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1 использовать

. воспользоваться; максимально использовать; можно использовать; наиболее эффективно использовать; пользоваться; применять; широко использовать

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We will show how these numbers can be put to use.

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Advantage is taken of this fact in some turbojet engines.

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Unique processes and equipment have been successfully applied in the mining and refining of potash salts.

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The great majority of amplifiers are electronic and depend (or rely) upon transistors and chips for their operation.

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These projects can draw on the data from five tests.

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The new relay employs three sets of contacts.

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We shall follow this method.

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To harness atomic energy for peaceful uses,...

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This reaction may be harnessed to perform work.

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The power unit makes use of a standard electric starter.

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These vehicles rely on ambient air as a source of oxygen.

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This nonreciprocity has as yet not been turned to useful account in antennas.

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At present, these laboratories are being utilized to test timbers.

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Such high precision makes it possible to employ (or use, or utilize) laser radiation as a primary standard of length and time.

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With electricity farmers could run useful devices of all kinds.

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This offers the possibility of putting hydrides to work in heat pumps.

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These techniques take advantage of the laser's high spectral intensity.

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Lasers are exploited to heat plasmas with short pulses of light.

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Double-break or multibreak devices can exploit this effect even at higher voltages.

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We make use of the generalized invariants.

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The author's suggestions were picked up by the Japanese who ran some preliminary tests on eleven pure elements.

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The steam from a dry field can be put to use() other than power production.

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We can draw on the equation of general relativity to calculate...

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The newest accelerators exploit the same fundamental principles as the first ones.

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Simplifying assumptions have been invoked to separate the two processes for individual study.

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If this natural gas can be tapped, there would be a tremendous source of fuel.

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This prevents defective parts from being put into service.

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When all the even (or odd) integers are used up, there will still be half the series...

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > использовать
2 использовать

. воспользоваться; максимально использовать; можно использовать; наиболее эффективно использовать; пользоваться; применять; широко использовать

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We will show how these numbers can be put to use.

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Advantage is taken of this fact in some turbojet engines.

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Unique processes and equipment have been successfully applied in the mining and refining of potash salts.

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The great majority of amplifiers are electronic and depend (or rely) upon transistors and chips for their operation.

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These projects can draw on the data from five tests.

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The new relay employs three sets of contacts.

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We shall follow this method.

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To harness atomic energy for peaceful uses,...

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This reaction may be harnessed to perform work.

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The power unit makes use of a standard electric starter.

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These vehicles rely on ambient air as a source of oxygen.

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This nonreciprocity has as yet not been turned to useful account in antennas.

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At present, these laboratories are being utilized to test timbers.

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Such high precision makes it possible to employ (or use, or utilize) laser radiation as a primary standard of length and time.

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With electricity farmers could run useful devices of all kinds.

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This offers the possibility of putting hydrides to work in heat pumps.

•
These techniques take advantage of the laser's high spectral intensity.

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Lasers are exploited to heat plasmas with short pulses of light.

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Double-break or multibreak devices can exploit this effect even at higher voltages.

•
We make use of the generalized invariants.

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The author's suggestions were picked up by the Japanese who ran some preliminary tests on eleven pure elements.

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The steam from a dry field can be put to use() other than power production.

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We can draw on the equation of general relativity to calculate...

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The newest accelerators exploit the same fundamental principles as the first ones.

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Simplifying assumptions have been invoked to separate the two processes for individual study.

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If this natural gas can be tapped, there would be a tremendous source of fuel.

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This prevents defective parts from being put into service.

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When all the even (or odd) integers are used up, there will still be half the series...

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Использовать -- to use, to utilize, to apply, to employ, to exploit; to make use of; to draw on (с оттенком заимствования); to rely on (полагаться на)
Under these circumstances, we can employ the data from this experiment to establish limits for heat fluxes.

These diffusers exploit the centrifugal forces acting on a swirling throughflow to enhance mixing and combustion.

Each engine will be provided with a control unit which makes use of modern electronic techniques (... в котором используется...).

Two independent methods were applied to eliminate any possible error in fringe order determination.

The work of L. [...] was drawn on for the design of turbine blades.

However, the theoretical magnitude is far from correct and we must rely on experimental values for the coefficient C.

— безразлично, что использовать

— вместо... можно использовать

— выгодно использовать

— возможность выгодно использовать

— голословно использовать в качестве доказательства

— давать право использовать

— достаточно использовать

— если мы хотим использовать его с уверенностью

— желательно использовать

— заманчиво использовать

— запрещается использовать

— использовать... для многих целей

— использовать в качестве

— использовать в качестве основы

— использовать в практике проектирования

— использовать вместо

— использовать возможность

— использовать все его возможности

— использовать для разных целей

— использовать информацию строго конфиденциально

— использовать одинаковую систему обозначений

— использовать по назначению

— использовать повторно

— использовать по-разному

— использовать принцип

— использовать с выгодой

— использовать совместно с

— которые можно было сразу же использовать в

— который следует использовать при

— максимально использовать

— не использовать для

— не позволяют использовать

— не рекомендуется использовать

— не следует использовать для

— нельзя использовать где-либо ещё

— обычно используют

— очень хорошо использовать для этого

— первым использовал

— позволяет использовать

— позволяет использовать способность

— полезно учесть влияние..., используя

— полностью использовать возможности

— полностью использовать преимущества

— поэтому для того, чтобы..., требовалось использовать

— приходится использовать

— разрешается использовать только

— результаты можно без изменения использовать в случае

— следует использовать в максимальной степени

— чтобы можно было использовать..., необходимо знать

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > использовать
3 laboralmente

adv.

in relation to work, in terms of work.

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ADV

laboralmente productivo — productive in terms of work

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laboralmente

adverb

la población laboralmente activa the active working population

los explotan laboralmente they are exploited in the workplace o at work

mujeres que se reintegran laboralmente después de tener hijos women who return to work after having children

estar capacitado laboralmente to be qualified to work

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laboralmente adv

laboralmente las cosas me van bien things are going well on the work front;

la ley discrimina laboralmente a los refugiados the law discriminates against refugees in terms of employment

Spanish-English dictionary > laboralmente
4 использовать возможности

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It becomes increasingly important to ensure that the potentialities of the very expensive equipment are exploited to the fullest practicable extent.

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > использовать возможности
5 использовать возможности

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It becomes increasingly important to ensure that the potentialities of the very expensive equipment are exploited to the fullest practicable extent.

Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > использовать возможности
6 aprovechar

v.

1 to make the most of.

me gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para… I'd like to take this opportunity to…

aprovechar que… to make the most of the fact that…

2 to put to good use (lo inservible).

no tires los restos de la paella, los aprovecharé para hacer sopa don't throw what's left of the paella away, I'll use it to make a soup

3 to make good use of, to avail, to make use of, to utilize.

Silvia aprovecha el tiempo Silvia makes good use of the time.

4 to take the opportunity to.

María aprovecha salir Mary takes the opportunity to go out.

Silvia aprovecha que no hay nadie Silvia takes advantage that nobody's here.

5 to be useful, to be helpful, to be a help.

Las herramientas aprovechan Tools are useful.

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aprovechar

► verbo transitivo

1 (emplear útilmente) to make good use of, make the most of

2 (sacar provecho) to benefit from, take advantage of

■ aprovechar la oportunidad/ocasión to seize the opportunity

► verbo intransitivo

1 to be useful, make the most of it

■ eso no aprovecha para nada that's useless

2 (avanzar) to improve, progress

► verbo pronominal aprovecharse

1 (de alguien) to take advantage (de, of); (de algo) to make the most (de, of)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal!

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verb

1) to use

2) make (good) use of

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1. VT

1) (=utilizar) use

algunas algas son aprovechadas en medicina — some algae are used in medicine

un intento de aprovechar los recursos naturales de la zona — an attempt to take advantage of o use the area's natural resources

ha sabido aprovechar la ocasión y hacer un buen negocio — he managed to take advantage o use the opportunity to make a profitable deal

no quiso aprovechar su oferta — he chose not to take up their offer

• aprovechar algo para hacer algo — to use sth to do sth, take advantage of sth to do sth

aprovechó el descanso para tomarse un café — she used o took advantage of the break to have a coffee

vamos a aprovechar este espacio para hacer un armario — we are going to use this space for a wardrobe

aproveché que tenía la tarde libre para ir de compras — I took the opportunity of having an afternoon off to go shopping

quiero aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecerles a todos su apoyo — I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support

2) (=sacar el máximo provecho de) [+ tiempo, espacio, ocasión] to make the most of; [+ conocimientos, experiencia] to make use of, make good use of

hay que organizarse y saber aprovechar el tiempo — you have to be organized and know how to make the most of o get the most out of your time

hemos movido los muebles para aprovechar mejor el espacio — we moved the furniture to make better use of the space

sabe aprovechar muy bien su atractivo — he knows how to make the most of his good looks

Sánchez aprovechó el cansancio de su rival — Sánchez capitalized on o took advantage of her opponent's tiredness

2. VI

1) (=obtener provecho)

tú que eres soltera, aprovecha y disfruta — make the most of the fact that you're single and enjoy yourself

su estrategia no le aprovechó para nada — his strategy did not prove to be of any use o advantage to him at all

• aprovechar para hacer algo — to take the opportunity to do sth

salió a pasear y aprovechó para hacer unas compras — he went out for a walk and took the opportunity to do some shopping

aprovecha para pedirles el dinero que te deben — take the opportunity to ask them for the money they owe you

• ¡ que aproveche! — [al comer] enjoy your meal!, bon appétit!, enjoy! (EEUU)

2) (=progresar) to progress

en ese curso no aprovechamos nada — we didn't get anywhere with that course

3.

See:

aprovecharse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <tiempo/espacio/talento> to make the most of

aprovecha tu juventud — make the most of your youth

no aprovechan los recursos que tienen — they don't fully exploit the resources at their disposal

dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado — money/time well spent

es espacio mal aprovechado — it's a waste of space

b) < oportunidad> to take advantage of

voy a aprovechar que hace buen tiempo para... — I'm going to take advantage of the good weather to...

aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que... — I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that...

c) ( usar) to use

aproveché los restos para... — I used the leftovers to...

éstas todavía se pueden aprovechar — these can still be put to good use

no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha — she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything
2.
aprovechar vi

aproveché para venir a verte — I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you

que aproveche! — enjoy your meal, bon appétit

aprovechen ahora, que no tienen niños — make the most of it now, while you don't have children
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aprovecharse v pron

a) ( abusar)

aprovecharse de algo/alguien — to take advantage of something/somebody, to exploit something/somebody

b) ( abusar sexualmente)

aprovecharse de alguien — de una mujer to take advantage of somebody; de un niño to abuse somebody

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= exploit, harness, build on/upon, sop up, put to + good use.

Ex. The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings (LCSH) can be exploited as a general index, since it shows LCC numbers for many of the headings listed.

Ex. When computers were first harnessed for information retrieval and cataloguing applications, the information retrieval systems, and some of the cataloguing systems developed in different environments.

Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

Ex. Here are activities to sop up those extra minutes by reinforcing what you're taught.

Ex. Your advice, suggestions, comments are greatly appreciated and you can rest assured that they will be put to good use.

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* aprovechándose de = on the coattails of.

* aprovechándose de la ocasión = opportunistically.

* aprovechar Algo al máximo = make + the most of.

* aprovechar al máximo = maximise [maximize, -USA], optimise [optimize, -USA], realise + to its full potential, exploit + full potential, take + full advantage (of), make + the best use of, get + the best out of, take + the best advantage, get + the most out of, realise + the potential, make + the best possible use of.

* aprovechar al máximo las oportunidades = maximise + opportunities.

* aprovechar el momento = catch + the moment.

* aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.

* aprovechar la ocasión = use + the occasion.

* aprovechar la oportunidad = grasp + the opportunity, seize + the opportunity, take + the opportunity, make + hay while the sun shines.

* aprovechar la situación = ride + the wave.

* aprovechar las posibilidades de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, develop + potential, develop + Nombre + to its full potential.

* aprovechar las posibilidades que nos ofrece = harness + the power of.

* aprovechar mejor = squeeze + more life out of.

* aprovechar mejor el dinero = get + more for + Posesivo + money.

* aprovechar oportunidades = exploit + opportunities.

* aprovechar + Posesivo + posibilidades = achieve + Posesivo + potential.

* aprovechar + Posesivo + potencial = reach + Posesivo + potential.

* aprovecharse = profit, screw, further + Posesivo + own interest, milk.

* aprovecharse al máximo de = make + the best of.

* aprovecharse de = take + advantage (of), piggyback [piggy-back], cash in on, prey on/upon, tap into, leverage, make + an opportunity (out) of, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails.

* aprovecharse de las ventajas que ambas partes ofrecen = get + the best of both worlds.

* aprovecharse de las ventajas que cada parte ofrece = get + the best of all worlds.

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

* aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.

* aprovecharse del sistema = game + the system, milk + the system.

* aprovecharse de + Posesivo + posición = take + advantage of + Posesivo + position.

* aprovecharse de recursos = tap + resources.

* aprovecharse de una oportunidad = grab + opportunity, capitalise on + opportunity.

* aprovecharse de una oportunidad pasajera = ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* aprovecharse de una oportunidad pasajera = jump on + the bandwagon.

* aprovecharse económicamente = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s).

* aprovechar una oportunidad = embrace + opportunity, catch + opportunity.

* no aprovechar Algo lo suficiente = under-exploit [underexploit].

* no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + potential, fall (far) behind + potential.

