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1 opulencia
• affluence• optometrist• opulent• prosperity• wealth effect• wealthy -
2 poder adquisitivo
• affluence• affluency• buying power• purchasing negotiation• purchasing power• purchasing-power bond• spending power• value of money -
3 afluencia
f.1 influx (concurrencia).hubo una gran afluencia de público the attendance was high2 abundance (abundancia).3 affluence, plenty, opulence, opulency.* * *1 inflow, influx2 (abundancia) affluence* * *SF1) (=aflujo) influx2) frm (=elocuencia) eloquence, fluency* * *a) (de personas, dinero) influxb) (de agua, sangre) flow* * *= influx, affluence, flood, plenty, traffic.Ex. Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. George Ticknor noted that this flood of new immigrants 'at no time, consisted of persons who, in general, were fitted to understand our free institutions or to be intrusted with the political power given by universal suffrage'.Ex. And they are coming after years of comparative plenty, with the expectant attitudes generated by such plenty another force with which to contend.Ex. Above all, we specified a variety of reader places and that all traffic in and out of the library be controlled from one point.* * *a) (de personas, dinero) influxb) (de agua, sangre) flow* * *= influx, affluence, flood, plenty, traffic.Ex: Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.
Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex: George Ticknor noted that this flood of new immigrants 'at no time, consisted of persons who, in general, were fitted to understand our free institutions or to be intrusted with the political power given by universal suffrage'.Ex: And they are coming after years of comparative plenty, with the expectant attitudes generated by such plenty another force with which to contend.Ex: Above all, we specified a variety of reader places and that all traffic in and out of the library be controlled from one point.* * *1 (de personas, dinero) influxla afluencia de público al estreno desbordó todas las previsiones the number of people at the first night surpassed all expectationsuna masiva afluencia de turistas a massive influx of touristsla afluencia de capital extranjero al país the influx of foreign capital into the country2 (de agua, sangre) flow* * *
afluencia sustantivo femenino inflow, influx
afluencia de coches, flow of cars
afluencia de público, (large) number of people
' afluencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asistencia
- raudal
- hora
English:
flow
- influx
* * *afluencia nf1. [concurrencia] influx;hubo una gran afluencia de público the attendance was high;la afluencia a las urnas fue escasa the turn-out was low;la afluencia de turistas es constante durante el verano there is a constant stream o influx of tourists throughout the summer2. [abundancia] abundance* * *f figinflux, flow;horas de afluencia peak times* * *afluencia nf1) : flow, influx2) : abundance, plenty -
4 opulencia
f.opulence (riqueza).vivir en la opulencia to live in luxurynadar en la opulencia to be filthy rich* * *1 opulence\vivir en la opulencia to live in opulence* * *SF1) (=lujo) luxury; (=riqueza) opulence, affluence2) (=abundancia)la opulencia de sus carnes — her abundant o ample flesh liter o hum
* * *femenino opulence, affluence* * *= opulence.Ex. Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.* * *femenino opulence, affluence* * *= opulence.Ex: Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.
* * *opulence, affluenceviven en la opulencia they lead an opulent o affluent lifestyle, they live in the lap of luxury ( colloq)* * *
opulencia sustantivo femenino opulence
' opulencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
signo
English:
affluence
- opulence
- ritz
* * *opulencia nf[riqueza] opulence; [abundancia] abundance;vivir en la opulencia to live in luxury;nadar en la opulencia to be filthy rich* * *f opulence* * *opulencia nf: opulence♦ opulento, -ta adj -
5 prosperidad
f.1 prosperity (mejora).2 success.* * *1 prosperity* * *noun f.* * *SF (=bienestar) prosperity; (=éxito) successen época de prosperidad — in a period of prosperity, in good times
* * *femenino prosperity* * *= advancement, affluence, prosperity, boom.Ex. In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. Librarians already know how to get it, and must use the skill, for dissemination of knowledge is dissemination of prosperity.Ex. The article 'The electronic boom: a gamble or a sure bet?' considers the threat of the new technology to the future of newspapers.----* en épocas de prosperidad económica = in affluent times.* * *femenino prosperity* * *= advancement, affluence, prosperity, boom.Ex: In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.
Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex: Librarians already know how to get it, and must use the skill, for dissemination of knowledge is dissemination of prosperity.Ex: The article 'The electronic boom: a gamble or a sure bet?' considers the threat of the new technology to the future of newspapers.* en épocas de prosperidad económica = in affluent times.* * *prosperity* * *
prosperidad sustantivo femenino
prosperity
prosperidad sustantivo femenino prosperity
' prosperidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bonanza
English:
boom
- prosperity
- affluence
* * *prosperidad nf1. [mejora] prosperity2. [éxito] success* * *f prosperity;prosperidad económica (economic) prosperity* * *prosperidad nf: prosperity* * *prosperidad n prosperity [pl. prosperities] -
6 bienestar económico
m.economic welfare.* * *(n.) = affluence, economic well-being, economic welfareEx. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. The 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak in the UK had a significant impact on the economic and social well-being of rural communities.Ex. Libraries are not longer seen as important cultural institutions and that their role will be judged according to contribution to the national economic welfare.* * *(n.) = affluence, economic well-being, economic welfareEx: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
Ex: The 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak in the UK had a significant impact on the economic and social well-being of rural communities.Ex: Libraries are not longer seen as important cultural institutions and that their role will be judged according to contribution to the national economic welfare. -
7 holgura
f.1 room.2 comfort, affluence.vivir con holgura to be comfortably off3 looseness, ease, easiness, roominess.4 slack.5 bearing clearance.* * *1 (ropa) looseness2 (espacio) room, spaciousness3 TÉCNICA play4 figurado (bienestar) affluence, comfort■ viven con holgura they live comfortably, they are well-off* * *SF1) (=anchura) (Cos) looseness, fullness; (Mec) play, free movement2) (=bienestar) comfortable living3) † (=goce) enjoyment; (=alegría) merriment, merrymaking* * *a) ( bienestar económico)b) ( comodidad)ganaron con holgura — they won easily o comfortably
c) ( de prenda) fullness, looseness* * *= slack, looseness of fit, play, end-play [endplay].Ex. Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.Ex. Provided that key people are not being circumvented by the informal structure a certain looseness of fit is quite acceptable.Ex. He also noticed that the freewheel had a few millimeters of rotational play and about a millimeter of lateral play.Ex. This special tool has been designed to measure the end-play movement of crankshafts.* * *a) ( bienestar económico)b) ( comodidad)ganaron con holgura — they won easily o comfortably
c) ( de prenda) fullness, looseness* * *= slack, looseness of fit, play, end-play [endplay].Ex: Therefore, there must be some slack in the system to absorb the additional I & R services or the service must be reduced in other areas.
Ex: Provided that key people are not being circumvented by the informal structure a certain looseness of fit is quite acceptable.Ex: He also noticed that the freewheel had a few millimeters of rotational play and about a millimeter of lateral play.Ex: This special tool has been designed to measure the end-play movement of crankshafts.* * *1(bienestar económico): vivir con holgura to live comfortably2(comodidad): ganaron con holgura they won easily o comfortablyaprobó el curso con holgura she sailed through the course3 (de una prenda) fullness, loosenesseste fruncido le da holgura a la manga these gathers make the sleeve fuller* * *
holgura sustantivo femeninoa) (bienestar económico, comodidad):
holgura sustantivo femenino
1 (de un vestido) looseness
2 (espacio, amplitud) space, room
Téc (de una tuerca, pieza, etc) play, give
3 (desahogo, bienestar económico) affluence, comfort
' holgura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desahogo
English:
clearance
- coast
- play
* * *holgura nf1. [de ropa] bagginess, looseness2. [entre piezas] play, giveahora que tenemos dos sueldos viviremos con más holgura we'll be able to live more comfortably now we've got two salaries coming in* * *f1 ( sin dificultad) ease2 de ropa looseness3 TÉC play4:vivir con holgura live comfortably* * *holgura nf1) : looseness2) comodidad: comfort, ease -
8 abrir el mercado
(v.) = open up + marketEx. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.* * *(v.) = open up + marketEx: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.
