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61 personal1

¹ = manpower, manpower force, personnel, staff, staffing, work-force [workforce], crew.

Ex. The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.

Ex. This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.

Ex. Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.

Ex. The current LC MARC data base contains both records created by the LC staff and those created by co-operating libraries and verified by the LC.

Ex. During the discussions it became apparent that the most pressing issues of staffing, resources, procedural complexities and educational opportunities related to IT.

Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.

Ex. Phillips has 12 installations with a crew of 15-450 men.

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* actitud del personal = staff attitude.

* administración de personal = personnel administration.

* ahorro de personal = staff saving.

* apoyo del personal = staff support.

* asignar personal = commit + manpower.

* bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.

* costes de personal = staff costs.

* dedicación del personal = staff hours.

* desarrollo profesional del personal = staff development.

* dotación de personal = staffing.

* encargado de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer.

* evaluación del personal = personnel evaluation.

* exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.

* falta de personal = undermanning.

* falto de personal = understaffed [under-staffed].

* formación continua del personal = staff development.

* formación del personal = staff training, professional development.

* formar personal = produce + personnel.

* funciones del personal = staff duties.

* gastos en personal = staff costs.

* gestión de personal = personnel management.

* jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* miembro del personal = staff member, staffer.

* movimiento de personal = staff turnover, turnover, labour turnover.

* número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.

* personal administrativo = administrative staff.

* personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.

* personal auxiliar = clerical staff.

* personal bibliotecario = library personnel, library staff, library worker.

* personal civil = civilian staff.

* personal cualificado = qualified staff, qualified personnel.

* personal de ambulancia = ambulance crew.

* personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.

* personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.

* personal de cabina = cabin crew.

* personal de dirección = senior staff, senior management.

* personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.

* personal del mostrador = counter staff.

* personal del mostrador de préstamo = counter staff.

* personal de mantenimiento = service worker.

* personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.

* personal de recepción = reception staff.

* personal de referencia = reference staff, reference personnel.

* personal de secretaría = secretarial staff.

* personal de seguridad = security staff.

* personal de servicios = service worker.

* personal de un centro multimedia escolar = school media staff.

* personal de vuelo = flight crew.

* personal equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent staff (FTE staff).

* personal joven = new blood.

* personal más nuevo = junior staff.

* personal militar = military personnel.

* personal necesario = staffing levels.

* personal paraprofesional = paraprofessional staff.

* personal profesional = professional staff.

* personal sanitario = clinical staff.

* personal técnico = technical staff.

* personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.

* política de personal = personnel policy, staff policy.

* puesta al día del personal = staff development.

* que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = labour-intensive [labour intensive], staff-intensive [staff intensive].

* razones del movimiento de personal = turnover behaviour.

* recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.

* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.

* registro de personal = personnel record.

* renovación de personal = turnover, labour turnover.

* responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* reunión de personal = staff meeting.

* ritmo de movimiento de personal = turnover rate.

* sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.

* sala de personal = staff lounge.

* sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.

* selección de personal = personnel recruitment.

* sólo para personal autorizado = restricted access.

* tareas del personal = staff duties.

* tasa de movimiento de personal = turnover rate, turnover rate.

* turnos del personal = staffing rota.

* vacante de personal = staff vacancy.

Spanish-English dictionary > personal1
62 uso

m.

1 use.

hacer uso de to make use of, to use; (utilizar) to exercise (de prerrogativa, derecho)

de uso externo for external use only (medicamento)

fuera de uso out of use, obsolete

tener el uso de la palabra to have the floor

uso de razón power of reason

2 custom (costumbre).

al uso fashionable

al uso andaluz in the Andalusian style

3 usage (linguistics).

4 wear and tear (desgaste).

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

USO

► abreviatura

1 ( Unión Sindical Obrera) professional worker's union

* * *

noun m.

1) use

2) wear

3) custom, usage

* * *

SF ABR Esp
= Unión Sindical Obrera
* * *

masculino

1) ( utilización)

a) (de producto, medicamento) use; (de máquina, material) use

desgastarse con el uso — to wear out with use

instrucciones para su uso — instructions for use

de uso personal — for personal use

métodos de uso extendido en... — methods widely used in...

los trenes todavía no han entrado en uso — the trains are not in service yet

hacer uso de algo — to use something

su uso prolongado puede producir dependencia — it can be habit-forming if taken over a long period

de uso externo — (Farm) for external use only

b) (de idioma, expresión) use

una expresión sancionada por el uso — (frml) an expression that has gained acceptance through usage

c) (de facultad, derecho)

en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales — in full possession of his mental faculties

hacer uso de un derecho — to exercise a right

hacer uso de la palabra — (frml) to speak

hacer uso y abuso de algo — ( de privilegio) to abuse something

se ha hecho uso y abuso de esta metáfora — this metaphor has been used time and again

2) ( de prenda)

estos zapatos tienen años de uso — I've had years of wear out of these shoes

ropa de uso diario — everyday clothes

los zapatos ceden con el uso — shoes give with wear

- uso de razón

3) (utilidad, aplicación) use

una batidora con múltiples usos — a multi-purpose mixer

4) ( usanza) custom

usos aztecas que aún sobreviven — Aztec customs which still survive

* * *

= deployment, disposition, exercise, take-up, usage, use, utilisation [utilization, -USA], utility, consumption, employment, uptake, wear, delivery.

Ex. In the context of this report any such policy would have to accept that speedy response to current problems requires the deployment of resources in favour of innovative information-driven programmes.

Ex. The process provides an effective means of controlling such serials until a final decision has been made regarding their disposition.

Ex. A poorly structured scheme requires the exercise of a good deal of initiative on the part of the indexer in order to overcome or avoid the poor structure.

Ex. One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.

Ex. Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems = Los cambios en el uso de los términos con el transcurso del tiempo también pueden presentar problemas.

Ex. Systematic mnemonics is the use of the same notation for a given topic wherever that topic occurs.

Ex. On occasions it is necessary to adopt an order or arrangement which leads to the efficient utilisation of space.

Ex. Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the co-ordination of index terms at the search stage.

Ex. The screen display formats required by cataloguing staff may be not at all suitable for public consumption.

Ex. Through the employment of such implicitly derogatory terminology librarians virtually give themselves licence to disregard or downgrade the value of certain materials.

Ex. The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.

Ex. When in use moulds were subject to severe wear which resulted in noticeable deterioration of the surface.

Ex. Entry of number '21' reverses the present delivery status.

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* alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* aparato para el uso de la información = information appliance.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.

* bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* condiciones de uso = terms of use.

* condiciones legales de uso = legal boilerplate.

* con el uso = in use, with use.

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* cubrir un uso = address + use.

* cuchillo de un solo uso = disposable knife.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar un uso = put to + purpose.

* dar uso = put to + use.

* dar uso a = make + use of.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de muchos usos = all-purpose.

* de pago según el uso = on a pay a you use basis, on a pay as you go basis.

* de poco uso = low-use.

* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.

* desgaste por el uso = wear and tear.

* destrezas relacionadas con el uso de la información = information skills.

* de un solo uso = disposable, single-use.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* de uso cutáneo = use + topically.

* de uso externo = for external use only.

* de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.

* de uso frecuente = frequently-used.

* de uso general = general-use.

* de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].

* de uso múltiple = all-purpose.

* de uso público = publicly available.

* de uso tópico = use + topically.

* encuesta sobre el uso del tiempo = time-use survey.

* en pleno uso de + Posesivo + facultades físicas y mentales = of (a) sound mind, of (a) sound and disposing mind and memory, mentally fit, physically and mentally fit.

* en pleno uso de + Posesivo + razón = mentally fit.

* en uso = in use.

* estadísticas de uso = usage statistics, use statistics.

* estudio de uso = use study.

* facilidad de uso = usability, user-friendliness, ease of use.

* formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* frecuencia de uso = usage rate.

* gastado por el uso = worn-out.

* hábito de uso = usage pattern, use pattern.

* hábito de uso, patrón de uso = usage pattern.

* hacer buen uso de Algo = put to + good use.

* hacer el mejor uso de = make + the best of.

* hacer uso = put to + use.

* hacer uso de = make + use of, draw on/upon, leverage, patronise [patronize, -USA], tap into, deploy.

* hacer uso de influencias = pull + strings.

* hacer uso de recursos = tap into + resources.

* hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.

* hacer uso personal = make + personal use.

* haciendo uso de = by recourse to.

* herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.

* herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.

* impuesto sobre artículos de uso y consumo = excise tax.

* incremento del uso = increased use.

* índice de uso = performance measure, output measure.

* instrucciones de uso = use instruction.

* licencia de uso = licence agreement.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.

* método de evaluación de un edificio en uso = post-occupancy evaluation method.

* multiuso = multi-functional, multi-use [multiuse].

* normas de uso = user policy.

* ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).

* pago según el uso = pay-per-view, pay-for-use.

* páguese por el uso hecho = pay-as-you-go.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* plato de un solo uso = disposable plate.

* poner en uso = bring into + use, take in + use.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* recurrir al uso de = resort to + the use of.

* rentabilizar el uso = maximise + use.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.

* servilleta de un solo uso = disposable napkin.

* sistema de facturación por uso = cost billing system.

* sistema en uso = operational system.

* sustancia de uso reglamentado = controlled substance.

* sustancia de uso regulado = controlled substance.

* tenedor de un solo uso = disposable fork.

* uso a distancia = remote use.

* uso compartido = sharing.

* uso compartido de la información = information sharing.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* uso compartido de recursos = resource sharing, time-sharing [timesharing].

* uso de instrumentos = instrumentation.

* uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* uso de la colección = stock use.

* uso de la letra cursiva = italicisation [italicization, -USA].

* uso de las mayúsculas = capitalisation [capitalization, -USA].

* uso de la tierra = land use.

* uso de sustancias = substance use.

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* uso diario = everyday use.

* uso doméstico = domestic use.

* uso excesivo = prodigality, overuse.

* uso excesivo de = greed for.

* uso inadecuado = misuse, mistreatment.

* uso indebido = misuse.

* uso normal = normal usage.

* uso óptimo de los recursos = value for money.

* uso personal = personal use.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* uso razonable = fair dealing, fair use.

* uso remoto = remote use.

* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.

* usos y gratificaciones = uses and gratifications.

* uso tópico = for external use only.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

* usuario que hace uso del préstamo = borrower.

* * *

masculino

1) ( utilización)

a) (de producto, medicamento) use; (de máquina, material) use

desgastarse con el uso — to wear out with use

instrucciones para su uso — instructions for use

de uso personal — for personal use

métodos de uso extendido en... — methods widely used in...

los trenes todavía no han entrado en uso — the trains are not in service yet

hacer uso de algo — to use something

su uso prolongado puede producir dependencia — it can be habit-forming if taken over a long period

de uso externo — (Farm) for external use only

b) (de idioma, expresión) use

una expresión sancionada por el uso — (frml) an expression that has gained acceptance through usage

c) (de facultad, derecho)

en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales — in full possession of his mental faculties

hacer uso de un derecho — to exercise a right

hacer uso de la palabra — (frml) to speak

hacer uso y abuso de algo — ( de privilegio) to abuse something

se ha hecho uso y abuso de esta metáfora — this metaphor has been used time and again

2) ( de prenda)

estos zapatos tienen años de uso — I've had years of wear out of these shoes

ropa de uso diario — everyday clothes

los zapatos ceden con el uso — shoes give with wear

- uso de razón

3) (utilidad, aplicación) use

una batidora con múltiples usos — a multi-purpose mixer

4) ( usanza) custom

usos aztecas que aún sobreviven — Aztec customs which still survive

* * *

= deployment, disposition, exercise, take-up, usage, use, utilisation [utilization, -USA], utility, consumption, employment, uptake, wear, delivery.

Ex: In the context of this report any such policy would have to accept that speedy response to current problems requires the deployment of resources in favour of innovative information-driven programmes.

Ex: The process provides an effective means of controlling such serials until a final decision has been made regarding their disposition.

Ex: A poorly structured scheme requires the exercise of a good deal of initiative on the part of the indexer in order to overcome or avoid the poor structure.

Ex: One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.

Ex: Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems = Los cambios en el uso de los términos con el transcurso del tiempo también pueden presentar problemas.

Ex: Systematic mnemonics is the use of the same notation for a given topic wherever that topic occurs.

Ex: On occasions it is necessary to adopt an order or arrangement which leads to the efficient utilisation of space.

Ex: Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the co-ordination of index terms at the search stage.

Ex: The screen display formats required by cataloguing staff may be not at all suitable for public consumption.

Ex: Through the employment of such implicitly derogatory terminology librarians virtually give themselves licence to disregard or downgrade the value of certain materials.

Ex: The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.

Ex: When in use moulds were subject to severe wear which resulted in noticeable deterioration of the surface.

Ex: Entry of number '21' reverses the present delivery status.

* alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* aparato para el uso de la información = information appliance.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.

* bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* condiciones de uso = terms of use.

* condiciones legales de uso = legal boilerplate.

* con el uso = in use, with use.

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* cubrir un uso = address + use.

* cuchillo de un solo uso = disposable knife.

* dar buen uso a Algo = put to + good use.

* dar un uso = put to + purpose.

* dar uso = put to + use.

* dar uso a = make + use of.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de muchos usos = all-purpose.

* de pago según el uso = on a pay a you use basis, on a pay as you go basis.

* de poco uso = low-use.

* desde el punto de vista del uso = in terms of use.

* desgaste por el uso = wear and tear.

* destrezas relacionadas con el uso de la información = information skills.

* de un solo uso = disposable, single-use.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* de uso cutáneo = use + topically.

* de uso externo = for external use only.

* de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.

* de uso frecuente = frequently-used.

* de uso general = general-use.

* de uso interno = in-house [inhouse].

* de uso múltiple = all-purpose.

* de uso público = publicly available.

* de uso tópico = use + topically.

* encuesta sobre el uso del tiempo = time-use survey.

* en pleno uso de + Posesivo + facultades físicas y mentales = of (a) sound mind, of (a) sound and disposing mind and memory, mentally fit, physically and mentally fit.

* en pleno uso de + Posesivo + razón = mentally fit.

* en uso = in use.

* estadísticas de uso = usage statistics, use statistics.

* estudio de uso = use study.

* facilidad de uso = usability, user-friendliness, ease of use.

* formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* frecuencia de uso = usage rate.

* gastado por el uso = worn-out.

* hábito de uso = usage pattern, use pattern.

* hábito de uso, patrón de uso = usage pattern.

* hacer buen uso de Algo = put to + good use.

* hacer el mejor uso de = make + the best of.

* hacer uso = put to + use.

* hacer uso de = make + use of, draw on/upon, leverage, patronise [patronize, -USA], tap into, deploy.

* hacer uso de influencias = pull + strings.

* hacer uso de recursos = tap into + resources.

* hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.

* hacer uso personal = make + personal use.

* haciendo uso de = by recourse to.

* herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.

* herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.

* impuesto sobre artículos de uso y consumo = excise tax.

* incremento del uso = increased use.

* índice de uso = performance measure, output measure.

* instrucciones de uso = use instruction.

* licencia de uso = licence agreement.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.

* método de evaluación de un edificio en uso = post-occupancy evaluation method.

* multiuso = multi-functional, multi-use [multiuse].

* normas de uso = user policy.

* ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).

* pago según el uso = pay-per-view, pay-for-use.

* páguese por el uso hecho = pay-as-you-go.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* plato de un solo uso = disposable plate.

* poner en uso = bring into + use, take in + use.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* recurrir al uso de = resort to + the use of.

* rentabilizar el uso = maximise + use.

* ser de mucho uso = take + Nombre + a long way.

* ser de un solo uso = be a one-trip pony.

* ser de uso general = be in general use, be generally available.

* servilleta de un solo uso = disposable napkin.

* sistema de facturación por uso = cost billing system.

* sistema en uso = operational system.

* sustancia de uso reglamentado = controlled substance.

* sustancia de uso regulado = controlled substance.

* tenedor de un solo uso = disposable fork.