* oportunidad pasajera de la que hay que aprovecharse = bandwagon.

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verbo transitivo

a) <tiempo/espacio/talento> to make the most of

aprovecha tu juventud — make the most of your youth

no aprovechan los recursos que tienen — they don't fully exploit the resources at their disposal

dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado — money/time well spent

es espacio mal aprovechado — it's a waste of space

b) < oportunidad> to take advantage of

voy a aprovechar que hace buen tiempo para... — I'm going to take advantage of the good weather to...

aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que... — I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that...

c) ( usar) to use

aproveché los restos para... — I used the leftovers to...

éstas todavía se pueden aprovechar — these can still be put to good use

no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha — she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything
2.
aprovechar vi

aproveché para venir a verte — I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you

que aproveche! — enjoy your meal, bon appétit

aprovechen ahora, que no tienen niños — make the most of it now, while you don't have children
3.
aprovecharse v pron

a) ( abusar)

aprovecharse de algo/alguien — to take advantage of something/somebody, to exploit something/somebody

b) ( abusar sexualmente)

aprovecharse de alguien — de una mujer to take advantage of somebody; de un niño to abuse somebody

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= exploit, harness, build on/upon, sop up, put to + good use.

Ex: The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings (LCSH) can be exploited as a general index, since it shows LCC numbers for many of the headings listed.

Ex: When computers were first harnessed for information retrieval and cataloguing applications, the information retrieval systems, and some of the cataloguing systems developed in different environments.

Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

Ex: Here are activities to sop up those extra minutes by reinforcing what you're taught.

Ex: Your advice, suggestions, comments are greatly appreciated and you can rest assured that they will be put to good use.

* aprovechándose de = on the coattails of.

* aprovechándose de la ocasión = opportunistically.

* aprovechar Algo al máximo = make + the most of.

* aprovechar al máximo = maximise [maximize, -USA], optimise [optimize, -USA], realise + to its full potential, exploit + full potential, take + full advantage (of), make + the best use of, get + the best out of, take + the best advantage, get + the most out of, realise + the potential, make + the best possible use of.

* aprovechar al máximo las oportunidades = maximise + opportunities.

* aprovechar el momento = catch + the moment.

* aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.

* aprovechar la ocasión = use + the occasion.

* aprovechar la oportunidad = grasp + the opportunity, seize + the opportunity, take + the opportunity, make + hay while the sun shines.

* aprovechar la situación = ride + the wave.

* aprovechar las posibilidades de Algo = achieve + Posesivo + full potential, develop + potential, develop + Nombre + to its full potential.

* aprovechar las posibilidades que nos ofrece = harness + the power of.

* aprovechar mejor = squeeze + more life out of.

* aprovechar mejor el dinero = get + more for + Posesivo + money.

* aprovechar oportunidades = exploit + opportunities.

* aprovechar + Posesivo + posibilidades = achieve + Posesivo + potential.

* aprovechar + Posesivo + potencial = reach + Posesivo + potential.

* aprovecharse = profit, screw, further + Posesivo + own interest, milk.

* aprovecharse al máximo de = make + the best of.

* aprovecharse de = take + advantage (of), piggyback [piggy-back], cash in on, prey on/upon, tap into, leverage, make + an opportunity (out) of, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails.

* aprovecharse de las ventajas que ambas partes ofrecen = get + the best of both worlds.

* aprovecharse de las ventajas que cada parte ofrece = get + the best of all worlds.

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

* aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.

* aprovecharse del sistema = game + the system, milk + the system.

* aprovecharse de + Posesivo + posición = take + advantage of + Posesivo + position.

* aprovecharse de recursos = tap + resources.

* aprovecharse de una oportunidad = grab + opportunity, capitalise on + opportunity.

* aprovecharse de una oportunidad pasajera = ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* aprovecharse de una oportunidad pasajera = jump on + the bandwagon.

* aprovecharse económicamente = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s).

* aprovechar una oportunidad = embrace + opportunity, catch + opportunity.

* no aprovechar Algo lo suficiente = under-exploit [underexploit].

* no aprovechar el potencial = fall (far) short of + potential, fall (far) behind + potential.

* oportunidad pasajera de la que hay que aprovecharse = bandwagon.

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aprovechar [A1 ]

vt

‹tiempo/recursos/talento› to make good use of; ‹situación› to take advantage of

sabe aprovechar muy bien su tiempo she really knows how to use her time well o how to make the most of her time

para aprovechar el espacio al máximo to make maximum o best use of the space

aprovechan la presión de agua para generar electricidad they make use of o take advantage of o utilize the water pressure to generate electricity

aprovecharon estos momentos de pánico para saquear varias tiendas they took advantage of the panic to loot several stores

aprovechando la ocasión les diré que … I would like to take o ( frml) avail myself of this opportunity to tell you that …, may I take this opportunity to tell you that …?

aprovechó la oportunidad para hacerse publicidad he used o ( frml) availed himself of the opportunity to promote himself

aprovecho la presente para saludarlo atentamente (I remain) sincerely yours ( AmE), (I remain) yours faithfully ( BrE)

voy a aprovechar que hace buen tiempo para ir a escalar I'm going to take advantage of the good weather to go climbing

aprovecho que tengo un ratito libre para escribirte I finally have a spare moment so I thought I'd write to you

no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything

sabe aprovechar muy bien su belleza she knows how to make the most of her looks

aprovecharé los restos de pollo para hacer unas croquetas I'll use the chicken leftovers to make some croquettes

aprovecha tu juventud y diviértete make the most of your youth and enjoy yourself

■ aprovechar

vi

como pasaba por aquí, aproveché para venir a verte I was passing so I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you

ya que lo paga la empresa, voy a aprovechar y comprar el más caro since the company is paying, I'm going to make the most of it and buy the dearest one

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal, bon appétit

aprovechen ahora, que no tienen niños make the most of it now, while you don't have children

■ aprovecharse

v pron

A

1 (abusar) aprovecharse DE algo/algn to take advantage OF sth/sb, to exploit sth/sb

se aprovechó de que no estaban sus padres para hacer una fiesta he took advantage of his parents being away to have a party, he exploited the fact that his parents were away to have a party

2 (abusar sexualmente) aprovecharse DE algn ‹de una mujer› to take advantage OF sb; ‹de un niño› to abuse sb

B ( enf):

aprovéchate ahora que eres joven make the most of it while you're young

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aprovechar ( conjugate aprovechar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹tiempo/espacio/talento› to make the most of;

◊ dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado money/time well spent;

es espacio mal aprovechado it's a waste of space
b) ‹ oportunidad› to take advantage of;

◊ aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que … I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that …

c) ( usar) to use;

◊ no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything

verbo intransitivo:
◊ aproveché para venir a verte I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you;

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal, bon appétit;
aprovechen ahora, que son jóvenes make the most of it now, while you're young
aprovecharse verbo pronominal
a) ( abusar) aprovecharse de algo/algn to take advantage of sth/sb, to exploit sth/sb

b) ( abusar sexualmente) aprovecharse de algn ‹ de una mujer› to take advantage of sb;

‹ de un niño› to abuse sb
aprovechar
I verbo transitivo
1 to make the most of: hemos aprovechado mucho el rato, we've done a lot in a short time
2 (la situación) to take advantage of: aprovechamos la ocasión para explicarle nuestro proyecto, we seized the opportunity to explain our project to him
II verbo intransitivo ¡que aproveche!, enjoy your meal!, bon appétit!
' aprovechar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desperdiciar
- excedente
- jugo
- máximo
English:
account
- advantage
- avail
- bread
- harness
- milk
- most
- opportunity
- seize
- seize on
- seize upon
- take
- waste
- grab
- grasp

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aprovechar

♦ vt

1. [tiempo, dinero] to make the most of;
[oferta, ocasión] to take advantage of; [conocimientos, experiencia] to use, to make use of;
han aprovechado todo el potencial del jugador brasileño they have used the Brazilian player to his full potential;

me gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para… I'd like to take this opportunity to…;

aprovechar que… to make the most of the fact that…;

aprovechó que no tenía nada que hacer para descansar un rato since she had nothing to do, she took the opportunity to have a rest;

aprovechó que sabía alemán para solicitar un traslado a Alemania she used the fact that she knew German to ask for a transfer to Germany

2. [lo inservible] to put to good use;

buscan una forma de aprovechar los residuos they're looking for a way of putting by-products to good use;

no tires los restos de la paella, los aprovecharé para hacer sopa don't throw what's left of the paella away, I'll use it to make a soup;

el generador aprovecha la fuerza del agua para producir electricidad the generator uses the power of the water to produce electricity

♦ vi

1. [mejorar] to make progress;

desde que tiene un profesor particular aprovecha más en física since he's had a private tutor he's made more progress in physics

2. [disfrutar]
aprovecha mientras puedas make the most of it o enjoy it while you can;

¡cómo aprovechas para comer chocolate, ahora que no te ve nadie! you're really making the most of the opportunity to eat chocolate while nobody can see you!;

Comp

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal!

♦ See also the pronominal verb aprovecharse

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aprovechar

I v/t

1 take advantage of

2 tiempo, espacio make good use of;

quiero aprovechar la ocasión para … I would like to take this opportunity to …

II v/i

1 take the opportunity ( para to)

2

:

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal!

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aprovechar vt

: to take advantage of, to make good use of

aprovechar vi

1) : to be of use

2) : to progress, to improve

♦ See also the reflexive verb aprovecharse

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aprovechar vb

1. (hacer buen uso) to use

aproveché la tarde para estudiar I used the afternoon to study

mi madre aprovecha los huesos para hacer sopa my mother uses the bones to make soup

2. (oportunidad) to take advantage of [pt. took; pp. taken]

tienes que aprovechar la ocasión al máximo you have to take advantage of this opportunity

¡aprovecha! make the most of it!

3. (recursos naturales) to exploit

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal!

Spanish-English dictionary > aprovechar
7 aprovechado

adj.

1 opportunistic, unscrupulous, cadging, sponging.

2 hardworking, industrious.

3 used.

f. & m.

free-rider, freeloader, deadbeat, advantage taker.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: aprovechar.

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aprovechado

► participio pasado

1→ link=aprovechar aprovechar

► adjetivo

1 (tiempo) well used, well spent

2 (espacio) well-planned

3 (diligente) diligent, studious, hardworking

4 (que saca provecho de todo) thrifty, economical, resourceful

5 peyorativo (egoísta) selfish; (gorrón) sponging, scrounging

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 familiar (gorrón) sponger, scrounger; (oportunista) opportunist

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FRASEOLOGÍA

mal aprovechado,-a wasted

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1. (f. - aprovechada)
noun

opportunist
2. (f. - aprovechada)
adj.

opportunistic

- bien aprovechado
- mal aprovechado
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aprovechado, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=usado)

terrenos muy poco aprovechados — lands that have not been made the best of

bien aprovechado — [dinero, tiempo] well-spent; [espacio, recursos] well-exploited; [oportunidad] well-taken, well-used

el espacio está muy bien aprovechado en este apartamento — good use has been made of the space in this flat, the space in this flat has been really well exploited

mal aprovechado — [dinero, tiempo, oportunidad] wasted; [espacio, recursos] badly-exploited

2) (=oportunista) selfish, self-seeking

no seas tan aprovechado — don't be so selfish o self-seeking

ese vendedor es muy aprovechado — that salesman is a real opportunist

3) (=ahorrador) thrifty

un contable muy aprovechado — a very thrifty accountant

4) (=aplicado) [trabajador] industrious, hardworking; [alumno] resourceful

2.

SM / F (=oportunista)

es un aprovechado — he's such a scrounger *, he's such an opportunist

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I
- da adjetivo

1) ( oportunista) opportunistic

no seas aprovechado — don't take advantage (of the situation)

2) < estudiante> hardworking
II
- da masculino, femenino opportunist

es un aprovechado con sus padres — he takes advantage of his parents

es un aprovechado, viene aquí sólo a comer — he's a real scrounger, he just comes here for the food (colloq)

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= opportunistic, abuser, abusive, deadbeat, victimiser [victimizer, -USA].

Ex. Anita Brack follows the liberal purchasing policy and her reasons include the opinion that censorship is opportunistic and random in its effect.

Ex. The article 'Are you a user or an abuser?' urges librarians and borrowers to use the library with restraint.

Ex. This article discusses the ability of privacy laws that are presently on the books to protect us from abusive information collection, dissemination, and management practices.

Ex. It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.

Ex. The victimizers acted with impunity & largely went unpunished.

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* aprovechada de la asistencia social = welfare queen.

* de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.

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I
- da adjetivo

1) ( oportunista) opportunistic

no seas aprovechado — don't take advantage (of the situation)

2) < estudiante> hardworking
II
- da masculino, femenino opportunist

es un aprovechado con sus padres — he takes advantage of his parents

es un aprovechado, viene aquí sólo a comer — he's a real scrounger, he just comes here for the food (colloq)

* * *

= opportunistic, abuser, abusive, deadbeat, victimiser [victimizer, -USA].

Ex: Anita Brack follows the liberal purchasing policy and her reasons include the opinion that censorship is opportunistic and random in its effect.

Ex: The article 'Are you a user or an abuser?' urges librarians and borrowers to use the library with restraint.

Ex: This article discusses the ability of privacy laws that are presently on the books to protect us from abusive information collection, dissemination, and management practices.

Ex: It is generally recognized that collecting money from moneyed deadbeats is as much a social problem as street thuggery.

Ex: The victimizers acted with impunity & largely went unpunished.

* aprovechada de la asistencia social = welfare queen.