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9 austeridad
f.austerity.* * *1 (sobriedad) austerity2 (severidad) severity* * *SF (=frugalidad) austerity; (=severidad) severity* * *femenino austerity* * *= austerity, severity.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.----* austeridad de los presupuestos = budgetary stringency.* austeridad económica = financial stringency, fiscal austerity, fiscal constraints.* en tiempos de austeridad = in austere times.* medida de austeridad = austerity measure.* * *femenino austerity* * *= austerity, severity.Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
Ex: Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.* austeridad de los presupuestos = budgetary stringency.* austeridad económica = financial stringency, fiscal austerity, fiscal constraints.* en tiempos de austeridad = in austere times.* medida de austeridad = austerity measure.* * *(de una vida, de costumbres) austerity; (de un estilo) austerityuna época de austeridad económica a time of economic austerity* * *
austeridad sustantivo femenino
austerity
austeridad sustantivo femenino austerity
' austeridad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sobriedad
English:
austerity
- severity
* * *austeridad nf1. [de costumbres, vida] austerity;con austeridad austerely2. [de estilo] austerity;viste con austeridad she dresses very plainly* * *f austerity;programa de austeridad POL austerity program* * *austeridad nf: austerity -
10 bienestar
m.1 wellbeing.2 well-being, welfare, comfort, wellbeing.Buscamos su bien We seek his well-being.* * *1 wellbeing, welfare* * *noun m.1) comfort2) welfare, well-being* * *SM (=satisfacción) well-being, welfare; (=comodidad) comfort* * *masculino well-being, welfare* * *= comfort, well-being [wellbeing/well being], wellness, welfare.Ex. Also if the illumination is uneven, comfort conditions can be impaired.Ex. Prolonged television viewing is addictive and therefore dangerous to a child's wellbeing.Ex. More requests for wellness than illness information were made.Ex. For example, at Woking, the stock has been split into about thirty sections, such as Health and welfare, War and warfare, retaining the Dewey sequence within each section.----* bienestar corporal = bodily comfort.* bienestar económico = affluence, economic well-being, economic welfare.* bienestar espiritual = spiritual welfare.* bienestar social = social welfare, social well-being, welfare.* estado del bienestar = welfare state.* zona de bienestar = comfort zone.* * *masculino well-being, welfare* * *= comfort, well-being [wellbeing/well being], wellness, welfare.Ex: Also if the illumination is uneven, comfort conditions can be impaired.
Ex: Prolonged television viewing is addictive and therefore dangerous to a child's wellbeing.Ex: More requests for wellness than illness information were made.Ex: For example, at Woking, the stock has been split into about thirty sections, such as Health and welfare, War and warfare, retaining the Dewey sequence within each section.* bienestar corporal = bodily comfort.* bienestar económico = affluence, economic well-being, economic welfare.* bienestar espiritual = spiritual welfare.* bienestar social = social welfare, social well-being, welfare.* estado del bienestar = welfare state.* zona de bienestar = comfort zone.* * *well-being, welfareCompuestos:(en Col) Welfare Servicesocial welfare* * *
bienestar sustantivo masculino
well-being, welfare;
bienestar social social welfare
bienestar sustantivo masculino (satisfacción) well-being, contentment
(comodidad) ease, comfort: estado de bienestar, welfare state
' bienestar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estado
- holgura
- regalo
- bien
English:
creature
- ease
- welfare
- welfare state
- well-being
- community
- provide
- well
* * *bienestar nmwellbeingbienestar económico economic wellbeing; Col Bienestar Familiar = family welfare authority;bienestar social social welfare* * *m well-being* * *bienestar nm1) : welfare, well-being2) confort: comfort* * *bienestar n (personal) well being -
11 compañía privada
f.private company, private corporation, proprietary company.* * *(n.) = private companyEx. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.* * *(n.) = private companyEx: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.
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12 descartar una idea
(v.) = dismiss + idea, discount + notionEx. The author dismisses the idea that artificial intelligence requires immediate attention since there are many other more pressing problems in need of solution.Ex. The Western concept of development necessarily implies affluence, and discounts the notion that poverty, when allied to dignity, can in itself be a value worth cultivating.* * *(v.) = dismiss + idea, discount + notion -
13 empresa privada
f.private corporation, private company, private enterprise, private business.* * *(n.) = private vendor, private company, private business, private firmEx. If the NLM raises its prices to match those charged by private vendors, it will jeopardise access to information by those unable to afford it.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. Slanker claims that money is the only serious difference between private business and the public library.Ex. Competition between public and private firms will enable farmers to obtain a higher share of world commodity prices.* * *(n.) = private vendor, private company, private business, private firmEx: If the NLM raises its prices to match those charged by private vendors, it will jeopardise access to information by those unable to afford it.
Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: Slanker claims that money is the only serious difference between private business and the public library.Ex: Competition between public and private firms will enable farmers to obtain a higher share of world commodity prices. -
14 eufórico
adj.euphoric, ecstatic, elated, exhilarated.* * *► adjetivo1 euphoric, elated* * *ADJ euphoric* * *- ca adjetivo ecstatic, euphoric* * *= euphoric, ecstatic.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.* * *- ca adjetivo ecstatic, euphoric* * *= euphoric, ecstatic.Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.* * *eufórico -caelated, ecstatic, euphoric¿contento? ¡estaba eufórico! happy? he was ecstatic o euphoric o over the moon! ( colloq)* * *
eufórico◊ -ca adjetivo
ecstatic, euphoric
eufórico,-a adjetivo euphoric: me siento bastante eufórico tras saber que he sido admitido en Harvard, I'm feeling pretty euphoric after having heard that I have been accepted at Harvard
' eufórico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
eufórica
English:
elated
- high
- euphoric
* * *eufórico, -a adjeuphoric, elated;los aficionados saltaban eufóricos the fans were leaping up and down in excitement;me sentía eufórico I felt elated* * *adj euphoric* * *eufórico, -ca adj: euphoric, exuberant, joyous♦ eufóricamente adv -
15 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
16 mitad
adj.one-half.f.1 half (parte).la mitad de half (of)la mitad del tiempo no está half the time he's not ingana la mitad que yo he earns half as much as I dome costó la mitad que a él it cost me half what he paid, it cost me half as much as it cost hima mitad de precio at half pricemitad y mitad half and halfestá mitad esperanzado mitad triste he's half hopeful, half down-hearted2 middle (centro).a mitad de camino halfway therea mitad de (la) película halfway through the filmen mitad de in the middle of(cortar algo) por la mitad (to cut something) in half* * *1 half2 (medio) middle\partir algo por la mitad to cut/split something in half* * *noun f.1) half2) middle* * *SF1) halfreducir en una mitad — to cut by half, halve; (Culin) to reduce by half
2) (Dep) half3) (=centro) middlea mitad de la comida — in the middle of the meal, halfway through the meal
* * *1) ( parte) half¿me das la mitad? — can I have half?
mitad y mitad — half and half
2) (medio, centro)corta el papel por la mitad — cut the paper in half o down the middle
a or en (la) mitad de la reunión — in the middle of the meeting
* * *= half, middle, midpoint, moiety.Ex. The first half of the command looks for words hit by 'FIB?' immediately followed by a word hit by 'OPTIC?'.Ex. The purpose of the insert key is to allow the insertion of one or more characters in the middle of a field without disturbing the information already displayed.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. Based on the above considerations, medicinal ingredients containing the same active moiety are classified into identical or non-identical.----* a mitad de = half way through, halfway through.* a mitad de camino = halfway [half-way/half way].* a mitad de camino entre... y... = midway between, half way between... and....* a mitad de camino entre... y... = astride... and....* a mitad de precio = at half price.* cambiar de parecer a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.* cambiar de política a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.* de mitad de año = mid-year [midyear].* de mitad de siglo = mid-century.* desde mitad de + Expresión Temporal + en adelante = from the mid + Expresión Temporal + onwards.* en mitad de = halfway through.* en mitad de la noche = in the dead of night.* en mitad de la operación = in mid-operation.* en mitad del invierno = in the dead of winter.* haber ganado la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.* haber ganado sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.* la mitad (1/2) = one-half (1/2).* la segunda mitad de + Fecha = the latter part of + Fecha.* mitad de + Fecha = mid + Fecha.* mitad del barco = midship.* mitad del verano = midsummer.* mitad del verano, la = height of summer, the.* mitad de precio = half price.* mitad inferior = lower half.* mitad, la = 1/2 (half).* pararse a mitad de = stop in + midstream during.* partir por la mitad = halve, break in + half.* pasar por la mitad de = cut through.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, reduce by + half.* ser sólo la mitad de la ecuación = be only half (of) the equation.* tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.* tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.* vacaciones de mitad de cuatrimestre = half term vacation.* vale la mitad = half the price.* * *1) ( parte) half¿me das la mitad? — can I have half?
mitad y mitad — half and half
2) (medio, centro)corta el papel por la mitad — cut the paper in half o down the middle
a or en (la) mitad de la reunión — in the middle of the meeting
* * *la mitad(n.) = 1/2 (half)Ex: In the past 3 or 4 years, over 1/2 of the US libraries have seen their directors change and what was once described as extraordinary turnover seems to have settled into the norm.
