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  • 41 frotis

    m. s.&pl.
    1 smear, smear test.
    2 smear.
    * * *
    1 smear
    * * *
    SM INV

    frotis cervical — cervical smear, smear test, Pap smear

    * * *
    masculino smear
    * * *
    = Pap smear, cervical smear, cervical screening.
    Ex. The previous year, before the program was launched, a Pap smear was taken from 43% of women.
    Ex. All patients were examined, and cervical smear was performed after interview.
    Ex. In conclusion, the study supports the 2003 recommendations for changes to cervical screening intervals.
    * * *
    masculino smear
    * * *
    = Pap smear, cervical smear, cervical screening.

    Ex: The previous year, before the program was launched, a Pap smear was taken from 43% of women.

    Ex: All patients were examined, and cervical smear was performed after interview.
    Ex: In conclusion, the study supports the 2003 recommendations for changes to cervical screening intervals.

    * * *
    smear
    Compuesto:
    cervical smear, smear test
    * * *

    frotis m Med smear
    frotis sanguíneo, blood smear
    ' frotis' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smear
    - Pap smear
    - swab
    * * *
    frotis nm inv
    smear
    frotis cervical cervical smear;
    frotis de exudado nasal nasal swab o smear
    * * *
    m MED Pap test, smear

    Spanish-English dictionary > frotis

  • 42 fuera de rumbo

    Ex. Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.
    * * *

    Ex: Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuera de rumbo

  • 43 grupo de debate

    (n.) = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate
    Ex. Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.
    Ex. While lunches and exhibit booth encounters at ALA and state conferences help, neither replaces a good, structured focus group.
    Ex. Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.
    Ex. Information World en Espanol (IWETEL), the first electronic forum for information professionals in Spain, was launched in Nov 93.
    Ex. The workshop consisted of an inaugural function, a series of lectures, a panel discussion and a valedictory function.
    Ex. The confeence offers a variety of activities, such as workshops, tutorials, panel debates etc.
    * * *
    (n.) = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate

    Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.

    Ex: While lunches and exhibit booth encounters at ALA and state conferences help, neither replaces a good, structured focus group.
    Ex: Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.
    Ex: Information World en Espanol (IWETEL), the first electronic forum for information professionals in Spain, was launched in Nov 93.
    Ex: The workshop consisted of an inaugural function, a series of lectures, a panel discussion and a valedictory function.
    Ex: The confeence offers a variety of activities, such as workshops, tutorials, panel debates etc.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo de debate

  • 44 gruñón

    adj.
    grumpy, cranky, grouchy, gruff.
    m.
    grouch, grumbler, grump, snarler.
    * * *
    1 grumbling, grumpy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 grumbler, grouch
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona
    1.
    ADJ grumpy, grumbling
    2.
    SM / F grumbler
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex. We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    ----
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.
    * * *
    I
    - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)
    II
    - ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grump (colloq), grouse (colloq)
    * * *
    = grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], curmudgeon, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], ornery, misery guts, grouch, sour puss, testy [testier -comp., testiest -sup.].

    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.

    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: The most common problem suffered by curmudgeons turns out to be their circumscribed social life.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: At the other end of the scale are misery guts, who are neither happy with their job role nor their employer.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: It is no fun being around you when you are being such a sour puss.
    Ex: We're assailed by doubts, mortified by our own shortcomings, surrounded by freaks, testy over silly details.
    * vieja gruñona = grumpy old woman.
    * viejo gruñón = grumpy old man, grumpy old sod.

    * * *
    ( fam); grumpy ( colloq)
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); grump ( colloq), grouch ( colloq), misery ( BrE colloq), moaner ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    gruñón
    ◊ - ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)

    gruñón,-ona adjetivo grumpy

    ' gruñón' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gruñona
    English:
    grouch
    - grouchy
    - grump
    - grumpy
    - nag
    - nagging
    * * *
    gruñón, -ona Fam
    ♦ adj
    grumpy
    ♦ nm,f
    old grump
    * * *
    I adj fam
    grumpy
    II m, gruñona f fam
    grouch fam
    * * *
    gruñón, - ñona adj, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy, crabby
    gruñón, - ñona n, mpl gruñones fam : grumpy person, nag
    * * *
    gruñón1 adj grumpy [comp. grumpier; superl. grumpiest]
    gruñón2 n moaner

    Spanish-English dictionary > gruñón

  • 45 hacer creer

    v.
    to lead to believe, to make believe, to let believe.
    Hizo a Maya creer la mentira He led Maya to believe the lie.
    * * *
    (v.) = lead to + believe, lull + Nombre + into thinking
    Ex. The Act was launched with a glossy advertising campaign that led claimants to believe they were entitled to larger sums of money than they in fact received.
    Ex. One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.
    * * *
    (v.) = lead to + believe, lull + Nombre + into thinking

    Ex: The Act was launched with a glossy advertising campaign that led claimants to believe they were entitled to larger sums of money than they in fact received.

