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become obsolete

Толкование Перевод

1 quedar anticuado

• become obsolete

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > quedar anticuado
2 quedar obsoleto

• become antiquated

• become obsolete

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > quedar obsoleto
3 caer en desuso

• become obsolete

• fall into disuse

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > caer en desuso
4 perder actualidad

• become obsolete

• go out of business

• go out of line

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > perder actualidad
5 obsoleto

adj.

obsolete, outdated, antiquated, old-fashioned.

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obsoleto

► adjetivo

1 obsolete

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ADJ obsolete

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- ta adjetivo obsolete

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= anachronistic, obsolete, outdated [out-dated], outmoded, redundant, out of touch with + reality, timed, passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style, dated, byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], long in the tooth.

Ex. We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, IMMORAL is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.

Ex. To remove obsolete fine records from the online system, there is a programm to find all fines paid before a particular date and to remove them.

Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex. With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.

Ex. The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.

Ex. Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.

Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.

Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

Ex. In general, however, the author's approach to his comparative method -- that comparativism is out of vogue -- is rather parochial.

Ex. Abstract art has lately been considered out of fashion in the art centers of New York.

Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.

Ex. Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.

Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.

Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.

Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

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* hacer que sea obsoleto = render + obsolete, render + redundant.

* quedarse obsoleto = be overtaken by events, outgrow.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

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- ta adjetivo obsolete

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= anachronistic, obsolete, outdated [out-dated], outmoded, redundant, out of touch with + reality, timed, passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style, dated, byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], long in the tooth.

Ex: We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, IMMORAL is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.

Ex: To remove obsolete fine records from the online system, there is a programm to find all fines paid before a particular date and to remove them.

Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex: With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.

Ex: The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.

Ex: Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.

Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.

Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

Ex: In general, however, the author's approach to his comparative method -- that comparativism is out of vogue -- is rather parochial.

Ex: Abstract art has lately been considered out of fashion in the art centers of New York.

Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.

Ex: Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.

Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.

Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.

Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

* hacer que sea obsoleto = render + obsolete, render + redundant.

* quedarse obsoleto = be overtaken by events, outgrow.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

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obsoleto -ta

adjective

obsolete

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obsoleto
◊ -ta adjetivo

obsolete
obsoleto,-a adjetivo obsolete: ese sistema de riego ha quedado obsoleto, this irrigation system is obsolete

' obsoleto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
obsoleta
- usía
English:
dated
- obsolete
- outdated

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obsoleto, -a adj

obsolete;

este uso ha quedado obsoleto this usage has become obsolete

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obsoleto

adj obsolete

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obsoleto, -ta adj

desusado: obsolete

Spanish-English dictionary > obsoleto
6 volver

v.

1 to turn round (dar la vuelta a).

al volver la esquina when we turned the corner

Ella volvió la tortilla She turned the tortilla.

Volvió inservible el carro.. It rendered the car useless.

2 to turn (cabeza, ojos).

3 to go back, to return (ir de vuelta).

yo allí no vuelvo I'm not going back there

vuelve, no te vayas come back, don't go

al volver pasé por el supermercado I stopped off at the supermarket on the o my way back

aún no ha vuelto del trabajo she isn't back o hasn't got back from work yet

volver en sí to come to, to regain consciousness

Ellos volvieron ayer They returned yesterday.

4 to come back to.

Me volvieron los recuerdos Memories came back to me.

5 to vomit.

Ella volvió los tacos She vomited the tacos.

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volver

Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover (pp vuelto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar vuelta a) to turn, turn over; (hacia abajo) to turn upside down; (de dentro afuera) to turn inside out; (lo de atrás hacia delante) to turn back to front

■ volver la tortilla to turn the omelette

2 (convertir) to turn, make, change

■ el dinero ha vuelto tonto a Paco money has made Paco foolish

■ volvió el agua en vino he changed water into wine

3 (devolver) to give back; (a su lugar) to put back

4 (torcer) to turn

■ al volver la esquina on turning the corner

► verbo intransitivo

1 (regresar) to return; (ir) to go back; (venir) to come back

■ volvió de la guerra he returned form the war

■ volvieron a casa después de cenar they went back home after dinner

■ vuelve cuando quieras come back whenever you want

2 (a un tema etc) to return, revert

3 volver a (hacer otra vez) to do again

■ volver a leer to read again

► verbo pronominal volverse

1 (regresar - ir) to go back; (- venir) to come back

2 (darse la vuelta) to turn

3 (convertirse) to turn, become

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FRASEOLOGÍA

volver a alguien a la vida to revive somebody, bring somebody back to life

volver a las andadas to fall back into one's old habits

volver del revés to turn inside out

volver en sí to regain consciousness, come round

volver los ojos hacia to turn one's eyes towards

volver sobre sus pasos to retrace one's steps

volverle la espalda a alguien figurado to turn one's back on somebody

volverse atrás figurado to go back on one's word, back out

volverse en contra de alguien to turn against somebody

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verb

1) to return

2) go back, come back

3) revert

4) cause, drive, make

5) turn over

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- volver a
- volverse
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( pp vuelto)
1. VT

1) (=dar la vuelta a) [+ cabeza] to turn; [+ colchón, tortilla, enfermo] to turn over; [+ jersey, calcetín] to turn inside out; [+ página] to turn, turn over

• volver la espalda — to turn away

me volvió la espalda — he turned his back on me

• volver la esquina — to go round o turn the corner

- tener a algn vuelto como un calcetín o una media

2) (=cambiar la orientación de) to turn

volvió el arma contra sí mismo — he turned the gun on himself

• volver la vista atrás — to look back

• volver los ojos al pasado — to look back

volvieron los ojos a épocas más recientes — they looked to more recent times

vuelve sus ojos ahora hacia uno de sus grandes compositores — she now turns to one of her favourite composers

• volver el pensamiento a Dios — to turn one's thoughts to God

• volver la proa al viento — to turn the bow into the wind

3) *
(=devolver) [+ compra] to return; [+ comida] to bring up; [+ imagen] to reflect; [+ objeto lanzado] to send back, return; [+ visita] to return
volver algo a su lugar — to return sth to its place, put sth back (in its place)

volver la casa a su estado original — to return o restore the house to its original condition

volver bien por mal — to return good for evil

4) (=enrollar) [+ manga] to roll up

5) [+ adj] to make

el accidente lo volvió inservible — the accident left it useless

el ácido lo vuelve azul — the acid turns it blue, the acid makes it go blue

vuelve fieras a los hombres — it turns men into wild beasts

volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad

6) (Ling) to translate (a into)

2. VI

1) (=regresar) (a donde se está) to come back, return; (a donde se estaba) to go back, return (a to) ([de] from)

déjalas aquí y luego vuelves a por ellas — leave them here and come back for them later

volver victorioso — to come back victorious, return in triumph

no he vuelto por allí — I've never gone back there

volvió muy cansado — he got back very tired

volviendo a lo que decía... — going back o returning to what I was saying...

• volver atrás — to go back, turn back

• volver a una costumbre — to revert to a habit

2)

• volver a hacer algo — to do sth again

volver a empezar — to start (over) again

me he vuelto a equivocar — I've made a mistake again, I've made another mistake

he vuelto a salir con ella — I've started going out with her again

volvió a casarse — she remarried, she (got) married again

volví a poner en marcha el motor — I restarted the engine

volver a hacerlo — to redo it

volver a pintar algo — to repaint sth

3)

• volver en sí — to come to, come round

volver sobre sí — to change one's mind

4) [camino] to turn (a to)

3.

