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81 pez gordo
m.1 big shot, big gun, big daddy, big cheese.2 big fish.* * *figurado big shot* * *(fam) ( persona importante) bigwig (colloq); ( en delito) big shot (colloq)* * *(n.) = power player, big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat catEx. Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.Ex. She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.Ex. Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike.Ex. Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.Ex. The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.* * *(fam) ( persona importante) bigwig (colloq); ( en delito) big shot (colloq)* * *(n.) = power player, big wheel, big shot, big noise, big wig, fat catEx: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.
Ex: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.Ex: Having been a big shot in Monrovia, he is accustomed to being waited on by servants, his wife and concubines alike.Ex: Anyone claiming to be a big noise in the business who doesn't have an address in one of those cities is probably blowing smoke.Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.Ex: The fat cats who placed the entire economy at risk with their greed and manic irresponsibility are trying to lay claim to every last dime in the national Treasury.* * *fambig shot fam -
82 poner pegas
v.to raise objections, to put a fly in the ointment.* * *(v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault withEx. Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.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. If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.Ex. The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.* * *(v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault withEx: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
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: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.Ex: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity. -
83 poner peros
v.to raise objections, to be in disaccord, to discord.* * *to find fault (a, with)* * *(v.) = baulk [balk, -USA], cavil (about/at), quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault withEx. 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. Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.Ex. If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.Ex. The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.* * *(v.) = baulk [balk, -USA], cavil (about/at), quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault withEx: 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: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.Ex: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.Ex: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity. -
84 poner reparos
v.to raise objections, to cavil, to raise trivial objections, to demur.* * *(v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault withEx. Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.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. If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.Ex. The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.* * *(v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault withEx: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
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: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.Ex: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity. -
85 representante sindical
f. & m.union representative, shop steward, trade union official.* * *(n.) = trade union shop steward, shop steward, steward, union steward, trade union officialEx. The commercial library is as open to the business man as it is to the trade union shop steward who may be preparing a case against his employer.Ex. In industry this individual is known as the steward, or shop steward.Ex. If the employee belongs to a union, the union steward must be part of each session.Ex. This mini-pack could be used by 'individuals in the community who are called upon to give information, such as parish clerks, the clergy, postmasters, trade union officials, mobile librarians, as well as people acting as village links'.* * *(n.) = trade union shop steward, shop steward, steward, union steward, trade union officialEx: The commercial library is as open to the business man as it is to the trade union shop steward who may be preparing a case against his employer.
Ex: In industry this individual is known as the steward, or shop steward.Ex: If the employee belongs to a union, the union steward must be part of each session.Ex: This mini-pack could be used by 'individuals in the community who are called upon to give information, such as parish clerks, the clergy, postmasters, trade union officials, mobile librarians, as well as people acting as village links'. -
86 superfluo
adj.superfluous, sumptuary, unnecessary, needless.* * *► adjetivo1 superfluous* * *ADJ superfluous* * ** * *= redundant, superfluous.Ex. The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.Ex. The business community began to see the institutions of the Community as meddlesome or, as in the case of the European Parliament, superfluous.* * ** * *= redundant, superfluous.Ex: The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.
Ex: The business community began to see the institutions of the Community as meddlesome or, as in the case of the European Parliament, superfluous.* * *superfluousdetalles superfluos superfluous detailsgastos superfluos unnecessary o extra expensespara eliminar el vello superfluo to remove unwanted hairno gastes dinero en cosas superfluas don't waste money on things you don't need o on unnecessary things* * *
superfluo◊ - flua adjetivo
superfluous, unnecessary;
‹ gastos› unnecessary
superfluo,-a adjetivo
1 (sobrante, innecesario) superfluous
2 (medida, comentario, etc) unnecessary
' superfluo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
prescindir
- superflua
English:
redundant
- superfluous
- unwanted
- white
* * *superfluo, -a adj[innecesario] superfluous; [gasto] unnecessary* * *adj superfluous* * *: superfluous -
87 en un momento en el que
Ex. The business community entered the field at a time when the world economy was shaken by the oil price rises of the seventies.* * *Ex: The business community entered the field at a time when the world economy was shaken by the oil price rises of the seventies.
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88 gestión de la biblioteca
(n.) = library management, library administrationEx. The research programme is concerned mainly with research projects in library management, mechanisation and the history of printing.Ex. Library administration covers a number of topics, ranging from those paralleling the business world, such as personnel records and salaries, to routines more peculiar to the library world such as the timetabling of staff at enquiry points etc.* * *(n.) = library management, library administrationEx: The research programme is concerned mainly with research projects in library management, mechanisation and the history of printing.