    Ex: One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer creer

  • 46 hacer frente a un gasto

    (v.) = meet + cost
    Ex. Unesco has launched an international appeal to meet the cost of the library building.
    * * *
    (v.) = meet + cost

    Ex: Unesco has launched an international appeal to meet the cost of the library building.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer frente a un gasto

  • 47 impulsivo

    adj.
    impulsive, violent, dionysian, hot-headed.
    m.
    impulsive person, eager fellow, hot-headed person.
    * * *
    1 impulsive
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 impulsive person
    * * *
    * * *
    - va adjetivo impulsive
    * * *
    = untethered, impulsive.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.
    ----
    * de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo impulsive
    * * *
    = untethered, impulsive.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.
    * de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.

    * * *
    impulsive
    * * *

    impulsivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    impulsive
    impulsivo,-a adjetivo impulsive

    ' impulsivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerebral
    - impulsiva
    English:
    impulsive
    - impetuous
    * * *
    impulsivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    impulsive
    ♦ nm,f
    impulsive person, hothead
    * * *
    adj impulsive
    * * *
    impulsivo, -va adj
    : impulsive
    * * *
    impulsivo adj impulsive

    Spanish-English dictionary > impulsivo

  • 48 informe

    adj.
    shapeless.
    m.
    1 report (documento, estudio).
    2 denunciation, report.
    3 advice.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: informar.
    * * *
    1 (sin forma) shapeless, formless
    1 report
    1 references
    \
    dar informes sobre alguien (referencias) to provide references for somebody 2 (datos) to give information about somebody
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [bulto, figura] shapeless
    II
    SM
    1) (=escrito) report ( sobre on)

    informe médico/policial/técnico — medical/police/technical report

    2) pl informes (=datos) information sing ; [de trabajador] references

    dar informes sobre algn/algo — to give information about sb/sth

    pedir informes de o sobre algo — to ask for information about sth

    pedir informes de o sobre algn — [para trabajo] to follow up sb's references

    3) (Jur) report

    informe del juez — summing-up, summation (EEUU)

    4) (Com) report
    5) (Pol) White Paper
    * * *
    1) (exposición, dictamen) report

    informe policial/médico — police/medical report

    2) informes masculino plural
    a) ( datos) information, particulars (pl)
    b) ( de empleado) reference, references (pl)

    pedir informes — to ask for a reference/for references

    * * *
    = account, brief, filing, memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news report, report, review, survey, briefing, debriefing, briefing paper, write-up.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. The architect's brief specifies that every square metre that funds will allow should be allocated.
    Ex. The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex. In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.
    Ex. Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex. The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex. The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.
    Ex. This briefing summarises the history and development of libraries in US higher education.
    Ex. Students will write final essays on their search, and debriefings will be conducted in the classroom.
    Ex. The company has launched a series of briefing papers to assist customers in making sense of market.
    Ex. If you read some of their write-ups, you can be sure that their endgame is to give a part of this country to Tamils.
    ----
    * elaboración de informes = report writing.
    * emitir un informe = issue + statement.
    * informe anual = annual report.
    * informe bursátil = stock market report.
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.
    * informe del viaje realizado = travel report.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * informe de propuestas = proposals report.
    * informe de resultados = report of findings.
    * informe de seguimiento = progress report.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * informe de tráfico = traffic report.
    * informe de una comisión = committee paper.
    * informe económico = economic report.
    * informe final = final report.
    * informe legal = legal brief.
    * informe médico = medical report.
    * informe numérico = data report.
    * informe policial = police report.
    * informe secreto = intelligence report.
    * informes, los = report literature.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * informe técnico = report, technical report.
    * informe trimestral = quarterly report.
    * presentación de informes = reporting.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * redacción de informes = report writing.
    * redacción de informes técnicos = technical writing.
    * redactar un informe = draw up + report.
    * rendir informes = debrief.
    * * *
    1) (exposición, dictamen) report

    informe policial/médico — police/medical report

    2) informes masculino plural
    a) ( datos) information, particulars (pl)
    b) ( de empleado) reference, references (pl)

    pedir informes — to ask for a reference/for references

    * * *
    = account, brief, filing, memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news report, report, review, survey, briefing, debriefing, briefing paper, write-up.