See:

volverse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( regresar - al lugar donde se está) to come back; (- a otro lugar) to go back

no sé a qué hora volveré — I don't know what time I'll be back

¿cómo vas a volver? — how are you getting back?

volvió muy cambiada — she came back o returned a different person

¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? — when do you think you'll be o come back this way?

ha vuelto con su familia — she's gone back to her family

volver a algo — < a un lugar> to go back to something; <a una situación/actividad> to return to something

no había vuelto a su pueblo — he hadn't been back to his home town

volver a clases — to go back to school

volviendo a lo que decía... — to get o go back to what I was saying...

ya volvemos a lo de siempre — so we're back to the same problem

volver de algo: ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de Roma she's back from Rome; volvió cansado del trabajo he was tired when he got home from work; volver atrás — ( literal) to go o turn back; ( al pasado) to turn back the clock

2)

a) ( repetirse) momento to return

b) calma/paz to return

volver a algo — to return to something

3)

volver en sí — to come to o round

4) ( reconciliarse)

volver con alguien — to make up with somebody
2.
volver v aux

volver a + inf: volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over; no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; no lo volví a ver I never saw him again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller — I had to take it back to the workshop
3.
volver vt

1) ( dar la vuelta)

a) <colchón/tortilla> to turn (over); < tierra> to turn o dig over; <calcetín/chaqueta> ( poner del revés) to turn... inside out; ( poner del derecho) to turn... the right way round; < cuello> to turn

volver la página — to turn the page

b) <cabeza/mirada>

volvió la cabeza — she turned her head

volvió la mirada hacia mí — he turned his gaze toward(s) me

c) < esquina> to turn

2) (convertir en, poner)

la ha vuelto muy egoísta — it has made her very selfish

me está volviendo loca — it's/he's/she's driving me mad

lo vuelve de otro color — it turns it a different color

3) (Méx)

volver el estómago — to be sick
4.
volverse v pron

1) ( girar) to turn (around)

se volvió hacia él — she turned to face him

no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo — don't look back, we're being followed

se volvió de espaldas — he turned his back on me (o her etc)

volverse boca arriba/abajo — to turn over onto one's back/stomach

volverse atrás — to back out

volverse contra alguien — to turn against somebody

2) (convertirse en, ponerse)

se ha vuelto muy antipático — he's become very unpleasant

se está volviendo muy quisquillosa — she's getting very fussy

se vuelve agrio — it turns o goes sour

se volvió loca — she went mad

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= come back, render, return, switch back, turn back, turn over + page, turn over, get back, be back.

Ex. He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.

Ex. So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.

Ex. Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.

Ex. A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.

Ex. It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.

Ex. Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.

Ex. Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.

Ex. I have been off on vacation and just got back.

Ex. Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.

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* acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* no volver = go + forever.

* no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.

* no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.

* que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.

* volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.

* volver a = depart to, get back to, go back to, move back to, revert (to), go + full circle back to, circle back to, backtrack [back-track], recur to, roll back to, revert back to, head back to, slide back to, default to.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* volver a adoptar = resume.

* volver a albergar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alfombrar = recarpet [re-carpet].

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver a almacenar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alojar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alquilar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].

* volver a aparecer = resurface.

* volver a aprender = relearn.

* volver a asegurar = reinsure.

* volver a asentar = resettle.

* volver a atar = re-tie.

* volver a bautizar = re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA].

* volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).

* volver a calcular = recalculation.

* volver a cargar = reload.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver a casarse = remarry.

* volver a clasificar = refolder.

* volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].

* volver a comprimir = recompress.

* volver a comprobar = check back.

* volver a conectar = reconnect [re-connect].

* volver a congelarse = re-freeze [refreeze].

* volver a considerar = reconsider.

* volver a consultar = revisit, check back.

* volver a contar = recount, retell.

* volver a contextualizar = recontextualise [recontextualize, USA].

* volver a contratar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a convertir = reconvert.

* volver a convocar = reconvene.

* volver a copiar = recopy.

* volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* volver a descubrir = rediscover.

* volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken].

* volver a determinar = respecify.

* volver a diseñar = redesign [re-design], repurpose [re-purpose].

* volver a dotar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a ejecutar = rerun [re-run].

* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

* volver a encuadernar = rebind [re-bind].

* volver a enmoquetar = recarpeting.

* volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].

* volver a entrar = come back in.

* volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].

* volver a equipar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a escribir = retype [re-type], rewrite [re-write].

* volver a especificar = respecify.

* volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.

* volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.

* volver a financiar = re-fund.

* volver a formarse = reform.

* volver a formatear = reformat [re-format].

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

* volver a guardar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* volver a hacer = redo [re-do], remake.

* volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.

* volver a hidratar = rehydrate.

* volver a imprimir = reprint.

* volver a incluir = reinstate.

* volver a indizar = re-index [reindex].

* volver a inscribir = reregister.

* volver a insertar = reinsert.

* volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].

* volver a intentar = retry [re-try].

* volver a interpretar = reinterpret [re-interpret].

* volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.

* volver a juzgar = retry [re-try].

* volver a la etapa de planificación = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board.

* volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.

* volver a la seguridad de = burrow back into.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a leer = reread [re-read].

* volver a levantar el sistema = restart.

* volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.

* volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out.

* volver Algo en Otra Cosa = turn + Nombre + into.

* volver al pasado = turn + the clock back.

* volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver al redil = return to + the fold.

* volver a manejar = rehandle.

* volver a mezclar = remix.

* volver a montar = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a mostrar = redisplay.

* volver a nacer = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escape.

* volver a nombrar = rename.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* volver a oxidar = reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA].

* volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].

* volver a pintar = repaint [re-paint].

* volver a planificar = reschedule.

* volver a plantearse = reconceive of.

* volver a ponerse al día = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, be on track, bite back.

* volver a preguntar = check back.

* volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].

* volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.

* volver a procesar = reprocess.

* volver a programar = reschedule.

* volver a promover un producto = rehyping.

* volver a publicar = reissue [re-issue].

* volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.

* volver a representar = remap.

* volver a reunir = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a salir = come back out.

* volver a salir a la superficie = resurface.

* volver a ser condenado = reconviction.

* volver a ser lo que era = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a subvencionar = re-fund.

* volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.

* volver a tomar = regain, retake.

* volver a traducir = remap.

* volver a traer = restore.

* volver atrás = turn + the clock back, go + backwards.

* volver a tratar = revisit.

* volver a unir = reunite [re-unite].

* volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.

* volver a usar = reuse [re-use].

* volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].

* volver a vivir = relive.

* volver corriendo = scurry back.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* volver el reloj atrás = turn + the clock back.

* volver en + Expresión Temporal = be back in + Expresión Temporal.

* volver en sí = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* volver hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track].

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

* volver la espalda = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

* volver la espalda a = turn + Posesivo + back on.

* volver la página = turn over + page.

* volver las tornas = turn + the tables (on).

* volver la vista atrás = look back.

* volverlo a hacer = go and do it again.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volver loco, exasperar, sacar de quicio, cabrear, encabronar, dar por culo, = piss + Nombre + off.

* volver pronto = haste back.

* volverse = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)round.

* volverse + Adjetivo = grow + Adjetivo.

* volverse a reunir = reconvene.

* volverse a unir a = rejoin.

* volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse ciego = become + blind.

* volverse + Color = turn to + Color.