Ex: Library administration covers a number of topics, ranging from those paralleling the business world, such as personnel records and salaries, to routines more peculiar to the library world such as the timetabling of staff at enquiry points etc. -
89 parte en un contrato
(n.) = contracting partyEx. The difficulty involved in attempting to assess the business risk the trader undertakes with each transaction is to be conscious of the fact that the contracting parties no longer share common moral values.* * *(n.) = contracting partyEx: The difficulty involved in attempting to assess the business risk the trader undertakes with each transaction is to be conscious of the fact that the contracting parties no longer share common moral values.
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90 ser el más afectado por
(v.) = bear + the brunt ofEx. It is natural to suppose that the government's own information service should bear the brunt of enquiries from the business sector about the European Community = Es natural suponer que el propio servicio de información del gobierno debería ser el más afectado por la preguntas del sector empresarial sobre la Comunidad Europea.* * *(v.) = bear + the brunt ofEx: It is natural to suppose that the government's own information service should bear the brunt of enquiries from the business sector about the European Community = Es natural suponer que el propio servicio de información del gobierno debería ser el más afectado por la preguntas del sector empresarial sobre la Comunidad Europea.
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91 tomar conciencia
(v.) = sensitise [sensitize, -USA], enhance + awarenessEx. I will agree that it takes quite a while to sensitize yourself to the implications of the use of chairman.Ex. The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person.* * *(v.) = sensitise [sensitize, -USA], enhance + awarenessEx: I will agree that it takes quite a while to sensitize yourself to the implications of the use of chairman.
Ex: The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person. -
92 aprovecharse de una oportunidad
(v.) = grab + opportunity, capitalise on + opportunityEx. Publishers would like to grab the business opportunities created by recent technological progress.Ex. Perhaps the 2 most important factors in capitalising on opportunities and reducing risks in the acquisition of information companies is the application of a careful screening procedure = Quizás los dos factores más importantes para aprovechar oportunidades y reducir riesgos en la adquisición de empresas dedicadas a la información es la aplicación de un procedimiento cuidadoso de selección.* * *(v.) = grab + opportunity, capitalise on + opportunityEx: Publishers would like to grab the business opportunities created by recent technological progress.
Ex: Perhaps the 2 most important factors in capitalising on opportunities and reducing risks in the acquisition of information companies is the application of a careful screening procedure = Quizás los dos factores más importantes para aprovechar oportunidades y reducir riesgos en la adquisición de empresas dedicadas a la información es la aplicación de un procedimiento cuidadoso de selección.Spanish-English dictionary > aprovecharse de una oportunidad
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93 bici
f.bike (informal).* * *1 familiar bike* * *femenino (fam) bike (colloq)* * *= bike.Nota: Abreviatura de bicycle (bicicleta).Ex. At first, as in playing the violin or riding a bike, the storyteller or reader is so busy concentrating on the mechanics of the business that he has no time think about his effect on other people.----* bici de carreras = racing bike.* ir en bici = bike.* montar en bici = bike, ride + a bike.* subir en bici = ride + a bike.* * *femenino (fam) bike (colloq)* * *= bike.Nota: Abreviatura de bicycle (bicicleta).Ex: At first, as in playing the violin or riding a bike, the storyteller or reader is so busy concentrating on the mechanics of the business that he has no time think about his effect on other people.
* bici de carreras = racing bike.* ir en bici = bike.* montar en bici = bike, ride + a bike.* subir en bici = ride + a bike.* * *( fam)bike ( colloq)* * *
bici sustantivo femenino (fam) bike (colloq)
bici f fam bike
' bici' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
costalada
- montar
English:
bicycle lane
- bike
- fall off
- loan
* * *bici nfFam bike* * *f fambike* * ** * *bici n bike -
94 como cuando + Indicativo
= as in + GerundioEx. At first, as in playing the violin or riding a bike, the storyteller or reader is so busy concentrating on the mechanics of the business that he has no time think about his effect on other people.* * *= as in + GerundioEx: At first, as in playing the violin or riding a bike, the storyteller or reader is so busy concentrating on the mechanics of the business that he has no time think about his effect on other people.
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95 exceso de existencias
(n.) = overstocking, overageEx. Mobile livestock herders have long been seen as the main culprits of overstocking & rangeland degradation.Ex. Hence the effective control of overage will enhance the business's profitability by minimising the inventory investment.* * *(n.) = overstocking, overageEx: Mobile livestock herders have long been seen as the main culprits of overstocking & rangeland degradation.
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96 quitar las telarañas
(v.) = dust off + the cobwebsEx. The article is entitled ' Dusting off the cobwebs: turning the business archives into a managerial tool'.* * *(v.) = dust off + the cobwebsEx: The article is entitled ' Dusting off the cobwebs: turning the business archives into a managerial tool'.
