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1 congruente ADJ

1) (Mat) congruent, congruous ( con with)

2) (=coherente) suitable

Spanish-English dictionary > congruente ADJ
2 congruo ADJ

1) (Mat) congruent, congruous ( con with)

2) (=coherente) suitable

Spanish-English dictionary > congruo ADJ
3 cúbico

adj.

cubic, cube, cubical.

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cúbico

► adjetivo

1 cubic

■ raíz cúbica cube root

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ADJ cubic

un objeto cúbico — a cubic o cube-shaped object

metro cúbico — cubic metre

raíz cúbica — cube root, cubic root

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- ca adjetivo cubic

2m³ — (read as: dos metros cúbicos) 2m³; (léase: two cubic meters)

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* edificio construido según un plan cúbico = deep building.

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- ca adjetivo cubic

2m³ — (read as: dos metros cúbicos) 2m³; (léase: two cubic meters)

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* edificio construido según un plan cúbico = deep building.

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cúbico -ca

adjective

1 (de forma de cubo) cubic, cube-shaped

2 ( Mat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹metro/capacidad› cubic

2m³ read as: dos metros cúbicos 2m³ (léase: two cubic meters)

raíz

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Del verbo cubicar: ( conjugate cubicar)

cubico es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cubicó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
cubicar
cúbico
cúbico
◊ -ca adjetivo

cubic;
2m3 (read as: dos metros cúbicos) 2m3 (léase: two cubic meters)
cúbico,-a adjetivo
1 cubic
2 Mat raíz cúbica, cube root

' cúbico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cúbica
- metro
English:
cubic

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cúbico, -a adj

1. [con forma de cubo] cubic

2. [metro, centímetro] cubic;

cincuenta metros cúbicos fifty cubic metres

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cúbico

adj MAT cubic

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cúbico, -ca adj

: cubic, cubed

Spanish-English dictionary > cúbico
4 impar

adj.

1 odd (number).

2 unequaled (sin igual).

3 impar.

m.

uneven number.

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impar

► adjetivo

1 odd

► nombre masculino

1 odd number

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adj.

odd

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1. ADJ

1) (Mat) odd

los números impares — the odd numbers

2) (=único) unique

2.

SM odd number

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I
adjetivo < número> odd
II
masculino odd number

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= odd, odd-numbered.

Ex. Results of comparisons are given in a number of tables and examined by factors such as results obtained in even and odd years and results of votes taken in spring and autumn.

Ex. More people vote in even-numbered years, so holding elections in odd-numbered years effectively disenfranchises thousands of voters.

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* número impar = odd number.

* página impar = odd page number, odd page.

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I
adjetivo < número> odd
II
masculino odd number

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= odd, odd-numbered.

Ex: Results of comparisons are given in a number of tables and examined by factors such as results obtained in even and odd years and results of votes taken in spring and autumn.

Ex: More people vote in even-numbered years, so holding elections in odd-numbered years effectively disenfranchises thousands of voters.

* número impar = odd number.

* página impar = odd page number, odd page.

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impar¹

adjective

‹número› odd

impar²

masculine

odd number

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impar adjetivo ‹ número› odd
■ sustantivo masculino
odd number
impar
I adj Mat odd
II sustantivo masculino odd number
' impar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
número
English:
odd

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impar

♦ adj

1. [número] odd

2. [sin igual] unequalled

♦ nm

odd number

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impar

adj número odd

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impar adj

: odd

números impares: odd numbers

impar nm

: odd number

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impar adj odd

un número impar an odd number

Spanish-English dictionary > impar
5 par

adj.

1 even (number).

2 equal (igual).

m.

1 pair (two things or people).

a o en pares in pairs, two by two

2 couple.

un par de copas a couple of o a few drinks

un par de veces a couple of times, a few times

3 par.

dos bajo/sobre par two under/over par

4 peer (noble).

5 equal, par, counterpart, match.

6 even number.

7 torque.

8 rafter.

9 placenta.

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PAR

► abreviatura

1 PLÍTICA ( Partido Aragonés Regionalista) Aragonese regionalist party

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1. noun m.
1) pair, couple

2) par

3) peer
2. adj.
even

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SM ABR Esp
= Partido Aragonés Regionalista
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I
adjetivo < número> even

jugarse algo a pares o nones — to decide something by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even
II
masculino

1)

a) (de guantes, zapatos) pair

un par de preguntas/de veces — a couple of questions/of times

a pares — two at a time

b) ( comparación) equal

sin par — (liter) incomparable, matchless (liter)

un atleta sin par — an athlete without equal

- par de fuerzas

- par de torsión

2) (Arquit) rafter

(abierto) de par en par — wide open

3)

al par — ver par III

4) ( en golf) par

sobre/bajo par — over/under par

5) (Hist) ( título) peer
III
femenino par

a la par — (Fin) at par (value)

estar a la par/por encima de la par — to be at/above par

sabroso a la par que sano — both tasty and healthy

es lengua oficial a la par del castellano — it is an official language on a par with o along with Spanish

baila a la par que canta — he dances and sings at the same time

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I
adjetivo < número> even

jugarse algo a pares o nones — to decide something by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even
II
masculino

1)

a) (de guantes, zapatos) pair

un par de preguntas/de veces — a couple of questions/of times

a pares — two at a time

b) ( comparación) equal

sin par — (liter) incomparable, matchless (liter)

un atleta sin par — an athlete without equal

- par de fuerzas

- par de torsión

2) (Arquit) rafter

(abierto) de par en par — wide open

3)

al par — ver par III

4) ( en golf) par

sobre/bajo par — over/under par

5) (Hist) ( título) peer
III
femenino par

a la par — (Fin) at par (value)

estar a la par/por encima de la par — to be at/above par

sabroso a la par que sano — both tasty and healthy

es lengua oficial a la par del castellano — it is an official language on a par with o along with Spanish

baila a la par que canta — he dances and sings at the same time

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par¹

¹ = peer.

Nota: Noble.

Ex: Not only are the standards written, but there is a body called the peer Council which works very hard at enforcing the standards.

* evaluación por pares = peer review, refereeing, peer reviewing.

* evaluado por pares = peer-reviewed, refereed.

* evaluar anónimamente por pares = double-blind review.

* primero entre pares = first among equals.

* primo entre pares = primus inter pares.

* revista evaluada por pares = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.

* sin par = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless.

* sistema de evaluación por pares anónima = double-blind refereeing system.

par²

² = pair.

Ex: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.

* abierto de par en par = wide open.

* a la par = in concert, in tandem, neck and neck, in a tandem fashion, in parallel.

* a la par que = in tandem with, hand in hand (with), as the same time as.

* a pares = in pairs.

* dejar la puerta abierta de par en par = leave + the door wide open.

* desde hace un par de + Tiempo = in these past couple of + Tiempo.

* en un par de segundos = in an instant or two.

* estar a la par de = rank with.

* hace un par de años = a couple of years ago.

* ir a la par = proceed + in parallel.

* ir a la par con = go + hand in hand (with), go + hand in glove with.

* mantener a la par de = keep up with.

* par de recién casados = newlywed couple.

* par de torsión = torque.

* par trenzado = twisted pair.

* un par de = a couple of.

* un par de minutos = a couple of moments.

par³

³ = even, even-numbered.

Ex: Results of comparisons are given in a number of tables and examined by factors such as results obtained in even and odd years and results of votes taken in spring and autumn.

Ex: More people vote in even-numbered years, so holding elections in odd-numbered years effectively disenfranchises thousands of voters.

* número par = even number.

* página par = even page.

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par¹

adjective

‹número› even

jugarse algo a pares o nones to decide sth by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even

par²

masculine

A

1 (de guantes, zapatos) pair

dos pares de vaqueros two pairs of jeans

¿puedo hacerte un par de preguntas? can I ask you a couple of questions o one or two questions?

sólo lo he visto un par de veces I've only seen him a couple of times o once or twice

a pares two at a time, two by two

de tres pares de narices ( fam): me ha echado una bronca de tres pares de narices he gave me a tremendous telling off o a hell of a telling off ( colloq), he really tore into me ( AmE colloq)

hace un frío de tres pares de narices it's absolutely freezing!

2 (comparación, igual) equal

un atleta sin par an athlete without equal

como ceramista no tiene par as a ceramicist he has no equal o he is unrivaled

una mujer de una belleza/un talento sin par a woman of matchless beauty/unrivaled talent

Compuestos:

● par de fuerzas

couple

● par de torsión

torque

● par ordenado

ordered pair

B ( Arquit) rafter

de par en par wide open

¿quién dejó la puerta abierta de par en par? who left the door wide open?

abrió la boca de par en par she opened her mouth wide

C

al par ver par³ (↑ par (3))

D (en golf) par

dos golpes sobre/bajo par two strokes over/under par

E ( Hist) (título) peer

par³

feminine

par

a la par ( Fin) at par, at par value

estar a la par/por encima de la par/por debajo de la par to be at/above/below par

una cocina imaginativa a la par que sana or una cocina imaginativa y a la par sana cooking that is both imaginative and healthy

el guaraní es lengua oficial a la par del castellano Guarani is an official language on a par with o along with Spanish

baila a la par que toca la armónica he dances and plays the harmonica at the same time

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par adjetivo ‹ número› even;
◊ jugarse algo a pares o nones to decide sth by guessing whether the number of objects held is odd or even

■ sustantivo masculino
1
a) (de guantes, zapatos) pair;

◊ un par de preguntas/de veces a couple of questions/of times;

a pares two at a time
b) ( comparación) equal;

◊ sin par (liter) incomparable, matchless (liter)

2 (Arquit) rafter;
◊ (abierto) de par en par wide open

3 ( en golf) par;
◊ sobre/bajo par over/under par

■ sustantivo femenino
par;
◊ a la par (Fin) at par (value);

sabroso a la par que sano both tasty and healthy;
baila a la par que canta he dances and sings at the same time
par
I adj Mat even
II sustantivo masculino
1 (conjunto de dos) pair
un par de calcetines, a pair of socks
(número reducido, dos) couple: bebimos un par de copas, we had a couple of drinks
2 Mat even number
pares y nones, odds and evens
3 (noble) peer
4 Golf par
cinco bajo par, five under par
♦ Locuciones: a la par, (a la vez) at the same time
de par en par, wide open
figurado sin par, matchless

' par' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abierta
- abierto
- ablandar
- antonomasia
- binomio
- bofetada
- caminar
- desliz
- durante
- esquí
- excelencia
- gachó
- mediar
- nominal
- número
- pincelada
- altura
- igual
- manubrio
- parejo
- reserva
English:
couple
- cuff links
- even
- gape
- incomparable
- lie down
- match
- neck
- pair
- par
- peer
- pin up
- spoonful
- stocking
- underpants
- unrivaled
- unrivalled
- wide open
- brace
- premium
- take
- trousers
- unsurpassed
- wide