* volverse cruel = become + vicious.

* volverse en contra de = turn against.

* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].

* volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.

* volverse ilegible = become + unreadable.

* volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse marrón = turn + brown.

* volverse obscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

* volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar = become + obsolete.

* volverse oscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse violento = turn + violent.

* volver sobre = retrace.

* volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( regresar - al lugar donde se está) to come back; (- a otro lugar) to go back

no sé a qué hora volveré — I don't know what time I'll be back

¿cómo vas a volver? — how are you getting back?

volvió muy cambiada — she came back o returned a different person

¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? — when do you think you'll be o come back this way?

ha vuelto con su familia — she's gone back to her family

volver a algo — < a un lugar> to go back to something; <a una situación/actividad> to return to something

no había vuelto a su pueblo — he hadn't been back to his home town

volver a clases — to go back to school

volviendo a lo que decía... — to get o go back to what I was saying...

ya volvemos a lo de siempre — so we're back to the same problem

volver de algo: ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de Roma she's back from Rome; volvió cansado del trabajo he was tired when he got home from work; volver atrás — ( literal) to go o turn back; ( al pasado) to turn back the clock

2)

a) ( repetirse) momento to return

b) calma/paz to return

volver a algo — to return to something

3)

volver en sí — to come to o round

4) ( reconciliarse)

volver con alguien — to make up with somebody
2.
volver v aux

volver a + inf: volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over; no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; no lo volví a ver I never saw him again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller — I had to take it back to the workshop
3.
volver vt

1) ( dar la vuelta)

a) <colchón/tortilla> to turn (over); < tierra> to turn o dig over; <calcetín/chaqueta> ( poner del revés) to turn... inside out; ( poner del derecho) to turn... the right way round; < cuello> to turn

volver la página — to turn the page

b) <cabeza/mirada>

volvió la cabeza — she turned her head

volvió la mirada hacia mí — he turned his gaze toward(s) me

c) < esquina> to turn

2) (convertir en, poner)

la ha vuelto muy egoísta — it has made her very selfish

me está volviendo loca — it's/he's/she's driving me mad

lo vuelve de otro color — it turns it a different color

3) (Méx)

volver el estómago — to be sick
4.
volverse v pron

1) ( girar) to turn (around)

se volvió hacia él — she turned to face him

no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo — don't look back, we're being followed

se volvió de espaldas — he turned his back on me (o her etc)

volverse boca arriba/abajo — to turn over onto one's back/stomach

volverse atrás — to back out

volverse contra alguien — to turn against somebody

2) (convertirse en, ponerse)

se ha vuelto muy antipático — he's become very unpleasant

se está volviendo muy quisquillosa — she's getting very fussy

se vuelve agrio — it turns o goes sour

se volvió loca — she went mad

* * *

= come back, render, return, switch back, turn back, turn over + page, turn over, get back, be back.

Ex: He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.

Ex: So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.

Ex: Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.

Ex: A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.

Ex: It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.

Ex: Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.

Ex: Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.

Ex: I have been off on vacation and just got back.

Ex: Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.

* acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* no volver = go + forever.

* no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.

* no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.

* que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.

* volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.

* volver a = depart to, get back to, go back to, move back to, revert (to), go + full circle back to, circle back to, backtrack [back-track], recur to, roll back to, revert back to, head back to, slide back to, default to.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* volver a adoptar = resume.

* volver a albergar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alfombrar = recarpet [re-carpet].

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver a almacenar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alojar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alquilar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].

* volver a aparecer = resurface.

* volver a aprender = relearn.

* volver a asegurar = reinsure.

* volver a asentar = resettle.

* volver a atar = re-tie.

* volver a bautizar = re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA].

* volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).

* volver a calcular = recalculation.

* volver a cargar = reload.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver a casarse = remarry.

* volver a clasificar = refolder.

* volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].

* volver a comprimir = recompress.

* volver a comprobar = check back.

* volver a conectar = reconnect [re-connect].

* volver a congelarse = re-freeze [refreeze].

* volver a considerar = reconsider.

* volver a consultar = revisit, check back.

* volver a contar = recount, retell.

* volver a contextualizar = recontextualise [recontextualize, USA].

* volver a contratar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a convertir = reconvert.

* volver a convocar = reconvene.

* volver a copiar = recopy.

* volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* volver a descubrir = rediscover.

* volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken].

* volver a determinar = respecify.

* volver a diseñar = redesign [re-design], repurpose [re-purpose].

* volver a dotar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a ejecutar = rerun [re-run].

* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

* volver a encuadernar = rebind [re-bind].

* volver a enmoquetar = recarpeting.

* volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].

* volver a entrar = come back in.

* volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].

* volver a equipar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a escribir = retype [re-type], rewrite [re-write].

* volver a especificar = respecify.

* volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.

* volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.

* volver a financiar = re-fund.

* volver a formarse = reform.

* volver a formatear = reformat [re-format].

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

* volver a guardar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* volver a hacer = redo [re-do], remake.

* volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.

* volver a hidratar = rehydrate.

* volver a imprimir = reprint.

* volver a incluir = reinstate.

* volver a indizar = re-index [reindex].

* volver a inscribir = reregister.

* volver a insertar = reinsert.

* volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].

* volver a intentar = retry [re-try].

* volver a interpretar = reinterpret [re-interpret].

* volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.

* volver a juzgar = retry [re-try].

* volver a la etapa de planificación = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board.

* volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.

* volver a la seguridad de = burrow back into.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a leer = reread [re-read].

* volver a levantar el sistema = restart.

* volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.

* volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out.

* volver Algo en Otra Cosa = turn + Nombre + into.

* volver al pasado = turn + the clock back.

* volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver al redil = return to + the fold.

* volver a manejar = rehandle.

* volver a mezclar = remix.

* volver a montar = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a mostrar = redisplay.

* volver a nacer = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escape.

* volver a nombrar = rename.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* volver a oxidar = reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA].

* volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].

* volver a pintar = repaint [re-paint].

* volver a planificar = reschedule.

* volver a plantearse = reconceive of.

* volver a ponerse al día = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, be on track, bite back.

* volver a preguntar = check back.

* volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].

* volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.

* volver a procesar = reprocess.

* volver a programar = reschedule.

* volver a promover un producto = rehyping.

* volver a publicar = reissue [re-issue].

* volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.

* volver a representar = remap.

* volver a reunir = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a salir = come back out.

* volver a salir a la superficie = resurface.

* volver a ser condenado = reconviction.

* volver a ser lo que era = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a subvencionar = re-fund.

* volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.

* volver a tomar = regain, retake.

* volver a traducir = remap.

* volver a traer = restore.

* volver atrás = turn + the clock back, go + backwards.

* volver a tratar = revisit.

* volver a unir = reunite [re-unite].

* volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.

* volver a usar = reuse [re-use].

* volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].

* volver a vivir = relive.

* volver corriendo = scurry back.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* volver el reloj atrás = turn + the clock back.

* volver en + Expresión Temporal = be back in + Expresión Temporal.

* volver en sí = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* volver hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track].

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

* volver la espalda = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

* volver la espalda a = turn + Posesivo + back on.

* volver la página = turn over + page.

* volver las tornas = turn + the tables (on).

* volver la vista atrás = look back.

* volverlo a hacer = go and do it again.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volver loco, exasperar, sacar de quicio, cabrear, encabronar, dar por culo, = piss + Nombre + off.

* volver pronto = haste back.

