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  • 61 bloque

    m.
    1 block (pieza).
    2 block (edificio).
    un bloque de oficinas an office block
    3 block (computing).
    4 bloc (politics).
    en bloque en masse
    5 cylinder block (Tec).
    6 frame.
    7 package.
    8 application package.
    * * *
    1 block
    2 (papel) pad, notepad
    3 PLÍTICA bloc
    \
    en bloque en bloc
    bloque de pisos block of flats
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) bloc
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=trozo) [de piedra, mármol] block; [de helado] brick

    bloque de casas — block, block of houses

    bloque de pisos — block of flats (Brit), apartment building (EEUU)

    2) (=bloqueo) [en tubo, salida] block, blockage, obstruction
    3) (Pol) bloc
    4) (Inform) block
    * * *
    1) (de piedra, hormigón) block
    2) ( edificio) block; ( manzana de edificios) (esp Esp) block

    un bloque de departamentos (AmL) or (Esp) pisos — an apartment block, a block of flats (BrE)

    3)
    a) (period) ( de noticias) section
    b) (Inf) block
    4) ( fuerza política) bloc

    el bloque del Este — (Hist) the Eastern bloc

    en bloque — (loc adv) en bloc, en masse

    5) (Auto) cylinder block
    * * *
    = bloc, slab, block, tranche.
    Ex. As the world's largest trading bloc the Community has a potent influence over world trade, including that of the United States.
    Ex. What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.
    Ex. The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.
    Ex. The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.
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    * bloque comunista, el = Communist bloc, the.
    * bloque de apartamentos = apartment block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.
    * bloque de construcción = building block.
    * bloque de datos = data bloc.
    * bloque de estanterías = bank of shelves, tier.
    * bloque de hielo flotante = pack ice.
    * bloque de hormigón = breeze block, cinder block, concrete block.
    * bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.
    * bloque de madera grabada = block.
    * bloque de muchas plantas = high-rise building.
    * bloque de oficinas = office building, office block, office tower.
    * bloque de papel = pad of paper.
    * bloque de piedra = stone block.
    * bloque de pisos = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.
    * bloque de tinta = ink-block.
    * bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.
    * bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.
    * bloque funcional de identificación = identification block.
    * bloque funcional de información descriptiva = descriptive information block.
    * bloque funcional de notas = notes block.
    * bloque funcional de relaciones entre registros = linking entry block.
    * bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.
    * bloque funcional de títulos relacionados = related title block.
    * bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.
    * bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.
    * bloque litográfico = letterpress block.
    * bloque mental = writer's block.
    * bloque socialista, el = socialist bloc, the, Soviet bloc, the.
    * bloque xilográfico a contrafibra = end-grain block.
    * diagrama por bloques = block diagram.
    * en bloque = en bloc.
    * reservar en bloque = block book.
    * * *
    1) (de piedra, hormigón) block
    2) ( edificio) block; ( manzana de edificios) (esp Esp) block

    un bloque de departamentos (AmL) or (Esp) pisos — an apartment block, a block of flats (BrE)

    3)
    a) (period) ( de noticias) section
    b) (Inf) block
    4) ( fuerza política) bloc

    el bloque del Este — (Hist) the Eastern bloc

    en bloque — (loc adv) en bloc, en masse

    5) (Auto) cylinder block
    * * *
    = bloc, slab, block, tranche.

    Ex: As the world's largest trading bloc the Community has a potent influence over world trade, including that of the United States.

    Ex: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.
    Ex: The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.
    Ex: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.
    * bloque comunista, el = Communist bloc, the.
    * bloque de apartamentos = apartment block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.
    * bloque de construcción = building block.
    * bloque de datos = data bloc.
    * bloque de estanterías = bank of shelves, tier.
    * bloque de hielo flotante = pack ice.
    * bloque de hormigón = breeze block, cinder block, concrete block.
    * bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.
    * bloque de madera grabada = block.
    * bloque de muchas plantas = high-rise building.
    * bloque de oficinas = office building, office block, office tower.
    * bloque de papel = pad of paper.
    * bloque de piedra = stone block.
    * bloque de pisos = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.
    * bloque de tinta = ink-block.
    * bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.
    * bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.
    * bloque funcional de identificación = identification block.
    * bloque funcional de información descriptiva = descriptive information block.
    * bloque funcional de notas = notes block.
    * bloque funcional de relaciones entre registros = linking entry block.
    * bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.
    * bloque funcional de títulos relacionados = related title block.
    * bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.
    * bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.
    * bloque litográfico = letterpress block.
    * bloque mental = writer's block.
    * bloque socialista, el = socialist bloc, the, Soviet bloc, the.
    * bloque xilográfico a contrafibra = end-grain block.
    * diagrama por bloques = block diagram.
    * en bloque = en bloc.
    * reservar en bloque = block book.

