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  • 21 dificultar

    v.
    1 to hinder.
    2 to make difficult, to obstruct, to encumber, to hinder.
    3 to make it difficult to, to make it laborious to, to make it cumbersome to, to make it hard to.
    Ella estorba cocinar She makes it cumbersome to cook.
    * * *
    1 to make difficult, hinder, obstruct
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=obstaculizar) [+ camino] to obstruct; [+ tráfico] to hold up
    2) (=hacer difícil) [+ trabajo] to make difficult; [+ progreso] to hinder, stand in the way of; [+ movimientos] to restrict
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to make... difficult
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, hinder, interfere with, make + it + difficult, make + difficult, snag, constrict.
    Ex. It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex. In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex. You should use other symbols, without necessarily having them reproduced on the card where they certainly do interfere with the intelligibility and ease of reading.
    Ex. This will make it yet more difficult for the information worker and the end user to keep up to date with the full range of data bases.
    Ex. These reforms may in turn make the implementation of proposal difficult.
    Ex. Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.
    Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to make... difficult
    * * *
    = encumber, hamper, hinder, interfere with, make + it + difficult, make + difficult, snag, constrict.

    Ex: It is extremely difficult for SLIS to compete with other interests which are less encumbered on equal terms.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.
    Ex: In practice the application of recall and precision in the evaluation of indexes is hindered by the difficulty of evaluating some of the components in the definition.
    Ex: You should use other symbols, without necessarily having them reproduced on the card where they certainly do interfere with the intelligibility and ease of reading.
    Ex: This will make it yet more difficult for the information worker and the end user to keep up to date with the full range of data bases.
    Ex: These reforms may in turn make the implementation of proposal difficult.
    Ex: Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.
    Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.

    * * *
    dificultar [A1 ]
    vt
    to make … difficult
    la niebla dificultó el acceso al lugar del accidente the fog made it difficult to reach the scene of the accident
    el desconocer el idioma le dificulta el trabajo not knowing the language makes his job more difficult
    las obras dificultaban el paso de vehículos the roadworks hampered o restricted o obstructed the flow of traffic
    dificultaba los intentos de rescate it hindered o hampered the rescue attempts
    estos obstáculos dificultan el progreso these obstacles stand in the way of progress o hinder progress o make progress difficult
    prendas sueltas que no dificultan los movimientos loose garments which don't restrict your movements
    * * *

    dificultar ( conjugate dificultar) verbo transitivo
    to make … difficult
    ' dificultar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anquilosar
    - complicar
    - embarazar
    - entorpecer
    - impedir
    English:
    deter
    - hamper
    - hinder
    - impede
    - inhibit
    - interfere
    - arrest
    - constrict
    * * *
    [estorbar] to hinder; [obstruir] to obstruct;
    la gran cantidad de transeúntes dificultaba el rodaje the large number of passers-by made filming more difficult;
    unas zanjas dificultaban el paso some ditches made progress difficult;
    el viento dificultaba la navegación the wind made sailing difficult
    * * *
    v/t hinder
    * * *
    : to make difficult, to obstruct
    * * *
    dificultar vb to hinder / to make difficult

    Spanish-English dictionary > dificultar

  • 22 dominante

    adj.
    1 dominant.
    Se me pasó el bus I missed the bus.
    2 domineering (person).
    f.
    dominant.
    * * *
    1 dominant, dominating
    2 (que prevalece) prevailing, predominating
    3 (que avasalla) domineering
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=despótico) domineering
    2) (=predominante) [viento, tendencia, opinión, ideología] dominant, prevailing; [grupo, cultura, rasgo, tema, color] dominant; [papel, rol] dominant, leading
    3) (Bio) [macho, gen] dominant
    4) (Mús) dominant
    2.
    SF (Mús) dominant
    * * *
    1)
    a) <color/tendencia> predominant, dominant; < opinión> prevailing (before n); < cultura> dominant
    b) (Biol, Mús, Astrol) dominant
    2) < persona> domineering
    * * *
    = dominant, pervasive, ruling, domineering, mainline, commanding, all-pervasive [all pervasive], mainstream, suppressive, pervading, dominating, bossy [bossier -comp., bossiest -sup.], bossy boots, overbearing.
    Ex. English is the dominant language for the dissemination of information.
    Ex. The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex. The impulse to learn is a ruling passion in very few people; in most of us it is so weak that a frowning aspect can discourage it.
    Ex. These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for 'unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
    Ex. This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex. His preference for books rather than journals was more commanding than his preference for poetry rather than prose.
    Ex. Countries should adopt strategies to prepare themselves for the all-pervasive influence of IT in people's lives in the 21st century.
    Ex. Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex. Where other women are in position of authority, they are even more suppressive to other women than males.
    Ex. While not addressing specific issues the rejoinder focuses on a few pervading themes.
    Ex. There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex. Regardless of gender, problem drinking was mainly related to traits of negative masculinity ( bossy, noisy, aggressive, etc) whereas binge eating was mainly related to negative femininity (shy, needs approval from others, etc).
    Ex. With the kids tucked into bed, bossy boots left to fill her empty life with some cocktails.
    Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
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    * función dominante = alpha role.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * papel dominante = alpha role.
    * * *
    1)
    a) <color/tendencia> predominant, dominant; < opinión> prevailing (before n); < cultura> dominant
    b) (Biol, Mús, Astrol) dominant
    2) < persona> domineering
    * * *
    = dominant, pervasive, ruling, domineering, mainline, commanding, all-pervasive [all pervasive], mainstream, suppressive, pervading, dominating, bossy [bossier -comp., bossiest -sup.], bossy boots, overbearing.

    Ex: English is the dominant language for the dissemination of information.

