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  • 101 dudoso

    adj.
    1 doubtful, insecure, in doubt, hesitant.
    2 doubtful, uncertain, unlikely, improbable.
    3 dubious, arguable, doubtable, doubtful.
    4 of dubious origin, fishy, louche.
    * * *
    1 (incierto) doubtful, uncertain
    2 (vacilante) hesitant, undecided
    3 (sospechoso) suspicious, dubious
    4 (poco seguro) questionable
    * * *
    (f. - dudosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    dudoso, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=incierto) [diagnóstico, futuro] doubtful, uncertain; [resultado] indecisive

    de origen dudoso — of doubtful o uncertain origin

    aún es dudosa su colaboración — it's still uncertain whether he will collaborate, his collaboration is still uncertain

    2) (=vacilante) [persona] hesitant

    estar dudoso — to be undecided, be in two minds

    3) (=sospechoso) [actuación, dinero, reputación] dubious
    2.
    SM / F

    el voto de los dudosos — the "undecided" vote

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( incierto) doubtful

    lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

    b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious
    c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided
    * * *
    = suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.
    Ex. The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.
    Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex. This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex. This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.
    Ex. Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.
    Ex. The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
    Ex. An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.
    Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex. What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex. But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    ----
    * con dudosa reputación = disreputable.
    * conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * proceder dudoso = unfair practice.
    * que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( incierto) doubtful

    lo veo dudoso — it's doubtful, I doubt it

    b) <costumbres/moral> dubious, questionable; < victoria> dubious; < decisión> dubious
    c) ( indeciso) hesitant, undecided
    * * *
    = suspect, dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspicious, suspicious, unconvinced, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uncleared, iffy [iffier -comp., iffiest -sup.], rocky [rockier -comp., rockiest -sup.], borderline, fishy [fishier -comp., fishiest -sup.], fly-by-night, dubious-sounding.

    Ex: The utility, in information service terms, of a narrow technical education is suspect.

    Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    Ex: This can make them reluctant to accept or suspicious of outside help.
    Ex: This program can also discover misconfigured or faulty applications that generate suspicious data traffic.
    Ex: Many educators still remain unconvinced of the value of school libraries in the school.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: I think we have some chance to get Friday in, but Saturday is dead meat without any doubt whatsoever and Sunday is pretty iffy.
    Ex: The English is a little rocky on this lovely web site but we have it on good word that the original French is très bien.
    Ex: An indication that the Commission would be prepared to accept a borderline project would provide a useful lever when the application is passed to the UK Government.
    Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
    Ex: What I was reading about looked like a really genuine and reliable way of earning good money that didn't involve some fly-by-night, get-rich-quick scheme.
    Ex: But I seem to get an awful lot of people trying to interest me in dubious-sounding business propositions.
    * con dudosa reputación = disreputable.
    * conseguido de manera dudosa = ill-gotten.
    * estar dudoso = be doubtful.
    * proceder dudoso = unfair practice.
    * que parece dudoso = dubious-sounding.
    * ser dudoso = be doubtful.

    * * *
    dudoso -sa
    1 (incierto) doubtful
    lo veo dudoso it's doubtful, I doubt it
    su participación aún está dudosa it is still uncertain whether they will take part
    es dudoso que cumpla su promesa it's doubtful o I doubt whether he'll keep his promise
    2 ‹costumbres/moral› dubious, questionable; ‹victoria› dubious
    una campaña publicitaria de dudoso gusto an advertising campaign in dubious o doubtful taste
    una decisión dudosa a doubtful o dubious decision
    3 (indeciso) hesitant, undecided
    * * *

    dudoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo





    dudoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (poco probable) unlikely, doubtful
    (incierto) los orígenes de la creación son dudosos, the origins of creation are uncertain
    (con pocas garantías) la atribución a Velázquez es dudosa, the attribution to Velazquez is doubtful
    2 (indeciso, vacilante) undecided: estaba dudoso, he was hesitant
    3 (turbio) dubious
    ' dudoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dudosa
    - incierto
    - oscuro
    English:
    bad debt
    - borderline
    - doubtful
    - dubious
    - moot
    - questionable
    - touch
    - uncertain
    - border
    * * *
    dudoso, -a adj
    1. [improbable] doubtful;
    una palabra de origen dudoso a word of doubtful origin;
    lo veo dudoso I doubt it;
    ser dudoso (que) to be doubtful (whether), to be unlikely (that);
    es dudoso que asista a la reunión it's unlikely (that) he'll attend the meeting, it's doubtful whether he'll attend the meeting
    2. [vacilante] hesitant, indecisive;
    estaba dudoso sobre qué hacer she was unsure about what to do
    3. [sospechoso] questionable, dubious;
    un individuo de dudosa reputación an individual of dubious reputation;
    una broma de gusto dudoso a joke in questionable taste;
    un penalti dudoso a dubious penalty
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( incierto) doubtful, dubious
    2 ( indeciso) hesitant
    * * *
    dudoso, -sa adj
    1) : doubtful
    2) : dubious, questionable
    ♦ dudosamente adv
    * * *
    dudoso adj (en general) doubtful
    estoy dudoso, no sé qué coche elegir I'm doubtful, I don't know which car to choose

    Spanish-English dictionary > dudoso

  • 102 emprender

    v.
    1 to start (trabajo).
    emprender el vuelo to fly off
    2 to undertake, to engage in, to begin, to initiate.
    Pedro abordó la hercúlea tarea Peter tackled the Herculean task.
    3 to undertake to.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to start
    2 (misión) to tackle; (viaje) to set off on; (tarea) to undertake
    \
    emprender el vuelo to take flight
    emprender la marcha to start out
    emprenderla con alguien familiar to pick on somebody
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=empezar) [+ trabajo] to undertake; [+ viaje] to embark on
    2)
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < viaje> to embark on; <proyecto/aventura> to undertake; <ataque/ofensiva> to launch

    emprender la retirada — (Mil) to beat a retreat

    emprenderla con alguien: estaba de mal humor y la emprendió conmigo she was in a bad mood and she took it out on me; la emprendió a puñetazos con él — he started punching him