    * * *
    A (de piedra, hormigón) block
    B (edificio) block; (conjunto de casas) housing complex (built around central space, lawn, etc)
    un bloque de apartamentos or ( Esp) pisos an apartment block, a block of flats ( BrE)
    un bloque de apartamentos or ( Esp) pisos de alquiler tenement block
    C
    1 ( period) (de noticias) section
    2 ( Inf) block
    el bloque del Este ( Hist) the Eastern bloc
    en bloque ( loc adv) en bloc, en masse
    Compuesto:
    trading bloc
    E ( Auto) cylinder block
    * * *

    Del verbo blocar: ( conjugate blocar)

    bloqué es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    bloque es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    blocar    
    bloque
    bloque sustantivo masculino
    1 (de piedra, hormigón) block
    2 ( edificio) block;
    un bloque de departamentos (AmL) or (Esp) pisos an apartment block, a block of flats (BrE)
    3 (Inf) block
    4 ( fuerza política) bloc;

    bloque sustantivo masculino
    1 (trozo grande) block
    2 (edificio) block
    3 Pol bloc: el bloque conservador votó en contra de la enmienda, the Conservative Bloc voted against the amendment
    ♦ Locuciones: en bloque: la propuesta fue rechazada en bloque, the proposal was rejected in its entirety
    los ciudadanos respondieron en bloque, people reacted as one
    ' bloque' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conserje
    - conserjería
    - este
    - vivienda
    English:
    amenities
    - apartment
    - bloc
    - block
    - erect
    - high-rise
    - office block
    - slab
    - strength
    - tower
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [pieza] block
    2. [edificio] block;
    un bloque de apartamentos Br a block of flats, US an apartment block;
    un bloque de oficinas an office block
    3. [de noticias, anuncios] section
    4. Informát block
    5. Pol bloc;
    en bloque en masse
    Hist el bloque del Este the Eastern bloc
    6. Tec
    bloque (de cilindros) cylinder block
    7. Dep [equipo] unit;
    dieron una pobre impresión de bloque they didn't play as a unit
    * * *
    m
    1 de piedra block
    2 POL bloc;
    en bloque en masse
    * * *
    bloque nm
    1) : block
    2) grupo: bloc
    el bloque comunista: the Communist bloc
    * * *
    bloque n block

    Spanish-English dictionary > bloque

  • 62 caso

    m.
    case.
    el caso es que… the thing is (that)…; (el hecho es que) what matters is (that)… (lo importante es que)
    el caso Dreyfus the Dreyfus affair
    en caso afirmativo/negativo if so/not
    en caso de in the event of
    (en) caso de que venga should she come
    en cualquier o todo caso in any event o case
    en el mejor/peor de los casos at best/worst
    en tal o ese caso in that case
    en último caso as a last resort
    ir al caso to get to the point
    pongamos por caso que… let's suppose (that)…
    ser un caso to be a case, to be a right one
    ser un caso perdido to be a lost cause
    no venir al caso to be irrelevant
    caso de conciencia matter of conscience
    fue un caso de fuerza mayor it was due to force of circumstances
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: casar.
    * * *
    1 (ocasión) case, occasion
    2 (suceso) event, happening
    3 (asunto) affair
    4 (policial, medical) case
    \
    cuando llegue el caso in due course
    dado el caso de que... in the event of...
    el caso es que... the fact is that..., the thing is that...
    en caso de in case of, in the event of
    en caso de necesidad if need be, if necessary
    ■ en caso de que te pierdas, llámame if you get lost, call me
    en cualquier caso in any case
    en este caso in such a case
    en todo caso anyhow, at any rate
    en último caso as a last resort
    en un caso extremo as a last resort
    ¡eres (es, etc) un caso! familiar you're (he's etc) a case!
    hacer al caso / venir al caso to be relevant
    hacer caso de alguien / hacer caso a alguien to pay attention to somebody, take notice of somebody
    hacer caso omiso de algo to take no notice of something, ignore something
    no venir al caso to be beside the point
    para el caso es igual it's the same, it doesn't make any difference
    pongamos por caso let's say, suppose
    verse en el caso de to be compelled to
    caso de fuerza mayor dire necessity
    caso perdido hopeless case
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) case
    •
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=circunstancia)
    a) [gen] case

    en el caso de Francia — in France's case, in the case of France

    b)