* de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.

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aprovechado¹ -da

adjective

A (oportunista) opportunist; opportunistic

estos ladrones son muy aprovechados these thieves are real opportunists

comerciantes aprovechados opportunist shopkeepers

no seas aprovechado don't take advantage (of the situation)

B ‹estudiante› hardworking

C

bien/mal aprovechado: dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado money/time well spent

es dinero/tiempo mal aprovechado it's a waste of time/money

el espacio está muy mal aprovechado the space is very badly used

aprovechado² -da

masculine, feminine

opportunist

estos comerciantes son unos aprovechados these shopkeepers are real opportunists o really take advantage

es un aprovechado con sus padres he takes advantage of his parents

es un aprovechado, viene aquí sólo a comer y a beber he's a real scrounger o freeloader o ( BrE) sponger, he just comes here for the food and drink ( colloq)

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Del verbo aprovechar: ( conjugate aprovechar)

aprovechado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
aprovechado
aprovechar
aprovechado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ( oportunista) opportunistic;
◊ no seas aprovechado don't take advantage (of the situation)

2 ‹ estudiante› hardworking
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
opportunist
aprovechar ( conjugate aprovechar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹tiempo/espacio/talento› to make the most of;

◊ dinero/tiempo bien aprovechado money/time well spent;

es espacio mal aprovechado it's a waste of space
b) ‹ oportunidad› to take advantage of;

◊ aprovecho la ocasión para decirles que … I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that …

c) ( usar) to use;

◊ no tira nada, todo lo aprovecha she doesn't throw anything away, she makes use of everything

verbo intransitivo:
◊ aproveché para venir a verte I thought I'd take the opportunity to come and see you;

¡que aproveche! enjoy your meal, bon appétit;
aprovechen ahora, que son jóvenes make the most of it now, while you're young
aprovecharse verbo pronominal
a) ( abusar) aprovechadose de algo/algn to take advantage of sth/sb, to exploit sth/sb

b) ( abusar sexualmente) aprovechadose de algn ‹ de una mujer› to take advantage of sb;

‹ de un niño› to abuse sb
aprovechado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (el tiempo, un recurso) well-spent
2 (el espacio) well-planned
II m,f pey opportunist, scrounger
aprovechar
I verbo transitivo
1 to make the most of: hemos aprovechado mucho el rato, we've done a lot in a short time
2 (la situación) to take advantage of: aprovechamos la ocasión para explicarle nuestro proyecto, we seized the opportunity to explain our project to him
II verbo intransitivo ¡que aproveche!, enjoy your meal!, bon appétit!
' aprovechado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aprovechar
- aprovechada
- mangante
- abusador
- gorrero
- manipulador
- vivo
English:
well-spent

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aprovechado, -a

♦ adj

1. [caradura]
es muy aprovechado he's a real opportunist, he always has an eye for the main chance

2. [bien empleado]
el espacio en esta habitación está muy bien aprovechado they've made the most of the available space in this room

3. [aplicado] diligent

♦ nm,f

opportunist;

es un aprovechado he always has an eye for the main chance

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aprovechado

I adj desp

opportunistic

II m, aprovechada f desp

opportunist

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aprovechado, -da adj

1) : diligent, hardworking

2) : pushy, opportunistic

aprovechado, -da n

: pushy person, opportunist

Spanish-English dictionary > aprovechado
8 explotar

v.

1 to exploit (person).

El tipo explota a los empleados The guy exploits the employees.

El minero explota los recursos The miner exploits the resources.

2 to explode.

El minero explotó la carga The miner exploded the charge.

La carga explotó The charge exploded.

María explotó por la ofensa Mary exploded because of the offense.

3 to use, to take unfair advantage of.

El timador usó a las personas The swindler used the people.

4 to explode on.

Nos explotó una bomba A bomb exploded on us.

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explotar

► verbo transitivo

1 (sacar provecho) to exploit; (mina) to work; (tierra) to cultivate; (industria) to operate, run; (recursos) to tap, exploit

2 peyorativo (personas) to exploit

3 (bomba) to explode

► verbo intransitivo

1 (explosionar) to explode, blow up

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verb

1) to exploit

2) to run, operate

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1. VT

1) (=usar) [+ recursos, riquezas] to exploit; [+ planta] to run, operate; [+ mina] to work

2) (=usar excesivamente) [+ obreros] to exploit; [+ situación] to exploit, make capital out of

3) [+ bomba] to explode

2.

VI [bomba] to explode, go off

explotaron dos bombas — two bombs exploded o went off

cayó sin explotar — it fell but did not go off, it landed without going off

juegan con bombas sin explotar — they play with unexploded bombs

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < tierra> to exploit, work; < mina> to operate, work; < negocio> to run, operate

b) <idea/debilidad> to exploit

2) < trabajador> to exploit
2.
explotar vi

a) bomba to explode, go off; caldera/máquina to explode, blow up

b) (fam) persona to explode, to blow a fuse (colloq)

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= deploy, explode, exploit, harness, tap, burst, blow up, cash in on, prey on/upon, detonate, milk, mine, blow + a fuse, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails, go off.

Ex. The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.

Ex. Other systems also employ a thesaurus in offering the facility to explode search profiles.

Ex. The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings (LCSH) can be exploited as a general index, since it shows LCC numbers for many of the headings listed.

Ex. When computers were first harnessed for information retrieval and cataloguing applications, the information retrieval systems, and some of the cataloguing systems developed in different environments.

Ex. It must be pointed out, however, that the potential for online catalogs to increase library staff productivity has hardly been tapped.

Ex. The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.

Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.

Ex. At the same time, veteran fiction writers and new authors cashing in on fame from other media continued to rule the lists.

Ex. From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.

Ex. There has been an explosion in terminology detonated by developments related to XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

Ex. A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.

Ex. For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.

Ex. He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.

Ex. Riding the coattails of Barack Obama, Democrats picked up seven seats held by Republicans in Tuesday's election to match the seven it gained two years ago.

Ex. My hand looks like a hand grenade went off near it -- all cut up, bruised and with perforations by small bits of flying glass.

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* explotar al máximo = realise + to its full potential, realise + the potential.

* explotar beneficios = exploit + benefits.

* hacer explotar = blow up.

* por explotar = untapped.

* sin explotar = untapped, unexploded.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < tierra> to exploit, work; < mina> to operate, work; < negocio> to run, operate

b) <idea/debilidad> to exploit

2) < trabajador> to exploit
2.
explotar vi

a) bomba to explode, go off; caldera/máquina to explode, blow up

b) (fam) persona to explode, to blow a fuse (colloq)

* * *

= deploy, explode, exploit, harness, tap, burst, blow up, cash in on, prey on/upon, detonate, milk, mine, blow + a fuse, ride (on) + Posesivo + coattails, go off.

Ex: The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.

Ex: Other systems also employ a thesaurus in offering the facility to explode search profiles.

Ex: The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings (LCSH) can be exploited as a general index, since it shows LCC numbers for many of the headings listed.

Ex: When computers were first harnessed for information retrieval and cataloguing applications, the information retrieval systems, and some of the cataloguing systems developed in different environments.

Ex: It must be pointed out, however, that the potential for online catalogs to increase library staff productivity has hardly been tapped.

Ex: The article 'Will the CD bubble burst: conflicting messages on the future of electronic publishing' considers the future of the CD-ROM market.

Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.

Ex: At the same time, veteran fiction writers and new authors cashing in on fame from other media continued to rule the lists.

Ex: From being a predator, England was becoming a major commercial power on whose ships others preyed.

Ex: There has been an explosion in terminology detonated by developments related to XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

Ex: A satisfactory balance between public and private involvement has not yet been reached and the companies involved are milking public funds.

Ex: For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.

Ex: He simply blew a fuse and decided to go out on the road, spitefully apologizing again and again, until he got it right.

Ex: Riding the coattails of Barack Obama, Democrats picked up seven seats held by Republicans in Tuesday's election to match the seven it gained two years ago.

Ex: My hand looks like a hand grenade went off near it -- all cut up, bruised and with perforations by small bits of flying glass.

* explotar al máximo = realise + to its full potential, realise + the potential.

* explotar beneficios = exploit + benefits.

* hacer explotar = blow up.

* por explotar = untapped.

* sin explotar = untapped, unexploded.

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explotar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹tierra› to exploit, work; ‹mina› to operate, work, exploit; ‹negocio› to run, operate

2 (sacar provecho de) to exploit

supo explotar esta idea al máximo she knew how to exploit this idea to the full o how to make the most of this idea

sabe explotar los puntos flacos de su rival he knows how to exploit his opponent's weak points

B ‹trabajador› to exploit

■ explotar

vi

1 «bomba» to explode, go off; «caldera/máquina» to explode, blow up

2 ( fam); «persona» to explode, to blow a fuse ( colloq), to go through the roof ( colloq)

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explotar ( conjugate explotar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ tierra› to exploit, work;

‹ mina› to operate, work;
‹ negocio› to run, operate
b) ‹idea/debilidad› to exploit

c) ‹ trabajador› to exploit

verbo intransitivo
a) [ bomba] to explode, go off;

[caldera/máquina] to explode, blow up
b) (fam) [ persona] to explode, to blow a fuse (colloq)

explotar
I verbo intransitivo (un artefacto) to explode, go off
II verbo transitivo
1 (desarrollar, utilizar) to exploit
(una mina) to work
(la tierra) to cultivate
2 (a una persona) to exploit
' explotar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estallar
- jugo
- exprimir
English:
blow up
- explode
- exploit
- go off
- milk
- prey on
- rag
- shell-hole
- tap
- untapped
- use
- flare
- mileage
- prey
- set
- top
- undeveloped
- work

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explotar¹ vt

1. [niños, trabajadores] to exploit;

en esta empresa explotan a los trabajadores this firm exploits its workers

2. [recursos naturales] to exploit;
[fábrica, negocio] to run, to operate; [terreno] to farm; [mina] to work
3. [tema, asunto, situación] to exploit

explotar² vi

1. [bomba, explosivo, petardo] to explode, to go off;
[globo, neumático, caldera] to explode, to burst
2. [persona] to explode (with rage)

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explotar

I v/t

1 tierra, mina work, exploit

2 situación take advantage of, exploit

3 trabajador exploit

II v/i go off, explode; fig

explode, blow a fuse fam

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explotar vt

1) : to exploit

2) : to operate, to run

explotar vi

estallar, reventar: to explode

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explotar vb

1. (bomba, etc) to explode / to go off

el artefacto explotó en un túnel the device exploded in a tunnel

2. (mina) to work

3. (tierra) to farm

4. (aprovechar) to exploit

explotaban a los niños they exploited the children

Spanish-English dictionary > explotar
9 para

prep.

1 for.

es para ti it's for you

una mesa para el salón a table for the living room

esta agua no es buena para beber this water isn't fit for drinking o to drink

te lo repetiré para que te enteres I'll repeat it so you understand

¿para qué? what for?

2 (in order) to.

para conseguir sus propósitos in order to achieve his aims

lo he hecho para agradarte I did it to please you

3 toward.

ir para casa to head (for) home

salir para el aeropuerto to leave for the airport

4 for (time).

tiene que estar acabado para mañana it has to be finished by o for tomorrow

diez para las once ten to eleven (Am salvo RP)

5 to.

la comida está lista para servir the meal is ready to be served

el atleta está preparado para ganar the athlete is ready to win

pres.indicat.

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

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: parir.

imperat.

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

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para

► preposición

1 (finalidad) for

■ he comprado un regalo para mi abuela I've bought a present for my grandmother

■ es para su cumpleaños it's for her birthday

2 (uso, utilidad) for

■ los cuchillos son para cortar, no para jugar con ellos knives are for cutting, not for playing with

■ ¿tienes algo para el dolor de cabeza? have you got anything for a headache?

3 (destino, dirección) for, to

■ salimos para Lugo el domingo we leave for Lugo on Sunday

■ el tren para Toledo sale a las 18.00 the train to Toledo leaves at 18.00

■ ¿para dónde vas? where are you going?

■ voy para allá inmediatamente I'll be there in a minute

4 (tiempo, fechas límites) by, before

■ lo necesito para el viernes I need it by Friday

■ la carretera estará acabada para antes del verano the road will be finished before the summer

5 (comparación) for

■ para los años que tiene está muy activa she's very active for her age

■ pesa poquísimo para lo grande que es it's very light for its size

► conjunción

1 (finalidad) to, in order to

■ lo hice para ahorrar tiempo I did it to save time

■ para estar sano es preciso comer bien in order to be healthy one must eat properly

2 (suficiente) enough

■ tal como nos han tratado es para no volver nunca más the way they treated us is enough to make you never go back there again

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FRASEOLOGÍA

para entonces by then

para con towards, to

■ han sido muy injustos para con los empleados they have been very unfair to their employees

■ cumplió con sus obligaciones para con la iglesia he fulfilled his obligations to the church

para que so that

■ déjale una nota a tu madre para que sepa dónde estás leave your mother a note so that she knows where you are

■ cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

■ aún es pronto para que vuelvan it's still too early for them to be back

¿para qué? what for?

■ ¿para qué has comprado eso? what did you buy that for?

¡que para qué! familiar very, really, terribly

■ ¡hace un frío que para qué! it's freezing

■ ¡es más torpe que para qué! she's so clumsy!

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prep.

