basic+form

1. (f. - adjunta)

adj.

attached, enclosed

2. (f. - adjunta)

noun

assistant, deputy

* * *

adjunto, -a

1. ADJ

1) [información] attached

rellene el formulario adjunto — please complete the attached form

un órgano consultivo adjunto a la Presidencia — a consultative body attached to the presidency

en el documento adjunto a esta carta — in the enclosed document

2) (=ayudante) assistant

profesor(a) adjunto/a — assistant lecturer

director(a) adjunto/a — assistant director

2.

ADV [en carta]

remitir o enviar algo adjunto — to enclose sth

le envío adjunto mi CV — I enclose my CV, please find enclosed my CV

3. SM / F

1) (=ayudante)

el adjunto al o del director — the assistant to the director, the director's assistant

2) [en carta] enclosure

adjuntos: un folleto informativo y un contrato — enc: one information leaflet and one contract

3) (Ling) adjunct

* * *

I

- ta adjetivo

a) < director> deputy; < profesor> associate

b) <lista/copia> enclosed, attached

II

adverbio enclosed

adjunto les envío el recibo — please find enclosed the receipt

III

- ta masculino, femenino ( en cargo)

adjunto a la cátedra de filosofía — senior philosophy professor (AmE) o (BrE) lecturer

el cargo de adjunto del director — the post of deputy director

* * *

= accompanying, herewith, adjunct, attached hereto.

Ex. A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.

Ex. Concepts and guidelines basic to the formulation of an acquisitions policy for continuations are herewith explained.

Ex. As universities work steadily to get full-time faculty onboard with distance learning, virtual adjuncts have eagerly stepped up to fill the void, thereby enabling institutions to respond promptly to market demand.

Ex. Attached hereto is a draft of the report of the Working Party suggested for adoption.

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* adjunto a = adjacent to, attached to.

* carta adjunta = covering letter.

* director adjunto = assistant director, deputy director, joint director.

* fichero adjunto = attachment, email attachment.

* * *

I

- ta adjetivo

a) < director> deputy; < profesor> associate

b) <lista/copia> enclosed, attached

II

adverbio enclosed

adjunto les envío el recibo — please find enclosed the receipt

III

- ta masculino, femenino ( en cargo)

adjunto a la cátedra de filosofía — senior philosophy professor (AmE) o (BrE) lecturer

el cargo de adjunto del director — the post of deputy director

* * *

= accompanying, herewith, adjunct, attached hereto.

Ex: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.

Ex: Concepts and guidelines basic to the formulation of an acquisitions policy for continuations are herewith explained.

Ex: As universities work steadily to get full-time faculty onboard with distance learning, virtual adjuncts have eagerly stepped up to fill the void, thereby enabling institutions to respond promptly to market demand.

Ex: Attached hereto is a draft of the report of the Working Party suggested for adoption.

* adjunto a = adjacent to, attached to.

* carta adjunta = covering letter.

* director adjunto = assistant director, deputy director, joint director.

* fichero adjunto = attachment, email attachment.

* * *

adjunto¹ -ta

adjective

1 ‹director› deputy ( before n)

un profesor adjunto a la cátedra de historia an associate history professor ( AmE), a senior history lecturer ( BrE)

2 (en carta) ‹lista/copia› enclosed, attached

archivo or fichero adjunto ( Inf) attachment

adjunto²

adverb

enclosed

adjunto les envío una copia de la factura please find enclosed o I enclose o I attach a copy of the invoice

adjunto³ -ta

masculine, feminine

A

(en un cargo): adjunto a la cátedra de filosofía associate philosophy professor ( AmE), senior philosophy lecturer ( BrE)

el cargo de adjunto del director the post of deputy director

B

adjunto masculine

1 ( Ling) adjunct

2 ( Inf) attachment

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Del verbo adjuntar: ( conjugate adjuntar)

adjunto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

adjuntó es:

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

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adjuntar    
adjunto
adjuntar ( conjugate adjuntar) verbo transitivo
to enclose
adjunto

◊ -ta adjetivo

a) ‹ director› deputy ( before n);

◊ profesor adjunto associate professor (AmE), senior lecturer (BrE)

b) ‹lista/copia› enclosed, attached

adjuntar verbo transitivo to enclose
adjunto,-a
I adjetivo
1 enclosed, attached
2 Educ assistant
II m,f Educ assistant teacher
' adjunto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adjunta
- remitir
- documento
English:
attached
- encl.
- enclose
- enclosure
- reader
- associate
- attach
- attachment
- en suite
- SASE
- senior