    • en caso afirmativo — if so

    • en (el) caso contrario — if not, otherwise

    • en cualquier caso — in any case

    • en caso de — in the event of

    en (el) caso de que venga — if he comes, should he come

    en caso de que llueva, iremos en autobús — if it rains, we'll go by bus

    • en ese caso — in that case

    • en el mejor de los casos — at best

    • en caso necesario — if necessary

    • en caso negativo — if not, otherwise

    • en el peor de los casos — at worst

    • en su caso — where appropriate

    su finalidad es el cuidado y, en su caso, educación de los niños — their aim is to care for and, where appropriate, educate the children

    • en tal caso — in such a case

    • en todo caso — in any case

    • en último caso — as a last resort, in the last resort

    • en uno u otro caso — one way or the other

    extremo I, 1)
    c)

    • darse el caso, todavía no se ha dado el caso — such a situation hasn't yet arisen

    dado el caso que tuvieras que irte, ¿a dónde irías? — in the event that you did have to go, where would you go?

    • el caso es que..., el caso es que se me olvidó su nombre — the thing is I forgot her name

    • hablar al caso — to keep to the point

    • hacer al caso — to be relevant

    • pongamos por caso que... — let us suppose that...

    • ponte en mi caso — put yourself in my position

    • según el caso — as the case may be

    necesitan una o dos sesiones de rayos, según el caso — they need either one or two X-ray treatment sessions, as the case may be o depending on the circumstances

    sustitúyase, según el caso, por una frase u otra — replace with one or other of the phrases, as appropriate

    según lo requiera el caso — as the case may require, depending on the requirements of the case in question

    • este ejemplo debería servir para el caso — this example should serve our purpose o should do

    • no tiene caso — Méx there's no point (in it)

    • ¡ vamos al caso! — let's get down to business!

    • vaya por caso... — to give an example...

    • venir al caso — to be relevant

    • verse en el caso de hacer algo — to be obliged to do sth

    2) (Med) case
    3) (=asunto) affair; (Jur) case

    • es un caso perdido — [situación] it's a hopeless case; [persona] he's a dead loss, he's hopeless

    caso fortuito — (Jur) act of God; (=suceso imprevisto) unforeseen circumstance

    4)

    • hacer caso a o de algo — to take notice of sth, pay attention to sth

    no me hacen caso — they take no notice of me, they pay no attention to me

    ¡no haga usted caso! — take no notice!

    hazle caso, que ella tiene más experiencia — listen to her, she has more experience

    maldito el caso que me hace — * a fat lot of notice he takes of me *

    • ni caso, tú a todo lo que te diga ¡ni caso! — * take no notice of what he says!

    se lo dije, pero ni caso — I told him, but he took absolutely no notice

    • hacer caso omiso de algo — to ignore sth

    5) (Ling) case
    * * *
    1) (situación, coyuntura) case

    en último caso — if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst

    a veces se da el caso de... — from time to time it happens that...

    si se diera el caso de que tuvieras que quedarte... — if you did have to stay...

    pongamos por caso que... — let's assume that...

    el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right; el caso es que no sé si... the thing is that I don't know whether...; en caso de: en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass; en caso de que no pueda asistir... if you are unable to attend...; en caso contrario otherwise; en cualquier caso in any case; en tal caso in such a (frml) o in that case; en todo caso: no estará para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves it won't be done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday; quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring; llegado el caso if it comes to it; según el caso as appropriate; no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use; no tiene caso — it is absolutely pointless

    3) (Der, Med) case

    ser un caso — (fam)

    es un caso — he's/she's something else (colloq)