* uso a distancia = remote use.

* uso compartido = sharing.

* uso compartido de la información = information sharing.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* uso compartido de recursos = resource sharing, time-sharing [timesharing].

* uso de instrumentos = instrumentation.

* uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* uso de la colección = stock use.

* uso de la letra cursiva = italicisation [italicization, -USA].

* uso de las mayúsculas = capitalisation [capitalization, -USA].

* uso de la tierra = land use.

* uso de sustancias = substance use.

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* uso diario = everyday use.

* uso doméstico = domestic use.

* uso excesivo = prodigality, overuse.

* uso excesivo de = greed for.

* uso inadecuado = misuse, mistreatment.

* uso indebido = misuse.

* uso normal = normal usage.

* uso óptimo de los recursos = value for money.

* uso personal = personal use.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* uso razonable = fair dealing, fair use.

* uso remoto = remote use.

* usos y costumbres = customs and habits.

* usos y gratificaciones = uses and gratifications.

* uso tópico = for external use only.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

* usuario que hace uso del préstamo = borrower.

* * *

USO

/ˈuso/

feminine

(en Esp) = Unión Sindical Obrera

* * *

Del verbo usar: ( conjugate usar)

uso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

usó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
usar
uso
usar ( conjugate usar) verbo transitivo
a) ( utilizar) to use;

◊ ¿qué champú usas? what shampoo do you use?;

uso algo/a algn de or como algo to use sth/sb as sth
b) ( llevar) ‹alhajas/ropa/perfume› to wear;

◊ estos zapatos están sin uso these shoes are unworn, these shoes have never been worn

usarse verbo pronominal (en 3a pers) (esp AmL) ( estar de moda) [color/ropa] to be in fashion, to be popular;
◊ ya no se usa hacer fiestas de compromiso people don't tend to have engagement parties any more

uso sustantivo masculino
a) (de producto, medicamento, máquina) use;

◊ instrucciones para su uso instructions for use;

hacer uso de algo to use sth
b) (de facultad, derecho):

◊ en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales in full possession of his mental faculties;

hacer uso de un derecho to exercise a right;
desde que tengo uso de razón ever since I can remember;
hacer uso de la palabra (frml) to speak
c) ( de prenda):

◊ ropa de uso diario everyday clothes;

los zapatos ceden con el uso shoes give with wear
usar
I verbo transitivo
1 (hacer uso, emplear) to use: no uses mi maquinilla, don't use my razor
siempre usa el mismo método, she uses always the same method
2 (llevar ropa, perfume, etc) to wear
II vi (utilizar) to use
uso sustantivo masculino
1 use
(aplicación) se compró el ordenador, pero no le da ningún uso, he bought the computer, but he never makes use of it
(modo de aplicación) instrucciones de uso, instructions for use
uso externo/tópico, external/local application
2 (costumbre) custom
' uso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
billón
- cada
- casarse
- como
- crema
- cuchara
- destartalar
- destino
- deterioro
- doméstica
- doméstico
- escayola
- espantosa
- espantoso
- estar
- extendida
- extendido
- externa
- externo
- gasto
- lindeza
- misma
- mismo
- mortal
- muerta
- muerto
- parecer
- permitirse
- poder
- prerrogativa
- pues
- pura
- puro
- que
- rozar
- rozarse
- sala
- si
- tal
- tópica
- tópico
- universal
- usar
- utensilio
- vaya
- ver
- verdadera
- verdadero
- vulgarización
- vulgarizar
English:
abuse
- afford
- agree
- antiallergenic
- balloon
- bed
- blind
- cease
- continue
- current
- disposable
- do
- dog-eared
- enjoy
- ever
- exclusively
- feel
- floor
- fluoride
- for
- fuck
- good
- have
- hear of
- herself
- himself
- indeed
- intend
- internal
- it
- itself
- just
- lend
- lie
- listen
- literally
- misuse
- myself
- never
- next
- nice
- not
- oneself
- only
- ourselves
- practice
- practise
- public
- quite
- ridesharing

* * *

USO ['uso] nf (abrev de Unión Sindical Obrera)

= centre-right Spanish union

* * *

USO

f abr (= Unión Sindical Obrera) Spanish trade union

* * *

uso nm

1) empleo, utilización: use

de uso personal: for personal use

hacer uso de: to make use of

2) : wear

uso y desgaste: wear and tear

3) usanza: custom, usage, habit

al uso de: in the manner of, in the style of

* * *

uso n

1. (en general) use

el plástico tiene muchos usos plastic has a lot of uses

el uso de la calculadora está prohibido en el examen the use of calculators is not permitted in the exam

el técnico me enseñó el uso del ordenador nuevo the technician showed me how to use the new computer

2. (ropa, etc) wearing

es obligatorio el uso del cinturón de seguridad seat belts must be worn

Spanish-English dictionary > uso
63 atractivo

adj.

1 attractive, nice-looking, good-looking, inviting.

2 personable.

m.

1 attraction, appeal, charm, grace.

2 attractor, attracter.

3 attraction, turnon, turn-on.

* * *

atractivo

► adjetivo

1 attractive, charming, appealing

► nombre masculino atractivo

1 attraction, charm, appeal

■ el nuevo modelo tiene mucho atractivo the new model is very attractive

————————

atractivo

► nombre masculino

1 attraction, charm, appeal

■ el nuevo modelo tiene mucho atractivo the new model is very attractive

* * *
1. (f. - atractiva)
adj.

attractive
2. noun m.
attraction, appeal

* * *

1.

ADJ attractive

2.

SM attractiveness, appeal

* * *
I
- va adjetivo attractive
II
masculino charm, attractiveness

tiene mucho atractivo — she's very charming

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad — the city's main attraction o appeal

la oferta no tiene ningún atractivo para mí — I don't find the offer at all attractive

* * *
I
- va adjetivo attractive
II
masculino charm, attractiveness

tiene mucho atractivo — she's very charming

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad — the city's main attraction o appeal

la oferta no tiene ningún atractivo para mí — I don't find the offer at all attractive

* * *

atractivo¹

¹ = appeal, attractiveness, beauty, allure, drawing power, draw, pull factor, attraction, turn-on.

Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex: It is therefore one of the librarian's prime tasks to preserve the attractiveness of the stock for as long as possible.

Ex: The digital form in which we will send information through the network is one of the beauties of modern technology.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The perilous allure of moral imperativism'.

Ex: Nearly all librarians were enthusiastic about the drawing power of public access computers in spite of the drawbacks such as theft, noise and crowding.

Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex: Unsurprisingly such misuse is triggered by push factors, such as fear of failure, and also pull factors, such as ease of use and the ubiquitous cut and paste.

Ex: Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.

Ex: Dr. James Houran discusses the different ways men and women show affection and addresses the top turn-ons and turn-offs with men and women.

* atractivo de la novedad = novelty appeal, novelty value.

* atractivo físico = physical attractiveness, physical appeal.

* atractivo novedoso = novelty appeal.

* atractivo sexual = sexiness, mojo, sex appeal.

* atractivo visual = visual appeal.

* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.

atractivo²

² = attractive, glamorous, glossy [glossier -comp., glossiest -sup.], inviting, appetising [appetizing, -USA], handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], engaging, dashing, personable, arresting, magnetic, enticing, good looking, winning, appealing, endearing, fancied, sizzling, glam, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.].

Ex: A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.

Ex: Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.

Ex: On the other hand, credibility relates less to glossy brochure futuristics than to tested areas of application.

Ex: An easy and inviting route to the entrance needs to be unambiguously defined.

Ex: This is not a very appetizing thought for anyone who wishes to play a key role in the operations of the library.

Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

Ex: The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.

Ex: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.

Ex: Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

Ex: It is the duty of the library staff to make the institution magnetic.

Ex: The article 'Library scavenger hunts: a way out of the bewilderness' describes the use of library scavenger hunts to teach high school and college students research strategies and to make library use both enticing and enriching.

Ex: Our library and some others have prevailed upon a local vendor to prepare good looking, durable packaging for cassettes which makes them perfectly accommodative to the ordinary bookshelves.

Ex: Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.

Ex: The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.

Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.

Ex: The convention failed to reach an agreement on any of the more fancied candidates.

Ex: He had a sizzling, electric stage presence.

Ex: Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.

Ex: He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.

* de un modo atractivo = appealingly.

* hacer atractivo = endear.

* parecer atractivo = look + attractive.

* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.

* resultar atractivo = prove + attractive.

* ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.

* sin atractivo = unattractive.

* * *

atractivo¹ -va

adjective

attractive

atractivo²

masculine

tiene mucho atractivo she's very charming

es feo, ignorante, totalmente sin atractivos he's ugly, ignorant, he doesn't have a single redeeming feature o there isn't a single good thing about him

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad the city's main attraction o appeal

la oferta no tiene ningún atractivo para mí the offer doesn't attract me o appeal to me in the least, I don't find the offer at all attractive

* * *

atractivo 1
◊ -va adjetivo

attractive
atractivo 2 sustantivo masculino
a) ( encanto) charm, attractiveness;

◊ tiene mucho atractivo she's very charming;

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad the city's main attraction o appeal
b) ( interés) appeal;

◊ para mí viajar no tiene ningún atractivo travel holds no appeal to me

atractivo,-a
I adjetivo attractive, appealing
II sustantivo masculino attraction, appeal
' atractivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliciente
- atractiva
- duende
- encanto
- escultural
- flamante
- graciosa
- gracioso
- irresistible
- magnetismo
- mayor
- sexy
- simpatía
- sugestiva
- sugestivo
- tenerse
- arrastre
- bien
- bueno
- desmejorado
- embrujo
- hechizo
English:
appeal
- appealing
- attraction
- attractive
- comely
- desirable
- dishy
- engaging
- enticing
- flair
- glamorous
- homely
- inviting
- lure
- plain
- prepossessing
- selling point
- sex-appeal
- sexiness
- unappealing
- unattractive
- unattractiveness
- endearing
- fetching
- uninviting
- unprepossessing

* * *

atractivo, -a

♦ adj

attractive

♦ nm
[de persona] attractiveness, charm; [de cosa] attraction;
tener atractivo to be attractive;

su rostro tiene un atractivo especial her face has a special charm;

tu plan tiene muchos atractivos your plan has a lot of points in its favour;

tiene el atractivo añadido de ser gratis it has the added attraction o advantage of being free

Comp
atractivo sexual sex appeal
* * *

atractivo

I adj attractive

II m appeal, attraction

* * *

atractivo, -va adj

: attractive

atractivo nm

: attraction, appeal, charm

* * *

atractivo¹ adj attractive

es muy atractivo he's very attractive

atractivo² n

1. (cosa que atrae) attraction

el atractivo principal the main attraction

2. (interés) appeal

este pueblo es de gran atractivo turístico this village has great appeal for tourists

Spanish-English dictionary > atractivo
64 beca

f.

1 grant.

beca de investigación research grant/scholarship

2 scholarship, fellowship, bursary, financial aid for students.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: becar.

* * *

beca

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) grant; (concedida por méritos) scholarship, award

* * *

noun f.

1) grant

2) scholarship

* * *

SF

1) (=ayuda) [por méritos o en concurso] scholarship; [ayuda económica general] grant

beca de investigación — research grant

2) (=vestido) sash, hood

* * *

femenino ( ayuda económica) grant; ( que se otorga por méritos) scholarship

* * *

femenino ( ayuda económica) grant; ( que se otorga por méritos) scholarship

* * *

beca¹

¹ = fellowship, grant, scholarship, studentship, bursary, grant money.

Ex: She has received the CLA's Ruby E. Wallace Traveling fellowship and the Canadian Council Grant, both for the study of nonbook materials.

Ex: In its early years it benefited from a variety of grants to support activities and developments, but since 1971, OCLC has been supported by membership fees and grants for specific research and development projects.

Ex: This article considers the following models of payment: tuition reimbursement by employer; tuition paid by the student; and tuition assisted by scholarship or grant.

Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex: This article describes a 12 week study tour of the UK undertaken with the help of a bursary from the EU by a lecturer in library studies from Papua New Guinea.

Ex: The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.

* beca de asistencia = attendance grant.

* beca de asistencia a congreso = conference attendance grant.

* beca de desplazamiento = travel grant.

* beca de estudio(s) = study grant, education grant.

* beca de formación = in-service training.

* beca de investigación = research grant.

* beca de movilidad = travel grant, mobility grant.

* beca de prácticas = in-service training.

* beca escolar = school grant.

* conceder beca = grant + scholarship.

* que concede becas = grant-making.

* sistema de becas = grant scheme.

beca²

² = graduation sash, sash.

Ex: They are among the most famous manufacturers of embroidered stoles and graduation sashes.

Ex: Just one other question: why are some of the sashes worn from left shoulder to right hip or right shoulder to left hip?.

* beca de graduación = graduation sash.

* * *

beca

feminine

(ayuda económica) grant; (que se otorga por méritos) scholarship

Compuestos:

● beca de estudios

student grant

● beca de investigación

research grant

* * *

Del verbo becar: ( conjugate becar)

beca es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
beca
becar
beca sustantivo femenino ( ayuda económica) grant;
( que se otorga por méritos) scholarship
becar ( conjugate becar) verbo transitivo ( dar ayuda ecónómica) to give o (frml) award a grant to;
( dar beca por méritos) to give o (frml) award a scholarship to
beca sustantivo femenino grant
(de estudios) scholarship
beca de investigación, research fellowship
becar verbo transitivo to award a grant to o to award a scholarship
' beca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conceder
- formalmente
- gestionar
- redoblar
- aplicar
- asignar
- becar
- hacer
English:
application
- award
- fellowship
- grant
- scholarship
- eligible
- pin

* * *

beca nf
[del gobierno] grant; [de organización privada] scholarship
Comp
UE beca Erasmus Erasmus scholarship;
beca de investigación research scholarship;

beca de manutención Br maintenance allowance, US stipend

* * *

beca

f

1 de organización scholarship

2 del estado grant

* * *

beca nf

: grant, scholarship

* * *

beca n

1. (estatal) grant

2. (privada) scholarship

Spanish-English dictionary > beca
65 empleo

m.

1 use (uso).

2 employment (trabajo).

estar sin empleo to be out of work

oficina de empleo ? job center

pleno empleo full employment

empleo compartido job sharing

empleo comunitario community service

empleo juvenil youth employment

3 job, employment, occupation, post.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

empleo

► nombre masculino

1 (trabajo) occupation, job

2 PLÍTICA employment

3 (uso) use

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sin empleo unemployed, out of work, jobless

empleo juvenil youth employment

* * *

noun m.

1) employment

2) use, usage

* * *

SM

1) (=uso) use; [de tiempo] spending; (Com) investment

modo de empleo — instructions for use

el empleo de esa palabra es censurable — the use of that word is to be condemned

2) (=trabajo) employment, work

pleno empleo — full employment

empleo juvenil — youth employment

oficina de empleo — ≈ employment agency

3) (=puesto) job, post

buscar un empleo — to look for a job, seek employment

estar sin empleo — to be unemployed

solicitan empleo — situations wanted

suspender a algn de empleo y sueldo — to suspend sb without pay

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( trabajo) employment

la creación de empleo — job creation

b) ( puesto) job

tiene un buen empleo — she has a good job

está sin empleo — she's out of work

- empleo comunitario

2) ( uso) use

modo de empleo — instructions for use

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( trabajo) employment

la creación de empleo — job creation

b) ( puesto) job

tiene un buen empleo — she has a good job

está sin empleo — she's out of work

- empleo comunitario

2) ( uso) use

modo de empleo — instructions for use

* * *

empleo¹

¹ = employment.

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

* antes de conseguir empleo = preappointment.

* anuncio de empleo = job advertisement.

* buscador de empleo = job applicant, job seeker.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* búsqueda de empleo = job searching, job hunting.

* centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre.

* creación de empleo = job creation.

* después de conseguir empleo = postappointment.

* empleo atípico = atypical employment.

* empleo ilegal = illegal work.

* empleo irregular = irregular employment.

* empleo precario = precarious employment.