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

    Ex: The architect's brief specifies that every square metre that funds will allow should be allocated.
    Ex: The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex: In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.
    Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex: The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.
    Ex: This briefing summarises the history and development of libraries in US higher education.
    Ex: Students will write final essays on their search, and debriefings will be conducted in the classroom.
    Ex: The company has launched a series of briefing papers to assist customers in making sense of market.
    Ex: If you read some of their write-ups, you can be sure that their endgame is to give a part of this country to Tamils.
    * elaboración de informes = report writing.
    * emitir un informe = issue + statement.
    * informe anual = annual report.
    * informe bursátil = stock market report.
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.
    * informe del viaje realizado = travel report.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * informe de propuestas = proposals report.
    * informe de resultados = report of findings.
    * informe de seguimiento = progress report.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * informe de tráfico = traffic report.
    * informe de una comisión = committee paper.
    * informe económico = economic report.
    * informe final = final report.
    * informe legal = legal brief.
    * informe médico = medical report.
    * informe numérico = data report.
    * informe policial = police report.
    * informe secreto = intelligence report.
    * informes, los = report literature.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * informe técnico = report, technical report.
    * informe trimestral = quarterly report.
    * presentación de informes = reporting.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * redacción de informes = report writing.
    * redacción de informes técnicos = technical writing.
    * redactar un informe = draw up + report.
    * rendir informes = debrief.

    * * *
    shapeless, formless
    A (exposición, dictamen) report
    informe policial/médico police/medical report
    Compuestos:
    annual report
    chairman's report
    1 (datos) information, particulars (pl)
    2 (de un empleado) reference, references (pl)
    pedir informes to ask for a reference/for references
    3 ( Per); information desk
    * * *

     

    Del verbo informar: ( conjugate informar)

    informé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    informe es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    informar    
    informe
    informar ( conjugate informar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/prensa› to inform;

    ¿podría informeme sobre los cursos de idiomas? could you give me some information about language courses?
    verbo intransitivo (dar noticias, información) to report;
    informe sobre algo to report on sth, give a report on sth;
    informe de algo to announce sth
    informarse verbo pronominal
    to get information;
    informese sobre algo to find out o inquire about sth
    informe sustantivo masculino
    1 (exposición, dictamen) report;

    2
    ◊ informes sustantivo masculino plural



    ◊ pedir informes to ask for a reference/for references

    informar
    I verbo transitivo to inform [de, of]
    II verbo intransitivo & verbo transitivo to report
    informe sustantivo masculino
    1 report 2 informes, (para un empleo) references
    ' informe' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acompañar
    - baja
    - disentir
    - estimativa
    - estimativo
    - fragmentaria
    - fragmentario
    - galimatías
    - incluida
    - incluido
    - listada
    - listado
    - memoria
    - ojeada
    - parte
    - peritaje
    - puntual
    - resumir
    - amañar
    - anexo
    - bibliografía
    - corresponder
    - elaborar
    - encargar
    - entregar
    - escamotear
    - exacto
    - filtración
    - global
    - llevar
    - minucioso
    - presentar
    - pulcro
    - redactar
    - reporte
    English:
    absolve
    - account
    - anomaly
    - brief
    - compile
    - concise
    - consistent
    - dispatch
    - error
    - exhaustive
    - foresee
    - glimpse
    - job
    - plonk
    - present
    - reference
    - report
    - report card
    - say
    - school report
    - shapeless
    - slanted
    - submission
    - thrust
    - weekly report
    - audit
    - chase
    - debriefing
    - disservice
    - hold
    - indictment
    - out
    - survey
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [documento, estudio] report ( sobre on o about);
    un informe policial a police report;
    han solicitado el informe de un técnico they have asked for a report from an expert
    informe anual annual report; Com informe de gestión management report
    2. Der = oral summary of case given to the judge by counsel for defence or prosecution, ≈ closing speech
    ♦ informes nmpl
    [información] information; [sobre comportamiento] report; [para un empleo] reference(s)
    informe2 adj
    shapeless
    * * *
    I adj shapeless
    II m
    1 report
    2
    :
    informes pl ( referencias) references
    * * *
    informe adj
    amorfo: shapeless, formless
    1) : report
    2) : reference (for employment)
    3) informes nmpl: information, data
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > informe

  • 49 iniciar un proyecto

    (v.) = launch + effort
    Ex. In May 74 a retrospective cataloguing effort was launched; records for 34,000 items are to be converted to machine-readable form.
    * * *
    (v.) = launch + effort

    Ex: In May 74 a retrospective cataloguing effort was launched; records for 34,000 items are to be converted to machine-readable form.