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par

♦ adj

1. [número] even;

echar algo a pares o nones = to decide something between two people by a game in which each holds out a certain number of fingers behind their back, predicts whether the total will be odd or even, then reveals their hand to the other

2. [igual] equal

♦ nm

1. [conjunto] [de zapatos, guantes] pair;

a o [m5] en pares in pairs, two by two;
Vulg
es un tipo con un par de cojones o [m5] huevos he's got guts o balls

2. [dos] couple;

tardaré un par de días it'll take me a couple of days;

Comp
Fam Hum
de tres pares de narices: está cayendo una tormenta de tres pares de narices there's an almighty storm going on;

tengo un lumbago de tres pares de narices I've got horrendous lumbago

3. [número indeterminado] couple;

un par de copas a couple of drinks;

un par de veces a couple of times

4. [número par] even number

5. [en golf] par;

dos bajo/sobre par two under/over par;

hacer par en un hoyo to par a hole

6. [noble] peer

7. Fís couple

Comp
par de fuerzas couple;
par de torsión torque

8.
sin par [sin comparación] without equal, matchless;

de una belleza sin par incomparably beautiful

9.
(abierto) de par en par [puerta, ventana, boca] wide open

10. Tel par trenzado twisted pair

♦ a la par loc adv

1. [simultáneamente] at the same time;

los dos llegaron a la par they both arrived at the same time

2. [a igual nivel] at the same level;

se han colocado a la par de la competencia they have put themselves on an equal footing with their competitors

3. Fin at par;

el dólar cotiza a la par con el euro the dollar is trading at par with the euro

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par

I f par;

es bella a la par que inteligente she is beautiful as well as intelligent, she is both beautiful and intelligent;

a la par COM at par (value);

sin par unequaled, Br unequalled, unparalleled

II m pair;

un par de a pair of;

a pares in pairs, two by two;

abierto de par en par wide open

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par adj

: even (in number)

par nm

1) : pair, couple

2) : equal, peer

sin par: matchless, peerless

3) : par (in golf)

4) : rafter

5)

de par en par : wide open

par nf

1) : par

por encima de la par: above par

2)

a la par que : at the same time as, as well as

interesante a la par que instructivo: both interesting and informative

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par¹ adj even

un número par an even number

par² n

1. (de zapatos, etc) pair

un par de calcetines a pair of socks

2. (número indefinido) couple

un par de veces a couple of times

a la par at the same time

de par en par wide open

Spanish-English dictionary > par
6 isósceles

adj.

isosceles.

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isósceles

► adjetivo

1 isosceles

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ADJ

triángulo isósceles — isosceles triangle

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adjetivo isosceles

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adjetivo isosceles

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isósceles

adjective

isosceles

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isósceles sustantivo masculino Mat isosceles

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isósceles adj inv

isosceles

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isósceles

adj MAT isosceles

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isósceles adj

: isosceles

triángulo isósceles: isosceles triangle

Spanish-English dictionary > isósceles
7 booleano

adj.

boolean.

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ADJ (Mat) Boolean

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= Boolean.

Ex. In its role in formulating search profiles, weighted term logic may be introduced either as a search logic in its own right, or as a means of reducing the search output from a search whose basic logic is Boolean.

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* búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.

* * *

= Boolean.

Ex: In its role in formulating search profiles, weighted term logic may be introduced either as a search logic in its own right, or as a means of reducing the search output from a search whose basic logic is Boolean.

* búsqueda booleana = Boolean searching.

* * *

booleano, -a adj
Mat Boolean

Spanish-English dictionary > booleano
8 bisector

adj.

bisecting. (Geometry)

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bisector

► adjetivo

1 bisecting

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bisector - triz

adjective

bisecting

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bisector, -triz adj
Mat bisecting
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bisector

adj MAT bisecting

Spanish-English dictionary > bisector
9 equilátero

adj.

equilateral, equal-side.

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equilátero

► adjetivo

1 equilateral

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ADJ equilateral

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- ra adjetivo equilateral

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- ra adjetivo equilateral

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equilátero -ra

adjective

equilateral

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equilátero
◊ -ra adjetivo

equilateral
equilátero sustantivo masculino equilateral

' equilátero' also found in these entries:
English:
equilateral
- equilateral triangle

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equilátero, -a adj
Geom equilateral
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equilátero

adj MAT equilateral

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equilátero, -ra adj

: equilateral

Spanish-English dictionary > equilátero
10 algorítmico

adj.

algorithmic.

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algorítmico

► adjetivo

1 algorithmic

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ADJ algorithmic

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= algorithmic, algorithmical.

Ex. Algorithmic identification of new compounds can be incorrect because of spectral deviations of new substances from the norms.

Ex. For the ambiguous terms, the SV contains the algorithmical rules of term disambiguation, rules based on semantic analysis of the contexts.

* * *

= algorithmic, algorithmical.

Ex: Algorithmic identification of new compounds can be incorrect because of spectral deviations of new substances from the norms.

Ex: For the ambiguous terms, the SV contains the algorithmical rules of term disambiguation, rules based on semantic analysis of the contexts.

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algorítmico, -a adj
Mat algorithmic
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algorítmico

adj algorithmic

Spanish-English dictionary > algorítmico
11 centesimal

adj.

centesimal.

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centesimal

► adjetivo

1 centesimal

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ADJ centesimal

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adjetivo centesimal

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adjetivo centesimal

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centesimal

adjective

centesimal

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centesimal adj

centesimal

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centesimal

adj MAT centesimal

Spanish-English dictionary > centesimal
12 inscrito

adj.

registered, of record, recorded.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: inscribir.

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inscrito

► participio pasado

1→ link=inscribir inscribir

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inscrito, -a
1.

PP de inscribir

2.

ADJ (Mat) inscribed

el triángulo queda inscrito dentro de la circunferencia — the triangle is inscribed within the circumference

3.

SM / F (=persona registrada)

el 25% de los inscritos en el censo — 25% of those registered on the census

hemos alcanzado la cifra de doscientos inscritos para el concurso — more than two hundred entries have been received for the competition

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- ta, RPl inscripto -ta participio pasado: see inscribir

* * *

= registered, registrant.

Ex. Amongst the present 2,700 or more registered readers, pupils and students predominate.

Ex. The conference drew some 365 registrants.

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- ta, RPl inscripto -ta participio pasado: see inscribir

* * *

= registered, registrant.

Ex: Amongst the present 2,700 or more registered readers, pupils and students predominate.

Ex: The conference drew some 365 registrants.

* * *

inscrito -ta ( RPl) inscripto -ta

pp

see inscribir

* * *

Del verbo inscribir: ( conjugate inscribir)

inscrito es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
inscribir
inscrito
inscribir ( conjugate inscribir) verbo transitivo ( en registro) to register;
(en curso, escuela) to register, enroll^{( conjugate enroll)}
inscribirse verbo pronominal [ persona] (en curso, colegio) to enroll^{( conjugate enroll)}, register;
( en concurso) to enter;
( en congreso) to register
inscrito
◊ -ta, (RPl) inscripto -ta pp: see inscribir

inscribir verbo transitivo
1 (en un registro oficial) to register
inscribir una finca en el registro de la propiedad, to register a property
2 (matricular) to enrol, US enroll
3 (grabar) to inscribe
4 (en una figura geométrica) to inscribe

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inscrito, -a, RP inscripto, -a participio
ver inscribir
* * *

inscrito

part → inscribir

* * *

inscrito pp inscribir

Spanish-English dictionary > inscrito
13 individual

adj.

1 individual.

los derechos individuales the rights of the individual

2 singles.

competición individual singles competition

m.

place mat.

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individual

► adjetivo

1 individual

► nombre masculino plural individuales

1 DEPORTE singles

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adj.

1) individual

2) single

* * *

1. ADJ

1) [trabajo, necesidades, características] individual

2) [cama, cuarto] single

3) And, Cono Sur * (=idéntico) identical

es individual a su padre — he is the spitting image of his father

2.

SM (Dep) singles pl, singles match

individual femenino/masculino — women's/men's singles pl

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I
adjetivo

a) <características/libertades> individual

b) <cama/habitación> single (before n)

mantel individual — place mat

c) < caso> one-off (before n), isolated

d) (Dep) <prueba/final> singles (before n)
II
masculino

a) (Dep) singles (pl)

individual masculino/femenino — men's/women's singles

b) ( mantel) place o table mat, mat

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= detached.

Ex. The library, a detached two-story structure, is fast approaching the time when its useful life will expire.

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* cama individual = single bed, twin bed.

* de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.

* en habitación individual = single occupancy.

* mesa individual de estudio = study carrel.

* ocupación individual = single occupancy.

* responsabilidad individual = individual responsibility.

* trabajo individual = self-study, independent study.

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I
adjetivo

a) <características/libertades> individual

b) <cama/habitación> single (before n)

mantel individual — place mat

c) < caso> one-off (before n), isolated

d) (Dep) <prueba/final> singles (before n)
II
masculino

a) (Dep) singles (pl)

individual masculino/femenino — men's/women's singles

b) ( mantel) place o table mat, mat

* * *

= detached.

Ex: The library, a detached two-story structure, is fast approaching the time when its useful life will expire.

* cama individual = single bed, twin bed.

* de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.

* en habitación individual = single occupancy.

* mesa individual de estudio = study carrel.

* ocupación individual = single occupancy.

* responsabilidad individual = individual responsibility.

* trabajo individual = self-study, independent study.

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individual¹

adjective

1 ‹rasgos/características› individual; ‹libertades› individual

2 ‹cama/habitación› single ( before n)

mantel individual place mat

3 ‹caso› one-off ( before n), isolated

4 ( Dep) ‹prueba/final› singles ( before n)

individual²

masculine

1 ( Dep) singles (pl)

individual masculino/femenino men's/women's singles

2 (mantel) place o table mat, mat

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individual adjetivo
a) ‹características/libertades› individual

b) ‹cama/habitación› single ( before n);

◊ mantel individual place mat

c) ‹ caso› one-off ( before n), isolated

d) (Dep) ‹prueba/final› singles ( before n)

■ sustantivo masculino (Dep) singles (pl);
◊ individual femenino women's singles

individual
I adjetivo individual
(para un solo individuo) single
II mpl Dep individuales, singles

' individual' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cama
- individuo
- particular
- sujeta
- sujeto
- taquilla
- cada
- empanada
- habitación
- jugada
- mantel
- suelto
English:
combine
- detached house
- individual
- IRA
- one-man
- place mat
- separate
- single
- admit
- cake
- candy
- costume
- eclair
- flan
- grant
- mat
- murderous
- personal
- place
- sale
- special
- specific
- specimen
- sticking plaster
- table
- tart
- tax
- tutorial
- un-
- watch

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individual

♦ adj

1. [del individuo] individual;

los derechos individuales the rights of the individual

2. [habitación, cama] single;
[despacho] personal
3. [prueba, competición] singles;

competición individual singles competition

♦ individuales nmpl
Dep singles
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individual

adj individual; cama, habitación single

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individual adj

: individual

♦ individualmente adv

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individual adj

1. (ración, derecho) individual

2. (cama, habitación) single

Spanish-English dictionary > individual
14 menos

adj.

