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  • 101 estudiante de enseñanza superior

    Ex. Improvement in the effectiveness of school libraries (e.g., the appointment of qualified librarians instead of seconded teachers) would mean an improvement in the performance of tertiary students.
    * * *

    Ex: Improvement in the effectiveness of school libraries (e.g., the appointment of qualified librarians instead of seconded teachers) would mean an improvement in the performance of tertiary students.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudiante de enseñanza superior

  • 102 exención

    f.
    exemption, waiver, dispensation, exception.
    * * *
    1 exemption
    \
    exención de impuestos tax exemption
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF exemption (de from)

    exención contributiva, exención de impuestos — tax exemption, tax allowance

    * * *
    femenino exemption
    * * *
    = waiver, exemption, write-off [writeoff].
    Ex. Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex. Exemption from membership charges for the elderly on a national scale might mean 280,000 new users.
    Ex. The problem of non-repayment of debts should not be tackled therefore through populist measures such as conversions of loans, interest waivers or absolute write-off.
    ----
    * exención de impuestos = tax exemption.
    * exención del IVA = zero-rate, zero-rating.
    * exención de responsabilidad = disclaimer.
    * exención fiscal = tax write-off.
    * hacer exenciones = make + exemptions.
    * * *
    femenino exemption
    * * *
    = waiver, exemption, write-off [writeoff].

    Ex: Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.

    Ex: Exemption from membership charges for the elderly on a national scale might mean 280,000 new users.
    Ex: The problem of non-repayment of debts should not be tackled therefore through populist measures such as conversions of loans, interest waivers or absolute write-off.
    * exención de impuestos = tax exemption.
    * exención del IVA = zero-rate, zero-rating.
    * exención de responsabilidad = disclaimer.
    * exención fiscal = tax write-off.
    * hacer exenciones = make + exemptions.

    * * *
    exemption
    * * *

    exención sustantivo femenino exemption
    ' exención' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    franquicia
    English:
    exemption
    - dispensation
    * * *
    exemption
    exención fiscal tax exemption
    * * *
    f exemption
    * * *
    exención nf, pl - ciones : exemption

    Spanish-English dictionary > exención

  • 103 experiencia

    f.
    1 experience.
    tiene mucha experiencia en la reparación de lavadoras he has a lot of experience at repairing washing machines
    experiencia laboral work experience
    2 experience (vivencia).
    sé por (propia) experiencia que este trabajo implica sacrificio I know from my own experience that this job involves a lot of sacrifices
    3 experiment (experimento).
    * * *
    1 (gen) experience
    2 (experimento) experiment
    \
    por experiencia from experience
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acontecimientos) experience

    saber por experiencia — to know by o from experience

    2) (=experimento) experiment (en on)
    * * *
    1) (conocimiento, suceso) experience

    experiencia profesional/docente — professional/teaching experience

    2) ( experimento) experiment
    •
    * * *
    = experience, exposure, connoisseurship, seasoning.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. This article also examines the need for exposure to AI by all students in order to become familiar with capabilities and limitations of AI-based systems.
    Ex. This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex. All the artists were influenced by their seasoning as commercial illustrators.
    ----
    * acumular experiencia = garner + experience.
    * adquirido con la experiencia = experiential.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * ámbito de experiencia = circle of experience.
    * ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.
    * aprender de la experiencia = learn from + experience.
    * aprendizaje a través de la experiencia = experiential learning.
    * aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.
    * ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * compartir experiencias = share + experience.
    * compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.
    * con experiencia = experienced.
    * con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.
    * con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.
    * conocer por experiencia = know (by/from) + experience.
    * con poca experiencia = inexperienced.
    * contar experiencias = tell + tales.
    * contar la experiencia = relate + experience, recount + experience.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.
    * experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.
    * experiencia amarga = bitter experience.
    * experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.
    * experiencia cotidiana = flux of experience.
    * experiencia de la vida = experience of life.
    * experiencia del mundo = worldliness.
    * experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.
    * experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.
    * experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.
    * experiencia desalentadora = downer.
    * experiencia difícil = bumpy ride.
    * experiencia docente = teaching experience.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * experiencia enriquecedora = learning experience.
    * experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.
    * experiencia incomparable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia inolvidable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia irrepetible = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia laboral = work experience.
    * experiencia lectora = reading life.
    * experiencia liberadora = liberating experience.
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia mística = mystic experience.
    * experiencia personal = life experience, living experience, personal experience.
    * experiencia política = political experience.
    * experiencia positiva = success story.
    * experiencia práctica = field experience, hands on experience, practical experience.
    * experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional expertise, professional experience.
    * experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.
    * experiencia traumática = traumatic experience.
    * experiencia única = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia vital = living experience.
    * experiencia vivida = life experience, living experience.
    * intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.
    * intercambio de experiencias = exchange of experience.
    * la voz de la experiencia = the voice of experience.
    * mala experiencia = horror story, awful experience.
    * recoger experiencia = garner + experience.
    * servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.
    * servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.
    * servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.
    * sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].
    * sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.
    * tener experiencia = have + experience.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.
    * toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.
    * una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * * *
    1) (conocimiento, suceso) experience

    experiencia profesional/docente — professional/teaching experience

    2) ( experimento) experiment
    •
    * * *
    = experience, exposure, connoisseurship, seasoning.