    4) ( atención)

    hacerle caso a alguien — to pay attention to somebody, take notice of somebody

    hacer caso de algo — to pay attention to something; to take notice of something

    no hizo caso de las señales de peligro — she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs

    hacer caso omiso de algo — to take no notice of something, ignore something

    5) (Ling) case
    * * *
    = case, case, case, instance, case history, episode, legal case, court case, occurrence.
    Ex. Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.
    Ex. Enter a judgement and other judicial decisions of a court in a case under the heading for the court.
    Ex. A ' case' is a class of documents or organisations in which that problem is found.
    Ex. In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.
    Ex. The librarian should remember that the literature contains many case histories where failure can be directly traced to neglect of this principle.
    Ex. No critics review issues of magazines or the weekly episodes of Crossroads or Coronation Street but women's magazines and these television serials all have readership and viewers numbered in millions.
    Ex. Prisoners rely on inadequate legal resources in prison law libraries to prepare legal cases to protect their constitutional rights.
    Ex. This article reviews recent copyright court cases involving issues of information access and use.
    Ex. Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
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    * ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.
    * basado en casos prácticos reales = case-based [case based].
    * cada caso por separado = on a case-by-case basis.
    * caso abierto = cold case.
    * caso clínico = clinical case.
    * caso comercial = business case.
    * caso con éxito = success story.
    * caso hipotético = hypothetical case.
    * caso nominativo = nominative case.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * caso perdido = basket case.
    * caso por daños y perjuicios = damages case.
    * caso práctico = case study, case, practical case.
    * caso real = case study.
    * casos = casework, case scenarios.
    * casos prácticos = best practices.
    * caso teórico = theoretical case.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.
    * como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.
    * como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.
    * como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.
    * cuando sea el caso = when applicable.
    * darse el caso que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.
    * defender + Posesivo + caso = take up + Posesivo + case.
    * de nuevo en este caso = here again.
    * en algunos casos = in some cases.
    * en ambos casos = in either case, in either instance.
    * en aquellos casos = in those cases.
    * en aquellos casos en los que = in those cases where.
    * en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * en caso de emerencia = in an emergency.
    * en caso de emergencia = in an emergency situation.
    * en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * en ciertos casos = in certain cases.
    * en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.
    * en cuyo caso = in which case.
    * en el caso de = for, in association with, in the case of, in the event of, in case of, in the context of.
    * en (el) caso de que = in the event that, should, in case.
    * en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).
    * en el improbable caso de que = in the unlikely case (that).
    * en el mejor de los casos = at best, at most, ideally, in the best of circumstances, the best case scenario, at the most, at the best of times, at the very best.
    * en el peor de los casos = at worst, in the worst of circumstances, at + Posesivo + very worst, the worst case scenario, at + Posesivo + worst, in the worst case.
    * en el primer caso = in the former case.
    * en el segundo caso = in the latter case.
    * en el último caso = in the latter case.
    * en ese caso = in that case.
    * en esos casos = in those cases.
    * en este caso = in this case.
    * en estos casos = in these cases.
    * en la mayoría de los casos = most often, in most cases, in the majority of cases, mostly, under most circumstances.
    * en los casos en que = where.
    * en muchos casos = in many instances.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * enseñanza a través del estudio de casos = case-teaching.
    * en todo caso = if anything.
    * escritor de casos prácticos = case writer [case-writer].
    * éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).
    * éste no es el caso en = not so in.
    * esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * estudio de caso = case study.
    * excepto en el caso de que = except when.
    * gestión de casos clínicos = case management.
    * gramática de casos = case grammar.
    * hacer caso = take + notice, listen (to).
    * hacer caso a Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.
    * hacer caso (a/de) = pay + attention to.
    * hacer caso omiso = disregard, brush aside, go + unheeded, fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fly in + the face of, push aside.
    * hacer caso omiso a = be oblivious of/to.
    * haciendo caso omiso de = heedless of, in defiance of.
    * libro de casos prácticos = case book.
    * menos en el caso de que = except when.
    * ¡ni hablar del caso! = no dice!.
    * no es lo mismo en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * no hacer caso = brush aside.
    * no hacer caso a = turn + Posesivo + back on.
    * no hacer caso de = slight.
    * normativa en caso de incendio = fire regulations.
    * no venir al caso = be immaterial.
    * para el caso = for that matter.
    * para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.
    * peor caso, el = worst case, the.
    * peor de los casos, el = worst case, the.
    * pongamos el caso de que = for the sake of + argument.
    * refutar un caso = state + case against.
    * relacionado a un caso concreto = case-related.
    * resolver un caso = crack + a case.
    * salvo en el caso de = save in the case of, short of.
    * ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).
    * ser un caso aparte = be in a league of its own.
    * ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.
    * ser un caso excepcional = be in a league of its own.
    * si éste es el caso = if this is the case.
    * si éste no es el caso = if this is not the case.
    * sin hacer caso = regardless.
    * tú hazme caso = take it from me.
    * un caso perdido = a dead dog.
    * * *
    1) (situación, coyuntura) case

    en último caso — if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst

    a veces se da el caso de... — from time to time it happens that...