    Spanish-English dictionary > iniciar un proyecto

  • 50 iniciar una investigación

    (v.) = launch + investigation
    Ex. Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.
    * * *
    (v.) = launch + investigation

    Ex: Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.

    Spanish-English dictionary > iniciar una investigación

  • 51 investigar

    v.
    1 to research.
    2 to investigate.
    3 to carry out an investigation.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (indagar) to investigate
    2 (campo) to do research on
    * * *
    verb
    1) to investigate, inquire
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ accidente, crimen, queja, hechos] to investigate; [+ cuentas, patrimonio] to audit
    2) (Univ) to research, do research into
    3) (=tantear) to check out
    2. VI
    1) [policía, comité] to investigate
    2) (Univ) to do research
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <delito/caso> to investigate

    se investigarán las causas del accidente — there will be an investigation o inquiry into the causes of the accident

    tengo que investigar quién vive arriba — (fam) I have to find out who lives upstairs

    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) persona to research, do research into
    2.
    a) policía to investigate
    b) (Educ, Med, Tec)

    investigar sobre algo — to do research into something, to research into something

    * * *
    = do + study, do + research, enquire into [inquire into, -USA], interrogate, investigate, research, vet, put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight, launch + investigation.
    Ex. I certainly think it would be very interesting for somebody to do a study of the whole question of storage.
    Ex. Optical storage media can facilitate the type of research done in academic libraries.
    Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.
    Ex. Thus, a predominant feature of such software packages is the user related interfaces, which permit a non-programmer to comprehend and interrogate the data stored.
    Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.
    Ex. Archival history is still insufficiently researched.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. It is paramount to put designers themselves under the spotlight for investigative purposes.
    Ex. When the profession once more brought censorship under the spotlight in the 70s, it was less critical and more loath to take a stand.
    Ex. Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.
    ----
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * por investigar = unresearched.
    * que se está investigando = under investigation.
    * sin investigar = unresearched.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <delito/caso> to investigate

    se investigarán las causas del accidente — there will be an investigation o inquiry into the causes of the accident

    tengo que investigar quién vive arriba — (fam) I have to find out who lives upstairs

    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) persona to research, do research into
    2.
    a) policía to investigate
    b) (Educ, Med, Tec)

    investigar sobre algo — to do research into something, to research into something

    * * *
    = do + study, do + research, enquire into [inquire into, -USA], interrogate, investigate, research, vet, put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight, launch + investigation.

    Ex: I certainly think it would be very interesting for somebody to do a study of the whole question of storage.

    Ex: Optical storage media can facilitate the type of research done in academic libraries.
    Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.
    Ex: Thus, a predominant feature of such software packages is the user related interfaces, which permit a non-programmer to comprehend and interrogate the data stored.
    Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.
    Ex: Archival history is still insufficiently researched.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: It is paramount to put designers themselves under the spotlight for investigative purposes.
    Ex: When the profession once more brought censorship under the spotlight in the 70s, it was less critical and more loath to take a stand.
    Ex: Russia has launched an investigation into why a manned space capsule returned to earth hundreds of miles off course.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * por investigar = unresearched.
    * que se está investigando = under investigation.
    * sin investigar = unresearched.

    * * *
    investigar [A3 ]
    vt
    1 ‹delito/caso› to investigate
    una comisión para investigar la venta secreta de armas a committee to investigate the secret sale of arms
    se investigarán las causas del accidente there will be an investigation o inquiry into the causes of the accident
    tengo que investigar quién vive arriba ( fam); I have to find out who lives upstairs
    2 ( Educ, Med, Tec) «persona» to research, do research into
    el libro investiga el desarrollo de su música the book looks at o traces the development of his music
    ■ investigar
    vi
    1 «policía» to investigate
    2 ( Educ, Med, Tec) investigar SOBRE algo to do research INTO sth, to research INTO sth
    * * *

     

    investigar ( conjugate investigar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹delito/caso› to investigate