1) for

2) to

3) towards

4) by

•

- para adelante
- para detrás
- para que
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I
PREP

1) [indicando finalidad, uso] for

un regalo para ti — a present for you

psicológicamente no estoy preparado para eso — I'm not psychologically ready for that

es demasiado cara para nosotros — it's too dear for us, it's beyond our means

no tengo para el viaje — I haven't got enough money for the trip

léelo para ti — read it to yourself

nació para poeta — he was born to be a poet

ya no estoy para estos trotes — I'm not up to this sort of thing anymore

yo no valgo para esto — I'm no good at this

una taza para café — a coffee cup

laca para el pelo — hairspray

para esto, podíamos habernos quedado en casa — if this is it, we might as well have stayed at home

2)

para que —

a) + subjun

lo traje para que lo vieras — I brought it so (that) you could see it

es para que lo leas — it's for you to read

un regalo para que te acuerdes de mí — a present for you to remember me by

para que eso fuera posible tendrías que trabajar mucho — you would have to work hard for that to be possible

b) [en preguntas]

¿para qué lo quieres? — why do you want it?, what do you want it for?

¿para qué sirve? — what's it for?

-¿por qué no se lo dices? -¿para qué? — "why don't you tell her?" - "what's the point o use?"

tú ya has pasado por eso, ¿para qué te voy a contar? — you've already been through that, so there's no point o use me telling you

que para qué * —

tengo un hambre que para qué — [uso enfático] I'm absolutely starving *

hay un embotellamiento que para qué — there's a huge traffic jam

3) + infin

a) [indicando finalidad] to

lo hizo para salvarse — he did it (in order) to save himself

para comprarlo necesitas cinco dólares más — to buy it you need another five dollars

estoy ahorrando para comprarme una moto — I'm saving up to buy a motorbike, I'm saving up for a motorbike

entré despacito para no despertarla — I went in slowly so as not to wake her

no es para comer — it's not for eating, it's not to be eaten

tengo bastante para vivir — I have enough to live on

es muy tarde para salir — it's too late to go out

b) [indicando secuencia temporal]

se casaron para separarse en seguida — they married only to separate soon after

el rey visitará Argentina para volar después a Chile — the king will visit Argentina and then fly on to Chile

4) [con expresiones de tiempo]

con esto tengo para rato — this will take me a while

lo dejamos para mañana — let's leave it till tomorrow

tengo muchos deberes para mañana — I have a lot of homework to do for tomorrow

lo recordaré para siempre — I'll remember it forever

ahora para las vacaciones de agosto hará un año — it'll be a year ago this o come the August holiday

va para un año desde la última vez — it's getting on for a year since the last time

lo tendré listo para fin de mes — I'll have it ready by o for the end of the month

para entonces ya era tarde — it was already too late by then

para las dos estaba lloviendo — by two o'clock it was raining

un cuarto para las diez — LAm a quarter to ten

son cinco para las ocho — LAm it's five to eight

5) [indicando dirección]

para atrás — back, backwards

para la derecha — to the right

el autobús para Marbella — the bus for Marbella, the Marbella bus

iba para el metro — I was going towards the underground

ir para casa — to go home, head for home

salir para Panamá — to leave for Panama

6) [indicando opiniones]

para mí que miente — in my opinion o if you ask me he's lying

no hay niño feo para una madre — all mothers think their baby is beautiful

7) [en comparaciones]

es mucho para lo que suele dar — this is a lot in comparison with what he usually gives

¿quién es usted para gritarme así? — who are you to shout at me like that?

para profesor habla muy mal — he doesn't speak very clearly for a teacher

para ser un niño lo hace muy bien — he does it very well for a child

para patatas, las de mi pueblo — if it's potatoes you want, look no further than my home town

para ruidosos, los españoles — there's nobody like the Spaniards for being noisy

8) [indicando trato]

para con — to, towards

tan amable para con todos — so kind to o towards everybody
estar 1., 7), ir 1., 10) II
* SM paratrooper, para *

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

una carta para él — a letter for him

¿para qué revista escribes? — what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti — read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos — he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? — what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo — he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? — what do you want it for?

¿para qué se lo dijiste? — what did you tell him for?

champú para bebés — baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture

que para qué decirte/hablar — (fam)

tenían un hambre que para qué decirte/hablar — they were starving

2)

para + inf — to + inf

para serte sincero — to tell you the truth

esta agua no es para beber — this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar — it's ready to be painted o for painting

para aprobar — (in order) to pass

entró en puntillas para no despertarla — he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

3)

para que + subj: lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me; pídeselo - ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it - so he can say no?; cierra para que no nos oigan — close the door so (that) they don't hear us

4) ( expresando consecuencia) to

para su desgracia — unfortunately for him

para mi sorpresa — (much) to my surprise

Sentido II

5) ( expresando suficiencia) for

no hay para todos — there isn't enough for everybody

no es para tanto — it's not that bad

para + inf: soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it; bastante tengo yo (como) para estar ocupándome de ti I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with yours as well; es (como) para matarlo! (fam) I'll kill him! (colloq); para que + subj: basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa — he only has to appear for her to get flustered

6) (en comparaciones, contrastes)

hace demasiado frío para salir — it's too cold to go out

son altos para su edad — they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está gordo — considering how much he eats, he's not fat

para el caso que me hacen...! — for all the notice they take of me...

para + inf: para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent; ¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?; para que + subj: es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own; tanto esforzarme por ellos para que no te lo agradezcan! — after all that effort I made for them they didn't even say thankyou!

7)

estar para algo/+ inf — ( indicando estado)

no estoy para bromas — I'm in no mood for joking

está para tirarla a la basura — it's only fit for throwing out

no está (como) para salir sin abrigo — it's not warm enough to go out without a coat

8) ( expresando puntos de vista)

para mí que no viene — if you ask me, he won't come

para su padre, es un genio — in his father's opinion o as far as his father's concerned, he is a genius

lo es todo para él — she's everything to him

¿qué es lo más importante para ti? — what's the most important thing for you?

Sentido III

9)

a) ( indicando dirección)

salieron para el aeropuerto — they left for the airport

empuja para arriba — push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? — are you going to o toward(s) the center?

tráelo para acá — bring it over here

córrete para atrás — move back

b) ( en sentido figurado)

ya vamos para viejos — we're getting old o getting on

va para los 50 años — she's going o (BrE) getting on for fifty

Sentido IV

10) ( en relaciones de tiempo)

a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo)

estará listo para el día 15 — it'll be ready by o for the 15th

deberes para el lunes — homework for Monday

faltan cinco minutos para que termine — there are five minutes to go before the end

me lo prometió para después de Pascua — he promised me it for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? — how much have you got left to do?

estará listo para finales de agosto — it'll be ready sometime around the end of August

para entonces estaré en Madrid — I'll be in Madrid (by) then

¿para cuándo espera? — when is the baby due?

tengo hora para mañana — I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to

son cinco para las diez — it's five to ten

11)

a) ( expresando duración)

para siempre — forever

tengo para rato — (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)

esto va para largo — (fam) this is going to take some time

b) ( con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le regalo para el cumpleaños? — what can I give him for his birthday?

12) ( en secuencias de acciones)

se fue para nunca volver — (liter) she went away never to return

salió sólo para volver a entrar — he went out only to come in again

* * *

= for, for, for the sake of, in order to, in respect of, in the interest(s) of, in the interest(s) of, so as, toward(s), within, in an attempt to, in an effort to, for purposes of, in a bid to, as a means of, in a drive to, in the drive to, if + Nombre + be + to.

Ex. For newly created authority entries the date recorded is the date the entry was created.

Ex. This gamut of information presents the indexer and user with problems in choosing access points for conference proceedings.

Ex. The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex. Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

Ex. It is perhaps fortunate that the array of terms that are used to describe indexes is a little more restricted than the variety of terms used in respect of catalogues.

Ex. In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

Ex. In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

Ex. A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex. Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.

Ex. The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.

Ex. Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.

Ex. This article discusses the advantages to libraries of computer technology for purposes of bibliographic control and on-line access.

Ex. In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.

Ex. The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.

Ex. The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.

Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex. Some foods such as vegetable preserves which result from complicated and fragile fermentations must be made at specific times of the year if they are to succeed.

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* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* para actuar = for action.

* para alguna gente = to some people.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para algunos = to some.

* para aquel entonces = by then.

* para atraer al cliente = window dressing.

* para beneficio de = for the good of.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para bodas = bridal.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.

* para colmo = into the bargain, into the bargain, to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse, for good measure, to add insult to injury.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para concluir = in closing, in conclusion, to wrap things up.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para cuando = by the time.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* para detrimento de = to the neglect of.

* para diario = everyday.

* para disgusto de = to the disgust of.

* para divertirse = for kicks.

* para echar sal en la herida = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para el esparcimiento = recreational.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.

* para el ocio = recreational.

* para el que lo quiera = up for grabs.

* para embalsamar = embalming.

* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* para entonces = by then.

* para escribir con mayúsculas = in a shifted position.

* para eso = therefor.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para esto = therefor.

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

* para expresar dimensiones = by.

* para + Fecha = by + Fecha.

* para finales de = by the end of.

* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* para finalizar = in closing.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para hacer dinero = money-making.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* para hacer juego = to match.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* para hacer las paces = peace offering.

* para hacerlo + Adjetivo = for + Nombre's sake.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para impresionar = for effect.

* para + Infinitivo = for + Gerundio.

* para jóvenes = youth-serving.

* para la eternidad = in perpetuity.

* para la evaluación de hipótesis = hypothesis-testing.

* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* para la posteridad = for posterity.

* para la web = Web-related.

* para llamar la atención = for effect.

* para mantener ocupado = keep-busy.

* para mantener(se) ocupado = keep-busy.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mí = for myself.

* para microordenadores = micro-computer based.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para no = so as not to.

* para + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* para novias = bridal.

* para + Número = seat + Número.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* para orquesta = orchestral.

* para otra ocasión = for future reference.

* para para lavarse la cara = washrag.

* para partirse de risa = side-splitting.

* para PCs = PC-based.

* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

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

* para + Posesivo + disgusto = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* para + Posesivo + gran sorpresa = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* para + Posesivo + sorpresa = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* para + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.

* para protegerse = protectively.

* para que = in order that, so that, seeing that.

* para que así conste = for the record.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no + Subjuntivo = if + Nombre + be not + to + Infinitivo, lest + Frase Verbal.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* para que quede constancia = for the record.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para que vayamos pensando = food for thought.

* para resumir = to sum up, to sum it up, to make a long story short, to recap, to cut a long story short, simply put, simply stated.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = to be blunt, in all honesty.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* para ser sincero = to be blunt, to be honest, in all honesty.

* para siempre = forever, in perpetuity, for good, eternally, terminally, ever after.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para sorpresa de todos = to everyone's surprise.

* para sorpresa + Posesivo = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para terminar = in closing.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* para toda la industria = industry-wide.

* para toda la universidad = university-wide.

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* para todos los efectos prácticos = for all practical purposes.

* para todos por igual = across the board [across-the-board].

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para tomar medidas = for action.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* para una única ocasión = one-time.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* 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.

* para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo = to + Posesivo + shame.

* sin parar = interminably.

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

una carta para él — a letter for him

¿para qué revista escribes? — what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti — read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos — he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? — what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo — he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? — what do you want it for?

¿para qué se lo dijiste? — what did you tell him for?

champú para bebés — baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture

que para qué decirte/hablar — (fam)

tenían un hambre que para qué decirte/hablar — they were starving

2)

para + inf — to + inf

para serte sincero — to tell you the truth

esta agua no es para beber — this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar — it's ready to be painted o for painting

para aprobar — (in order) to pass

entró en puntillas para no despertarla — he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

3)

para que + subj: lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me; pídeselo - ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it - so he can say no?; cierra para que no nos oigan — close the door so (that) they don't hear us

4) ( expresando consecuencia) to

para su desgracia — unfortunately for him

para mi sorpresa — (much) to my surprise

Sentido II

5) ( expresando suficiencia) for

no hay para todos — there isn't enough for everybody

no es para tanto — it's not that bad

para + inf: soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it; bastante tengo yo (como) para estar ocupándome de ti I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with yours as well; es (como) para matarlo! (fam) I'll kill him! (colloq); para que + subj: basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa — he only has to appear for her to get flustered

6) (en comparaciones, contrastes)

hace demasiado frío para salir — it's too cold to go out

son altos para su edad — they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está gordo — considering how much he eats, he's not fat

para el caso que me hacen...! — for all the notice they take of me...

para + inf: para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent; ¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?; para que + subj: es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own; tanto esforzarme por ellos para que no te lo agradezcan! — after all that effort I made for them they didn't even say thankyou!

7)

estar para algo/+ inf — ( indicando estado)

no estoy para bromas — I'm in no mood for joking

está para tirarla a la basura — it's only fit for throwing out

no está (como) para salir sin abrigo — it's not warm enough to go out without a coat

8) ( expresando puntos de vista)

para mí que no viene — if you ask me, he won't come

para su padre, es un genio — in his father's opinion o as far as his father's concerned, he is a genius

lo es todo para él — she's everything to him

¿qué es lo más importante para ti? — what's the most important thing for you?