= half, middle, midpoint, moiety.Ex: The first half of the command looks for words hit by 'FIB?' immediately followed by a word hit by 'OPTIC?'.
Ex: The purpose of the insert key is to allow the insertion of one or more characters in the middle of a field without disturbing the information already displayed.Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex: Based on the above considerations, medicinal ingredients containing the same active moiety are classified into identical or non-identical.* a mitad de = half way through, halfway through.* a mitad de camino = halfway [half-way/half way].* a mitad de camino entre... y... = midway between, half way between... and....* a mitad de camino entre... y... = astride... and....* a mitad de precio = at half price.* cambiar de parecer a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.* cambiar de política a mitad de camino = change + horses in midstream.* de mitad de año = mid-year [midyear].* de mitad de siglo = mid-century.* desde mitad de + Expresión Temporal + en adelante = from the mid + Expresión Temporal + onwards.* en mitad de = halfway through.* en mitad de la noche = in the dead of night.* en mitad de la operación = in mid-operation.* en mitad del invierno = in the dead of winter.* haber ganado la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.* haber ganado sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.* la mitad (1/2) = one-half (1/2).* la segunda mitad de + Fecha = the latter part of + Fecha.* mitad de + Fecha = mid + Fecha.* mitad del barco = midship.* mitad del verano = midsummer.* mitad del verano, la = height of summer, the.* mitad de precio = half price.* mitad inferior = lower half.* mitad, la = 1/2 (half).* pararse a mitad de = stop in + midstream during.* partir por la mitad = halve, break in + half.* pasar por la mitad de = cut through.* reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, reduce by + half.* ser sólo la mitad de la ecuación = be only half (of) the equation.* tener ganada la mitad de la batalla = be half the battle.* tener ganada sólo la mitad de la batalla = be only half the battle.* vacaciones de mitad de cuatrimestre = half term vacation.* vale la mitad = half the price.* * *A (parte) halfla primera mitad del siglo/partido the first half of the century/game¿me das la mitad? can I have half?lo compró a mitad de precio she bought it half pricenos bebimos más de la mitad de la botella we drank more than half the bottlela mitad de los beneficios half the profitslo hizo en la mitad del tiempo she did it in half the time¿cuánto queda? — la mitad how much is left? — half (of it)mitad lana y mitad acrílico half wool, half acrylicmitad y mitad half and halfB(medio, centro): corta el pastel por la mitad cut the cake in halfdividámoslo por la mitad let's halve itvoy por la mitad del libro I'm halfway through the booklo deja todo por la mitad she leaves everything half finishedllenar el vaso hasta la mitad half-fill the glassa or en (la) mitad de la reunión in the middle of the meetingse salió en la mitad de la película she left halfway through the moviequeda a mitad de distancia entre tu casa y la mía it's halfway between your house and minepartir a algn por la mitad: tener que trabajar el sábado me parte por la mitad having to work on Saturday really puts my plans out o upsets my plans o ( BrE colloq) really puts a spanner in the works* * *
mitad sustantivo femenino
1 ( parte) half;
solo quiero la mitad I only want half;
a mitad de precio half price;
lo hizo en la mitad del tiempo she did it in half the time;
mitad y mitad half and half
2 (medio, centro):
dividir algo por la mitad to halve sth;
a or en (la) mitad de la reunión in the middle of the meeting;
a mitad de camino halfway;
en la mitad de la película/del libro halfway through the movie/the book
mitad sustantivo femenino
1 half: leí la mitad del libro, I read half of the book
2 (centro) middle: parte el pan por la mitad, cut the bread in half
♦ Locuciones: a mitad de: a mitad de camino, half-way
a mitad de precio, half price
en mitad de: en mitad de la carretera, in the middle of the road
' mitad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
como
- Ecuador
- media
- medio
- camino
- corresponder
- cortar
- el
- llenar
- llevar
- partir
- separar
- tocar
English:
advance
- beat down
- comprise
- down
- fifty
- half
- half-way
- halve
- Hispanic
- in
- midterm
- midway
- price
- second half
- sell back
- slice
- split
- up
- wake up
- whom
- cut
- good
- middle