    * * *
    = embark on/upon, set about + Gerundio, undertake, set out on, enter, take on, spring for.
    Ex. Before we embark upon more extensive consideration of the software packages and their use in information retrieval, it is worth reviewing the options for computer hardware.
    Ex. The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme.
    Ex. Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are sources, in particular journals or reports issued by a specific organisation, for which the abstracting agency has undertaken to give comprehensive coverage.
    Ex. However rudimentary or advanced the system, and no matter what the age of the children involved, certain matters should be considered before setting out on the venture.
    Ex. Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.
    Ex. If we decide to take on making up a subject file there'd be a lot of footwork even if we use that list as a basis = Si decidimos aceptar crear un fichero ordenado por materias habría mucho trabajo incluso si usamos esta lista como base.
    Ex. If I decide to spring for this I'll let you in on what I find out.
    ----
    * emprender acciones legales = take + legal proceedings, take + legal action.
    * emprender el vuelo = take to + the sky.
    * emprenderla con Alguien = turn on + Nombre.
    * emprenderla(s) a golpes con = lam into, lay into.
    * emprenderlas con = lash out at/against/on.
    * emprender una acción = initiate + action.
    * emprender una iniciativa = undertake + enterprise.
    * emprender una lucha contra = launch + attack on.
    * emprender una tarea = go on + expedition.
    * emprender un negocio = take on + business venture.
    * emprender un proceso de = set on + a course of.
    * emprender un proyecto = undertake + project.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < viaje> to embark on; <proyecto/aventura> to undertake; <ataque/ofensiva> to launch

    emprender la retirada — (Mil) to beat a retreat

    emprenderla con alguien: estaba de mal humor y la emprendió conmigo she was in a bad mood and she took it out on me; la emprendió a puñetazos con él — he started punching him

    * * *
    = embark on/upon, set about + Gerundio, undertake, set out on, enter, take on, spring for.

    Ex: Before we embark upon more extensive consideration of the software packages and their use in information retrieval, it is worth reviewing the options for computer hardware.

    Ex: The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme.
    Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are sources, in particular journals or reports issued by a specific organisation, for which the abstracting agency has undertaken to give comprehensive coverage.
    Ex: However rudimentary or advanced the system, and no matter what the age of the children involved, certain matters should be considered before setting out on the venture.
    Ex: Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.
    Ex: If we decide to take on making up a subject file there'd be a lot of footwork even if we use that list as a basis = Si decidimos aceptar crear un fichero ordenado por materias habría mucho trabajo incluso si usamos esta lista como base.
    Ex: If I decide to spring for this I'll let you in on what I find out.
    * emprender acciones legales = take + legal proceedings, take + legal action.
    * emprender el vuelo = take to + the sky.
    * emprenderla con Alguien = turn on + Nombre.
    * emprenderla(s) a golpes con = lam into, lay into.
    * emprenderlas con = lash out at/against/on.
    * emprender una acción = initiate + action.
    * emprender una iniciativa = undertake + enterprise.
    * emprender una lucha contra = launch + attack on.
    * emprender una tarea = go on + expedition.
    * emprender un negocio = take on + business venture.
    * emprender un proceso de = set on + a course of.
    * emprender un proyecto = undertake + project.

    * * *
    emprender [E1 ]
    vt
    ‹viaje› to embark on; ‹tarea/proyecto/aventura› to undertake
    emprender la retirada ( Mil) to beat a retreat
    el pájaro emprendió el vuelo the bird took flight
    emprendieron la lucha contra la droga they took up the fight against drugs
    el ejército emprendió el ataque contra el enemigo the army launched an attack on the enemy
    emprendimos el regreso al amanecer we began our o embarked on the return journey at daybreak
    emprenderla con algn: estaba de mal humor y la emprendió conmigo she was in a bad mood and she took it out on me
    la emprendió a puñetazos con él he started punching him
    * * *

     

    emprender ( conjugate emprender) verbo transitivo ‹ viaje› to embark on;
    ‹proyecto/aventura› to undertake;
    ‹ataque/ofensiva› to launch;

    emprender el regreso to begin one's return journey
    emprender verbo transitivo
    1 (una tarea) to undertake
    2 (un viaje) to embark on, to set out
    ♦ Locuciones: emprenderla con alguien, to pick on sb

    ' emprender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    embarcarse
    - legal
    - encaminar
    - huida
    English:
    attack
    - begin
    - embark
    - go about
    - launch into
    - set about
    - strike out
    - undertake
    - launch
    - set
    - start
    - under
    * * *
    [trabajo, tarea, proyecto] to undertake; [viaje] to set off on; [ataque, ofensiva] to launch;
    emprender acciones judiciales contra alguien to initiate legal proceedings against sb;
    la prensa emprendió una campaña contra él the press launched a campaign against him;
    emprender el vuelo to fly off;
    ¿a qué hora emprenderás la marcha? what time are you setting off?;
    al oír la sirena emprendieron la huida when they heard the siren they took flight;
    el Papa emprendió viaje a Oriente Medio the Pope left on a trip to the Middle East;
    emprenderla con alguien: la emprendió con él sin provocación alguna she started laying into him without any provocation;
    la emprendió a puñetazos con su hermano he started punching his brother
    * * *
    v/t
    1 embark on, undertake
    2
    :
    emprenderla con alguien fam take it out on s.o.;
    emprenderla a golpes con alguien exchange blows with s.o.;
    emprenderla a tiros con alguien start shooting at s.o.
    * * *
    : to undertake, to begin
    * * *
    1. (en general) to start / to begin [pt. began; pp. begun]
    2. (viaje) to set off on [pt. & pp. set]

