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automation technology

  • 1 automatización

    f.
    automation, automatization, mechanization, automatics.
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    1 automation
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    = automation, computerisation [computerization, -USA], machine processing, electronification, computer operations.
    Ex. These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field to discuss the technological environment created by library automation in the 1970s.
    Ex. With computerisation the distinction between the types of catalogue has become less significant.
    Ex. The flexibilities possible with machine processing will, at some time in the undefined future, obviate most of the problems not addressed.
    Ex. This article reports possible future developments in the field of the electronification of information as envisaged by a developer of electronic writing aids for personal computers.
    Ex. The first of these is the transfer of the library's bibliographical records to computer operation, which will render the shelf arrangement far less important in the system envisaged.
    ----
    * automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.
    * automatización del hogar = home automation.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la automatización = systems librarian, library systems analyst.
    * programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.
    * proyecto de automatización = automation project.
    * Sección de Automatización y Documentac = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).
    * semiautomatización = semi-automation.
    * sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.
    * tecnología de la automatización = automation technology.
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    = automation, computerisation [computerization, -USA], machine processing, electronification, computer operations.

    Ex: These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field to discuss the technological environment created by library automation in the 1970s.

    Ex: With computerisation the distinction between the types of catalogue has become less significant.
    Ex: The flexibilities possible with machine processing will, at some time in the undefined future, obviate most of the problems not addressed.
    Ex: This article reports possible future developments in the field of the electronification of information as envisaged by a developer of electronic writing aids for personal computers.
    Ex: The first of these is the transfer of the library's bibliographical records to computer operation, which will render the shelf arrangement far less important in the system envisaged.
    * automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.
    * automatización del hogar = home automation.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la automatización = systems librarian, library systems analyst.
    * programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.
    * proyecto de automatización = automation project.
    * Sección de Automatización y Documentac = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).
    * semiautomatización = semi-automation.
    * sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.
    * tecnología de la automatización = automation technology.

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    automation
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    automatización sustantivo femenino automation
    ' automatización' also found in these entries:
    English:
    automation
    - robotization
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    automation
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    f automation
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    : automation

    Spanish-English dictionary > automatización

  • 2 tecnología

    f.
    technology, technics.
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    1 technology
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    tecnología punta state-of-the-art technology
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    noun f.
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    tecnología Bluetooth — ® Bluetooth ® technology

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    femenino technology
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    = technology, technic, tech, techno.
    Ex. The article 'A look at microenvironments for books' looks at microenvironmental technology as it relates to library materials = El artículo "Un vistazo a los microentornos para libros" analiza la tecnología microambiental enfocada al material bibliotecario.
    Ex. However, it is a mistake to assume that transformation can take place with either technics or art -- a balance of the two is essential.
    Ex. The conference discussed tech trends in the information age.
    Ex. The article 'Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    ----
    * alfabetismo en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology, hi-tech.
    * ansiedad causada por la tecnología = technostress.
    * baja tecnología = low tech [low-tech].
    * basado en la tecnología = technologically-based, technology-based, technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].
    * basado en tecnología web = Web-based.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
    * BTI (Indice Británico de Tecnología) = BTI (British Technology Index).
    * centrado en la tecnología = technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].
    * ciencias de la computación y tecnología informática = computer science and technology.
    * ciencia y tecnología = sci-tech [scitech o sci/tech].
    * Ciencia y Tecnología (C + T) = S & T (Science and Technology).
    * ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos = food science and technology.
    * ciencia y tecnología de los materiales = materials science and technology.
    * conocimiento en tecnología = technological skill.
    * conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * conocimientos de tecnología = techno-savvy, tech-savvy.
    * con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.
    * con una inclinación hacia la tecnología digital = digitally-oriented.
    * de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.
    * dominado por la tecnología = technology-dominated.
    * dotado de tecnología moderna = modern-equipped.
    * encargado de la tecnología de la información = information technologist.
    * experto en tecnología = technologist.
    * fobia a la tecnología = technophobia.
    * formación básica en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear].
    * orientado hacia la tecnología = technologically-driven, technology-driven, technology-orientated, technology-oriented, technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].
    * pobres en tecnología, los = technical poor, the.
    * poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.
    * profesional de la tecnología de la información = informatics professional.
    * responsable de la tecnología de la información = information technologist.
    * revista de ciencia y tecnología = science and technology journal.
    * tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = adaptive technology, assistive technology.
    * tecnología afín = associated technology.
    * tecnología aplicada = enabling technology.
    * Tecnología Audiodigital = Digital Audio Technology (DAT).
    * tecnología bélica = war technology.
    * tecnología celular = cellular technology.
    * tecnología cliente-servidor = client-server technology.
    * tecnología de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage technology.
    * tecnología de apoyo = enabling technology.
    * tecnología de discos ópticos = optical disc technology.
    * tecnología de envío de información de un modo automático = push technology.
    * tecnología de la automatización = automation technology.
    * tecnología de la información = informatics, infotech.
    * tecnología de la información aplicada a la archivística = archival informatics.
    * tecnología de la información para ciencias de la salud = health informatics.
    * tecnología de la información para medicina = medical informatics.
    * tecnología de la información (TI) = information technology (IT).
    * tecnología de la microforma = microform technology.
    * tecnología de las comunicaciones = communication(s) technology.
    * tecnología de las ondas luminosas = light-wave technology.
    * tecnología del ordenador = computer technology.
    * tecnología del ordenador personal = personal computer technology.
    * tecnología de los alimentos = food technology.
    * tecnología del telefax = telefacsimile technology.
    * tecnología del vídeo = video technology.
    * tecnología de redes = networking technology.
    * tecnología de telecomunicaciones = telecommunications technology.
    * tecnología de videodiscos ópticos = optical videodisc technology.
    * tecnología digital = digital technology.
    * tecnología educativa = ed-tech (educational technology).
    * tecnología genética = gene technology, genetic technology.
    * tecnología informática = computing technology, computer technology.
    * tecnología instrumental = enabling technology.
    * tecnología limpia = clean technology.
    * tecnología marina = marine technology.
    * tecnología menos avanzada = low tech [low-tech].
    * tecnología móvil = cellular technology.
    * tecnología multimedia = multimedia technology.
    * tecnología nuclear = nuclear technology.
    * tecnología óptica = optical technology.
    * tecnología para el reconocimiento de voz = voice recognition technology.
    * tecnología para la creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging technology.
    * tecnología punta = cutting edge technology.
    * tecnología química = chemical technology.
    * tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones = information and communication technologies (ICTs).
    * tecnología táctil = touch technology.
    * transferencia de la tecnología = technology transfer.
    * zootecnología = zootechnology.
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    femenino technology
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    = technology, technic, tech, techno.

    Ex: The article 'A look at microenvironments for books' looks at microenvironmental technology as it relates to library materials = El artículo "Un vistazo a los microentornos para libros" analiza la tecnología microambiental enfocada al material bibliotecario.

    Ex: However, it is a mistake to assume that transformation can take place with either technics or art -- a balance of the two is essential.
    Ex: The conference discussed tech trends in the information age.
    Ex: The article 'Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    * alfabetismo en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology, hi-tech.
    * ansiedad causada por la tecnología = technostress.
    * baja tecnología = low tech [low-tech].
    * basado en la tecnología = technologically-based, technology-based, technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].
    * basado en tecnología web = Web-based.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
    * BTI (Indice Británico de Tecnología) = BTI (British Technology Index).
    * centrado en la tecnología = technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].
    * ciencias de la computación y tecnología informática = computer science and technology.
    * ciencia y tecnología = sci-tech [scitech o sci/tech].
    * Ciencia y Tecnología (C + T) = S & T (Science and Technology).
    * ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos = food science and technology.
    * ciencia y tecnología de los materiales = materials science and technology.
    * conocimiento en tecnología = technological skill.
    * conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * conocimientos de tecnología = techno-savvy, tech-savvy.
    * con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.
    * con una inclinación hacia la tecnología digital = digitally-oriented.
    * de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.
    * dominado por la tecnología = technology-dominated.
    * dotado de tecnología moderna = modern-equipped.
    * encargado de la tecnología de la información = information technologist.
    * experto en tecnología = technologist.
    * fobia a la tecnología = technophobia.
    * formación básica en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear].
    * orientado hacia la tecnología = technologically-driven, technology-driven, technology-orientated, technology-oriented, technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].
    * pobres en tecnología, los = technical poor, the.
    * poco ducho en las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.
    * profesional de la tecnología de la información = informatics professional.
    * responsable de la tecnología de la información = information technologist.
    * revista de ciencia y tecnología = science and technology journal.
    * tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = adaptive technology, assistive technology.
    * tecnología afín = associated technology.
    * tecnología aplicada = enabling technology.
    * Tecnología Audiodigital = Digital Audio Technology (DAT).
    * tecnología bélica = war technology.
    * tecnología celular = cellular technology.
    * tecnología cliente-servidor = client-server technology.
    * tecnología de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage technology.
    * tecnología de apoyo = enabling technology.
    * tecnología de discos ópticos = optical disc technology.
    * tecnología de envío de información de un modo automático = push technology.
    * tecnología de la automatización = automation technology.
    * tecnología de la información = informatics, infotech.
    * tecnología de la información aplicada a la archivística = archival informatics.
    * tecnología de la información para ciencias de la salud = health informatics.
    * tecnología de la información para medicina = medical informatics.
    * tecnología de la información (TI) = information technology (IT).
    * tecnología de la microforma = microform technology.
    * tecnología de las comunicaciones = communication(s) technology.
    * tecnología de las ondas luminosas = light-wave technology.
    * tecnología del ordenador = computer technology.
    * tecnología del ordenador personal = personal computer technology.
    * tecnología de los alimentos = food technology.
    * tecnología del telefax = telefacsimile technology.
    * tecnología del vídeo = video technology.
    * tecnología de redes = networking technology.
    * tecnología de telecomunicaciones = telecommunications technology.
    * tecnología de videodiscos ópticos = optical videodisc technology.
    * tecnología digital = digital technology.
    * tecnología educativa = ed-tech (educational technology).
    * tecnología genética = gene technology, genetic technology.
    * tecnología informática = computing technology, computer technology.
    * tecnología instrumental = enabling technology.
    * tecnología limpia = clean technology.
    * tecnología marina = marine technology.
    * tecnología menos avanzada = low tech [low-tech].
    * tecnología móvil = cellular technology.
    * tecnología multimedia = multimedia technology.
    * tecnología nuclear = nuclear technology.
    * tecnología óptica = optical technology.
    * tecnología para el reconocimiento de voz = voice recognition technology.
    * tecnología para la creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging technology.
    * tecnología punta = cutting edge technology.
    * tecnología química = chemical technology.
    * tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones = information and communication technologies (ICTs).
    * tecnología táctil = touch technology.
    * transferencia de la tecnología = technology transfer.
    * zootecnología = zootechnology.