* * *mitad nf1. [parte] half;la mitad de half (of);4 es la mitad de 8 4 is half of 8;la primera/segunda mitad del partido the first/second half of the match;la mitad del tiempo no está half the time she's not in;gana la mitad que yo he earns half as much as I do;me costó la mitad que a él it cost me half what he paid, it cost me half as much as it cost him;a mitad de precio at half price;mitad y mitad half and half;el centauro es mitad hombre mitad caballo the centaur is half man half horse;está mitad esperanzado mitad triste he's half hopeful, half down-hearted2. [centro] middle;a mitad de camino halfway there;a la mitad del viaje decidieron regresar halfway through the journey they decided to turn back;en mitad de in the middle of;había un camión cruzado en mitad de la calle there was a truck across the middle of the road;se marcharon en mitad de la ceremonia they left in the middle of o halfway through the ceremony;a mitad de película halfway through the movie;(cortar algo) por la mitad (to cut sth) in half* * *f half;a mitad del camino halfway;a mitad de la película halfway through the movie;a mitad de precio half-price;mitad y mitad half and half* * *mitad nf1) : halfmitad y mitad: half and half2) medio: middlea mitad de: halfway throughpor la mitad: in half* * *a / (la) mitad de halfway -
17 mugre
f.1 filth, muck.2 dirt, filth, grime.* * *1 grime, filth* * *SF (=suciedad) dirt; (=inmundicia) filth; (=grasa) grime, grease* * *sacarle la mugre a alguien — (AmL fam) to beat somebody black and blue
* * *= filth, grubbiness, squalor, grunge, grime.Ex. That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the free library has to show as the justification of its existence.Ex. Copies can generally be recognized by such signs as set-off from fresh-made proofs, inky thumb-marks, and a general air of dog-eared grubbiness.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. This is another example of the literary grunge emerging from modern Chinese writers.Ex. Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.* * *sacarle la mugre a alguien — (AmL fam) to beat somebody black and blue
* * *= filth, grubbiness, squalor, grunge, grime.Ex: That youthful miss in torpidity over that palimpsest of filth is what the free library has to show as the justification of its existence.
Ex: Copies can generally be recognized by such signs as set-off from fresh-made proofs, inky thumb-marks, and a general air of dog-eared grubbiness.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: This is another example of the literary grunge emerging from modern Chinese writers.Ex: Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.* * *dirt, filthestos vaqueros se caen de mugre these jeans are filthyla mugre acumulada en la cocina the grease o grime that has built up on the stovesacarle la mugre a algn ( AmL fam); to knock hell o beat the hell out of sb ( colloq), to clobber sb ( colloq)me saqué la mugre trabajando I worked o slogged my guts out ( colloq)* * *
mugre sustantivo femenino ( suciedad) dirt, filth;
( grasa) grime, grease
mugre sustantivo femenino filth, muck
' mugre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
porquería
- mierda
- roña
- suciedad
English:
dirt
- filth
- grime
- muck
- squalor
- goo
* * *♦ adjMéx [inútil] useless♦ nffilth, muck;este cuarto está lleno de mugre this room is filthy* * *f filth* * *mugre nfsuciedad: grime, filth -
18 recortes
= contraction, under the knifeEx. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. The article ' Under the Knife' recommends drastic cuts in library buildings' construction funds = El artículo " Los recortes" recomienda restricciones drásticas en los fondos destinados a la construcción de bibliotecas.* * *= contraction, under the knifeEx: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
Ex: The article ' Under the Knife' recommends drastic cuts in library buildings' construction funds = El artículo " Los recortes" recomienda restricciones drásticas en los fondos destinados a la construcción de bibliotecas. -
19 reducción
f.1 reduction, decrease, decline, fall.2 curtailment, deescalation, cut, cutback.* * *1 reduction* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=disminución)a) [de cantidad, precios, consumo, tamaño] reductionuna reducción del gasto público — a cut o reduction in public spending
estudian nuevas reducciones de personal — they are considering new staff cuts o reductions in staff
b) [de tiempo] reductionla reducción a cinco años del mandato presidencial — the reduction of the presidential term to five years
los sindicatos piden la reducción de la jornada laboral — they unions are calling for a shorter working day
2) (Mat) (=conversión) [de unidades, medidas] conversion; [de ecuaciones] reduction3) [de rebeldes] defeat4) (Med) setting, reduction frm6) LAm ( Hist) settlement of Christianized Indians* * *1)a) ( disminución) reductionla reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread
reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes
b) (Fot) reduction2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation* * *= compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.Ex. The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.Ex. This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.Ex. This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex. The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex. But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex. The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.----* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* reducción de los precios = price cut.* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.* reducción de precios = pricecutting.* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.* reducción fiscal = tax cut.* reducción para piano = piano score.* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.* reducción tributaria = tax reduction.* * *1)a) ( disminución) reductionla reducción del precio del pan — the reduction in o lowering of the price of bread
reducción de impuestos — tax cuts, reduction in taxes
b) (Fot) reduction2) (Mat, Quím, Med) reduction3) (Chi) ( de indígenas) reservation* * *= compression, curtailment, cutting, reduction, shrinkage, contraction, dilution, diminution, abatement, slashing, ebbing, depletion, narrowing, cut, effacement, drawdown, mark-down.Ex: The compression keys are built for all main and added entry combinations appropriate to a record.
Ex: This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.Ex: The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.Ex: The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.* reducción de los precios = price cut.* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.* reducción de precios = pricecutting.* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.* reducción fiscal = tax cut.* reducción para piano = piano score.* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.* reducción tributaria = tax reduction.* * *A1(disminución): reducción de gastos reduction in costsla reducción del precio del pan the reduction in o lowering of the price of breadno habrá reducción de los impuestos there will be no tax cuts o no reduction in taxesuna reducción del personal a reduction o cutback in the workforcese ha producido una reducción en el consumo de tabaco there has been a reduction o drop in tobacco consumptionuna reducción de tres horas semanales a reduction of three hours a weekse solicitó la reducción de la pena they asked for the sentence to be commuted o reduced2 ( Fot) reductionB1 ( Mat) reduction2 ( Quím) reductionC (de una ciudad) conquest; (de los rebeldes, enemigos) defeatD2 ( Chi) (de indígenas) reservationE (de una fractura) setting, reduction ( tech)* * *
reducción sustantivo femenino
reduction;◊ reducción de impuestos tax cuts, reduction in taxes;
una reducción de personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce
reducción sustantivo femenino reduction
reducción de plantilla, streamlining
' reducción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contrapartida
- polvareda
- rebaja
- despedir
English:
cut
- cutback
- decrease
- reduction
- redundant
- remission
- retrenchment
- board
* * *reducción nf1. [disminución] reduction;piden la reducción de la jornada laboral they are asking for working hours to be shortened;se ha producido una reducción de los precios de 5 puntos porcentuales prices have gone down o fallen by 5 percentreducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum;reducción de condena remission;reducción de gastos cost cutting;han anunciado una reducción de gastos they have announced that they are going to cut costs;reducción de jornada: [m5] estar en reducción de jornada to work part-time;reducción de precios [acción] price-cutting;[resultado] price cut;reducción tributaria tax cut2. [sometimiento] [de rebelión] suppression;[de ejército] defeat4. Quím reduction5. Hist = settlement of Indians converted to Christianity6. RP [de cadáver] exhumation [for reburial of bones in smaller container]* * *f1 reduction;reducción de empleo job cuts pl ;reducción de impuestos tax cut;reducción de la jornada laboral shortening of the working day;plantilla cutbacks pl, job cuts pl2 MED setting* * ** * *reducción n reduction -
20 traumatizante
adj.1 traumatic.2 shocking.* * *ADJ traumatic* * *= traumatic.Ex. The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.* * *= traumatic.Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.
* * *traumatic* * *traumatizante adjtraumatic
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