* feria del empleo = job fair, career fair.

* hacer que Alguien pierda el empleo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* oferta de empleo = career opportunity, job vacancy, job opportunities, job placement, career option, employment opportunity.

* oficina de empleo = employment centre, employment bureau, job centre, labour exchange.

* segregación en el empleo = job segregation, employment segregation.

* seguridad en el empleo = employment protection and safety.

* sin empleo = jobless.

* solicitante de empleo = job applicant.

* solicitud de empleo = job application.

* tener un segundo empleo = moonlight, work + a second job.

empleo²

= exercise, employment, use, usage, utilisation [utilization, -USA].

Ex: A poorly structured scheme requires the exercise of a good deal of initiative on the part of the indexer in order to overcome or avoid the poor structure.

Ex: Through the employment of such implicitly derogatory terminology librarians virtually give themselves licence to disregard or downgrade the value of certain materials.

Ex: Systematic mnemonics is the use of the same notation for a given topic wherever that topic occurs.

Ex: Changes in usage of terms over time can also present problems = Los cambios en el uso de los términos con el transcurso del tiempo también pueden presentar problemas.

Ex: On occasions it is necessary to adopt an order or arrangement which leads to the efficient utilisation of space.

* * *

empleo

masculine

A

1 (trabajo) employment

la creación de empleo the creation of employment o of jobs

un crecimiento del empleo an increase in the number of people in employment

2 (puesto) job

tiene un buen empleo she has a good job

está sin empleo she's out of work

ha sido suspendido de empleo y sueldo he has been suspended without pay

Compuesto:

empleo comunitario

community work

B (uso) use

[ S ] modo de empleo instructions for use

* * *

Del verbo emplear: ( conjugate emplear)

empleo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

empleó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
emplear
empleo
emplear ( conjugate emplear) verbo transitivo
1
a) [empresa/organización] to employ

b) ( colocar) ‹hijo/sobrino› to fix … up with a job

2 ( usar) ‹energía/imaginación/material› to use
emplearse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) to get a job
empleo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( trabajo) employment;

◊ la creación de empleo job creation

b) ( puesto) job;

◊ está sin empleo she's out of work

2 ( uso) use;
( on signs) modo de empleo instructions for use
emplear verbo transitivo
1 (utilizar) to use
(esfuerzo, tiempo) to spend: empleó varias horas en terminar el dibujo, it took him a few hours to finish the picture
2 (a un trabajador) to employ
empleo sustantivo masculino
1 (trabajo asalariado) job
estar sin empleo, to be unemployed
Pol employment
2 (utilización) use
modo de empleo, instructions for use
' empleo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
candidata
- candidato
- colocar
- colocación
- costar
- emplear
- fichar
- función
- incorporarse
- INEM
- informe
- jugarse
- oferta
- oficina
- puesta
- puesto
- rebajar
- recomendación
- regulación
- rumbo
- seguridad
- suspensión
- trabajo
- vacante
- bolsa
- cazar
- cesante
- chamba
- concursante
- conseguir
- futuro
- mierda
- modo
- ocupación
- ofrecer
- pega
- solicitar
- ubicar
- varado
English:
analyst
- antidepressant
- begin
- debate
- direction
- ease
- employment
- engage
- in
- instruction
- instrumental
- job
- job centre
- job hunting
- job seeker
- knowledge
- moonlight
- resign
- risk
- seasonal
- situation
- steady-job
- stop
- try
- use
- work
- employ
- full

* * *

empleo nm

1. [uso] use;

modo de empleo instructions for use

2. [trabajo] employment;

la precariedad del empleo job insecurity

Comp
empleo comunitario community service;
empleo juvenil youth employment;

empleo temporal temporary employment

3. [puesto] job;

un empleo de oficinista an office job;

estar sin empleo to be out of work;

estar suspendido de empleo y sueldo to be suspended without pay

4. Mil rank

* * *

empleo

m

1 employment;

crear empleo create employment o jobs;

plan de empleo employment plan;

pleno empleo full employment

2 ( puesto) job

3 ( uso) use;

modo de empleo instructions for use pl, directions pl

* * *

empleo nm

1) ocupación: employment, occupation, job

2) : use, usage

* * *

empleo n

1. (puesto de trabajo) job

Pedro tiene un buen empleo Pedro has a good job

2. (trabajo) employment

una política de pleno empleo a full employment policy

3. (uso) use

el empleo de ordenadores nos ha facilitado el trabajo the use of computers has made our work easier

modo de empleo instructions for use

Spanish-English dictionary > empleo
66 competir

v.

1 to compete.

varios grupos compiten por la obtención del contrato several groups are competing for the contract

nos es muy difícil competir con las importaciones chinas we find it very difficult to compete with Chinese imports

Los soldados contienden en el campo The soldiers contend in the field.

2 to compete against.

* * *

competir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo intransitivo

1 to compete

■ los corredores compiten por el primer premio the runners are competing for the first prize

* * *

verb

to compete

* * *

VI

1) (=enfrentarse) to compete

• competir con o contra algo/algn — to compete with o against sth/sb

son incapaces de competir con o contra gente más joven — they are incapable of competing with o against younger people

• competir en algo — to compete in sth

los equipos que competirán en este campeonato — the teams competing in this championship

competir en el mercado — (Com) to compete in the market

• competir por algo — to compete for sth

cuatro películas compiten por el Oscar — four films are competing for the Oscar

2) (=compararse)

• competir con algo, no hay nada que pueda competir con un buen vino — you can't beat a good wine, nothing can compare with a good wine

es el único modelo que compite en precio con sus rivales — it's the only model which can compete o compare with its rivals in terms of price

en cuanto a resistencia Miguel no puede competir con Andrés — when it comes to stamina Miguel is no match for Andrés

* * *

verbo intransitivo

a) (pugnar, luchar) to compete

competir con or contra alguien (por algo) — to compete with o against somebody (for something)

b) ( estar al mismo nivel)

competir en algo: los dos modelos compiten en calidad — the two models rival each other in quality

* * *

= race, jostle.

Ex. These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.

Ex. In the case of flax the Library of Congress does not provide an enumerated division and so books on flax spinning must jostle in alphabetic order with books on other aspects of flax = En el caso del lino la Biblioteca del Congreso no proporciona una división enumerada por lo que los libros sobre el hilado del lino deben competir en la ordenación alfabética con otros libros que tratan sobre diferentes aspectos del lino.

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* competir con = compete (with), contend with, vie with.

* competir en = play at.

* competir por = scramble.

* competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien = compete for + attention.

* tener que competir con = face + competition from.

* * *

verbo intransitivo

a) (pugnar, luchar) to compete

competir con or contra alguien (por algo) — to compete with o against somebody (for something)

b) ( estar al mismo nivel)

competir en algo: los dos modelos compiten en calidad — the two models rival each other in quality

* * *

competir (con)

(v.) = compete (with), contend with, vie with

Ex: Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.

Ex: This variety of physical forms presents unhelpful complexities to a user, who may have to contend with computer print-out book form, conventionally printed indexes, microfiche and online indexes and catalogues, in even relatively simple searches.

Ex: As new reference service programmes vie with existing ones for funding, these changing patterns have an impact on budgeting.

= race, jostle.

Ex: These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.

Ex: In the case of flax the Library of Congress does not provide an enumerated division and so books on flax spinning must jostle in alphabetic order with books on other aspects of flax = En el caso del lino la Biblioteca del Congreso no proporciona una división enumerada por lo que los libros sobre el hilado del lino deben competir en la ordenación alfabética con otros libros que tratan sobre diferentes aspectos del lino.

* competir con = compete (with), contend with, vie with.

* competir en = play at.

* competir por = scramble.

* competir por acaparar la atención de Alguien = compete for + attention.

* tener que competir con = face + competition from.

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competir [ I14 ]

vi

1 (pugnar, luchar) to compete competir CON algn to compete WITH sb

no pueden competir con las cadenas de supermercados they can't compete with the supermarket chains

competir CON/ CONTRA algn POR algo to compete WITH/ AGAINST sb FOR sth

competíamos con Rospesa por el contrato we were competing with/against Rospesa for the contract

competirán contra rivales europeos por esta copa they will be competing against teams from Europe for this trophy

2 (estar al mismo nivel) competir EN algo:

los dos modelos compiten en calidad y precio the two models rival each other in quality and price

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competir ( conjugate competir) verbo intransitivo
a) (pugnar, luchar) to compete;

competir con or contra algn (por algo) to compete with o against sb (for sth)
b) ( estar al mismo nivel):

◊ los dos modelos compiten en calidad the two models rival each other in quality

competir verbo intransitivo to compete [con, with o against] [en, in] [por, for]
' competir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desafiar
- disputar
- disputarse
English:
compete
- contend
- fight out
- pit
- race
- rival
- competition
- eligible

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competir vi

1. [contender] to compete (con/por with/for);
varios grupos compiten por la obtención del contrato several groups are competing for the contract;

nos es muy difícil competir con las importaciones chinas we find it very difficult to compete with Chinese imports;

exigen competir en pie de igualdad con otros países europeos they are demanding to compete on an equal footing with other European countries

2. [igualar]
competir (con) to be on a par (with);

compiten en belleza they rival each other in beauty;

un producto que puede competir con los importados a product that can compete with foreign imports

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competir

v/i compete ( con with)

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competir {54} vi

: to compete

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competir vb to compete

estos dos corredores compiten por la medalla de oro these two runners are competing for the gold medal

Spanish-English dictionary > competir
67 competir (con)

(v.) = compete (with), contend with, vie with

Ex. Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.

Ex. This variety of physical forms presents unhelpful complexities to a user, who may have to contend with computer print-out book form, conventionally printed indexes, microfiche and online indexes and catalogues, in even relatively simple searches.

Ex. As new reference service programmes vie with existing ones for funding, these changing patterns have an impact on budgeting.

Spanish-English dictionary > competir (con)
68 falta

f.

1 lack (carencia).

hay falta de trabajo there's a shortage of work

a falta de in the absence of

por falta de for want o lack of

fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted for lack of evidence

es una falta de educación it's bad manners

es una falta de respeto it shows a lack of respect

2 absence (ausencia).

nadie notó su falta nobody noticed his/its absence

echar en falta algo/a alguien to notice that something/somebody is missing; (notar la ausencia de) to miss something/somebody (echar de menos)

sin falta without fail

el lunes sin falta on Monday without fail

3 fault.

sacarle faltas a alguien/algo to find fault with somebody/something

falta de ortografía spelling mistake

4 foul (sport) (infracción).

lanzar o sacar una falta to take a free kick

falta libre directa direct free kick offense

falta personal personal foul

5 offense (law).

falta grave/leve serious/minor offense

6 missed period.

7 shortcoming, lapse, foul, failing.

8 need, want.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: faltar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: faltar.

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falta

► nombre femenino

1 (carencia) lack

■ falta de sensibilidad lack of sensitivity

2 (escasez) shortage

■ existe una falta de agua there is a water shortage

3 (ausencia) absence

4 (error) mistake

■ has hecho una falta de ortografía you've made a spelling mistake

5 (defecto) fault, defect

6 (mala acción) misdeed

7 MEDICINA missed period

8 DERECHO misdemeanour (US misdemeanor)

9 DEPORTE (fútbol) foul; (tenis) fault

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a falta de... for want of..., for lack of...

coger a alguien en falta to catch somebody out

echar en falta to miss

hacer falta to be necessary

■ hizo falta un martillo we needed a hammer

no hace falta que... there is no need for...

pillar a alguien en falta to catch somebody out

poner falta a alguien to mark somebody absent

por falta de...→ link=a a falta de

sacar faltas a to find fault with

sacar una falta DEPORTE to take a free kick

sin falta without fail

tirar una falta DEPORTE to take a free kick

¡falta hacía! and about time too!

falta de educación bad manners plural

falta de pago nonpayment

* * *

noun f.

1) lack, want

2) fault, error

3) foul

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SF

1) (=carencia)

a) [de recursos, información, control, acuerdo] lack

los candidatos demostraron en el examen su absoluta falta de preparación — in the exam the candidates revealed their total lack of preparation

es evidente su falta de voluntad negociadora — it is clear that they have no wish to negotiate

• falta de respeto — disrespect, lack of respect

la falta de respeto por las ideas de los demás — disrespect o lack of respect for other people's ideas

¡qué falta de respeto! — how rude!

b)

• a falta de — in the absence of, for want of

a falta de información fiable, nos limitamos a repetir los rumores — in the absence of reliable information, we can merely repeat the rumours, we can merely repeat the rumours, for want of reliable information

a falta de champán para celebrarlo, beberemos cerveza — as we don't have any champagne to celebrate with, we'll drink beer

• a falta de un término/sistema mejor — for want of a better term/system

• a falta de tres minutos para el final — three minutes from the end

a falta de 40kms para la meta el ciclista se retiró — the cyclist withdrew 40kms from the finish

- a falta de pan, buenas son tortas

c)

• por falta de — for lack of

se absolvió al acusado por falta de pruebas — the defendant was acquitted for lack of evidence

el rosal se murió por falta de luz — the rose died due to lack of light

d)

• echar algo/a algn en falta — to miss sth/sb

echo en falta a mis amigos — I miss my friends

durante el festival se echaron en falta a las grandes estrellas — the big names were missing from the festival
educación 3)
2)

• hacer falta, me hace mucha falta un coche — I really o badly * need a car

a este plato le hace falta sal — this dish needs more salt

lo que hace falta aquí es más disciplina — what's needed here is stricter discipline

aquí no haces falta — you're not needed here

no nos hace falta nada — we've got everything we need, we don't need anything else

es el hombre que hacía falta — he is the right man for the job

¡falta hacía! — and about time too!

si hace falta, voy — if necessary, I'll go, if need be, I'll go

• hacer falta hacer algo, para ser enfermero hace falta tener vocación — you have to be dedicated to be a nurse

no hace falta ser un experto para llegar a esa conclusión — you don't need to be an expert to reach that conclusion

ahora lo que te hace falta es recuperar las fuerzas — what you need now is to regain your strength

¡hace falta ser tonto para no darse cuenta! — you have to be pretty stupid not to realize!

• hacer falta que + subjun —

hace falta que el agua esté hirviendo — the water must be o needs to be boiling

si hace falta que os echemos una mano, llamadnos — if you need us to give you a hand, give us a call

no hace falta que se lo digas — there's no need for you to tell him

ni falta que hace iró —

-¿te han invitado al concierto? -no, ni falta que me hace — "haven't they invited you to the concert?" - "no, and I couldn't care less" *

3) (Escol) (=ausencia) absence

• poner falta a algn — to mark sb absent, put sb down as absent

falta de asistencia — absence

tiene cinco faltas de asistencia — he has been absent five times

4) (=infracción)

a) (Jur) offence, offense (EEUU)

• falta grave — serious offence, serious offense (EEUU), serious misconduct

• falta leve — minor offence, minor offense (EEUU), misdemeanour, misdemeanor (EEUU)

b) (Ftbl, Balonmano) foul; (Tenis) fault

ha sido falta — it was a foul o fault

va a sacar la falta — (Ftbl) he's going to take the free kick; (Balonmano) he's going to take the free throw

• cometer una falta contra algn — to foul sb

• lanzamiento de falta — (Ftbl) free kick

falta personal — personal foul

5) (=fallo) [de persona] shortcoming, fault; [de máquina, producto] flaw, fault

• sacar faltas a algn — to point out sb's shortcomings, find fault with sb

siempre le está sacando faltas a todo lo que hago — she's always picking holes in everything I do

• sin falta — without fail

mañana sin falta recibirá nuestro informe — you will get our report tomorrow without fail

falta de ortografía — spelling mistake

6) [por estar embarazada] missed period

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femenino

1) (carencia, ausencia)

falta de algo — de interés/dinero lack of something

por falta de fondos — owing to a lack of funds

falta de personal — staff shortage

es por la falta de costumbre — it's because I'm/you're not used to it

no es por falta de ganas — it's not that I don't want to

siente mucho la falta de su hijo — she misses her son terribly

a falta de un nombre mejor — for want of a better name

a falta de más información — in the absence of more information

a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or (Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas — half a loaf is better than none

echar algo en falta: aquí se echa en falta más formalidad what's needed here is a more serious attitude; echó en falta sus alhajas — she realized her jewelry was missing

2) ( inasistencia) tb

falta de asistencia — absence

le pusieron falta — they marked her down as absent

tienes 30 faltas — you have been absent 30 times

3) ( de la menstruación) missed period

es mi segunda falta — I've missed two periods

4)

hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay; hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!; si hace falta... if necessary...; no hizo falta cambiarlo I/we didn't need to change it; lo que hace falta es que nos escuchen what they really need to do is listen to us; lo que hace falta aquí es una computadora what's needed here is a computer; (+ me/te/le etc) le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest; estudia que buena falta te hace (fam) it's about time you did some studying; me haces mucha falta I really need you; ni falta que (me/te/le) hace — (fam) so what? (colloq)

5) (infracción, omisión) offense*

una falta grave — a serious misdemeanor*

fue una falta de respeto — it was very rude of you/him/her/them

agarrar or (esp Esp) coger a alguien en falta — to catch somebody out

lo traigo el jueves sin falta — I'll bring it on Thursday without fail

- falta de educación

- falta de ortografía

- falta de pago

6) ( defecto)

sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo — to find fault with something

7) (Dep)

a) (infracción - en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (- en tenis) fault

b) ( tiro libre - en fútbol) free kick; (- en balonmano) free throw

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= anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, failing, fault, inadequacy, infringement, scarcity, shortage, starvation, defect, misdeed, petty crime, gaping hole, foul.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el contexto deportivo.

Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

Ex. Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.

Ex. Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex. Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.

Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.

Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.

Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

Ex. Examples of ' petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting.

Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

Ex. Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.

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* adolecer de falta de = suffer from + lack of, lack.

* a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.

* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* falta de = lack of.

* falta de acceso = unavailability.

* falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.

* falta de actualidad = datedness.

* falta de adecuación = misfit.

* falta de agua = water shortage.

* falta de alineación = misalignment.

* falta de ambigüedad = unambiguity.

* falta de armonía = disharmony.

* falta de asistencia = lack of attendance, non-attendance.

* falta de atención = inattention, inattention.

* falta de autenticidad = inauthencity.

* falta de certeza = uncertainty.

* falta de civismo = lack of public spirit.

* falta de claridad = fuzziness, obscurity, murkiness, indistinctiveness, indistinctness.

* falta de coincidencia = mismatch.

* falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.

* falta de comunicación = poor communication.

* falta de conciencia = unconsciousness.

* falta de concienciación = unawareness.

* falta de confianza en = disbelief.

* falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* falta de convencionalismo = unconventionality.

* falta de cooperación = uncooperation.

* falta de coordinación = misalignment.

* falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de correspondencia = mismatch.

* falta de cuidado = sloppiness.

* falta de decoro = impropriety.

* falta de deseo = unwillingness.

* falta de deseo por la lectura = aliteracy.

* falta de dirección = indirection.

* falta de disciplina = indiscipline, disruptive behaviour.

* falta de disponibilidad = unavailability.

* falta de educación = impoliteness.

* falta de elasticidad = inelasticity.

* falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.

* falta de esmero = sloppiness.

* falta de espacio = tightness of space.

* falta de especificidad = indeterminacy.

* falta de ética académica = academic dishonesty.

* falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional = misconduct, professional misconduct, unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, unprofessional conduct, unprofessional conduct, malpractice.

* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.

* falta de fiabilidad = unreliability.

* falta de flexibilidad = inelasticity.

* falta de fondos = underfunding.

* falta de gravedad = weightlessness.

* falta de honradez = dishonesty.

* falta de idoneidad = unsuitability, inaptness.

* falta de importancia = worthlessness.

* falta de información = lack of information.

* falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.

* falta de linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity], nonlinearity [no-linearity].

* falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.

* falta de mérito = unworthiness.

* falta de misericordia = ruthlessness.

* falta de moderación = intemperance.

* falta de moralidad = amorality, immoral conduct.

* falta de notoriedad = low profile.

* falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.

* falta de oxigenación = oxygen starvation.

* falta de oxígeno = oxygen starvation.

* falta de personal = undermanning.

* falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.

* falta de peso = underweight.

* falta de piedad = ruthlessness.

* falta de precisión = fuzziness, looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de predisposición = disinclination.

* falta de preparación = unpreparedness.

* falta de profesionalidad = amateurism, unprofessional conduct, professional misconduct.

* falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.

* falta de puntualidad = unpunctuality.

* falta de renovación = non-renewal.

* falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].

* falta de resolución = procrastination.

* falta de respeto = disrespect, irreverence, diss, diss.

* falta de rigidez = looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.

* falta de sentido = meaninglessness.

* falta de seriedad = flippancy.

* falta de sinceridad = insincerity.

* falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.

* falta de uniformidad = patchiness, unevenness.

* falta de unión = disunity.

* falta de valía = unworthiness.

* falta de valor = worthlessness, act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falta de voluntad = reluctance.

* falta leve = peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], lesser sin.

* falta ortográfica = spelling mistake.

* faltas y defectos = faults and inadequacies, snags and pitfalls, snags and problems.

* hacer falta = need, must, have to, it + take.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* que falta = missing.

* remediar la falta de = remedy + the lack of.

* sacar faltas = find + fault with.

* sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* sin falta = without fail.

* subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.

* tarea falta de interés = chore.

* tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.

* ver faltas en = see + faults in.

* * *

femenino

1) (carencia, ausencia)

falta de algo — de interés/dinero lack of something

por falta de fondos — owing to a lack of funds

falta de personal — staff shortage

es por la falta de costumbre — it's because I'm/you're not used to it

no es por falta de ganas — it's not that I don't want to

siente mucho la falta de su hijo — she misses her son terribly

a falta de un nombre mejor — for want of a better name

a falta de más información — in the absence of more information

a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or (Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas — half a loaf is better than none

echar algo en falta: aquí se echa en falta más formalidad what's needed here is a more serious attitude; echó en falta sus alhajas — she realized her jewelry was missing

2) ( inasistencia) tb

falta de asistencia — absence

le pusieron falta — they marked her down as absent

tienes 30 faltas — you have been absent 30 times

3) ( de la menstruación) missed period

es mi segunda falta — I've missed two periods

4)

hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay; hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!; si hace falta... if necessary...; no hizo falta cambiarlo I/we didn't need to change it; lo que hace falta es que nos escuchen what they really need to do is listen to us; lo que hace falta aquí es una computadora what's needed here is a computer; (+ me/te/le etc) le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest; estudia que buena falta te hace (fam) it's about time you did some studying; me haces mucha falta I really need you; ni falta que (me/te/le) hace — (fam) so what? (colloq)

5) (infracción, omisión) offense*

una falta grave — a serious misdemeanor*

fue una falta de respeto — it was very rude of you/him/her/them

agarrar or (esp Esp) coger a alguien en falta — to catch somebody out

lo traigo el jueves sin falta — I'll bring it on Thursday without fail

- falta de educación

- falta de ortografía

- falta de pago

6) ( defecto)

sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo — to find fault with something

7) (Dep)

a) (infracción - en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (- en tenis) fault

b) ( tiro libre - en fútbol) free kick; (- en balonmano) free throw

* * *

= anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, failing, fault, inadequacy, infringement, scarcity, shortage, starvation, defect, misdeed, petty crime, gaping hole, foul.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el contexto deportivo.

Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

Ex: Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.

Ex: Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex: Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.

Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.

Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.

Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

Ex: Examples of ' petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting.

Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

Ex: Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.

* adolecer de falta de = suffer from + lack of, lack.

* a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.

* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* falta de = lack of.

* falta de acceso = unavailability.

* falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.

* falta de actualidad = datedness.

* falta de adecuación = misfit.

* falta de agua = water shortage.

* falta de alineación = misalignment.

* falta de ambigüedad = unambiguity.

* falta de armonía = disharmony.

* falta de asistencia = lack of attendance, non-attendance.

* falta de atención = inattention, inattention.

* falta de autenticidad = inauthencity.

* falta de certeza = uncertainty.

* falta de civismo = lack of public spirit.

* falta de claridad = fuzziness, obscurity, murkiness, indistinctiveness, indistinctness.

* falta de coincidencia = mismatch.

* falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.

* falta de comunicación = poor communication.

* falta de conciencia = unconsciousness.

* falta de concienciación = unawareness.

* falta de confianza en = disbelief.

* falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* falta de convencionalismo = unconventionality.

* falta de cooperación = uncooperation.

* falta de coordinación = misalignment.

* falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de correspondencia = mismatch.

* falta de cuidado = sloppiness.

* falta de decoro = impropriety.

* falta de deseo = unwillingness.

* falta de deseo por la lectura = aliteracy.

* falta de dirección = indirection.

* falta de disciplina = indiscipline, disruptive behaviour.

* falta de disponibilidad = unavailability.

* falta de educación = impoliteness.

* falta de elasticidad = inelasticity.

* falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.

* falta de esmero = sloppiness.

* falta de espacio = tightness of space.

* falta de especificidad = indeterminacy.

* falta de ética académica = academic dishonesty.

* falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional = misconduct, professional misconduct, unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, unprofessional conduct, unprofessional conduct, malpractice.

* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.

* falta de fiabilidad = unreliability.

* falta de flexibilidad = inelasticity.

* falta de fondos = underfunding.

* falta de gravedad = weightlessness.

* falta de honradez = dishonesty.

* falta de idoneidad = unsuitability, inaptness.

* falta de importancia = worthlessness.

* falta de información = lack of information.

* falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.

* falta de linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity], nonlinearity [no-linearity].

* falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.

* falta de mérito = unworthiness.

* falta de misericordia = ruthlessness.

* falta de moderación = intemperance.

* falta de moralidad = amorality, immoral conduct.

* falta de notoriedad = low profile.

* falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.

* falta de oxigenación = oxygen starvation.

* falta de oxígeno = oxygen starvation.

* falta de personal = undermanning.

* falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.

* falta de peso = underweight.

* falta de piedad = ruthlessness.

* falta de precisión = fuzziness, looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de predisposición = disinclination.

* falta de preparación = unpreparedness.

* falta de profesionalidad = amateurism, unprofessional conduct, professional misconduct.

* falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.

* falta de puntualidad = unpunctuality.

* falta de renovación = non-renewal.

* falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].

* falta de resolución = procrastination.

* falta de respeto = disrespect, irreverence, diss, diss.

* falta de rigidez = looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.

* falta de sentido = meaninglessness.

* falta de seriedad = flippancy.

* falta de sinceridad = insincerity.

* falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.

* falta de uniformidad = patchiness, unevenness.

* falta de unión = disunity.

* falta de valía = unworthiness.

* falta de valor = worthlessness, act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falta de voluntad = reluctance.

* falta leve = peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], lesser sin.

* falta ortográfica = spelling mistake.

* faltas y defectos = faults and inadequacies, snags and pitfalls, snags and problems.

* hacer falta = need, must, have to, it + take.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* que falta = missing.

* remediar la falta de = remedy + the lack of.

* sacar faltas = find + fault with.

* sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* sin falta = without fail.

* subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.

* tarea falta de interés = chore.

* tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.

* ver faltas en = see + faults in.

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falta

feminine

A (carencia, ausencia) falta DE algo lack OF sth

por falta de fondos owing to a lack of funds

no se pudo terminar por falta de tiempo we could not finish it because we ran out of time o we did not have enough time o owing to lack of time

falta de personal staff shortage

es por la falta de costumbre it's because I'm/you're not used to it

¿por qué no vienes? — no es por falta de ganas why don't you come? — it's not that I don't want to

siente mucho la falta de su hijo she misses her son terribly

a falta de un nombre mejor for want of a better name

a falta de información más detallada in the absence of more detailed information

a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or ( Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas half a loaf is better than none

echar algo en falta: aquí lo que se echa en falta es un poco de formalidad what's needed around here is a more serious attitude

echó en falta algunas de sus alhajas she realized some of her jewelry was missing

se echará mucho en falta su aporte her contribution will be greatly missed

B (inasistencia) absence

le pusieron falta they marked her down as absent

tienes más de 30 faltas you have been absent over 30 times

sin falta without fail

C (de la menstruación) missed period

es la segunda falta I've missed two periods

D

hacer falta: hace falta mucha paciencia para tratar con él you need a lot of patience to deal with him

no hace falta que se queden los dos there's no need for both of you to stay

¡hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!

le hace falta descansar he needs to rest

a ver si te cortas el pelo, que buena falta te hace ( fam); it's high time o it's about time you got your hair cut ( colloq)

me haces mucha falta (te necesito) I need you very much; (te echo de menos) ( AmL) I miss you terribly, I miss you very much

ni falta que (me/te/le) hace ( fam); so what? ( colloq), who cares? ( colloq)

nos hace tanta falta como los perros en misa ( fam); that's all we need, we need it like we need a hole in the head ( colloq)

E (infracción, omisión) offense*

incurrir en una falta grave to commit a serious misdemeanor*

fue una falta de respeto contestarle así it was very rude o disrespectful of you to answer him like that

agarrar or coger a algn en falta to catch sb out

Compuestos:

● falta de educación

es una falta de educación poner los codos sobre la mesa it's bad manners to put your elbows on the table

● falta de lesiones

( Der) (minor) bodily harm

acusar a algn de falta de lesiones to accuse sb of causing bodily harm

● falta de ortografía

spelling mistake

● falta de pago

nonpayment

F ( Dep)

1 (infracción — en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (— en tenis) fault

el árbitro pitó falta the referee gave o awarded a foul

2 (tiro libre — en fútbol) free kick; (— en balonmano) free throw

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Del verbo faltar: ( conjugate faltar)

falta es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
falta
faltar
falta sustantivo femenino
1 (carencia, ausencia) falta de algo ‹de interés/dinero› lack of sth;
◊ falta de personal staff shortage;

es la falta de costumbre it's because I'm/you're not used to it;
fue una falta de respeto it was very rude of you/him/her/them;
eso es una falta de educación that's bad manners;
a falta de más información in the absence of more information
2 ( inasistencia) tb
◊ falta de asistencia absence;

le pusieron falta they marked her down as absent
3
a)

◊ hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay;

si hace falta … if necessary …;
hacen falta dos vasos más we need two more glasses;
le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest
b)

◊ sin falta without fail

4 ( defecto) fault;
◊ a pesar de todas sus faltas in spite of all his faults;

sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo to find fault with sth;
falta de ortografía spelling mistake
5 (Dep)
a) ( infracción — en fútbol, baloncesto) foul;

(— en tenis) fault
b) ( tiro libre — en fútbol) free kick;

(— en balonmano) free throw
faltar ( conjugate faltar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( no estar) to be missing;

◊ ¿quién falta? who's missing?;

(en colegio, reunión) who's absent?;
◊ te falta un botón you have a button missing;

a esta taza le falta el asa there's no handle on this cup
b) ( no haber suficiente):

◊ va a falta vino there won't be enough wine;

nos faltó tiempo we didn't have enough time
c) ( hacer falta):

◊ le falta alguien que la aconseje she needs someone to advise her;

les falta cariño they need affection
2 ( quedar):
◊ yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? I'm ready, will you be long?;

nos falta poco para terminar we're almost finished;
me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro I have three pages to go to finish the book;
solo me falta pasarlo a máquina all I have to do is type it out;
falta poco para Navidad it's not long until Christmas;
faltan cinco minutos para que empiece there are five minutes to go before it starts;
¡no faltaba más! ( respuesta — a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!;

(— a una petición) of course, certainly;
(— a un ofrecimiento) I wouldn't hear of it!
3
a) ( no asistir):

◊ te esperamos, no faltes we're expecting you, make sure you come;

falta a algo ‹ al colegio› to be absent from sth;