    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.

    Ex: This article also examines the need for exposure to AI by all students in order to become familiar with capabilities and limitations of AI-based systems.
    Ex: This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex: All the artists were influenced by their seasoning as commercial illustrators.
    * acumular experiencia = garner + experience.
    * adquirido con la experiencia = experiential.
    * adquirir experiencia = gain + experience, cut + Posesivo + teeth (on).
    * ámbito de experiencia = circle of experience.
    * ampliar la experiencia = extend + experience, broaden + experience.
    * aprender de la experiencia = learn from + experience.
    * aprendizaje a través de la experiencia = experiential learning.
    * aprovechar la experiencia profesional = harness + expertise.
    * ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * compartir experiencias = share + experience.
    * compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.
    * con experiencia = experienced.
    * con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.
    * con la sabiduría que da la experiencia = with the benefit of hindsight.
    * conocer por experiencia = know (by/from) + experience.
    * con poca experiencia = inexperienced.
    * contar experiencias = tell + tales.
    * contar la experiencia = relate + experience, recount + experience.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * escuchar la voz de la experiencia = listen to + the voice of experience.
    * experiencia aleccionadora = awakening.
    * experiencia amarga = bitter experience.
    * experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.
    * experiencia cotidiana = flux of experience.
    * experiencia de la vida = experience of life.
    * experiencia del mundo = worldliness.
    * experiencia del mundo real = real-world training.
    * experiencia + demostrar = experience + show.
    * experiencia de primera mano = first-hand experience.
    * experiencia desalentadora = downer.
    * experiencia difícil = bumpy ride.
    * experiencia docente = teaching experience.
    * experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.
    * experiencia enriquecedora = learning experience.
    * experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.
    * experiencia incomparable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia inolvidable = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia irrepetible = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia laboral = work experience.
    * experiencia lectora = reading life.
    * experiencia liberadora = liberating experience.
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia mística = mystic experience.
    * experiencia personal = life experience, living experience, personal experience.
    * experiencia política = political experience.
    * experiencia positiva = success story.
    * experiencia práctica = field experience, hands on experience, practical experience.
    * experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional expertise, professional experience.
    * experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.
    * experiencia traumática = traumatic experience.
    * experiencia única = experience of a lifetime.
    * experiencia vital = living experience.
    * experiencia vivida = life experience, living experience.
    * intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.
    * intercambio de experiencias = exchange of experience.
    * la voz de la experiencia = the voice of experience.
    * mala experiencia = horror story, awful experience.
    * recoger experiencia = garner + experience.
    * servir de experiencia = chart + the waters.
    * servirse de la experiencia = draw on/upon + background.
    * servirse de la experiencia de = draw on/upon + experience of.
    * sin experiencia = inexperience, callow [callower -comp., callowest -sup.].
    * sufrir una experiencia = undergo + experience.
    * tener experiencia = have + experience.
    * terrible experiencia = ordeal.
    * toda una vida de experiencia = a lifetime of experience.
    * una gran experiencia = a wealth of experience.
    * un caudal de experiencia = a wealth of experience.

    * * *
    A
    1 (conocimiento, práctica) experience
    un médico con mucha experiencia a very experienced doctor, a doctor with a great deal of experience
    no tengo ninguna experiencia en este tipo de trabajo I have no experience in this sort of work
    experiencia laboral/profesional/docente work/professional/teaching experience
    lo sé por experiencia propia I know from my own experience
    2 (hecho, suceso) experience
    este viaje ha sido una experiencia inolvidable this trip has been an unforgettable experience
    B (experimento) experiment
    Compuesto:
    pilot scheme
    * * *

     

    experiencia sustantivo femenino
    a) (conocimiento, suceso) experience;

    ◊ saber algo por experiencia to know sth by o from experience;