    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) [ persona] to research, do research into

    verbo intransitivo

    b) (Educ, Med, Tec) investigar sobre algo to research o do research into sth

    investigar verbo transitivo
    1 (estudiar) to research
    2 (indagar) to investigate
    ' investigar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comisionar
    English:
    check up on
    - follow up
    - go into
    - inquire into
    - investigate
    - look into
    - probe
    - probe into
    - read up on
    - research
    - screen
    - see into
    - study
    - thoroughly
    - coroner
    - explore
    - look
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [estudiar] to research
    2. [indagar] to investigate;
    un equipo investiga las causas del accidente a team is investigating the causes of the accident;
    la policía investigó a varios sospechosos the police investigated several suspects
    ♦ vi
    1. [estudiar] to do research ( sobre into o on)
    2. [indagar] to investigate
    * * *
    v/t
    1 crimen investigate
    2 EDU, TÉC research
    * * *
    investigar {52} vt
    1) indagar: to investigate
    2) : to research
    investigar sobre : to do research into
    * * *
    1. (examinar) to investigate
    2. (estudiar) to research / to do research

    Spanish-English dictionary > investigar

  • 52 inútilmente

    adv.
    for nothing, in vain, ineffectually, pointlessly.
    * * *
    ADV (=sin utilidad) uselessly; (=en vano) vainly, fruitlessly
    * * *
    adverbio uselessly
    * * *
    = uselessly, futilely, vainly.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    * * *
    adverbio uselessly
    * * *
    = uselessly, futilely, vainly.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.
    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

    * * *
    uselessly
    * * *

    inútilmente adverbio pointlessly, needlessly, to no avail: barrieron inútilmente las hojas, they pointlessly swept up the leaves
    ' inútilmente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    helplessly
    - pointlessly
    - unhelpfully
    - uselessly
    * * *
    in vain, to no avail;
    no sueñes inútilmente, no podemos permitirnos hacer ese viaje there's no point in dreaming about it, we can't afford that trip
    * * *
    adv uselessly
    * * *
    inútilmente adv uselessly

    Spanish-English dictionary > inútilmente

  • 53 lanzar una iniciativa

    (v.) = launch + initiative
    Ex. Since these original initiatives were launched, however, the information superhighway idea has caught the attention of a diverse group of companies in the private sector.
    * * *
    (v.) = launch + initiative

    Ex: Since these original initiatives were launched, however, the information superhighway idea has caught the attention of a diverse group of companies in the private sector.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lanzar una iniciativa

  • 54 llamar la atención

    to attract attention
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = call + attention to, conspicuousness, attract + attention, excite + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, admonish, strike + Posesivo + fancy, capture + the attention, eye + catch, stand out, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, cut + a dash, seek + attention, make + heads turn, catch + Posesivo + fancy, catch + Posesivo + attention, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash, make + a big noise, hit + home
    Ex. The attention of the borrower is thus called to the presence of crossreferences.
    Ex. One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
    Ex. A few minutes spent with teacher and pupils talking about books conversationally in a by-the-way fashion serves the double purpose of preparing the right set of mind for reading while at the same time attracting attention to books that might be enjoyed.
    Ex. Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
    Ex. Online and CD-ROM vendor literature should be read with caution: its aim is to grab attention and to sell.
    Ex. Some people do actually seek for fiction by title and author, or by author, rather than simply browsing along the shelves hoping for something to catch their eye.
    Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex. Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.
    Ex. Materials that capture the attention of reluctant readers divert their focus from the negative doubts of ability.
    Ex. As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
    Ex. Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex. Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.
    Ex. He soon cut a dash with his liberal but pragmatic solutions to problems besetting the building industry in Sydney.
    Ex. In addition, children are always seeking attention from their parents.
    Ex. Be the centre of attention and make heads turn at any red carpet event with this new body lotion!.
    Ex. At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
    Ex. Since these original initiatives were launched, however, the information superhighway idea has caught the attention of a diverse group of companies in the private sector.
    Ex. Now he plays with lots of kids and is frequently with different children each day depending upon which game or activity peaks his interest.
    Ex. Israeli wine may be young, but it's making a splash worldwide.
    Ex. Everyone here has made a big noise in support of the University of Maryland to the tune of $1000 or more.
    Ex. With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.
    * * *
    (v.) = call + attention to, conspicuousness, attract + attention, excite + attention, grab + Posesivo + attention, catch + Posesivo + eye, admonish, strike + Posesivo + fancy, capture + the attention, eye + catch, stand out, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, cut + a dash, seek + attention, make + heads turn, catch + Posesivo + fancy, catch + Posesivo + attention, peak + Posesivo + interest, make + a splash, make + a big noise, hit + home

    Ex: The attention of the borrower is thus called to the presence of crossreferences.