Sentido III

9)

a) ( indicando dirección)

salieron para el aeropuerto — they left for the airport

empuja para arriba — push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? — are you going to o toward(s) the center?

tráelo para acá — bring it over here

córrete para atrás — move back

b) ( en sentido figurado)

ya vamos para viejos — we're getting old o getting on

va para los 50 años — she's going o (BrE) getting on for fifty

Sentido IV

10) ( en relaciones de tiempo)

a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo)

estará listo para el día 15 — it'll be ready by o for the 15th

deberes para el lunes — homework for Monday

faltan cinco minutos para que termine — there are five minutes to go before the end

me lo prometió para después de Pascua — he promised me it for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? — how much have you got left to do?

estará listo para finales de agosto — it'll be ready sometime around the end of August

para entonces estaré en Madrid — I'll be in Madrid (by) then

¿para cuándo espera? — when is the baby due?

tengo hora para mañana — I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to

son cinco para las diez — it's five to ten

11)

a) ( expresando duración)

para siempre — forever

tengo para rato — (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)

esto va para largo — (fam) this is going to take some time

b) ( con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le regalo para el cumpleaños? — what can I give him for his birthday?

12) ( en secuencias de acciones)

se fue para nunca volver — (liter) she went away never to return

salió sólo para volver a entrar — he went out only to come in again

* * *

= for, for, for the sake of, in order to, in respect of, in the interest(s) of, in the interest(s) of, so as, toward(s), within, in an attempt to, in an effort to, for purposes of, in a bid to, as a means of, in a drive to, in the drive to, if + Nombre + be + to.

Ex: For newly created authority entries the date recorded is the date the entry was created.

Ex: This gamut of information presents the indexer and user with problems in choosing access points for conference proceedings.

Ex: The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex: Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

Ex: It is perhaps fortunate that the array of terms that are used to describe indexes is a little more restricted than the variety of terms used in respect of catalogues.

Ex: In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

Ex: In the interest of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

Ex: A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex: Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.

Ex: The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.

Ex: Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.

Ex: This article discusses the advantages to libraries of computer technology for purposes of bibliographic control and on-line access.

Ex: In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.

Ex: The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.

Ex: The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: Some foods such as vegetable preserves which result from complicated and fragile fermentations must be made at specific times of the year if they are to succeed.

* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* para actuar = for action.

* para alguna gente = to some people.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para algunos = to some.

* para aquel entonces = by then.

* para atraer al cliente = window dressing.

* para beneficio de = for the good of.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para bodas = bridal.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.

* para colmo = into the bargain, into the bargain, to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse, for good measure, to add insult to injury.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para concluir = in closing, in conclusion, to wrap things up.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para cuando = by the time.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* para detrimento de = to the neglect of.

* para diario = everyday.

* para disgusto de = to the disgust of.

* para divertirse = for kicks.

* para echar sal en la herida = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para el esparcimiento = recreational.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.

* para el ocio = recreational.

* para el que lo quiera = up for grabs.

* para embalsamar = embalming.

* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* para entonces = by then.

* para escribir con mayúsculas = in a shifted position.

* para eso = therefor.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para esto = therefor.

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

* para expresar dimensiones = by.

* para + Fecha = by + Fecha.

* para finales de = by the end of.

* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* para finalizar = in closing.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para hacer dinero = money-making.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* para hacer juego = to match.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* para hacer las paces = peace offering.

* para hacerlo + Adjetivo = for + Nombre's sake.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para impresionar = for effect.

* para + Infinitivo = for + Gerundio.

* para jóvenes = youth-serving.

* para la eternidad = in perpetuity.

* para la evaluación de hipótesis = hypothesis-testing.

* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* para la posteridad = for posterity.

* para la web = Web-related.

* para llamar la atención = for effect.

* para mantener ocupado = keep-busy.

* para mantener(se) ocupado = keep-busy.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mí = for myself.

* para microordenadores = micro-computer based.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para no = so as not to.

* para + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* para novias = bridal.

* para + Número = seat + Número.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* para orquesta = orchestral.

* para otra ocasión = for future reference.

* para para lavarse la cara = washrag.

* para partirse de risa = side-splitting.

* para PCs = PC-based.

* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

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

* para + Posesivo + disgusto = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* para + Posesivo + gran sorpresa = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* para + Posesivo + sorpresa = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* para + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.

* para protegerse = protectively.

* para que = in order that, so that, seeing that.

* para que así conste = for the record.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no + Subjuntivo = if + Nombre + be not + to + Infinitivo, lest + Frase Verbal.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* para que quede constancia = for the record.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para que vayamos pensando = food for thought.

* para resumir = to sum up, to sum it up, to make a long story short, to recap, to cut a long story short, simply put, simply stated.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = to be blunt, in all honesty.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* para ser sincero = to be blunt, to be honest, in all honesty.

* para siempre = forever, in perpetuity, for good, eternally, terminally, ever after.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para sorpresa de todos = to everyone's surprise.

* para sorpresa + Posesivo = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para terminar = in closing.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* para toda la industria = industry-wide.

* para toda la universidad = university-wide.

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* para todos los efectos prácticos = for all practical purposes.

* para todos por igual = across the board [across-the-board].

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para tomar medidas = for action.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* para una única ocasión = one-time.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* 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.

* para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo = to + Posesivo + shame.

* sin parar = interminably.

* * *

para

prep

Sentido I

A (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

tengo buenas noticias para ustedes I have some good news for you

¿para qué revista escribes? what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? what do you want it for?

¿para qué tuviste que ir a decírselo? what did you have to go and tell him for?, why did you have to go and tell him?

champú para bebés baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos cough mixture

que para qué (decirte/hablar) ( fam): hacía un frío que para qué (decirte) it was freezing cold ( colloq)

venían con un hambre que para qué (hablar) or para qué te voy a contar they were starving o so hungry when they got here!

B para + INF to + INF

está ahorrando para comprarse un coche she's saving up for a car o to buy a car

esta agua no es para beber this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar it's ready to be painted o for painting

para serte sincero to tell you the truth

como para convencerse a sí misma as if to convince herself

para pasar al curso siguiente (in order) to go on to the next year

no hay que ser muy inteligente para darse cuenta you don't have to be very intelligent to realize that

nos cambiamos de sitio para ver mejor we changed places (so as) to see better

para no + INF so as not to + INF

entró en puntillas para no despertarla he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

C para QUE + SUBJ:

lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me

pídeselo — ¿para qué? ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it — what for? so he can say no?

para QUE no + SUBJ:

cierra la puerta para que no nos oigan close the door so (that) they don't hear us

D

1

(enfatizando la culminación de algo): para colmo or para rematarla se apagó la luz to crown o top o cap it all the light went out

2 (expresando efecto, consecuencia) to

para su desgracia unfortunately for him

para mi gran sorpresa to my great surprise, much to my surprise

Sentido II

A (expresando suficiencia) for

no había bastante para todos there wasn't enough for everybody o to go round

tranquilízate, no es para tanto calm down, it's not that bad

para + INF:

apenas tienen para comer they can barely afford to eat

soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it

bastante tengo yo con mis problemas (como) para estar ocupándome de los suyos I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with his as well

¡es (como) para matarlo! ( fam); I'll kill him! ( colloq)

para QUE + SUBJ:

basta que yo diga A para que él diga B if I say it's black, he'll say it's white

basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa he only has to walk in and she gets flustered

B

(en comparaciones, contrastes): hace demasiado calor para estar al sol it's too hot to be in the sun

son altos para su edad they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está nada gordo considering how much he eats, he's not at all fat

díselo tú — ¡para el caso que me hacen …! you tell them — for all the notice they take of me …

para + INF:

para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent, considering it was completely off the cuff it was an excellent speech

¿quién se cree que es para hablarte así? who does she think she is, speaking to you like that o to speak to you like that?

para QUE + SUBJ:

son demasiado grandes para que les estés haciendo todo they're too old for you to be doing everything for them

para que se esté quejando todo el día … if he's going to spend all day complaining …

¡tanto preocuparse por ellos para que después hasta te acusen de metomentodo! all that worrying about them and then they go and accuse you of being a meddler!

C estar para algo/+ INF

(indicando estado): mira que no estoy para bromas look, I'm in no mood for joking o for jokes

estas botas están para tirarlas a la basura these boots are only fit for throwing out o for the trash o ( BrE) for the bin

no está (como) para salir tan de veranillo it's not warm enough to go out in such summery clothes

D

(expresando opiniones, puntos de vista): para mí que ya no viene if you ask me, he won't come now

para el padre, el niño es un Mozart en ciernes in the father's opinion o as far as the father's concerned, the boy is a budding Mozart

tú eres todo para mí you're everything to me

¿para ti qué es lo más importante? what's the most important thing for you?, what do you see as the most important thing?

esto es de gran interés para el lector this is of great interest to the reader

Sentido III

A

(indicando dirección): salieron para el aeropuerto they left for the airport

empuja para arriba push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? are you going to o toward(s) the center?

se los llevó para la casa de los abuelos she took them over to their grandparents' house

tráelo para acá/adentro bring it over here/inside

córrete para atrás move back

B

(en sentido figurado): ya vamos para viejos we're getting old o ( colloq) getting on

va para los 50 años she's pushing fifty ( colloq), she's going o ( BrE) getting on for fifty ( colloq)

Sentido IV (expresando relaciones de tiempo)

A

(señalando un plazo): tiene que estar listo para el día 15 it has to be ready by o for the 15th

¿qué deberes tienes para el lunes? what homework do you have for Monday?

son cinco para las diez ( AmL exc RPl) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]; it's five to ten

faltan cinco minutos para que termine la clase there are five minutes to go before the end of the class

me lo prometió para después de Pascua he promised I could have it after Easter, he promised it to me for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? how much have you got left to do?, how long will it take you to finish it?

B

1

(indicando fecha aproximada): piensan casarse para finales de agosto they plan to marry sometime around the end of August

para entonces quién sabe si todavía estaremos vivos who knows if we'll still be alive (by) then?

¿para cuándo espera? when is the baby due?

2 (indicando fecha fija) for

tengo hora para mañana I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

C

1

(expresando duración): para siempre forever

tengo para rato ( fam); I'm going to be a while (yet), this is going to take me a while (yet)

esto va para largo ( fam); this is going to take some time

2 (con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le puedo regalar para el cumpleaños? what can I give him for his birthday?

D ( liter)

(en secuencias de acciones): se fue para nunca volver she went away never to return

fue puesto en libertad, para más tarde volver a ser detenido he was set free only to be rearrested later, he was set free but was rearrested later

* * *

Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

para es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Del verbo parir: ( conjugate parir)

para es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
para
parar
parir
para preposición
1 (destino, finalidad, intención) for;
◊ una carta para él a letter for him;

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this (used) for?;
champú para bebés baby shampoo;
para eso no voy I might as well not go;
para + inf: ahorra para comprarse un coche he's saving up to buy a car;
tomé un taxi para no llegar tarde I took a taxi so I wouldn't be late;
está listo para pintar it's ready to be painted o for painting;
para aprobar (in order) to pass;
entró en puntillas para no despertarla he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her;
lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me;
cierra para que no nos oigan close the door so (that) they don't hear us
2
a) ( suficiencia) for;

◊ no hay para todos there isn't enough for everybody;

no es para tanto it's not that bad;
soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it
b) (en comparaciones, contrastes):

◊ hace demasiado frío para salir it's too cold to go out;

son altos para su edad they're tall for their age;
para lo que come, no está gordo considering how much he eats, he's not fat;
¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?;
es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own
1 ( dirección):
◊ salieron para el aeropuerto they left for the airport;

empuja para arriba push up o upward(s);
¿vas para el centro? are you going to o toward(s) the center?
2 ( tiempo)
a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo):

◊ estará listo para el día 15 it'll be ready by o for the 15th;

deberes para el lunes homework for Monday;
faltan cinco minutos para que termine there are five minutes to go before the end;
me lo prometió para después de Pascua he promised me it for after Easter;
¿cuánto te falta para terminar? how much have you got left to do?;
para entonces estaré en Madrid I'll be in Madrid (by) then;
tengo hora para mañana I have an appointment (for) tomorrow
b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to;

◊ son cinco para las diez it's five to ten

c) ( duración):

◊ para siempre forever;

tengo para rato (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)
parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( detenerse) to stop;
◊ paró en seco she stopped dead;

ir/venir a para to end up;
fue a para a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
¿a dónde habrá ido a para aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
¡a dónde iremos a para! I don't know what the world's coming to
2 ( cesar) to stop;
◊ para un momento hang on a minute;

ha estado lloviendo sin para it hasn't stopped raining;
no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
no para en casa she's never at home;
para DE + INF to stop -ing;
paró de llover it stopped raining
3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

‹ golpe› to block, ward off
2 (AmL)
a) ( poner de pie) to stand

b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;

◊ el perro paró las orejas the dog pricked up its ears

pararse verbo pronominal
1 ( detenerse)
a) [ persona] to stop

b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

[coche/motor] to stall;
◊ se me paró el reloj my watch stopped

2
a) (AmL) ( ponerse de pie) to stand up;

◊ párate derecho stand up straight;

se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
¿te puedes para de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