    si se diera el caso de que tuvieras que quedarte... — if you did have to stay...

    pongamos por caso que... — let's assume that...

    el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right; el caso es que no sé si... the thing is that I don't know whether...; en caso de: en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass; en caso de que no pueda asistir... if you are unable to attend...; en caso contrario otherwise; en cualquier caso in any case; en tal caso in such a (frml) o in that case; en todo caso: no estará para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves it won't be done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday; quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring; llegado el caso if it comes to it; según el caso as appropriate; no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use; no tiene caso — it is absolutely pointless

    3) (Der, Med) case

    ser un caso — (fam)

    es un caso — he's/she's something else (colloq)

    4) ( atención)

    hacerle caso a alguien — to pay attention to somebody, take notice of somebody

    hacer caso de algo — to pay attention to something; to take notice of something

    no hizo caso de las señales de peligro — she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs

    hacer caso omiso de algo — to take no notice of something, ignore something

    5) (Ling) case
    * * *
    = case, case, case, instance, case history, episode, legal case, court case, occurrence.

    Ex: Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.

    Ex: Enter a judgement and other judicial decisions of a court in a case under the heading for the court.
    Ex: A ' case' is a class of documents or organisations in which that problem is found.
    Ex: In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.
    Ex: The librarian should remember that the literature contains many case histories where failure can be directly traced to neglect of this principle.
    Ex: No critics review issues of magazines or the weekly episodes of Crossroads or Coronation Street but women's magazines and these television serials all have readership and viewers numbered in millions.
    Ex: Prisoners rely on inadequate legal resources in prison law libraries to prepare legal cases to protect their constitutional rights.
    Ex: This article reviews recent copyright court cases involving issues of information access and use.
    Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
    * ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.
    * basado en casos prácticos reales = case-based [case based].
    * cada caso por separado = on a case-by-case basis.
    * caso abierto = cold case.
    * caso clínico = clinical case.
    * caso comercial = business case.
    * caso con éxito = success story.
    * caso hipotético = hypothetical case.
    * caso nominativo = nominative case.
    * caso objetivo = objective case.
    * caso perdido = basket case.
    * caso por daños y perjuicios = damages case.
    * caso práctico = case study, case, practical case.
    * caso real = case study.
    * casos = casework, case scenarios.
    * casos prácticos = best practices.
    * caso teórico = theoretical case.
    * caso triste = sad story.
    * como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.
    * como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.
    * como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.
    * como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.
    * cuando sea el caso = when applicable.
    * darse el caso que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo.
    * defender + Posesivo + caso = take up + Posesivo + case.
    * de nuevo en este caso = here again.
    * en algunos casos = in some cases.
    * en ambos casos = in either case, in either instance.
    * en aquellos casos = in those cases.
    * en aquellos casos en los que = in those cases where.
    * en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * en caso de emerencia = in an emergency.
    * en caso de emergencia = in an emergency situation.
    * en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.
    * en casos raros = in rare cases.
    * en ciertos casos = in certain cases.
    * en cualquier caso = for that matter, in any event, in any case, in either case.
    * en cuyo caso = in which case.
    * en el caso de = for, in association with, in the case of, in the event of, in case of, in the context of.
    * en (el) caso de que = in the event that, should, in case.
    * en el caso poco probable de que = in the unlikely case (that).
    * en el improbable caso de que = in the unlikely case (that).
    * en el mejor de los casos = at best, at most, ideally, in the best of circumstances, the best case scenario, at the most, at the best of times, at the very best.
    * en el peor de los casos = at worst, in the worst of circumstances, at + Posesivo + very worst, the worst case scenario, at + Posesivo + worst, in the worst case.
    * en el primer caso = in the former case.
    * en el segundo caso = in the latter case.
    * en el último caso = in the latter case.
    * en ese caso = in that case.
    * en esos casos = in those cases.
    * en este caso = in this case.
    * en estos casos = in these cases.
    * en la mayoría de los casos = most often, in most cases, in the majority of cases, mostly, under most circumstances.
    * en los casos en que = where.
    * en muchos casos = in many instances.
    * en raros casos = in rare cases.
    * enseñanza a través del estudio de casos = case-teaching.
    * en todo caso = if anything.
    * escritor de casos prácticos = case writer [case-writer].
    * éste es también el caso de = the same is true (for/of/with).
    * éste no es el caso en = not so in.
    * esto no ocurre en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * estudio de caso = case study.
    * excepto en el caso de que = except when.
    * gestión de casos clínicos = case management.
    * gramática de casos = case grammar.
    * hacer caso = take + notice, listen (to).
    * hacer caso a Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.
    * hacer caso (a/de) = pay + attention to.
    * hacer caso omiso = disregard, brush aside, go + unheeded, fall on + deaf ears, meet + deaf ears, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fly in + the face of, push aside.
    * hacer caso omiso a = be oblivious of/to.
    * haciendo caso omiso de = heedless of, in defiance of.
    * libro de casos prácticos = case book.
    * menos en el caso de que = except when.
    * ¡ni hablar del caso! = no dice!.
    * no es lo mismo en el caso de = the same is not true (for/of/with).
    * no hacer caso = brush aside.
    * no hacer caso a = turn + Posesivo + back on.
    * no hacer caso de = slight.
    * normativa en caso de incendio = fire regulations.
    * no venir al caso = be immaterial.
    * para el caso = for that matter.
    * para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.
    * peor caso, el = worst case, the.
    * peor de los casos, el = worst case, the.
    * pongamos el caso de que = for the sake of + argument.
    * refutar un caso = state + case against.
    * relacionado a un caso concreto = case-related.
    * resolver un caso = crack + a case.
    * salvo en el caso de = save in the case of, short of.
    * ser el caso (de) = be the case (with).
    * ser un caso aparte = be in a league of its own.
    * ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.
    * ser un caso excepcional = be in a league of its own.
    * si éste es el caso = if this is the case.
    * si éste no es el caso = if this is not the case.
    * sin hacer caso = regardless.
    * tú hazme caso = take it from me.
    * un caso perdido = a dead dog.