* volverse = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)round.

* volverse + Adjetivo = grow + Adjetivo.

* volverse a reunir = reconvene.

* volverse a unir a = rejoin.

* volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse ciego = become + blind.

* volverse + Color = turn to + Color.

* volverse cruel = become + vicious.

* volverse en contra de = turn against.

* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].

* volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.

* volverse ilegible = become + unreadable.

* volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse marrón = turn + brown.

* volverse obscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

* volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar = become + obsolete.

* volverse oscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse violento = turn + violent.

* volver sobre = retrace.

* volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* * *

volver [ E11 ]

vi

A (regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back; (— a otro lugar) to go back

no sé a qué hora volveré I don't know what time I'll be back

¿no piensas volver allí algún día? don't you intend going back there some day?

dos de los cazas no volvieron two of the fighters failed to return

vete y no vuelvas más get out and don't ever come back

volvió muy cambiada she came back o returned a different person

¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? when do you think you'll be o get o come back this way?

ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family

no sé cómo consiguió volver I don't know how he managed to get back

volver A algo:

nunca volvió a Alemania she never went back to o returned to Germany

no había vuelto a su pueblo desde que era pequeño he hadn't been back to his home town since he was a child

logró volver al campamento she managed to get back to the camp

¿cuándo vuelves al colegio? when do you go back to school?

volver DE algo:

¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?

¿sabes si ha vuelto de Roma? do you know if she's back from Rome?

volvieron del lugar del accidente they returned o came back from the scene of the accident

siempre vuelve cansado del trabajo he's always tired when he gets o comes home from work

volver atrás (en un viaje) to go o turn back; (al pasado) to turn back the clock

veo que no han entendido, volvamos atrás I can see you haven't understood, let's go back over it again

vuelve y juega … ( Col fam); here we go again … ( colloq)

B

1 (a una situación, una actividad) volver A algo to return TO sth

el país ha vuelto a la normalidad the country is back to o has returned to normal

está pensando en volver al mundo del espectáculo she's thinking of returning to o making a comeback in show business

2 (a un tema) volver A algo:

volviendo a lo que hablábamos… to go back to what we were talking about…

ya volvemos a lo de siempre so we're back to the same old problem

siempre vuelve al mismo tema he always comes back to the same subject

C

1 (repetirse) «momento» to return

aquellos días felices que no volverán those happy days that will never return

2 «calma/paz» to return volver A algo:

la paz ha vuelto a la zona peace has returned to the area, the area is peaceful again

la normalidad ha vuelto a la fábrica the situation at the factory is back to normal

D

volver en sí to come to o round

trataban de hacerlo volver en sí they were trying to bring him round

E ( Méx) (vomitar) to be sick

■

v aux

volver A + INF:

no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again

no hemos vuelto a verlo we haven't seen him since

no volvió a probar el alcohol she never drank alcohol again

me volvió a llenar el vaso she refilled my glass

lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop

■ volver

vt

A (dar la vuelta)

1 ‹colchón/tortilla/filete› to turn, turn over; ‹tierra› to turn o dig over

2 ‹calcetín/chaqueta› to turn … inside out; ‹cuello› to turn

vuelve la manga, que la tienes del revés pull the sleeve out, you've got it inside out

3

volver la página or hoja to turn the page, turn over

4 ‹cabeza/ojos›

volvió la cabeza para ver quién la seguía she turned her head o she looked around to see who was following her

volvió los ojos/la mirada hacia mí he turned his eyes/his gaze toward(s) me

volver la mirada hacia el pasado to look back to the past

5 ‹esquina› to turn

está ahí, nada más volver la esquina it's up there, just around the corner

B (convertir en, poner) to make

la ha vuelto muy egoísta it has made her very selfish

la televisión los está volviendo tontos television is turning them into morons

lo vuelve de otro color it turns it a different color

C

( Méx): volver el estómago to be sick

■ volverse

v pron

A (darse la vuelta, girar) to turn, turn around

se volvió para ver quién la llamaba she turned (around) to see who was calling her

se volvió hacia él she turned to face him

no te vuelvas, que nos siguen don't look back, we're being followed

se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me/her/them

volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach

volverse atrás to back out

volverse contra algn to turn against sb

B

(convertirse en, ponerse): últimamente se ha vuelto muy antipática she's become very unpleasant recently

el partido se ha vuelto más radical the party has grown o become more radical

su mirada se volvió triste his expression saddened o grew sad

se está volviendo muy quisquillosa she's getting very fussy

se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour

se volvió loca she went mad

* * *

volver ( conjugate volver) verbo intransitivo
1 ( regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back;
(— a otro lugar) to go back;
◊ no sé a qué hora volveré I don't know what time I'll be back;

¿cómo vas a volver? how are you getting back?;
ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family;
volver a algo ‹ a un lugar› to go back to sth;

‹a una situación/actividad› to return to sth;
◊ mañana volvemos a clases tomorrow we go back to school;

quiere volver al mundo del espectáculo he wants to return to show business;
volviendo a lo que decía … to get o go back to what I was saying …;
¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?;
ha vuelto de París she's back from Paris
2 [calma/paz] to return;
volver a algo to return to sth
3
◊ volver en sí to come to o round

volver v aux:
◊ volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over;

no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again;
lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop
verbo transitivo
1 ( dar la vuelta)
a) ‹colchón/tortilla› to turn (over);

‹ tierra› to turn o dig over;
‹calcetín/chaqueta› ( poner — del revés) to turn … inside out;
(— del derecho) to turn … the right way round;
‹ cuello› to turn;
◊ volver la página to turn the page

b) ‹ cabeza› to turn;

◊ volvió la mirada hacia mí he turned his gaze toward(s) me

c) ‹ esquina› to turn

2 (convertir en, poner):
◊ la ha vuelto muy egoísta it has made her very selfish;

me está volviendo loca it's/he's/she's driving me mad
3 (Méx)
◊ volver el estómago to be sick

volverse verbo pronominal
1 ( girar) to turn (around);
◊ se volvió hacia él she turned to face him;

no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo don't look back, we're being followed;
se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me (o her etc);
volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach
2 (convertirse en, ponerse):
◊ se ha vuelto muy antipático he's become very unpleasant;

se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour;
se volvió loca she went mad
volver
I verbo intransitivo
1 (retornar, regresar: hacia el hablante) to return, come back: volveremos mañana, we'll come back tomorrow
(: a otro sitio) to return, go back: volvió a su casa, she went back to her home
2 (: una acción, situación, etc) volveremos sobre ese asunto esta tarde, we'll come back to that subject this afternoon
(expresando repetición) lo volvió a hacer, he did it again
volver a empezar, to start again o US over
II verbo transitivo
1 (dar la vuelta: a una tortilla, etc) to turn over
(a un calcetín, etc) to turn inside out
(a la esquina, la página) to turn
(la mirada, etc) to turn 2 volverle la espalda a alguien, to turn one's back on sb
♦ Locuciones: familiar figurado (superar un gran peligro) volver a nacer: sobrevivió al naufragio, ha vuelto a nacer, he survived the shipwreck miraculously
volver en sí, to come round
volver la vista atrás, (mirar al pasado) to look back
volver a alguien loco: me está volviendo loco, she's driving me mad o crazy
' volver' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ambages
- andadas
- carga
- clara
- claro
- emocionante
- enajenar
- entenderse
- escopetazo
- espalda
- estragos
- garantizar
- grupa
- hervir
- idea
- imperiosa
- imperioso
- indisponer
- loca
- loco
- mentalizarse
- mico
- normalizar
- placer
- recalentar
- rellenar
- repasar
- repetir
- resentirse
- retroceder
- soler
- soñar
- tornar
- trastornar
- venir
- vista
- arreglar
- cuidar
- empezar
- endurecer
- gana
- hacer
- poder
- rehacer
- tal
- vuelto
- vuelva
English:
again
- ask back
- before
- call back
- circle
- clock
- come back
- come round
- come to
- despair
- double back
- drive
- get back
- go back
- go back to
- insane
- lapse
- live through
- look round
- mad
- make
- mind
- move back
- nuts
- paint over
- put back
- rake up
- re-enter
- re-erect
- reapply
- reappoint
- reassemble
- reassess
- reconvene
- reimpose
- rekindle
- remarry
- render
- reoccupy
- reopen
- repeat
- replace
- replay
- replenish
- reread
- rerun
- reschedule
- resit
- restock
- resume