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adjunto, -a

♦ adj

1. [incluido] enclosed;

ver mapa adjunto see the enclosed map

2. Informát [archivo] attached

3. [auxiliar] assistant;

profesor adjunto assistant Br lecturer o US professor

♦ nm,f

[auxiliar] assistant;

trabaja como adjunto al director he's the director's assistant

♦ nm

Gram adjunct

♦ adv

enclosed;

adjunto le remito el recibo please find a receipt enclosed

* * *

adjunto

I adj deputy atr ;

profesor adjunto assistant teacher; en universidad associate professor, Br lecturer

II m, adjunta f assistant

III adv

:

adjunto le remitimos … please find enclosed …

* * *

adjunto, -ta adj

: enclosed, attached

adjunto, -ta n

: deputy, assistant

adjunto nm

: adjunct

= Construcciones Aeronáuticas, S.A.

Ex: Qualifiers function as an integral part of the index terms, so that terms of the form 'Moving ( House)', 'Mergers (Industrial)' are created and used.

Ex: For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.

Ex: In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.

Ex: The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.

* alfabetización en casa = family literacy.

* ama de casa = housewife [housewives, -pl.], homemaker, housekeeper.

* amo de casa = homemaker.

* artículos de la casa = household goods.

* asuntos de la casa, los = home affairs.

* banco en casa = home banking.

* barrer para casa = look after + number one, feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* bata de casa = housedress.

* cambiarse de casa = move + house.

* casa adosada = terrace(d) house, terrace(d) home, townhouse [town-house], semidetached house, duplex, duplex house.

* casa alquilada = house let.

* casa ancestral = ancestral home.

* Casa Blanca, la = White House, the.

* casa comercial = house.

* casa consistorial = civic hall.

* casa de acogida = shelter home, foster home.

* casa de beneficiencia = almshouse.

* casa de campo = holiday home, country residence.

* casa de empeño = pawnshop, hock shop [hockshop].

* casa de huéspedes = guesthouse [guest house], bed and breakfast (B&B).

* casa de ladrillos de adobe = mud-brick house.

* casa de la moneda = mint.

* casa de la playa = beach house.

* casa del guarda = lodge.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* casa del párroco = parsonage house, parsonage.

* casa de madera = log house, wood house.

* casa de maternidad = maternity home.

* casa de muñecas = doll's house.

* casa de oficios = vocational school.

* casa de pisos = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex.

* casa de placer = house of pleasure, house of pleasure.

* casa de putas = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse].

* casa de té = teahouse.

* casa de tres plantas = three-storeyed house.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* casa de vacaciones = vacation home.

* casa de veraneo = holiday home.

* casa editorial = publishing house.

* casa frecuentada por los espíritus = haunted house.

* casa móvil = mobile home.

* casa pareada = duplex, duplex house.

* casa parroquial = parsonage house, parsonage.

* casa particular = private home.

* casa piloto = show home, show house.

* casa prefabricada = manufactured home, prefabricated house.

* casa proveedora = components supplier.

* casa remolque = mobile home.

* casa rural = farmhouse.

* casa rústica = cottage.

* casa señorial = manor house, stately home.

* casa social = community house.

* casa solariega = ancestral home, country house, stately home, manor house.

* cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.

* cocinero de casa = home cook.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* compra desde casa = armchair shopping.

* confinado a la casa = housebound [house-bound].

* construcción de casas = building construction.

* dueño de la casa = householder.

* el enemigo en casa = the enemy within.

* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.

* en casa = in the home.

* en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo = the cobbler's children run barefoot.

* encontrar casa = find + a home.

* encontrarse en casa = be in.

* enseñanza escolar en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].

* equipo de casa = home team.

* equipo de casa, el = home side, the.

* escolarización en casa = homeschool, homeschooling [home schooling].

* escolarizar en casa = homeschool.

* especialidad de la casa, la = house specialty, the.

* estar en casa = be in.

* esterilla de la entrada de la casa = welcome mat.

* estilo de la casa = house style.

* fuera de la casa = out-of-home.

* hacer que Algo se haga en casa = bring + Nombre + in-house.

* hecho en casa = homespun, homemade.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* imposibilitado para salir de casa = housebound [house-bound], homebound [home-bound].

* ir a casa de = make + house calls.

* irse a casa = go + home.

* irse de casa = leave + home.

* joven que huye de su casa = runaway.

* lejía de casa = household bleach.

* llave de la casa = house key.