    Spanish-English dictionary > emprender

  • 103 en abundancia

    = in plenty, liberally, in abundance, exuberantly, in profusion, aplenty [a-plenty], prodigiously, plentifully
    Ex. Power supply requirements although needed in plenty as suggested before are normally quite basic.
    Ex. Normal telephones should be liberally supplied although shared lines are feasible.
    Ex. Concerned, thoughtful, supportive, humorous -- all those traits lacking from the present boss he has in abundance.
    Ex. With few exceptions the new display types, which proliferated exuberantly during the first quarter of the century, were of three basic varieties.
    Ex. In fact, in recent years especially, exotic forms of bibliography have been spawned in profusion in Britain, North America and Western Europe.
    Ex. The article 'CD-ROM licenses: pitfalls aplenty!' advises how to deal with the licenses which subscribers are required to sign on purchase of CD-ROM products for use in libraries = El artículo "Las licencias de CD-ROM: ¡dificultades a montón!" aconseja cómo negociar las licencias que los suscriptores tienen que firmar al comprar productos CD-ROM para uso en la biblioteca.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. They use indigenous plants that grow wild and plentifully near their homes.
    * * *
    = in plenty, liberally, in abundance, exuberantly, in profusion, aplenty [a-plenty], prodigiously, plentifully

    Ex: Power supply requirements although needed in plenty as suggested before are normally quite basic.

    Ex: Normal telephones should be liberally supplied although shared lines are feasible.
    Ex: Concerned, thoughtful, supportive, humorous -- all those traits lacking from the present boss he has in abundance.
    Ex: With few exceptions the new display types, which proliferated exuberantly during the first quarter of the century, were of three basic varieties.
    Ex: In fact, in recent years especially, exotic forms of bibliography have been spawned in profusion in Britain, North America and Western Europe.
    Ex: The article 'CD-ROM licenses: pitfalls aplenty!' advises how to deal with the licenses which subscribers are required to sign on purchase of CD-ROM products for use in libraries = El artículo "Las licencias de CD-ROM: ¡dificultades a montón!" aconseja cómo negociar las licencias que los suscriptores tienen que firmar al comprar productos CD-ROM para uso en la biblioteca.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: They use indigenous plants that grow wild and plentifully near their homes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en abundancia

  • 104 espantosidad

    f.
    horribleness, direfulness, dreadfulness.
    * * *
    SF And terror, fear
    * * *
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    * * *

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantosidad

  • 105 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    ■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    ----
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

    ‹vestido/color› hideous;
    ‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 106 estilo literario

    (n.) = literary style, writing style
    Ex. The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.
    Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.
    * * *
    (n.) = literary style, writing style

    Ex: The author who can vary his terminology to maintain the reader's interest is a handicap to the indexer, who is more concerned with the ideas conveyed than with the niceties of a graceful literary style.

    Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estilo literario

  • 107 examinar

    v.
    1 to examine.
    El científico examinó la evidencia The scientist examined the evidence.
    El médico examinó al paciente The doctor examined the patient.
    Ricardo examinó el libro Richard examined=perused the book.
    2 to interrogate.
    La policía examinó al testigo The police interrogated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to examine
    2 (investigar) to consider, inspect, go over
    1 to take an examination, sit an examination
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ alumno] to examine
    2) [+ producto] to test
    3) [+ problema] to examine, study
    4) [+ paciente] to examine
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.
    Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.
    Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex. This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex. The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex. It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex. This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex. Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    ----
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.

    Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

    Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex: This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex: The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex: It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex: This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex: Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.

    * * *
    examinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹alumno/candidato› to examine
    B (mirar detenidamente, estudiar)
    1 ‹objeto› to examine, inspect; ‹contrato/documento› to examine, study
    2 ‹situación/caso› to study, consider; ‹proyecto/propuesta› to study, examine
    3 ‹paciente/enfermo› to examine
    ( Esp) to take o ( BrE) sit an exam
    ayer nos examinamos de latín we had o took o ( BrE) sat our Latin exam yesterday
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    examinar    
    examinar algo
    examinar ( conjugate examinar) verbo transitivo
    to examine;
    ‹situación/caso› to study, consider
    examinarse verbo pronominal (Esp) to take an exam
    examinar verbo transitivo to examine: quisiera examinar las pruebas detenidamente, I'd like to thoroughly examine the evidence
    ' examinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mirar
    - pensar
    - tantear
    - analizar
    - escudriñar
    - ver
    English:
    examine
    - inspect
    - look into
    - look over
    - paper
    - reassess
    - review
    - scrutinize
    - search
    - see into
    - study
    - test
    - trace
    - view
    - look
    - peruse
    - reexamine
    - survey
    - vet
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alumno] to examine
    2. [analizar] to examine;
    examinó detenidamente el arma he examined the weapon carefully;
    examinaremos su caso we shall examine her case;
    tienes que ir al médico a que te examine you must go and get the doctor to examine you
    * * *
    v/t examine
    * * *
    1) : to examine
    2) inspeccionar: to inspect
    * * *
    examinar vb to examine

    Spanish-English dictionary > examinar

  • 108 formación del profesorado

    = teacher-training, teacher education
    Ex. This article describes the results of a survey to explore attitudes toward library instruction in teacher-training programmes.
    Ex. This is a new journal concerned with the implications for teacher education, both pre-service and in-service, of all aspects of information technology.
    * * *
    = teacher-training, teacher education

    Ex: This article describes the results of a survey to explore attitudes toward library instruction in teacher-training programmes.