    * * *
    A (situación, coyuntura) case
    en esos casos, lo mejor es no decir nada in cases o situations like that, it's best not to say anything
    si ése es el caso … if that's the case …
    en último caso siempre puedes acudir a tu tío as a last resort you could always go to your uncle
    en último caso nos vamos a pie if it comes to it o if the worst comes to the worst, we'll just have to walk
    es un caso límite it is a borderline case
    aun en el mejor de los casos even at the very best
    en el peor de los casos te pondrán una multa the worst they can do is fine you
    de vez en cuando se da el caso de … from time to time cases arise of o there are cases of …
    pocas veces se ha dado el caso de que hayan tenido que disparar there have been few cases in which they have had to shoot
    para el caso es igual what difference does it make?
    yo en su caso, aceptaría I'd accept if I were you
    ponte en mi caso put yourself in my place o position o shoes
    lo que dijo no venía or hacía al caso what she said had nothing to do with o had no connection with what we were talking about
    pongamos por caso que se trata de … let's assume o suppose o imagine we're talking about …
    B ( en locs):
    el caso es que: el caso es que están todos bien the important o main thing is that everybody is all right
    el caso es que no sé si aceptar o no the thing is that I don't know whether to accept or not
    en caso de: [ S ] en caso de incendio rómpase el cristal in case of fire break glass
    en caso de no poder asistir le ruego me avise please inform me if you are unable to attend
    en caso contrario nos veremos obligados a cerrar otherwise o if not, we will have no option but to close down
    en cualquier caso in any case
    en cualquier caso nada se pierde con intentarlo in any case there's no harm in trying, there's no harm in trying anyway
    en todo caso: en todo caso pueden dormir en casa they can always stay at my place
    no puedo hacerlo para mañana, en todo caso para el jueves I can't get it done for tomorrow, maybe Thursday
    quizá venga, en todo caso dijo que llamaría she might come, in any case she said she'd ring
    llegado el caso if it comes to it
    llegado el caso podemos tomar el tren if it comes to it we can always take the train
    según el caso as appropriate
    no hay/hubo caso ( AmL fam): no hubo caso, la mancha no salió the stain absolutely refused to budge
    por más que reclamé, no hubo caso I complained until I was blue in the face but it didn't do the slightest bit of good ( colloq)
    no hay caso, no va a aprender nunca there's no way he'll ever learn ( colloq), it's no good o no use, he'll never learn
    no tiene caso it is absolutely pointless o a complete waste of time
    C ( Der, Med) case
    los implicados en el caso Solasa those implicated in the Solasa affair o case
    ser un caso ( fam): es un caso he's something else ( colloq), he's a case ( colloq)
    ser un caso perdido ( fam); to be a hopeless case ( colloq), to be a dead loss ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    question of conscience
    (en lo civil) act of God
    muerte por caso fortuito death by misadventure
    D
    (atención): hacerle caso a algn to pay attention to sb, take notice of sb
    maldito el caso que me hace she doesn't take the slightest notice of what I say
    hacer caso DE algo:
    no hizo caso de las señales de peligro she ignored o didn't heed the warning signs, she took no notice of o paid no attention to the warning signs
    hacer caso omiso de algo to take no notice of sth, ignore sth
    haces caso omiso de todo lo que te digo you ignore everything o take no notice of anything I tell you
    hizo caso omiso de mis consejos he disregarded o ignored o didn't heed my advice, he took no notice of my advice
    E ( Ling) case
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    Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar)