1 less.

menos aire less air

menos manzanas fewer apples

menos… que… less/fewer… than…

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing

me han dado 10 euros de menos they've given me 10 euros too little

2 the least.

el que compró menos acciones the one who bought the fewest shares

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst marks in the exam

3 fewer.

adv.

1 less.

menos de/que less than

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet

2 minus (expresa resta).

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

3 to (con las horas). (peninsular Spanish, River Plate)

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two

son menos diez it's ten to

4 under.

prep.

1 except (for) (excepto).

todo menos eso anything but that

2 minus, less.

m. s.&pl.

minus (sign) (Mat).

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menos

► adjetivo

1 (comparativo - en cantidad) less; (- en número) fewer

■ hoy hay menos gente there are fewer people today

■ viajar en tren cuesta menos dinero going by train costs less money

■ hay menos mesas que en el otro restaurante there are fewer tables than in the other restaurant

■ yo tengo menos años que tú I'm younger than you

2 (superlativo - de cantidad) least; (- de número) fewest

■ yo soy la que menos culpa tiene I'm the least guilty

► adverbio

1 (comparativo - de cantidad) less; (- de número) fewer

■ voy al gimnasio menos que antes I go to the gym less than before

■ vinieron menos de viente personas fewer than twenty people came

■ deberías ir menos deprisa you shouldn't go so fast

■ hay que conducir a menos de 100km/h one cannot drive over 100 km/h

2 (superlativo) least

■ es el menos guapo de toda la familia he's the least good-looking member of the family

3 (con horas) to

■ las tres menos cuarto a quarter to three

4 MATEMÁTICAS minus

■ cuatro menos dos, dos four minus two is two

► preposición

1 but, except

■ todo menos eso anything but that

■ todos fueron al cine menos Alberto everyone went to the cinema except Alberto

► pronombre

1 (cantidad) less; (número) fewer

■ me pagó menos he paid me less

■ esperaban a más de mil personas pero vinieron menos they were expecting over a thousand people but fewer came

► nombre masculino

1 MATEMÁTICAS minus sign

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a menos que unless

al menos / a lo menos at least

aún menos much less

cada vez menos less and less

dar (dinero) de menos to short-change

en menos de nada in no time at all

eso es lo de menos that's the least of my worries

ir a menos to go down in the world

lo menos at least

■ lo menos que puedes hacer the least you can do

menos da una piedra something's better than nothing

¡menos mal! thank God!

¡ni mucho menos! far from it!

no ser para menos to be no wonder

para no ser menos so as not to be outdone

por lo menos at least

por menos de nada for no reason at all

qué menos que...... is the least somebody could do/could have done

si al menos... if only...

venirse a menos to come down in the world

¡ya será menos! come off it!

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1. noun m.
minus sign
2. adj.
1) less, least

2) fewer, fewest
3. adv.
1) less

2) least

•

- a menos que
- por lo menos 4. prep.
1) except

2) minus
5. pron.
less, fewer

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1. ADV

1) [comparativo] less

ahora salgo menos — I go out less these days

últimamente nos vemos menos — we've been seeing less of each other recently

me gusta cada vez menos — I like it less and less

una película menos conocida — a less well-known film

Juan está menos deprimido — Juan is less depressed

es menos difícil de lo que parece — it's less difficult than it seems

• menos aún — even less

este me gusta menos aún — I like this one even less

• menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer than

está a menos de tres horas en tren — it's less than three hours away by train

llegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes

menos de lo que piensas — less than you think

tiene menos de dieciocho años — he's under eighteen

menos de 50 cajas — fewer than 50 boxes

• en menos de nada — in no time at all

por menos de nada — for no reason at all

• menos que — less than

me gusta menos que el otro — I like it less than the other one

trabaja menos que yo — he doesn't work as hard as I do

este es menos caro que aquel — this one is less expensive than that one

lo hizo menos cuidadosamente que ayer — he did it less carefully than yesterday

2) [superlativo] least

su película menos innovadora — his least innovative film

es el menos inteligente de los cuatro — he is the least intelligent of the four

el chico menos desobediente de la clase — the least disobedient boy in the class

es el que habla menos — he's the one who talks (the) least

fue el que trabajó menos — he was the one who did the least work

3)

• al menos — at least

hay al menos cien personas — there are at least a hundred people

si al menos lloviera — if only it would rain

• de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missing

me dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight

me han pagado dos libras de menos — they have underpaid me by two pounds

darse de menos — to underestimate o.s.

hacer a algn de menos — to put sb down

• echar de menos a algn — to miss sb

• ir a menos — to come down in the world

• lo menos diez — at least ten

lo menos posible — as little as possible

es lo menos que se puede esperar — it's the least one can expect

• eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it

• ¡menos mal! — thank goodness!

¡menos mal que habéis venido! — thank goodness you've come!

• era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less

• no es para menos — quite right too

• por lo menos — at least

• ¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"

¿qué menos que darle las gracias? — the least we can do is say thanks!

• quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone

• tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth

• venir a menos — to come down in the world

• y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit him

• ¡ ya será menos! — come off it!
cuando 2., 2), poder
2. ADJ

1) [comparativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less; [con sustantivos contables] fewer

menos harina — less flour

menos gatos — fewer cats

aquí hay menos gente — there are fewer people here

• menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than B

Ana tiene menos años que Carlos — Ana is younger than Carlos

no soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is

este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one

• ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us

para no ser menos que los vecinos — to keep up with the neighbours

2) [superlativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] least; [con sustantivos contables] fewest

el método que lleva menos tiempo — the method which takes (the) least time

es el que menos culpa tiene — he is the least to blame

el examen con menos errores — the exam paper with the fewest mistakes

3. PREP

1) (=excepto) except

todos menos él — everybody except him

¡todo menos eso! — anything but that!

2) (Mat) [para restar] minus, less

cinco menos dos — five minus o less two

siete menos dos (son) cinco — seven minus two is five

son las siete menos veinte — it's twenty to seven

4.

CONJ

• a menos que — unless

no iré a menos que me acompañes — I won't go unless you come with me

5. SM

1) (Mat) minus sign

2)

los menos — the minority

3)
más 1., 2)
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I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

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* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

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I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

Ex: Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.

Ex: The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.

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* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* * *

menos¹

adverb

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

(comparativo): cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less

quiere trabajar menos y ganar más he wants to work less and earn more

ya me duele menos it doesn't hurt so much now

ahora que vive en Cádiz lo vemos menos now that he's living in Cadiz we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him

eso es menos importante that's not so important

no voy a permitir que vaya, y menos aún con él I'm not going to let her go, much less with him

menos (…) QUE:

un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than o just as important as this one

ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you

no pude menos que aceptar I had to accept, it was the least I could do

menos (…) DE:

los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven

pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos

éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us

lo compraron por menos de nada they bought it for next to nothing

no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand

está a menos de una hora de aquí it's less than an hour from here

es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees it's not as dangerous as you think

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) least

es la menos complicada que he visto it is the least complicated one I have seen

éste es el menos pesado de los dos this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí he's the one who comes around least (often)

soy el que ha bebido menos de todos I've had less to drink than anyone, I'm the one who's had least to drink

es el que menos me gusta he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer por él it's the least I could do for him

sucedió cuando menos lo esperábamos it happened when we were least expecting it

para locs ver menos³ pron B. (↑ menos (3))

menos²

adj inv

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (comparativo) (en cantidad) less; (en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos it costs a third of the price o a third as much

mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter

a éste ponle dos cucharadas menos add two tablespoonfuls less to this one

menos (…) QUE:

tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you

menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year

somos menos que ellos there are fewer of us than them

no soy menos hombre que él I'm no less a man than him

yo no soy menos que él he's no better than me

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) (en cantidad) least; (en número) fewest

el rincón donde hay menos luz the corner where there's least light

el partido que obtuvo menos votos the party that got (the) fewest votes

esos casos son los menos cases like that are the exception

menos³

pronoun

A

sírveme menos don't give me as o so much

ya falta menos it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado not so o as many passed as last year, fewer passed than last year

B ( en locs):

al menos at least

a menos que unless

a menos que tú nos ayudes unless you help us

cuando menos at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little

siempre te da unos gramos de menos he always gives you a few grams under o too little

me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me, you haven't charged me enough

echar

lo menos ( fam); at least

les pagaron lo menos un millón they paid them at least a million pesos

menos mal just as well

menos mal que no me oyó just as well o good thing o thank goodness he didn't hear me

nos van a dar una prórroga — ¡menos mal! they are going to give us extra time — just as well! o thank goodness for that!

por lo menos at least

si por lo menos me hubieras avisado … if you'd at least told me …

había por lo menos diez mil personas there were at least ten thousand people there

ir a menos to go downhill

ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es su falta de honradez that's the least of it, what worries me is his lack of integrity

la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems

tener a algn en menos to feel sb is beneath one

cuanto¹ (↑ cuanto (1)), más³ (↑ más (3)), mucho³ (↑ mucho (3)), nada¹ (↑ nada (1))

tener algo a menos to think sth is beneath one o beneath one's dignity

venirse a menos to come down in the world

un aristócrata venido a menos an aristocrat who has come down in the world o who has fallen on hard times

un hotel/barrio venido a menoss a rundown hotel/neighborhood*

menos⁴

prep

A

(excepto): firmaron todos menos Alonso everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door

B

1 ( Mat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (en restas, números negativos) minus

8-15=-7 read as: ocho menos quince (es) igual (a) menos siete eight minus fifteen equals o is minus seven

2

(Esp, RPI) (en la hora) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] son las ocho menos diez/cuarto it's ten to eight/(a) quarter to eight