    experiencia piloto pilot scheme

    experiencia sustantivo femenino experience: lo sé por experiencia, I know it from experience
    ♦ Locuciones: con experiencia, experienced
    sin experiencia, inexperienced
    ' experiencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balanza
    - baqueteada
    - baqueteado
    - curtida
    - curtido
    - dilatada
    - dilatado
    - docencia
    - escaldada
    - escaldado
    - extracorpórea
    - extracorpóreo
    - fascinador
    - fascinadora
    - fascinante
    - fructífera
    - fructífero
    - fructificar
    - guarnición
    - mundo
    - sabiduría
    - traumática
    - traumático
    - verde
    - vivir
    - acumular
    - adquirir
    - alguien
    - amargo
    - compensar
    - contar
    - cuidado
    - envejecer
    - escaso
    - espeluznante
    - función
    - ganar
    - imberbe
    - inexperto
    - marcar
    - místico
    - previo
    - provecho
    - saludable
    - sobrado
    - superar
    - terrible
    - trago
    - valioso
    - vasto
    English:
    around
    - blot out
    - build up
    - come
    - cost
    - dispose
    - downer
    - draw on
    - experience
    - first-hand
    - gain
    - get through
    - green
    - hand
    - have
    - lack
    - learned
    - lesson
    - live through
    - mind-blowing
    - miss
    - ordeal
    - previous
    - think back
    - time
    - traumatic
    - trying
    - unforgettable
    - unqualified
    - unrewarding
    - wide
    - worthwhile
    - background
    - experienced
    - familiarity
    - from
    - inexperience
    - inexperienced
    - know
    - substitute
    - weigh
    - work
    * * *
    1. [veteranía] experience;
    tiene mucha experiencia en la reparación de lavadoras he has a lot of experience at repairing washing machines;
    se necesita jefe de mantenimiento con amplia experiencia [en anuncio] wanted: maintenance foreman with extensive experience;
    ¿qué experiencia tiene como jardinero? what experience do you have as a gardener?;
    la experiencia es la madre de la ciencia experience is the mother of wisdom
    experiencia laboral work experience
    2. [vivencia] experience;
    viví una experiencia única I had a unique experience;
    sé por (propia) experiencia que este trabajo implica sacrificio I know from my own experience that this job involves a lot of sacrifices
    3. [experimento] experiment
    * * *
    f experience;
    por experiencia from experience;
    sin experiencia inexperienced
    * * *
    1) : experience
    2) experimento: experiment
    * * *
    experiencia n experience

    Spanish-English dictionary > experiencia

  • 104 experto2

    2 = adept, experienced, master, skilled, trained, seasoned, qualified, virtuoso, expert, deft, technically minded.
    Ex. The machine is indeed quite adept at creating alternate access points and customized sequences.
    Ex. Thus, complex and irrational arrangements can be tolerated, since only relatively experienced staff need to be able to locate items.
    Ex. The plot for 99.9 percent represents about the norm for good master typists.
    Ex. When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.
    Ex. The WILSONDISC system appears easier to the trained searcher who can gather a great body of relevant material by using Boolean free text searching.
    Ex. At the same time, seasoned librarians are faced with new learning requirements for computer seaching.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. An enquirer upstaged by a virtuoso parade of knowledge may be unwilling to venture into the limelight again.
    Ex. A situation involving the dangerous or apparently dangerous person (perhaps someone reportedly carrying a gun or knife) requires the librarian to summon expert help.
    Ex. In this live peformance video, Joan Sutherland's coloratura is as deft as ever.
    Ex. The building was without electricity for much of the day as some planned system upgrades were implemented (for the technically minded, some old gubbings were apparently replaced with sleek shiny new ones).
    ----
    * conocimiento experto = expertise.
    * enviar a un asesor experto = refer.
    * inexperto = naive [naïve].
    * mecanógrafo experto = master typist.
    * no experto = non-expert [nonexpert].
    * parecido a un sistema experto = expert-type.
    * persona no experta = non-scholar.
    * ser experto en = be skilled at.
    * sistema experto = expert system, knowledge-base system.

    Spanish-English dictionary > experto2

  • 105 graduado

    adj.
    graduate, postgraduate, post-graduate.
    f. & m.
    graduate, postgraduate, graduate student, alumnus.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: graduar.
    * * *
    1→ link=graduar graduar
    1 graduated
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 EDUCACIÓN graduate
    \
    gafas graduadas prescription glasses
    * * *
    graduado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [escala] graduated

    gafas graduadas — prescription glasses, glasses with prescription lenses

    2) (Educ) graduate antes de s
    3) [militar] commissioned
    2.
    SM / F (=estudiante) graduate
    3.
    SM pl graduado escolar Esp formerly, certificate of success in EGB course
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) <gafas/lentes> prescription (before n)
    b) < termómetro> graduated
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Educ) graduate
    * * *
    = scaled, graduate, graduated, grad (graduate).
    Ex. This article reports on the nature of scaled, dichotomous relevance judgements which questioned the use of the mid-point in a scale as the break between relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex. In general, off-campus graduates were older, less mobile, had more family responsibilities, and used support structures generally available to mature adults.
    Ex. The programme involves a graduated series of library assignments, with accompanying worksheets, and helps to reinforce and enhance the quality of student projects.
    Ex. The article 'New directions for recent grads' surveys the employment of 1994 graduates of library schools in the USA.
    ----
    * gafas graduadas = prescription glasses.
    * graduado escolar = grade-school education.
    * recién graduado = newly-qualified.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) <gafas/lentes> prescription (before n)
    b) < termómetro> graduated
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Educ) graduate
    * * *
    = scaled, graduate, graduated, grad (graduate).

    Ex: This article reports on the nature of scaled, dichotomous relevance judgements which questioned the use of the mid-point in a scale as the break between relevant and non-relevant documents.

    Ex: In general, off-campus graduates were older, less mobile, had more family responsibilities, and used support structures generally available to mature adults.
    Ex: The programme involves a graduated series of library assignments, with accompanying worksheets, and helps to reinforce and enhance the quality of student projects.
    Ex: The article 'New directions for recent grads' surveys the employment of 1994 graduates of library schools in the USA.
    * gafas graduadas = prescription glasses.
    * graduado escolar = grade-school education.
    * recién graduado = newly-qualified.