* llegar a casa = get + home.

* llegar tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* llevar a casa = bring + home.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* menú de la casa = set menu.

* mudarse de casa = move + house.

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

* partido que se juega en casa = home game.

* partido que se juega fuera de casa = away game.

* personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.

* personas que no pueden salir de casa = homebound, the.

* pisar + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.

* poner la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* poner la casa patas arriba = turn + the house upside down.

* poner los pies en + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.

* quedarse a dormir en la casa de un amigo = sleepover.

* quedarse dentro de casa = stay + indoors.

* quedarse en casa = stay + indoors.

* quehaceres de la casa = housework.

* que trabaja desde casa = home-based.

* realización de los estudios escolares en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].

* regresar a casa = go + home again.

* regreso a casa = homecoming, journey home.

* revolver toda la casa = turn + the house upside down.

* ropa de casa = loungewear.

* ropa de estar en casa = loungewear.

* salir de casa = leave + home.

* segunda casa = second home.

* seguro de la casa = home insurance.

* sentirse como en casa = feel + at home, feel like + home (away) from home.

* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* todo queda en casa = all in the family.

* trabajador desde casa = homeworker.

* trabajos de la casa = housework.

* traer a casa = bring + back home.

* vender de casa en casa = peddle.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* vuelta a casa = homecoming, journey home.

 

Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar)

casa es:



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casa    
casar
casa sustantivo femenino
1


casita del perro kennel;
casa adosada or pareada semi-detached o terraced house;
Ccasa Blanca White House;
casa de acogida refuge;
casa de huéspedes boardinghouse;
casa de socorro first-aid post;
casa de vecinos or (Méx) de vecindad tenement house;
Ccasa Real Royal Household;
casa refugio refuge o hostel for battered women;
casa rodante (CS) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)

a los 18 años se fue de casa or (AmL) de la casa she left home at 18;
no está nunca en casa or ( AmL) en la casa he's never (at) home;

¿por qué no pasas por casa or (AmL) por la casa? why don't you drop in?;
de or para andar por casa ‹ vestido› for wearing around the house;

‹definición/terminología› crude, rough;
echar or tirar la casa por la ventana to push the boat out
2


casa de cambios bureau de change


invita la casa it's on the house
3 (Dep):

casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry
verbo intransitivo

[ piezas] to fit together;
[ cuentas] to match, tally

casa con algo to go well with sth
casarse verbo pronominal
to get married;

se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer;
casase en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
casa sustantivo femenino
1 (edificio) house ➣ Ver nota en chalet
2 (hogar) home: vete a casa, go home
estábamos en casa de Rosa, we were at Rosa's
hay mucha gente que no tiene casa, there are a lot of homeless people
3 (empresa) company, firm
casa matriz, head office
4 (estirpe) la casa de los Austria, the House of Habsburg
5 casa de empeños, pawnshop
casa de huéspedes, boarding house
familiar casa de locos, madhouse
casa de socorro, first aid post
casa de la villa, town hall
♦ Locuciones: tengo que salir a pasear, si no, se me cae la casa encima, I've got to go out for a walk or this house is going to drive me up the wall
familiar como Pedro por su casa, as if I/you/he owned the place
de andar por casa, (ropa) everyday
(explicación) crude, rough
no parar en casa, to be on the go
tirar la casa por la ventana, to roll out the red carpet
casar
I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry
(dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him