    caso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    casó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    casar    
    caso
    casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry
    verbo intransitivo

    [ piezas] to fit together;
    [ cuentas] to match, tally
    b) ( armonizar) [colores/estilos] to go together;

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

    se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer;
    casose en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
    caso sustantivo masculino
    1 (situación, coyuntura) case;

    yo en tu caso … if I were you …;
    en último caso if it comes to it, if the worst comes to the worst;
    en el mejor de los casos at (the very) best;
    en el peor de los casos te multarán the worst they can do is fine you;
    eso no venía al caso that had nothing to do with what we were talking about;
    pongamos por caso que … let's assume that …;
    en caso de incendio in case of fire;
    en caso contrario otherwise;
    en cualquier caso in any case;
    en tal caso in that case, in such a case (frml);
    en todo caso dijo que llamaría in any case she said she'd ring;
    llegado el caso if it comes to it;
    según el caso as appropriate;
    no hay/hubo caso (AmL fam) it is no good o no use/it was no good o no use
    2 (Der, Med) case;
    ◊ ser un caso perdido (fam) to be a hopeless case (colloq)

    3 ( atención): hacerle caso a algn to pay attention to sb, take notice of sb;
    hacer caso de algo to pay attention to sth, to take notice of sth;

    casar
    I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry
    (dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
    II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him
    caso sustantivo masculino
    1 (suceso) case
    2 Med case
    3 Jur affair
    4 (circunstancia, situación) yo en tu caso no iría, if I were you, I wouldn't go
    el caso es que..., the fact o thing is that...
    (en) caso contrario, otherwise
    en el mejor/peor de los casos, at best/worst
    en ese/tal caso, in that case
    ♦ Locuciones: hacer caso a o de alguien, to pay attention to sb
    hacer caso omiso de, to take no notice of: intenté convencerle, pero no me hizo ni caso, I tried to convince him but he just ignored me
    no venir al caso, to be beside the point
    poner por caso, to suppose: pongamos por caso que no viene, let's say he doesn't come
    ser un caso perdido, to be a hopeless case
    en caso de que, if
    en caso de necesidad, if need be
    en todo caso, in any case
    en último caso, as a last resort
    ni caso, don't pay attention
    ' caso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amargada
    - amargado
    - aparte
    - callar
    - casar
    - casarse
    - ceñirse
    - comisionar
    - como
    - concreta
    - concreto
    - correo
    - emergencia
    - eximente
    - genuina
    - genuino
    - hecha
    - hecho
    - hipócrita
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - igualmente
    - lengua
    - nocturnidad
    - nupcias
    - omisa
    - omiso
    - prescindir
    - referencia
    - señor
    - sobreseer
    - viaje
    - voto
    - a
    - acaso
    - aislado
    - cerrar
    - clásico
    - conveniencia
    - cuyo
    - desde
    - ejemplo
    - entretelones
    - estudio
    - evento
    - examinar
    - excepcional
    - extremo
    - fumar
    - ignorar
    English:
    act
    - affair
    - agree
    - always
    - anyhow
    - arbitration
    - argue
    - attention
    - beneath
    - blatant
    - borderline
    - brush aside
    - brushoff
    - but
    - case
    - chronic
    - circumstance
    - clear up
    - clear-cut
    - client
    - deploy
    - dismiss
    - disregard
    - do
    - doubt
    - emergency
    - event
    - fall back on
    - go before
    - head
    - hear
    - hearing
    - heedless
    - heedlessly
    - here
    - history
    - ignore
    - implication
    - instance
