde lo alto se divisa una magnífica perspectiva from the top you get a magnificent view
    3 (punto de vista) perspective
    4 (posibilidad) prospect
    las perspectivas son muy buenas the prospects are o the outlook is very good
    ante la perspectiva de morir quemados faced with the prospect of being burned to death
    no tengo ningún plan en perspectiva I've no plans for the immediate future
    * * *

     

    perspectiva sustantivo femenino
    a) (Arquit, Art) perspective;


    b) (vista, paisaje) view, perspective (frml)




    no tengo ningún plan en perspectiva I've no plans for the immediate future
    perspectiva sustantivo femenino
    1 Arte perspective, en perspectiva, in perspective
    2 (panorama) perspective, view
    3 (apreciación) point of view
    4 (porvenir) prospect, outlook
    ' perspectiva' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desde
    - frontal
    - ofrecerse
    - vista
    - panorama
    - panorámica
    - prisma
    - punto
    English:
    adopt
    - alarmed
    - educationally
    - grim
    - outlook
    - perspective
    - prospect
    - rosy
    - scenario
    - somber
    - sombre
    - angle
    - offing
    - relish
    * * *
    1. [en dibujo] perspective;
    en perspectiva [dibujo] in perspective
    perspectiva aérea aerial perspective;
    perspectiva lineal linear perspective
    2. [paisaje] view
    3. [punto de vista] perspective;
    según su perspectiva… the way he sees it…
    4. [futuro] prospect;
    en perspectiva in prospect;
    tienen un viaje a África en perspectiva they have a trip to Africa in prospect
    5. [posibilidad] prospect;
    la perspectiva de tener que visitarla no me entusiasma the prospect of having to visit her doesn't exactly thrill me
    * * *
    f
    1 ( vista, ángulo) perspective
    2 fig
    point of view;
    perspectivas pl outlook sg, prospects;
    tener algo en perspectiva have the possibility of sth
    * * *
    1) : perspective, view
    2) : prospect, outlook
    * * *
    1. (en arte) perspective
    2. (punto de vista) point of view / angle
    3. (panorama) view
    4. (expectativa) prospect

    Spanish-English dictionary > perspectiva

  • 39 producir

    v.
    1 to produce (producto, sonido).
    Los carbohidratos producen energía Carbohydrates produce energy.
    Los golpes producen lesiones The blows produce injury.
    Ellos producen galletas They produce cookies.
    El campo produce manzanas The field produces apples.
    2 to cause, to give rise to.
    tu actuación me produce tristeza your conduct makes me very sad
    3 to yield, to bear.
    este negocio produce grandes pérdidas this business is making huge losses
    4 to produce (Cine & television).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir
    1 (gen) to produce
    2 (causar) to cause
    3 (cosecha, fruto) to yield
    1 to happen
    \
    producir en cadena to mass-produce
    * * *
    verb
    1) to produce, yield
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ cereales, fruta, petróleo] to produce
    2) (=fabricar) [+ aceite, coche] to produce, make; [+ electricidad, energía] to produce, generate

    esta factoría ha producido cinco mil vehículos en un mes — this factory has turned out o produced o made five thousand vehicles in a month

    3) [+ cambio, efecto, herida, daños] to cause

    ¿qué impresión te produjo? — what impression did it make on you?

    4) (Econ) [+ interés] to yield; [+ beneficio] to yield, generate

    mis ahorros me producen un interés anual del 5% — my savings yield an annual interest of 5%

    5) (=crear) [+ novela, cuadro] to produce
    6) (Cine, TV) to produce
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) región/país <trigo/tomates/vino> to produce; < petróleo> to produce; persona <trigo/tomates> to produce, grow; <aceite/vino> to produce, make
    b) ( manufacturar) to produce, make
    c) <electricidad/calor/energía> to produce, generate
    d) < sonido> to cause, generate
    2) (Com, Fin) < beneficios> to produce, generate, yield; < pérdidas> to cause, result in
    3) <película/programa> to produce
    4) ( causar) <conmoción/reacción/explosión> to cause
    2.
    producirse v pron
    1) (frml) ( tener lugar) accidente/explosión to occur (frml), to take place; cambio to occur (frml), to happen