‹ a una cita› to miss sth;
◊ falta a clase to skip lessons;

ha faltado dos veces al trabajo she's been off work twice
b) ( no cumplir):

◊ faltó a su promesa he didn't keep his promise;

¡no me faltes al respeto! don't be rude to me
falta sustantivo femenino
1 lack: se perdió la cosecha por falta de lluvia, the harvest was lost through lack of rain
2 (ausencia) absence: no notaron su falta, they didn't miss him
3 (imperfección) fault, defect: tiene faltas de ortografía, he made some spelling mistakes
4 Jur misdemeanour
5 Dep Ftb foul
Ten fault
♦ Locuciones: echar algo/a alguien en falta, to miss sthg/sb
hacer falta, to be necessary: (nos) hace falta un reloj, we need a watch
no hace falta que lo veas, there is no need for you to see it
sin falta, without fail
faltar verbo intransitivo
1 (estar ausente) to be missing: falta el jefe, the boss is missing
2 (no tener) to be lacking: le falta personalidad, he lacks personality
3 (restar) to be left: aún falta para la Navidad, it's a long time until Christmas
faltó poco para que ganaran, they very nearly won
no falta nada por hacer, there's nothing more to be done
sólo me falta el último capítulo por leer, I've only got the last chapter to read
4 (no acudir) tu hermano faltó a la cita, your brother didn't turn up/come
5 (incumplir) eso es faltar a la verdad, that is not telling the truth
faltar uno a su palabra, to break one's word
6 (insultar) faltar a alguien, to be rude to someone: ¡sin faltar!, don't be rude!
(ofender) no era mi intención faltarte al respeto, I didn't mean to be rude to you
♦ Locuciones: ¡lo que faltaba!, that's all it needed!
¡no faltaba más!, (but) of course!
' falta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acrecentar
- adolecer
- ante
- apagada
- apagado
- apercibirse
- apuro
- área
- atonía
- bajeza
- bastarse
- cachondeo
- calor
- carencia
- cometer
- deberse
- debilidad
- delicadeza
- desenfreno
- desgana
- desprecio
- desvergüenza
- dimanar
- distracción
- echar
- educación
- enervar
- enjuagar
- error
- estrechez
- evidenciar
- faltar
- flojedad
- hígado
- incorrección
- informalidad
- injusticia
- inquietud
- inseguridad
- insignificancia
- lastre
- ligereza
- linier
- naturalidad
- ñoñería
- ñoñez
- orden
- osadía
- oscuridad
- pecado
English:
absence
- amiss
- antibiotic
- application
- badly
- carry on
- catch out
- close down
- coordination
- dark
- deficiency
- deprivation
- difference
- diffidence
- disagreement
- disrespect
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall through
- fault
- folding
- foul
- half-heartedness
- hate
- if
- impurity
- infringement
- joblessness
- lack
- liability
- marble
- microphone
- miss
- missing
- mistake
- muscle
- nearly
- necessary
- need
- news
- numb
- off
- out of
- persuasion
- practice
- practise
- remain
- remorselessness
- self-doubt

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falta nf

1. [ausencia] absence;
[carencia] lack; [escasez] shortage;
nadie notó su falta nobody noticed his/its absence;

estos animales tienen falta de cariño these animals suffer from a lack of affection;

en estos momentos hay falta de trabajo there's a shortage of work at the moment;

la falta de agua impide el desarrollo de la región water is in short supply in the region, something which is holding back its development;

estoy cometiendo muchos errores, es la falta de costumbre I'm making a lot of mistakes, I'm out of practice;

fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted for lack of evidence;

ha sido una falta de delicadeza decirle eso it was tactless of you to say that to him;

es una falta de educación it's bad manners;

es una falta de respeto it shows a lack of respect;

¡qué o [m5] vaya falta de seriedad! it's disgraceful!;

a falta de in the absence of;

a falta de un sitio mejor, podríamos ir a la playa in the absence of anywhere better, we could always go to the beach;

echar en falta algo/a alguien [notar la ausencia de] to notice that sth/sb is missing;
[echar de menos] to miss sth/sb;
no fuimos de vacaciones por falta de dinero we didn't go on holiday because we didn't have enough money;

si no voy contigo no es por falta de ganas if I don't go with you, it isn't because I don't want to;

sin falta without fail;

hemos de entregar este proyecto el lunes sin falta this project has to be handed in on Monday without fail;

Comp

a falta de pan, buenas son tortas: no es lo ideal, pero a falta de pan, buenas son tortas it's not ideal, but it will have to do for want of anything better

2.
hacer falta [ser necesario] to be necessary;

me hace falta suerte I need some luck;

me haces mucha falta I really need you;

si hiciera falta, llámanos if necessary, call us;

¡hace falta ser caradura!, ¡volver a pedirme dinero! what a nerve, asking me for money again!;

espero que lo traten con disciplina, que buena falta le hace I hope they are strict with him, he certainly needs it o it's high time someone was;

no va a venir, ni falta que hace she isn't coming, not that anyone cares

3. [no asistencia] absence;

me han puesto dos faltas este mes I was marked absent twice this month

Comp
falta de asistencia absence
4. [imperfección] fault;
[defecto de fábrica] defect, flaw;
sacarle faltas a algo/alguien to find fault with sth/sb

5. [infracción] misdemeanour, offence;
[incumplimiento] breach; [error] mistake;
una falta contra la disciplina a breach of discipline;

falta grave/leve serious/minor misdemeanour o offence;

he tenido tres faltas en el dictado I made three mistakes in my dictation

Comp
falta de ortografía spelling mistake; Com falta de pago non-payment
6. Dep [infracción] foul;
[en tenis] fault;
cometer o [m5] hacer una falta to commit a foul;

cometer o [m5] hacer una falta a alguien to foul sb;

señalar una falta to give o award a free kick

Comp
falta antideportiva [en baloncesto] unsportsmanlike foul;
falta libre directa direct free kick offence;

falta libre indirecta indirect free kick offence;

falta personal [en baloncesto] personal foul;

falta de pie [en tenis] foot fault;

falta de saque [en tenis] service fault;

falta técnica [en baloncesto] technical foul

7. Dep [tiro libre] free kick;

marcar de falta to score from a free kick;

lanzar o [m5] sacar una falta to take a free kick

Comp
falta libre directa direct free kick;
falta libre indirecta indirect free kick

8. [en la menstruación] missed period;

ha tenido ya dos faltas she has missed two periods

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falta

f

1 ( escasez) lack, want;

falta de lack of, shortage of;

a o

por falta de due to o for lack of;

por falta de tiempo due to o for o

through lack of time;

por falta de capital for lack of capital

2 ( error) mistake;

sin faltas perfect

3 ( ausencia) absence;

echar en falta a alguien miss s.o.

4 en tenis fault; en fútbol, baloncesto foul;

hacer una falta en fútbol commit a foul, foul;

hacerle falta a alguien foul s.o.;

doble falta en tenis double fault;

cometer doble falta double-fault

5 DEP ( tiro libre) free kick;

lanzar una falta take a free kick;

marcar de falta score from a free kick;

pitar falta blow one’s whistle for a free kick

6

:

hacer falta be necessary;

buena falta le hace it’s about time;

no me hace falta I don’t need it;

ni falta que hace he/it won’t be missed, he’s/it’s no great loss

7

:

sin falta without fail

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falta nf

1) carencia: lack

hacer falta: to be lacking, to be needed

2) defecto: defect, fault, error

3) : offense, misdemeanor

4) : foul (in basketball), fault (in tennis)

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falta n

1. (carencia, escasez) lack / shortage

hubo falta de alimentos there was a shortage of food

2. (ausencia) absence

la profesora le puso una falta the teacher marked him down as absent

3. (error) mistake

una falta de ortografía a spelling mistake

4. (acción censurable) offence

fue una falta de respeto it was very rude of you

5. (en fútbol, baloncesto) foul

cometió una falta he committed a foul

6. (en tenis) fault

echar en falta to miss

echaba en falta a su familia he missed his family

eché en falta varios libros I realized some of my books were missing

hacer falta to need

no hace falta que vengas you don't need to come / there's no need for you to come

te hace falta un bolígrafo rojo you need a red pen

sin falta without fail

Spanish-English dictionary > falta
69 interés1

¹ = appeal, appetite, concern, focus, involvement, interest, knowledge interest, piquancy, penchant, pursuit, topicality.

Ex. Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex. We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.

Ex. The use of agents is necessary but not ideal, because an agent often represents rival concerns, and aims for a quick turnover rather than long-term profitability.

Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.

Ex. Clearly, anyone having any dealings at all with the CAP needs a general understanding of how the system works, at a level which is appropriate to their involvement.

Ex. An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.

Ex. Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.

Ex. Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.

Ex. Our penchant to organize is perhaps as close to a biological imperative as any form of human behavior is likely to come.

Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex. This year, the event is gaining topicality because of the EU enlargement.

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* actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotec = library advocacy.

* adaptarse a un interés = accommodate + interest.

* ámbito de interés = sphere of interest.

* ampliar el interés = broaden + interest.

* aprovecharse del interés general por Algo = exploit + appeal.

* área de interés = field of interest.

* atraer el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, draw + interest.

* atraer el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.

* caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.

* campo de interés = sphere of interest.

* captar el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest.

* captar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* coincidir con los intereses de uno = match + interests.

* combinar intereses = bridge + interests.

* conflicto de intereses = conflict of interest(s), competing interests.

* con intereses ocultos = agenda-laden.

* con intereses propios = self-interested.

* conjunto de intereses = set of interests.

* Consejo Internacional de Museos y Lugares de Interés (ICOMS) = International Council of Museums and Sites (ICOMOS).

* constatar el interés = gauge + interest.

* con un interés en = with a stake in.

* crear interés = build + interest.

* dar interés = spice up, add + spice.

* debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.

* defender los intereses = defend + interests, lobby for + interests.

* defender los intereses de = go to + bat for, bat for.

* defensa de intereses = lobbying.

* defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.

* defensor de los intereses del ciudadano = watchdog.

* de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.

* de intereses similares = of like interest.

* de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.

* de interés humano = human interest.

* de interés periodístico = newsworthy.

* despertar el interés = provoke + interest, stimulate + interest, stir + interest, whet + the appetite, heighten + interest, rouse + interest, capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, work up + an interest, pique + interest.

* despertar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* despertar interés = arouse + interest, attract + interest, raise + interest, spark + interest.

* despertar interés por = kindle + interest in.

* destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.

* dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.

* el interés público = the public interest.

* en interés de = in the interest(s) of.

* esperar con interés (+ Infinitivo), = look forward to (+ Gerundio).

* estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.

* estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.

* expresión de interés = application.

* falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.

* foco de interés = focus of interest, focus of concern, focus of attention.

* fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest, foster + interest.

* fomentar interés = build + interest.

* generar interés = generate + interest.

* grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* guiado por intereses propios = interest-determined.

* hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.

* institución de interés histórico = heritage institution.

* institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* interés + centrarse en = interest + lie with.

* interés comercial = business interest, commercial interest.

* interés común = shared interest.

* interés creado = vested interest.

* interés + decaer = interest + flag.

* interés económico = economic interest.

* intereses = breadth of interests.

* intereses comerciales = market forces, marketplace forces.

* intereses comunes = common ground, community of interest.

* intereses contrapuestos = conflicting interests.

* intereses cotidianos = life interests.

* intereses de lectura = reading interests.

* intereses encontrados = competing interests.

* intereses ocultos = hidden agenda.

* interés general = public interest.

* interés pasajero = passing interest.

* interés periodístico = newsworthiness.

* interés personal = vested interest, self-interest, axe + to grind, personal interest.

* interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.

* interés por los libros = awareness of books.

* interés público = public interest.

* interés renovado = renewed interest.

* ir en detrimento de los intereses = prejudice + interests.

* lleno de interés = solicitously.

* lugar de interés = attraction, sight.

* lugares de interés = sights.

* mantener el interés = hold + the interest.

* mantener un interés = pursue + interest.

* material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.

* máximo interés = maximum interest.

* mostrar interés = mark + interest.

* mostrar interés en = show + interest in.

* mostrar interés por = express + interest in.

* motivado por intereses propios = interest-based.

* mucho interés = keen interest.

* muestra de interés = expression of interest.

* no tener ningún interés = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* noticias diarias de interés = daily news alerts.

* objeto de interés = object of interest.

* ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* perder el interés = pall.

* perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.

* perfil de interés = subject interest.

* perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.

* perjudicar los intereses = prejudice + interests.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* profundizar el interés = deepen + interest.

* promover un interés = promote + interest.

* proyección de cuestiones de interés = issues management.

* punto de interés = point of interest.

* quitar el interés = take + the shine off things.

* renovado interés = upsurge.

* resumen de interés = highlight abstract.

* reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.

* según los intereses personales de cada uno = interest-based.

* ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).

* servir los intereses = serve + interests.

* sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.

* sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.

* tarea falta de interés = chore.

* tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* temas de interés particular = particular concerns.

* tenemos intereses en ambas partes = our feet are in both worlds.

* tener intereses en juego = have + invested.

* tener interés por = have + an interest in.

* tener interés por = be interested in.

* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.

* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.

* tener un interés muy personal en = have + a stake in, hold + a stake in.

* tomarse interés por = take + an interest in.

Spanish-English dictionary > interés1
70 sanitario2

² = sanitary, clinical.

Ex. They constructed many miles of sewer and can be seen as the true instigators of the 19th c. sanitary revolution.

Ex. Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.

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* advertencia sanitaria = health warning.

* antención sanitaria primaria = primary care.

* asistencia sanitaria = medical care, health care system, medical aid, medical assistance.

* ingeniería sanitaria = sanitary engineering.

* personal sanitario = clinical staff.

* profesión sanitaria = medical profession, health profession.

* servicio sanitario = health service.

* sistema de asistencia sanitaria = health care system.

* técnologo de la información sanitaria = informatician.

Spanish-English dictionary > sanitario2
71 tipo1

¹ = category, class, degree, form, kind, nature, sort, type, ilk, stripe.

Ex. For some categories of materials it can be difficult to distinguish publishers from distributors and/or producers.

Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.

Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

Ex. It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex. Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.

Ex. Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.

Ex. Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.

Ex. There are a number of types of abstracts or labels that can be applied to abstracts.

Ex. Perhaps she would be well advised to read that book and others of its ilk to see if she could learn something about surviving in the corporate world.

Ex. The field of computational linguistics is exciting insomuch as it permits linguists of different stripes to model language behaviour.

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* algún tipo de = some, some sort of.

* algún tipo de + Nombre = one kind of + Nombre + or another.

* almuerzo tipo bufé = lunch buffet, buffet lunch.

* asociación de compradores de un tipo de productos = consumers union.

* con todo tipo de comodidades = with all mods and cons.

* con todo tipo de lujos = with all mods and cons.

* contra todo (tipo) de riesgo = against all risks.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* del mismo tipo que las oficinas = office-type.

* de tipo general = broad scoped.

* de tipo medio = middle-range.

* de todos los tipos = of all stripes.

* de todo tipo = of all sorts, of every sort, of all stripes, of all shapes and sizes.

* de un tipo u otro = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another, of some description.

* de varios tipos = multitype [multi-type].

* diabetes del tipo 2 = type 2 diabetes.

* el tipo de = the range of.

* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.

* este tipo de = such.

* este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.

* examen tipo test = multiple choice test.

* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.

* gente de todo tipo = people from all walks of life.

* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* haber de muy diversos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* identidad clase-tipo = type-token identity.

* índice permutado del tipo KWIC = KWICed index.

* mismo tipo de = same range of.

* necesitar tomar cierto tipo de decisiones = require + judgement.

* Nombre + de este tipo = such + Nombre.

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* pregunta tipo test = multiple choice question.

* que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].

* recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* reducción de los tipos de interés = interest-rate cut.

* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.

* relación clase-tipo = type-token ratio.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).

* sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.

* subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.

* tipo de cambio = exchange rate, rate of exchange.

* tipo de cuidado = nasty piece of work.

* tipo de gravamen = tax rate.