    Ex: The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex: The impulse to learn is a ruling passion in very few people; in most of us it is so weak that a frowning aspect can discourage it.
    Ex: These messages were examined for 'friendly' features, such as politeness, specificity, constructiveness and helpfulness, and for 'unfriendly' features, like the use of cryptic codes or vocabulary, or language which users might find threatening, domineering, or emotive.
    Ex: This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex: His preference for books rather than journals was more commanding than his preference for poetry rather than prose.
    Ex: Countries should adopt strategies to prepare themselves for the all-pervasive influence of IT in people's lives in the 21st century.
    Ex: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex: Where other women are in position of authority, they are even more suppressive to other women than males.
    Ex: While not addressing specific issues the rejoinder focuses on a few pervading themes.
    Ex: There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex: Regardless of gender, problem drinking was mainly related to traits of negative masculinity ( bossy, noisy, aggressive, etc) whereas binge eating was mainly related to negative femininity (shy, needs approval from others, etc).
    Ex: With the kids tucked into bed, bossy boots left to fill her empty life with some cocktails.
    Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    * función dominante = alpha role.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * papel dominante = alpha role.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹color/tendencia› predominant, dominant; ‹opinión› prevailing ( before n)
    la nación dominante en este campo the dominant o leading nation in this field
    los tonos dominantes del cuadro the predominant tones in the painting
    el rasgo dominante de su carácter the dominant o most outstanding feature of his personality
    la nota dominante de la jornada fue la tranquilidad calm prevailed throughout the day
    vientos dominantes del sur prevailing southerly winds
    2 ( Biol) dominant
    3 ( Mús) dominant
    4 ( Astrol) dominant
    B ‹persona› domineering
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    dominante adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹color/tendencia› predominant, dominant;

    ‹ opinión› prevailing ( before n);
    ‹ cultura› dominant
    b) (Biol, Mús, Astrol) dominant

    2 ‹ persona› domineering
    dominante adjetivo
    1 (predominante, mayoritario) dominant
    2 (tiránico) domineering
    ' dominante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imperiosa
    - imperioso
    - sargento
    - clase
    English:
    commanding
    - dominant
    - domineering
    - mainstream
    - masterful
    - overbearing
    - pervasive
    - self-assertive
    - self-assertiveness
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [predominante] [nación, tendencia, característica] dominant;
    [vientos] prevailing;
    el color dominante era el azul the predominant colour was blue;
    la empresa tiene una posición dominante en el sector the company holds a commanding position in the sector;
    lo más dominante en su personalidad es el optimismo his most striking characteristic is his optimism
    2. [persona] domineering
    3. Biol [gen] dominant
    4. Mús dominant
    ♦ nf
    1. [característica] predominant feature
    2. Mús dominant
    * * *
    adj dominant; desp
    domineering
    * * *
    1) : dominant
    2) : domineering
    * * *
    dominante adj dominant

    Spanish-English dictionary > dominante

  • 23 efecto coercitivo

    Ex. Many reporters are feeling the chilling effects and are purposely avoiding certain stories, for fear that their writing will lead them to a similar lawsuit.
    * * *

    Ex: Many reporters are feeling the chilling effects and are purposely avoiding certain stories, for fear that their writing will lead them to a similar lawsuit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > efecto coercitivo

  • 24 efecto represivo

    Ex. Many reporters are feeling the chilling effects and are purposely avoiding certain stories, for fear that their writing will lead them to a similar lawsuit.
    * * *

    Ex: Many reporters are feeling the chilling effects and are purposely avoiding certain stories, for fear that their writing will lead them to a similar lawsuit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > efecto represivo

  • 25 eludir

    v.
    1 to avoid.
    eludir a la prensa to avoid the press
    Elude sus responsabilidades a menudo He often avoids his responsibilities.
    2 to elude, to be out of the grasp of, to be out of someone's grasp, to get out of someone's grasp.
    El significado de esto elude a Ricardo The significance of this eludes Richard.
    * * *
    1 (responsabilidad, justicia, etc) to evade
    2 (pregunta) to avoid, evade; (persona) to avoid
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=evitar) [+ problema, responsabilidad] to evade; [+ control, vigilancia] to dodge; [+ pago, impuesto] to avoid

    no eludas mis preguntas — don't evade o avoid my questions

    2) [+ persona] to avoid
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex. There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
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    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.

    * * *
    eludir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹problema› to evade, avoid, dodge; ‹pago› to avoid, evade
    un compromiso que no puedes eludir an obligation which you can't evade o duck
    eludió la persecución de la policía she escaped from o she avoided capture by her police pursuers
    me eludió la mirada she avoided my gaze, she avoided looking me in the eye
    2 ‹persona› to avoid
    me ha estado eludiendo toda la semana she's been avoiding o dodging me all week
    consiguió eludir a los periodistas he managed to avoid o elude the reporters
    * * *

    eludir ( conjugate eludir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹problema/compromiso/pago› to evade, avoid

    b) ‹ persona› to avoid

    eludir verbo transitivo to avoid
    ' eludir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capear
    - desentenderse
    - evitar
    English:
    avoid
    - dodge
    - duck
    - elude
    - evade
    - fend off
    - skirt
    - berth
    - bypass
    - divert
    - fend
    - get
    - parry
    - shirk
    - side
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    eludir vt
    1. [evitar] [compromiso, responsabilidad] to avoid, to evade;
    [problema, dificultad, tema] to avoid; [pregunta] to evade, to avoid, to dodge;
    eludir el pago de una deuda to avoid paying a debt;
    eludir al fisco to avoid paying taxes;
    eludir el servicio militar to avoid o get out of doing military service;
    eludió hacer declaraciones he avoided making any statement;
    eludió su mirada she avoided his eyes
    2. [perseguidores]
    eludir a to avoid, to evade;
    consiguió eludir a la policía he managed to avoid the police;
    Der
    * * *
    v/t evade, avoid
    * * *
    eludir vt
    evadir: to evade, to avoid, to elude
    * * *
    eludir vb to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > eludir

  • 26 embotellamiento

    m.
    1 traffic jam.
    2 bottling.
    * * *
    2 AUTOMÓVIL figurado traffic jam
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=atasco) traffic jam
    2) (=lugar) bottleneck
    3) [de líquido] bottling
    * * *
    masculino ( del tráfico) traffic jam
    * * *
    = bottleneck, traffic jam, jam, traffic congestion.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. Compressed image formats such as BMP, DIB, TIFF, GIF and JPEG, have been designed to reduce traffic jams on the information highway.
    Ex. Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.
    Ex. Traffic congestion leads to reduced quality of life as motorists arrive at their destination frustrated and fatigued.
    * * *
    masculino ( del tráfico) traffic jam
    * * *
    = bottleneck, traffic jam, jam, traffic congestion.

    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.

    Ex: Compressed image formats such as BMP, DIB, TIFF, GIF and JPEG, have been designed to reduce traffic jams on the information highway.
    Ex: Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.
    Ex: Traffic congestion leads to reduced quality of life as motorists arrive at their destination frustrated and fatigued.