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    technology alto1 (↑ alto (1)), bajo1 (↑ bajo (1)), nuevo
    Compuestos:
    alternative technology
    food technology
    solid state technology
    space technology
    up-to-the-minute technology, leading-edge o advanced technology
    fpl enabling technologies (pl)
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    tecnología sustantivo femenino
    technology;

    tecnología sustantivo femenino technology
    tecnología punta, high technology

    ' tecnología' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alta
    - alto
    - punta
    - técnica
    - aplicado
    - línea
    - maravilla
    English:
    advanced
    - cutting-edge
    - high-tech
    - present-day
    - technology
    - high
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    technology;
    las nuevas tecnologías new technologies
    tecnología espacial space technology;
    tecnologías de la información information technology;
    tecnología punta state-of-the-art technology;
    tecnología de las telecomunicaciones telecommunications technology
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    f technology;
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    : technology
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    tecnología n technology

    Spanish-English dictionary > tecnología

  • 3 tecnología de la automatización

    Ex. The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.
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    Ex: The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tecnología de la automatización

  • 4 adaptarse a una innovación

    (v.) = meet + development
    Ex. The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.
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    (v.) = meet + development

    Ex: The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > adaptarse a una innovación

  • 5 parte segunda

    (adj.) = revisited
    Ex. The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.
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    (adj.) = revisited

    Ex: The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > parte segunda

  • 6 servicio bibliotecario

    m.
    library service.
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    (n.) = library facility, library service
    Ex. The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.
    Ex. All aspects of the library service must be relevant to the needs of all the community, not just the one-third registered readers.
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    (n.) = library facility, library service

    Ex: The article 'The forgiving building revisited' discusses planning library facilities which will meet new developments in automation technology with flexibility.

    Ex: All aspects of the library service must be relevant to the needs of all the community, not just the one-third registered readers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > servicio bibliotecario

  • 7 biblioteca

    f.
    1 library (lugar, conjunto de libros).
    biblioteca ambulante/pública mobile/public library
    biblioteca de préstamo lending library
    2 bookcase (forniture).
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    1 library
    2 (mueble) bookcase, bookshelf
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=edificio) library

    biblioteca ambulante — mobile library, bookmobile (EEUU)

    biblioteca circulante — [de préstamo] lending library; [ambulante] circulating library

    2) (=mueble) bookcase, bookshelves pl
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    a) (institución, lugar) library

    biblioteca pública/de consulta — public/reference library

    b) ( colección) book collection
    c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase
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    = library, document collection.
    Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
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    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliot = library advocacy.
    * alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * amante de la biblioteca = library lover.
    * Amigos de la Biblioteca = Friends of the Library.
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ansiedad provocada por la biblioteca = library anxiety.
    * ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).
    * asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.
    * asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.
    * Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas de Teología = American Theological Library Association (ATLA).
    * Asociación de Bibliotecas Especializadas = Special Libraries Association (SLA).
    * automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.
    * auxiliar de biblioteca = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly.
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * basado en la biblioteca = library-based.
    * biblioteca académica = academic library.
    * biblioteca arzobispal = archiepiscopal library.
    * biblioteca asociada = affiliated library.
    * biblioteca biomédica = biomedical library.
    * biblioteca Bodliana, la = Bodleian, the.
    * Biblioteca Británica = British Library (BL).
    * biblioteca central = central library, main library.
    * biblioteca cibernética = cyberlibrary [cyber-library].
    * biblioteca como edificio = library building.
    * biblioteca comunitaria = community library.
    * biblioteca con préstamos interbibliotecarios netos = net-lender, net-borrower.
    * biblioteca con un solo bibliotecario = one person library.
    * biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.
    * biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural library.
    * Biblioteca de Alejandría, la = Alexandria Library, the.
    * biblioteca de alquiler = rental library.
    * biblioteca de arqueología = archaeology library.
    * biblioteca de arte = art library.
    * biblioteca de asociación = society's library.
    * biblioteca de barco = shipboard library, ship library.
    * biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.
    * biblioteca de biomedicina = health care library, biomedical library.
    * biblioteca de botánica = botany library.
    * biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.
    * biblioteca de catedral = cathedral library.
    * biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias = science library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias de la salud = health sciences library, health library.
    * biblioteca de condado = county library.
    * biblioteca de conservatorio = conservatoire library.
    * biblioteca de copyright = copyright library.
    * biblioteca de departamento = department library.
    * biblioteca de depósito = deposit library.
    * biblioteca de depósito legal = copyright library, depository library.
    * biblioteca de derecho = law library.
    * biblioteca de diplomatura = undergraduate library.
    * biblioteca de distrito = district library.
    * biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.
    * biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.
    * biblioteca de hospital = patient library, hospital library.
    * biblioteca de hospital clínico = teaching hospital library.
    * biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.
    * biblioteca de investigación = research library.
    * biblioteca de jardín de infancia = kindergarten library.
    * biblioteca de juzgado = court library.
    * biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.
    * biblioteca de la zona ártica = arctic library.
    * Biblioteca del Congreso (LC) = Library of Congress (LC).
    * biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.
    * Biblioteca del Museo Británico = British Museum Library.
    * Biblioteca del Vaticano, la = Vatican Library, the.
    * biblioteca de medicina = medical library.
    * biblioteca de mezquita = mosque library.
    * biblioteca de minoría étnica = ethnic library.
    * biblioteca de misión = mission library.
    * biblioteca de música = music library.
    * biblioteca de pacientes = patient library.
    * biblioteca de parlamento = parliamentary library.
    * biblioteca departamental = departmental library.
    * biblioteca de periódico = news library.
    * biblioteca de préstamo = lending library, circulating library, circulation library.
    * biblioteca de prisión = prison library.
    * biblioteca de recursos = resource library.
    * biblioteca de referencia = reference library.
    * biblioteca de sindicato = trade union library, union library.
    * biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.
    * biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.
    * biblioteca de vestuario = costume library.
    * biblioteca de veterinaria = veterinary library.
    * biblioteca de zona rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca digital = digital library (DL).
    * biblioteca ducal = ducal library.
    * biblioteca eclesiástica = ecclesiastical library, church library.
    * biblioteca electrónica = electronic library (e-library), library without walls.
    * biblioteca en red = network library.
    * biblioteca escolar = school library.
    * biblioteca especializada = special library, specialised library, specialist library.
    * biblioteca especializada en música = music library.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteca estatal = state library.
    * biblioteca física = physical library, brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca general = central library, general library.
    * biblioteca gestionada por microordenador = microlibrary.
    * biblioteca gubernamental = government library.
    * biblioteca hermana = sister library.
    * biblioteca híbrida = hybrid library, brick and click library.
    * biblioteca industrial = factory library.
    * biblioteca infantil = children's library.
    * biblioteca juvenil = junior library.
    * biblioteca local = local library, home library.
    * biblioteca mantenida por las donaciones de una fundación = donor-endowed library.
    * biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.
    * biblioteca miembro de una cooperativa = member library.
    * biblioteca ministerial = ministerial library.
    * biblioteca monástica = monastic library.
    * biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library, mobile.
    * biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.
    * biblioteca multimedia = multimedia library.
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library.
    * biblioteca nacional = national library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura (NAL) = National Agricultural Library (NAL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Alemania = Deutsche Bibliothek.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional Francesa = Bibliotheque Nationale.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * biblioteca para pacientes = hospital patient library, patients' library.
    * biblioteca parroquial = parochial library, parish library.
    * biblioteca personal = personal library, home collection, personal collection, home library.
    * biblioteca popular = popular library.
    * biblioteca presidencial = presidential library, presidential archive.
    * biblioteca principal = main library.
    * biblioteca privada = private library.
    * biblioteca provincial = provincial library centre.
    * biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.
    * Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL) = NYPL (New York Public Library).
    * biblioteca pública municipal = municipal public library.
    * biblioteca pública provincial = provincial public library.
    * biblioteca quiosco = kiosk library.
    * biblioteca regional = regional library.
    * biblioteca religiosa = religious library.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de derecho = law librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de hospital = hospital librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca especializada = special librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca móvil = mobile librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca pública = public librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal = branch librarian.
    * biblioteca rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca sanitaria = health library.
    * biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sucursal = library branch, branch library, branch collection, library outlet.
    * biblioteca técnica = technical library.
    * biblioteca tradicional = brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca tradicional y virtual = brick and click library.
    * biblioteca traditional = physical library.
    * biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.
    * biblioteca virtual = virtual library.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas académica = college librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitarias = academic librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas de derecho = law librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas especializadas = special librarianship.
    * BLAISE (Servicio de Información Automatizada de la Biblioteca Británica) = BLAISE (British Library Automated Information Service).
    * carnet de biblioteca = library card.
    * catálogo de biblioteca = library catalogue.
    * Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).
    * Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * comisión de biblioteca = library board, library committee.
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * consejo de administración de la biblioteca = library trustees.
    * consorcio de bibliotecas = library consortium.
    * cooperativa de bibliotecas = library cooperative.
    * datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.
    * defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * dirección de la biblioteca = library administrators.
    * dirección de la biblioteca, la = library administration, the.
    * director de biblioteca = library director.
    * director de la biblioteca = head librarian.
    * División de Préstamo de la Biblioteca Británica (BLLD) = British Library Lending Division (BLLD).
    * División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).
    * dotación económica de las bibliotecas = library funding.
    * dotar de fondos a una biblioteca = stock + library.
    * edición para bibliotecas = library edition.
    * eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.
    * encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.
    * encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.
    * encuadernador de la biblioteca = library binder.
    * encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.
    * entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library.
    * especialista en bibliotecas = library specialist.
    * especialización en bibliotecas de prisiones = prison librarianship.
    * específico a la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * específico de la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * estadísticas de la biblioteca = library statistics.
    * estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * facultativos de bibliotecas = library faculty.
    * feria de la biblioteca = library fair.
    * fondos de la biblioteca = library's stock, library materials.
    * formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * función de la biblioteca = library's function.
    * gestión de la biblioteca = library management.
    * guía de biblioteca = library guide, library guiding.
    * hacerse socio de la biblioteca = join + library.
    * hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].
    * hermanamiento de bibliotecas = library twinning.
    * historia de las bibliotecas = library history.
    * IFLA (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotec = IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).
    * imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.
    * información de existencias por bibliotecas = local holdings information.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * La Biblioteca Responde = Ask the Library.
    * la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.
    * LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).
    * LCSH (Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).
    * lector de una biblioteca = library user.
    * legislación sobre bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas, la = library act, the.
    * libro de la biblioteca = library book.
    * Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.
    * LRTS (Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).
    * mapa de la biblioteca = library map.
    * MARC de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LC MARC.
    * Matica Slovenca (Biblioteca Nacional de Yugoslavia) = Matica Slovenska.
    * misión de la biblioteca = library's mission.
    * mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.
    * ordenanza de biblioteca = page.
    * organismo gestor de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * órgano encargado de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * perfil de la biblioteca = library profile.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * política de la biblioteca = library's policy.
    * prioridad de la biblioteca = library's priority.
    * profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.
    * profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.
    * profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.
    * profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).
    * programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.
    * proveedor de bibliotecas = library supplier.
    * Proyecto Cooperativo de Mecanización de las Bibliotecas de Birmingham (BLCMP = Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (BLCMP).
    * quiosco biblioteca = library kiosk.
    * ratón de biblioteca = bookish, bookworm.
    * red cooperativa de bibliotecas = cooperative network.
    * red de bibliotecas = library network, library system, library networking.
    * Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.
    * Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.
    * relacionado con las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * responsable de bibliotecas = library official.
    * responsable de la biblioteca = library manager.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * sección de la biblioteca = library section.
    * sello de la biblioteca = library stamp.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * sistema automatizado de bibliotecas = automated library information system, library computer system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.
    * sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.
    * sistema de bibliotecas públicas = public library system.
    * sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).
    * subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.
    * sucursal de biblioteca situada en un centro comercial = storefront library.
    * trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.
    * uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.
    * usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.
    * utilización de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.
    * visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.
    * * *
    a) (institución, lugar) library