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volver

♦ vt

1. [dar la vuelta a] to turn round;
[lo de arriba abajo] to turn over; [lo de dentro fuera] to turn inside out;
vuelve la tele hacia aquí, que la veamos turn the TV round this way so we can see it;

ayúdame a volver el colchón help me turn the mattress over;

volver la hoja o [m5] página to turn the page;

al volver la esquina when we turned the corner

2. [cabeza, ojos, mirada] to turn;

vuelve la espalda turn your back to me

3. [convertir en]
eso lo volvió un delincuente that made him a criminal, that turned him into a criminal;

la lejía volvió blanca la camisa the bleach turned the shirt white

4. Méx
volver el estómago to throw up

♦ vi

1. [persona] [ir de vuelta] to go back, to return;
[venir de vuelta] to come back, to return;
yo allí/aquí no vuelvo I'm not going back there/coming back here;

vuelve, no te vayas come back, don't go;

¿cuándo has vuelto? when did you get back?;

al volver pasé por el supermercado I stopped off at the supermarket on the o my way back;

no vuelvas tarde don't be late (back);

ya he vuelto a casa I'm back home;

volver atrás to go back;

cuando vuelva del trabajo when I get back from work;

aún no ha vuelto del trabajo she isn't back o hasn't got back from work yet;

ha vuelto muy morena de la playa she's come back from the seaside with a nice tan

2. [mal tiempo, alegría, tranquilidad] to return;

cuando vuelva el verano when it's summer again;

todo volvió a la normalidad everything went back o returned to normal;

vuelve la minifalda miniskirts are back

3. [reanudar]
volver a la tarea to return to one's work;

volver al trabajo/al colegio to go back to work/school;

volviendo al tema que nos ocupa… to go back to the matter we are discussing…;

vuelve a leerlo read it again;

tras el verano volvió a dar clases en la universidad once the summer was over she started teaching at the university again;

vuelve a ponerlo en su sitio put it back;

vuelve a dormirte go back to sleep;

volver con alguien [reanudar relación] to go back to sb;

Comp

volver a nacer to be reborn

4.
volver en sí to come to, to regain consciousness

♦ See also the pronominal verb volverse

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volver

<part vuelto>

I v/t

1 página, mirada etc turn (a to;

hacia toward); tortilla, filete turn (over); vestido turn inside outXXX; boca abajo turn upside down

2

:

volver loco drive crazy;

el humo volvío negra la pared the smoke turned the wall black, the smoke made the wall go black

II v/i

1 return, go/come back;

volver a casa go/come back home;

¿cuándo vuelven? when do they get back?;

volver sobre algo return to sth, go back to sth;

volver a la normalidad return to normality

2

:

volver en sí come to, come around

3

:

volver a hacer algo do sth again;

volver a fumar start smoking again

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volver {89} vi

1) : to return, to come or go back

volver a casa: to return home

2) : to revert

volver al tema: to get back to the subject

3)

volver a : to do again

volvieron a llamar: they called again

4)

volver en sí : to come to, to regain consciousness

volver vt

1) : to turn, to turn over, to turn inside out

2) : to return, to repay, to restore

3) : to cause, to make

la volvía loca: it was driving her crazy

♦ See also the reflexive verb volverse

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volver vb

1. (regresar) to come back [pt. came; pp. come] / to go back

vuelve a casa come back home

volveré dentro de una hora I'll be back in an hour

le gustaría volver a Londres he'd like to go back to London

2. (repetir)... again

¿puedes volver a decirlo? can you say that again?

ha vuelto a salir he's gone out again

volveré a llamar I'll ring back

3. (dar la vuelta a) to turn over / to turn

volví la hoja I turned the piece of paper over

volvió el vestido del revés she turned the dress inside out

volver en sí to come round

volver la cabeza to look round

volvió la cabeza hacia la puerta she looked towards the door

Spanish-English dictionary > volver
7 caducar

v.

to expire.

La garantía caducó The warranty expired.

Me caducó el contrato My contract expired.

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caducar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (documento etc) to expire

■ mi pasaporte caduca este año my passport expires this year

2 (alimento) to pass its sell-by date; (medicina) to expire

■ caduca a los dos meses use within two months of purchase

3 (período de tiempo) to run out, lapse

■ el plazo para recoger los premios caduca en una semana the period in which prizes may be collected lapses in a week

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verb

to expire

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VI

1) (Com, Jur) to expire, lapse; [permiso, plazo] to run out; [costumbre] to fall into disuse

esta oferta caduca el 31 de mayo — valid until 31 May, this offer runs until 31 May

el abono ha caducado — the season ticket has expired

2) [comida] to be o go past its sell-by date

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verbo intransitivo

a) carné/pasaporte to expire

el plazo caduca el 17 de noviembre — the closing date (for enrollment, etc) is November 17

este vale está caducado — this voucher is no longer valid o is out of date

b) medicamento to expire (frml)

caduca a los tres meses — use within three months

este yogur está caducado — this yogurt is past its sell-by date/use-by date

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= lapse, become + due, expire, go out of + date, become + obsolete.

Ex. The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.

Ex. A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

Ex. 'That's not realistic,' he said and looked at her, as if to indicate that the balloon of her argument had suddenly had a pin stuck in it, and was expiring with a hiss.

Ex. Information in the humanities does not readily go out of date.

Ex. Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

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verbo intransitivo

a) carné/pasaporte to expire

el plazo caduca el 17 de noviembre — the closing date (for enrollment, etc) is November 17

este vale está caducado — this voucher is no longer valid o is out of date

b) medicamento to expire (frml)

caduca a los tres meses — use within three months

este yogur está caducado — this yogurt is past its sell-by date/use-by date

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= lapse, become + due, expire, go out of + date, become + obsolete.

Ex: The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.

Ex: A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

Ex: 'That's not realistic,' he said and looked at her, as if to indicate that the balloon of her argument had suddenly had a pin stuck in it, and was expiring with a hiss.

Ex: Information in the humanities does not readily go out of date.