    * * *
    1 (de un producto) bottling
    2 (del tráfico) traffic jam
    * * *

    embotellamiento sustantivo masculino ( del tráfico) traffic jam
    embotellamiento m Auto traffic jam
    ' embotellamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    taco
    English:
    jam
    - bottle
    - hold
    - tail
    - traffic
    * * *
    1. [de tráfico] traffic jam
    2. [de líquidos] bottling
    * * *
    m
    1 traffic jam
    2 de bebidas bottling
    * * *
    atasco: traffic jam
    * * *
    embotellamiento n traffic jam

    Spanish-English dictionary > embotellamiento

  • 27 enganchar

    v.
    1 to couple (agarrar) (vagones).
    2 to hang (up).
    3 to land (oneself) (informal) (pillar) (empleo, marido).
    4 to hire, to contract. (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish)
    5 to be addictive (informal) (hacer adicto).
    un videojuego de los que enganchan an addictive video game
    6 to hook, to hitch, to hook up, to couple.
    El capitán enganchó las velas The captain hooked the sails.
    7 to recruit.
    La milicia engancha jóvenes The army recruits young people.
    * * *
    2 (colgar) to hang, hang up
    3 (animales) to harness
    4 (vagones) to couple
    5 figurado (atraer) to rope in, persuade
    6 figurado (coger) to catch
    1 to get caught (en, on), snag (en, on)
    2 MILITAR to enlist, join up
    3 argot (drogas) to get hooked (a, on)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=conectar con gancho) [gen] to hook; [+ caballo] to harness; [+ carro, remolque] to hitch up; (Mec) to couple, connect; [+ dos vagones] to couple up
    2) ** (=atrapar) to nab *
    3) * (=atraer) [+ persona] to rope in; [+ marido] to land
    4) (Mil) to recruit
    5) Méx [+ trabajadores] to contract
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cable/cadena> to hook
    b) < remolque> to hitch up, attach; < caballos> to harness; < vagón> to couple, attach
    c) < pez> to hook
    d) (fam) ( atraer)
    e) (Taur) to gore
    2.
    engancharse v pron
    a) ( quedar prendido) to get caught
    b) (fam) (Mil) to join up
    c) (fam) ( hacerse adicto)
    * * *
    = snag, engage.
    Ex. Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.
    Ex. And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.
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    * engancharse al carro = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cable/cadena> to hook
    b) < remolque> to hitch up, attach; < caballos> to harness; < vagón> to couple, attach
    c) < pez> to hook
    d) (fam) ( atraer)
    e) (Taur) to gore
    2.
    engancharse v pron
    a) ( quedar prendido) to get caught
    b) (fam) (Mil) to join up
    c) (fam) ( hacerse adicto)
    * * *
    = snag, engage.

    Ex: Floor surfaces should be chosen as a guide for the blind while avoiding deep carpets which snag wheel chairs = Se debería el suelo para guiar a los ciegos aunque debe evitarse las alfombras gruesas ya que dificultan el deslizamiento de las sillas de ruedas.

    Ex: And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.
    * engancharse al carro = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

    * * *
    enganchar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cable/cadena› to hook
    engancha el cable en ese clavo/la cadena en la argolla hook the cable onto that nail/the chain onto the ring
    2 ‹remolque› to hitch up, attach; ‹caballos› to harness; ‹vagón› to couple, attach
    3 ‹pez› to hook
    4 ( fam)
    (atraer): se ha dejado enganchar por una francesa some Frenchwoman's got him in her clutches ( colloq)
    lo engancharon para que ayudara con los preparativos they got him to help with the preparations, they dragged him into helping with the preparations
    5 ( Taur) to gore
    1 (quedar prendido) to get caught
    el cable se enganchó en una de las vigas the wire got caught o stuck o snagged on one of the beams
    se me enganchó la falda en una rama my skirt got caught o hooked on a branch
    2 ( fam) ( Mil) to join up
    3 ( fam) (hacerse adicto) to get hooked ( colloq) engancharse A algo to get hooked ON sth
    * * *

    enganchar ( conjugate enganchar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹cable/cadena› to hook


    ‹ caballos› to harness;
    ‹ vagón› to couple, attach
    c) ‹ pez› to hook

    engancharse verbo pronominal


    b) (fam) ( hacerse adicto) engancharse (a algo) to get hooked (on sth)

    enganchar verbo transitivo
    1 (con un gancho, una rama) to hook
    2 Ferroc to couple
    3 (prender) la novela te engancha, the novel grips you
    ' enganchar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrochar
    - engarzar
    English:
    catch
    - couple
    - hitch
    - hook
    - rope in
    - snag
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [acoplar] [vagones, trenes] to couple;
    [remolque, caballos] to hitch up
    2. [colgar] to hang (up);
    había un jamón enganchado de un garfio there was a ham hanging from a hook;
    enganchó las riendas a una rama she tied the reins to a branch;
    me enganchó del brazo he linked arms with me;
    me enganchó del cuello he put an arm round my neck
    3. [pescar con anzuelo] to hook
    4. Fam [engatusar] to cajole;
    enganchar a alguien para que haga algo to rope sb into doing sth
    5. Fam [pillar] [empleo, marido] to land (oneself);
    [gripe, resfriado] to catch;
    ¡como te enganche, te enteras! if I catch you, you'll know all about it!
    6. Taurom to toss
    7. Andes, CAm, Méx [reclutar] to hire, to contract
    ♦ vi
    Fam [hacer adicto] to be addictive;
    un videojuego de los que enganchan an addictive video game
    * * *
    v/t
    1 hook
    2 caballo harness
    3 fam
    novia, trabajo land fam
    * * *
    1) : to hook, to snag
    2) : to attach, to hitch up
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > enganchar