    biblioteca pública/de consulta — public/reference library

    b) ( colección) book collection
    c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase
    * * *
    = library, document collection.

    Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

    Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliot = library advocacy.
    * alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * amante de la biblioteca = library lover.
    * Amigos de la Biblioteca = Friends of the Library.
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ansiedad provocada por la biblioteca = library anxiety.
    * ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).
    * asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.
    * asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.
    * Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas de Teología = American Theological Library Association (ATLA).
    * Asociación de Bibliotecas Especializadas = Special Libraries Association (SLA).
    * automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.
    * auxiliar de biblioteca = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly.
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * basado en la biblioteca = library-based.
    * biblioteca académica = academic library.
    * biblioteca arzobispal = archiepiscopal library.
    * biblioteca asociada = affiliated library.
    * biblioteca biomédica = biomedical library.
    * biblioteca Bodliana, la = Bodleian, the.
    * Biblioteca Británica = British Library (BL).
    * biblioteca central = central library, main library.
    * biblioteca cibernética = cyberlibrary [cyber-library].
    * biblioteca como edificio = library building.
    * biblioteca comunitaria = community library.
    * biblioteca con préstamos interbibliotecarios netos = net-lender, net-borrower.
    * biblioteca con un solo bibliotecario = one person library.
    * biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.
    * biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural library.
    * Biblioteca de Alejandría, la = Alexandria Library, the.
    * biblioteca de alquiler = rental library.
    * biblioteca de arqueología = archaeology library.
    * biblioteca de arte = art library.
    * biblioteca de asociación = society's library.
    * biblioteca de barco = shipboard library, ship library.
    * biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.
    * biblioteca de biomedicina = health care library, biomedical library.
    * biblioteca de botánica = botany library.
    * biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.
    * biblioteca de catedral = cathedral library.
    * biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias = science library.
    * biblioteca de ciencias de la salud = health sciences library, health library.
    * biblioteca de condado = county library.
    * biblioteca de conservatorio = conservatoire library.
    * biblioteca de copyright = copyright library.
    * biblioteca de departamento = department library.
    * biblioteca de depósito = deposit library.
    * biblioteca de depósito legal = copyright library, depository library.
    * biblioteca de derecho = law library.
    * biblioteca de diplomatura = undergraduate library.
    * biblioteca de distrito = district library.
    * biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.
    * biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.
    * biblioteca de hospital = patient library, hospital library.
    * biblioteca de hospital clínico = teaching hospital library.
    * biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.
    * biblioteca de investigación = research library.
    * biblioteca de jardín de infancia = kindergarten library.
    * biblioteca de juzgado = court library.
    * biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.
    * biblioteca de la zona ártica = arctic library.
    * Biblioteca del Congreso (LC) = Library of Congress (LC).
    * biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.
    * Biblioteca del Museo Británico = British Museum Library.
    * Biblioteca del Vaticano, la = Vatican Library, the.
    * biblioteca de medicina = medical library.
    * biblioteca de mezquita = mosque library.
    * biblioteca de minoría étnica = ethnic library.
    * biblioteca de misión = mission library.
    * biblioteca de música = music library.
    * biblioteca de pacientes = patient library.
    * biblioteca de parlamento = parliamentary library.
    * biblioteca departamental = departmental library.
    * biblioteca de periódico = news library.
    * biblioteca de préstamo = lending library, circulating library, circulation library.
    * biblioteca de prisión = prison library.
    * biblioteca de recursos = resource library.
    * biblioteca de referencia = reference library.
    * biblioteca de sindicato = trade union library, union library.
    * biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.
    * biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.
    * biblioteca de vestuario = costume library.
    * biblioteca de veterinaria = veterinary library.
    * biblioteca de zona rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca digital = digital library (DL).
    * biblioteca ducal = ducal library.
    * biblioteca eclesiástica = ecclesiastical library, church library.
    * biblioteca electrónica = electronic library (e-library), library without walls.
    * biblioteca en red = network library.
    * biblioteca escolar = school library.
    * biblioteca especializada = special library, specialised library, specialist library.
    * biblioteca especializada en música = music library.
    * biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.
    * biblioteca estatal = state library.
    * biblioteca física = physical library, brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca general = central library, general library.
    * biblioteca gestionada por microordenador = microlibrary.
    * biblioteca gubernamental = government library.
    * biblioteca hermana = sister library.
    * biblioteca híbrida = hybrid library, brick and click library.
    * biblioteca industrial = factory library.
    * biblioteca infantil = children's library.
    * biblioteca juvenil = junior library.
    * biblioteca local = local library, home library.
    * biblioteca mantenida por las donaciones de una fundación = donor-endowed library.
    * biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.
    * biblioteca miembro de una cooperativa = member library.
    * biblioteca ministerial = ministerial library.
    * biblioteca monástica = monastic library.
    * biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library, mobile.
    * biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.
    * biblioteca multimedia = multimedia library.
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library.
    * biblioteca nacional = national library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura (NAL) = National Agricultural Library (NAL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Alemania = Deutsche Bibliothek.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).
    * Biblioteca Nacional Francesa = Bibliotheque Nationale.
    * biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.
    * biblioteca para pacientes = hospital patient library, patients' library.
    * biblioteca parroquial = parochial library, parish library.
    * biblioteca personal = personal library, home collection, personal collection, home library.
    * biblioteca popular = popular library.
    * biblioteca presidencial = presidential library, presidential archive.
    * biblioteca principal = main library.
    * biblioteca privada = private library.
    * biblioteca provincial = provincial library centre.
    * biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.
    * Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL) = NYPL (New York Public Library).
    * biblioteca pública municipal = municipal public library.
    * biblioteca pública provincial = provincial public library.
    * biblioteca quiosco = kiosk library.
    * biblioteca regional = regional library.
    * biblioteca religiosa = religious library.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de derecho = law librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca de hospital = hospital librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca especializada = special librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca móvil = mobile librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca pública = public librarian.
    * bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal = branch librarian.
    * biblioteca rural = rural library.
    * biblioteca sanitaria = health library.
    * biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.
    * biblioteca sucursal = library branch, branch library, branch collection, library outlet.
    * biblioteca técnica = technical library.
    * biblioteca tradicional = brick and mortar library.
    * biblioteca tradicional y virtual = brick and click library.
    * biblioteca traditional = physical library.
    * biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.
    * biblioteca virtual = virtual library.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas académica = college librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitarias = academic librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas de derecho = law librarianship.
    * biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas especializadas = special librarianship.
    * BLAISE (Servicio de Información Automatizada de la Biblioteca Británica) = BLAISE (British Library Automated Information Service).
    * carnet de biblioteca = library card.
    * catálogo de biblioteca = library catalogue.
    * Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).
    * Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * comisión de biblioteca = library board, library committee.
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * consejo de administración de la biblioteca = library trustees.
    * consorcio de bibliotecas = library consortium.
    * cooperativa de bibliotecas = library cooperative.
    * datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.
    * defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.
    * dirección de la biblioteca = library administrators.
    * dirección de la biblioteca, la = library administration, the.
    * director de biblioteca = library director.
    * director de la biblioteca = head librarian.
    * División de Préstamo de la Biblioteca Británica (BLLD) = British Library Lending Division (BLLD).
    * División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).
    * dotación económica de las bibliotecas = library funding.
    * dotar de fondos a una biblioteca = stock + library.
    * edición para bibliotecas = library edition.
    * eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.
    * encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.
    * encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.
    * encuadernador de la biblioteca = library binder.
    * encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.
    * entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library.
    * especialista en bibliotecas = library specialist.
    * especialización en bibliotecas de prisiones = prison librarianship.
    * específico a la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * específico de la biblioteca = library-specific.
    * estadísticas de la biblioteca = library statistics.
    * estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * facultativos de bibliotecas = library faculty.
    * feria de la biblioteca = library fair.
    * fondos de la biblioteca = library's stock, library materials.
    * formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.
    * función de la biblioteca = library's function.
    * gestión de la biblioteca = library management.
    * guía de biblioteca = library guide, library guiding.
    * hacerse socio de la biblioteca = join + library.
    * hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].
    * hermanamiento de bibliotecas = library twinning.
    * historia de las bibliotecas = library history.
    * IFLA (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotec = IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).
    * imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.
    * información de existencias por bibliotecas = local holdings information.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * La Biblioteca Responde = Ask the Library.
    * la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.
    * LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).
    * LCSH (Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).
    * lector de una biblioteca = library user.
    * legislación sobre bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas = library law.
    * ley de bibliotecas, la = library act, the.
    * libro de la biblioteca = library book.
    * Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.
    * LRTS (Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).
    * mapa de la biblioteca = library map.
    * MARC de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LC MARC.
    * Matica Slovenca (Biblioteca Nacional de Yugoslavia) = Matica Slovenska.
    * misión de la biblioteca = library's mission.
    * mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.
    * ordenanza de biblioteca = page.
    * organismo gestor de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * órgano encargado de bibliotecas = library authority.
    * perfil de la biblioteca = library profile.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.
    * pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * política de la biblioteca = library's policy.
    * prioridad de la biblioteca = library's priority.
    * profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.
    * profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.
    * profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.
    * profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).
    * programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.
    * proveedor de bibliotecas = library supplier.
    * Proyecto Cooperativo de Mecanización de las Bibliotecas de Birmingham (BLCMP = Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (BLCMP).
    * quiosco biblioteca = library kiosk.
    * ratón de biblioteca = bookish, bookworm.
    * red cooperativa de bibliotecas = cooperative network.
    * red de bibliotecas = library network, library system, library networking.
    * Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.
    * Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.
    * relacionado con las bibliotecas = library-related.
    * responsable de bibliotecas = library official.
    * responsable de la biblioteca = library manager.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * sección de la biblioteca = library section.
    * sello de la biblioteca = library stamp.
    * ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.
    * sistema automatizado de bibliotecas = automated library information system, library computer system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.
    * sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.
    * sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.
    * sistema de bibliotecas públicas = public library system.
    * sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).
    * subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.
    * sucursal de biblioteca situada en un centro comercial = storefront library.
    * trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.
    * uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.
    * usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.
    * utilización de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.
    * visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.
    * visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