    Ex: One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
    Ex: A few minutes spent with teacher and pupils talking about books conversationally in a by-the-way fashion serves the double purpose of preparing the right set of mind for reading while at the same time attracting attention to books that might be enjoyed.
    Ex: Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
    Ex: Online and CD-ROM vendor literature should be read with caution: its aim is to grab attention and to sell.
    Ex: Some people do actually seek for fiction by title and author, or by author, rather than simply browsing along the shelves hoping for something to catch their eye.
    Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex: Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.
    Ex: Materials that capture the attention of reluctant readers divert their focus from the negative doubts of ability.
    Ex: As Klaus's acute observations are unhampered by romantic ideals, his eye catches the plastic trash by the roadway as well as the colors of moss on the landing strip.
    Ex: Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex: Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.
    Ex: He soon cut a dash with his liberal but pragmatic solutions to problems besetting the building industry in Sydney.
    Ex: In addition, children are always seeking attention from their parents.
    Ex: Be the centre of attention and make heads turn at any red carpet event with this new body lotion!.
    Ex: At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
    Ex: Since these original initiatives were launched, however, the information superhighway idea has caught the attention of a diverse group of companies in the private sector.
    Ex: Now he plays with lots of kids and is frequently with different children each day depending upon which game or activity peaks his interest.
    Ex: Israeli wine may be young, but it's making a splash worldwide.
    Ex: Everyone here has made a big noise in support of the University of Maryland to the tune of $1000 or more.
    Ex: With our students, with our employees, the stress of the pulp and paper mill's shutdown is starting to hit home.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llamar la atención

  • 55 malhumorado

    adj.
    bad-humored, cranky, bad-tempered, crabbed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: malhumorar.
    * * *
    1 bad-tempered
    \
    estar malhumorado,-a to be in a bad mood
    * * *
    (f. - malhumorada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ bad-tempered, grumpy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.
    Ex. He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex. To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex. The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex. My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex. We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex. Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [SER] <persona/gesto> bad-tempered
    b) [ESTAR] < persona> in a bad mood
    * * *
    = sullen, surly [surlier -comp., surliest -sup.], crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], truculent, peevish, morose, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], ill-humoured [ill-humored, -USA], cranky [crankier -comp., crankiest -sup.], moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, cantankerous, bad-tempered, crabby [crabbier -comp., crabbiest, -sup.], short-tempered, hipped, ornery, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.], grouch, in a grouch.

    Ex: He makes his feelings abundantly clear by sullen silences and glances that indicate complete disgust.

    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The presence of this irony in ill-humored short articles from various journalistic sources is described.
    Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.
    Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.
    Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.
    Ex: To attain this order within the structure of chaos, Eros divided himself into two parts: Eros as amicable, social love and Eros as cantankerous, divisive discord.
    Ex: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
    Ex: The normally perky and intrepid Cristina is flat out crabby these days.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
    Ex: My mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
    Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.
    Ex: We all have a grouch in our lives and if we wake up on the wrong side of the bed or take our daily mean pill, at the very nicest, we have been described as a ' grouch'.
    Ex: Life is too short to be in a grouch all the time.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered
    2 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› in a bad mood
    hoy se ha levantado/anda muy malhumorado he has woken up/he is in a very bad mood today
    * * *

    Del verbo malhumorar: ( conjugate malhumorar)

    malhumorado es:

    el participio

    malhumorado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [SER] ‹persona/gesto› bad-tempered

    b) [ESTAR] ‹ persona› in a bad mood

    malhumorado,-a adjetivo bad-tempered
    ' malhumorado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malencarada
    - malencarado
    - malhumorada
    - colérico
    - taimado
    English:
    crabby
    - cross
    - crotchety
    - crusty
    - grumpy
    - ill-humoured
    - ill-tempered
    - mean
    - moody
    - morose
    - peevish
    - petulant
    - stroppy
    - bad
    - sulky
    - truculent
    * * *
    malhumorado, -a adj
    1. [de mal carácter] bad-tempered
    2. [enfadado] in a bad mood
    * * *
    adj bad-tempered
    * * *
    malhumorado, -da adj
    : bad-tempered, cross
    * * *
    malhumorado adj bad tempered [comp. worse tempered; superl. worst tempered]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malhumorado