  • 28 entrecortado

    adj.
    discontinuous, faltering, broken.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: entrecortar.
    * * *
    1→ link=entrecortar entrecortar
    1 (voz) faltering, hesitant; (respiración) laboured (US labored), difficult
    2 (intermitente) intermittent
    * * *
    ADJ [respiración] laboured, labored (EEUU), difficult; [habla] faltering, hesitant

    con la voz entrecortada — in a faltering voice, in a voice choked with emotion

    * * *
    - da adjetivo < respiración> difficult, labored*
    * * *
    = faltering, bursty, choppy, clipped, jumpy [jumpier -comp., jumpiest -sup.], breathless, jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].
    Ex. In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.
    Ex. Its design provides on one hand a service in which every node can try to transmit asynchronously in a bursty manner.
    Ex. You will find that the choppy keyboard response is easier to tolerate after a few days of use.
    Ex. Length is also a function of style and most abstracts, though avoiding clipped telegraphese, have certain stylistic features which help to keep wordage to a minimum.
    Ex. This film adaptation is scrappily made and jumpy, and there is nothing here that evokes either the joy of the moment or the death of the soul.
    Ex. The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
    Ex. By whipping these tails back and forth the organism can swim about in a brisk, if rather jerky, fashion.
    ----
    * con voz entrecortada = hesitantly, falteringly, haltingly, jerkily.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < respiración> difficult, labored*
    * * *
    = faltering, bursty, choppy, clipped, jumpy [jumpier -comp., jumpiest -sup.], breathless, jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

    Ex: In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.

    Ex: Its design provides on one hand a service in which every node can try to transmit asynchronously in a bursty manner.
    Ex: You will find that the choppy keyboard response is easier to tolerate after a few days of use.
    Ex: Length is also a function of style and most abstracts, though avoiding clipped telegraphese, have certain stylistic features which help to keep wordage to a minimum.
    Ex: This film adaptation is scrappily made and jumpy, and there is nothing here that evokes either the joy of the moment or the death of the soul.
    Ex: The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
    Ex: By whipping these tails back and forth the organism can swim about in a brisk, if rather jerky, fashion.
    * con voz entrecortada = hesitantly, falteringly, haltingly, jerkily.

    * * *
    ‹respiración› difficult, labored*
    con la voz entrecortada in a voice choked with emotion
    a través de la pared oyó su llanto entrecortado he could hear her choking sobs through the wall
    * * *

    entrecortado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ respiración› difficult, labored( conjugate labored);

    con la voz entrecortada por la emoción in a voice choked with emotion
    entrecortado,-a adj (voz) faltering

    ' entrecortado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entrecortada
    English:
    broken
    - gasp
    - jerky
    * * *
    entrecortado, -a adj
    [voz, habla] faltering; [respiración] laboured; [señal, sonido, comunicación] intermittent;
    se oía su llanto entrecortado you could hear her choking sobs
    * * *
    adj respiración difficult, labored; habla halting;
    con la voz entrecortada por lágrimas in a voice choked with tears
    * * *
    entrecortado, -da adj
    1) : labored, difficult
    respiración entrecortada: shortness of breath
    2) : faltering, hesitant
    con la voz entrecortada: with a catch in his voice

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrecortado

  • 29 escollo

    m.
    1 reef.
    2 hindrance, difficulty, pitfall, obstacle.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: escollar.
    * * *
    1 MARÍTIMO reef, rock
    2 figurado difficulty, pitfall, snag
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=arrecife) reef, rock
    2) (=obstáculo oculto) [en el camino] pitfall, stumbling block; [en actividad] hidden danger
    * * *
    masculino (Náut) reef; ( dificultad) obstacle, hurdle
    * * *
    = reef, snare, stumbling block, shoal.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Avoiding the reefs and rips while riding a relevant technology wave into rural regions'.
    Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.
    ----
    * escollos = rocks and shoals, logjam [log-jam], straits and narrows.
    * esconder escollos para = hold + pitfalls for.
    * * *
    masculino (Náut) reef; ( dificultad) obstacle, hurdle
    * * *
    = reef, snare, stumbling block, shoal.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Avoiding the reefs and rips while riding a relevant technology wave into rural regions'.

    Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: This article examines the political shoals, currents, and rip tides associated with off campus library programmes and suggests that awareness and involvement are key ways to avoid running aground.
    * escollos = rocks and shoals, logjam [log-jam], straits and narrows.
    * esconder escollos para = hold + pitfalls for.

    * * *
    1 ( Náut) reef
    2 (dificultad) obstacle, hurdle
    se ha superado el escollo más importante the most serious obstacle has been overcome
    * * *

    escollo sustantivo masculino (Náut) reef;
    ( dificultad) obstacle, hurdle
    escollo sustantivo masculino
    1 (roca) reef
    2 (dificultad, obstáculo) pitfall, handicap: los escollos de la burocracia son algo habitual, bureaucratic red tape is commonplace
    ' escollo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pitfall
    - rock
    - stumbling-block
    - reef
    - stumbling block
    * * *
    1. [en el mar] reef
    2. [obstáculo] stumbling block;
    salvar o [m5] superar un escollo to overcome an obstacle
    * * *
    m
    1 MAR reef
    2 ( obstáculo) hurdle, obstacle
    * * *
    1) : reef
    2) obstáculo: obstacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > escollo

  • 30 estilo telegráfico

    m.
    telegraphese.
    * * *
    (n.) = telegraphese
    Ex. Length is also a function of style and most abstracts, though avoiding clipped telegraphese, have certain stylistic features which help to keep wordage to a minimum.
    * * *

    Ex: Length is also a function of style and most abstracts, though avoiding clipped telegraphese, have certain stylistic features which help to keep wordage to a minimum.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estilo telegráfico

  • 31 expresar

    v.
    to express.
    es una sensación rara, no sé cómo expresarlo it is an odd feeling, I don't know how to express it
    quisiera expresarles mi más sincero agradecimiento I would like to thank you most sincerely
    Ella dijo la razón She said the reason.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to express
    2 (manifestar) to state; (comunicar) to convey
    1 to express oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [al hablar] (=enunciar) to express; (=redactar) to phrase, put; (=declarar) to state, set forth; (=citar) to quote; [+ opiniones, quejas] to voice

    usted deberá expresar el número del giro postal — you should quote o give o state the number of the postal order

    2) [+ sentimiento] to show
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <ideas/sentimientos> to express

    expresó su descontento — she voiced o expressed her dissatisfaction

    permítame expresarle mi más sentido pésame — (frml) please accept my deepest sympathy (frml)