Ex: Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

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caducar [A2 ]

vi

1 «carné/pasaporte» to expire

¿cuándo te caduca el pasaporte? when does your passport expire?

el plazo de la licitación caduca el 17 de noviembre the closing date for tenders is November 17

este vale está caducado this voucher is no longer valid o is out of date

2 «medicamento» to expire ( frml)

[ S ] caduca a los tres meses use within three months

este yogur ha caducado this yogurt is past its sell-by date/use-by date

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caducar ( conjugate caducar) verbo intransitivo
a) [carné/pasaporte] to expire;

◊ el plazo caduca el 17 de enero the closing date (for enrollment, etc) is January 17;

estar caducado to be out of date;

[ yogurt] to be past its sell-by date/use-by date
b) [ medicamento] to expire (frml);

( on signs) caduca a los tres meses use within three months
caducar verbo intransitivo to expire: tengo el carné caducado, my identity card has expired
' caducar' also found in these entries:
English:
expire
- lapse
- run

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caducar vi

1. [carné, ley, contrato] to expire;

me ha caducado el pasaporte my passport has run out o expired

2. [alimento, medicamento] to pass its use-by date;

este yogur caduca mañana this yoghurt's use-by date is tomorrow;

caduca a las dos semanas it will be past its use-by date in two weeks

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caducar

v/i expire

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caducar {72} vi

: to expire

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caducar vb

1. (documento, plazo) to expire

2. (alimento) to be past its sell by date

esta leche está caducada this milk is past its sell by date

Spanish-English dictionary > caducar
8 desuso

m.

disuse.

caer en desuso to become obsolete, to fall into disuse

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desusar.

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desuso

► nombre masculino

1 disuse

■ eso está en desuso that's obsolete, that's outdated

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

caer en desuso to fall into disuse

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SM disuse

una expresión en desuso — an obsolete expression

caer en desuso — to fall into disuse, become obsolete

dejar algo en desuso — to cease to use sth

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masculino disuse

caer en desuso — to fall into disuse

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= disfavour, disuse, desuetude.

Ex. It seems a pity that the notation of these headings remains in disfavour.

Ex. After a period of disuse at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Caslon roman was revived, and has been available ever since from Caslon's successors.

Ex. After many years of desuetude, manual typewriters are gaining in popularity among writers.

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* caer en desuso = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion.

* en desuso = obsolete, disused.

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masculino disuse

caer en desuso — to fall into disuse

* * *

= disfavour, disuse, desuetude.

Ex: It seems a pity that the notation of these headings remains in disfavour.

Ex: After a period of disuse at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Caslon roman was revived, and has been available ever since from Caslon's successors.

Ex: After many years of desuetude, manual typewriters are gaining in popularity among writers.

* caer en desuso = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion.

* en desuso = obsolete, disused.

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desuso

masculine

disuse

caer en desuso to fall into disuse

una expresión/costumbre caída en desuso an expression/a custom which has fallen into disuse

* * *

desuso sustantivo masculino
disuse;
◊ caer en desuso to fall into disuse

desuso sustantivo masculino disuse
♦ Locuciones: caer en desuso, to fall into disuse
en desuso, obsolete, outdated

' desuso' also found in these entries:
English:
die out
- disuse
- foe
- gay
- lapse
- stewardess
- use
- victuals
- dead
- die
- disused

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desuso nm

disuse;

un término en desuso a term which is no longer in common use;

una ley vigente, pero en desuso a law which is still on the statute books, but no longer enforced;

caer en desuso to become obsolete, to fall into disuse;

el sombrero fue cayendo en desuso people gradually stopped wearing hats

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desuso

m disuse;

caer en desuso fall into disuse

* * *

desuso nm

: disuse, obsolescence

caer en desuso: to fall into disuse

Spanish-English dictionary > desuso
9 mantenido por anuncios

(adj.) = ad-driven, advertisement driven

Ex. The article ' Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

Ex. The article 'Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

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(adj.) = ad-driven, advertisement driven

Ex: The article ' Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

Ex: The article 'Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

Spanish-English dictionary > mantenido por anuncios
10 sitio web de información

(n.) = content site, content Web site

Ex. The article 'Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

Ex. The article 'Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

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(n.) = content site, content Web site

Ex: The article 'Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

Ex: The article 'Ad-driven content sites are doomed' forecasts that advertisement driven content Web sites are likely to become obsolete.

Spanish-English dictionary > sitio web de información
11 volverse obsoleto

v.

to fall into disuse.

La garantía caducó The warranty expired.

* * *

(v.) = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce

Ex. Information in the humanities does not readily go out of date.

Ex. Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

Ex. Sawn-in cords, giving flat spines, were common in the mid seventeenth century, but then went out of fashion until they were reintroduced in about 1760.

Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.

* * *

(v.) = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce

Ex: Information in the humanities does not readily go out of date.

Ex: Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

Ex: Sawn-in cords, giving flat spines, were common in the mid seventeenth century, but then went out of fashion until they were reintroduced in about 1760.

Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.

Spanish-English dictionary > volverse obsoleto
12 volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar

(v.) = become + obsolete

Ex. Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

* * *

(v.) = become + obsolete

Ex: Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

Spanish-English dictionary > volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar
13 anticuarse

pron.v.

to become antiquated, to get out of date.

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anticuarse

Conjugation model [ ADECUAR], like link=adecuar adecuar

► verbo pronominal

1 to become antiquated, become obsolete

* * *

VPR (Ling etc) to become antiquated, go out of date; [técnica] to become obsolete

* * *

= obsolesce.

Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.

* * *

= obsolesce.

Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and 'etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.

* * *

anticuarse vpr

to become old-fashioned

* * *

anticuarse

v/r become old-fashioned

Spanish-English dictionary > anticuarse
14 moda

f.

fashion (uso, manera).

estar de moda to be fashionable o in fashion

el escritor/restaurante de moda the most fashionable writer/restaurant at the moment

estar pasado de moda to be unfashionable o out of fashion

pasar de moda to go out of fashion

ponerse de moda to come into fashion

un bar que se ha puesto muy de moda a bar that has become very fashionable

ir a la última moda to wear the latest fashion

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moda

► nombre femenino

1 fashion

■ me gusta ir a la moda I like to keep up with fashion

2 (locura) craze

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de moda fashionable, popular

estar de moda to be in fashion

la última moda the latest fashion

pasado,-a de moda old-fashioned

pasar de moda to go out of fashion

ser un,-a esclavo,-a de la moda to be a slave to fashion

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noun f.

1) fashion

2) style

•

- a la moda

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SF fashion

la moda de primavera — spring fashion

el rap es la última moda — rap is the latest craze o fashion

en los noventa llegó la moda del acid-jazz — in the nineties acid-jazz became fashionable o trendy *

la moda esa de salir tarde por la noche — that habit of going out late at night

ha vuelto la moda de la minifalda — mini-skirts are back in (fashion) again

es solo una moda pasajera — it's just a passing fad

• a la moda — fashionable

un sombrero a la moda — a fashionable hat

un vestido a la moda de París — a dress in the Paris fashion o style

tienes que ponerte o vestirte un poco más a la moda — you should try and dress a bit more fashionably

siempre va vestida a la última moda — she always dresses in the latest fashion

• estar de moda — to be in fashion, be fashionable, be in *, be all the rage *, be trendy *

los vaqueros ajustados están muy de moda — tight jeans are really fashionable o in fashion, tight jeans are all the rage o really trendy o really in *

esa teoría está muy de moda ahora — that theory is very trendy * o fashionable at the moment

• pasado de moda — out of fashion, old-fashioned, outdated, out *

• pasarse de moda — to go out of fashion

• ponerse de moda — to become fashionable, get trendy *

esta zona se está poniendo muy de moda — this area is becoming very fashionable, this area is getting very trendy *
imponer 1., 3)
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femenino fashion

la moda joven or juvenil — young fashion

ir a la moda — to be trendy

estar de moda — to be in fashion, be in (colloq)

estar muy de moda — to be all the rage (colloq)

ponerse/pasar de moda — to come into/go out of fashion

estar de última moda — to be very fashionable

revista de modas — fashion magazine

la moda de los patines — the rollerskating craze

la moda no incomoda — you have to suffer in the name of fashion

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= fashion, vogue, craze, rage.