    se produjeron 85 muertes — there were 85 deaths, 85 people died o were killed

    2) (refl) (frml) < heridas> to inflict... on oneself (frml)
    * * *
    = author, breed, deliver, generate, get out, give + birth to, output, produce, result (in), spawn, turn out, yield, throw up, effect, realise [realize, -USA], put out, crank out, bring about.
    Ex. Note that these provisions do not include research reports which have been prepared within a government agency but specifically authored by an individual = Nótese que estas disposiciones no afectan a informes de investigaciones procedentes de una agencia gubernamental aunque realizados concretamente por un individuo.
    Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex. The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.
    Ex. Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
    Ex. I suspect that this emphasis reflects the desire to have a simple rule that everybody can apply and therefore get out cataloging data quickly and cheaply.
    Ex. By way of illustration: it is the machine's habit to perform remarkable feats, such as augmenting western musical heritage with the discovery that the eighteenth century gave birth to two contemporary composers.
    Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex. The present OCLC system does not produce catalog cards in sets, but if it did it could produce over 6,000 different sets for one title.
    Ex. Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex. Both the original production and revision of STC spawned a large crop of such items which are worth following up.
    Ex. Once it is available, duplicates in large quantities could probably be turned out for a cent apiece beyond the cost of materials.
    Ex. This mixture of approaches is designed to yield maximum retrieval for as many users as possible by combining the different strengths of controlled and natural language indexing.
    Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    Ex. Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions.
    Ex. Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library).
    Ex. When such a happy occurrence takes place the publisher can put out extra impressions and can publish (or sell the rights for) a paperback edition for a larger market.
    Ex. Because we have an automated system we can crank out weeding lists on different criteria.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    ----
    * cambio + producirse = change + come about.
    * catástrofe + producirse = disaster + strike.
    * hacer que se produzca una situación = bring about + situation.
    * hacer que se produzca un resultado = bring about + result.
    * producir aglomeraciones = cause + crowding.
    * producir beneficios = reap + dividends, render + returns, achieve + returns, pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * producir caos = cause + chaos.
    * producir con gran destreza = craft.
    * producir desesperación = yield + despair.
    * producir dividendos = pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * producir dudas = make + Nombre + doubt.
    * producir el rendimiento máximo = come into + Posesivo + own.
    * producir en abundancia = churn out, knock out.
    * producir hostilidad = arouse + hostility.
    * producir resultado = yield + result.
    * producir resultados = produce + results, bring + results.
    * producirse caos = chaos + result, chaos + arise.
    * producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que = circumstances + converge.
    * producir un cambio = effect + change, produce + change, trigger + change.
    * que produce ansiedad = anxiety-producing.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) región/país <trigo/tomates/vino> to produce; < petróleo> to produce; persona <trigo/tomates> to produce, grow; <aceite/vino> to produce, make
    b) ( manufacturar) to produce, make
    c) <electricidad/calor/energía> to produce, generate
    d) < sonido> to cause, generate
    2) (Com, Fin) < beneficios> to produce, generate, yield; < pérdidas> to cause, result in
    3) <película/programa> to produce
    4) ( causar) <conmoción/reacción/explosión> to cause
    2.
    producirse v pron
    1) (frml) ( tener lugar) accidente/explosión to occur (frml), to take place; cambio to occur (frml), to happen

    se produjeron 85 muertes — there were 85 deaths, 85 people died o were killed

    2) (refl) (frml) < heridas> to inflict... on oneself (frml)
    * * *
    = author, breed, deliver, generate, get out, give + birth to, output, produce, result (in), spawn, turn out, yield, throw up, effect, realise [realize, -USA], put out, crank out, bring about.

    Ex: Note that these provisions do not include research reports which have been prepared within a government agency but specifically authored by an individual = Nótese que estas disposiciones no afectan a informes de investigaciones procedentes de una agencia gubernamental aunque realizados concretamente por un individuo.

    Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex: The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.
    Ex: Human indexers sometimes make inappropriate judgements, misinterpret ideas, have lapses of memory or concentration, and generate omissions and inconsistencies in their indexing.
    Ex: I suspect that this emphasis reflects the desire to have a simple rule that everybody can apply and therefore get out cataloging data quickly and cheaply.
    Ex: By way of illustration: it is the machine's habit to perform remarkable feats, such as augmenting western musical heritage with the discovery that the eighteenth century gave birth to two contemporary composers.
    Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex: The present OCLC system does not produce catalog cards in sets, but if it did it could produce over 6,000 different sets for one title.
    Ex: Objective 1 results in what is known as a direct catalogue, because it gives direct access to a specific document.
    Ex: Both the original production and revision of STC spawned a large crop of such items which are worth following up.
    Ex: Once it is available, duplicates in large quantities could probably be turned out for a cent apiece beyond the cost of materials.
    Ex: This mixture of approaches is designed to yield maximum retrieval for as many users as possible by combining the different strengths of controlled and natural language indexing.
    Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    Ex: Historically, the main reasons for unionization have been to effect better wages, fringe benefits, and working conditions.
    Ex: Librarians, information scientists, and keepers of the archives have to realise the meaning of the so-called electronic library (e-library).
    Ex: When such a happy occurrence takes place the publisher can put out extra impressions and can publish (or sell the rights for) a paperback edition for a larger market.
    Ex: Because we have an automated system we can crank out weeding lists on different criteria.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    * cambio + producirse = change + come about.
    * catástrofe + producirse = disaster + strike.
    * hacer que se produzca una situación = bring about + situation.
    * hacer que se produzca un resultado = bring about + result.
    * producir aglomeraciones = cause + crowding.
    * producir beneficios = reap + dividends, render + returns, achieve + returns, pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * producir caos = cause + chaos.
    * producir con gran destreza = craft.
    * producir desesperación = yield + despair.
    * producir dividendos = pay + dividends, return + dividends.
    * producir dudas = make + Nombre + doubt.
    * producir el rendimiento máximo = come into + Posesivo + own.
    * producir en abundancia = churn out, knock out.
    * producir hostilidad = arouse + hostility.
    * producir resultado = yield + result.
    * producir resultados = produce + results, bring + results.
    * producirse caos = chaos + result, chaos + arise.
    * producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que = circumstances + converge.
    * producir un cambio = effect + change, produce + change, trigger + change.
    * que produce ansiedad = anxiety-producing.