    2.
    expresarse v pron to express oneself
    * * *
    = communicate, convey, couch, express, reflect, specify, voice, articulate, profess, phrase, word, give + voice to.
    Ex. The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.
    Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex. Now these requests are couched in a variety of ways which express differing approaches to information needs.
    Ex. In a SDI service the user specifies his own individual interest in detail, and these are then expressed in terms of a user interest profile.
    Ex. The schedules are divided into three main areas, as reflected in Figure 14.
    Ex. In a SDI service the user specifies his own individual interest in detail, and these are then expressed in terms of a user interest profile.
    Ex. The main criticism of the notation that has been voiced in that the notation for more specific subjects can be extremely long.
    Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex. As a result, books or other media professing alleged blasphemy, heresy, sedition, or immorality are liable to be banned.
    Ex. The enquiry phrased in very broad terms almost always needs narrowing down.
    Ex. Research questionnaires should therefore be worded carefully while avoiding the use of the broad term.
    Ex. The agora has been resurrected in electronic form, giving voice to many.
    ----
    * dar la oportunidad de expresarse libremente = give + voice to.
    * expresar afecto por = profess + affection for.
    * expresar agradecimiento = express + thanks, express + appreciation.
    * expresar amor por = profess + love for.
    * expresar angustia = express + Posesivo + anguish.
    * expresar aprecio = express + appreciation.
    * expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].
    * expresar de otra manera = rephrase.
    * expresar desacuerdo = register + disagreement.
    * expresar dudas = express + doubts, express + misgivings, voice + misgivings, voice + reservations.
    * expresar en términos = couch + in terms.
    * expresar gratitud = express + thanks, express + gratitude.
    * expresar ideas = express + thoughts, put over + ideas.
    * expresar irritación = express + irritation.
    * expresar la opinión = volunteer + view.
    * expresar la opinión de uno = make + Posesivo + feelings known, put + viewpoint across.
    * expresar la opinión de uno sobre = give + Posesivo + thoughts on.
    * expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.
    * expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.
    * expresar los sentimientos = release + feelings.
    * expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.
    * expresar miedo = express + fear.
    * expresar opinión = express + view.
    * expresar opinión (sobre) = express + opinion (on).
    * expresar + Posesivo + opinión = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.
    * expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.
    * expresar preocupación = voice + concern.
    * expresar preocupación por = express + alarm at.
    * expresar queja = voice + complaint.
    * expresarse = proceed.
    * expresarse en detalle = express + Reflexivo + at length.
    * expresar (según) = cast (in/into).
    * expresar sentimientos = echo + sentiments.
    * expresar temor = voice + fear.
    * expresar una opinión = voice + opinion.
    * expresar una opinión sobre = state + opinion on, venture + opinion on.
    * expresar una pregunta = couch + question.
    * expresar verbalmente = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].
    * no saber expresarse bien = inarticulateness.
    * para expresar dimensiones = by.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <ideas/sentimientos> to express

    expresó su descontento — she voiced o expressed her dissatisfaction

    permítame expresarle mi más sentido pésame — (frml) please accept my deepest sympathy (frml)

    2.
    expresarse v pron to express oneself
    * * *
    expresar (según)
    (v.) = cast (in/into)

    Ex: Which of the following subject analyses is cast in the citation order PMEST?.

    = communicate, convey, couch, express, reflect, specify, voice, articulate, profess, phrase, word, give + voice to.

    Ex: The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

    Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex: Now these requests are couched in a variety of ways which express differing approaches to information needs.
    Ex: In a SDI service the user specifies his own individual interest in detail, and these are then expressed in terms of a user interest profile.
    Ex: The schedules are divided into three main areas, as reflected in Figure 14.
    Ex: In a SDI service the user specifies his own individual interest in detail, and these are then expressed in terms of a user interest profile.
    Ex: The main criticism of the notation that has been voiced in that the notation for more specific subjects can be extremely long.
    Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex: As a result, books or other media professing alleged blasphemy, heresy, sedition, or immorality are liable to be banned.
    Ex: The enquiry phrased in very broad terms almost always needs narrowing down.
    Ex: Research questionnaires should therefore be worded carefully while avoiding the use of the broad term.
    Ex: The agora has been resurrected in electronic form, giving voice to many.
    * dar la oportunidad de expresarse libremente = give + voice to.
    * expresar afecto por = profess + affection for.
    * expresar agradecimiento = express + thanks, express + appreciation.
    * expresar amor por = profess + love for.
    * expresar angustia = express + Posesivo + anguish.
    * expresar aprecio = express + appreciation.
    * expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].
    * expresar de otra manera = rephrase.
    * expresar desacuerdo = register + disagreement.
    * expresar dudas = express + doubts, express + misgivings, voice + misgivings, voice + reservations.
    * expresar en términos = couch + in terms.
    * expresar gratitud = express + thanks, express + gratitude.
    * expresar ideas = express + thoughts, put over + ideas.
    * expresar irritación = express + irritation.
    * expresar la opinión = volunteer + view.
    * expresar la opinión de uno = make + Posesivo + feelings known, put + viewpoint across.
    * expresar la opinión de uno sobre = give + Posesivo + thoughts on.
    * expresar lo que Uno quiere decir = make + Posesivo + point.
    * expresar los deseos de uno = make + Posesivo + wishes known.
    * expresar los sentimientos = release + feelings.
    * expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.
    * expresar miedo = express + fear.
    * expresar opinión = express + view.
    * expresar opinión (sobre) = express + opinion (on).
    * expresar + Posesivo + opinión = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.
    * expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.
    * expresar preocupación = voice + concern.
    * expresar preocupación por = express + alarm at.
    * expresar queja = voice + complaint.
    * expresarse = proceed.
    * expresarse en detalle = express + Reflexivo + at length.
    * expresar (según) = cast (in/into).
    * expresar sentimientos = echo + sentiments.
    * expresar temor = voice + fear.
    * expresar una opinión = voice + opinion.
    * expresar una opinión sobre = state + opinion on, venture + opinion on.
    * expresar una pregunta = couch + question.
    * expresar verbalmente = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].
    * no saber expresarse bien = inarticulateness.
    * para expresar dimensiones = by.