    * * *
    1 (institución, lugar) library
    biblioteca universitaria/pública university/public library
    biblioteca de consulta reference library
    biblioteca ambulante or móvil mobile library
    biblioteca circulante mobile library
    biblioteca de componentes visuales ( Inf) visual component library, VCL
    ratón2 (↑ ratón (2))
    2 (colección) collection
    3 (mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase
    * * *

     

    biblioteca sustantivo femenino
    a) (institución, lugar) library;

    ◊ biblioteca pública/de consulta public/reference library



    biblioteca sustantivo femenino library
    biblioteca pública, public library
    ' biblioteca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alcanzar
    - cerca
    - conservador
    - conservadora
    - descuidarse
    - laguna
    - pertenecer
    - pública
    - público
    - ratón
    - albergar
    - ambulante
    - carné
    - celador
    - consulta
    - curiosear
    English:
    bookmobile
    - bookworm
    - library
    - microfilm
    - mobile library
    - monastery
    - public library
    - reference library
    - sign out
    - addition
    - be
    - book
    - down
    - peace
    - reference
    * * *
    1. [lugar] library
    biblioteca ambulante mobile library;
    biblioteca de consulta reference library;
    biblioteca de préstamo lending library;
    biblioteca pública public library
    2. [conjunto de libros] library
    3. Chile, Perú, RP [mueble] bookcase
    * * *
    f
    1 library
    2 mueble bookcase
    * * *
    : library
    * * *
    1. (edificio, conjunto de libros) library [pl. libraries]
    2. (mueble) bookcase

    Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca

  • 8 tecnológico

    adj.
    technological, technologic.
    * * *
    1 technological
    * * *
    (f. - tecnológica)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo technological
    * * *
    = technological, technology-based, tech, techno.
    Ex. These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field to discuss the technological environment created by library automation in the 1970s.
    Ex. People have employed this term to encompass programmes of study stretching from the furthest shores of technology-based activity to the vaguest and most nebulous-seeming courses of study in the arts/humanities areas.
    Ex. The conference discussed tech trends in the information age.
    Ex. The article 'Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    ----
    * científico-tecnológico = scientific-technological.
    * con una formación tecnológica digital = digitally-oriented.
    * cuestión tecnológica = technological issue.
    * cultura tecnológica = technology culture.
    * élite tecnológica, la = technical elite, the.
    * era tecnológica = technological age.
    * progreso tecnológico = technological progress.
    * vigilancia tecnológica = technological surveillance.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo technological
    * * *
    = technological, technology-based, tech, techno.

    Ex: These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field to discuss the technological environment created by library automation in the 1970s.

    Ex: People have employed this term to encompass programmes of study stretching from the furthest shores of technology-based activity to the vaguest and most nebulous-seeming courses of study in the arts/humanities areas.
    Ex: The conference discussed tech trends in the information age.
    Ex: The article 'Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    * científico-tecnológico = scientific-technological.
    * con una formación tecnológica digital = digitally-oriented.
    * cuestión tecnológica = technological issue.
    * cultura tecnológica = technology culture.
    * élite tecnológica, la = technical elite, the.
    * era tecnológica = technological age.
    * progreso tecnológico = technological progress.
    * vigilancia tecnológica = technological surveillance.

    * * *
    technological
    * * *

    tecnológico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    technological
    tecnológico,-a adjetivo technological

    ' tecnológico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tecnológica
    English:
    technological
    * * *
    tecnológico, -a adj
    technological
    * * *
    adj technological
    * * *
    tecnológico, -ca adj
    : technological
    * * *
    tecnológico adj technological

    Spanish-English dictionary > tecnológico

  • 9 pega

    f.
    1 difficulty, hitch (obstáculo). (peninsular Spanish)
    poner pegas (a) to find problems (with)
    2 sticking point, pitfall, snag, deterrent.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: pegar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: pegar.
    * * *
    \
    de pega fake, phoney
    poner pegas a todo to find fault with everything
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=dificultad) snag, problem

    poner pegas — (=objetar a algo) to raise objections; (=crear problemas) to cause trouble

    2)

    de pega — * (=falso) false, dud *; (=de imitación) fake, sham, bogus

    3) (=acción) sticking
    4) (=chasco) practical joke; (=truco) hoax, trick
    5) (=paliza) beating, beating-up *
    6) Caribe, Cono Sur, Méx (=trabajo) work
    7) Caribe (=liga) birdlime
    8) Cono Sur [de enfermedad] infectious period
    9)
    2.
    SM
    * * *
    1) (Col fam) ( broma) trick

    de pega — (Esp fam) <araña/culebra> joke (before n), trick (before n); < revólver> dummy (before n)

    estar en la pega — (Ur fam) to be in the know (colloq)

    2) (Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag (colloq)
    3) (Andes fam)
    a) ( trabajo) work; ( empleo) work
    b) ( lugar) work
    4) (Chi fam) ( excusa tonta) feeble excuse
    * * *
    = snag, hitch, catch, hiccup, cavil, quibble, rub, kicker.
    Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
    Ex. But, however frivolous his cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature and tendency.
    Ex. In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
    Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    ----
    * la única pega = the fly in the ointment, a fly in the soup.
    * poner pegas = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with.
    * * *
    1) (Col fam) ( broma) trick

    de pega — (Esp fam) <araña/culebra> joke (before n), trick (before n); < revólver> dummy (before n)

    estar en la pega — (Ur fam) to be in the know (colloq)

    2) (Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag (colloq)
    3) (Andes fam)
    a) ( trabajo) work; ( empleo) work
    b) ( lugar) work
    4) (Chi fam) ( excusa tonta) feeble excuse
    * * *
    = snag, hitch, catch, hiccup, cavil, quibble, rub, kicker.

    Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.

    Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
    Ex: But, however frivolous his cavils, the principles for which he contends are of the most pernicious nature and tendency.
    Ex: In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
    Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    * la única pega = the fly in the ointment, a fly in the soup.
    * poner pegas = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with.

    * * *
    A ( fam) (broma) trick
    es una araña de pega it's a joke o trick spider
    hacer pegas to play tricks o jokes
    estar en la pega (Ur fam); to be in the know ( colloq)
    B ( Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag ( colloq)
    la única pega es que queda lejos the only problem o drawback o snag is that it's a long way away
    a todo lo que le propongo le encuentra alguna pega he finds something wrong with everything I suggest
    te ponen muchas pegas si intentas reclamarlo they make it really difficult for you to claim it, they put a lot of obstacles in your way if you try to claim it
    ¡sin pegas! no problem!
    C ( Andes fam)
    1 (trabajo) work
    tengo mucha pega I'm snowed under with work ( colloq)
    2 (empleo) work
    buscar pega to look for work o for a job
    está sin pega he's out of work
    3 (lugar) workplace
    D ( Chi fam) (excusa tonta) feeble excuse
    * * *

    Del verbo pegar: ( conjugate pegar)

    pega es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    pega    
    pegar
    pega sustantivo femenino
    1 (Col fam) ( broma) trick;
    ◊ de pega (Esp fam) ‹araña/culebra› joke ( before n), trick ( before n);


    ‹ revólver› dummy ( before n)
    2 (Esp fam) (dificultad, inconveniente) problem, snag (colloq);

    3 (Andes fam)
    a) ( trabajo) work;

    ( empleo) work;

    b) ( lugar) work

    pegar ( conjugate pegar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹bofetada/patada› to give;


    le pegaon un tiro they shot her
    b) ‹grito/chillido› to let out;


    pegale un susto a algn to give sb a fright
    2

    ( con cola) to glue, stick
    b) ( coser) ‹mangas/botones› to sew on

    c) ( arrimar) to move … closer

    3 (fam) ( contagiar) ‹ enfermedad› to give;

    verbo intransitivo
    1
    a) ( golpear): pegale a algn to hit sb;