¿tienes hora? — menos veinte do you have the time? — it's twenty to

menos⁵

masculine

minus sign

* * *

menos adverbio
1 ( comparativo) less;
◊ cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less;

ya me duele menos it hurts less now;
ahora lo vemos menos we don't see him so often now, we don't see so much of him now;
pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos;
éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us;
los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven
2 ( superlativo) least;
◊ es la menos complicada it is the least complicated one;

el que menos me gusta the one I like (the) least;
se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible;
cuando menos lo esperaba when I was least expecting it
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories;

hay menos errores there are fewer mistakes;
mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter;
menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year;
tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you
2 ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least;
( en número) fewest;
◊ donde hay menos luz where there's least light;

el que obtuvo menos votos the one who got (the) fewest votes
■ pronombre
1 ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ sírveme menos give me less;

ya falta menos it won't be long now
2 ( en locs)
◊ al menos at least;

a menos que unless;
cuando menos at least;
de menos: me dió 100 pesos de menos he gave me 100 pesos too little;
me cobró de menos he undercharged me;
lo menos the least;
menos mal just as well, thank goodness;
por lo menos at least;
eso es lo de menos that's the least of my (o our etc) problems
■ preposición
1 ( excepto):
◊ todos menos Alonso everybody except o but Alonso;

menos estos dos, … apart from o with the exception of these two, …;
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door
2
a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora):

◊ son las cinco menos diez/cuarto it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five;

son menos veinte it's twenty to
menos
I adverbio
1 (en menor cantidad, grado) (con no contable) less: ayer me dolía menos, it hurt less yesterday
había menos de treinta personas, there were less than thirty people
es menos importante de lo que crees, it's less important than you think
tengo menos fuerza que antes, I have less strength than before
(con contable) fewer: mi casa tiene menos habitaciones, my house has fewer rooms
2 (superlativo) least: es el menos indicado para opinar, he's the worst person to judge
3 (sobre todo) no pienso discutir, y menos contigo, I don't want to argue, especially with you
II preposición
1 but, except: vinieron todos menos uno, they all came but one
2 Mat minus: siete menos dos, seven minus two
♦ Locuciones: eso es lo de menos, that's the least of it
a menos que, unless
al o por lo menos, at least
cada vez menos, less and less
¡menos mal!, thank goodness!
nada menos que, no less o no fewer than
no ser para menos, to be the least one could do: me invitó a cenar, ¡y no era para menos!, he invited me to dinner, which was the least he could do!
venir a menos, to lose rank, fortune or position
' menos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- añorar
- cachondeo
- cada
- cantar
- contratación
- cuando
- echar
- esquivar
- estar
- extrañar
- gallo
- hipar
- historiada
- historiado
- indicada
- indicado
- infarto
- los
- mal
- más
- mucha
- mucho
- pensar
- piedra
- programa
- recochineo
- salva
- salvo
- signo
- siquiera
- su
- tan
- todavía
- vez
- cinco
- costumbre
- cuanto
- cuarto
- de
- día
- enfado
- enojo
- entre
- esperar
- estofado
- mientras
- mirar
- momento
- nada
English:
about
- absent
- agree
- alone
- anything
- anywhere
- appreciate
- at
- averse
- barring
- besides
- billion
- blind
- blue
- border
- but
- cackle
- chalk
- circuitous
- conscious
- delay
- far
- ferment
- few
- god
- good
- if
- job
- just
- last
- least
- less
- let
- let up
- mind
- minus
- minus sign
- minute
- miss
- more
- nothing
- nowadays
- of
- opposed
- or
- pretty
- put down
- rate
- recollect
- remain

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menos

♦ adj inv

1. [comparativo] [cantidad] less;
[número] fewer;
menos aire less air;

menos manzanas fewer apples;

menos… que… less/fewer… than…;

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you;

vino menos gente que otras veces there were fewer people there than on other occasions;

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday;

colócate a menos distancia stand closer;

eran menos pero mejor preparadas there were fewer of them, but they were better prepared

2. [superlativo] [cantidad] the least;
[número] the fewest;
el que compró menos libros the one who bought the fewest books;

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time;

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst Br marks o US grades in the exam

3. Fam [peor]
éste es menos coche que el mío this car isn't as good as mine;

es menos hombre que tú he's less of a man than you are

♦ adv

1. [comparativo] less;

a mí échame un poco menos give me a bit less;

ahora con el bebé salen menos they go out less now they've got the baby;

últimamente trabajo menos I haven't been working as o so much recently;

estás menos gordo you're not as o so fat;

¿a cien? no, íbamos menos rápido a hundred km/h? no, we weren't going as fast as that;

menos de/que less than;

Pepe es menos alto (que tú) Pepe isn't as tall (as you);

Pepe es menos ambicioso (que tú) Pepe isn't as ambitious (as you), Pepe is less ambitious (than you);

este vino me gusta menos (que el otro) I don't like this wine as much (as the other one), I like this wine less (than the other one);

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet;

es difícil encontrar alquileres de o [m5]por menos de 50.000 it's hard to find a place to rent for less than o under 50,000;

tardamos menos de lo esperado we took less time than expected, it didn't take us as long as we expected;

es menos complicado de lo que parece it's not as complicated as it seems, it's less complicated than it seems

2. [superlativo]
el/la/lo menos the least;

ella es la menos adecuada para el cargo she's the least suitable person for the job;

el menos preparado de todos/de la clase the least well trained of everyone/in the class;

el menos preparado de los dos the less well trained of the two;

la que menos trabaja the person o one who works (the) least;

aquí es donde menos me duele this is where it hurts (the) least;

él es el menos indicado para criticar he's the last person who should be criticizing;

es lo menos que puedo hacer it's the least I can do;

era lo menos que te podía pasar it was the least you could expect;

debió costar lo menos un millón it must have cost at least a million;

había algunas manzanas podridas, pero eran las menos some of the apples were rotten, but only a very few

3. [indica resta] minus;

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

4. Esp, RP [con las horas] to;

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two;

son menos diez it's ten to

5. Comp

ir a menos [fiebre, lluvia] to die down;
[delincuencia] to drop;
¡menos mal! just as well!, thank God!;

menos mal que llevo rueda de repuesto/que no te pasó nada thank God I've got a spare wheel/(that) nothing happened to you;

nada menos (que) no less (than);

le recibió nada menos que el Papa he was received by none other than the Pope;

no es para menos not without (good) reason;

no pude por menos que reírme I had to laugh;

venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;
[persona] to go down in the world;
no pienso montar y menos si conduces o Am [m5] manejas tú I've no intention of getting in, much less so if you're driving;

Comp

hacer de menos a alguien to snub sb

♦ pron

había menos que el año pasado there were fewer than the previous year;

ya queda menos it's not so far to go now

♦ nm inv
Mat minus (sign)
♦ prep
[excepto] except (for);
todo menos eso anything but that;

vinieron todos menos él everyone came except (for) o but him;

menos el café, todo está incluido en el precio everything except the coffee is included in the price

♦ al menos loc conj

at least;

costará al menos tres millones it will cost at least three million;

dame al menos una hora para prepararme give me at least an hour to get ready

♦ a menos que loc conj

unless;

no iré a menos que me acompañes I won't go unless you come with me

♦ de menos loc adv

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing;

me han dado 80 céntimos de menos they've given me 80 cents too little, they've short-changed me by 80 cents;

eso es lo de menos that's the least of it

♦ por lo menos loc adv

at least;

por lo menos pide perdón you at least ought to apologize

* * *

menos

I adj

1 en cantidad less;

cien dólares de menos 100 dollars short, 100 dollars too little;

hay cinco calcetines de menos we are five socks short

2 en número fewer

II adv

1 comp: en cantidad less;

es menos guapa que Ana she is not as pretty as Ana

2 sup: en cantidad least;

al menos, por lo menos at least

3 MAT minus;

tres menos dos three minus two

III m MAT minus (sign)

IV

:

a menos que unless;

todos menos yo everyone but o except me;

echar de menos miss;

tener a alguien en menos look down on s.o.;

eso es lo de menos that’s the least of it;

ir a menos come down in the world;

ni mucho menos far from it;

no es para menos quite right too;

son las dos menos diez it’s ten of two, Br it’s ten to two

* * *

menos adv

1) : less

llueve menos en agosto: it rains less in August

2) : least

el coche menos caro: the least expensive car

3)

menos de : less than, fewer than

menos adj

1) : less, fewer

tengo más trabajo y menos tiempo: I have more work and less time

2) : least, fewest

la clase que tiene menos estudiantes: the class that has the fewest students

menos prep

1) salvo, excepto: except

2) : minus

quince menos cuatro son once: fifteen minus four is eleven

menos pron

1) : less, fewer

no deberías aceptar menos: you shouldn't accept less

2)

al menos or

por lo menos : at least

3)

a menos que : unless

* * *

menos¹ adv

1. (comparativo) less

deberías ponerte menos azúcar you should take less sugar

2. (con nombres contables) fewer

había menos gente there were fewer people

3. (superlativo) least

es el menos caro it's the least expensive

4. (excepto) except

puedo hacer de todo menos cocinar I can do everything except cook

fueron todos al parque menos ella they all went to the park except her

5. (con la hora) to

son las ocho menos diez it's ten to eight

6. (en matemáticas) minus

ocho menos dos son seis eight minus two is six

al menos at least

a menos que unless

menos mal thank goodness

menos mal que has venido it's a good job you've come

por lo menos at least

menos² n minus sign

Spanish-English dictionary > menos
15 cuadrado

adj.

square, squared.

m.

square.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: cuadrar.

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cuadrado

► nombre masculino

1 square

————————

cuadrado

► participio pasado

1→ link=cuadrar cuadrar

► adjetivo

1 (forma) square

2 familiar (persona) broad, stocky

3 figurado (mente) rigid, one-track

► nombre masculino cuadrado

1 square

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

elevar al cuadrado to square

■ tres al cuadrado son nueve three squared is nine

tenerlos cuadrados tabú to have balls

* * *
cuadrado, -a
1. ADJ

1) (Mat) square

dos metros cuadrados — two square metres

- tenerlos cuadrados

2) [objeto, superficie] square

3) (=corpulento)

estar cuadrado — to be well-built, be hefty *

4) Caribe, Cono Sur (=grosero) coarse, rude

5) And (=elegante) graceful, elegant

6) LAm
* (=poco flexible)
ser cuadrado — to be narrow-minded

7) Arg, Uru * (=poco inteligente) dense, stupid

8) Chile, Ven
*
estar cuadrado con algn — to side with sb

el pueblo está cuadrado con el presidente — the people are siding with the president

2.