( en los lados) to stick out
c) (Méx, Ven) ( levantarse de la cama) to get up

parir ( conjugate parir) verbo intransitivo [ mujer] to give birth;
[ vaca] to calve;
[yegua/burra] to foal;
[ oveja] to lamb
verbo transitivo
a) [ mujer] to give birth to, have

b) [ mamíferos] to have, bear (frml)

para preposición
1 (utilidad, aptitud) for: ¿para qué tanto esfuerzo?, what's all this effort for?
una pomada para las quemaduras, an ointment for burns
una tijera para zurdos, a pair of scissors for left-handed people
2 (finalidad, motivo) to, in order to: lo dijo para molestarme, she said it to annoy me
lo hace para que te fijes en él, he does it so that you notice him
3 (destinatario) for: es para mamá, it's for mum
hablaba para los votantes indecisos, he spoke to the undecided voters
es muy atento para con ella, he's very obliging towards her
4 (opinión) para Paco todas las mujeres son guapas, in Paco's opinion, all women are pretty
5 (comparación, concesión) for: para ser tan joven tiene ideas muy sensatas, he has very sensible ideas for his age
6 (rechazo) para una vez que hablo, me haces callar, the one time I speak, you shut me up
7 (tiempo) by: estará listo para las cinco, it'll be ready by five
para entonces, by then
8 (a punto de) está para salir, it's about to leave
9 (dirección) el tren para Burgos acaba de salir, the train for Burgos has just left
iba para tu casa, I was going to your house
Recuerda que cuando para expresa finalidad, se traduce por to o in order to (este último sólo se usa para evitar confusión): Me voy para ayudarte. I'm going in order to help you. Si usáramos sólo to significaría: Voy a ayudarte. Sin embargo, cuando después de para viene un sustantivo o un pronombre y no un verbo (esta llave es para aquella puerta), se traduce por for ( this key is for that door).
parar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
2 (alojarse) to stay
3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
II verbo transitivo
1 to stop
2 Dep to save
3 LAm to stand up
♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
parir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to give birth (to)
♦ Locuciones: poner a alguien a parir, to run sb down
' para' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abalorio
- ablandar
- abreviar
- absoluta
- absoluto
- acá
- aceitera
- achuchar
- actuación
- adentro
- agitador
- agitadora
- alcanzar
- alfiler
- alguna
- alguno
- aliento
- alquiler
- alta
- amenaza
- añadidura
- ancha
- ancho
- ánimo
- año
- antesala
- antirrobo
- aplanar
- aprovechar
- apta
- aptitud
- apto
- aquí
- arca
- arena
- arrastre
- arriba
- arropar
- atonía
- atrás
- atril
- aunar
- auspicio
- baja
- bajo
- balde
- bálsamo
- bañarse
- banco
English:
AA
- ability
- about
- accessory
- accommodate
- achieve
- activity
- adapter
- adaptor
- adequate
- adequately
- admire
- adult
- advantage
- advantageous
- advertise
- aftershave (lotion)
- agitate
- agree
- all
- all-out
- allocate
- analyst
- antiallergenic
- antibiotic
- antidote
- antihistamine
- antipollution
- appease
- application
- appointment
- appropriate
- aptitude
- argue
- arm-twisting
- arms control
- around-the clock
- arrangement
- arson
- as
- ASPCA
- assailant
- assert
- assess
- assume
- astir
- astonishment
- attain
- attention span
- attractive

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para prep

1. [indica destino, finalidad, motivación] for;

es para ti it's for you;

significa mucho para mí it means a lot to me;

“¡qué suerte!” dije para mí “how lucky,” I said to myself;

una mesa para el salón a table for the living-room;

desayuno para dos breakfast for two;

crema para zapatos shoe polish;

pastillas para dormir sleeping pills;

están entrenados para el combate they have been trained for combat;

estudia para dentista she's studying to become a dentist;

esta agua no es buena para beber this water isn't fit for drinking o to drink;

para conseguir sus propósitos in order to achieve his aims;

lo he hecho para agradarte I did it to please you;

me voy para no causar más molestias I'll go so I don't cause you any more inconvenience;

te lo repetiré para que te enteres I'll repeat it so you understand;

resulta que se divorcian para un mes más tarde volverse a casar so they get divorced, only to remarry a month later;

para con towards;

es buena para con los demás she is kind towards other people;

¿para qué? what for?;

¿para qué quieres un martillo? what do you want a hammer for?, why do you want a hammer?;

¿para qué has venido? why are you here?;

¿para quién trabajas? who do you work for?

2. [indica dirección] towards;

el próximo vuelo para Caracas the next flight to Caracas;

ir para casa to head (for) home;

salir para el aeropuerto to leave for the airport;

para abajo downwards;

para arriba upwards;

tira para arriba pull up o upwards;

para atrás backwards;

échate para atrás [en asiento] lean back;

para delante forwards;

ya vas para viejo you're getting old;

esta muchacha va para pintora this girl has all the makings of a painter

3. [indica tiempo] for;

tiene que estar acabado para mañana/para antes de Navidad it has to be finished by o for tomorrow/before Christmas;

faltan cinco minutos para que salga el tren the train leaves in five minutes;

tienen previsto casarse para el 17 de agosto they plan to get married on 17 August;

llevamos comida para varios días we have enough food for several days;
Am salvo RP
diez para las once ten to eleven;
Am salvo RP
un cuarto para las once (a) quarter to eleven;

va para un año que no nos vemos it's getting on for a year since we saw each other;

¿y para cuándo un bebé? and when are you going to start a family?;

para entonces by then

4. [indica comparación]
tiene la estatura adecuada para su edad she is the normal height for her age;

está muy delgado para lo que come he's very thin considering how much he eats;

para ser verano hace mucho frío considering it's summer, it's very cold;

para ser un principiante no lo hace mal he's not bad for a beginner;

para lo que me ha servido… for all the use it's been to me…;

¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!;

¿y tú quién eres para tratarla así? who do you think you are, treating her like that?;

yo no soy quien para decir… it's not for me to say…

5. (después de adjetivo y antes de infinitivo) [indica inminencia, propósito] to;

la comida está lista para servir the meal is ready to be served;

el atleta está preparado para ganar the athlete is ready to win

6. [indica opinión] for;

para Marx, la religión era el opio del pueblo for Marx, religion was the opium of the people;

para mí/ti/ etc as far as I'm/you're/ etc concerned;

para mí que no van a venir it looks to me like they're not coming;

¿para ti quién es más guapo? who do you think is the most handsome?

7. [indica disposición, estado]
no estoy para fiestas I'm not in the mood for parties;

el abuelo no está ya para hacer viajes largos grandfather's no longer up to going on long journeys;

¿hace día para ir sin chaqueta? is it warm enough to go out without a jacket on?

8. [indica consecuencia]
para su sorpresa, para sorpresa suya to her surprise;

para alegría de todos to everyone's delight;

para nuestra desgracia unfortunately for us

9. Comp

no es/fue/ etc[m5]. para tanto it's not/it wasn't/ etc such a big deal;

no llores, que no es para tanto don't cry, it's not such a big deal, there's no need to cry about it;

dicen que les trataron mal, pero no fue para tanto they say they were ill-treated, but that's going a bit far;
Fam
que para qué: hace un calor que para qué it's absolutely boiling;

este plato pica que para qué this dish is really hot, Br this dish isn't half hot

* * *

para

prp

1 for;

para mí for me

2 dirección toward(s);

ir para head for;

va para directora she’s going to end up as manager

3 tiempo for;

listo para mañana ready for tomorrow;

para siempre forever;

diez para las ocho L.Am. ten of eight, ten to eight;

para Pascua iremos de vacaciones a Lima we’re going to Lima for Easter;

espero que para Pascua haya terminado la crisis I hope the crisis is over by Easter;

¿para cuándo? when for?

4 finalidad

:

lo hace para ayudarte he does it (in order) to help you;

para que so that;

¿para qué te marchas? what are you leaving for?;

para eso no hace falta it’s not necessary just for that

5 en comparaciones

:

para su edad es muy maduro he’s very mature for his age

6

:

lo heredó todo para morir a los 30 he inherited it all, only to die at 30

* * *

para prep

1) : for

para ti: for you

alta para su edad: tall for her age

una cita para el lunes: an appointment for Monday

2) : to, towards

para la derecha: to the right

van para el río: they're heading towards the river

3) : to, in order to

lo hace para molestarte: he does it to annoy you

4) : around, by (a time)

para mañana estarán listos: they'll be ready by tomorrow

5)

para adelante : forwards

6)

para atrás : backwards

7)

para que : so, so that, in order that

te lo digo para que sepas: I'm telling you so you'll know

* * *

para prep

1. (en general) for

una carta para el director a letter for the manager

está muy alto para su edad he's very tall for his age

jarabe para la tos cough medicine

2. (seguido de infinitivo) to

he venido para hablar contigo I have come to talk to you

para no despertar al niño so as not to wake the baby up

3. (seguido de subjuntivo) so that

cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

4. (dirección) for / to

salgo para Madrid dentro de una hora I'm leaving for Madrid in an hour

me voy para casa I'm going home

5. (tiempo) by

lo quiero para el viernes I want it by Friday

para mí for me / in my opinion

Spanish-English dictionary > para
10 cafetería

f.

1 coffee shop, coffeehouse, snack bar, coffee-bar.

2 milk bar.

* * *

cafetería

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) snack bar, coffee bar; (en un tren) buffet car

* * *

SF

1) [gen] café, coffee shop; (=autoservicio) cafeteria; (Ferro) buffet, refreshment car (EEUU)

2) LAm (=tienda) retail coffee shop

* * *

femenino ( café) café; (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
•• Cultural note:
cafetería

In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes

* * *

= cafe, cafeteria, food-court, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar, diner, coffee shop.

Ex. The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex. In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.

Ex. And then, perhaps more important of all of that, is the social and professional interaction that takes place at the conference, it is not rare to meet new friends at the food court that last for ever!.

Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

Ex. Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.

Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex. The services of the library, bookstore, and coffee shop were judged adequate by over 60%.

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* bar cafetería = cellar coffee bar.

* cafetería con terraza = curbside cafe, kerbside cafe.

* servicios de cafetería = food services.

* * *

femenino ( café) café; (en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
•• Cultural note:
cafetería

In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes

* * *

= cafe, cafeteria, food-court, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar, diner, coffee shop.

Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex: In the cafeteria, she disclosed to him what had happened at her meeting with Jay.

Ex: And then, perhaps more important of all of that, is the social and professional interaction that takes place at the conference, it is not rare to meet new friends at the food court that last for ever!.

Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

Ex: Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: The services of the library, bookstore, and coffee shop were judged adequate by over 60%.

* bar cafetería = cellar coffee bar.

* cafetería con terraza = curbside cafe, kerbside cafe.

* servicios de cafetería = food services.

* * *

cafetería

feminine

cafetería (↑ cafetería a1)

coffee shop, café, coffee bar ( BrE)

CULTURAL NOTE

cafetería

In Spain, a place to have a coffee, other drinks, and pastries and cakes. Cafeterías are frequently combined with bares (↑ bar a1) and are very similar. However, cafeterías are usually smarter, and serve a wider variety of dishes.

* * *

cafetería sustantivo femenino ( café) café;
(en museo, fábrica) cafeteria
cafetería sustantivo femenino snack bar, café
Ferroc buffet, refreshment room
' cafetería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barra
- cafetera
- convecina
- convecino
- directoria I
- directorio
- estudiantil
- lavabo
- mostrador
- murmullo
- pergeñar
- autoservicio
- café
- cantina
- chocolatería
- comedor
- soda
English:
buffet
- cafeteria
- coffee house
- friendly
- snack bar
- café
- diner
- snack

* * *

cafetería nf
[establecimiento] café, snack bar; [en facultad, hospital, museo] cafeteria; [en empresa] canteen
* * *

cafetería

f coffee shop

* * *

cafetería nf

1) : coffee shop, café

2) : lunchroom, cafeteria

* * *

cafetería n cafe / snack bar

Spanish-English dictionary > cafetería
11 impostor

m.

impostor, faker, fraud, dissembler.

* * *

impostor

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (farsante) impostor

2 (difamador) slanderer

* * *

impostor, -a
SM / F
1) (=charlatán) impostor

2) (=calumniador) slanderer

* * *

- tora masculino, femenino impostor

* * *

= imposter [impostor], humbug, fraud, fraudster, wolf in sheep's clothing, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex. China accuses the Dalai Lama of being a wolf in sheep's clothing who propagates the independence of Tibet.

Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

* * *

- tora masculino, femenino impostor

* * *

= imposter [impostor], humbug, fraud, fraudster, wolf in sheep's clothing, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex: China accuses the Dalai Lama of being a wolf in sheep's clothing who propagates the independence of Tibet.

Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

* * *

impostor - tora

masculine, feminine

impostor

* * *

impostor
◊ - tora sustantivo masculino, femenino

impostor
impostor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino impostor

' impostor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
farsante
- impostora
English:
fraud
- impostor
- sham
- deceiver

* * *

impostor, -ora

♦ adj
[suplantador] fraudulent
♦ nm,f
[suplantador] impostor
* * *

impostor

m, impostora f impostor

* * *

impostor, - tora n

: impostor

Spanish-English dictionary > impostor
12 manipular

v.

1 to handle.

2 to manipulate.

Ricardo manipula los alimentos Richard manipulates=handles the food.

El mafioso manipulaba al alcalde The mobster manipulated the mayor.

3 to use.

El chico manipula a su novia The boy uses his girlfriend.

* * *

manipular

► verbo transitivo

1 (persona) to manipulate

2 (mercancías, alimentos) to handle

3 (aparato, máquina) to use, operate

4 figurado to interfere with

* * *

verb

1) to manipulate

2) handle

* * *

1. VT

1) (=manejar) [+ alimentos, géneros] to handle; [+ aparato] to operate, use

2) (=mangonear) to manipulate

2.

VI

manipular con o en algo — to manipulate sth

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < mercancías> to handle

b) <aparato/máquina> to operate, use

2) <persona/información/datos> to manipulate; < cifras> to massage, manipulate

manipular los resultados — to fix o rig the results
2.
manipular vi

manipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes — he made illicit use of his clients' accounts

* * *

= manipulate, tamper (with), fiddle, fuss with, tweak, twiddle, muck around/about, finesse, massage, fiddle with, play + Nombre + along, play + fast and loose with.