    * * *
    expresar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹ideas/sentimientos› to express
    expresó su descontento she voiced o expressed her dissatisfaction
    permítame expresarle mi más sentido pésame ( frml); please accept my deepest sympathy ( frml)
    por las razones que se expresan a continuación for the following reasons, for the reasons shown o given o stated o set out below
    según los datos expresados más arriba according to the information given above o the above information
    estaba expresado de otra manera it was expressed o phrased o worded differently
    to express oneself
    perdón, no me he expresado bien I'm sorry, I haven't made myself very clear o I haven't expressed myself very clearly
    * * *

     

    expresar ( conjugate expresar) verbo transitivo
    to express
    expresarse verbo pronominal
    to express oneself
    expresar verbo transitivo to express: expresó ciertas dudas acerca de su capacidad, he expressed certain misgivings regarding his ability
    ' expresar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    año
    - calificativo
    - como
    - estar
    - formular
    - no
    - poder
    - tener
    - tierra
    - venga
    - dar
    - hacer
    - ir
    - manifestar
    - opinar
    English:
    articulate
    - at
    - embody
    - few
    - may
    - nix
    - profess
    - put
    - rephrase
    - should
    - sorrow
    - venture
    - verbalise
    - verbalize
    - argue
    - convey
    - express
    - phrase
    - voice
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [manifestar] to express;
    quisiera expresarles mi más sincero agradecimiento I would like to thank you most sincerely;
    es una sensación rara, no sé cómo expresarlo it is an odd feeling, I don't know how to express it;
    tal y como queda expresado en los apartados dos y tres as stated in sections two and three
    2. [mostrar] to show;
    hechos que expresan por sí solos la hospitalidad de este pueblo incidents that speak for themselves about this people's hospitality
    * * *
    v/t express
    * * *
    : to express
    * * *
    expresar vb to express

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresar

  • 32 falta de actualidad

    (n.) = datedness
    Ex. The relative datedness of most in print guides implies that they will not always serve as a means of avoiding the considerable chore of searching the recent individual parts of current cumulative bibliographies.
    * * *
    (n.) = datedness

    Ex: The relative datedness of most in print guides implies that they will not always serve as a means of avoiding the considerable chore of searching the recent individual parts of current cumulative bibliographies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > falta de actualidad

  • 33 flexible

    adj.
    flexible.
    * * *
    1 flexible
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [material, actitud] flexible; [cuerpo] supple; (Téc) pliable; [sombrero] soft
    2) [persona] flexible, open-minded; pey compliant
    2. SM
    2) (Elec) flex, cord
    * * *
    adjetivo flexible
    * * *
    = elastic, flexible, hospitable, tensile, accommodating, limber, compromising, soft-line, supple [suppler -comp., supplest -sup.], adaptable, versatile, lithe [lither -comp., lithest -sup.], springy [springier -comp., springiest -sup.], resilient, conformable.
    Ex. Any guidance concerning style and content must be elastic enough to permit the abstractor to use his discretion to achieve a good abstract.
    Ex. Some users and classifiers find it beneficial to have a notation which is sufficiently flexible to permit a variety of citation orders to be adopted as appropriate to the document and the user's perspective.
    Ex. It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects.
    Ex. Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex. Style flexibility provides a way to be accommodating without compromising integrity or naturalness of expression = La flexibilidad de estilo es una forma de ser complaciente sin poner en peligro la integridad o la naturalidad de la expresión.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex. Part 1 examines and discusses the pros and cons of both hard-line and soft-line approaches to moral education.
    Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex. The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.
    Ex. Moreover, they will be far more versatile than present commercial, so that they may readily be adapted for a wide variety of operations.
    Ex. He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex. The solution was found to be a composition of glue and treacle which could be cast on to the roller stock and which made a seamless, resilient surface that inked perfectly.
    Ex. For transducing, the proposal relies on conformable strips hosting pressure sensitive units directly placed on the aircraft aerodynamic surfaces.
    ----
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.
    * disco flexible = floppy disc.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en vitela = limp vellum binding.
    * hacer flexible = limber up.
    * hacer que sea flexible = render + flexible.
    * poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.
    * * *
    adjetivo flexible
    * * *
    = elastic, flexible, hospitable, tensile, accommodating, limber, compromising, soft-line, supple [suppler -comp., supplest -sup.], adaptable, versatile, lithe [lither -comp., lithest -sup.], springy [springier -comp., springiest -sup.], resilient, conformable.

    Ex: Any guidance concerning style and content must be elastic enough to permit the abstractor to use his discretion to achieve a good abstract.

    Ex: Some users and classifiers find it beneficial to have a notation which is sufficiently flexible to permit a variety of citation orders to be adopted as appropriate to the document and the user's perspective.
    Ex: It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects.
    Ex: Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex: Style flexibility provides a way to be accommodating without compromising integrity or naturalness of expression = La flexibilidad de estilo es una forma de ser complaciente sin poner en peligro la integridad o la naturalidad de la expresión.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex: Part 1 examines and discusses the pros and cons of both hard-line and soft-line approaches to moral education.
    Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex: The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.
    Ex: Moreover, they will be far more versatile than present commercial, so that they may readily be adapted for a wide variety of operations.
    Ex: He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex: The solution was found to be a composition of glue and treacle which could be cast on to the roller stock and which made a seamless, resilient surface that inked perfectly.
    Ex: For transducing, the proposal relies on conformable strips hosting pressure sensitive units directly placed on the aircraft aerodynamic surfaces.
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.
    * disco flexible = floppy disc.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en vitela = limp vellum binding.
    * hacer flexible = limber up.
    * hacer que sea flexible = render + flexible.
    * poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.

    * * *
    1 ‹material› flexible, pliable
    2 ‹cuerpo› supple, flexible
    3 ‹norma/horario› flexible
    4 ‹actitud/enfoque› flexible; ‹carácter/personalidad› easygoing, flexible
    * * *

    flexible adjetivo
    flexible
    flexible adjetivo
    1 flexible: no se puede decir que el cristal sea un material flexible, we couldn't class glass as a flexible material
    2 lax, tolerant, mellowed: con la edad se ha vuelto más flexible, she has mellowed with age
    ' flexible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adaptable
    - flexibilidad
    - goma
    - cerrazón
    - disco
    - elástico
    - horario
    - trampolín
    English:
    adaptable
    - elastic
    - flexible
    - floppy
    - fluid
    - lissom
    - lissome
    - lithe
    - pliable
    - supple
    - flex
    - versatile
    * * *
    1. [material] flexible;
    [cuerpo] supple
    2. [actitud] flexible
    3. [horario] flexible
    * * *
    I adj flexible
    II m EL cord, Br tb
    flex
    * * *
    : flexible
    1) : flexible electrical cord
    2) : soft hat
    * * *
    flexible adj flexible

    Spanish-English dictionary > flexible

  • 34 flácido

    adj.
    flaccid, flabby.
    * * *
    1→ link=fláccido fláccido
    * * *
    ADJ = fláccido
    * * *
    = flabby [flabbier -comp., flabbiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.], flaccid.
    Ex. Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.
    Ex. The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    Ex. The flaccid length of the penis can be dictated by many things, including the temperature.
    ----
    * parálisis flácida = flaccid paralysis.
    * * *
    = flabby [flabbier -comp., flabbiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.], flaccid.