SM / F (=persona poco inteligente) idiot

3. SM

1) (Mat, Geom) square

cinco (elevado) al cuadrado — five square(d), the square of five

cuadrado mágico — magic square

2) (=regla) ruler, parallel ruler

3) (Téc) die

4) (Cos) gusset

5) (Tip) quad, quadrat

6) Caribe, Cono Sur * (=persona) boor, oaf

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) ( de forma) square

b) (Mat) <metro/centímetro> square (before n)

22 metros cuadrados — 22 square meters

2) [estar] (fam) ( fornido) well-built, big, hefty (colloq)

3) [ser] (AmL) ( cerrado de mente) (fam) inflexible
II
masculino square

25 elevado al cuadrado — 25 squared

* * *

= square, square-shaped.

Ex. A square building with low velocity air conditioning would consume less energy than a rectangular building with no artificial ventilation.

Ex. Pizza pies typically have round configuration, although square- and rectangular- shaped pizzas have had some recent acceptance.

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* al chi cuadrado = chi-squared.

* chi cuadrado = chi-square.

* chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.

* estupideces al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* ley de relación exponencial inversa al cuadrado = inverse square law.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* metro cuadrado (m²) = square metre (sq. m.).

* milímetro cuadrado = millimeter square.

* milla cuadrada = square mile.

* pie cuadrado = square foot (sq. ft.).

* raíz cuadrada = square root.

* test chi cuadrado = chi square test.

* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) ( de forma) square

b) (Mat) <metro/centímetro> square (before n)

22 metros cuadrados — 22 square meters

2) [estar] (fam) ( fornido) well-built, big, hefty (colloq)

3) [ser] (AmL) ( cerrado de mente) (fam) inflexible
II
masculino square

25 elevado al cuadrado — 25 squared

* * *

= square, square-shaped.

Ex: A square building with low velocity air conditioning would consume less energy than a rectangular building with no artificial ventilation.

Ex: Pizza pies typically have round configuration, although square- and rectangular- shaped pizzas have had some recent acceptance.

* al chi cuadrado = chi-squared.

* chi cuadrado = chi-square.

* chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* en forma de cuadrado = square-shaped.

* estupideces al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

* ley de relación exponencial inversa al cuadrado = inverse square law.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* metro cuadrado (m²) = square metre (sq. m.).

* milímetro cuadrado = millimeter square.

* milla cuadrada = square mile.

* pie cuadrado = square foot (sq. ft.).

* raíz cuadrada = square root.

* test chi cuadrado = chi square test.

* tonterías al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.

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cuadrado¹ -da

adjective

A

1 (de forma) square

2 ( Mat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹metro/centímetro› square ( before n)

22 metros cuadrados/kilómetros cuadrados 22 square meters/square kilometers

B

1 [ ESTAR] ( fam) (fornido) well-built, big, hefty ( colloq)

2 [ ESTAR] ( fam) (gordo) fat

C

1 [ SER] ( AmL) (cerrado de mente) ( fam); inflexible, rigid

2 [ SER] ( RPl) (torpe) dense ( colloq), thick ( colloq)

cuadrado²

masculine

1 (figura) square

2 (de un número) square

25 elevado al cuadrado 25 squared, the square of 25

Compuesto:

cuadrado mágico

magic square

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Del verbo cuadrar: ( conjugate cuadrar)

cuadrado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
cuadrado
cuadrar
cuadrado 1
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) ( de forma) square

b) (Mat) ‹metro/centímetro› square ( before n);

2 m2 cuadrados (read as: dos metros cuadrados) m2 (léase: two square meters)
2 [estar] (fam) ( fornido) well-built, big, hefty (colloq)
3 [ser] (AmL fam) ( cerrado de mente) inflexible
cuadrado 2 sustantivo masculino
square;
◊ 25 elevado al cuadrado 25 squared

cuadrar ( conjugate cuadrar) verbo intransitivo
a) [ cuentas] to tally, balance

b) [declaraciones/testimonias] to tally;

cuadrado con algo to fit in with sth, tally with sth
c) (Ven) ( para una cita) cuadrado con algn to arrange to meet sb;

cuadrado para hacer algo to arrange to do sth
cuadrarse verbo pronominal
a) [ soldado] to stand to attention

b) [caballo/toro] to stand stock-still

c) (Col, Ven fam) ( estacionarse) to park

cuadrado,-a
I adjetivo
1 Geom square
dos metros cuadrados, two square metres
2 (musculoso, fornido) muscled, hefty, stocky: ¡está cuadrado!, he's hefty!
3 figurado (mente) rigid
II sustantivo masculino
1 Geom square
2 Mat square
elevar al cuadrado, to square
cuadrar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (coincidir) to square, agree [con, with]
2 (las cuentas) to balance, tally
II verbo transitivo to balance
' cuadrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuadrada
- elevar
- metro
- almohadón
- cuadro
English:
square
- the

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cuadrado, -a

♦ adj

1. [figura] square

2. Mat square;

metro/kilómetro cuadrado square metre/kilometre

3. Fam [musculoso] muscly;

estar cuadrado to be muscly

4. Am [estricto, cerrado] narrow-minded

5. Am [torpe] thick, dumb

♦ nm

1. [figura] square

2. Mat square;

tres (elevado) al cuadrado three square(d)

* * *

cuadrado

I adj square;

cabeza cuadrada fam bigot

II m square;

al cuadrado MAT squared;

elevar al cuadrado MAT square

* * *

cuadrado, -da adj

: square

cuadrado nm

: square

elevar al cuadrado: to square (a number)

* * *

cuadrado¹ adj square

un tablero de ajedrez es cuadrado a chess board is square

cuadrado² n square

tiene forma de cuadrado it's in the shape of a square

Spanish-English dictionary > cuadrado
16 infinito

adj.

infinite, endless, everlasting, boundless.

m.

infinity, infinite, boundlessness, infinite space.

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infinito

► adjetivo

1 infinite

► nombre masculino el infinito

1 the infinite, infinity

► adverbio infinito

1 (muchísimo) infinitely

* * *

(f. - infinita)

adj.

infinite

* * *

1.

ADJ [universo, variedad] infinite; [entusiasmo, posibilidades] boundless

con paciencia infinita — with infinite patience

sonrió con infinita tristeza — she smiled with immense sadness

tuve que copiarlo infinitas veces — I had to copy it out countless times o over and over again

hasta lo infinito — ad infinitum

2.

ADV infinitely, immensely

se lo agradezco infinito — I'm deeply o immensely grateful to you

3.

SM (Mat) infinity

el infinito — (Fil) the infinite

así podríamos seguir hasta el infinito — we could go on like this for ever o indefinitely

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

a) (Fil, Mat) infinite

b) <bondad/sabiduría> infinite; < amor> boundless

sentí una infinita tristeza — I felt (an) immense sadness

c) (delante del n, en pl) ( innumerables) innumerable, countless
II
masculino

el infinito

a) (Fil) the infinite

mirar al infinito — to look into the distance

b) (Mat) infinity

* * *

= countless, endless, infinite, infinity, bottomless.

Ex. But since we, and countless similar institutions, are dependent upon the Library of Congress, service considerations gave way to economic considerations.

Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.

Ex. Knowledge, in its growth, must obey the universal laws which prohibit the continuance of any form of exponential increase toward infinity.

Ex. The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.

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* al infinito = ad infinitum.

* las posibilidades son infinitas = the possibilities are endless.

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

a) (Fil, Mat) infinite

b) <bondad/sabiduría> infinite; < amor> boundless

sentí una infinita tristeza — I felt (an) immense sadness

c) (delante del n, en pl) ( innumerables) innumerable, countless
II
masculino

el infinito

a) (Fil) the infinite

mirar al infinito — to look into the distance

b) (Mat) infinity

* * *

= countless, endless, infinite, infinity, bottomless.

Ex: But since we, and countless similar institutions, are dependent upon the Library of Congress, service considerations gave way to economic considerations.

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.

Ex: Knowledge, in its growth, must obey the universal laws which prohibit the continuance of any form of exponential increase toward infinity.

Ex: The novel is a bottomless quagmire of melodramatic weirdness.

* al infinito = ad infinitum.

* las posibilidades son infinitas = the possibilities are endless.

* * *

infinito¹ -ta

adjective

1 ( Fil, Mat) ‹conjunto› infinite; ‹espacio/universo› infinite

2 ‹bondad/sabiduría› infinite; ‹amor› boundless

sentí una infinita tristeza I felt (an) immense sadness

3 (delante del n, en pl) ( liter) (innumerables) innumerable, countless

infinito²

adverb

infinitely

te lo agradezco infinito I'm deeply o infinitely grateful to you

infinito³

m:

1 ( Fil)

tb el infinito the infinite

mirar al infinito to look into the distance

2 ( Mat) infinity

tender al infinito to stretch to infinity

* * *

infinito 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

a) (Fil, Mat) infinite

b) ‹bondad/sabiduría› infinite;

‹ amor› boundless
c) (delante del n, en pl) ( innumerables) innumerable, countless

infinito 2 sustantivo masculino
a)

◊ el infinito (Fil) the infinite;

mirar al infinito to look into the distance
b) (Mat) infinity

infinito,-a
I adjetivo infinite, endless
II sustantivo masculino
1 Mat infinity
1 Fil the infinite
' infinito' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
infinita
English:
infinite
- infinity
- exquisite

* * *

infinito, -a

♦ adj

1. [sin límites] infinite;

tiene una infinita paciencia she has infinite patience, she's infinitely patient;

siento por ella un cariño infinito I'm immensely fond of her

2. [incontable] countless;

infinitas veces hundreds of times

♦ nm

1. Mat infinity;

tender al infinito to tend to infinity

2. [espacio] infinity;

su figura se perdió en el infinito his figure disappeared into the distance

3. Fot infinity

♦ adv
[mucho] extremely, infinitely;
me alegro infinito I'm extremely pleased

* * *

infinito

I adj infinite

II m infinity

* * *

infinito adv

: infinitely, vastly

infinito, -ta adj

1) : infinite

2) : limitless, endless

3)

hasta lo infinito : ad infinitum

♦ infinitamente adv

infinito nm

: infinity

* * *

infinito n infinity

Spanish-English dictionary > infinito
17 entero

adj.

1 entire, livelong, whole, undivided.

2 whole.

3 honest, solid, upright.

4 complete, total.

m.

integer.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: enterar.

* * *

entero

► adjetivo

1 (completo) entire, whole, complete

2 figurado (recto) honest, upright

3 figurado (firme) firm, resolute

4 (robusto) robust

► nombre masculino entero

1 FINANZAS point

2 MATEMÁTICAS whole number

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

bajar enteros FINANZAS to go down points

darse por entero a algo to devote oneself entirely to something

subir enteros FINANZAS to go up points

————————

entero

► nombre masculino

1 FINANZAS point

2 MATEMÁTICAS whole number

* * *

(f. - entera)

adj.