    * * *
    graduado1 -da
    1 ‹gafas/lentes› prescription ( before n)
    2 ‹termómetro› graduated
    graduado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    A (estudiante) graduate
    B
    graduado masculine (título) (en Esp) tb graduado escolar primary education qualification
    * * *

    Del verbo graduar: ( conjugate graduar)

    graduado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    graduado    
    graduar
    graduado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹gafas/lentes› prescription ( before n)


    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Educ) graduate
    graduar ( conjugate graduar) verbo transitivo

    b) ( marcar) ‹instrumento/termómetro› to calibrate

    graduarse verbo pronominal
    a) (Educ) to graduate


    graduado,-a
    I adjetivo he encargado unas gafas de sol graduadas, I ordered some prescription sunglasses
    II mf graduate
    graduar verbo transitivo
    1 (calibrar) to regulate
    (la vista) to test
    (un termómetro) to graduate
    2 Educ Mil to confer a degree o a rank on
    ' graduado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    graduada
    English:
    graduated
    * * *
    graduado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [termómetro] graduated;
    gafas graduadas prescription glasses;
    recipiente graduado [jarra] measuring jug
    2. [universitario] graduate
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] graduate graduado social graduate in social work
    ♦ nm
    Esp Educ graduado escolar [título] = certificate of primary education
    * * *
    I adj
    1 aparato de medida graduated
    2 lentes, gafas prescription atr
    3 EDU graduate atr
    II m, graduada f graduate
    * * *
    graduado, -da adj
    1) : graduated
    2)
    lentes graduados : prescription lenses
    graduado, -da n
    : graduate
    * * *
    graduado n graduate

    Spanish-English dictionary > graduado

  • 106 gratis

    adj.
    free, free of charge, give-away, costless.
    adv.
    free, for nothing.
    ser gratis to be free
    me salió gratis el viaje the journey didn't cost me anything
    * * *
    1 free
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADV free, for nothing

    de gratis — LAm gratis

    2.
    ADJ free
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo free
    II
    adverbio free
    * * *
    = free, freely, free of charge, giveaway [give-away], gratis, complimentary, without charge, pro bono, at no cost, no cost(s), free of cost, cost free, freebie, for free, without cost, freely available, costless, free for the taking, at no charge, on a complimentary basis.
    Ex. Late in 1986, the Medical Library took advantage of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' free trial offer of its compact Medline on CD-ROM.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex. HUD publications range from give-away pamphlets to multi-volume research tomes = Las publicaciones HUD van desde los folletos gratuitos a tomos de investigaciones en varios volúmenes.
    Ex. Answers were obtained from 102 centres, 1/2 of which provide information services gratis, but some charges for photocopying.
    Ex. This is a classified, annotated guide to magazines which fall into the general category of house magazines available to libraries on a complimentary basis.
    Ex. There is a drop-in centre with a fully equipped sound recording studio and video editing suite offering guitar tuition and rehearsal space to local teenagers without charge.
    Ex. Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
    Ex. Some commercial information providers are giving away a little information at no cost in order to attract customers onto the system.
    Ex. Respondents who preferred CD-ROM searching did so because they liked doing their own searches and the fact that there were no costs involved.
    Ex. An annexure reviews electronic journals available free of cost.
    Ex. In an attempt to overcome this problem, a group of small health related libraries responded by forming a cost free cooperative called GRATIS in 1982.
    Ex. The article 'Professional reference service with ' freebie' librarians' discusses the free online reference service offered by the Internet Public Library.
    Ex. In addition, most or all of the contents of the resources listed are available for free.
    Ex. The author looks at how 'free' information really is and whether we can continue to expect high quality information to be available without cost.
    Ex. Thus, resources should be freely available, or at the very last charge only nominal fees for their use.
    Ex. Another property of DSMA protocols is a provision for a graceful dynamic reconfiguration and costless protocol recovery after a lost token.
    Ex. The short answer of course is 'yes,' simply because we now live in a world where these resources are expected to be there, and many expect them to be there free for the taking.
    Ex. This latest move makes available at no charge more than 150 electronic publications for which fees were previously charged.
    Ex. Mountain bikes are available on a complimentary basis for guests who wish to explore the scenic north coast of the island.
    ----
    * billete gratis = free ticket.
    * de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.
    * de pago o gratis = fee or free, fee versus free.
    * entrada gratis = free ticket.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * obtener gratis = obtain + free.
    * recibir gratis = get + free.
    * servicio gratis = frill.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo free
    II
    adverbio free
    * * *
    = free, freely, free of charge, giveaway [give-away], gratis, complimentary, without charge, pro bono, at no cost, no cost(s), free of cost, cost free, freebie, for free, without cost, freely available, costless, free for the taking, at no charge, on a complimentary basis.

    Ex: Late in 1986, the Medical Library took advantage of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' free trial offer of its compact Medline on CD-ROM.