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97 sensibilidad
f.1 feeling.no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms2 sensitivity.tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive3 feeling.sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music4 sensitivity.un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer5 sensibility, responsiveness, sensitivity, sensitiveness.* * *1 (percepción, sentido artístico) sensitivity, feeling2 (emotividad) sensibility3 (precisión) sensitivity* * *noun f.1) feeling2) sensitivity* * *SF1) [al dolor, al frío] feeling2) (=emotividad) sensitivity3) (=disposición) feeling, sensitivitymuestra una gran sensibilidad para la música — she has a great feeling o sensitivity for music
sensibilidad artística — artistic feeling o sensitivity
4) [de aparato, máquina] sensitivity* * *1)a) ( emotividad) sensitivityb) ( inclinación) sensitivityla sensibilidad poética — a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry
2)a) (en brazo, pierna) feelingb) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity* * *= sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.Ex. Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.----* despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.* falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.* sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.* sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.* sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.* * *1)a) ( emotividad) sensitivityb) ( inclinación) sensitivityla sensibilidad poética — a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry
2)a) (en brazo, pierna) feelingb) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity* * *= sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.Ex: Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.
Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.* despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.* falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.* sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.* sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.* sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.* * *A1 (emotividad) sensitivitytiene la sensibilidad a flor de piel he's very sensitive o thin-skinnedpuede herir la sensibilidad del espectador it may offend viewers' sensibilitiesun artista de gran sensibilidad an artist of great sensitivity2 (inclinación) sensitivityla sensibilidad poética a sensitivity to o feeling for poetryB1 (en el brazo, la pierna) feelingperdió la sensibilidad en los dedos she lost all feeling in her fingers2 (de un instrumento, un aparato) sensitivity* * *
sensibilidad sustantivo femenino
sensibilidad sustantivo femenino
1 (percepción sensorial) feeling
2 (delicadeza, afectividad) sensitivity, sensibility
3 (de un aparato) sensitivity
un termómetro de gran sensibilidad, a highly sensitive thermometer
' sensibilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- anestesia
- insensible
- dormido
- entumecerse
English:
dead
- feeling
- sensation
- sensibility
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- squeamishness
- feel
- insensitive
- insensitivity
- speed
* * *sensibilidad nf1. [percepción] feeling;no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms2. [emotividad] sensitivity;tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive;estas imágenes pueden herir la sensibilidad del espectador some viewers may find these images disturbing3. [inclinación] feeling;sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music;tiene una sensibilidad especial para la poesía she has a special feeling for poetry4. [de instrumento, película] sensitivity;un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer* * *f3 ( emotividad) sensitivity* * *sensibilidad nf1) : sensitivity, sensibility2) sensación: feeling* * *sensibilidad n sensitivity -
98 comunidad empresarial, la
(n.) = business community, theEx. The business community entered the field at a time when the world economy was shaken by the oil price rises of the seventies. -
99 dedicado
adj.1 dedicated, dutiful.2 exclusive.past part.past participle of spanish verb: dedicar.* * *1→ link=dedicar dedicar► adjetivo1 dedicated2 (foto, etc) signed* * *(f. - dedicada)adj.1) dedicated2) devoted* * *ADJ (Inform) dedicated* * *= committed, hard-core.Ex. Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.Ex. Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.----* acceso dedicado = dedicated access.* conexión dedicada = dedicated link.* dedicado a = intended for, involved with, in the business of.* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.* dedicado al paciente = patient-based.* dedicado al público = public-oriented.* dedicado al servicio = service-oriented.* dedicado al usuario = user-related.* dedicado a una aplicación específica = dedicated.* empresa dedicada al desarrollo de productos = product developer.* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.* * *= committed, hard-core.Ex: Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
Ex: Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.* acceso dedicado = dedicated access.* conexión dedicada = dedicated link.* dedicado a = intended for, involved with, in the business of.* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.* dedicado al paciente = patient-based.* dedicado al público = public-oriented.* dedicado al servicio = service-oriented.* dedicado al usuario = user-related.* dedicado a una aplicación específica = dedicated.* empresa dedicada al desarrollo de productos = product developer.* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.* * *dedicado, -a adjInformát dedicated -
100 distribución horaria
(n.) = timetablingEx. Library administration covers a number of topics, ranging from those paralleling the business world, such as personnel records and salaries, to routines more peculiar to the library world such as the timetabling of staff at enquiry points etc.* * *(n.) = timetablingEx: Library administration covers a number of topics, ranging from those paralleling the business world, such as personnel records and salaries, to routines more peculiar to the library world such as the timetabling of staff at enquiry points etc.
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