1) entire

2) full

3) intact

4) whole

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=completo) whole, entire

se comió el paquete entero de galletas — he ate the whole o entire packet of biscuits

se pasa el día entero quejándose — he spends the whole o entire day complaining

es famoso en el mundo entero — he's famous the whole world over, he's famous all over the world

2)

por entero — wholly, fully

me dediqué por entero a la investigación — I devoted myself wholly o fully to research

3) (Mat) whole, integral

4) [persona] (=íntegro) upright; (=sereno) composed

un hombre muy entero — a man of great integrity, a very upright man

estuvo muy entera durante el funeral — she was very composed o she kept her composure during the funeral

5) And, CAm, Caribe * (=idéntico) identical, similar

está entero a su papá — he's just like his dad, he's the spitting image of his dad

6) (=no castrado) entire

2. SM

1) (Mat) integer, whole number

2) (Com, Econ) point

las acciones han subido dos enteros — the shares have gone up two points

3) LAm (=pago) payment

4) Cono Sur (Econ) balance

5) Arg boilersuit

* * *
I
- ra adjetivo

1)

a) ( en su totalidad) whole

una caja entera de bombones — a whole o an entire box of chocolates

eso es así en el mundo entero — it's like that all over the world

por entero — completely, entirely

b) (delante del n) (absoluto, total) complete, absolute

a mi entera satisfacción — to my complete satisfaction

c) ( intacto) intact

la porcelana llegó entera — the china arrived intact o in one piece

d) < número> whole

2) < persona> ( íntegro) upright
II
masculino

1) (Fin) point; (Mat) whole number, integer

2) ( de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket

* * *

= entire, intact.

Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex. Only the concepts in the facet cited first in citation order will be grouped intact.

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* en el mundo entero = worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.

* estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.

* famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.

* leche entera = whole milk.

* número entero = integer.

* número entero positivo = positive integer.

* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.

* tener + Nombre + a + Posesivo + entera disposición = have + the run of the + Nombre.

* unidad entera = unit.

* vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

* * *
I
- ra adjetivo

1)

a) ( en su totalidad) whole

una caja entera de bombones — a whole o an entire box of chocolates

eso es así en el mundo entero — it's like that all over the world

por entero — completely, entirely

b) (delante del n) (absoluto, total) complete, absolute

a mi entera satisfacción — to my complete satisfaction

c) ( intacto) intact

la porcelana llegó entera — the china arrived intact o in one piece

d) < número> whole

2) < persona> ( íntegro) upright
II
masculino

1) (Fin) point; (Mat) whole number, integer

2) ( de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket

* * *

= entire, intact.

Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex: Only the concepts in the facet cited first in citation order will be grouped intact.

* en el mundo entero = worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.

* estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.

* famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.

* leche entera = whole milk.

* número entero = integer.

* número entero positivo = positive integer.

* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.

* tener + Nombre + a + Posesivo + entera disposición = have + the run of the + Nombre.

* unidad entera = unit.

* vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

* * *

entero¹ -ra

adjective

A

1 (en su totalidad) whole

se comió una caja entera de bombones she ate a whole o an entire box of chocolates

un mes entero a whole month

se pasó el día entero arreglándolo she spent the whole o entire day fixing it

no hay otro igual en el mundo entero there isn't another one like it in the whole (wide) world

eso es así en el mundo entero it's like that all over the world

por entero completely, entirely

2 ( delante del n) (absoluto, total) complete, absolute

3 (intacto) intact

espero que la porcelana llegue entera I hope the china arrives intact o in one piece

¿te lo troceo? — no, déjamelo entero shall I cut it up for you? — no, I'll take it whole

no le quedó ni un hueso entero every bone in his body was broken

4 ‹número› whole

B ‹persona› (íntegro) upright

entero²

masculine

A

1 ( Fin) point

las acciones perdieron tres enteros the shares went down o lost three points

2 ( Mat) whole number, integer

B ( Chi) (de una deuda) payment, settlement

C ( Andes) (de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket

* * *

Del verbo enterar: ( conjugate enterar)

entero es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

enteró es:

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

Multiple Entries:
enterar
entero
entero 1
◊ -ra adjetivo

a) ( en su totalidad) whole;

◊ una caja entera de bombones a whole o an entire box of chocolates;

en el mundo entero all over the world;
por entero completely, entirely
b) ( intacto) intact

c) ‹ número› whole

entero 2 sustantivo masculino
a) (Fin) point

b) (Mat) whole number, integer

c) ( de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket

entero,-a
I adjetivo
1 (completo) entire, whole: él solo se comió la tarta entera, he ate the whole cake all by himself
2 (cabal, sensato) honest, upright
3 fig (ante una desgracia) strong
II sustantivo masculino
1 Mat whole number
2 Fin (en Bolsa) point
♦ Locuciones: por entero, completely: las ruedas se hundieron por entero en el barro, the wheels sank out of sight in the mud
' entero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
completa
- completo
- cuerpo
- entera
- enterarse
- morirse
- plena
- pleno
- espejo
- mono
- recién
- través
English:
all
- annihilate
- complete
- entire
- full-length
- integer
- integral
- strong
- tell off
- whole
- world
- full
- one
- read

* * *

entero, -a

♦ adj

1. [completo] whole;

vi la película entera I watched the whole film;

pasó la noche entera en vela he was awake all night;

¿quiere la pieza entera o se la hago trozos? do you want it in one piece or shall I cut it up?;

es de mi entera confianza she has my complete confidence;

por entero entirely, completely

2. [sin desperfecto] in one piece;

la vajilla llegó toda entera the dinner service arrived in one piece;

este cristal está entero this pane hasn't been broken

3. [en buen estado físico]
acabó la maratón muy entero he finished the marathon in good shape

4. [sereno] composed;

se mostró muy entero en el juicio he was very composed at the trial

5. [honrado] upright, honest

6. Mat [número] whole

7. [fruta] hard

8. Guat, Perú Fam [idéntico] identical

♦ nm

1. Bolsa point;

Prunosa sube dos enteros Prunosa gained two points

2. Mat integer, whole number

3. CSur [ropa] [con mangas] Br overalls, US coveralls;
[de peto] Br dungarees, US overalls; [para bebé] rompers
4. Andes, RP [lotería] = complete lottery ticket (usually sold in one-tenth shares)

* * *

entero

I adj

1 ( completo) whole, entire;

por entero completely, entirely;

10 años/días enteros 10 whole years/days

2 (no roto) intact, undamaged

II m

1 ( punto) point

2 Rpl ( mono) coveralls pl, Br

overalls pl

* * *

entero, -ra adj

1) : entire, whole

2) : complete, absolute

3) : intact

♦ enteramente adv

entero nm

1) : integer, whole number

2) : point (in finance)

* * *

entero adj whole / entire

pasó el día entero durmiendo he spent the whole day sleeping

Spanish-English dictionary > entero
18 integral

adj.

1 total, complete (total).

2 wholemeal (British), wholewheat (United States)(unrefined) (bread, flour, pasta).

3 integral (constituyente).

ser parte integral de algo (arroz) to be an integral part of something

4 comprehensive, integral, holistic.

5 honest, with principles, principled, complete.

6 whole-grain, wholewheat, whole, wholemeal.

f.

integral (Mat).

m.

integral.

* * *

integral

► adjetivo

1 (intrínseco) integral; (completo) full

2 (pan, pasta) wholemeal; (arroz) brown

► nombre femenino

1 MATEMÁTICAS integral

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=entero) [cereal] wholegrain; [arroz] brown; [pan, harina] wholemeal

2) (=total) [plan, reforma, servicio] comprehensive, all-round

para el cuidado integral de la salud — for comprehensive o all-round health care

educación integral — all-round education

un desnudo integral — a full frontal

3) (=integrante) integral, built-in

una parte integral de — an integral part of

4) (=redomado) total, complete

un idiota integral — a total o complete fool

5) (Mat) integral

2.

SF (Mat) integral

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) (completo, total) comprehensive

el desnudo integral — full-frontal nudity

b) ( incorporado) built-in
II
femenino (Mat) integral

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) (completo, total) comprehensive

el desnudo integral — full-frontal nudity

b) ( incorporado) built-in
II
femenino (Mat) integral

* * *

integral¹

¹ = integral, all-inclusive, all-embracing, embracing, all-encompassing, encompassing.

Ex: The article 'Closing the gap between desirability and achievability' argues for a more central and integral role for the library on campus.

Ex: It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic.

Ex: Some databases are very all-embracing in their coverage and attempt to provide comprehensive coverage of entire disciplines.

Ex: What is needed is an embracing approach to guarantee freedom for Palestine and legitimacy for Israel.

Ex: In publishing itself there is little use made of the all-encompassing schemes such as Dewey or the Library of Congress.

Ex: By drawing Russia into an encompassing coalition with Europe and other powers, the risk of conflict will be diminished.

* Cuadro de Mando Integral (CMI) = Balanced Scorecard (BSC).

* ecuación integral = integral equation.

* formar parte integral = form + an integral part.

integral²

² = wholewheat, wholemeal, wholegrain.

Ex: Her mid-morning meal is normally about 10:30 and consists of about a cup of wholewheat pasta, two tins of tuna, onion and mayo.

Ex: In this article I outline four compelling reasons for making the switch to wholemeal products.

Ex: Wholemeal breads and pastas, high-fibre cereals and brown rice are wholegrain foods.

* arroz integral = brown rice.

* harina integral = wholemeal flour.

* pan integral = wholemeal bread.

* * *

integral¹

adjective

1 (completo, total) ‹plan› comprehensive, all-embracing; ‹reforma/educación› comprehensive

el aprovechamiento integral de los escasos medios disponibles the maximum use of the limited resources available

el desnudo integral full-frontal nudity

[ S ] belleza integral all-round beauty treatment

arroz, pan, parte² (↑ parte (2))

2 (incorporado) built-in

3 ( Mat) cálculo

integral²

feminine

integral

* * *

integral adjetivo
a) (completo, total) comprehensive

b) ( incorporado) built-in

integral
I adjetivo integral
pan integral, whole-grain bread
II f Mat integral
' integral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arroz
- integrante
- pan
- alimentación
- incorporado
English:
bread
- brown rice
- digestive biscuit
- holistic
- integral
- nutritional
- pumpernickel
- rice
- wholemeal
- wholewheat
- brown
- comprehensive
- fitted
- four
- whole

* * *

integral

♦ adj

1. [total] total, complete;

una educación integral an all-round education;

contiene desnudos integrales there are scenes of total nudity;
Fam
es un idiota integral he's a total o complete idiot

2. [esencial] integral;

la creación de empleo es parte integral del plan job creation is an integral part of the plan

3. [sin refinar] [pan, harina, pasta] Br wholemeal, US wholewheat;
[arroz] brown
4. [constituyente] integral;

ser parte integral de algo to be an integral part of sth

5. Mat [cálculo] integral

♦ nf
Mat integral
* * *

integral

I adj

1 complete

2 alimento wholewheat, Br

wholemeal

3 MAT integral;

cálculo integral integral calculus

II f integral

* * *

integral adj

1) : integral, essential

2)

pan integral : whole grain bread

* * *

integral adj

1. (en general) integral

2. (pan, etc) wholemeal

Spanish-English dictionary > integral
19 constante

adj.