* tipo de gravamen marginal = marginal tax rate.

* tipo de impuestos = band of taxation.

* tipo de interés = interest rate.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tipo de interés preferente = base rate, prime rate.

* tipo de persona = public.

* tipo de resumen = abstracting format.

* tipo de servicio = style of service.

* tipo fiscal = tax rate.

* tipo fiscal marginal = marginal tax rate.

* tipo impositivo = income tax bracket, tax rate, tax bracket.

* tipo impositivo marginal = marginal tax rate.

* tipo noticias = news-type.

* tipo preferencial = preferential rate.

* tipo preferente = preferential rate.

* tipo publicitario = display type.

* tipos como = the likes of.

* tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.

* tipos reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut.

* tipo televisor = television-type.

* todo tipo de = all sorts of, all manner of.

* todo tipo de gustos = all shades of opinion.

* un tipo de = a kind of.

* variación de los tipos de cambio = exchange rate change.

* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.

Spanish-English dictionary > tipo1
72 técnico2

= technical, under-the-hood.

Ex. Some subjects have both common and technical names, and the different names must be recognised, and reflected in the index in accordance with the audience for whom the index is intended.

Ex. As a Web user, you aren't likely to see the scheme in action on your screen because it's an under-the-hood way of communicating the identity of an information asset to a Web application.

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* alfabetización técnica = technical literacy, technical literacy.

* apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.

* asesoramiento técnico = technical advice.

* asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.

* asesor técnico en construcción de bibliot = library building consultant.

* asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.

* asistencia técnica = technical assistance.

* aspecto técnico = technical aspect.

* avance técnico = technical advance.

* bibliotecario de servicios técnicos = technical services librarian.

* biblioteca técnica = technical library.

* características técnicas = technical specification, technical features, technical data.

* conocimiento técnico = know-how, technical knowledge.

* cuestión técnica = technical issue.

* demostración técnica = technical presentation.

* departamento de procesos técnicos = processing department.

* desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.

* desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.

* dibujo técnico = architectural rendering, engineering drawing, technical drawing.

* dificultad técnica = technical difficulty.

* diseño técnico = technical design.

* documentación técnica = technical documentation.

* documento técnico = technical document.

* económico-técnico = economic-technical.

* experto técnico = technical expert.

* hoja técnica = bluesheet, fact sheet.

* información científica y técnica = scientific and technical information (STI).

* información técnica = technical information.

* informe técnico = technical report.

* manual técnico = technical book.

* no técnico = non-technical.

* pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.

* personal técnico = technical staff.

* personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.

* personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.

* presentación técnica = technical presentation.

* problema técnico = technical difficulty, technical problem.

* proceso técnico = technical process.

* proceso técnico del libro = book preparation, book processing.

* secretaría técnica del congreso = conference secretariat.

* servicio técnico = technical service.

* suministrar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.

* técnicas documentales = documentation techniques.

* validez técnica = technical soundness, technical validity.

Spanish-English dictionary > técnico2
73 interés

m.

1 interest, concernment, regard, interestedness.

2 interest, yield.

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interés

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) interest; (propio) self-interest

■ ha mostrado mucho interés por el piso he has shown great interest in the flat

■ lo hace sólo por interés he's only doing it for what he can get out of it

■ cuando crezcas verás que era por tu interés when you're older you'll realize it was for your own good

2 FINANZAS interest

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de gran interés very interesting

ir en interés de to be in the interests of

poner interés en algo to take an interest in something, put effort into something

■ debes poner más interés en tu trabajo you should take more interest in your work

tener interés en to be interested in

interés compuesto compound interest

interés simple simple interest

intereses creados vested interests

* * *

noun m.

interest

* * *

SM

1) (=valor) interest

una cuestión de interés general — a question of general interest

un edificio de interés histórico — a building of historic interest

ese asunto no tiene interés para nosotros — this matter is of no interest to us

2) (=curiosidad) interest

el tema despertó o suscitó el interés del público — the topic aroused public interest

ha seguido con gran interés la campaña electoral — he has followed the electoral campaign with great interest

• esperar algo con interés — to await sth with interest

• mostrar interés en o por algo — to show (an) interest in sth

• poner interés en algo — to take an interest in sth

puse verdadero interés en aprender inglés — I took a real interest in learning English

• sentir o tener interés por algo — to be interested in sth

si tienes interés por el piso, todavía está a la venta — if you're interested in the flat, it's still for sale

siento auténtico interés por los idiomas — I have a real interest o I am really interested in languages

sentir o tener interés por hacer algo — to be interested in doing sth

3) (=beneficio)

a) [de persona, país] interest

no deberías dejarte llevar por el interés — you shouldn't let yourself be swayed by personal interest

¿qué interés tienes tú en que pierdan el partido? — what's your interest in their losing the match?

te lo digo por tu propio interés — I'm telling you for your own benefit o in your own interest

en interés del país ha renunciado a la reelección — in the interest(s) of the country he is not standing for re-election

b) (Econ) interest

un préstamo a o con un interés del 9 por ciento — a loan at 9 per cent interest

los intereses de mi cuenta — the interest on my account

• dar interés — [capital, inversión] to yield interest; [banco, cuenta] to pay interest

mi capital me da un interés del 5,3 por ciento — my capital yields an interest of 5.3 per cent

• devengar interés — to accrue interest, earn interest

• tasa LAm o tipo de interés — interest rate

intereses acumulados — accrued interest sing

interés compuesto — compound interest

interés controlador — controlling interest

interés devengado — accrued interest, earned interest

intereses por cobrar — interest receivable sing

intereses por pagar — interest payable sing

interés simple — simple interest

4) pl intereses

a) (Com) interests

hay intereses económicos por medio — there are financial interests involved

tengo que defender mis intereses — I have to look after my own interests

los intereses españoles en África — Spanish interests in Africa

• un conflicto de intereses — a conflict of interests

• tener intereses en algo — to have interests o a stake in sth

tiene intereses en varias compañías extranjeras — he has interests o a stake in several foreign companies

b) (=aficiones) interests

¿qué intereses tienes? — what are your interests?

fomentar los intereses de algn — to foster sb's interest in sth

intereses creados — vested interests

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masculino

1)

a) (importancia, valor) interest

de interés turístico — of interest to tourists

un tema de interés humano — a human interest story

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

b) ( actitud) interest

despertó el interés de todos — it aroused everyone's interest

con gran interés — with great interest

interés en algo — interest in something

pon más interés en tus estudios — take more interest in your schoolwork

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

tienen gran interés en verlo — they are very interested in seeing it

c) (afición, inquietud) interest

2)

a) (conveniencia, beneficio) interest

por tu propio interés — in your own interest, for your own good

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

b) intereses masculino plural ( objetivos) interests (pl)

conflicto de intereses — conflict of interests

c) intereses masculino plural (bienes, capital)

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

administro sus intereses — I look after her investments

- interés público

- intereses creados/privados

3) (Fin) interest

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

ganar intereses — to earn interest

tipo de interés — rate of interest

•

- interés compuesto/simple

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (importancia, valor) interest

de interés turístico — of interest to tourists

un tema de interés humano — a human interest story

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

b) ( actitud) interest

despertó el interés de todos — it aroused everyone's interest

con gran interés — with great interest

interés en algo — interest in something

pon más interés en tus estudios — take more interest in your schoolwork

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

tienen gran interés en verlo — they are very interested in seeing it

c) (afición, inquietud) interest

2)

a) (conveniencia, beneficio) interest

por tu propio interés — in your own interest, for your own good

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

b) intereses masculino plural ( objetivos) interests (pl)

conflicto de intereses — conflict of interests

c) intereses masculino plural (bienes, capital)

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

administro sus intereses — I look after her investments

- interés público

- intereses creados/privados

3) (Fin) interest

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

ganar intereses — to earn interest

tipo de interés — rate of interest

•

- interés compuesto/simple

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interés¹

¹ = appeal, appetite, concern, focus, involvement, interest, knowledge interest, piquancy, penchant, pursuit, topicality.

Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex: We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.

Ex: The use of agents is necessary but not ideal, because an agent often represents rival concerns, and aims for a quick turnover rather than long-term profitability.

Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.

Ex: Clearly, anyone having any dealings at all with the CAP needs a general understanding of how the system works, at a level which is appropriate to their involvement.

Ex: An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.

Ex: Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.

Ex: Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.

Ex: Our penchant to organize is perhaps as close to a biological imperative as any form of human behavior is likely to come.

Ex: What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex: This year, the event is gaining topicality because of the EU enlargement.

* actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotec = library advocacy.

* adaptarse a un interés = accommodate + interest.

* ámbito de interés = sphere of interest.

* ampliar el interés = broaden + interest.

* aprovecharse del interés general por Algo = exploit + appeal.

* área de interés = field of interest.

* atraer el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, draw + interest.

* atraer el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.

* caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.

* campo de interés = sphere of interest.

* captar el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest.

* captar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* coincidir con los intereses de uno = match + interests.

* combinar intereses = bridge + interests.

* conflicto de intereses = conflict of interest(s), competing interests.

* con intereses ocultos = agenda-laden.

* con intereses propios = self-interested.

* conjunto de intereses = set of interests.

* Consejo Internacional de Museos y Lugares de Interés (ICOMS) = International Council of Museums and Sites (ICOMOS).

* constatar el interés = gauge + interest.

* con un interés en = with a stake in.

* crear interés = build + interest.

* dar interés = spice up, add + spice.

* debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.

* defender los intereses = defend + interests, lobby for + interests.

* defender los intereses de = go to + bat for, bat for.

* defensa de intereses = lobbying.

* defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.

* defensor de los intereses del ciudadano = watchdog.

* de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.

* de intereses similares = of like interest.

* de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.

* de interés humano = human interest.

* de interés periodístico = newsworthy.

* despertar el interés = provoke + interest, stimulate + interest, stir + interest, whet + the appetite, heighten + interest, rouse + interest, capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, work up + an interest, pique + interest.

* despertar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.

* despertar interés = arouse + interest, attract + interest, raise + interest, spark + interest.

* despertar interés por = kindle + interest in.

* destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.

* dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.

* el interés público = the public interest.

* en interés de = in the interest(s) of.

* esperar con interés (+ Infinitivo), = look forward to (+ Gerundio).

* estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.

* estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.

* expresión de interés = application.

* falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.

* foco de interés = focus of interest, focus of concern, focus of attention.

* fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest, foster + interest.

* fomentar interés = build + interest.

* generar interés = generate + interest.

* grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* guiado por intereses propios = interest-determined.

* hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.

* institución de interés histórico = heritage institution.

* institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* interés + centrarse en = interest + lie with.

* interés comercial = business interest, commercial interest.

* interés común = shared interest.

* interés creado = vested interest.

* interés + decaer = interest + flag.

* interés económico = economic interest.

* intereses = breadth of interests.

* intereses comerciales = market forces, marketplace forces.

* intereses comunes = common ground, community of interest.

* intereses contrapuestos = conflicting interests.

* intereses cotidianos = life interests.

* intereses de lectura = reading interests.

* intereses encontrados = competing interests.

* intereses ocultos = hidden agenda.

* interés general = public interest.

* interés pasajero = passing interest.

* interés periodístico = newsworthiness.

* interés personal = vested interest, self-interest, axe + to grind, personal interest.

* interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.

* interés por los libros = awareness of books.

* interés público = public interest.

* interés renovado = renewed interest.

* ir en detrimento de los intereses = prejudice + interests.

* lleno de interés = solicitously.

* lugar de interés = attraction, sight.

* lugares de interés = sights.

* mantener el interés = hold + the interest.

* mantener un interés = pursue + interest.

* material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.

* máximo interés = maximum interest.

* mostrar interés = mark + interest.

* mostrar interés en = show + interest in.

* mostrar interés por = express + interest in.

* motivado por intereses propios = interest-based.

* mucho interés = keen interest.

* muestra de interés = expression of interest.

* no tener ningún interés = can't/couldn't be bothered.

* noticias diarias de interés = daily news alerts.

* objeto de interés = object of interest.

* ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* perder el interés = pall.

* perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.

* perfil de interés = subject interest.

* perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.

* perjudicar los intereses = prejudice + interests.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* profundizar el interés = deepen + interest.

* promover un interés = promote + interest.

* proyección de cuestiones de interés = issues management.

* punto de interés = point of interest.

* quitar el interés = take + the shine off things.

* renovado interés = upsurge.

* resumen de interés = highlight abstract.

* reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.

* según los intereses personales de cada uno = interest-based.

* ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).

* servir los intereses = serve + interests.

* sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.

* sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.

* tarea falta de interés = chore.

* tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* temas de interés particular = particular concerns.

* tenemos intereses en ambas partes = our feet are in both worlds.

* tener intereses en juego = have + invested.

* tener interés por = have + an interest in.

* tener interés por = be interested in.

* tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.

* tener mucho interés por = be keen to.

* tener un interés muy personal en = have + a stake in, hold + a stake in.

* tomarse interés por = take + an interest in.

interés²

² = interest, rate, interest charge.

Ex: Repayments is normally by equal half-yearly payments of capital and interest after a moratorium on capital repayments of up to five years, depending on project completion date.

Ex: The EIB is able to borrow money at the best possible rates, and as it is non-profit making it is able to offer loans at advantageous terms.

Ex: And, most importantly, even if a company makes a loss, it still has to pay its interest charges.

* interés bancario = interest rate.

* interés compuesto = compound interest.

* intereses del capital = capital charges.

* interés fijo = fixed interest.

* interés simple = simple interest.

* pago de los intereses = interest payment.

* recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tipo de interés preferente = base rate, prime rate.

* * *

interés

masculine

A

1 (importancia, valor) interest

de interés turístico of interest to tourists

un tema de interés humano a human interest story

un descubrimiento de enorme interés científico a discovery of enormous scientific significance o importance

una anécdota sin ningún interés an anecdote of little or no interest

2 (actitud) interest

el anuncio despertó or suscitó el interés de todos the advertisement aroused everyone's interest

con gran interés with great interest

interés EN algo interest IN sth

pon más interés en tus estudios take more interest in your schoolwork

tengo especial interés en que esto se resuelva pronto I am particularly concerned o keen that this should be resolved quickly

tienen gran interés en probarlo they are very interested in testing it

3 (afición, inquietud) interest

la fotografía se cuenta entre sus muchos intereses photography is one of her many interests

B

1 (conveniencia, beneficio) interest

por tu propio interés in your own interest, for your own good o benefit

las mejoras van en interés de todos the improvements are in everyone's interest

actúa sólo por interés he acts purely out of self-interest o in his own interest

2 intereses mpl (objetivos) interests (pl)

había un conflicto de intereses there was a conflict of interests

3 intereses mpl

(bienes, capital): tiene intereses en varias empresas he has a stake o an interest in several companies

un contable administra sus intereses an accountant looks after her investments

Compuestos:

● intereses creados

mpl vested interests (pl)

● intereses privados

mpl private interests (pl)

● interés público

masculine:

el interés público the public interest

C ( Fin) interest

un préstamo a or con un interés del 12% a loan at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

pagan unos intereses muy altos or un interés muy alto they pay very high interest o very high rates of interest

devengar or ganar intereses to earn interest

tipo de interés rate of interest

Compuestos:

● interés compuesto

compound interest

● interés simple

simple interest

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interés sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) interest;
◊ de interés turístico of interest to tourists;

pon más interés en tus estudios take more interest in your schoolwork;
tengo especial interés en que … I am particularly concerned o keen that …;
tienen gran interés en verlo they are very interested in seeing it;
por tu propio interés in your own interest, for your own good;
actúa solo por interés he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest;
conflicto de intereses conflict of interests
2 (Fin) interest;
a or con un interés del 12% at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%;
◊ ganar intereses to earn interest;

tipo de interés rate of interest
interés sustantivo masculino
1 (curiosidad) interest: tienes que poner más interés en ello, you must take more interest in it
tengo interés en/por viajar a Perú, I'm interested in travelling to Peru
2 (importancia) esta película carece de interés, this movie lacks interest
no ha sucedido nada de interés, nothing interesting has happened
3 (provecho personal) self-interest: te llama solo por interés, he phones you out of self-interest
(provecho, bien) in the interest of: lo haré en interés tuyo, I shall do it for your own good
en interés de la ciencia, for the sake of science
4 Fin interest
con un interés del 15%, at an interest rate of 15%
tipos de interés, interest rates
♦ Locuciones: perder el interés, to lose interest
con intereses, (con creces, más de lo que se recibió) with interest
' interés' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amorfa
- amorfo
- candente
- captar
- carente
- comodidad
- común
- conveniencia
- dar
- decir
- deducirse
- desgana
- desganada
- desganado
- despertarse
- desvivirse
- devengar
- entregarse
- flojedad
- hinchar
- hipotecaria
- hipotecario
- importar
- inquietud
- interesar
- interesada
- interesado
- lengua
- llamar
- menguante
- morbosa
- morboso
- pasar
- polarizar
- revelar
- solicitud
- tinta
- tipo
- ver
- abusivo
- acaparar
- anecdótico
- anual
- aparentar
- aparente
- apreciar
- atractivo
- atraer
- auténtico
- baja
English:
accrue
- active
- ax
- axe
- bear
- benefit
- capture
- conflicting
- deep
- demolish
- develop
- fire
- flag
- flat
- fluctuate
- foster
- interest
- interest rate
- keen
- keenly
- lack
- lending
- LIBOR
- pall
- pay
- prime rate
- really
- reduction
- revive
- rising
- self-interest
- send down
- show
- sight
- simple interest
- stake
- stimulate
- sustain
- vested
- wane
- yield
- bank
- concern
- fixed
- memorabilia
- pique
- purpose
- rate
- revival
- secondary

* * *

interés (pl intereses) nm

1. [utilidad, valor] interest;

de interés interesting;

un descubrimiento de gran interés para los enfermos de sida a discovery of great signifiance to people with AIDS;

una construcción de interés histórico a building of historical interest

2. [curiosidad] interest;

un tema de interés común a subject of interest to everyone;

el hallazgo ha despertado el interés de los científicos the discovery has aroused scientists' interest;

tener interés en o [m5] por to be interested in;

tengo interés por recorrer el centro de la ciudad I'm interested in doing a tour of the town centre;

sigo con interés la polémica I'm following the debate with interest

3. [esfuerzo] interest;

trabajó con mucho interés en el proyecto she was an enthusiastic worker on the project;

poner interés en algo to take a real interest in sth;

tienes que poner más interés en los estudios you must show a bit more interest in your schoolwork

4. [conveniencia, provecho] interest;

una obra de interés general o [m5] público a construction project that is in everyone's o the public interest;

hacer algo por el interés de alguien, hacer algo en interés de alguien to do sth in sb's interest;

tengo interés en que venga pronto it's in my interest that he should come soon;

a todos nos mueve un interés común we are all motivated by a common interest

5. [egoísmo] self-interest, selfishness;

por interés out of selfishness;

casarse por (el) interés to marry for money

Comp
intereses creados vested interests
6.
intereses [aficiones] interests;

entre sus intereses se cuentan el golf y la vela his interests include golf and sailing

7.
intereses [económicos] interests;

los intereses españoles en Latinoamérica Spanish interests in Latin America;

tiene intereses en una empresa del sector he has interests o a stake in a company in that sector;

su hermana administra sus intereses her sister looks after her financial interests

8. Fin interest;

un préstamo con un interés del 5 por ciento a loan at 5 percent interest;

interés a corto/largo plazo short-/long-term interest;

tipo o [m5] tasa de interés interest rate

Comp
interés acumulable cumulative interest;
interés compuesto compound interest;

intereses de demora penalty interest [for late payment];

interés devengado accrued o earned interest;

interés interbancario interbank deposit rate;

interés de mora penalty interest [for late payment];

interés preferencial preferential interest rate;

interés simple simple interest;

intereses vencidos interest due

* * *

interés

m

1 interest

2 COM interest;

sin interés interest free

3 desp

self-interest

4

:

intereses pl ( bienes) interests

* * *

interés nm, pl - reses : interest

* * *

interés n interest

pone mucho interés en el trabajo he takes a great deal of interest in his work

es un tema de gran interés it's a very interesting subject

en esta cuenta obtendrás un interés del 5% you'll get 5% interest from this account

tener interés en algo to be interested in something

tener interés en/por hacer algo to be keen to do something

tiene mucho interés en conocerte he's very keen to meet you

Spanish-English dictionary > interés
74 sanitario

adj.

1 sanitary, clean.

2 sanitarian.

m.

1 rest room.

2 physician extender.

* * *

sanitario

► adjetivo

1 sanitary, health

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 health officer

► nombre masculino sanitario

1 toilet

► nombre masculino plural sanitarios

1 bathroom fittings

————————

sanitario

► nombre masculino

1 toilet

► nombre masculino plural

* * *
sanitario, -a
1.

ADJ [condiciones] sanitary; [centro, medidas] health antes de s

política sanitaria — health policy

control sanitario — public health inspection

asistencia sanitaria — medical attention

2.

pl sanitarios
SMPL (=aparatos de baño) sanitary ware sing, bathroom fittings; Méx (=wáter) toilet sing, washroom sing (EEUU)
3.

SM / F (Med) stretcher bearer

* * *
I
- ria adjetivo < medidas> public health (before n)

condiciones sanitarias — sanitary conditions

servicios sanitarios — sanitation

asistencia sanitaria — health-care
II
- ria masculino, femenino

1) ( persona) health worker

2) sanitario masculino (Col, Méx, Ven) ( retrete) toilet, lavatory

3) sanitarios masculino plural ( para cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)

* * *
I
- ria adjetivo < medidas> public health (before n)

condiciones sanitarias — sanitary conditions

servicios sanitarios — sanitation

asistencia sanitaria — health-care
II
- ria masculino, femenino

1) ( persona) health worker

2) sanitario masculino (Col, Méx, Ven) ( retrete) toilet, lavatory

3) sanitarios masculino plural ( para cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)

* * *

sanitario¹

¹ = corpsman [corpsmen, -pl.].

Ex: This is a video material to teach corpsmen response procedures for each of seven emergency medical conditions: angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetic coma, insulin shock, and epileptic seizure.

sanitario²

² = sanitary, clinical.

Ex: They constructed many miles of sewer and can be seen as the true instigators of the 19th c. sanitary revolution.

Ex: Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.

* advertencia sanitaria = health warning.

* antención sanitaria primaria = primary care.

* asistencia sanitaria = medical care, health care system, medical aid, medical assistance.

* ingeniería sanitaria = sanitary engineering.

* personal sanitario = clinical staff.

* profesión sanitaria = medical profession, health profession.

* servicio sanitario = health service.

* sistema de asistencia sanitaria = health care system.

* técnologo de la información sanitaria = informatician.

* * *

sanitario¹ - ria

adjective

‹medidas› public health ( before n)

control sanitario de alimentos health inspection

su política sanitaria their policy on health, their health policy

en el reglamento sanitario in the (public) health regulations

las condiciones sanitarias son pésimas sanitary conditions are deplorable

las viviendas carecen de servicios sanitarios the houses have no sanitation

el presupuesto para la asistencia sanitaria the health-care budget

sanitario² - ria

masculine, feminine

A (persona) health worker

B

sanitario masculine (Col, Méx, Ven) (retrete) toilet, lavatory

C sanitarios mpl (para el cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)

* * *

sanitario 1
◊ - ria adjetivo ‹ medidas› public health ( before n);

‹ condiciones› sanitary ( before n);
◊ servicios sanitarios sanitation;

asistencia sanitaria health-care
sanitario 2 sustantivo masculino
a) ( retrete) toilet, lavatory

b)

◊ sanitarios sustantivo masculino plural ( para cuarto de baño) bathroom fittings (pl)

sanitario,-a
I adjetivo
1 (de la sanidad) health (antes de sustantivos); asistencia sanitaria, medical care
2 (instalaciones) ese lugar no reunía las condiciones sanitarias mínimas, that place didn't meet the basic sanitary conditions
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (persona) paramedic, health worker
2 sanitarios, bathroom fittings
' sanitario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ATS
- bata
- dotación
- sanitaria
English:
sanitary
- health
- institution

* * *

sanitario, -a

♦ adj

health;

política sanitaria health policy;

personal sanitario health workers;

reforma sanitaria reform of the health care system

♦ nm,f

1. [auxiliar] health (care) worker;

un sanitario de la Cruz Roja a Red Cross worker

2. RP [plomero] plumber

♦ nm

1. [retrete] toilet, US bathroom

2.
sanitarios [bañera, lavabo, retrete] bathroom furniture

* * *

sanitario

I adj (public) health atr

II m, sanitaria f Rpl

plumber

* * *

sanitario, - ria adj

1) : sanitary

2) : health

centro sanitario: health center

sanitario, - ria n

: sanitation worker

sanitario nm, Col, Mex, Ven : toilet

los sanitarios: the toilets, the restroom

Spanish-English dictionary > sanitario
75 técnico

adj.

1 technical, expert.

2 technical.

m.

1 technician, technicist, technical expert.

2 repairperson, repairman.

* * *

técnico

► adjetivo

1 technical

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 technician, technical expert

* * *
1. (f. - técnica)
adj.

technical
2. (f. - técnica)
noun

technician, engineer

* * *
técnico, -a
1.

ADJ technical

2. SM / F

1) [en fábrica, laboratorio] technician

técnico/a de laboratorio — laboratory technician, lab technician *

técnico/a de mantenimiento — maintenance engineer

técnico/a de sonido — sound engineer, sound technician

técnico/a de televisión — television engineer, television repairman

técnico/a informático/a — computer programmer

2) (=experto) expert, specialist

es un técnico en la materia — he's an expert on the subject

3) (Dep) trainer, coach
técnica
* * *
I
- ca adjetivo technical
II
- ca masculino, femenino, técnico masculino y femenino

a) ( en fábrica) technician

b) (de lavadoras, etc) repairman (AmE), engineer (BrE)

c) (Dep) trainer, coach (AmE), manager (BrE)

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo technical
II
- ca masculino, femenino, técnico masculino y femenino

a) ( en fábrica) technician

b) (de lavadoras, etc) repairman (AmE), engineer (BrE)

c) (Dep) trainer, coach (AmE), manager (BrE)

* * *

técnico¹

¹ = technician, techie, tech, tech guy, technie.

Ex: They admitted that they did not evaluate their technicians and aides, and confirmed that increases were automatic and the same 'across-the-board'; superior performance was not rewarded, nor inferior performance punished.

Ex: The article 'CD-ROMs for techies' profiles CD-ROM based tools providing personal computer technical support.

Ex: Dell had me jumping through hoops for two and a half days to no avail and ultimately sent a human tech here to fix my system.

Ex: Our tech guys are currently working on a solution.

Ex: The information superhighway is more than just a technies' playground.

* técnico de audiovisuales = audiovisual technician.

* técnico de sonido = sound technician.

* técnico encargado del proceso de datos = data-processing professional.

* técnico informático = data-processing professional, computer technician.

técnico²

= technical, under-the-hood.

Ex: Some subjects have both common and technical names, and the different names must be recognised, and reflected in the index in accordance with the audience for whom the index is intended.

Ex: As a Web user, you aren't likely to see the scheme in action on your screen because it's an under-the-hood way of communicating the identity of an information asset to a Web application.

* alfabetización técnica = technical literacy, technical literacy.

* apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.

* asesoramiento técnico = technical advice.

* asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.

* asesor técnico en construcción de bibliot = library building consultant.

* asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.

* asistencia técnica = technical assistance.

* aspecto técnico = technical aspect.

* avance técnico = technical advance.

* bibliotecario de servicios técnicos = technical services librarian.

* biblioteca técnica = technical library.

* características técnicas = technical specification, technical features, technical data.

* conocimiento técnico = know-how, technical knowledge.

* cuestión técnica = technical issue.

* demostración técnica = technical presentation.

* departamento de procesos técnicos = processing department.

* desde un punto de vista estrictamente técnico = technically speaking.

* desde un punto de vista técnico = technically.

* dibujo técnico = architectural rendering, engineering drawing, technical drawing.

* dificultad técnica = technical difficulty.

* diseño técnico = technical design.

* documentación técnica = technical documentation.

* documento técnico = technical document.

* económico-técnico = economic-technical.

* experto técnico = technical expert.

* hoja técnica = bluesheet, fact sheet.

* información científica y técnica = scientific and technical information (STI).

* información técnica = technical information.

* informe técnico = technical report.

* manual técnico = technical book.

* no técnico = non-technical.

* pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.

* personal técnico = technical staff.

* personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.

* personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.

* presentación técnica = technical presentation.

* problema técnico = technical difficulty, technical problem.

* proceso técnico = technical process.

* proceso técnico del libro = book preparation, book processing.

* secretaría técnica del congreso = conference secretariat.

* servicio técnico = technical service.

* suministrar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.

* técnicas documentales = documentation techniques.

* validez técnica = technical soundness, technical validity.

* * *

técnico¹ -ca

adjective

technical

por razones técnicas for technical reasons

técnico² -ca

masculine, feminine

, técnico

masculine and feminine

1 (en una fábrica) technician

2 (de lavadoras, etc) repairman ( AmE), engineer ( BrE)

3 ( Dep) trainer, coach ( AmE), manager ( BrE)

Compuestos:

● técnico de grabación

recording engineer

● técnico de sonido

sound technician o engineer

* * *

técnico
◊ -ca adjetivo

technical
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) ( en fábrica) technician

b) (de lavadoras, etc) repairman (AmE), engineer (BrE)

c) (Dep) trainer, coach (AmE), manager (BrE)

técnico,-a
I adjetivo technical
un problema técnico, a technical hitch
II sustantivo masculino y femenino technician, technical expert
' técnico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ATS
- diccionario
- error
- fallo
- ingeniera
- ingeniero
- refrigeración
- técnica
- tecnicismo
- término
- taller
- vulgar
English:
advice
- electrical engineer
- repairman
- technical
- technical drawing
- technical hitch
- technicality
- technician
- work-to-rule
- coach
- engineer
- hitch
- manager
- professional
- quantity
- repairer
- repair
- technically

* * *

técnico, -a

♦ adj

1. [estudio, palabra, diccionario] technical;

hubo un problema técnico there was a technical hitch o problem

2. [persona] technically proficient, with a good technique;

es un futbolista muy técnico he's a very technical player

♦ nm,f

1. [mecánico] technician;

un técnico en iluminación a lighting technician;

vino el técnico a arreglar la lavadora the repairman came to fix the washing machine

Comp
técnico agrícola agronomist;
técnico electricista electrical engineer;

técnico de laboratorio laboratory o lab technician;

técnico de sonido sound technician

2. [entrenador] coach, Br manager

3. [experto] expert

* * *

técnico

I adj technical

II m/f

1 technician; de televisor, lavadora etc repairman;

técnico de sistemas INFOR systems technician

2 en fútbol coach, manager

* * *

técnico, -ca adj

: technical

♦ técnicamente adv

técnico, -ca n

: technician, expert, engineer

* * *

técnico¹ adj technical

el progreso técnico technical progress

técnico² n technician / engineer

el técnico lo reparó the engineer repaired it

Spanish-English dictionary > técnico
76 tipo

m.

1 guy, chap, fellow, character.

2 type, category, kind, class.

Un nuevo orden de dificultad A new kind of difficulty.

3 letter type, type.

* * *

tipo

► nombre masculino

1 (clase) type, kind

2 FINANZAS rate

3 ANATOMÍA (de hombre) build, physique; (de mujer) figure

4 familiar (persona) guy, fellow, bloke

5 (en impresión) type

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

aguantar el tipo figurado to keep cool, keep calm

dar el tipo figurado to fit a description, fit the bill

jugarse el tipo figurado to risk one's neck

tener buen tipo (hombre) to be well-built 2 (mujer) to have a good figure

todo tipo de all kind of, all kinds of

tipo bancario FINANZAS bank rate

tipo de cambio FINANZAS rate of exchange

tipo de descuento FINANZAS bank rate

tipo de interés FINANZAS rate of interest

tipo raro weirdo, oddball

* * *
1. noun m.
1) type

2) kind, sort

3) style

•

- tipo de interés
2. (f. - tipa)
noun

guy / gal

* * *
tipo, -a
1.