    (a un niño, como castigo) to smack sb;

    la pelota pegó en el poste the ball hit the goalpost
    b) (fam) ( hacerse popular) [producto/moda] to take off;

    [ artista] to be very popular
    2


    pega CON algo to go with sth;

    pegarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( golpearse):

    ◊ me pegué con la mesa I knocked o hit myself on the table;

    me pegué en la cabeza I banged o knocked my head

    2 ‹ susto› to get;

    3 ( contagiarse) [ enfermedad] to be infectious;

    se te va a pega mi catarro you'll catch my cold;
    se le ha pegado el acento mexicano he's picked up a Mexican accent
    pega sustantivo femenino objection, drawback: siempre está poniendo pegas, he's always raising objections
    ♦ Locuciones: de pega, sham, false: era una pistola de pega, it was an imitation pistol
    pegar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (adherir) to stick
    (con pegamento) to glue
    2 (coser) to sew on
    3 (arrimar) lean against: es mejor que pegues la cuna a la pared, you'd better put the cradle against the wall
    4 (un susto, una enfermedad) to give
    5 (realizar una acción) pegó fuego a la casa, he set the house on fire
    pegó saltos de alegría, he jumped for joy
    6 (maltratar) to hit: no pegues al niño, don't hit the child
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (combinar) to match: ese jersey no pega con esos pantalones, that sweater doesn't go with those trousers
    (estar próximo a) to be next to: su casa está pegada al cine, his house is next to the cinema
    2 (sol) to beat down
    ♦ Locuciones: no pegar ojo, not to sleep a wink
    ' pega' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusón
    - abusona
    - macho
    - pegar
    English:
    beat
    - catch
    - clash
    - difficulty
    - drawback
    - hit back
    - hitch
    - rub
    - snag
    - stick together
    * * *
    pega nf
    1. Esp [obstáculo] difficulty, hitch;
    la pega que tiene es que es muy caro the only problem is it's very expensive;
    le puso muchas pegas a nuestra propuesta he kept raising objections to our proposal;
    me pusieron muchas pegas para conseguir el visado they made a lot of problems before they gave me a visa;
    le veo muchas pegas al plan I see a lot of problems with the plan
    2.
    de pega [falso] false, fake;
    un Rolex de pega a fake Rolex;
    un electricista de pega a bogus electrician
    3. Andes, Cuba Fam [trabajo] job;
    está buscando pega he's looking for work o a job
    * * *
    f fam
    snag fam, hitch fam ;
    poner pegas raise objections;
    de pega fake, bogus
    * * *
    pega n (inconveniente) problem / snag
    la única pega es que... the only problem is that...

    Spanish-English dictionary > pega

  • 10 augurar

    v.
    1 to predict.
    2 to augur, to omen, to predict, to presage.
    * * *
    1 to augur
    * * *
    VT [cosa] to augur; [individuo] to predict, foresee

    augurar que... — to predict that...

    * * *
    verbo transitivo futuro to predict, foretell
    * * *
    = portend, hold out + prospect, hold out + promise, presage, be promissory of.
    Ex. Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.
    Ex. The processing of electronic signals holds out the prospect of the automation of tasks which involve representations of information.
    Ex. Information technology holds out the promise of an improved information flow.
    Ex. These 'stages of development' in the life cycle of a company presage a turnaround situation for that company over the course of time.
    Ex. The movie trailer was promissory of action and adventure, but the film itself was a bore.
    ----
    * el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo futuro to predict, foretell
    * * *
    = portend, hold out + prospect, hold out + promise, presage, be promissory of.

    Ex: Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.

    Ex: The processing of electronic signals holds out the prospect of the automation of tasks which involve representations of information.
    Ex: Information technology holds out the promise of an improved information flow.
    Ex: These 'stages of development' in the life cycle of a company presage a turnaround situation for that company over the course of time.
    Ex: The movie trailer was promissory of action and adventure, but the film itself was a bore.
    * el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

    * * *
    augurar [A1 ]
    vt
    le auguró un futuro halagüeño she predicted o foretold a promising future for him
    este silencio no augura nada bueno this silence does not bode o ( frml) augur well
    esos nubarrones auguran tormenta those clouds herald a storm
    * * *

    augurar ( conjugate augurar) verbo transitivo ‹ futuro› to predict, foretell
    augurar verbo transitivo to augur
    ' augurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pronosticar
    - prometer
    English:
    portend
    - spell
    * * *
    [sujeto: suceso] to augur; [sujeto: persona] to predict;
    el resultado de las elecciones no augura un futuro estable the result of the elections does not augur well for future stability;
    estas nubes no auguran nada bueno those clouds don't look too promising
    * * *
    v/t de persona predict, foretell; de indicio augur
    * * *
    : to predict, to foretell

    Spanish-English dictionary > augurar

  • 11 liberar

    v.
    1 to liberate.
    liberar a alguien de algo to free somebody from something
    Ellos liberaron al prisionero They liberated the prisoner.
    2 to untie.
    3 to let free, to free, to unlock.
    Ellos liberaron al reo They let the jailbird free.
    Ellos liberaron sus pasiones They freed their passions.
    4 to release, to clean.
    La corte libera a Ricardo The court releases Richard.
    * * *
    1 (persona, animal) to free; (país, ciudad) to liberate
    2 (energía) to release
    \
    liberar a alguien de algo to free somebody from something
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ rehén] to free, release; [+ país, pueblo] to liberate
    2)

    liberar a algn de — [+ carga, obligación] to free sb of o from; [+ peligro] to save sb from

    3) (Econ) [+ precios] to deregulate; [+ acción] to pay in full; [+ deuda] to release; [+ tipo de cambio] to float
    4) [+ energía, oxígeno] to release
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <preso/rehén> to release, free; <pueblo/país> to liberate
    2) < precios> to deregulate; <recursos/fondos> to release
    3) <energía/calor> to release
    2.
    liberarse v pron

    liberarse de algo — de ataduras/deudas to free oneself from something

    * * *
    = emancipate, free, release, relieve, liberate, set + free, discharge, disencumber, vent, enfranchise.
    Ex. Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.
    Ex. Habitualized actions, they further suggest, become embedded in human behavior and free the individual from the burden of repetitive decision-making.
    Ex. If you press the shift key again to return the keyboard to the unshifted (lowercase) condition, the lock is then released.
    Ex. This enabled them to re-establish their own identities and relieved them of the incidence of getting involved in 'library business'.
    Ex. I hope this new technology somehow will liberate us from the drudge work.
    Ex. When studied first at Dongwu University, I was most gratified by its well-stocked library and had the feeling of a caged bird set free to fly into the vast sky.
    Ex. By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.
    Ex. The novel disencumbers us of the baggage that we usually bring to the scene of human suffering.
    Ex. Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.
    Ex. There were a total 1713 manumissions, 250 manumitted by colonial law and the remainder had been enfranchised by persons in England.
    ----
    * conseguir liberarse de = secure + relief from.
    * liberar a uno de = take off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberar de = lift from, discharge from.
    * liberar de hacer Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.
    * liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.
    * liberar energía = blow off + steam, let off + steam.
    * liberar horas = time off.
    * liberar recursos = free up + resources.
    * liberarse de = extricate + Reflexivo + from, shed, be free from, escape + the shackles of, break + free of, shake off, break + loose from.
    * liberarse de Alguien/Algo = get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberarse del yugo de = throw off + the yoke of, cast off + the yoke of.
    * liberar tensión = release + tension, relieve + tension.
    * liberar tiempo = free up + time.
    * liberar vapor = blow off + steam, let off + steam.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <preso/rehén> to release, free; <pueblo/país> to liberate
    2) < precios> to deregulate; <recursos/fondos> to release
    3) <energía/calor> to release
    2.
    liberarse v pron

    liberarse de algo — de ataduras/deudas to free oneself from something

    * * *
    = emancipate, free, release, relieve, liberate, set + free, discharge, disencumber, vent, enfranchise.

    Ex: Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.

    Ex: Habitualized actions, they further suggest, become embedded in human behavior and free the individual from the burden of repetitive decision-making.
    Ex: If you press the shift key again to return the keyboard to the unshifted (lowercase) condition, the lock is then released.
    Ex: This enabled them to re-establish their own identities and relieved them of the incidence of getting involved in 'library business'.
    Ex: I hope this new technology somehow will liberate us from the drudge work.
    Ex: When studied first at Dongwu University, I was most gratified by its well-stocked library and had the feeling of a caged bird set free to fly into the vast sky.
    Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.
    Ex: The novel disencumbers us of the baggage that we usually bring to the scene of human suffering.
    Ex: Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.
    Ex: There were a total 1713 manumissions, 250 manumitted by colonial law and the remainder had been enfranchised by persons in England.
    * conseguir liberarse de = secure + relief from.
    * liberar a uno de = take off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberar de = lift from, discharge from.
    * liberar de hacer Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.
    * liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.
    * liberar energía = blow off + steam, let off + steam.
    * liberar horas = time off.
    * liberar recursos = free up + resources.
    * liberarse de = extricate + Reflexivo + from, shed, be free from, escape + the shackles of, break + free of, shake off, break + loose from.
    * liberarse de Alguien/Algo = get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberarse del yugo de = throw off + the yoke of, cast off + the yoke of.
    * liberar tensión = release + tension, relieve + tension.
    * liberar tiempo = free up + time.
    * liberar vapor = blow off + steam, let off + steam.