    Ex: Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

    Ex: The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    Ex: The flaccid length of the penis can be dictated by many things, including the temperature.
    * parálisis flácida = flaccid paralysis.

    * * *
    * * *

    flácido,-a adjetivo flaccid, flabby
    ' flácido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flácida
    - fofa
    - fofo
    English:
    flaccid
    * * *
    flácido, -a, fláccido, -a adj
    flaccid, flabby
    * * *
    adj flabby
    * * *
    flácido adj limp

    Spanish-English dictionary > flácido

  • 35 fofo

    adj.
    flabby, flaccid, limp.
    * * *
    1 (material) soft, spongy
    2 (persona) flabby
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=esponjoso) soft, spongy
    2) * [persona] (=fláccido) flabby, podgy, pudgy (EEUU)
    * * *
    - fa adjetivo (fam) flabby, pudgy (AmE)
    * * *
    = flabby [flabbier -comp., flabbiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    Ex. Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.
    Ex. The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    * * *
    - fa adjetivo (fam) flabby, pudgy (AmE)
    * * *
    = flabby [flabbier -comp., flabbiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

    Ex: Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.

    Ex: The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.

    * * *
    fofo -fa
    ( fam); flabby, pudgy ( AmE), podgy ( BrE)
    * * *

    fofo,-a adj pey (no musculoso, flácido) flabby
    ' fofo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fofa
    English:
    flabby
    * * *
    fofo, -a adj
    flabby
    * * *
    adj flabby
    * * *
    fofo, -fa adj
    1) esponjoso: soft, spongy
    2) : flabby
    * * *
    fofo adj flabby [comp. flabbier; superl. flabbiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > fofo

  • 36 formular

    v.
    1 to formulate.
    Ella prescribe un plan de inversión She prescribes an investment plan.
    formular una pregunta to ask a question
    formuló cuidadosamente su respuesta she phrased her reply carefully
    2 to write formulas.
    * * *
    1 (una teoría) to formulate
    2 (quejas, peticiones) to express, make; (deseo) to make; (pregunta) to ask
    1 QUÍMICA to write formulae
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT [+ política, teoría] to formulate; [+ plan] to draw up; [+ pregunta] pose; [+ protesta] to make, lodge; [+ demanda] to file, put in; [+ deseo] to express
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) < queja> to make, lodge; < teoría> to formulate; < plan> to formulate, draw up
    2) (Col) médico to prescribe
    * * *
    = formulate, frame, lay down, work out, articulate, phrase, word.
    Ex. AACR and other recent cataloguing codes have been drafted upon the 'condition' approach to formulating cataloguing rules.
    Ex. Now to consider the various stages in framing a document profile.
    Ex. He was the son of a bricklayer who laid down as early as 1859 that 'the assistance of readers in their researches' is one of the duties that 'have daily to be provided for' in ordinary public libraries.
    Ex. The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex. The enquiry phrased in very broad terms almost always needs narrowing down.
    Ex. Research questionnaires should therefore be worded carefully while avoiding the use of the broad term.
    ----
    * formular cargos contra = bring + charges against.
    * formular cargos contra Alguien = press + charges.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * formular una estrategia = formulate + strategy.
    * formular una política = frame + policy.
    * formular una pregunta = articulate + question, formulate + question, frame + question.
    * formular una propuesta = formulate + proposal.
    * formular una regla = frame + rule.
    * formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.
    * formular un principio = formulate + principle.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) < queja> to make, lodge; < teoría> to formulate; < plan> to formulate, draw up
    2) (Col) médico to prescribe
    * * *
    = formulate, frame, lay down, work out, articulate, phrase, word.

    Ex: AACR and other recent cataloguing codes have been drafted upon the 'condition' approach to formulating cataloguing rules.

    Ex: Now to consider the various stages in framing a document profile.
    Ex: He was the son of a bricklayer who laid down as early as 1859 that 'the assistance of readers in their researches' is one of the duties that 'have daily to be provided for' in ordinary public libraries.
    Ex: The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.
    Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex: The enquiry phrased in very broad terms almost always needs narrowing down.
    Ex: Research questionnaires should therefore be worded carefully while avoiding the use of the broad term.
    * formular cargos contra = bring + charges against.
    * formular cargos contra Alguien = press + charges.
    * formular una ecuación de búsqueda = formulate + search strategy.
    * formular una estrategia = formulate + strategy.
    * formular una política = frame + policy.
    * formular una pregunta = articulate + question, formulate + question, frame + question.
    * formular una propuesta = formulate + proposal.
    * formular una regla = frame + rule.
    * formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.
    * formular un principio = formulate + principle.

    * * *
    formular [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹queja› to make, lodge; ‹teoría› to formulate; ‹plan› to formulate, draw up
    la manera en que formuló la pregunta the way in which he asked o framed o formulated the question
    B ( Col) «médico» to prescribe
    * * *

     

    formular ( conjugate formular) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ queja› to make, lodge;
    ‹teoría/plan› to formulate
    2 (Col) [ médico] to prescribe
    formular verbo transitivo
    1 (expresar una teoría, ley) to formulate
    2 (expresar algo con claridad) to formulate: la pregunta estaba mal formulada, the question was formulated wrongly
    (una pregunta) to ask
    (un deseo) to express
    ' formular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deseo
    - hacer
    English:
    enunciate
    - formulate
    - frame
    - phrase
    - reword
    - unasked
    - word
    - charge
    - raise
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [solicitud] to make;
    [reclamación] to make, to lodge;
    formular una pregunta to ask a question;
    formular un deseo to express a wish;
    formuló cuidadosamente su respuesta she phrased her reply carefully;
    formular graves cargos contra alguien to bring serious charges against sb;
    los que formulan la política del gobierno the government's policy makers
    2. [con números] to formulate
    3. Col [receta] to prescribe
    ♦ vi
    to write formulae
    * * *
    v/t teoría formulate; queja make, lodge
    * * *
    1) : to formulate, to draw up
    2) : to make, to lodge (a protest or complaint)

    Spanish-English dictionary > formular

  • 37 fosilización

    f.
    fossilization, petrification.
    * * *
    1 fossilization
    * * *
    femenino fossilization
    * * *
    = fossilisation [fossilization, -USA].
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Avoiding fossilization: migrating information between databases'.
    * * *
    femenino fossilization
    * * *
    = fossilisation [fossilization, -USA].