1 persistent (person) (en una empresa).

2 constant.

3 unchanging, uniform, consistent, constant.

4 dedicated, hardworking.

f.

1 constant.

constantes vitales (medicine) vital signs

mantener las constantes vitales de alguien (medicine) to keep somebody alive

2 Constante.

* * *

constante

► adjetivo

1 (invariable) constant

2 (persona) steadfast

► nombre femenino

1 MATEMÁTICAS constant

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

constantes vitales vital signs

* * *

adj.

constant

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=continuado) constant

la búsqueda constante de la verdad — the constant search for truth

un día de lluvia constante — a day of constant o persistent rain

2) (=frecuente) constant

recibía constantes advertencias de su jefe — she was getting constant warnings from her boss

3) (=perseverante) [persona] persevering

4) (Fís) [velocidad, temperatura, presión] constant

2. SF

1) (=factor predominante)

el mar es una constante en su obra — the sea is a constant theme o an ever-present theme in his work

el paro es una constante en la economía española — unemployment is a permanent feature of the Spanish economy

constante histórica — historical constant

2) (Mat) constant

3) (Med)

constantes vitales — vital signs

* * *
I
adjetivo

1) ( continuo) constant

2) ( perseverante) < persona> persevering
II
femenino

a) (Mat) constant

b) ( característica) constant feature

una constante en su obra — a constant theme in his work

el malhumor es una constante en él — he's always in a bad mood

c) constantes femenino plural (Med) tb

constantes vitales — vital signs (pl)

* * *

= constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, even, ongoing [on-going], persistent, regular, unvarying, steadfast, perpetual, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], abiding, unfailing, unabated, constant, standing, unflagging, assiduous, on-the-go, unceasing, incessant, ceaseless, persevering.

Ex. Film and videotape are stored on the premises in vaults situated at the back of the library and are air conditioned to ensure a constant temperature.

Ex. The second point concerns the continual reference to Haykin's book, a sort of code of subject authority practice and its drawbacks.

Ex. Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.

Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.

Ex. An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.

Ex. This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.

Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.

Ex. An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.

Ex. He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.

Ex. Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.

Ex. Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.

Ex. The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.

Ex. Public libraries can be characterized by an unfailing flexibility and sincere intent to help people solve problems.

Ex. The demand for English as the world's lingua franca continues unabated.

Ex. In this formula, curly brackets {} indicate activities, and alpha, beta and gamma are constants = En esta fórmula, las llaves {} indican actividades y alfa, beta y gamma son las constantes.

Ex. A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.

Ex. Colleagues from all the regions of the world harnessed their combined intellectual capital, tenacity, good will and unflagging spirit of volunteerism for the good of our profession = Colegas de todas las regiones del mundo utilizaron su capital intelectual, su tenacidad, su buena voluntad y su inagotable espíritu de voluntarismo para el bien de nuestra profesión.

Ex. The management of a large number of digital images requires assiduous attention to all stages of production.

Ex. With technologies such as SMS, Podcasting, voice over IP (VoIP), and more becoming increasingly mainstream, the potential to provide instant, on-the-go reference is limitless.

Ex. But just as she pulled over the road in the pitch blackness of night she heard the unceasing sound of the night like she had never heard it.

Ex. The great practical education of the Englishman is derived from incessant intercourse between man and man, in trade.

Ex. Children in modern society are faced with a ceaseless stream of new ideas, and responsibility for their upbringing has generally moved from parents to childminders and teachers.

Ex. Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.

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* constante de bajada = slope constant.

* constante flujo de = steady stream of.

* constante vital = vital sign.

* crítica constante = nagging.

* de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.

* en constante expansión = ever-expanding, ever-growing.

* en constante movimiento = on the go.

* los constantes cambios de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* mantenimiento de las constantes vitales = life support.

* máquina que mantiene las constantes vitales = life-support system.

* permanecer constante = remain + constant.

* que está en constante evolución = ever-evolving.

* serie constante de = steady stream of.

* ser una constante = be a constant.

* * *
I
adjetivo

1) ( continuo) constant

2) ( perseverante) < persona> persevering
II
femenino

a) (Mat) constant

b) ( característica) constant feature

una constante en su obra — a constant theme in his work

el malhumor es una constante en él — he's always in a bad mood

c) constantes femenino plural (Med) tb

constantes vitales — vital signs (pl)

* * *

= constant, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, even, ongoing [on-going], persistent, regular, unvarying, steadfast, perpetual, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], abiding, unfailing, unabated, constant, standing, unflagging, assiduous, on-the-go, unceasing, incessant, ceaseless, persevering.

Ex: Film and videotape are stored on the premises in vaults situated at the back of the library and are air conditioned to ensure a constant temperature.

Ex: The second point concerns the continual reference to Haykin's book, a sort of code of subject authority practice and its drawbacks.

Ex: Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.

Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.

Ex: An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.

Ex: This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.

Ex: An unvarying level of illumination, heating, cooling, ventilation and acoustics will give the even type of environment needed in an academic library.

Ex: He does admit, however, that 'this power is unusual, it is a gift which must be cultivated, an accomplishment which can only be acquired by vigorous and steadfast concentration'.

Ex: Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.

Ex: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.

Ex: The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.

Ex: Public libraries can be characterized by an unfailing flexibility and sincere intent to help people solve problems.

Ex: The demand for English as the world's lingua franca continues unabated.

Ex: In this formula, curly brackets {} indicate activities, and alpha, beta and gamma are constants = En esta fórmula, las llaves {} indican actividades y alfa, beta y gamma son las constantes.

Ex: A standing reproach to all librarians is the non-user.

Ex: Colleagues from all the regions of the world harnessed their combined intellectual capital, tenacity, good will and unflagging spirit of volunteerism for the good of our profession = Colegas de todas las regiones del mundo utilizaron su capital intelectual, su tenacidad, su buena voluntad y su inagotable espíritu de voluntarismo para el bien de nuestra profesión.

Ex: The management of a large number of digital images requires assiduous attention to all stages of production.

Ex: With technologies such as SMS, Podcasting, voice over IP (VoIP), and more becoming increasingly mainstream, the potential to provide instant, on-the-go reference is limitless.

Ex: But just as she pulled over the road in the pitch blackness of night she heard the unceasing sound of the night like she had never heard it.

Ex: The great practical education of the Englishman is derived from incessant intercourse between man and man, in trade.

Ex: Children in modern society are faced with a ceaseless stream of new ideas, and responsibility for their upbringing has generally moved from parents to childminders and teachers.

Ex: Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.

* constante de bajada = slope constant.

* constante flujo de = steady stream of.

* constante vital = vital sign.

* crítica constante = nagging.

* de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.

* en constante expansión = ever-expanding, ever-growing.

* en constante movimiento = on the go.

* los constantes cambios de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* mantenimiento de las constantes vitales = life support.

* máquina que mantiene las constantes vitales = life-support system.

* permanecer constante = remain + constant.

* que está en constante evolución = ever-evolving.

* serie constante de = steady stream of.

* ser una constante = be a constant.

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constante¹

adjective

A

1 (continuo) constant

estaba sometido a una constante vigilancia he was kept under constant surveillance

2 ‹tema/motivo› constant

B (perseverante) persevering

constante²

feminine

1 ( Mat) constant

2 (característica) constant feature

las escaseces han sido una constante durante los últimos siete años shortages have been a constant feature of the last seven years

durante estas fechas las colas son una constante en las tiendas at this time of year queues are a regular feature in the shops

una constante en su obra a constant theme in his work

el malhumor es una constante en él he's always in a bad mood

3 constantes fpl ( Med) tb

constantes vitales vital signs (pl)

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constante adjetivo
a) ( continuo) constant

b) ( perseverante) ‹ persona› persevering

■ sustantivo femenino
a) (Mat) constant

b) ( característica) constant feature

c)

◊ constantes sustantivo femenino plural (Med) tb constantes vitales vital signs (pl)

constante
I adjetivo
1 (tenaz) steadfast: es una persona constante en sus ambiciones, he is steadfast in his ambitions
2 (incesante, sin variaciones) constant, incessant, unchanging: me mareaba el constante barullo que había allí, the constant racket there made me dizzy
II sustantivo femenino
1 constant feature: los desengaños fueron una constante a lo largo de su vida, disappointments were a constant during his lifetime
2 Mat constant
' constante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fiel
- salario
- sangría
English:
constant
- continual
- cruise
- equable
- even
- incessant
- recurrent
- steadily
- steady
- unfailing
- uniform
- unremitting
- break
- consistent
- drive
- eternal
- niggling
- persistent
- wear

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constante

♦ adj

1. [persona] [en una empresa] persistent;
[en ideas, opiniones] steadfast;
se mantuvo constante en su esfuerzo he persevered in his efforts

2. [lluvia, atención] constant, persistent;
[temperatura] constant
3. [que se repite] constant

♦ nf

1. [rasgo] constant;

las desilusiones han sido una constante en su vida disappointments have been a constant feature in her life;

las tormentas son una constante en sus cuadros storms are an ever-present feature in his paintings;

la violencia es una constante histórica en la región the region has known violence throughout its history

2. Mat constant

3. constantes vitales vital signs;

mantener las constantes vitales de alguien to keep sb alive

* * *

constante

I adj constant

II f MAT constant

* * *

constante adj

: constant

♦ constantemente adv

constante nf

: constant

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constante adj (continuo) constant

Spanish-English dictionary > constante
20 conjunto

adj.

united, conjunct, conjoint.

m.

1 set, ensemble, kit, suit.

2 group, aggregate, combo.

3 musical group, group.

4 suit of clothes.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: conjuntar.