' casa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abstraerse
- acercar
- acoger
- acogedor
- acogedora
- acuerdo
- adosada
- adosado
- afuera
- agencia
- ajena
- ajeno
- alquilar
- alquiler
- ama
- amañarse
- amo
- ampliación
- andar
- antirrobo
- arriba
- así
- ático
- atusar
- aviar
- barrer
- bata
- benjamín
- benjamina
- bienvenida
- bienvenido
- borde
- cabida
- cacho
- calentar
- cambiar
- camino
- cara
- cargar
- carpintería
- casera
- casero
- chalet
- cocina
- comedor
- comedora
- consentir
- convivir
English:
address
- advantage
- agent
- amenities
- ancestral
- anyone
- appraisal
- appreciate
- approximately
- around-the clock
- as
- ask round
- at
- attractive
- back
- be
- bed
- before
- below
- better
- big
- blast away
- bleak
- boarding house
- body
- bookshelf
- break into
- built-in
- burglar alarm
- burglarize
- burglary
- busline
- bustle
- buyer
- call
- caller
- care
- caretaker
- clean up
- come out
- congregate
- convenience
- cottage
- curious
- customary
- cut out
- daily
- dear
- decorate
- design
[apartamento] Br flat, US apartment; Fam casa adosada Br terraced house, US row house; CSur, Perú [casa de arriba] upstairs Br flat o US apartment; Esp casa cuartel [de la Guardia Civil] = police station also used as living quarters by Guardia Civil; Arg casa de departamentos Br block of flats, US apartment building; Am casa habitación residential building; RP casa de inquilinato = communal dwelling where poor families each live in a single room and share bathroom and kitchen with others; Méx casa llena: RP casa rodante Br caravan, US trailer; Esp Fam Esp Fam Esp Fam casa mortuoria home of the deceased; [linaje] house; Hist la casa de Austria the Hapsburgs; Hist la casa de Borbón the Bourbons; casa de apuestas bookmaker's, Br betting shop; Méx casa de asistencia boarding house; Com casa central head office; Com casa matriz [de empresa] head office; [de grupo de empresas] parent company; muy Fam casa de putas whorehouse; Am casa de tolerancia brothel Fin casa de cambio Br bureau de change, US foreign-exchange bureau; [guardería] nursery; CSur casa de estudios educational establishment; Am casa de gobierno = workplace of the head of state, governor, mayor etc; Fig [de monjes] monastery; RP casa de reposo rest home; RP casa de salud rest home;

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Ex: At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.

Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.

Ex: Some librarians anxious to make the transfer from the children's to the adult department as smooth as possible, often create a 'young adults' fiction section within the children's department.

Ex: Almost without exception libraries have agreed with the liberal-minded who wanted to make the immigrants' transition into a new society as painless as possible.

Ex: This very absence of quality is what makes these books attractive to children, not just because they are easy to read, undemanding, untaxing, but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read.

Ex: The effortless ease of such replies does conceal from the enquirer the extensive anticipatory effort of the librarian in studying the sources of information and his prior experience in their use.

Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

Ex: Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.

* algo fácil = no-brainer.

* cada vez más fácil = ever easier.

* camino más fácil, el = path of least resistance, the.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way.

* de lectura fácil = easy reading.

* demasiado fácil = all too easy, far too easy.

* de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.

* dinero fácil = get-rich-quick.

* es más fácil decirlo que hacerlo = easier said than done.

* fácil de comprender = easy to grasp.

* fácil de conseguir = readily available, easy-to-get, readily accessible, easy to come by.

* fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.

* fácil de contentar = easy-going [easygoing].

* fácil de cuantificar = measurable.

* fácil de definir = easy-to-define.

* fácil de entender = easy to understand.

* fácil de leer = easy-to-read.

* fácil de localizar = traceable, retraceable.

* fácil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* fácil de medir = measurable.

* fácil de obtener = easy to come by.

* fácil de olvidar = forgettable.

* fácil de recuperar = easily-retrievable.

* fácil de usar = easy-to-use, user friendly.

* hacerse Algo fácil = make + it + easy on + Reflexivo.

* hacerse fácil = become + convenient.

* más fácil de entender para nosotros = closer to home.

* mujer fácil = loose woman.

* no ser fácil = have + a difficult time, be no picnic, not be easy.

* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.

* optar por la solución más fácil = take + the easy way out.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

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

* presa fácil = sitting duck, easy prey.

* resultar fácil = be easy.

* se dice pronto, pero no es tan fácil = easier said than done.

* ser algo fácil = be a cinch, be a doddle, be a breeze, be a picnic, be duck soup.

* ser algo muy fácil de conseguir = be there for the taking.

* ser fácil = be easy.

* ser fácil de conseguir = be readily available.

* solución fácil = easy recipe, easy solution, cut-and-dried solution.

* tan fácil como coser y cantar = as simple as ABC.

* tenerlo fácil = have + an easy ride.

 

Multiple Entries:
algo fácil    
fácil
fácil adjetivo
1



2 ( probable):

no es fácil que me lo den they are unlikely to let me have it
fácil
I adjetivo
1 (sencillo) easy: el examen parecía fácil, the exam seemed to be easy
no fue fácil convencerlo, it wasn't easy to convince him
fácil de usar, easy to use
2 (probable) likely
es fácil que venga, he is (quite) likely to come
II adverbio easily: lo que fácil se aprende, fácil se olvida, what's easy to learn, is also easy to forget
' fácil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asequible
- cómoda
- cómodo
- facilitar
- frágil
- ladrón
- ladrona
- mujer
- perderse
- tutearse
- así
- botado
- chollo
- chupado
- cosa
- de
- decir
- facilidad
- milonga
- parecer
- por
- regalado
- simple
- tirado
English:
cinch
- cut
- downhill
- easy
- elementary
- EZ
- foolproof
- giveaway
- hand
- open-and-shut
- picnic
- pop-top
- predict
- pushover
- relatively
- say
- should
- sitting duck
- soft
- to
- traceable
- user-friendly
- walkover
- weepy
- well
- admittedly
- available
- cheap
- come
- digestible
- doing
- find
- going
- pat
- sitting
- slick
- start
- though
- user
- way
Fam easily;

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.