SM / F * (=individuo) (=hombre) guy *, bloke *; (=mujer) chick *, bird *, dame (EEUU) *

¿quién es ese tipo? — who's that guy o bloke? *

dos tipos sospechosos — two suspicious characters *
tipa
2. SM

1) (=clase) type, kind, sort

un coche de otro tipo pero del mismo precio — a different type o kind o sort of car but for the same price

un nuevo tipo de bicicleta — a new type of bicycle

no me gusta este tipo de fiestas — I don't like this kind of party

todo tipo de... — all sorts o kinds of...

tuvimos todo tipo de problemas — we had all sorts o kinds of problems

2) (Bot, Literat, Zool) type

3) (Com, Econ) rate

tipo a término — forward rate

tipo bancario, tipo base — base rate

tipo de cambio — exchange rate

tipo de descuento — discount rate

tipo de interés — interest rate

tipo impositivo — tax rate

4) (=figura, cuerpo) [de hombre] build; [de mujer] figure

tiene el tipo de su padre — he has his father's build

tener buen tipo — [hombre] to be well built; [mujer] to have a good figure

Nuria tiene un tipo horrible — Nuria has a terrible figure

- aguantar o mantener el tipo

- jugarse el tipo

5) (Tip) type

tipo de letra — typeface

tipo gótico — Gothic type

tipo menudo — small type

3. ADJ INV

1) (=similar a)

un sombrero tipo Bogart — a Bogart-style hat

una joven tipo Marilyn — a girl in the Marilyn mould

una foto tipo carné — a passport-size photo

un vehículo tipo jeep — a jeep-type vehicle

2) (=típico) average, typical

dos conductores tipo — two average o typical drivers

lengua tipo — standard language

* * *
I
- pa masculino, femenino (fam) (m) guy (colloq), bloke (BrE colloq); (f) woman
II
masculino

1) ( clase) kind, type, sort

todo tipo de plantas — all kinds of plants

no es mi tipo — he's not my type

2)

a) ( figura - de mujer) figure; (- de hombre) physique

jugarse el tipo — (Esp fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)

b) ( aspecto) appearance

una mujer de tipo distinguido — a distinguished-looking woman

dar el tipo — (Esp) to be the type

3) (Fin) rate

- tipo de cambio/interés

4) (Impr) type

5) (como adj inv) typical

una serie tipo `Dallas' — a `Dallas'-type series

6) (como adv) (CS fam) around, about

vénganse tipo cuatro — come around about four o'clock

* * *
I
- pa masculino, femenino (fam) (m) guy (colloq), bloke (BrE colloq); (f) woman
II
masculino

1) ( clase) kind, type, sort

todo tipo de plantas — all kinds of plants

no es mi tipo — he's not my type

2)

a) ( figura - de mujer) figure; (- de hombre) physique

jugarse el tipo — (Esp fam) to risk one's neck (colloq)

b) ( aspecto) appearance

una mujer de tipo distinguido — a distinguished-looking woman

dar el tipo — (Esp) to be the type

3) (Fin) rate

- tipo de cambio/interés

4) (Impr) type

5) (como adj inv) typical

una serie tipo `Dallas' — a `Dallas'-type series

6) (como adv) (CS fam) around, about

vénganse tipo cuatro — come around about four o'clock

* * *

tipo¹

¹ = category, class, degree, form, kind, nature, sort, type, ilk, stripe.

Ex: For some categories of materials it can be difficult to distinguish publishers from distributors and/or producers.

Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.

Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

Ex: It is under the chosen form of heading that the catalogue entry for a particular document is filed and hence located.

Ex: Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.

Ex: Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.

Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.

Ex: There are a number of types of abstracts or labels that can be applied to abstracts.

Ex: Perhaps she would be well advised to read that book and others of its ilk to see if she could learn something about surviving in the corporate world.

Ex: The field of computational linguistics is exciting insomuch as it permits linguists of different stripes to model language behaviour.

* algún tipo de = some, some sort of.

* algún tipo de + Nombre = one kind of + Nombre + or another.

* almuerzo tipo bufé = lunch buffet, buffet lunch.

* asociación de compradores de un tipo de productos = consumers union.

* con todo tipo de comodidades = with all mods and cons.

* con todo tipo de lujos = with all mods and cons.

* contra todo (tipo) de riesgo = against all risks.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* del mismo tipo que las oficinas = office-type.

* de tipo general = broad scoped.

* de tipo medio = middle-range.

* de todos los tipos = of all stripes.

* de todo tipo = of all sorts, of every sort, of all stripes, of all shapes and sizes.

* de un tipo u otro = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another, of some description.

* de varios tipos = multitype [multi-type].

* diabetes del tipo 2 = type 2 diabetes.

* el tipo de = the range of.

* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.

* este tipo de = such.

* este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.

* examen tipo test = multiple choice test.

* existen de muchos tipos = come in + many guises.

* gente de todo tipo = people from all walks of life.

* haber de muchos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* haber de muy diversos tipos = come in + all/many (sorts of) shapes and sizes.

* identidad clase-tipo = type-token identity.

* índice permutado del tipo KWIC = KWICed index.

* mismo tipo de = same range of.

* necesitar tomar cierto tipo de decisiones = require + judgement.

* Nombre + de este tipo = such + Nombre.

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* pregunta tipo test = multiple choice question.

* que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].

* recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* reducción de los tipos de interés = interest-rate cut.

* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.

* relación clase-tipo = type-token ratio.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind, differ in + kind (from).

* sin ningún tipo de restricciones = no holds barred.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.

* subida de los tipos de interés = rate increase, interest-rate increase.

* tipo de cambio = exchange rate, rate of exchange.

* tipo de cuidado = nasty piece of work.

* tipo de gravamen = tax rate.

* tipo de gravamen marginal = marginal tax rate.

* tipo de impuestos = band of taxation.

* tipo de interés = interest rate.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tipo de interés preferente = base rate, prime rate.

* tipo de persona = public.

* tipo de resumen = abstracting format.

* tipo de servicio = style of service.

* tipo fiscal = tax rate.

* tipo fiscal marginal = marginal tax rate.

* tipo impositivo = income tax bracket, tax rate, tax bracket.

* tipo impositivo marginal = marginal tax rate.

* tipo noticias = news-type.

* tipo preferencial = preferential rate.

* tipo preferente = preferential rate.

* tipo publicitario = display type.

* tipos como = the likes of.

* tipos de búsqueda = retrieval facilities, search facilities.

* tipos reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut.

* tipo televisor = television-type.

* todo tipo de = all sorts of, all manner of.

* todo tipo de gustos = all shades of opinion.

* un tipo de = a kind of.

* variación de los tipos de cambio = exchange rate change.

* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.

tipo²

² = font, face, type, fount.

Nota: Un grupo de caracteres tipográficos de un tamaño determinado, como por ejemplo Roman 8.

Ex: No longer is the user constrained to a supplied set of fonts.

Ex: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.

Ex: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.

Ex: Incunabulists, indeed, work on the assumption that a fount belonging to a fifteenth-century printer was unique to him, which is likely to be true enough of the fount as cast, but is not necessarily true of its punches.

* altura del tipo movible = height-to-paper, type height.

* diseñador de tipos = type designer.

* diseño de tipos = type design [type-design].

* fundición de tipos = typefounding.

* fundidor de tipos = punch-cutter [punchcutter], type-founder [typefounder], cutter of type.

* fundir tipos = cast + type.

* machacar los tipos = batter + type.

* máquina fundidora de tipos = typecasting machine.

* taller de fundición de tipos = type-foundry.

* tipo autoespaciador = self-spacing type.

* tipo decorativo = display type.

* tipo de imprenta = book face, printing type, type.

* tipo de letra = type face [typeface], typing, type font [typefont], fount, type specimen [type-specimen], fount of type.

* tipo fundido = cast type.

* tipo movible = punch.

* tipo movible de acento = accent punch.

* tipo móvil = moveable type.

* tipos móviles = movable type.

tipo³

³ = fellow, chap, guy, dude, joker, bloke.

Nota: Coloquial.

Ex: From the skimming he had given their writings he knew that something like a chemical agent was working in Balzac's defenseless mind, and that the hapless fellow was trying not to succumb to it.

Ex: In practice, however, such democratic attitudes among the mighty seem to have as little effect on the behaviour of those who serve them as did the remark made by King George V at his Jubilee in 1935, 'I'm really quite an ordinary sort of chap'.

Ex: The general opinion of Edward Wood seemed to be summed up in the words of one staff member, who said, 'Ed Wood's a prince of a guy'.

Ex: This is one of those movies that preaches nonviolence, even as the good guy is knocking the hell out of a few dozen dudes.

Ex: Then I followed these two jokers to a liquor store where they got them some alchy.

Ex: The blokes don't bat an eyelid that you're a girl -- they take no prisoners when they're trying to get the ball!.

* jugarse el tipo (por) = stick + Posesivo + neck out (for).

* mantener el tipo = keep + a stiff upper lip.

* * *

tipo¹ -pa

masculine, feminine

1 ( fam) ( masculine) guy ( colloq); ( feminine) woman

me parece una tipa sensacional I think she's an amazing woman

2 ( pey) ( masculine) guy ( colloq), character ( pej), woman, female ( colloq pej)

¿pero qué se habrá creído este tipo? but who does this guy o character think he is?

tipo²

masculine

A (clase) kind, type, sort

tiene todo tipo de herramientas en el taller he has all kinds of tools in his workshop

¿qué tipo de música te gusta más? what sort of music do you like best?

es muy simpático, pero no es mi tipo he's very nice, but he's not my type

B ( Bot, Zool) type; (en antropología) type

C

1 (figura — de una mujer) figure; (de un hombre) physique

aguantar or mantener el tipo ( Esp); to put on a brave face

jugarse el tipo ( Esp); to risk one's neck

lucir el tipo ( Esp); to parade around

2 (aspecto) appearance

será conde, pero no tiene tipo de aristócrata he may well be a count, but he doesn't look like an aristocrat

una mujer de tipo distinguido a distinguished-looking woman

dar el tipo ( Esp); to be the type

no parece que dé el tipo he doesn't seem the type

D ( Fin) rate

Compuestos:

● tipo de cambio

exchange rate

● tipo de cambio cruzado

cross exchange rate

● tipo de interés preferencial or preferente

prime rate

E ( Impr) type

F ( como adj inv) typical

el/la profesional tipo the typical o average professional person

exámenes tipo specimen papers

una serie tipo Dallas a Dallas-type series

G ( como adv) (CS fam) around, about

vénganse tipo cuatro come around o about four o'clock

* * *

tipo 1
◊ -pa sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) (m) guy (colloq), bloke (BrE colloq);

(f) woman
tipo 2 sustantivo masculino
1 ( clase) kind, type, sort;
◊ todo tipo de plantas all kinds of plants;

no es mi tipo he's not my type
2 ( figura — de mujer) figure;
(— de hombre) physique
3 ( como adv) (CS fam) around, about;
◊ vénganse tipo cuatro come around about four o'clock

tipo sustantivo masculino
1 (modelo, clase) type, kind, sort: María no es mi tipo, Maria isn't my type
me gusta ese tipo de gente, I like that kind of people
no es de ese tipo de personas, he's not that sort of person
ese tipo de coche, that type o kind of car
2 fam (individuo) guy, bloke, fellow
tipo raro, weirdo
un buen tipo, a good sort
un tipo simpático, a nice chap
3 (constitución física) build, physique
(de mujer) figure: tiene buen tipo, she has a good figure
4 Econ rate
tipo de cambio, exchange rate
tipo de descuento, bank rate
tipo de interés, interest rate
5 Tip (de letra) type
Tip Inform font
♦ Locuciones: dar el tipo, to live up to other people's expectations
figurado jugarse el tipo, to risk one's neck
mantener o aguantar el tipo, to keep one's cool
' tipo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
beneficio
- callada
- callado
- cambiar
- catalogar
- clase
- cuidada
- cuidado
- delgada
- delgado
- desbordar
- determinada
- determinado
- elemento
- especie
- estaquilla
- fibra
- fiebre
- género
- índole
- lectura
- macanuda
- macanudo
- más
- mina
- naturaleza
- orden
- puñetera
- puñetero
- scud
- sedán
- silueta
- speed
- suerte
- tan
- antipático
- corriente
- cuate
- divertido
- forma
- fresco
- fulano
- grande
- individuo
- interés
- interesar
- loco
- particular
- pata
- pesado
English:
ale
- all
- arrogant
- bloke
- boogie
- brand
- build
- chap
- class
- clause
- crook
- current
- delicatessen
- deposit
- description
- duck
- dude
- exchange rate
- figure
- flaky
- flat
- form
- freely
- going
- guy
- high tops
- individual
- interest rate
- kid
- kind
- lending
- LIBOR
- marmalade
- muffin
- neck
- neither
- nut
- open
- prime rate
- rate
- send down
- shapely
- sort
- suited
- survey
- tax bracket
- tough
- trim
- type
- typeface

* * *

tipo, -a

♦ nm,f
Fam [hombre] guy, Br bloke; [mujer] woman; [mujer joven] girl
♦ nm

1. [clase] type, sort;

no es mi tipo he's not my type;

todo tipo de all sorts of;

vinieron personas de todo tipo all sorts of people came;

no me gustan las películas de ese tipo I don't like movies like that o those sorts of movies

2. [cuerpo] [de mujer] figure;
[de hombre] build;
tiene muy buen tipo she has a very good body;

Comp
Fam
jugarse el tipo to risk one's neck;

Comp
Fam
aguantar o [m5] mantener el tipo to keep one's cool, not to lose one's head;

Comp

dar el tipo to be up to standard o scratch

3. Econ rate

Comp
tipo básico [de interés] base rate; [de impuestos] basic rate;
tipo de cambio exchange rate, rate of exchange;

tipo de descuento discount rate;

tipo impositivo tax rate;

tipo de interés interest rate;

tipo de interés bancario bank rate;

tipo de interés fijo fixed interest rate;

tipo de interés hipotecario mortgage rate;

tipo de interés variable variable o floating interest rate;

tipo marginal marginal rate;

tipo mínimo minimum rate;

tipo preferencial prime (lending) rate

4. Imprenta type

5. Biol type

♦ adj inv

1. [estándar]
el boliviano/la dieta tipo the average Bolivian/diet

2.
un pantalón tipo pitillo a pair of drainpipe trousers;

una película tipo Rambo a Rambo-style movie

♦ adv
RP Fam [aproximadamente] like;
llegaron tipo nueve they arrived at, like, nine o'clock;

se casó hace tipo cinco años she got married something like five years ago

* * *

tipo

m

1 type, kind;

no es mi tipo he’s not my type

2 fam

persona guy fam

3 COM rate

4

:

tener buen tipo de hombre be well built; de mujer have a good figure;

jugarse el tipo fam risk one’s neck;

mantener o

aguantar el tipo fam keep one’s cool

* * *

tipo nm

1) clase: type, kind, sort

2) : figure, build, appearance

3) : rate

tipo de interés: interest rate

4) : (printing) type, typeface

5) : style, model

un vestido tipo 60's: a 60's-style dress

tipo, -pa n, fam : guy m, gal f, character

* * *

tipo n

1. (clase) type / kind / sort

¿qué tipo de coche quieres? what sort of car do you want?

2. (de mujer) figure

es modelo, tiene buen tipo she's a model, she's got a good figure

3. (de hombre) body

mi novio tiene muy buen tipo my boyfriend's got a great body

4. (individuo) guy / bloke

es un buen tipo he's a nice guy

Spanish-English dictionary > tipo
77 EULA

m.

EULA, terms of service for a computer application, End User License Agreement.

Spanish-English dictionary > EULA

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