Ex. An appreciation of the fashions in terminology in a given subject field will contribute to successful searching.

Ex. As a word drops out of vogue, the concept that it represents will, with time, gradually be described by a new term.

Ex. The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.

Ex. The article 'The new age rage and schoolbook protest' explores the myths, legends and misunderstandings surrounding attempts to remove textbooks and library materials from US public schools.

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* a la moda = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

* barba de tres días de moda = designer stubble.

* barba incipiente de moda = designer stubble.

* de moda = fashionable, modish, trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.], in, buzz, in fashion, in vogue, voguish.

* desfile de modas = catwalk show.

* desfile de modas = fashion show.

* de última moda = new-fangled [newfangled].

* diseñador de moda = fashion designer.

* diseño de moda = fashion design.

* estar de moda = be in.

* grabado de moda = fashion plate.

* industria de la moda, la = fashion industry, the.

* la próxima moda = the next hot thing.

* moda bibliotecaria = library chic.

* moda del momento = flavour of the month, sizzle.

* moda pasajera = fad, passing fashion, flash in the pan, passing fad.

* mundo de la moda, el = fashion world, the, world of fashion, the.

* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.

* pasado de moda = passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style.

* pasar de moda = drop out of + vogue, go out of + fashion, go out of + favour, go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + vogue, fall out of + vogue, go out of + style, pass away, obsolesce, drop out of + circulation.

* pendiente de ir a la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* ponerse de moda = come into + vogue, come into + fashion.

* que siempre va a la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* que sigue la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* relativo a la moda = modal.

* revista de modas = fashion magazine.

* seguidor de la última moda = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].

* seguir la moda = catch + the fever.

* vestido a la última moda = fashion statement.

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femenino fashion

la moda joven or juvenil — young fashion

ir a la moda — to be trendy

estar de moda — to be in fashion, be in (colloq)

estar muy de moda — to be all the rage (colloq)

ponerse/pasar de moda — to come into/go out of fashion

estar de última moda — to be very fashionable

revista de modas — fashion magazine

la moda de los patines — the rollerskating craze

la moda no incomoda — you have to suffer in the name of fashion

* * *

= fashion, vogue, craze, rage.

Ex: An appreciation of the fashions in terminology in a given subject field will contribute to successful searching.

Ex: As a word drops out of vogue, the concept that it represents will, with time, gradually be described by a new term.

Ex: The interest is not really in the craze itself but in the intense, socially binding effect it has on the individuals in the group.

Ex: The article 'The new age rage and schoolbook protest' explores the myths, legends and misunderstandings surrounding attempts to remove textbooks and library materials from US public schools.

* a la moda = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

* barba de tres días de moda = designer stubble.

* barba incipiente de moda = designer stubble.

* de moda = fashionable, modish, trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.], in, buzz, in fashion, in vogue, voguish.

* desfile de modas = catwalk show.

* desfile de modas = fashion show.

* de última moda = new-fangled [newfangled].

* diseñador de moda = fashion designer.

* diseño de moda = fashion design.

* estar de moda = be in.

* grabado de moda = fashion plate.

* industria de la moda, la = fashion industry, the.

* la próxima moda = the next hot thing.

* moda bibliotecaria = library chic.

* moda del momento = flavour of the month, sizzle.

* moda pasajera = fad, passing fashion, flash in the pan, passing fad.

* mundo de la moda, el = fashion world, the, world of fashion, the.

* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.

* pasado de moda = passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style.

* pasar de moda = drop out of + vogue, go out of + fashion, go out of + favour, go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + vogue, fall out of + vogue, go out of + style, pass away, obsolesce, drop out of + circulation.

* pendiente de ir a la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* ponerse de moda = come into + vogue, come into + fashion.

* que siempre va a la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* que sigue la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* relativo a la moda = modal.

* revista de modas = fashion magazine.

* seguidor de la última moda = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].

* seguir la moda = catch + the fever.

* vestido a la última moda = fashion statement.

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moda

feminine

fashion

la moda de los años 60 60's fashion

la moda joven or juvenil young fashion

ir a la moda to be fashionably dressed o trendy

estar de moda to be in fashion

estar muy de moda to be very fashionable

(se) pasan de moda enseguida they go out of fashion very quickly

se ha vuelto a poner de moda la minifalda miniskirts are back in fashion o have come back into fashion, miniskirts are in again ( colloq)

un peinado de última moda a very fashionable hairstyle, an up-to-the-minute hairstyle ( colloq)

revista de modas fashion magazine

la moda de los patines the rollerskating craze

lo que es moda no incomoda you have to suffer in the name of fashion o to be fashionable

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moda sustantivo femenino
fashion;
la moda joven or juvenil young fashion;
◊ la moda de los 30 30's fashion;

ir a la moda to be trendy;
estar de moda to be in fashion, be in (colloq);
ponerse/pasar de moda to come into/go out of fashion;
seguir la moda to follow fashion
moda sustantivo femenino
1 fashion: el sombrero está de moda, hats are in fashion
este vestido está pasado de moda, this dress is old-fashioned
2 (fiebre) craze
la moda del tatuaje, the craze for tattoos

' moda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actualidad
- antigua
- antiguo
- caduca
- caduco
- cuajar
- desfasada
- desfasado
- fusilar
- imperante
- infantil
- llevarse
- pasarela
- predisponer
- regir
- seguir
- sentar
- superada
- superado
- tendencia
- trasnochada
- trasnochado
- última
- último
- usanza
- árbitro
- arrastrar
- calar
- caprichoso
- creador
- desenfadado
- dictar
- diseñador
- diseñar
- diseño
- elegante
- establecer
- estampado
- estilar
- exagerado
- femenil
- femenino
- implantar
- imponer
- jovencito
- juvenil
- moderno
- mono
- onda
- pasado
English:
back
- bring in
- catchphrase
- craze
- dated
- fad
- fashion
- fashion parade
- fashionable
- forefront
- funky
- go out
- height
- hip
- in
- look
- miniskirt
- mode
- model
- old-fashioned
- out
- outdated
- outmoded
- passing
- popular
- prevailing
- rage
- revival
- show
- style
- traditional
- trend
- trendy
- unfashionable
- vogue
- word
- catch
- date
- fashionably
- go

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moda nf

fashion;

no estoy al tanto de las últimas modas I'm not very well up on the latest fashions;

un traje a la moda actual a fashionable dress;

fue una moda pasajera it was a passing fad;

la moda de llevar el móvil a todas partes the craze for taking your cellphone o Br mobile phone everywhere;

estar de moda to be fashionable o in fashion;

el escritor/restaurante de moda the most fashionable writer/restaurant at the moment;

estar pasado de moda to be unfashionable o out of fashion;

pasar de moda to go out of fashion;

ir a la última moda to wear the latest fashion;

ponerse de moda to come into fashion;

un bar que se ha puesto muy de moda a bar that has become very fashionable

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moda

f fashion;

moda de diseño designer fashion;

moda femenina/masculina men’s/women’s fashion;

de moda fashionable, in fashion;

estar de moda be in fashion;

estar pasado de moda be out of fashion;

pasarse de moda go out of fashion;

vestirse a la moda wear the latest fashions, dress fashionably

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moda nf

1) : fashion, style

2)

a la moda or

de moda : in style, fashionable

3)

moda pasajera : fad

* * *

moda n fashion

le interesa mucho la moda he's very interested in fashion

a la moda fashionable / trendy [comp. trendier; superl. trendiest]

siempre va a la moda she's always very trendy

estar de moda to be in fashion / to be fashionable

las faldas largas están de moda long skirts are in fashion

pasado de moda old fashioned

Spanish-English dictionary > moda
15 generalista

adj.