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Avoiding fossilization: migrating information between databases'.

    * * *
    fossilization
    * * *
    fossilization

    Spanish-English dictionary > fosilización

  • 38 grupo de investigación

    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    * * *

    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo de investigación

  • 39 grupo de trabajo

    * * *
    (n.) = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team
    Ex. This paper describes the activities of the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche study group formed by librarians working in government ministries in order to address the need for training and professional development felt in this sector.
    Ex. Code revision is occurring as a series of proposals which arise out of study teams.
    Ex. She was chairperson of the task force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex. Recently the Government have accepted the recommendation of a working party that in future libraries should be self renewing and finite.
    Ex. One hopes, however, that a reference head will not overlook the benefits to be gained by selecting for service on a task group a librarian with 'potential' but little experience.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. The working group also felt that the new service ought to have a distinctive name and came up with the idea of AID (advice and information desk) later changed to Aid in order to avoid misinterpretation as Artificial Insemination by Donor!.
    Ex. The ' project team' may only consist of the librarian and one other member of staff, but a methodical approach will still offer many benefits.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team

    Ex: This paper describes the activities of the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche study group formed by librarians working in government ministries in order to address the need for training and professional development felt in this sector.

    Ex: Code revision is occurring as a series of proposals which arise out of study teams.
    Ex: She was chairperson of the task force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex: Recently the Government have accepted the recommendation of a working party that in future libraries should be self renewing and finite.
    Ex: One hopes, however, that a reference head will not overlook the benefits to be gained by selecting for service on a task group a librarian with 'potential' but little experience.
    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex: The working group also felt that the new service ought to have a distinctive name and came up with the idea of AID (advice and information desk) later changed to Aid in order to avoid misinterpretation as Artificial Insemination by Donor!.
    Ex: The ' project team' may only consist of the librarian and one other member of staff, but a methodical approach will still offer many benefits.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo de trabajo

  • 40 holgado

    adj.
    loose, loose-fitting, ample, wide.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: holgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=holgar holgar
    2 (ropa) loose, baggy
    3 (espacio) roomy
    4 (victoria) easy, comfortable; (mayoría) comfortable
    5 (posición) comfortable, well-off
    \
    andar/estar holgado,-a de tiempo to have plenty of time
    ir holgado,-a to have plenty of room
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ropa] (=suelto) loose, comfortable, baggy
    2) (=amplio) roomy
    3) (=cómodo) comfortably off, well-to-do

    vida holgada — comfortable life, life of ease

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < prenda> loose-fitting, baggy
    b) < posición> comfortable
    c) < victoria> comfortable, easy; < mayoría> comfortable
    * * *
    = loose fitting, loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.], loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].
    Ex. Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.
    Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.
    Ex. With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.
    Ex. A nightgown (also called a nightdress) is a loosely hanging item of nightwear nowadays mostly for women.
    Ex. After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex. The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < prenda> loose-fitting, baggy
    b) < posición> comfortable
    c) < victoria> comfortable, easy; < mayoría> comfortable
    * * *
    = loose fitting, loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.], loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

    Ex: Documents should be kept in acid free boxes with loose fitting tops on shelves preferably made from baked enamel steel.

    Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.
    Ex: With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.
    Ex: A nightgown (also called a nightdress) is a loosely hanging item of nightwear nowadays mostly for women.
    Ex: After he returned from the outing, students were complaining that he was wearing the same baggy pants, minus boxers and with zipper undone.
    Ex: The most overlooked secret to perfect skin is avoiding conditions that lead to wrinkling, age spots, saggy skin and in general all around skin damage.

    * * *
    holgado -da
    1 ‹vestido/camisa› loose-fitting, baggy
    2 ‹posición› comfortable
    su situación económica es holgada they're comfortably off
    3 ‹victoria› comfortable, easy; ‹mayoría› comfortable
    4
    (de espacio): si pones la maleta en la baca iremos más holgados if you put the suitcase on the roof rack we'll have more room o we'll be more comfortable
    * * *

    Del verbo holgar: ( conjugate holgar)

    holgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    holgado    
    holgar
    holgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo




    c) ‹victoria/mayoría› comfortable

    d) ( de espacio):


    holgar ( conjugate holgar) verbo intransitivo (en 3a pers) (frml) ( estar de más):
    ◊ huelga decir que … it goes without saying that …;

    huelgan los comentarios what can one say?
    holgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (despegado del cuerpo) loose, baggy
    2 (sobrado: de dinero) comfortable
    (: de espacio, etc) ample, roomy: es un presupuesto holgado, it's an ample budget
    andar holgado de tiempo, to have plenty of time
    holgar vi frml
    1 (estar ocioso) to be idle
    2 (ser ocioso, estar de más) huelga decir que no estaré allí, it goes without saying that I won't be there

    ' holgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cumplida
    - cumplido
    - desahogada
    - desahogado
    - holgada
    English:
    baggy
    - loose
    - roomy
    - shell-suit
    - comfortable
    * * *
    holgado, -a adj
    1. [ropa] baggy, loose-fitting;
    los pantalones me están muy holgados the trousers are very loose on me
    2. [habitación, espacio] roomy;
    en los asientos de atrás cabemos cuatro holgados there's (more than enough) room for four of us in the back seat
    3. [victoria, situación] comfortable;
    gobernará con una holgada mayoría he will govern with an ample o comfortable majority;
    vamos holgados de tiempo we're fine for time, we've got plenty of time
    4. [económicamente] comfortable;
    están en una posición muy holgado they're very comfortably off
    * * *
    adj ropa loose, comfortable;
    estar holgado de tiempo have time to spare
    * * *
    holgado, -da adj
    1) : loose, baggy
    2) : at ease, comfortable
    * * *
    holgado adj loose

    Spanish-English dictionary > holgado

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