    * * *
    liberar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹preso› to free, release, set … free; ‹pueblo/país› to liberate
    los secuestradores liberaron a su rehén the kidnappers freed o released their hostage
    la policía logró liberar a los rehenes the police managed to free the hostages
    para liberarlo de preocupaciones sobre su futuro to save him worrying about his future, to free him of worries about his future
    esto me libera de todo compromiso this frees o absolves me from all obligation
    B
    1 ‹precios› to deregulate
    2 ‹recursos/fondos› to release
    C ‹energía/calor› to release
    liberarse DE algo:
    intentó liberarse de las ataduras she attempted to get free of o to free herself from the ropes
    es incapaz de liberarse de los prejuicios he's unable to rid himself of o get rid of his prejudices
    para liberarse de las deudas to free themselves of o from the burden of their debts
    * * *

     

    liberar ( conjugate liberar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹prisionero/rehén› to release, free;

    ‹pueblo/país› to liberate
    b) ( de una obligación) liberar a algn de algo to free sb from sth

    liberarse verbo pronominal liberarse de algo ‹de ataduras/deudas› to free oneself from sth
    liberar vtr (de un invasor, opresor, etc) to liberate
    (sacar de la cárcel) to free, release
    ' liberar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    librar
    English:
    deliver
    - discharge
    - exonerate
    - free
    - let out
    - liberate
    - release
    - relieve
    - set
    - unclench
    - unleash
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ciudad, país] to liberate;
    [rehén, prisionero] to free
    2. [de compromiso]
    liberar a alguien de algo to free sb from sth
    3. [emitir] to release, to give off
    * * *
    v/t (set) free, release; país liberate; energia release
    * * *
    : to liberate, to free
    * * *
    liberar vb (preso) to free

    Spanish-English dictionary > liberar

  • 12 abrir nuevas posibilidades

    (v.) = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities
    Ex. Once this step is taken it opens up a whole new territory for inquiry which may also change the nature of our conceptions of science.
    Ex. The new system opens up limitless possibilities to the library.
    Ex. Mass storage technology opens the possibility of automation for many small libraries that up until now could not afford to automate.
    * * *
    (v.) = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities

    Ex: Once this step is taken it opens up a whole new territory for inquiry which may also change the nature of our conceptions of science.

    Ex: The new system opens up limitless possibilities to the library.
    Ex: Mass storage technology opens the possibility of automation for many small libraries that up until now could not afford to automate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abrir nuevas posibilidades

  • 13 albergar esperanza

    (v.) = hold out + hope, hold out + prospect, hold out + promise
    Ex. She came by to see me yesterday and I told her not to hold out any hope.
    Ex. The processing of electronic signals holds out the prospect of the automation of tasks which involve representations of information.
    Ex. Information technology holds out the promise of an improved information flow.
    * * *
    (v.) = hold out + hope, hold out + prospect, hold out + promise

    Ex: She came by to see me yesterday and I told her not to hold out any hope.

    Ex: The processing of electronic signals holds out the prospect of the automation of tasks which involve representations of information.
    Ex: Information technology holds out the promise of an improved information flow.

    Spanish-English dictionary > albergar esperanza

  • 14 confianza

    f.
    1 confidence.
    tengo confianza en que lo conseguirán I'm confident they'll achieve it
    confianza en sí mismo self-confidence
    2 trust (fe).
    de confianza trustworthy, reliable; (persona) reliable (producto, servicio)
    una marca de toda confianza a very reliable brand
    3 familiarity.
    amigo de confianza close o intimate friend
    tengo mucha confianza con él I am very close to him
    en confianza in confidence
    puedes hablar con toda confianza you can talk quite freely
    se toma demasiadas confianzas she's too familiar, she takes too many liberties
    4 sureness, confidence.
    5 self-confidence, assurance, confidence, self-assurance.
    * * *
    1 (seguridad) confidence
    2 (fe) trust
    3 (familiaridad) familiarity, intimacy
    4 (presunción) conceit
    \
    con toda confianza in all confidence
    en confianza confidentially, in confidence
    estar en confianza to be among friends
    tener confianza en uno mismo to be self-confident
    tener mucha confianza con alguien to be on intimate terms with somebody
    tomarse (muchas) confianzas to take liberties
    tratar a alguien con confianza to treat somebody like a friend
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=credibilidad) confidence

    • de confianza — [producto] reliable

    una persona de confianza — (=competente) a reliable person; (=honrada) a trustworthy person

    • defraudar la confianza de algn — to let sb down

    • ganarse la confianza de algn — to win sb's confidence

    • dar o conceder un margen de confianza a algn — to place one's trust in sb

    • perder la confianza en algo/algn — to lose faith in sth/sb

    • poner su confianza en algn — to put o place one's trust in sb

    • preso de confianza — trusty

    • puesto de confianza — position of responsibility

    • recuperar la confianza de o en algo — to regain one's faith o confidence in sth

    • tener confianza en algn — to have faith o confidence in sb

    hombre 1., 1), moción 1)
    2) (=seguridad) confidence

    • dar confianza a algn — to give sb confidence, make sb confident

    • infundir confianza a algn — to inspire confidence in sb

    • tener confianza en algo — to be confident of sth

    tener confianza en que... — to be confident that...

    necesitas tener más confianza en ti mismo — you need to have more confidence in yourself, you need more self-confidence

    3) (=amistad)

    no te preocupes porque estemos nosotros delante, que hay confianza — don't mind us, we're all friends here

    • con confianza, te lo digo con toda confianza — I'm being completely open with you

    • de confianza, puedes hablar delante de él, es de confianza — you can speak freely in front of him, he's a friend

    un amigo de confianza — a close friend, an intimate friend

    • en confianza, (dicho sea) en confianza o hablando en confianza, no me fío nada de él — between you and me, I don't trust him at all

    • tener confianza con algn — to be on close terms with sb

    díselo tú, que tienes más confianza con ella — you tell her, you're closer to her

    4) pl confianzas (=libertades)

    se toma demasiadas confianzas contigo — he takes too many liberties with you, he's a bit too familiar with you

    ¿qué confianzas son esas? — don't be so familiar!

    * * *
    1) (fe) confidence

    él/ella me inspira confianza — I feel I can trust him/her

    confianza en alguien/algo — confidence in somebody/something

    tengo plena confianza en que... — I'm quite confident that... o I have every confidence that...

    de confianza — < persona> trustworthy, reliable; < producto> reliable

    2) (amistad, intimidad)

    tenemos mucha confianza — we are close friends, we know each other very well

    3) confianzas femenino plural ( libertades)

    ¿qué confianzas son ésas? — (fam) you've got some nerve! (colloq)

    * * *
    = confidence, trust, reliance on, reliance.
    Ex. The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.
    Ex. The trust in computer systems rests on their ability to prove that their security mechanisms work as advertised and cannot be disabled.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.
    ----
    * abuso de confianza = betrayal of trust, breach of trust.
    * amigo de confianza = intimate friend.
    * con confianza = confidently, with confidence, trustingly, trustfully.
    * con confianza en uno mismo = self-confident.
    * confianza del consumidor = consumer confidence.
    * confianza en la eficacia de uno mismo = self-efficacy.
    * confianza en uno mismo = self-confidence, assertiveness, self-efficacy, self-belief.
    * confianza mutua = mutual trust.
    * contar en confianza = confide.
    * con toda confianza = feel + free to.
    * dar a Alguien un margen de confianza = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * dar un voto de confianza = give + Nombre + some latitude.
    * decir con toda confianza = say in + full confidence.
    * decir en confianza = confide.
    * de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.
    * depositar confianza = place + trust.
    * digno de confianza = trustworthy, creditable.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * falta de confianza en = disbelief.
    * fortalecer la confianza = bolster + confidence, boost + Posesivo + confidence.
    * ganar confianza en uno mismo = gain + confidence (with/in).
    * ganarse la confianza = earn + trust.
    * ganarse la confianza de = achieve + credibility with, gain + the confidence of, win + the confidence of.
    * hombre de confianza = henchman [henchmen, -pl.].
    * índice de confianza del consumidor = consumer confidence index.
    * indigno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * inspirar confianza = inspire + trust, inspire + confidence, instil + confidence, instil + trust.
    * intervalo de confianza = confidence interval.
    * la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.
    * margen de confianza = the benefit of the doubt.
    * mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.
    * minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence.
    * minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence, erode + Posesivo + confidence, sap + Posesivo + confidence.
    * nivel de confianza = confidence level.
    * no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * ocupar un puesto de confianza = be on the inside.
    * perder confianza = lose + confidence (in).
    * pérdida de confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * persona de confianza = good old boy, sounding board.
    * recibir la confianza (de Alguien) = receive + credibility.
    * recuperar la confianza = boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.
    * relación de confianza = trusting relationship.
    * voto de confianza = vote of confidence, public trust.
    * * *
    1) (fe) confidence

    él/ella me inspira confianza — I feel I can trust him/her

    confianza en alguien/algo — confidence in somebody/something

    tengo plena confianza en que... — I'm quite confident that... o I have every confidence that...

    de confianza — < persona> trustworthy, reliable; < producto> reliable

    2) (amistad, intimidad)

    tenemos mucha confianza — we are close friends, we know each other very well

    3) confianzas femenino plural ( libertades)

    ¿qué confianzas son ésas? — (fam) you've got some nerve! (colloq)

    * * *
    = confidence, trust, reliance on, reliance.

    Ex: The flush of success with AACR1 gave the code compilers and cataloguers the confidence to criticise the new code with the object of further refining it.

    Ex: The trust in computer systems rests on their ability to prove that their security mechanisms work as advertised and cannot be disabled.
    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex: Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.
    * abuso de confianza = betrayal of trust, breach of trust.
    * amigo de confianza = intimate friend.
    * con confianza = confidently, with confidence, trustingly, trustfully.
    * con confianza en uno mismo = self-confident.
    * confianza del consumidor = consumer confidence.
    * confianza en la eficacia de uno mismo = self-efficacy.
    * confianza en uno mismo = self-confidence, assertiveness, self-efficacy, self-belief.
    * confianza mutua = mutual trust.
    * contar en confianza = confide.
    * con toda confianza = feel + free to.
    * dar a Alguien un margen de confianza = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * dar un voto de confianza = give + Nombre + some latitude.
    * decir con toda confianza = say in + full confidence.
    * decir en confianza = confide.
    * de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.
    * depositar confianza = place + trust.
    * digno de confianza = trustworthy, creditable.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * falta de confianza en = disbelief.
    * fortalecer la confianza = bolster + confidence, boost + Posesivo + confidence.
    * ganar confianza en uno mismo = gain + confidence (with/in).
    * ganarse la confianza = earn + trust.
    * ganarse la confianza de = achieve + credibility with, gain + the confidence of, win + the confidence of.
    * hombre de confianza = henchman [henchmen, -pl.].
    * índice de confianza del consumidor = consumer confidence index.
    * indigno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * inspirar confianza = inspire + trust, inspire + confidence, instil + confidence, instil + trust.
    * intervalo de confianza = confidence interval.
    * la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.
    * margen de confianza = the benefit of the doubt.
    * mermar + Posesivo + confianza = sap + Posesivo + confidence.
    * minar la confianza en Uno mismo = undermine + self-confidence.
    * minar + Posesivo + confianza = undermine + Posesivo + confidence, erode + Posesivo + confidence, sap + Posesivo + confidence.
    * nivel de confianza = confidence level.
    * no digno de confianza = untrustworthy.
    * ocupar un puesto de confianza = be on the inside.
    * perder confianza = lose + confidence (in).
    * pérdida de confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * persona de confianza = good old boy, sounding board.
    * recibir la confianza (de Alguien) = receive + credibility.
    * recuperar la confianza = boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.
    * relación de confianza = trusting relationship.
    * voto de confianza = vote of confidence, public trust.