    Ex: This is a new journal concerned with the implications for teacher education, both pre-service and in-service, of all aspects of information technology.

    Spanish-English dictionary > formación del profesorado

  • 109 goticismo

    Ex. This is a guide to 'all things concerned with literary Gothicism and supernaturalist literature'.
    * * *

    Ex: This is a guide to 'all things concerned with literary Gothicism and supernaturalist literature'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > goticismo

  • 110 hasta aquí

    adv.
    this far, so far, thus far, until now.
    * * *
    = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in, thus far, so far, until now, this far
    Ex. Some of these countries are already up to their eyeballs in debt repayment.
    Ex. Thus far the results are very encouraging and we definitely will be proceeding along this way.
    Ex. The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex. Until now, librarians have not been concerned with providing access to faculty owned collections.
    Ex. If you've come this far, the rest is a breeze.
    * * *
    = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in, thus far, so far, until now, this far

    Ex: Some of these countries are already up to their eyeballs in debt repayment.

    Ex: Thus far the results are very encouraging and we definitely will be proceeding along this way.
    Ex: The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex: Until now, librarians have not been concerned with providing access to faculty owned collections.
    Ex: If you've come this far, the rest is a breeze.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hasta aquí

  • 111 hasta el presente

    = until now, so far, up to now, to this day, as of this time, as of now, as of today, to date
    Ex. Until now, librarians have not been concerned with providing access to faculty owned collections.
    Ex. The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex. What is going to happen to those records that have been produced up to now under superimposition and therefore have headings that were created according to the ALA 1949 or even according to earlier codes?.
    Ex. Standardization never became quite complete, especially as regards height-to-paper; the Clarendon Press sturdily retains the so-called Dutch height of 23-851 mm. to this day, and various aberrant heights may still be found in Europe.
    Ex. As of this time, little literary materials for children are being included in automated data bases.
    Ex. As of now, more than 634,000 LC records for monographs, serials, films, and maps are in MARC form.
    Ex. As of today, there are no references to this issue in the literature.
    Ex. Two major projects in this area have been conducted to date.
    * * *
    = until now, so far, up to now, to this day, as of this time, as of now, as of today, to date

    Ex: Until now, librarians have not been concerned with providing access to faculty owned collections.

    Ex: The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex: What is going to happen to those records that have been produced up to now under superimposition and therefore have headings that were created according to the ALA 1949 or even according to earlier codes?.
    Ex: Standardization never became quite complete, especially as regards height-to-paper; the Clarendon Press sturdily retains the so-called Dutch height of 23-851 mm. to this day, and various aberrant heights may still be found in Europe.
    Ex: As of this time, little literary materials for children are being included in automated data bases.
    Ex: As of now, more than 634,000 LC records for monographs, serials, films, and maps are in MARC form.
    Ex: As of today, there are no references to this issue in the literature.
    Ex: Two major projects in this area have been conducted to date.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hasta el presente

  • 112 historiador militar

    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    * * *

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > historiador militar

  • 113 horroroso

    adj.
    horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying
    2 familiar (feo) ghastly, hideous
    3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    (f. - horrorosa)
    adj.
    horrible, horrifying
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
    * * *
    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
    * * *
    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

    * * *
    ‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)
    hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foul
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)
    * * *

    horroroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ crimen› horrific, horrifying;


    ‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
    ‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);

    horroroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
    2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
    3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful

    ' horroroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrorosa
    - traer
    - horrendo
    English:
    appalling
    - ask back
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - grisly
    - harrowing
    - hideous
    - horrid
    - vile
    - wicked
    - awful
    - horrendous
    - horrible
    - horrific
    - horrifying
    * * *
    horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;
    un accidente horroroso a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous;
    tiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horroroso I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;
    * * *
    adj terrible; (de mala calidad) dreadful; ( feo) hideous
    * * *
    horroroso, -sa adj
    1) : horrifying, terrifying
    2) : dreadful, bad
    * * *
    1. (accidente, etc) horrific
    2. (horrible) awful / terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroroso

  • 114 iniciar

    v.
    to start, to initiate.
    iniciar a alguien en algo to initiate somebody into something
    El juez inició la carrera The judge initiated the race.
    El maestro inició a Ricardo The teacher initiated Richard.
    Ricardo inició ayer Richard started yesterday.
    Las máquinas iniciaron ayer The machines started=began operation yesterday
    * * *
    1 (empezar) to start, begin
    2 (introducir) to initiate (en, in)
    1 (empezar) to start, begin
    \
    iniciarse en to start to learn about
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ actividad] (=comenzar) to begin, start, initiate frm; (=dar origen a) to originate; (=fundar) to pioneer

    iniciar la sesión — (Inform) to log in, log on

    2) [en conocimientos, secta] to initiate (en into)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (frml) <curso/viaje> to begin, commence (frml); <negociaciones/diligencias> to initiate, commence (frml)
    b) ( en secta)
    2.
    iniciarse v pron
    1) ceremonia/negociaciones to begin, commence (frml)
    a) ( en secta)
    * * *
    = initiate, institute, start, inaugurate, pioneer, enter, lead off, detonate, usher in.
    Ex. The scheme was initiated under the auspices of UNISIST with the intention of providing a switching language.
    Ex. The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex. In the beginning staff delivered books to readers in their homes, while in 1972 a mobile library service was inaugurated enabling readers to choose their own materials.
    Ex. Icons, or pictorial representations of objects in systems, were pioneered by Xerox.
    Ex. Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.
    Ex. Laurence Prusak will lead off the guest lectures on Monday, August 20th.
    Ex. There has been an explosion in terminology detonated by developments related to XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
    Ex. Optical technology has ushered in a new phase in the storage and retrieval of information.
    ----
    * fuego + iniciar = fire + break out.
    * iniciar el vuelo = take to + the sky.
    * iniciar las actividades = get + things going, get + things rolling, start + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling.
    * iniciar los trámites = initiate + action.
    * iniciarse = cut + Posesivo + spurs.
    * iniciar una cruzada por = crusade for.
    * iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.
    * iniciar una negociación = open + discussion.
    * iniciar un proyecto = launch + effort.
    * que se inicie la contienda = let battle commence.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (frml) <curso/viaje> to begin, commence (frml); <negociaciones/diligencias> to initiate, commence (frml)
    b) ( en secta)
    2.
    iniciarse v pron
    1) ceremonia/negociaciones to begin, commence (frml)
    a) ( en secta)
    * * *
    = initiate, institute, start, inaugurate, pioneer, enter, lead off, detonate, usher in.