    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex: Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex: HUD publications range from give-away pamphlets to multi-volume research tomes = Las publicaciones HUD van desde los folletos gratuitos a tomos de investigaciones en varios volúmenes.
    Ex: Answers were obtained from 102 centres, 1/2 of which provide information services gratis, but some charges for photocopying.
    Ex: This is a classified, annotated guide to magazines which fall into the general category of house magazines available to libraries on a complimentary basis.
    Ex: There is a drop-in centre with a fully equipped sound recording studio and video editing suite offering guitar tuition and rehearsal space to local teenagers without charge.
    Ex: Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
    Ex: Some commercial information providers are giving away a little information at no cost in order to attract customers onto the system.
    Ex: Respondents who preferred CD-ROM searching did so because they liked doing their own searches and the fact that there were no costs involved.
    Ex: An annexure reviews electronic journals available free of cost.
    Ex: In an attempt to overcome this problem, a group of small health related libraries responded by forming a cost free cooperative called GRATIS in 1982.
    Ex: The article 'Professional reference service with ' freebie' librarians' discusses the free online reference service offered by the Internet Public Library.
    Ex: In addition, most or all of the contents of the resources listed are available for free.
    Ex: The author looks at how 'free' information really is and whether we can continue to expect high quality information to be available without cost.
    Ex: Thus, resources should be freely available, or at the very last charge only nominal fees for their use.
    Ex: Another property of DSMA protocols is a provision for a graceful dynamic reconfiguration and costless protocol recovery after a lost token.
    Ex: The short answer of course is 'yes,' simply because we now live in a world where these resources are expected to be there, and many expect them to be there free for the taking.
    Ex: This latest move makes available at no charge more than 150 electronic publications for which fees were previously charged.
    Ex: Mountain bikes are available on a complimentary basis for guests who wish to explore the scenic north coast of the island.
    * billete gratis = free ticket.
    * de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.
    * de pago o gratis = fee or free, fee versus free.
    * entrada gratis = free ticket.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * obtener gratis = obtain + free.
    * recibir gratis = get + free.
    * servicio gratis = frill.

    * * *
    free
    la entrada es gratis entrance is free
    este folleto es gratis this brochure is free (of charge) o gratis
    free
    me lo arregló gratis he fixed it for me free
    entramos gratis we got in free o for nothing
    * * *

     

    gratis adj/adv
    free;

    entramos gratis we got in free o for nothing
    gratis
    I adv inv free: le salió gratis la matrícula, his registration was free
    II adjetivo free: hay un billete gratis para ir al cine, we have a free ticket for the movies

    ' gratis' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balde
    - gratuidad
    - gratuita
    - gratuito
    - pesetera
    - pesetero
    English:
    bonus
    - charge
    - complimentary
    - delivery
    - free
    - mooch
    - nothing
    - toll-free
    - wangle
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    free;
    ser gratis to be free;
    entrada gratis [en letrero] entrance free
    ♦ adv
    (for) free, for nothing;
    entré gratis al concierto I got into the concert (for) free o for nothing;
    me salió gratis el viaje the journey didn't cost me anything
    * * *
    adj & adv free
    * * *
    gratis adv
    gratuitamente: free, for free, gratis
    gratis adj
    gratuito: free, gratis
    * * *
    gratis adv
    1. (sin pagar) free
    2. (sin cobrar) for nothing

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  • 107 género humano

    m.
    human race, mankind, humanity, humankind.
    * * *
    el género humano the human race, mankind
    * * *
    (n.) = humankind
    Ex. Information has recently been qualified as a humankind's heritage.
    * * *
    el género humano the human race, mankind
    * * *
    (n.) = humankind

    Ex: Information has recently been qualified as a humankind's heritage.

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  • 108 hablar de

    v.
    1 to talk about, to hold forth on, to speak of, to talk of.
    Hablamos del clima We talked about the weather.
    2 to tell about, to speak about.
    María habló de Ricardo Mary told about Richard.
    * * *
    (v.) = be on about, talk about, tell of
    Ex. He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
    Ex. All of her work has been with public service aspects of librarianship; she's especially well qualified to talk about the reader's side of catalog use.
    Ex. Roger Horn tells of a librarian who actually complained in print that just as the materials began to pile up nicely the enquirers were in the habit of disappearing.
    * * *
    (v.) = be on about, talk about, tell of

    Ex: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.

    Ex: All of her work has been with public service aspects of librarianship; she's especially well qualified to talk about the reader's side of catalog use.
    Ex: Roger Horn tells of a librarian who actually complained in print that just as the materials began to pile up nicely the enquirers were in the habit of disappearing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablar de

  • 109 humanidad

    f.
    1 humanity.
    2 humanism, benevolence, kindness, humaneness.
    * * *
    1 (género humano) humanity, mankind
    2 (cualidad) humanity, humaneness
    3 (benignidad) compassion, benevolence, kindness
    4 (corpulencia) corpulence
    1 EDUCACIÓN humanities
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=género humano) humanity, mankind
    2) (=benevolencia) humanity, humaneness frm
    3) * (=gordura) corpulence
    4) pl humanidades (Educ) humanities
    * * *
    1)

    la humanidad — the human race, humanity, mankind

    b) (piedad, benevolencia) humanity
    2)
    a) (fam & hum) ( corpulencia) bulk

    qué olor a humanidad! — (euf) there's a tremendous smell of the great unwashed in here! (hum)

