ambiente familiar

• medio ambiente — environment

• ruido ambiente — environmental noise

• temperatura ambiente — room temperature

la madera da un ambiente cálido al despacho — wood gives a warm feeling to o creates a warm atmosphere in the study

• cambiar de ambiente — to have a change of scene

• crónica de ambiente — background report

• micrófono de ambiente — field microphone

el espléndido ambiente cultural de París — the wonderful cultural life o ambience of Paris

• ambiente familiar — home environment

• ambiente laboral — work environment

• el ambiente — the gay scene, the scene **

• de ambiente — [bar, discoteca] gay antes de s

hacerle buen ambiente a alguien — (Col) to put somebody at their ease

hacerle mal ambiente a alguien — (AmS) to make somebody feel uncomfortable

un ambiente acogedor — a welcoming o friendly atmosphere

hacerle buen ambiente a alguien — (Col) to put somebody at their ease

hacerle mal ambiente a alguien — (AmS) to make somebody feel uncomfortable

un ambiente acogedor — a welcoming o friendly atmosphere

Ex: Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.

coche familiar — estate car, station wagon (EEUU)

envase familiar — family-sized o family pack

Ex: Here, families from many different communities were up-rooted and resettled on greenfield sites, many miles away from relatives and friends.

Ex: For anyone involved with online searching, the equipment needed for electronic mail will be familiar: in addition to the microcomputer itself (which is the terminal), an acoustic coupler or modem will be needed.

estar en su ambiente — быть в свое́й среде́

hacer (buen) ambiente, mal ambiente a uno; a algo — сде́лать (хоро́шую), плоху́ю рекла́му кому; чему

tener (buen) ambiente, mal ambiente (entre personas; + circ) — быть хорошо́, пло́хо (вос)при́нятым (кем; где)

Ex: Do not use the negative (e.g. use sick instead of not healthy).

rollo de pelo — Ven curler, hair curler, roller

nos soltó el rollo de siempre — he gave us the usual spiel *

¡menudo rollo nos contó tu padre! — what a lecture your dad gave us! iró

¡menudo rollo que tiene! — he's always waffling (on) about something! *

¡vaya rollo patatero que me estás contando! — you're talking a load of old tosh! **, you're talking a load of baloney! (EEUU) *

corta el rollo y dime exactamente lo que quieres — cut it short * o cut the crap *** and tell me exactly what you want

cinco minutos más y ya corto el rollo — five minutes more and then I'll shut up *

estar de rollo * Esp, Méx —

tirarse el rollo Esp, Méx —

no te tires el rollo conmigo que te conozco — don't give me that spiel *, I know what you're like

tírate el rollo e invítame a una copa — be a pal and get me a drink *

¡qué rollo! — what a pain! **

ser un rollo — [discurso, conferencia] to be dead boring *; [persona] to be a bore *, be a pain **

lo de las lentillas es un rollo — contact lenses are a real pain *

no sabemos de qué va el rollo — we don't know what it's all about o what's going on

no me va el rollo de esta gente — I'm not into their scene *

• buen/mal rollo, en sus fiestas siempre hay buen rollo — there's always a good atmosphere at his parties

¡qué mal rollo! — what a pain! *

me da buen/mal rollo — I've got a good/nasty o bad feeling about it

¡qué buen rollo me da ese tío! — that guy gives me really good vibes! *

la película me dio tan mal rollo que me deprimí — the film was a real downer *

esa película es muy rollo — that film's dead boring *

no seas rollo, Julián — don't be a bore * o pain **,Julián

qué tío más rollo! — that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)

las clases son un rollo — the classes are dead boring (colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo — you can cut the lecture (colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va — this isn't my scene (colloq)

qué tío más rollo! — that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)

las clases son un rollo — the classes are dead boring (colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo — you can cut the lecture (colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va — this isn't my scene (colloq)

Ex: Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

entorno social — social milieu o environment

los restos hallados en su entorno — the remains found around it o in the vicinity

entorno social — social milieu o environment

los restos hallados en su entorno — the remains found around it o in the vicinity

Ex: This shifts the responsibility for headings and their arrangement into the arena of cataloguers and indexers.

"cerrado por vacaciones" — "closed for holidays", "closed for vacation" (EEUU)

tiene un acento muy cerrado — she has a very broad o strong accent

hablaba con cerrado acento gallego — he spoke with a broad o strong o thick Galician accent

es muy cerrado de mollera — he's very dense (colloq)

es muy cerrado de mollera — he's very dense (colloq)

Ex: In order to be able to calculate due dates, DOBIS/LIBIS must know what days the library is open so that it does not make a book due on a closed day.

Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

Ex: Whether short and thin or long and bushy, applying a fake mustache is often the best solution to create the look of a character.