Ex. Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.

Ex. Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.

Ex. Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.

Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.

Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.

Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex. The author suggests ways of massaging the data contained in legacy systems lacking a good export function.

Ex. The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex. Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.

Ex. Journalists are still playing fast and loose with the truth.

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* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.

* manipular indebidamente = meddle (in/with).

* manipular la opinión = manipulate + opinion.

* manipular las urnas = stuff + the ballot box.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < mercancías> to handle

b) <aparato/máquina> to operate, use

2) <persona/información/datos> to manipulate; < cifras> to massage, manipulate

manipular los resultados — to fix o rig the results
2.
manipular vi

manipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes — he made illicit use of his clients' accounts

* * *

= manipulate, tamper (with), fiddle, fuss with, tweak, twiddle, muck around/about, finesse, massage, fiddle with, play + Nombre + along, play + fast and loose with.

Ex: Different stores offer access to distinct types of information or data and permit the information to be manipulated to varying extents.

Ex: Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.

Ex: Editors are a bridge between the abstract writer and the printer: on the one hand they fuss with the content and intellectual quality of the abstract, and on the other hand they prepare copy that conforms to the constraints of the publishing world.

Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: The author suggests ways of massaging the data contained in legacy systems lacking a good export function.

Ex: The writer bemoans record studios' tendency to chop up and fiddle with opera performances.

Ex: Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.

Ex: Journalists are still playing fast and loose with the truth.

* manipular el mercado = rig + the market.

* manipular indebidamente = meddle (in/with).

* manipular la opinión = manipulate + opinion.

* manipular las urnas = stuff + the ballot box.

* * *

manipular [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹mercancías› to handle

el permiso para manipular alimentos the license to handle food

2 ‹aparato/máquina› to operate, use

B

1 ‹persona› to manipulate

2 ‹información/datos› to manipulate

manipular los resultados to fix o rig the results

■ manipular

vi

manipulaba en or con las cuentas de sus clientes he made illicit use of his clients' accounts

* * *

manipular ( conjugate manipular) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ mercancías› to handle

b) ‹aparato/máquina› to operate, use

2 ‹persona/información/datos› to manipulate;
◊ manipular los resultados to fix o rig the results

manipular verbo transitivo
1 (con manos, instrumento) to handle: manipula sustancias químicas, he handles chemicals
2 (dirigir, utilizar) to manipulate: te está manipulando, she's using you
' manipular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jugar
- manejar
- tocar
English:
engineer
- handle
- manipulate
- manoeuvre
- rig
- tamper
- play

* * *

manipular vt

1. [manejar] to handle;

manipuló el explosivo con mucho cuidado he handled the explosives very carefully;

alguien había manipulado la cerradura someone had tampered with the lock;

manipular genéticamente to genetically modify

2. [trastocar, dominar] to manipulate;

le acusaron de manipular las papeletas they accused him of tampering with the ballot papers;

están manipulando a las masas they are manipulating the masses

* * *

manipular

v/t

1 información, persona manipulate

2 ( manejar) handle

* * *

manipular vt

1) : to manipulate

2) manejar: to handle

* * *

manipular vb

1. (influir, dominar) to manipulate

intentó manipular a la opinión pública he tried to manipulate public opinion

2. (manejar) to handle

hay que poner guantes para manipular las sustancias químicas you have to wear gloves to handle the chemicals

Spanish-English dictionary > manipular
13 deberes

m.pl.

1 duties, obligations.

2 homework, schoolwork, school assignment, school work.

* * *

deberes

► nombre masculino plural

1 (escolares) homework sing

* * *

(n.) = homework, school tasks, homework assignment, school work [schoolwork], class assignment, course assignment, student assignment

Ex. When a schoolboy, coming to the library with nothing better than grades in mind, discovers incidentally the fascination of books that have nothing to do with his homework.

Ex. In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.

Ex. This is and information service available for IBM and Macintosh computers with a modem to help students with homework assignments.

Ex. Most of them use the library for their school work, and the majority are not satisfied either with library collections or services.

Ex. Class assignments may have to be redesigned if the full capabilities offered by multimedia instructional products are to be fully exploited.

Ex. The author discusses the course assignments, teaching methods and materials, and the lessons learned from the experience.

Ex. City librarians need to be notified about student assignments so that materials can be pulled from shelves and reserved for student use.

* * *

(n.) = homework, school tasks, homework assignment, school work [schoolwork], class assignment, course assignment, student assignment

Ex: When a schoolboy, coming to the library with nothing better than grades in mind, discovers incidentally the fascination of books that have nothing to do with his homework.

Ex: In teaching session after teaching session, day after day, school tasks are administered through textbooks, instruction manuals, reference works, etc -- tomes teeming with problems for the pupils to solve.

Ex: This is and information service available for IBM and Macintosh computers with a modem to help students with homework assignments.

Ex: Most of them use the library for their school work, and the majority are not satisfied either with library collections or services.

Ex: Class assignments may have to be redesigned if the full capabilities offered by multimedia instructional products are to be fully exploited.

Ex: The author discusses the course assignments, teaching methods and materials, and the lessons learned from the experience.

Ex: City librarians need to be notified about student assignments so that materials can be pulled from shelves and reserved for student use.

* * *

deberes npl homework

¿ya has hecho los deberes? have you done your homework yet?

Fíjate que homework es un nombre incontable

Spanish-English dictionary > deberes
14 embaucador

adj.

deceptive, deceiving.

m.

faker, charlatan, fraud, bamboozler.

* * *

embaucador

► adjetivo

1 deceitful

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 cheat, swindler, trickster

* * *

embaucador, -a
SM / F (=estafador) trickster, swindler; (=impostor) impostor; (=farsante) humbug
* * *
I
- dora adjetivo deceitful
II
- dora masculino, femenino trickster

* * *

= trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

Ex. The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.

Ex. The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.

Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.

Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex. Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

* * *
I
- dora adjetivo deceitful
II
- dora masculino, femenino trickster

* * *

= trickster, swindler, wheeler-dealer, duplicitous, two-faced, con artist, con man, humbug, scamster, fraudster, fraud, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

Ex: The title of the book is 'Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online'.

Ex: The term widget is taken from the 1963 movie, 'The Wheeler-Dealers'.

Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.

Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.

Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

* * *

embaucador¹ - dora

adjective

deceitful

embaucador² - dora

masculine, feminine

trickster, con artist ( colloq)

* * *

embaucador
◊ - dora adjetivo

deceitful
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
trickster
embaucador,-ora
I adjetivo deceitful
II sustantivo masculino y femenino swindler, cheat

' embaucador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
charlatán
- charlatana
- embaucadora
English:
trickster

* * *

embaucador, -ora

♦ adj

deceitful

♦ nm,f

swindler, confodence man o trickster

* * *

embaucador

I adj deceitful

II m, embaucadora f trickster

* * *

embaucador, - dora n

: swindler, deceiver

Spanish-English dictionary > embaucador
15 eternamente

adv.

1 eternally, forever, everlastingly, evermore.

2 for a long time. (Metaphorical)

3 never.

* * *

eternamente

► adverbio

1 eternally

* * *

ADV eternally, everlastingly

* * *

= for good, eternally, ever after.

Ex. Libraries are beginning to recognize that customers have choices for their information needs nd that some of these choices are drawing customers away from the library in increasing numbers, and perhaps for good.

Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.

Ex. The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.

* * *

= for good, eternally, ever after.

Ex: Libraries are beginning to recognize that customers have choices for their information needs nd that some of these choices are drawing customers away from the library in increasing numbers, and perhaps for good.

Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.

Ex: The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.

* * *

eternamente

adverb

eternally

* * *

eternamente adv

eternally;

te estaré eternamente agradecido I will be eternally grateful to you

Spanish-English dictionary > eternamente
16 farsante

adj.

1 deceitful.

2 fake, faker, false, humbug.

f. & m.

1 deceitful person.

es un farsante he's a fraud

2 phoney, phony, faker, charlatan.

3 show-off, braggart, boaster, old humbug.

* * *

farsante

► adjetivo

1 lying, deceitful

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 fake, impostor

* * *

masculino y femenino fraud, fake

* * *

= charlatan, con artist, con man, humbug, fabricator, fraud, fraudster, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.

Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.

Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

* * *

masculino y femenino fraud, fake

* * *

= charlatan, con artist, con man, humbug, fabricator, fraud, fraudster, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.

Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.

Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

* * *

farsante

masculine and feminine

fraud, fake

* * *

farsante sustantivo masculino y femenino
fraud, fake
farsante mf (impostor) fake, impostor
' farsante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comedianta
- comediante
- encantador
- encantadora
English:
fake
- fraud
- phoney
- see
- sham

* * *

farsante

♦ adj

deceitful;

¡qué farsantes son! they're such frauds!

♦ nmf

fraud;

es un farsante he's a fraud

* * *

farsante

m/f fraud, fake

* * *

farsante nmf

charlatán: charlatan, fraud, phony

Spanish-English dictionary > farsante
17 hábilmente

adv.

skillfully, ably, adroitly, adeptly.

* * *

hábilmente

► adverbio

1 skilfully (US skillfully)

* * *

ADV

1) (=diestramente) skilfully, skillfully (EEUU)

2) (=capazmente) ably, expertly

3) (=inteligentemente) cleverly, smartly

4) pey (=con argucias) cunningly

* * *

= skilfully [skillfully, -USA], cunningly, capably, expertly, expertly, shrewdly, nimbly, handsomely, cleverly.

Ex. But may, unless skilfully exploited and designed, lead to bulky catalogues which are difficult to read.

Ex. In this sense this book is reminiscent of the cunningly drawn pictures of our youth.

Ex. Many students and professionals in the health sciences are unable to capably use the biomedical indexing and abstracting tools.

Ex. The punch-cutters copied each other expertly = Los fundidores de tipos se copiaban hábilmente los unos a los otros.

Ex. The punch-cutters copied each other expertly = Los fundidores de tipos se copiaban hábilmente los unos a los otros.

Ex. Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.

Ex. The author identifies fundamental attitudes necessary for information professionals to navigate ' nimbly' in a fast changing environment.

Ex. The book is handsomely illustrated with the linking narrative and captions serving as background information.

Ex. She argues - cleverly but unconvincingly - that environmental concerns can develop only out of economic comfort, & that curbing economic growth is not compatible with preserving the environment.

* * *

= skilfully [skillfully, -USA], cunningly, capably, expertly, expertly, shrewdly, nimbly, handsomely, cleverly.

Ex: But may, unless skilfully exploited and designed, lead to bulky catalogues which are difficult to read.

Ex: In this sense this book is reminiscent of the cunningly drawn pictures of our youth.

Ex: Many students and professionals in the health sciences are unable to capably use the biomedical indexing and abstracting tools.

Ex: The punch-cutters copied each other expertly = Los fundidores de tipos se copiaban hábilmente los unos a los otros.

Ex: The punch-cutters copied each other expertly = Los fundidores de tipos se copiaban hábilmente los unos a los otros.

Ex: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.

Ex: The author identifies fundamental attitudes necessary for information professionals to navigate ' nimbly' in a fast changing environment.

Ex: The book is handsomely illustrated with the linking narrative and captions serving as background information.

Ex: She argues - cleverly but unconvincingly - that environmental concerns can develop only out of economic comfort, & that curbing economic growth is not compatible with preserving the environment.

* * *

hábilmente

adverb

cleverly, skillfully*

* * *

hábilmente adv

skilfully

* * *

hábilmente adv

: skillfully, expertly

Spanish-English dictionary > hábilmente
18 incorporar

v.

to incorporate.

incorporaron los territorios al imperio (cooking) the territories became part of the empire

Elsa incorporó los libros Elsa incorporated the books.

María incorpora nuevas técnicas Mary incorporates new techniques.

La empresa incorporó nuevos empleados The company incorporated new employees

* * *

incorporar

► verbo transitivo

1 (añadir) to incorporate, include

■ habrá que incorporar el documento al acta the document will have to be included in the minutes

2 COCINA (añadir) to add; (salsa) to blend in

3 (enfermo) to help to sit up

■ incorporado en la cama sitting up in bed

► verbo pronominal incorporarse

1 (levantarse) to sit up

2 (a un trabajo) to start; (a una empresa, equipo, etc) to join

■ acaba de incorporarse a la plantilla he has recently joined the company

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

incorporarse a filas to join up

incorporarse a su destino to take up one's post

* * *

verb

1) to incorporate

2) include

•

- incorporarse a

* * *

1. VT

1) (=añadir) [gen] to incorporate (a, en into, in)
(Culin) to mix in, add
incorporar a filas — (Mil) to call up, enlist

2) (=involucrar) to involve (a in, with)

3) (=abarcar) to embody

4) (=levantar)

incorporar a algn — to sit sb up ( in bed)

5) (Teat)

Rosana incorpora al personaje de Julieta — Rosana plays the part of Julieta

2.

See:

incorporarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo (frml)

1)

a) ( agregar) to add

incorporar algo a algo — to add something to something, include something in something

incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla — fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture

b) ( integrar) to incorporate

mi sugerencia fue incorporada al plan — my suggestion was incorporated in the plan

c) < empleado>

incorporar a alguien a algo — to assign somebody to something

d) < recluta> to draft, call up

2) (incluir, contener) <innovaciones/información> to incorporate, include

3) <enfermo/niño> to sit... up
2.
incorporarse v pron (frml)

1) (a equipo, puesto) to join

incorporarse a algo — to join something

incorporarse a filas — to join up, join the army

2) ( levantarse) to sit up

* * *

= accommodate, assimilate, embody, take (in/into), bring + Nombre + into the matter, design into, build in, take in.