    3) humanidades femenino plural ( estudios de letras) humanities (pl); ( enseñanza secundaria) (Chi) secondary education
    * * *
    = humanity, mankind, humanity, humankind.
    Ex. Considered as necessary work in the interest of humanity and general enlightenment, bibliography gains ground as the years pass.
    Ex. The public library is a way of escape from the narrow area of our individual lives into the field, finite, no doubt, but unbounded, of the wisdom and experience of all mankind.
    Ex. Librarians need a special combination of tact, patience, and humanity to serve users satisfactorily.
    Ex. Information has recently been qualified as a humankind's heritage.
    ----
    * cuna de la humanidad = cradle of mankind.
    * diplomatura en humanidades = B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), B.A. degree.
    * Fundación Nacional para las Humanidades (NEH) = National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
    * historia de la humanidad = human history.
    * historia de la humanidad, la = history of humanity, the, history of mankind, the.
    * humanidades, las = humanities, the, liberal arts, the.
    * humanidades y ciencias sociales = arts and social sciences.
    * Licenciatura de Humanidades = M.Phil. (Master in Philosophy).
    * patrimonio de la humanidad = world heritage.
    * * *
    1)

    la humanidad — the human race, humanity, mankind

    b) (piedad, benevolencia) humanity
    2)
    a) (fam & hum) ( corpulencia) bulk

    qué olor a humanidad! — (euf) there's a tremendous smell of the great unwashed in here! (hum)

    3) humanidades femenino plural ( estudios de letras) humanities (pl); ( enseñanza secundaria) (Chi) secondary education
    * * *
    = humanity, mankind, humanity, humankind.

    Ex: Considered as necessary work in the interest of humanity and general enlightenment, bibliography gains ground as the years pass.

    Ex: The public library is a way of escape from the narrow area of our individual lives into the field, finite, no doubt, but unbounded, of the wisdom and experience of all mankind.
    Ex: Librarians need a special combination of tact, patience, and humanity to serve users satisfactorily.
    Ex: Information has recently been qualified as a humankind's heritage.
    * cuna de la humanidad = cradle of mankind.
    * diplomatura en humanidades = B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), B.A. degree.
    * Fundación Nacional para las Humanidades (NEH) = National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
    * historia de la humanidad = human history.
    * historia de la humanidad, la = history of humanity, the, history of mankind, the.
    * humanidades, las = humanities, the, liberal arts, the.
    * humanidades y ciencias sociales = arts and social sciences.
    * Licenciatura de Humanidades = M.Phil. (Master in Philosophy).
    * patrimonio de la humanidad = world heritage.

    * * *
    A
    (género humano): la humanidad the human race, humanity, mankind
    en la historia de la humanidad in the history of the human race o of mankind
    B (piedad, benevolencia) humanity
    C
    2
    (muchedumbre): ¡qué olor a humanidad! ( euf); there's a tremendous smell of the great unwashed in here! ( hum)
    1 (estudios de letras) humanities (pl)
    2 ( Chi) (enseñanza secundaria) secondary education
    * * *

    humanidad sustantivo femenino


    b) (piedad, benevolencia) humanity

    c)

    ◊ humanidades sustantivo femenino plural ( estudios de letras) humanities (pl);


    ( enseñanza secundaria) (Chi) secondary education
    humanidad sustantivo femenino
    1 (especie humana) humanity, mankind
    2 (virtudes propias del ser humano) humanity, benevolence
    3 las humanidades, the humanities
    ' humanidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    invocación
    English:
    crime
    - humanity
    - man
    - mankind
    - whole
    * * *
    1. [género humano] humanity;
    el progreso de la humanidad the progress of the human race o of humankind;
    Fam
    aquí huele a humanidad it's humming in here
    2. [sentimiento] humanity;
    los trataron con humanidad they were treated humanely
    3. Educ
    humanidades humanities;
    la Facultad de Humanidades the Faculty of Humanities
    4. Fam [cuerpo, corpulencia] bulk;
    tropezó y dio con toda su humanidad en el suelo he tripped and his enormous bulk came crashing to the ground
    * * *
    f
    1 humanity
    2
    :
    humanidades pl EDU humanities
    * * *
    1) : humanity, mankind
    2) : humaneness
    3) humanidades nfpl
    : humanities pl
    * * *
    humanidad n humanity

    Spanish-English dictionary > humanidad

  • 110 imponer sanciones

    (v.) = exercise + sanctions
    Ex. This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.
    * * *
    (v.) = exercise + sanctions

    Ex: This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.

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  • 111 importancia

    f.
    importance.
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to something
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia important, of importance
    sin importancia unimportant
    quitar importancia a algo to play something down
    * * *
    1 importance
    \
    dar importancia a algo to take something seriously
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia (gen) important 2 (herida, lesión) serious
    no tiene importancia it's nothing, it doesn't matter, it's not important
    quitar importancia a algo, restar importancia a algo to play something down
    sin importancia unimportant
    tener importancia to be important
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?

    no te preocupes, no tiene importancia — don't worry, it's not important

    • carecer de importancia — to be unimportant

    • de cierta importancia — [empresa, asunto] of some importance, important; [herida] serious

    • conceder o dar mucha importancia a algo — to attach great importance to sth

    no quiero darle más importancia de la que tiene, pero... — I don't want to make an issue of this but...