    Ex: The scheme was initiated under the auspices of UNISIST with the intention of providing a switching language.

    Ex: The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex: In the beginning staff delivered books to readers in their homes, while in 1972 a mobile library service was inaugurated enabling readers to choose their own materials.
    Ex: Icons, or pictorial representations of objects in systems, were pioneered by Xerox.
    Ex: Though the reference librarian cannot enter the reference process until he receives the question from the enquirer he is vitally concerned about all of its stages.
    Ex: Laurence Prusak will lead off the guest lectures on Monday, August 20th.
    Ex: There has been an explosion in terminology detonated by developments related to XML (eXtensible Markup Language).
    Ex: Optical technology has ushered in a new phase in the storage and retrieval of information.
    * fuego + iniciar = fire + break out.
    * iniciar el vuelo = take to + the sky.
    * iniciar las actividades = get + things going, get + things rolling, start + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling.
    * iniciar los trámites = initiate + action.
    * iniciarse = cut + Posesivo + spurs.
    * iniciar una cruzada por = crusade for.
    * iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.
    * iniciar una negociación = open + discussion.
    * iniciar un proyecto = launch + effort.
    * que se inicie la contienda = let battle commence.

    * * *
    iniciar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( frml); ‹curso/viaje› to begin, commence ( frml); ‹negociaciones/diligencias› to initiate, commence ( frml)
    2 (en una secta) iniciar A algn EN algo to initiate sb INTO sth
    3 (en un arte) iniciar a algn EN algo to introduce sb TO sth
    4 ( Inf) to boot, boot up
    A «ceremonia/negociaciones» to begin, commence ( frml)
    B «persona»
    1 (en una secta) iniciarse EN algo to be initiated INTO sth
    2 (en un arte) iniciarse EN algo to take one's first steps IN sth
    se iniciaban en el arte de la oratoria they were taking their first steps in the art of public speaking
    * * *

     

    iniciar ( conjugate iniciar) verbo transitivo
    a) (frml) ‹curso/viaje› to begin, commence (frml);

    ‹negociaciones/diligencias› to initiate, commence (frml)
    b) iniciar a algn en algo ‹ en secta› to initiate sb into sth;

    ‹ en un arte› to introduce sb to sth
    iniciarse verbo pronominal
    1 [ceremonia/negociaciones] to begin, commence (frml)
    2 [ persona] iniciarse en algo ‹ en secta› to be initiated into sth;
    ‹ en un arte› to take one's first steps in sth
    iniciar verbo transitivo
    1 (dar comienzo) to begin, start; (poner en marcha) to initiate
    iniciar el proceso de paz, to initiate the peace process ➣ Ver nota en begin y start 2 (impartir los primeros conocimientos) to initiate [en, in, into]
    (introducir en un grupo, un secreto) to initiate [en, into]
    ' iniciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrir
    - entablar
    - lanzarse
    - proceder
    English:
    action
    - enter into
    - get
    - initiate
    - institute
    - open
    - should
    - introduce
    - kick
    - prosecute
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [empezar] to start, to initiate;
    [debate, discusión] to start off
    2. [en sociedad, secreto]
    iniciar a alguien en algo to initiate sb into sth
    3. [en disciplina]
    iniciar a alguien en algo to introduce sb to sth
    * * *
    v/t initiate; curso start, begin
    * * *
    comenzar: to initiate, to begin
    * * *
    iniciar vb to begin [pt. began; pp. begun]

    Spanish-English dictionary > iniciar

  • 115 magisterio

    m.
    1 teaching certificate.
    2 teaching.
    3 teaching profession.
    4 professorship, magistracy, scholastic profession.
    * * *
    1 (estudios) teacher training
    2 (profesión) teaching profession
    3 (profesores) teachers plural
    4 figurado (graveded) seriousness
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=enseñanza) teaching; (=profesión) teaching, teaching profession; (=formación) teacher training, teacher education (EEUU); (=maestros) teachers pl

    ejerció el magisterio durante 40 años — she taught o was a teacher for 40 years

    2)

    Magisterio — CAm (Univ) Department of Education

    3) (=maestría) mastery
    4) (=pedantería) pompousness, pedantry
    * * *
    a) ( enseñanza) teaching; ( carrera) teacher training

    ejerció el magisterio durante 20 años — she taught o was a teacher for 20 years

    b) ( conjunto de maestros) teachers (pl), teaching profession
    * * *
    Ex. This is a new journal concerned with the implications for teacher education, both pre-service and in-service, of all aspects of information technology.
    ----
    * estudiante de magisterio = student teacher.
    * * *
    a) ( enseñanza) teaching; ( carrera) teacher training

    ejerció el magisterio durante 20 años — she taught o was a teacher for 20 years

    b) ( conjunto de maestros) teachers (pl), teaching profession
    * * *

    Ex: This is a new journal concerned with the implications for teacher education, both pre-service and in-service, of all aspects of information technology.

    * estudiante de magisterio = student teacher.