  • 56 mitigar

    v.
    1 to alleviate, to reduce (aplacar) (miseria, daño, efecto).
    2 to mitigate, to relieve, to lighten, to alleviate.
    Su amor suaviza el dolor Her love mitigates the pain.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to mitigate, relieve
    * * *
    VT [gen] to mitigate frm; [+ dolor] to relieve, ease; [+ sed] to quench; [+ ira] to calm, appease; [+ temores] to allay; [+ calor] to reduce; [+ soledad] to alleviate, relieve
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < dolor> to relieve, ease; <pena/surfrimiento> to alleviate, mitigate (frml); < sed> to quench
    * * *
    = blunt, bring + relief, temper, mitigate, attenuate, deflate, defuse, take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of, assuage, appease.
    Ex. It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.
    Ex. The recent emergence of microcomputers brought some relief to this dilemma.
    Ex. This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.
    Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.
    Ex. In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.
    Ex. These developments deflate some traditional assumptions about and privileges associated with scientific and technical knowledge.
    Ex. This article gives examples of how problem behaviour can be defused in a library.
    Ex. The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.
    Ex. The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology.
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.
    ----
    * mitigar el daño = minimise + damage, alleviate + damage.
    * mitigar el efecto = mitigate + effect.
    * mitigar el efecto de Algo = minimise + effect.
    * mitigar el riesgo = minimise + risk.
    * mitigar una dificultad = alleviate + difficulty.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < dolor> to relieve, ease; <pena/surfrimiento> to alleviate, mitigate (frml); < sed> to quench
    * * *
    = blunt, bring + relief, temper, mitigate, attenuate, deflate, defuse, take + the sting out of + Algo, take + the bite out of, assuage, appease.

    Ex: It is arguable that such exhortation and implied criticism blunts receptivity and that it is ultimately counterproductive.

    Ex: The recent emergence of microcomputers brought some relief to this dilemma.
    Ex: This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.
    Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.
    Ex: In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.
    Ex: These developments deflate some traditional assumptions about and privileges associated with scientific and technical knowledge.
    Ex: This article gives examples of how problem behaviour can be defused in a library.
    Ex: The director amplified: 'The personal touch would probably take some sting out of the layoff, but if I did it this way I could avoid involved discussions'.
    Ex: The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology.
    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex: They've been working their butts off since the program was launched to appease the crowd.
    * mitigar el daño = minimise + damage, alleviate + damage.
    * mitigar el efecto = mitigate + effect.
    * mitigar el efecto de Algo = minimise + effect.
    * mitigar el riesgo = minimise + risk.
    * mitigar una dificultad = alleviate + difficulty.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.

    * * *
    mitigar [A3 ]
    vt
    to mitigate
    para mitigar los efectos de la crisis económica to mitigate the effects of the economic crisis
    mitigar la pena to alleviate the grief
    no mitiga el dolor it does not relieve o ease o calm the pain
    mitigó el hambre que tenían it relieved their hunger
    * * *

    mitigar ( conjugate mitigar) verbo transitivo ‹ dolor› to relieve, ease;
    ‹pena/sufrimiento› to alleviate, mitigate (frml);
    ‹ sed› to quench
    mitigar verbo transitivo to mitigate, alleviate: estos regalos ayudarán a mitigar el disgusto, these gifts will help alleviate the pain
    ' mitigar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    assuage
    - ease
    - mitigate
    - relieve
    - soften
    * * *
    [aplacar] [efecto] to mitigate; [miseria] to alleviate; [daño] to reduce; [ánimos] to calm; [sed] to quench, to slake; [hambre] to take the edge off; [choque, golpe] to soften; [dudas, sospechas] to allay
    * * *
    v/t
    * * *
    mitigar {52} vt
    aliviar: to mitigate, to alleviate

    Spanish-English dictionary > mitigar

  • 57 múltiple

    adj.
    multiple, manifold, multiplex.
    * * *
    1 multiple
    2 (muchos) many, a number of, numerous
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [colisión, embarazo, fractura] multiple
    2) pl múltiples (=muchos) [aplicaciones, problemas, ocasiones] many, numerous

    esta mesa tiene múltiples usos — this table has many o numerous uses, this is a multipurpose table