    * * *
    A (fe) confidence
    un médico que me inspira confianza a doctor who I have faith in o who I trust, a doctor who inspires me with confidence
    su actitud no despierta confianza her attitude does not inspire confidence
    lo considero digno de toda confianza he has my complete trust
    confianza EN algn/algo confidence IN sb/sth
    tiene mucha confianza en sí misma she is very self-confident, she is full of confidence, she has plenty of self-confidence
    tengo plena confianza en que todo saldrá bien I have every confidence o I'm quite confident that it will all turn out well
    había puesto toda mi confianza en él I had put all my trust o faith in him
    de confianza ‹persona› trustworthy, reliable, dependable;
    ‹producto› reliable
    ocupa un puesto de confianza en la compañía he has a position of trust within the company
    quieren nombrar a alguien de su confianza they want to appoint someone they can trust
    B
    (amistad, intimidad): tenemos mucha confianza we are close friends, we know each other very well
    díselo tú, yo no tengo tanta confianza con él you tell him, I don't know him as well as you do
    no les des tanta confianza a los alumnos don't let your pupils be so familiar with you, don't let your pupils take liberties with you like that
    nada de ceremonias, estamos en confianza there's no need to stand on ceremony, things are pretty informal here
    puedes hablar con franqueza, estamos en confianza you can speak your mind, you're among friends
    unas copas nos hicieron entrar en confianza a few drinks helped us relax o set us all at our ease
    es muy tímida y le cuesta entrar en confianza con la gente she is very shy and it takes her a while to open up with o feel confident with o feel at home with people
    te lo digo en confianza, pero no lo repitas I'm telling you in confidence, don't repeat it
    hablando en confianza, olía muy mal between you and me, it smelt awful
    puedes venir como estás, ellos son de confianza you can come as you are, they're people we know well o they're good friends
    (libertades): no le des tantas confianzas don't let him be so familiar with you, don't let him take liberties with you like that
    ¿qué confianzas son ésas? ( fam); you've got some nerve! ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    confianza sustantivo femenino
    a) (fe) confidence;


    lo considero digno de toda confianza he has my complete trust;
    confianza en algn/algo confidence in sb/sth;
    tiene confianza en sí misma she is self-confident;
    había puesto toda mi confianza en él I had put all my trust o faith in him;
    de confianza ‹ persona› trustworthy, reliable;

    ‹ producto› reliable;
    ‹puesto/posición› of trust;

    b) ( intimidad):


    no les des tanta(s) confianza(s) don't let them be so familiar with you;
    estamos en confianza we're among friends;
    te lo digo en confianza I'm telling you in confidence;
    tratar a algn con confianza to be friendly with sb
    confianza
    I sustantivo femenino
    1 (fe, seguridad) confidence: tiene mucha confianza en sí mismo, he is very self-confident
    2 (trato, intimidad) con María tengo confianza, I'm on very close terms with María
    con él no tengo mucha confianza, I don't know him well enough
    II confianzas fpl (familiaridad, atrevimiento) liberties: se toma demasiadas confianzas, she takes too many liberties
    ♦ Locuciones: de confianza, reliable
    en confianza, (confidencialmente, con reserva) in confidence
    (entre amigos) among friends
    ' confianza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abuso
    - confiada
    - confiado
    - creer
    - ganarse
    - insegura
    - inseguridad
    - inseguro
    - legal
    - licencia
    - rezumar
    - seguridad
    - seria
    - serio
    - tapado
    - fe
    - fiar
    - ganar
    - hombre
    - infundir
    - inspirar
    - libertad
    - recobrar
    - recuperar
    - seguro
    - voto
    English:
    assurance
    - authoritative
    - belief
    - breach
    - complete
    - confidence
    - confidential
    - dent
    - depend
    - diffidence
    - erode
    - erosion
    - faith
    - familiar
    - implicit
    - inside
    - intact
    - jauntily
    - judgement
    - judgment
    - key
    - melt away
    - misplaced
    - nerve
    - ooze
    - reliance
    - reputable
    - right-hand man
    - safe
    - safely
    - sap
    - self-assurance
    - self-confidence
    - self-doubt
    - self-reliance
    - shatter
    - sure
    - trust
    - trusted
    - trustworthy
    - unreliable
    - untrustworthy
    - vote
    - boost
    - confident
    - dependable
    - gain
    - reliable
    - self
    * * *
    1. [fe] confidence (en in);
    tener confianza en alguien to trust sb, to have confidence in sb;
    tengo plena confianza en su trabajo I have the utmost confidence in her work;
    tengo confianza en que lo conseguirán I'm confident they'll achieve it;
    confianza en uno mismo self-confidence;
    no me inspira la más mínima confianza I have no confidence o faith in him whatsoever;
    deposito toda mi confianza en él I'm putting all my faith o trust in him
    2.
    de confianza [persona] trustworthy, reliable;
    [producto, servicio] reliable;
    uno de sus colaboradores de confianza one of his most trusted associates;
    una marca de toda confianza a very reliable brand
    3. [familiaridad] familiarity;
    amigo de confianza close o intimate friend;
    en confianza in confidence;
    te cuento todo esto en confianza I'm telling you all this in confidence;
    tengo mucha confianza con él I am very close to him;
    pregúntaselo tú, que tienes más confianza con él you ask him, you're closer to him;
    una cosa te voy a decir con toda confianza… let me be frank…;
    puedes hablar con toda confianza you can talk quite freely;
    entre nosotros hay confianza we're good friends;
    se toma demasiadas confianzas he's too familiar, he takes too many liberties;
    Fam
    donde hay confianza da asco familiarity breeds contempt
    * * *
    f
    1 confidence;
    confianza en sí mismo self-confidence
    2 ( amistad)
    :
    de confianza persona trustworthy;
    amigo de confianza good friend;
    en confianza in confidence
    3
    :
    * * *
    1) : trust
    de poca confiaza: untrustworthy
    2) : confidence, self- confidence
    * * *
    1. (fe) trust
    2. (seguridad) confidence
    de confianza (íntimo) close (de fiar) reliable, trustworthy
    tener confianza con alguien to know somebody [pt. knew; pp. known]

    Spanish-English dictionary > confianza

  • 15 cubo de la basura

    rubbish bin, US garbage can
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The article 'You can never own too many trashcans' comments on the problems of finding enough space to house the University of California Division of Library Automation installations.
    Ex. Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments.
    Ex. The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    Ex. In a trash bin, he found the inedibles: fragile little calf legs with tiny cleft hooves.
    Ex. Two boys said they were shooting at a garbage can but ended up hitting a 61-year-old delivery driver instead, police say.
    * * *
    (n.) = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can

    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.

    Ex: The article 'You can never own too many trashcans' comments on the problems of finding enough space to house the University of California Division of Library Automation installations.
    Ex: Databases which should be gold mines degenerate into dustbins, and inter-departmental strife tears apart the organization's commitments.
    Ex: The bags may be used as an inner skin to a rubbish bin, to stop wet and noisome remains from sticking to the inside of the container.
    Ex: In a trash bin, he found the inedibles: fragile little calf legs with tiny cleft hooves.
    Ex: Two boys said they were shooting at a garbage can but ended up hitting a 61-year-old delivery driver instead, police say.

    * * *
    dentro garbage can, Br
    rubbish bin; fuera garbage can, Br
    dustbin

    Spanish-English dictionary > cubo de la basura

  • 16 descenso

    m.
    1 descent.
    2 drop.
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3 downhill.
    4 relegation.
    5 demotion.
    6 descensus.
    * * *
    1 (acción) descent, lowering
    2 (de temperatura) drop, fall
    3 figurado (declive) decline, fall
    4 DEPORTE (de división) relegation; (en esquí) downhill race
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) drop, fall
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de temperatura, nivel, precio, demanda] fall, drop

    un descenso de la producción — a fall o drop in production

    un descenso en el número de escolares — a fall o drop in the number of pupils

    descenso térmico — fall o drop in temperature

    2) [de un lugar a otro] descent

    la prueba de descenso — (Dep) the downhill event

    3) [en orden, jerarquía] downgrading, demotion; (Dep) relegation
    4) (=pendiente) slope
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    ----
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de la temperatura, del nivel) fall, drop; (de precios) fall
    el descenso del nivel de los embalses the drop in the level of the reservoirs
    ha habido un brusco descenso en los precios del crudo there has been a sharp fall in the price of crude oil
    el descenso en el número de accidentes the fall o decrease in the number of accidents
    iniciaremos el descenso en pocos minutos we shall begin our descent in a few minutes
    la carrera or prueba de descenso the downhill
    B ( Dep) relegation
    * * *

     

    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop;

    ( de precios) fall

    2 (Dep) relegation
    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1 descent: participamos en el descenso del río, we took part in the white water canoeing
    2 (de temperatura, precios) fall, drop
    3 Dep (de categoría) relegation
    ' descenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajada
    - bajón
    - abrupto
    - agudo
    - brusco
    - caída
    - notorio
    - picada
    English:
    comedown
    - descent
    - dip
    - downhill
    - downturn
    - drop
    - fall
    - swoop
    - anticlimax
    - couple
    - decline
    - decrease
    - demotion
    - dive
    * * *
    1. [de una altura] descent;
    los ciclistas iniciaron el descenso the cyclists began the descent;
    sufrieron un accidente en el descenso they had an accident on the way down
    descenso de aguas bravas white water rafting;
    2. [de precio, temperatura, nivel] fall, drop;
    el fuerte descenso de las temperaturas the sharp drop in temperatures;
    la tasa de desempleo experimentó un espectacular descenso there was a spectacular drop in the unemployment rate;
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3. [prueba de esquí] downhill
    4. [en competición deportiva] relegation;
    estar en las posiciones de descenso to be in the relegation zone
    * * *
    m
    1 de precio etc drop; de montaña, AVIA descent;
    la prueba de descenso en esquí the downhill (race o competition)
    2 DEP relegation
    * * *
    1) : descent
    2) baja, caída: drop, fall
    * * *
    1. (de temperatura, precios, etc) drop / fall
    2. (bajada) descent