    * * *
    1 (enseñanza) teaching; (carrera) teacher training
    estudia magisterio he's training to be a teacher
    ejerció el magisterio durante 20 años she taught for 20 years, she was a teacher for 20 years
    estudiante de magisterio trainee teacher
    2 (conjunto de maestros) teachers (pl), teaching profession
    * * *

    magisterio sustantivo masculino ( enseñanza) teaching;
    ( carrera) teacher training;

    magisterio m (enseñanza) teaching: estudia magisterio, he's studying to be a teacher

    ' magisterio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    teaching practice
    - practice
    * * *
    1. [profesión] teaching profession;
    ejerció el magisterio durante cuarenta años he was a teacher for forty years;
    el magisterio español Spanish teachers
    2. [estudios] teaching degree;
    estudiar magisterio to do teacher training, to study to be a teacher
    3. [enseñanza] teaching;
    su magisterio dejó una huella profunda en varias generaciones de estudiantes her teaching had a profound influence on several generations of students
    * * *
    m teaching profession
    * * *
    1) : teaching
    2) : teachers pl, teaching profession

    Spanish-English dictionary > magisterio

  • 116 mayoría simple

    f.
    simple majority.
    Ella puso desinfectante She applied disinfectant.
    * * *
    Ex. Only a simple majority of all employees concerned must effect unionization.
    * * *

    Ex: Only a simple majority of all employees concerned must effect unionization.

    * * *
    simple majority

    Spanish-English dictionary > mayoría simple

  • 117 nadie

    pron.
    nobody, no one.
    nadie lo sabe nobody knows
    no se lo dije a nadie I didn't tell anybody
    no ha llamado nadie nobody phoned
    * * *
    1 nobody, not... anybody
    ■ ¿nadie quiere más pastel? doesn't anybody want any more cake?
    \
    ser un don nadie to be a nobody
    * * *
    pron.
    * * *
    PRON
    1) (=ninguna persona) [verbo inglés en afirmativo] nobody, no one; [verbo inglés en negativo] anybody, anyone

    nadie lo tiene, no lo tiene nadie — nobody has it

    nadie más — nobody else, no one else

    no lo sabe nadie más que tú — nobody else knows, apart from you, nobody but you knows

    2) (=persona insignificante)
    * * *
    pronombre nobody, no one
    * * *
    = no one, nobody.
    Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.
    ----
    * a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.
    * hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.
    * nadie es profeta en su tierra = no man is a prophet in his own land.
    * nadie está contento con lo que tiene = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).
    * nadie excepto = no one but.
    * nadie más = nobody else.
    * nadie notaría la diferencia = no one would be the wiser.
    * nadie + saber = be anyone's guess.
    * nadie sino = no one but.
    * ¡ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.
    * no decir nada a nadie, ser una tumba = lips + seal.
    * no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.
    * sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handed, single-handedly.
    * tierra de nadie = twilight zone, wilderness, no-man's land.
    * * *
    pronombre nobody, no one
    * * *
    = no one, nobody.

    Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the basic problem was to get the file cleaned up in a hurry, and nobody was particularly concerned with research.
    * a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.
    * hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.
    * nadie es profeta en su tierra = no man is a prophet in his own land.
    * nadie está contento con lo que tiene = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).
    * nadie esta contento con su suerte = the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence).
    * nadie excepto = no one but.
    * nadie más = nobody else.
    * nadie notaría la diferencia = no one would be the wiser.
    * nadie + saber = be anyone's guess.
    * nadie sino = no one but.
    * ¡ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.
    * no decir nada a nadie, ser una tumba = lips + seal.
    * no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.
    * sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.
    * sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handed, single-handedly.
    * tierra de nadie = twilight zone, wilderness, no-man's land.

    * * *
    [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] nobody, no-one
    nadie me ayudó or no me ayudó nadie nobody helped me
    no vi a nadie I didn't see anybody
    no hay nadie there's nobody at home o nobody in
    se fue sin que nadie se diera cuenta he left without anyone noticing
    toca el arpa como nadie he's a brilliant harpist
    don2 (↑ don (2))
    * * *

     

    nadie pronombre
    nobody, no one;

    no vi a nadie I didn't see anybody;
    sin que nadie se diera cuenta without anyone noticing
    nadie pron
    1 (ninguna persona) no-one, nobody: nadie quiere más, no-one wants more
    (con otro negativo) nadie dirá nada, no one will say anything
    no quiere a nadie, she doesn't love anyone
    2 (interrogativas) ¿qué le importa a nadie lo que hago?, who cares about what I do? 3 se cree más listo que nadie, he thinks he's more clever than anyone
    sin que nadie lo oyese, without anyone hearing
    casi nadie, hardly anyone
    ♦ Locuciones: ser un don nadie, to be a nobody