    * * *
    producir [I6 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹trigo/tomates› to produce, grow; ‹petróleo› to produce; ‹aceite/vino› to produce, make
    2 (manufacturar) to produce, make
    esta fábrica produce 300 coches a la semana this factory produces o makes o manufactures o turns out 300 cars a week
    3 ‹electricidad/calor/energía› to produce, generate
    4 ‹sonido› to produce, cause, generate
    B
    1 ( Com, Fin) ‹beneficios› to produce, generate, yield; ‹pérdidas› to cause, give rise to, result in
    2 «país/club» ‹artista/deportista› to produce
    C ‹película/programa› to produce
    D
    (causar): estas declaraciones produjeron una gran conmoción these statements caused a great stir
    le produjo una gran alegría it made her very happy
    me produjo muy buena impresión I was very impressed with her
    la pomada le produjo un sarpullido the ointment caused a rash o brought her out in a rash
    ver cómo la trata me produce náuseas it makes me sick to see how he treats her
    A ( frml) (tener lugar) «accidente/explosión» to occur ( frml), to take place; «cambio» to occur ( frml), to happen
    se produjeron varios incidentes several incidents occurred o took place
    se produjeron 85 muertes there were 85 deaths, 85 people died o were killed
    durante la operación de rescate se produjeron momentos de histerismo there were moments of panic during the rescue operation
    se ha producido una notable mejora there has been a great improvement
    B ( refl) ( frml); ‹heridas› to inflict … on oneself ( frml)
    se produjo heridas con un objeto cortante she cut herself with o she inflicted wounds on herself with a sharp object
    disparó el arma produciéndose la muerte instantánea he fired the gun, killing himself instantly
    se produjo varias fracturas al caerse he broke several bones o ( frml) incurred several fractures when he fell
    * * *

     

    producir ( conjugate producir) verbo transitivo
    1


    2 ( causar) ‹conmoción/reacción/explosión› to cause;

    producirse verbo pronominal
    1 (frml) ( tener lugar) [accidente/explosión] to occur (frml), to take place;
    [ cambio] to occur (frml), to happen;
    ◊ se produjeron 85 muertes there were 85 deaths, 85 people died o were killed

    2 ( refl) (frml) ‹ heridas› to inflict … on oneself (frml)
    producir verbo transitivo
    1 (bienes) to produce: las vacas producen leche, cows give milk
    2 (ocasionar, causar) el golpe le produjo una sordera crónica, he became chronically deaf as a result of the blow
    (sensaciones, efectos) to cause, generate: la noticia le produjo tristeza, the news made him sad
    3 (una obra artística o audiovisual) to produce
    ' producir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anquilosar
    - conmocionar
    - criar
    - dar
    - dejar
    - desencadenar
    - embotellar
    - hacer
    - marear
    - sacar
    - saber
    - surtir
    - traer
    - beneficio
    - descomponer
    - echar
    - picar
    - produje
    - rendir
    - serie
    English:
    bash out
    - breed
    - churn out
    - discontinue
    - emit
    - give
    - induce
    - nauseate
    - produce
    - throw up
    - turn out
    - yield
    - back
    - churn
    - commotion
    - create
    - net
    - phase
    - put
    - spawn
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [productos agrícolas, recursos naturales] to produce;
    las abejas producen miel bees produce honey
    2. [manufacturar] to produce
    3. [generar] [calor, sonido] to produce
    4. [artista, campeón] to produce;
    un país que ha producido varios campeones mundiales a country which has produced several world champions
    5. [ocasionar] to cause, to give rise to;
    tu actuación me produce tristeza your conduct makes me very sad;
    un medicamento que produce náuseas a medicine which causes nausea;
    no me produjo muy buena impresión it didn't make a very good impression on me
    6. [interés] to yield, to bear;
    este negocio produce grandes pérdidas this business is making huge losses;
    la operación produjo muchas ganancias para el banco the transaction yielded substantial profits for the bank
    7. [en cine, televisión] to produce
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( crear) produce
    2 ( causar) cause
    * * *
    producir {61} vt
    1) : to produce, to make, to manufacture
    2) : to cause, to bring about
    3) : to bear (interest)
    * * *
    1. (elaborar) to produce
    2. (causar) to cause / to make

    Spanish-English dictionary > producir

  • 40 recibir elogios

    (v.) = win + accolade
    Ex. Since then, SCI CD Edition has won accolades for its value-added features, sophistication, and flexibility.
    * * *
    (v.) = win + accolade

    Ex: Since then, SCI CD Edition has won accolades for its value-added features, sophistication, and flexibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recibir elogios

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