Ex: The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.

Ex: He reinforces the self-deprecating and cliched concept that in order to be a writer, 'one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work'.

Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

modesto



‹ posición social› modest, humble

modesto,-a adjetivo modest
' modesto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
entrenar
- ser
- modesta
English:
basic
- discreet
- modest
- self-effacing

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Ex: This article discusses the special role that libraries can play in the multicultural, pluralistic environment that will be the society in the near future.

plural adjetivo / noun masculine
plural;

en plural in the plural
plural adjetivo & sustantivo masculino plural
en plural, in the plural

' plural' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apéndice
- cien
- cuñada
- cuñado
- dato
- demasiada
- demasiado
- haber
- hermano
- índice
- mucha
- mucho
- otra
- otro
- padre
- poca
- poco
- rey
- se
- sí
- sobrino
- tanta
- tanto
- toda
- todo
- totalidad
- abarrotes
- abasto
- acelgas
- achaques
- achuras
- adentros
- ADM
- aerobic
- afueras
- agallas
- agua
- agujeta
- ahorro
- alicate
- almacén
- almorranas
- Alpes
- alrededores
- altibajos
- amígdalas
- amistad
- anales
- andador
- andanzas
English:
accused
- acoustic
- aged
- alms
- amends
- amenities
- Andes
- antics
- archives
- armaments
- arrears
- athletic
- atomic weapons
- bacteria
- bagpipes
- basic
- battlements
- bedclothes
- bedding
- bell-bottoms
- bellows
- belongings
- bifocals
- binoculars
- blinkers
- breadcrumbs
- British
- but
- bygone
- calves
- cast-offs
- castanets
- cattle
- children
- chopsticks
- clippers
- clothes
- condolences
- confines
- congratulations
- cornflakes
- credentials
- crisps
- culottes
- dancing shoes
- data
- dead
- deaf
- dealings
- death throes
Gram plural; el plural mayestático the royal we;

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Ex: The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.

Ex: The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.

Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.

Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.

Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.

Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.

Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex: None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.

Ex: Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.

Ex: Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.

Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.

Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.

Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

Ex: Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.

* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* búsqueda simple = simple search.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* interés simple = simple interest.

* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.

* simple mortal = lesser mortal.

* simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.

* tan simple como = with as little ado as.

 

simple adjetivo
1 (sencillo, fácil) simple;
See also→ llanamente
2 ( delante del n) ( mero) simple;

es un simple resfriado it's just a common cold;
un simple soldado an ordinary soldier
3 ( tonto) simple, simple-minded
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
simpleton
simple
I adjetivo
1 (sencillo) simple: estos ejercicios son muy simples, these exercises are very easy
una cámara de simple manejo, an easy-to-use camera
2 Ling Quím (no complejo, no compuesto) simple
oración simple, simple sentence
3 (mero, tan solo) mere, pure: somos simples espectadores, we are mere observers
fue simple casualidad, it was pure coincidence
pey es un simple secretario, he's just a secretary
4 (cándido, sin malicia) naive, innocent
pey (tonto) simple-minded, half-witted, foolish
II m (ingenuo, inocente) innocent, naive person
pey (simplón, tonto) simpleton, half-wit
' simple' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
babosa
- baboso
- bendita
- bendito
- boba
- bobalicón
- bobalicona
- bobo
- borrica
- borrico
- clavar
- compuesta
- compuesto
- hincapié
- idea
- lila
- llaneza
- mayoría
- pánfila
- pánfilo
- pardilla
- pardillo
- preferir
- sencilla
- sencillo
- simpleza
- triste
- vista
- hechura
- llanamente
- mero
- pretérito
- puro
- ya
English:
ago
- arithmetic
- dowdy
- gravestone
- mere
- naked
- plain
- simple
- simple interest
- simple-minded
- simple-mindedness
- single-spacing
- basic
- simply
- unsophisticated
[persona] simpleton