    • darse importancia — to give o.s. airs

    • quitar o restar importancia a algo — to make light of sth, play down the importance of sth

    • sin importancia — [herida, comentario] minor

    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex. Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex. Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex. Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex. The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex. To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex. A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex. I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
    ----
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.
    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.

    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

    Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex: Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex: Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex: Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex: The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex: There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex: To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex: A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex: I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

    * * *
    importance
    temas de gran importancia matters of great importance o significance o ( frml) of great import
    ésos son detalles sin importancia those are minor o unimportant o insignificant details
    trató de quitarle or restarle importancia al problema she tried to make light of the problem, she tried to play down the importance of the problem
    no debemos darle tanta importancia a este tema we should not make so much of this matter, we should not attach too much importance to this matter
    siento llegar tarde — no tiene importancia I'm sorry I'm late — it doesn't matter
    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? so what?
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    * * *

     

    importancia sustantivo femenino
    importance;

    quitarle importancia a algo to play down the importance of sth;
    detalles sin importancia minor o insignificant details;
    no tiene importancia it doesn't matter;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    importancia sustantivo femenino importance, significance: no te preocupes, no tiene importancia, don't worry, it's nothing
    el accidente fue de cierta importancia, the accident was quite serious
    dar importancia a, to attach importance to
    quitarle importancia a algo, to play down the importance of sthg
    sin importancia, unimportant
    ♦ Locuciones: darse importancia, to give oneself airs

    ' importancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acento
    - acentuar
    - alta
    - alto
    - bagatela
    - calibre
    - cobrar
    - conceder
    - dimensión
    - énfasis
    - entidad
    - envergadura
    - escatológico
    - fallo
    - ignorar
    - incidir
    - insignificancia
    - insistir
    - interés
    - levedad
    - marcar
    - minúscula
    - minúsculo
    - niñería
    - palidecer
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - primera
    - primero
    - primordial
    - protagonismo
    - quitar
    - recalcar
    - relativa
    - relativo
    - relieve
    - representar
    - restar
    - revestir
    - subrayar
    - suceso
    - suma
    - sumo
    - talla
    - tontería
    - valor
    - vital
    - vuelo
    - alguno
    - capital
    English:
    account
    - attach
    - count
    - emphasize
    - importance
    - incidental
    - irrelevant
    - issue
    - light
    - little
    - major
    - matter
    - mind
    - minimize
    - minor
    - moment
    - momentous
    - override
    - paramount
    - play down
    - primary
    - prime
    - prominence
    - read
    - ride
    - shrug off
    - significance
    - smooth over
    - store
    - thrust forward
    - unimportant
    - vital
    - vitally
    - all
    - all right
    - consideration
    - descend
    - detail
    - emphasis
    - gloss
    - hot
    - import
    - magistrate
    - menial
    - play
    - small
    - trifling
    - utmost
    * * *
    importance;
    de importancia important, of importance;
    un tratamiento médico reservado a los casos de importancia a treatment reserved for serious cases;
    un arquitecto de importancia an important architect;
    recibió un golpe de cierta importancia he took a fairly heavy knock;
    adquirir o [m5] cobrar importancia to become important, to take on significance;
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs;
    no tiene importancia [no es importante] it's not important;
    [no pasa nada] it doesn't matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    ha sido un rasguño sin importancia it's only a little scratch;
    quitar o [m5] restar importancia a algo to play sth down
    * * *
    f importance;
    dar importancia a attach importance to;
    restar importancia a algo make light of sth, play sth down;
    tener importancia be important;
    no tiene importancia it’s not important, it doesn’t matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    darse importancia give o.s. airs
    * * *
    : importance
    * * *
    importancia n importance
    darse importancia to give yourself airs [pt. gave; pp. given]
    tener importancia to be important / to matter

    Spanish-English dictionary > importancia

  • 112 incumplir una norma

    (v.) = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules
    Ex. This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.
    Ex. It seemed to him that they had violated some of their rules.
    Ex. So long as the department carries out its responsibilities well and violate no regulations, there is little likelihood that the library director will attempt to impose his or her individual style of management on the independent section head.
    Ex. These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.
    * * *
    (v.) = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules

    Ex: This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.

    Ex: It seemed to him that they had violated some of their rules.
    Ex: So long as the department carries out its responsibilities well and violate no regulations, there is little likelihood that the library director will attempt to impose his or her individual style of management on the independent section head.
    Ex: These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > incumplir una norma

  • 113 industrias que dependen de los recursos humanos

    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    * * *

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > industrias que dependen de los recursos humanos

  • 114 infringir una norma

    (v.) = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules
    Ex. This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.
    Ex. It seemed to him that they had violated some of their rules.
    Ex. So long as the department carries out its responsibilities well and violate no regulations, there is little likelihood that the library director will attempt to impose his or her individual style of management on the independent section head.
    Ex. These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.
    * * *
    (v.) = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules

    Ex: This entails restricting membership to properly qualified persons only, and exercising sanctions on members who infringe professional standards.