    Spanish-English dictionary > descenso

  • 17 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    ----
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 18 emancipar

    v.
    to emancipate, to free (esclavo, pueblo).
    Ellos rescatan a su primo They ransom their cousin.
    * * *
    1 to emancipate, free
    1 to become emancipated, become free
    * * *
    1.
    VT to emancipate, free
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < esclavo> to emancipate, free; < pueblo> to free, liberate
    2.
    emanciparse v pron mujer/hijo (Der) to become emancipated; colonia to gain independence
    * * *
    = emancipate, empower, enfranchise.
    Ex. Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.
    Ex. This empowers them to control their lives and participate actively in the development of a just and peaceful society.
    Ex. There were a total 1713 manumissions, 250 manumitted by colonial law and the remainder had been enfranchised by persons in England.
    ----
    * emancipar a un esclavo = manumit.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < esclavo> to emancipate, free; < pueblo> to free, liberate
    2.
    emanciparse v pron mujer/hijo (Der) to become emancipated; colonia to gain independence
    * * *
    = emancipate, empower, enfranchise.

    Ex: Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.

    Ex: This empowers them to control their lives and participate actively in the development of a just and peaceful society.
    Ex: There were a total 1713 manumissions, 250 manumitted by colonial law and the remainder had been enfranchised by persons in England.
    * emancipar a un esclavo = manumit.

    * * *
    emancipar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹esclavo› to emancipate, free, set … free, give … his/her freedom; ‹pueblo› to free, liberate, set … free
    «mujer casada/hijo» ( Der) to become emancipated; «colonia» to gain independence
    en los últimos 50 años las mujeres se han emancipado mucho women have become a great deal more liberated in the last 50 years
    * * *

    emancipar verbo transitivo to emancipate
    ' emancipar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    emancipate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [liberar] [esclavo, pueblo] to free, to emancipate; [país] to liberate
    * * *
    v/t
    I emancipate
    * * *
    : to emancipate

    Spanish-English dictionary > emancipar

  • 19 importante

    adj.
    1 important (destacado, significativo).
    2 considerable.
    3 significant, considerable, sizable.
    * * *
    1 (gen) important; (por su gravedad) serious; (por su cantidad) considerable
    2 (influyente) important
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, major

    un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy

    • dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs

    • lo importante es... — the main thing is...

    • poco importante — unimportant

    • es importante que — it is important that

    2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.
    Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
    Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    ----
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

    Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

    Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

    * * *
    1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant
    tengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you
    ¿qué dice la carta? — nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing much
    lo importante es participar the important thing is to take part
    es importante que vayas it's important that you go
    2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significant
    una importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of money
    la tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damage
    un número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo importante    
    importante
    importante adjetivo
    a) ‹noticia/persona› important;

    ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
    dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs

    ‹ daños› severe, considerable;
    ‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
    importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
    una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
    ' importante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - categoría
    - ciudad
    - comodidad
    - consignar
    - cosa
    - cualquiera
    - despreciable
    - eje
    - eslabón
    - floricultura
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - historia
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - inmediatez
    - menos
    - nada
    - núcleo
    - opinar
    - personaje
    - pintar
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - reseñar
    - sabrosa
    - sabroso
    - salario
    - señalada
    - señalado
    - señor
    - suma
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - tomo
    - viso
    - indiferente
    - notable
    - papel
    - parecer
    - personalidad
    - pez
    - que
    - trascendental
    - trascendente
    - un
    - visita
    English:
    amount to
    - appreciable
    - armory
    - armoury
    - assassin
    - assassination
    - big
    - consideration
    - depreciate
    - edit
    - flagship
    - grain
    - grand
    - great
    - head-hunt
    - high
    - if
    - important
    - increasingly
    - large
    - last
    - leading
    - least
    - major
    - mean
    - morality
    - prominent
    - significant
    - sponsor
    - thing
    - VIP
    - weighty
    - assassinate
    - come
    - considerable
    - feature
    - feel
    - first
    - foremost
    - name
    - priority
    - strongly
    - substantial
    * * *
    1. [destacado, significativo] important;
    el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;
    ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;
    ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;
    lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;
    no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;
    dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important
    2. [cantidad] considerable;
    [lesión] serious;
    una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;
    * * *
    adj important
    * * *
    : important
    * * *
    1. (en general) important
    2. (considerable) considerable

    Spanish-English dictionary > importante

  • 20 limitación

    f.
    limitation, demarcation, restraint, restriction.
    * * *
    1 limitation
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=restricción) limitation
    2) pl limitaciones (=deficiencias) limitations
    * * *
    1) ( restricción) restriction, limitation
    2) ( carencia) limitation; ( defecto) shortcoming
    * * *
    = constraint, limitation, restrictiveness, restraint, stricture, stricture, narrowing, constriction, restriction.
    Ex. In practice this can only be achieved within the constraints of any given indexing language and system.
    Ex. In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.
    Ex. This technique develops a scale of restrictiveness in dealing with overdues.
    Ex. It is well past the time for academics to challenge growing unconstitutional restraints on freedom to publish.
    Ex. Although librarians lend themselves to the strictures of automation, inadequate staff provisions are made for new technology.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Political and administrative strictures on the National Libraries Authority proposal'.
    Ex. The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.
    Ex. Results failed to confirm previous findings of coronary artery constriction while reliving an angry experience, yet are consistent with other studies utilizing mental arithmetic.
    Ex. Within a restriction of total record size of maximum of 30,000 characters, an intending user is free to format the records in his system.
    ----
    * con limitación temporal = time-oriented.
    * conllevar limitaciones = imply + limitations.
    * encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations.
    * encontrarse con una limitación = face + limitation.
    * enfrentarse a una limitación = face + constraint, face + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación = place + restraint, impose + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación (sobre) = place + constraint (on/upon).
    * imponer una limitación sobre Algo = impose + constraint upon.
    * limitación del presupuesto = budget constraint.
    * limitación de responsabilidad = limitation of liability.
    * limitaciones = straitjacket [straightjacket].
    * limitaciones de espacio = space constraints.
    * limitaciones económicas = economic constraints.
    * limitación física = physical limitation.
    * limitación presupuestaria = budget constraint.
    * operador de limitación = limit operator.
    * reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).
    * seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.
    * sin limitaciones = without stint, without limit.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * * *
    1) ( restricción) restriction, limitation
    2) ( carencia) limitation; ( defecto) shortcoming
    * * *
    = constraint, limitation, restrictiveness, restraint, stricture, stricture, narrowing, constriction, restriction.

    Ex: In practice this can only be achieved within the constraints of any given indexing language and system.

    Ex: In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.
    Ex: This technique develops a scale of restrictiveness in dealing with overdues.
    Ex: It is well past the time for academics to challenge growing unconstitutional restraints on freedom to publish.
    Ex: Although librarians lend themselves to the strictures of automation, inadequate staff provisions are made for new technology.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Political and administrative strictures on the National Libraries Authority proposal'.
    Ex: The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.
    Ex: Results failed to confirm previous findings of coronary artery constriction while reliving an angry experience, yet are consistent with other studies utilizing mental arithmetic.
    Ex: Within a restriction of total record size of maximum of 30,000 characters, an intending user is free to format the records in his system.
    * con limitación temporal = time-oriented.
    * conllevar limitaciones = imply + limitations.
    * encontrar limitaciones = encounter + limitations.
    * encontrarse con una limitación = face + limitation.
    * enfrentarse a una limitación = face + constraint, face + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación = place + restraint, impose + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación (sobre) = place + constraint (on/upon).
    * imponer una limitación sobre Algo = impose + constraint upon.
    * limitación del presupuesto = budget constraint.
    * limitación de responsabilidad = limitation of liability.
    * limitaciones = straitjacket [straightjacket].
    * limitaciones de espacio = space constraints.
    * limitaciones económicas = economic constraints.
    * limitación física = physical limitation.
    * limitación presupuestaria = budget constraint.
    * operador de limitación = limit operator.
    * reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).
    * seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.
    * sin limitaciones = without stint, without limit.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.

    * * *
    A (restricción) restriction, limitation
    sin limitaciones de ningún tipo with no restrictions o limitations of any kind
    sin limitaciones de tiempo with no time limit
    hay varias limitaciones que pueden afectar el resultado there are several limiting factors o constraints which can influence the result
    12 meses de garantía sin limitación de kilómetros 12 months' warranty with unlimited mileage
    las limitaciones del derecho de propiedad the limits o restrictions on property rights
    ejerce el poder sin limitaciones he exercises unrestricted o unlimited power
    B
    1 (carencia) limitation
    soy or estoy consciente de mis limitaciones I know my limitations
    2 (defecto) failing, shortcoming
    * * *

    limitación sustantivo femenino


    ( defecto) shortcoming
    limitación sustantivo femenino limitation, restriction: hay una limitación en cuanto al dinero, there is a financial constraint
    limitación sustantivo femenino limitation
    ' limitación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salvedad
    English:
    limitation
    - restraint
    - restriction
    - retrenchment
    - speed restriction
    - constraint
    * * *
    1. [restricción] limitation, limit;
    acuerdo de limitación de armamento arms limitation agreement;
    poner limitaciones a to place restrictions on;
    sin limitación de tiempo with no time limit;
    limitación de velocidad speed limit
    2. [de distrito] boundaries
    3.
    limitaciones [carencias] limitations;
    reconozco mis limitaciones I know my own limitations
    * * *
    f limitation
    * * *
    1) : limitation
    2) : limit, restriction
    sin limitación: unlimited

    Spanish-English dictionary > limitación

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