Ex. Changes have been made to accommodate modern approaches or new groupings of subjects.

Ex. The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us -- far more information than any of us can monitor and assimilate.

Ex. In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.

Ex. For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.

Ex. This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex. User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.

Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex. People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

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* incorporar (a) = build into, incorporate (into).

* incorporar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).

* incorporarse = sit up.

* incorporarse a = join.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo (frml)

1)

a) ( agregar) to add

incorporar algo a algo — to add something to something, include something in something

incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla — fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture

b) ( integrar) to incorporate

mi sugerencia fue incorporada al plan — my suggestion was incorporated in the plan

c) < empleado>

incorporar a alguien a algo — to assign somebody to something

d) < recluta> to draft, call up

2) (incluir, contener) <innovaciones/información> to incorporate, include

3) <enfermo/niño> to sit... up
2.
incorporarse v pron (frml)

1) (a equipo, puesto) to join

incorporarse a algo — to join something

incorporarse a filas — to join up, join the army

2) ( levantarse) to sit up

* * *

= accommodate, assimilate, embody, take (in/into), bring + Nombre + into the matter, design into, build in, take in.

Ex: Changes have been made to accommodate modern approaches or new groupings of subjects.

Ex: The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us -- far more information than any of us can monitor and assimilate.

Ex: In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.

Ex: For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.

Ex: This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex: User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.

Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex: People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

* incorporar (a) = build into, incorporate (into).

* incorporar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).

* incorporarse = sit up.

* incorporarse a = join.

* * *

incorporar [A1 ]

vt

( frml)

A

1 (agregar) to add incorporar algo A algo to add sth TO sth, include sth IN sth

incorporó estos detalles a su informe he added these details to o included these details in his report

incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture

le ha sido incorporado un nuevo sistema de ventilación it has been fitted with a new cooling system

2 ‹empleado› incorporar a algn A algo to assign sb TO sth

3 ‹recluta› to draft, call up

B (incluir, contener) ‹innovaciones/información› to incorporate, include

C ‹enfermo/niño› to sit … up

■ incorporarse

v pron

( frml)

A (a un equipo, puesto) to join incorporarse A algo to join sth

incorporarse a filas to join up, to join the army

B (levantarse) to sit up

* * *

incorporar ( conjugate incorporar) verbo transitivo (frml)
1
a) ( agregar) to add;

incorporar algo a algo to add sth to sth
b) ( integrar) to incorporate

2 ‹enfermo/niño› to sit … up
incorporarse verbo pronominal (frml)
1 (a equipo, puesto) to join;
incorporarse a algo to join sth
2 ( levantarse) to sit up
incorporar verbo transitivo
1 (añadir) to add
2 (incluir) to incorporate [a, into]
3 (sentar) to help to sit up
' incorporar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agregar
- sumar
- integrar
English:
incorporate
- integrate
- fold

* * *

incorporar

♦ vt

1. [añadir] to incorporate (a into);
incorporar el azúcar a la nata mix the sugar into the cream;

incorporaron los territorios al imperio the territories became part of the empire;

incorporaron las propuestas de los verdes en su programa electoral they incorporated the Greens' proposals into their election manifesto

2. [levantar]
incorporar a alguien to sit sb up

3. [incluir] to include, to incorporate;

el modelo incorpora la última tecnología digital the model incorporates the latest digital technology

♦ See also the pronominal verb incorporarse

* * *

incorporar

v/t incorporate

* * *

incorporar vt

1) : to incorporate

2) : to add, to include

♦ See also the reflexive verb incorporarse

* * *

incorporar vb to include

en el próximo fascículo incorporarán el disquete the diskette will be included in the next instalment

Spanish-English dictionary > incorporar
19 inmovilizar

v.

to immobilize.

María inmoviliza sus piernas Mary immobilizes his legs.

El banco inmoviliza los bonos The bank immobilizes the bonds.

* * *

inmovilizar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 to immobilize

* * *

verb

to immobilize

* * *

VT

1) [+ persona, vehículo] to immobilize

2) (=paralizar) to paralyse, bring to a standstill

3) (Econ) [+ capital] to tie up

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <persona/país/vehículo> to immobilize

2) (Com, Fin) < capital> to tie up

* * *

= make + immobile, paralyse [paralyze, -USA], immobilise [immobilize, -USA], pin down.

Ex. The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex. Prior to white contact the Eskimos had a complex and progressive culture which was immobilized, fragmented, and exploited by European invaders -- hence the title 'Give or Take a Century'.

Ex. They lost mobility by being pinned down to hold the fortress.

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* inmovilizar capital = tie up + capital.

* inmovilizar contra = pin + Nombre + against.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) <persona/país/vehículo> to immobilize

2) (Com, Fin) < capital> to tie up

* * *

= make + immobile, paralyse [paralyze, -USA], immobilise [immobilize, -USA], pin down.

Ex: The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex: Prior to white contact the Eskimos had a complex and progressive culture which was immobilized, fragmented, and exploited by European invaders -- hence the title 'Give or Take a Century'.

Ex: They lost mobility by being pinned down to hold the fortress.

* inmovilizar capital = tie up + capital.

* inmovilizar contra = pin + Nombre + against.

* * *

inmovilizar [A4 ]

vt

A

1 ‹persona› to immobilize

la huelga que inmovilizó el país the strike which immobilized o paralyzed the country o which brought the country to a standstill

2 ( Med) ‹pierna› to immobilize

3 ‹vehículo› to immobilize

B ( Com, Fin) ‹capital› to tie up

* * *

inmovilizar ( conjugate inmovilizar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/país/vehículo› to immobilize
2 (Com, Fin) ‹ capital› to tie up
inmovilizar verbo transitivo
1 (impedir el movimiento) to immobilize
2 Fin (un capital) to immobilize, tie up
' inmovilizar' also found in these entries:
English:
immobilize
- pin
- pin down
- tie up
- hold
- pinion

* * *

inmovilizar vt

1. [físicamente] to immobilize

2. [capitales] to tie up

* * *

inmovilizar

v/t immobilize; fig

paralyze

* * *

inmovilizar {21} vt

: to immobilize

Spanish-English dictionary > inmovilizar
20 integrar

v.

1 to integrate (gen) & (Mat).

2 to make up.

* * *

integrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (formar) to make up

■ ¿qué países integran las Naciones Unidas? which countries make up the United Nations?

2 (ayudar a la integración) to integrate, fit in

■ es un grupo difícil de integrar en nuestra sociedad it's a group which is to integrate into our society

► verbo pronominal integrarse

1 to integrate

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

integrarse en un país to become integrated into a country

* * *

verb

to integrate

* * *

1. VT

1) (=componer) to make up

la exposición la integran 150 fotografías — the exhibition is made up of 150 photographs

una enciclopedia integrada por 12 volúmenes — an encyclopaedia consisting of 12 volumes

2) (=incorporar) [+ funciones, servicios] to incorporate, include

este programa integra diversas funciones — this program incorporates o includes various functions

han integrado bien los muebles en el resto de la decoración — they have integrated o incorporated the furniture very well into the rest of the decor

integrar a algn en algo — to integrate sb into sth

un programa para integrar a los presos en el mercado laboral — a programme to integrate prisoners into the labour market

quieren integrar a su club en la federación deportiva — they want their club to become a member of o join the sports federation

3) (Mat) to integrate

4) (Econ) (=reembolsar) to repay, reimburse; Cono Sur (=pagar) to pay up

2.

See:

integrarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( formar) <grupo/organización> to make up

los países que integran la organización — the countries which make up the organization

2) ( incorporar) <idea/plan> to incorporate

3) (Mat, Sociol) to integrate

para integrar al niño en el grupo — to integrate the child into the group

4) (CS) <suma/cantidad> to pay
2.
integrarse v pron

a) ( asimilarse) to integrate, fit in

integrarse a or en algo — to integrate into something, fit into something

b) ( unirse)

integrarse a or en algo — to join something

integrarse a la CE — to join the EC

* * *

= absorb, encompass, integrate, mainstream, fit together, interweave, mesh, plug into, bring + Nombre + into the matter, populate, embed [imbed, -USA].

Ex. For the majority, however, IT was regarded as simply another topic to absorb into syllabuses.

Ex. The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.

Ex. The acquisitions system integrates data from the Online Union Catalogue with local order and fund data, thus improving order processing and providing current accounting information.

Ex. This article describes the philosophy of some of the practical techniques used to achieve the goal of mainstreaming CD-ROMs into the library collection.

Ex. The narrative may be unfamiliar in its structure so that they are unsure about the way different elements of the story fit together.

Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.

Ex. Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.

Ex. In addition, when the heuristic approach is plugged into this interchange, the many additional facets of human personality and experience transform the exchange.

Ex. This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex. One way librarians can add value is by carefully selecting, evaluating, and describing the resources that populate their Internet collections.

Ex. String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.

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* integrar en = merge into, lump + Nombre + into.

* integrar formando un todo = articulate.

* integrarse con = interface to/with, become + one with.

* integrarse en = blend into, blend in with.

* integrarse en el paisaje = blend into + the landscape.

* integrarse en la sociedad = integrate into + society.

* poderse integrar en = be integrable in.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( formar) <grupo/organización> to make up

los países que integran la organización — the countries which make up the organization

2) ( incorporar) <idea/plan> to incorporate

3) (Mat, Sociol) to integrate

para integrar al niño en el grupo — to integrate the child into the group

4) (CS) <suma/cantidad> to pay
2.
integrarse v pron

a) ( asimilarse) to integrate, fit in

integrarse a or en algo — to integrate into something, fit into something

b) ( unirse)

integrarse a or en algo — to join something

integrarse a la CE — to join the EC

* * *

= absorb, encompass, integrate, mainstream, fit together, interweave, mesh, plug into, bring + Nombre + into the matter, populate, embed [imbed, -USA].

Ex: For the majority, however, IT was regarded as simply another topic to absorb into syllabuses.

Ex: The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.

Ex: The acquisitions system integrates data from the Online Union Catalogue with local order and fund data, thus improving order processing and providing current accounting information.

Ex: This article describes the philosophy of some of the practical techniques used to achieve the goal of mainstreaming CD-ROMs into the library collection.

Ex: The narrative may be unfamiliar in its structure so that they are unsure about the way different elements of the story fit together.

Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.

Ex: Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.

Ex: In addition, when the heuristic approach is plugged into this interchange, the many additional facets of human personality and experience transform the exchange.

Ex: This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex: One way librarians can add value is by carefully selecting, evaluating, and describing the resources that populate their Internet collections.

Ex: String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.

* integrar en = merge into, lump + Nombre + into.

* integrar formando un todo = articulate.

* integrarse con = interface to/with, become + one with.

* integrarse en = blend into, blend in with.

* integrarse en el paisaje = blend into + the landscape.

* integrarse en la sociedad = integrate into + society.

* poderse integrar en = be integrable in.

* * *

integrar [A1 ]

vt

A (formar) ‹grupo/organización› to make up

integran el jurado actores y directores the jury is made up of o composed of actors and directors

la comisión está integrada por representantes de ambos países the commission is made up of o comprises representatives from both countries

los países que integran la organización the countries which make up o form the organization

B (incorporar) integrar algo/a algn A or EN algo:

ha conseguido integrar todos estos elementos en la película she has managed to incorporate all these elements into the movie

estos dos bancos se han integrado al grupo Tecribe these two banks have been incorporated into o have become part of the Tecribe group

una empresa integrada en el grupo Oriol a company which forms part of the Oriol group

para integrar al niño en el grupo to integrate the child into the group

C ( Mat) to integrate

D (CS) ‹suma/cantidad› to pay

■ integrarse

v pron

1 (asimilarse) to integrate, fit in integrarse A or EN algo to integrate INTO sth, fit INTO sth

le fue difícil integrarse a or en esa sociedad he found it difficult to integrate into that society o fit into that society

se va a integrar muy rápido al or en el equipo he'll fit into the team very quickly

2 (unirse) integrarse A or EN algo to join sth

cuando España se integró a la Comunidad Europea when Spain joined the European Community

* * *

integrar ( conjugate integrar) verbo transitivo
1 ( formar) ‹grupo/organización› to make up
2 ( incorporar) ‹idea/plan› to incorporate
3 (Mat, Sociol) to integrate
4 (CS) ‹suma/cantidad› to pay
integrarse verbo pronominal
a) ( asimilarse) to integrate, fit in;

integrarse a or en algo to integrate into sth, fit into sth
b) ( unirse) integrarse a or en algo to join sth

integrar vtr (componer, formar parte de) to compose, make up: cinco científicos y un filósofo integran la expedición, the expedition consists of five scientists and one philosopher
' integrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
incorporar
English:
integrate

* * *

integrar

♦ vt

1. [incluir] to integrate;

han integrado un chip en el motor the motor has a chip built into it;

integra fax y fotocopiadora en un solo aparato it combines a fax and a photocopier in one machine;

su objetivo es integrar a los inmigrantes en la comunidad their aim is to integrate immigrants into the community

2. [componer] to make up;

integran la comisión expertos en el tema the committee is made up of o composed of experts on the subject;

una banda integrada por siete asaltantes robó el banco a gang of seven robbed the bank

3. Mat to integrate

4. CSur [pagar] to pay

♦ See also the pronominal verb integrarse

* * *

integrar

v/t integrate; equipo make up

* * *

integrar vt

: to make up, to compose

♦ See also the reflexive verb integrarse

Spanish-English dictionary > integrar

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