    ' nadie' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amor
    - aparte
    - casarse
    - casi
    - contra
    - daño
    - demanda
    - don
    - encargarse
    - encierro
    - incapaz
    - misteriosamente
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - nunca
    - permitirse
    - redondez
    - regalar
    - reparar
    - respaldar
    - sanctasanctórum
    - sino
    - socorrer
    - suceder
    - suerte
    - tierra
    - absolutamente
    - acudir
    - ayuda
    - comprender
    - contar
    - contestar
    - convencer
    - creer
    - distinción
    - especial
    - hacer
    - humillar
    - impedir
    - mandar
    - más
    - objeción
    - pasar
    - responsable
    - superar
    - vivo
    English:
    about
    - accountable
    - anybody
    - bat
    - be
    - besides
    - confidential
    - deaf
    - definitive
    - destroy
    - divulge
    - ecological
    - else
    - hardly
    - hat
    - hold
    - hypnotize
    - least
    - let on
    - no man's land
    - nobody
    - none
    - nonentity
    - opposition
    - pipsqueak
    - private
    - single-handed
    - slip into
    - soul
    - spare
    - unconvincing
    - whatever
    - work out
    - answerable
    - around
    - claim
    - ever
    - grass
    - ideally
    - in
    - name
    - needless
    - no-man's land
    - not
    - notice
    - own
    - place
    - single
    - speak
    - tell
    * * *
    ♦ pron
    nobody, no one;
    nadie lo sabe nobody o no one knows;
    no se lo dije a nadie I didn't tell anybody o anyone;
    no vi a nadie I didn't see anybody o anyone;
    llamé a la puerta pero no había nadie I knocked on the door but there was nobody o no one in;
    no ha llamado nadie nobody phoned
    ♦ nm
    un don nadie a nobody
    * * *
    pron nobody, no-one;
    no había nadie there was nobody there, there wasn’t anyone there;
    no hablé con nadie I didn’t speak to anybody, I spoke to no-one;
    un don nadie fam a nonentity, a nobody
    * * *
    nadie pron
    : nobody, no one
    no vi a nadie: I didn't see anyone
    * * *
    nadie pron nobody / no one / not... anybody

    Spanish-English dictionary > nadie

  • 118 objetivo

    adj.
    objective, factual, no-nonsense, impartial.
    m.
    1 objective, intention, purpose, goal.
    2 objective lens.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: objetivar.
    * * *
    1 objective
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    ————————
    1 (fin) aim, objective
    2 MILITAR target
    3 (lente) lens
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    1) objective, aim, goal
    2) lens
    2. (f. - objetiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=propósito) objective, aim
    2) (Mil) objective, target
    3) (Fot) lens
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.
    Ex. In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.
    Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex. The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex. The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex. The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex. Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex. An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex. She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex. Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex. One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    ----
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.
    * * *
    I
    - va adjetivo objective
    II
    1) ( finalidad) objective, aim; (Mil) objective
    2) (Fot, Ópt) lens
    * * *
    = end, focus, goal, goal, intent, object, purpose, target, drift, unbiased [unbiassed], objective, charge, benchmark, workpackage, brief, detached, agenda, mandate, unemotional.

    Ex: In our fascination with the versatility of certain tools, we should not forget the ends to which they are to be applied.

    Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: Karen set the theme in her keynote address that booksellers, publishers and librarians often have different goals and perceptions.
    Ex: The quality of indexing is influenced by the intellectual level and intent of document content in the subject area.
    Ex: The object of classification is to group related subjects.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.
    Ex: The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.
    Ex: Such criteria would be applied to book lists and the production, selection, and writing of unbiased material.
    Ex: An objective is an individual act intended to be carried out, and a number o which are required to be carried out in order to reach a goal.
    Ex: She was offered an opportunity to chair a task force within the library with the charge to investigate a new integrated system.
    Ex: Existing wireline networks, with their ubiquity, seamless operations, and ease of use, have provided clear benchmarks for satisfying customers' basic personal communications needs.
    Ex: One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: He offers an admirably concise and unemotional analysis of the famous Milgram experiment.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * alcanzar un objetivo = attain + goal.
    * caer fuera del objetivo de = fall outside + the scope of.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * con el objetivo de = with the purpose of, with a brief to, with the aim of, with a focus on.
    * con objetivos específicos = goal-oriented.
    * conseguir un objetivo = accomplish + objective, achieve + objective, attain + goal.
    * con un objetivo claro = focused [focussed].
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.
    * cuyo objetivo es = intended to.
    * declaración de objetivos = statement of objectives, purpose statement, mission statement, vision statement.
    * definición de objetivos = goal setting.
    * elaborar objetivos = draw up + objectives.
    * enfocado hacia uno objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].
    * establecimiento de objetivos = objective setting.
    * fijación de objetivos = objective setting, direction-setting, goal setting.
    * fijar un objetivo = set + goal.
    * gestión por objetivos = management by objectives (MBO).
    * marcar una objetivo = set + goal.
    * no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.
    * no tener otro objetivo que el de = have + no other purpose than.
    * objetivo de aprendizaje = learning objective, learning outcome.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * objetivo de ventas = sales target.
    * objetivo educativo = learning goal, educational goal.
    * objetivos = mission statement.
    * objetivo y alcance = purpose and scope.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * plantearse un objetivo = adopt + goal.
    * ser el objetivo de Uno = be in business for.
    * sin un objetivo claro = non-purposive, unfocused [unfocussed].
    * tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective, be in business for.

    * * *
    objetivo1 -va
    1 ‹crítica/análisis› objective
    2 ‹persona› objective
    A
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim
    su único objetivo era terminar cuanto antes her one objective o aim was to finish as quickly as possible
    2 ( Mil) objective
    3 ( como adj inv) target ( before n)
    la empresa objetivo the target company
    Compuesto:
    sales target
    B ( Fot, Ópt) lens
    Compuesto:
    zoom lens
    * * *