    Ex: It seemed to him that they had violated some of their rules.
    Ex: So long as the department carries out its responsibilities well and violate no regulations, there is little likelihood that the library director will attempt to impose his or her individual style of management on the independent section head.
    Ex: These policies indiscriminately suspend, expel, & punish harshly students who break rules under these policies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > infringir una norma

  • 115 muy + Participio Pasado

    (adj.) = widely + Participio Pasado, extensively + Participio Pasado
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. Litmus is extensively employed by chemists as an indicator for the detection of acids and alkalis.
    * * *
    (adj.) = widely + Participio Pasado, extensively + Participio Pasado

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Ex: Litmus is extensively employed by chemists as an indicator for the detection of acids and alkalis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy + Participio Pasado

  • 116 novela de amor

    (n.) = love story, love fiction
    Ex. Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = love story, love fiction

    Ex: Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela de amor

  • 117 novela de misterio

    (n.) = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel
    Ex. In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
    Ex. The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.
    * * *
    (n.) = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel

    Ex: In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
    Ex: The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela de misterio

  • 118 novela del oeste

    (n.) = western, western story
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = western, western story

    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela del oeste

  • 119 novela romántica

    f.
    romantic novel, love story, romance novel, romance story.
    * * *
    (n.) = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel, romance fiction
    Ex. Its popularity is attested to by its enormous sales which clearly indicate that for many women a new romantic novel is worth the outlay of a certain sum of money.
    Ex. Jane Austen's novels, for example, are often read simply as historical romance stories.
    Ex. This article discusses the place of teenage romance novels in the school library.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel, romance fiction

    Ex: Its popularity is attested to by its enormous sales which clearly indicate that for many women a new romantic novel is worth the outlay of a certain sum of money.

    Ex: Jane Austen's novels, for example, are often read simply as historical romance stories.
    Ex: This article discusses the place of teenage romance novels in the school library.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela romántica

  • 120 personal1

    1 = manpower, manpower force, personnel, staff, staffing, work-force [workforce], crew.
    Ex. The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.
    Ex. This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex. Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.
    Ex. The current LC MARC data base contains both records created by the LC staff and those created by co-operating libraries and verified by the LC.
    Ex. During the discussions it became apparent that the most pressing issues of staffing, resources, procedural complexities and educational opportunities related to IT.
    Ex. Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex. Phillips has 12 installations with a crew of 15-450 men.
    ----
    * actitud del personal = staff attitude.
    * administración de personal = personnel administration.
    * ahorro de personal = staff saving.
    * apoyo del personal = staff support.
    * asignar personal = commit + manpower.
    * bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.
    * costes de personal = staff costs.
    * dedicación del personal = staff hours.
    * desarrollo profesional del personal = staff development.
    * dotación de personal = staffing.
    * encargado de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer.
    * evaluación del personal = personnel evaluation.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * falta de personal = undermanning.
    * falto de personal = understaffed [under-staffed].
    * formación continua del personal = staff development.
    * formación del personal = staff training, professional development.
    * formar personal = produce + personnel.
    * funciones del personal = staff duties.
    * gastos en personal = staff costs.
    * gestión de personal = personnel management.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * miembro del personal = staff member, staffer.
    * movimiento de personal = staff turnover, turnover, labour turnover.
    * número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.
    * personal administrativo = administrative staff.
    * personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.
    * personal auxiliar = clerical staff.
    * personal bibliotecario = library personnel, library staff, library worker.
    * personal civil = civilian staff.
    * personal cualificado = qualified staff, qualified personnel.
    * personal de ambulancia = ambulance crew.
    * personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.
    * personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.
    * personal de cabina = cabin crew.
    * personal de dirección = senior staff, senior management.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * personal del mostrador = counter staff.
    * personal del mostrador de préstamo = counter staff.
    * personal de mantenimiento = service worker.
    * personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.
    * personal de recepción = reception staff.
    * personal de referencia = reference staff, reference personnel.
    * personal de secretaría = secretarial staff.
    * personal de seguridad = security staff.
    * personal de servicios = service worker.
    * personal de un centro multimedia escolar = school media staff.
    * personal de vuelo = flight crew.
    * personal equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent staff (FTE staff).
    * personal joven = new blood.
    * personal más nuevo = junior staff.
    * personal militar = military personnel.
    * personal necesario = staffing levels.
    * personal paraprofesional = paraprofessional staff.
    * personal profesional = professional staff.
    * personal sanitario = clinical staff.
    * personal técnico = technical staff.
    * personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.
    * política de personal = personnel policy, staff policy.
    * puesta al día del personal = staff development.
    * que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = labour-intensive [labour intensive], staff-intensive [staff intensive].
    * razones del movimiento de personal = turnover behaviour.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.
    * registro de personal = personnel record.
    * renovación de personal = turnover, labour turnover.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * ritmo de movimiento de personal = turnover rate.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.
    * selección de personal = personnel recruitment.
    * sólo para personal autorizado = restricted access.
    * tareas del personal = staff duties.
    * tasa de movimiento de personal = turnover rate, turnover rate.
    * turnos del personal = staffing rota.
    * vacante de personal = staff vacancy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personal1

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