1 general.

2 generalist.

f. & m.

generalist.

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1.

ADJ [radio, televisión] general-interest antes de s ; [formación] general

médico generalista — general practitioner

2.

SMF general practitioner, G.P., family practitioner (EEUU)

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= generalist.

Nota: Persona que defiende una educación general más que específica.

Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

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= generalist.

Nota: Persona que defiende una educación general más que específica.

Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

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generalista¹

adjective

1 ‹formación/conocimientos› general; ‹análisis/enfoque› general, broad-brush

médico generalista general practitioner

2 ( Radio, TV) general-interest

programas generalistas general-interest programs

generalista²

masculine and feminine

(no especialista) non-specialist; ( Med) general practitioner

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generalista

♦ adj

generalist;

un enfoque generalista a generalist approach;

médico generalista general practitioner

♦ nmf

general practitioner

Spanish-English dictionary > generalista
16 hacerse con el control de

(v.) = take over + control of, take + control of

Ex. Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

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(v.) = take over + control of, take + control of

Ex: Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse con el control de
17 profesionalista

= vocationalist.

Nota: Persona que defiende una educación específica más que general.

Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

* * *

= vocationalist.

Nota: Persona que defiende una educación específica más que general.

Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Spanish-English dictionary > profesionalista
18 recriminar

v.

1 to reproach.

2 to recriminate, to charge in return, to bring a countercharge against, to accuse in return.

3 to counter one accusation with another, to accuse in return with another accusation, to charge in return, to engage in mutual accusations.

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recriminar

► verbo transitivo

1 (reprender) to recriminate

2 (reprochar) to reproach

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1. VT

1) (=reprochar) to reproach

2) (Jur) to countercharge

2.

VI to recriminate

3.

See:

recriminarse

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verbo transitivo to reproach

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= berate, upbraid, lambast [lambaste], damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach.

Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.

Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Ex. Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.

Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.

Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.

Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.

Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

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verbo transitivo to reproach

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= berate, upbraid, lambast [lambaste], damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach.

Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.

Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Ex: Correctly, the author finds that the realities of antebellum reform are too complex either to laud the reformers' benevolence or to lambast them as fanatics.

Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.

Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.

Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.

Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

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recriminar [A1 ]

vt

to reproach

la recriminó por su egoísmo or le recriminó su egoísmo he reproached her for being so selfish

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recriminar ( conjugate recriminar) verbo transitivo
to reproach
recriminar verbo transitivo to reproach

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recriminar

♦ vt

to reproach;

le recriminó que no hubiera ayudado he reproached her for not helping

♦ See also the pronominal verb recriminarse

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recriminar

v/t reproach

* * *

recriminar vt

: to reproach

recriminar vi

: to recriminate

♦ See also the reflexive verb recriminarse

Spanish-English dictionary > recriminar
19 regañar

v.

to scold, to call down, to chide, to chew out.

Ellas le llaman la atención a Ricardo They reprehend Richard.

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regañar

► verbo transitivo

1 to scold, tell off

► verbo intransitivo

1 (reñir) to argue, quarrel, fall out

■ no hacen más que regañar they're always quarrelling

2 (refunfuñar) to moan, grumble, complain

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1.

VT to scold, tell off *

2. VI

1) [persona] to grumble, grouse *

2) [dos personas] to fall out, quarrel

3) †† [perro] to snarl, growl

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1.
verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell... off (colloq)
2.
regañar vi (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel

ha regañado con el novio — ( ha discutido) she's had an argument with her boyfriend; ( ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

* * *

= set about, rebuff, reprimand, chide, slap + Nombre + down, upbraid, scold, tell + Nombe + off, get at.

Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

Ex. 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.

Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.

Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.

Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

----

* regañar constantemente = nag (at).

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell... off (colloq)
2.
regañar vi (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel

ha regañado con el novio — ( ha discutido) she's had an argument with her boyfriend; ( ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

* * *

= set about, rebuff, reprimand, chide, slap + Nombre + down, upbraid, scold, tell + Nombe + off, get at.

Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

Ex: 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.

Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.

Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.

Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

* regañar constantemente = nag (at).

* * *

regañar [A1 ]

vt

( esp AmL) to scold, to give … a talking-to ( colloq), to tell … off ( colloq)

¿te regañó por llegar tarde? did she tell you off for being late?, did you get a talking-to for being late?

■ regañar

vi

( Esp)

1 (pelearse) to quarrel

regañamos por una tontería we quarreled over nothing

ha regañado con el novio (ha discutido) she's had an argument o a row o ( colloq) a tiff with her boyfriend; (ha roto) she's split up o broken up with her boyfriend

2 (quejarse) to grumble

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regañar ( conjugate regañar) verbo transitivo (esp AmL) to scold, to tell … off (colloq)
verbo intransitivo (Esp) ( pelearse) to quarrel
regañar
I verbo transitivo to scold, tell off
II verbo intransitivo
1 (en una discusión) to argue, quarrel
2 (romper una relación) to split up, break up
' regañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caldo
- discutir
- reñir
- repaso
- retar
- rezongar
English:
chastise
- pull up
- reprehend
- scold
- tell off
- tick off
- pull
- tell

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regañar

♦ vt
[reprender] to tell off;
me regañaron por acabarme toda la cerveza I got a row for finishing all the beer

♦ vi
Esp [pelearse] to fall out;
ha regañado con su hermana he's fallen out with his sister;

están regañados they've fallen out

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regañar

I v/t tell off

II v/i quarrel

* * *

regañar vt

: to scold, to give a talking to

reganregañarar vi

1) quejarse: to grumble, to complain

2) reñir: to quarrel, to argue

* * *

regañar vb (reñir) to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

su padre le regañó he father told her off

Spanish-English dictionary > regañar
20 reprender

v.

1 to tell off (a niños).

2 to reprehend, to admonish, to scold, to bawl out.

María reprocha a su esposo Mary reproaches her husband.

* * *

reprender

► verbo transitivo

1 to reprimand, scold

* * *

VT (=amonestar) to reprimand, tell off *; [+ niño] to scold

reprender algo a algn — to criticize sb for sth

* * *

verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)

* * *

= set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.

Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.

Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.

Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.

Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.

Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.

Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.

Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

Ex. After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.

Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

* * *

verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)

* * *

= set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.

Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.

Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.

Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.

Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.

Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.

Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.

Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.

Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.

Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

Ex: After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.

Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

* * *

reprender [E1 ]

vt

to scold, tell … off ( colloq)

reprendió a los niños por jugar con la pelota en la calle she scolded the children o told the children off for playing ball in the street

* * *

reprender ( conjugate reprender) verbo transitivo
to scold, tell … off (colloq)
reprender verbo transitivo to reprimand, scold, tell off
' reprender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amonestar
English:
reprehend
- reprimand
- reprove
- task
- berate
- chastise
- rebuke
- scold
- up

* * *

reprender vt
[a niños] to tell off; [a empleados] to reprimand
* * *

reprender

v/t scold, tell off fam

* * *

reprender vt

: to reprimand, to scold

* * *

reprender vb to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

Spanish-English dictionary > reprender

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