     

    objetivo 1
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    objective
    objetivo 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 ( finalidad) objective, aim;
    (Mil) objective
    2 (Fot, Ópt) lens
    objetivo,-a
    I adjetivo objective
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (finalidad) objective, aim: su objetivo es disuadir a los vendedores, her aim is to put the sellers off
    2 (de un misil, disparo) target: 007 es nuestro objetivo, 007 is our target
    3 Cine Fot lens
    ' objetivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    angular
    - consecución
    - ideal
    - meta
    - objetiva
    - orientarse
    - pasearse
    - perseguir
    - pretensión
    - alcanzar
    - conseguir
    - cumplir
    - fin
    - final
    - inaccesible
    - lo
    - lograr
    - logro
    - mira
    - patente
    - plazo
    - por
    - primario
    - primero
    - primordial
    English:
    accomplish
    - accomplishment
    - achievement
    - aim
    - attain
    - barrage
    - calculate
    - detached
    - end
    - exercise
    - gain
    - goal
    - lens
    - main
    - object
    - objective
    - set
    - short
    - study
    - target
    - target audience
    - target market
    - ultimate
    - unemotional
    - wide-angle
    - dispassionate
    - out
    - unbiased
    * * *
    objetivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    objective
    ♦ nm
    1. [finalidad] objective, aim;
    hemos logrado cumplir con nuestro objetivo we have succeeded in achieving our objective o aim;
    plantearse un objetivo to set oneself an objective;
    la medida tiene como objetivo facilitar la comunicación the aim of the measure is to make communication easier, the measure is aimed at making communication easier
    Com objetivo de producción production target; Com objetivo de ventas sales target
    2. Mil target
    3. Fot lens
    * * *
    I adj objective
    II m
    1 objective
    2 MIL target
    3 FOT lens
    * * *
    objetivo, -va adj
    : objective
    1) meta: objective, goal, target
    2) : lens
    * * *
    objetivo1 adj objective
    1. (fin) objective / aim
    2. (lente) lens [pl. lenses]
    3. (blanco) target

    Spanish-English dictionary > objetivo

  • 119 observador

    adj.
    watchful, observant, observing, sharp-eyed.
    m.
    observer, watcher, beholder.
    * * *
    1 observant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 observer
    * * *
    1. (f. - observadora)
    noun
    2. (f. - observadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    observador, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F observer

    observador(a) extranjero/a — foreign observer

    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo observant
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino observer
    * * *
    = observer, sharp-eyed, viewer, observant.
    Ex. A number of observers and critics of professional education for library and information work has expressed concern at the failure of SLIS to respond rapidly and sensitively to such IT induced changes.
    Ex. Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.
    Ex. Informative abstracts have been compared to a skeleton with all the flesh missing -- the viewer is given enough detail to accurately reconstruct what the departed soul must have looked like.
    Ex. Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.
    ----
    * como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall.
    * fiabilidad entre observadores = interobserver reliability.
    * observador de aves y pájaros = birder, birder, birdwatcher [bird-watcher].
    * observador industrial = industry watcher.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo observant
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino observer
    * * *
    = observer, sharp-eyed, viewer, observant.

    Ex: A number of observers and critics of professional education for library and information work has expressed concern at the failure of SLIS to respond rapidly and sensitively to such IT induced changes.

    Ex: Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.
    Ex: Informative abstracts have been compared to a skeleton with all the flesh missing -- the viewer is given enough detail to accurately reconstruct what the departed soul must have looked like.
    Ex: Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.
    * como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall.
    * fiabilidad entre observadores = interobserver reliability.
    * observador de aves y pájaros = birder, birder, birdwatcher [bird-watcher].
    * observador industrial = industry watcher.

    * * *
    observant
    masculine, feminine
    observer
    Compuesto:
    observador/observadora de aves
    masculine, feminine
    birdwatcher
    * * *

    observador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    observer
    observador,-ora
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino observer
    II adjetivo observant

    ' observador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    observadora
    - calidad
    - título
    English:
    detached
    - observant
    - observer
    - bird
    - sit
    * * *
    observador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    observant
    ♦ nm,f
    observer
    * * *
    I adj observant;
    ser muy observador be very observant
    II m, observadora f observer
    * * *
    : observant
    : observer, watcher
    * * *
    observador adj observant

    Spanish-English dictionary > observador

  • 120 otoño

    m.
    autumn, fall season, fall.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: otoñar.
    * * *
    1 autumn, US fall
    * * *
    noun m.
    autumn, fall
    * * *
    SM (=estación) autumn, fall (EEUU)
    * * *
    masculino fall (AmE), autumn (BrE)

    en otoño — in the fall, in (the) autumn

    * * *
    = autumn, fall, fall season.
    Ex. We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, autumn, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.
    Ex. It was a grand day, one of those dazzling spectacular blue and gold days of early fall.
    Ex. This fall season is all about making a bold fashion statement with trendy bright colors.
    ----
    * equinoccio de otoño = fall equinox, autumnal equinox.
    * estación de otoño = fall season.
    * trimestre del otoño = autumn term, fall semester.
    * * *
    masculino fall (AmE), autumn (BrE)

    en otoño — in the fall, in (the) autumn

    * * *
    = autumn, fall, fall season.

    Ex: We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, autumn, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.

    Ex: It was a grand day, one of those dazzling spectacular blue and gold days of early fall.
    Ex: This fall season is all about making a bold fashion statement with trendy bright colors.
    * equinoccio de otoño = fall equinox, autumnal equinox.
    * estación de otoño = fall season.
    * trimestre del otoño = autumn term, fall semester.

    * * *
    fall ( AmE), autumn ( BrE)
    en otoño in the fall, in (the) autumn
    un bello día de otoño a fine fall o autumn day
    en el otoño de la vida in the autumn of one's life
    * * *

     

    otoño sustantivo masculino
    fall (AmE), autumn (BrE);

    otoño sustantivo masculino autumn, US fall

    ' otoño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calurosa
    - caluroso
    - otoñal
    - puerta
    - rigurosa
    - riguroso
    - equinoccio
    English:
    autumn
    - equinox
    - fall
    * * *
    otoño nm
    autumn, US fall;
    en otoño in (the) autumn, US in the fall;
    cuando llegue el otoño when autumn o US the fall comes;
    el último otoño last autumn, US last fall;
    en el otoño de la vida in the autumn of one's life
    * * *
    m fall, Br
    autumn
    * * *
    otoño nm
    : autumn, fall
    * * *
    otoño n autumn

    Spanish-English dictionary > otoño

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