    3) (Inform)
    * * *
    1) <aplicaciones/causas> many, numerous
    2) <flor/imagen/fractura> multiple
    * * *
    = manifold, multifarious, multiple, multi-fold, multipronged [multi-pronged], several.
    Ex. Title indexes, despite their manifold weaknesses, have two important points in their favour which make them attractive for some library and information applications.
    Ex. In the case of the book, it is the interplay of such multifarious trends that will determine its destiny.
    Ex. A dual dictionary, as distinct from card-based indexes, can be produced in multiple copies.
    Ex. The novelty of this service is multi-fold.
    Ex. This quarterly theme-based publication was launched as part of a multipronged effort connect research and practice in the field of adult education.
    Ex. There may be several entries per document, or merely one.
    ----
    * acceso múltiple = multiple access.
    * análisis de regresión múltiple = multiple regression analysis.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * colisión múltiple = pile-up.
    * concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.
    * conversación telefónica múltiple = telephone conferencing.
    * de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.
    * de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.
    * de uso múltiple = all-purpose.
    * entrada múltiple = multiple entry.
    * lector múltiple de CD-ROM = jukebox.
    * paginación múltiple = complex pagination.
    * personalidad múltiple = split personality, multiple personality.
    * regresión múltiple = multiple regression.
    * sistema de entrada múltiple = multiple entry system.
    * término compuesto de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept term.
    * unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.
    * * *
    1) <aplicaciones/causas> many, numerous
    2) <flor/imagen/fractura> multiple
    * * *
    = manifold, multifarious, multiple, multi-fold, multipronged [multi-pronged], several.

    Ex: Title indexes, despite their manifold weaknesses, have two important points in their favour which make them attractive for some library and information applications.

    Ex: In the case of the book, it is the interplay of such multifarious trends that will determine its destiny.
    Ex: A dual dictionary, as distinct from card-based indexes, can be produced in multiple copies.
    Ex: The novelty of this service is multi-fold.
    Ex: This quarterly theme-based publication was launched as part of a multipronged effort connect research and practice in the field of adult education.
    Ex: There may be several entries per document, or merely one.
    * acceso múltiple = multiple access.
    * análisis de regresión múltiple = multiple regression analysis.
    * búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.
    * búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.
    * colisión múltiple = pile-up.
    * concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.
    * conversación telefónica múltiple = telephone conferencing.
    * de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.
    * de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.
    * de uso múltiple = all-purpose.
    * entrada múltiple = multiple entry.
    * lector múltiple de CD-ROM = jukebox.
    * paginación múltiple = complex pagination.
    * personalidad múltiple = split personality, multiple personality.
    * regresión múltiple = multiple regression.
    * sistema de entrada múltiple = multiple entry system.
    * término compuesto de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept term.
    * unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.

    * * *
    A ‹aplicaciones/problemas/causas› many, numerous
    un esfuerzo que dará múltiples ventajas an effort which will yield numerous o a great many advantages
    B
    1 ‹flor› multiple
    2 ‹eco/imagen› multiple
    3 ‹apuesta› multiple
    4 ‹fractura› multiple
    * * *

    múltiple adjetivo
    1 ‹aplicaciones/causas› many, numerous
    2 ‹flor/imagen/fractura› multiple
    múltiple adjetivo
    1 (fractura, partida de ajedrez) multiple
    accidente múltiple, pile up 2 múltiples, (muchos) many
    en múltiples ocasiones, many times
    ' múltiple' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acceso
    - esclerosis
    - ladrón
    - ladrona
    - múltipla
    - múltiplo
    - carambola
    - choque
    - test
    English:
    gang bang
    - hook-up
    - multiple
    - multiple sclerosis
    - pile-up
    - adapter
    - MS
    - personal
    - pileup
    - test
    * * *
    1. [variado] multiple;
    una colisión múltiple a multiple collision, a pile-up
    2.
    múltiples [numerosos] many, numerous
    * * *
    adj multiple;
    de múltiple uso re-useable
    * * *
    : multiple

    Spanish-English dictionary > múltiple

  • 58 no tener más alternativa que

    (v.) = have + no other option but
    Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + no other option but

    Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no tener más alternativa que

  • 59 no tener más opción que

    (v.) = have + little choice but, have + no other option but
    Ex. With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
    Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + little choice but, have + no other option but

    Ex: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.

    Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no tener más opción que

  • 60 no tener otra alternativa que

    (v.) = have + no other option but
    Ex. It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + no other option but

    Ex: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no tener otra alternativa que

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