* * *

conjunto

► adjetivo

1 (compartido) joint

■ misión conjunta joint mission

2 (combinado) combined

► nombre masculino conjunto

1 (grupo) group, collection

■ un conjunto de libros a collection of books

2 (todo) whole

■ el conjunto de los actores no convence the actors as a whole are not convincing

3 (prenda) outfit, ensemble; (jersey y chaqueta) twinset

4 MÚSICA (clásico) ensemble; (pop) band, group

5 MATEMÁTICAS set

6 DEPORTE team

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de conjunto overall

en conjunto altogether, on the whole

en su conjunto as a whole

base conjunta joint base

conjunto residencial housing estate

conjunto urbanístico housing estate

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conjunto

► nombre masculino

1 (grupo) group, collection

■ un conjunto de libros a collection of books

2 (todo) whole

■ el conjunto de los actores no convence the actors as a whole are not convincing

3 (prenda) outfit, ensemble; (jersey y chaqueta) twinset

4 MÚSICA (clásico) ensemble; (pop) band, group

5 MATEMÁTICAS set

6 DEPORTE team

* * *
1. noun m.
1) group

2) ensemble

3) set

•

- en conjunto
2. (f. - conjunta)
adj.

joint

* * *

1.

ADJ joint, combined

operaciones conjuntas — (Mil) combined operations

2. SM

1) (=totalidad) whole

formar un conjunto — to form a whole

impresión de conjunto — overall impression

vista de conjunto — all-embracing view

en conjunto — as a whole, altogether

hay que estudiar esos países en conjunto — you have to study these countries as a whole

en su conjunto — in its entirety

conjunto monumental — collection of historic buildings

2) (=ropa) ensemble

un conjunto de falda y blusa — a matching skirt and blouse

3) (Mús) [de cámara] ensemble; [pop] group

un conjunto de música pop — a pop group

4) (Teat) chorus

chica de conjunto — chorus girl

5) (Dep) (=equipo) team

6) [de muebles] suite

conjunto de baño — bathroom suite

7) (Mat, Inform) set

conjunto integrado de programas — integrated software suite

8) (Mec) unit, assembly

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo joint
II
masculino

1) (de objetos, obras) collection; ( de personas) group

el conjunto de los magistrados ha decidido que... — magistrates as a body o group have decided that...

en conjunto — as a whole

en su conjunto — (referido a - obra, exposición) as a whole; (- comité, partido) as a group

- conjunto monumental

- conjunto residencial

2) (Mús) tb

conjunto musical — ( de música clásica) ensemble; ( de música popular) pop group

3) (Indum) ( de un pulóver y una chaqueta) twinset; ( de prendas en general) outfit

un conjunto de playa — a beach outfit

llevaba un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón — he was wearing matching jacket and trousers

hacer conjunto con algo — to go well with something

4) (Mat) set

5) ( totalidad)

visto en conjunto or en su conjunto — overall o as a whole

debemos hacernos una visión de conjunto del problema — we must get an overview of the problem

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo joint
II
masculino

1) (de objetos, obras) collection; ( de personas) group

el conjunto de los magistrados ha decidido que... — magistrates as a body o group have decided that...

en conjunto — as a whole

en su conjunto — (referido a - obra, exposición) as a whole; (- comité, partido) as a group

- conjunto monumental

- conjunto residencial

2) (Mús) tb

conjunto musical — ( de música clásica) ensemble; ( de música popular) pop group

3) (Indum) ( de un pulóver y una chaqueta) twinset; ( de prendas en general) outfit

un conjunto de playa — a beach outfit

llevaba un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón — he was wearing matching jacket and trousers

hacer conjunto con algo — to go well with something

4) (Mat) set

5) ( totalidad)

visto en conjunto or en su conjunto — overall o as a whole

debemos hacernos una visión de conjunto del problema — we must get an overview of the problem

* * *

conjunto¹

¹ = aggregate, aggregation, body, set, cache, ensemble.

Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.

Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.

Ex: It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.

Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.

* conjunto aleatorio de lógica difusa = random fuzzy set.

* conjunto de conocimientos = body of knowledge.

* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.

* conjunto de datos = data set [dataset].

* conjunto de intereses = set of interests.

* conjunto de lógica difusa = fuzzy set.

* conjunto de modelos = model base.

* conjunto de música = musical band.

* conjunto de programas = workbench.

* conjunto de valores = set of values.

* conjunto difuso = rough set.

* conjunto documental multimedia = kit, multimedia item.

* conjunto hecho por el propio usuario = custom set.

* conjunto impreciso = imprecise set.

* conjunto integrado de protocolos = a suite of + protocols.

* conjunto musical = musical band.

* conjunto residencial = estate.

* conjuntos de lógica difusa = fuzzy clustering.

* teoría de conjuntos = set theory.

* teoría de conjuntos difusos = fuzzy set theory.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un conjunto de = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of.

conjunto²

² = collaborative, joint, pooled, combined.

Ex: This is a truly collaborative effort involving the Council on Library Resources (CLR) as the management and funding agency and 12 participants from the research library community.

Ex: Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.

Ex: A group of 64 libraries realised substantial cost reductions by joining in a pooled fund to self-insure for unemployment compensation.

Ex: The joint code was the result of the combined efforts of the Library Association (UK) and the American Library Association.

* autoría conjunta = collaborative writing.

* código conjunto = joint code.

* coeficiente de referencia conjunta = cocitation strength.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de manera conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.

* diseñado en conjunto = co-designed.

* en conjunto = altogether, on balance, bulk, all in all, overall, overall.

* en su conjunto = overall, together, collective, put together.

* formar en su conjunto = weave + to form.

* funcionamiento conjunto = interworking.

* gráfica de referencias conjuntas = cocitation graph.

* ofrecer una visión de conjunto = provide + a picture, provide + overview.

* presentación conjunta = packaging.

* publicidad conjunta = joint publicity.

* todo en su conjunto = whole affair, the.

* trabajo conjunto = interworking.

* umbral de referencia conjunta = cocitation threshold.

* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.

* visión de conjunto = overview, sweep.

* * *

conjunto¹ -ta

adjective

joint ( before n)

conjunto²

masculine

A (de objetos, obras) collection; (de personas) group

el conjunto de los magistrados ha decidido que … magistrates as a body o group have decided that …

Compuestos:

● conjunto monumental

historical monuments (pl)

● conjunto residencial

residential complex o development

B ( Mús) tb

conjunto musical (de música clásica) ensemble; (de música popular) pop group

C ( Indum) (de un pulóver y una chaqueta) twinset

(de prendas en general): llevaba un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón he was wearing matching jacket and trousers

esa nueva blusa te hace conjunto con la falda roja that new blouse goes well with your red skirt

un conjunto de playa/tenis a beach/tennis outfit

D ( Mat) set

E

(totalidad): visto en conjunto or en su conjunto, es un buen trabajo overall o as a whole, it is a good piece of work

debemos hacernos una visión de conjunto del problema we must get an overview of the problem, we must look at the problem as a whole

* * *

Del verbo conjuntar: ( conjugate conjuntar)

conjunto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

conjuntó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
conjuntar
conjunto
conjunto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo ‹esfuerzo/acción› joint before n

conjunto 2 sustantivo masculino
a) (de objetos, obras) collection;

( de personas) group;
◊ en su conjunto ( referido a — obra, exposición) as a whole;

(— comité, partido) as a group;
◊ conjunto residencial residential complex

b) (Mús) tb

◊ conjunto musical ( de música clásica) ensemble;

( de música popular) pop group
c) (Indum) ( de pulóver y chaqueta) twinset;

( de prendas en general) outfit;
◊ un conjunto de chaqueta y pantalón matching jacket and trousers;

hacer conjunto con algo to go well with sth
d) (Mat) set

conjunto,-a
I sustantivo masculino
1 (grupo) group, set
2 (totalidad de algo) whole
3 Mús (grupo de música) group, band
4 Indum ensemble
5 Mat set
6 Dep team
II adjetivo joint
♦ Locuciones: en conjunto, on the whole
' conjunto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogacía
- acompañamiento
- alimentación
- bagaje
- banca
- comedor
- comedora
- comparsa
- compra
- concejo
- conducción
- conjunta
- contingente
- credo
- defensa
- derecha
- derecho
- dirección
- discurso
- entre
- equipo
- escribanía
- estatuto
- firma
- fondo
- galería
- ganadería
- ganado
- gestión
- global
- guardarropa
- juego
- paquete
- par
- pensamiento
- plan
- reglamentación
- sala
- servicio
- sillería
- tendedero
- toponimia
- tramitación
- tresillo
- tubería
- vecindario
- vestuario
- administración
- archivo
- cada
English:
aggregate
- altogether
- blend
- body
- by
- concerted
- ensemble
- estate
- ethic
- for
- group
- joint
- law
- lighting
- outfit
- overall
- package
- project
- set
- two-piece
- well-matched
- whole
- band
- bar
- battery
- combined
- comprehensive
- cooperative
- lie
- out

* * *

conjunto, -a

♦ adj
[acción, esfuerzo] joint;
cuenta conjunta joint account

♦ nm

1. [agrupación] collection, group;

un conjunto de circunstancias a number of factors;

un conjunto de maletas a set of suitcases;

se enfrenta el conjunto local contra el líder the local team is playing the leaders

2. [de ciudad] conjunto histórico-artístico:
la ciudad de Cartagena es un conjunto histórico-artístico de gran interés the historical and artistic attributes of Cartagena combine to form a highly interesting whole;

conjunto monumental historical buildings and monuments;

conjunto urbanístico: [m5] un conjunto urbanístico muy heterógeno a cityscape of great variety

3. [de ropa] outfit;

llevaba un conjunto de camisa y pantalón she was wearing matching shirt and trousers;

un conjunto primaveral a spring outfit

4. [de música] group, band;

un conjunto de jazz a jazz band;

un conjunto de música clásica a classical music group

5. [totalidad] whole;

la media en el conjunto de Latinoamérica es de 5,4 in Latin America as a whole, the average is 5.4;

la calidad, en conjunto, es buena, pero le falla algún detalle overall the quality is good, but it falls down on the occasional detail;

los socios, en su conjunto, están en contra de la venta the whole membership is against the sale

6. Mat set

Comp
conjunto vacío empty set
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conjunto

I adj joint

II m

1 de personas, objetos collection;

en conjunto as a whole

2 de prendas outfit

3 MAT set

* * *

conjunto, -ta adj

: joint

conjunto nm

1) : collection, group

2) : ensemble, outfit

conjunto musical: musical ensemble

3) : whole, entirety

en conjunto: as a whole, altogether

* * *

conjunto¹ adj joint

una fiesta conjunta a joint party

en conjunto on the whole

conjunto² n

1. (grupo) group

2. (ropa) outfit

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mat|ey — «MAY tee», adjective, noun, plural eys. British Informal. –adj. friendly; sociable; companionable. –n. mate; fellow worker. –mat´ey|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
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