    - lady
    - make out
    - medical
    - necessity
    - notice
    - occur
    - open-and-shut
    - override
    - pass
    - point
    - prejudice
    * * *
    caso nm
    1. [situación, circunstancias, ejemplo] case;
    un caso especial a special case;
    un caso límite a borderline case;
    voy a contarles un caso curioso que pasó aquí I'm going to tell you about something strange that happened here;
    les expuse mi caso I made out my case to them;
    el caso es que [el hecho es que] the thing is (that);
    [lo importante es que] what matters is (that);
    el caso es que a pesar de la aparatosidad del accidente nadie resultó herido despite the spectacular nature of the accident, the fact remains that no one was injured;
    el caso es que no sé qué hacer basically, I don't know what to do;
    rara vez se da el caso de que dos candidatos obtengan el mismo número de votos it is very rare for two candidates to receive the same number of votes;
    si se da el caso, tomaremos las medidas necesarias if that should happen, we'll take the necessary steps;
    en caso afirmativo/negativo if so/not;
    en caso contrario otherwise;
    en caso de in the event of;
    en caso de emergencia in case of emergency;
    en caso de incendio in the event of a fire;
    en caso de no haber mayoría… should there be no majority…;
    en caso de necesidad if necessary;
    en caso de no poder venir, comuníquenoslo should you be unable to come, please let us know;
    (en) caso de que venga should she come, if she comes;
    en cualquier caso in any event o case;
    en todo caso in any event o case;
    dijo que en todo caso nos avisaría she said she'd let us know, whatever;
    no tenemos dinero para un hotel, en todo caso una pensión we certainly haven't got enough money for a hotel, so it'll have to be a guesthouse, if anything;
    en el caso de Bosnia, la situación es más complicada in the case of Bosnia, the situation is more complicated;
    en el mejor/peor de los casos at best/worst;
    en el peor de los casos, llegaremos un poco tarde the worst that can happen is that we'll be a few minutes late;
    en tal o [m5] ese caso in that case;
    en último caso, en caso extremo as a last resort;
    hablar al caso to keep to the point;
    ir al caso to get to the point;
    cuando llegue el caso, se lo diremos we'll tell you when the time comes;
    cuando llegue el caso, hablaremos del asunto if it comes to that, we'll discuss it then;
    llegado o [m5]si llega el caso, ya veremos qué hacemos we'll cross that bridge when we come to it;
    lo mejor del caso the best thing (about it);
    poner por caso algo/a alguien to take sth/sb as an example;
    pongamos por caso que… let's suppose (that)…;
    ponerse en el caso de alguien to put oneself in sb's position;
    yo en tu caso no iría I wouldn't go if I were you;
    según (sea) el caso, según los casos as o whatever the case may be;
    eso no viene o [m5] hace al caso that's irrelevant;
    tu comportamiento no viene o [m5] hace al caso your behaviour is out of place;
    verse en el caso de hacer algo to be obliged o compelled to do sth
    2. [atención] attention;
    hacer caso a to pay attention to;
    tuve que gritar para que me hicieran caso I had to shout to attract their attention;
    ¡maldito el caso que me hacen! they don't take the blindest bit of notice of me!;
    ¡ni caso!, ¡no hagas caso! don't take any notice!;
    se lo dije, pero ella, ni caso I told her, but she didn't take any notice;
    no me hace ni caso she doesn't pay the slightest bit of attention to me;
    creo que su cumpleaños es el viernes, pero no me hagas mucho caso I think her birthday is on Friday, but don't take my word for it
    3. [médico, legal] case;
    el caso Dreyfus the Dreyfus affair;
    el caso Watergate Watergate, the Watergate affair;
    se han dado varios casos de intoxicación there have been several cases of poisoning;
    Fam
    ser un caso perdido to be a lost cause;
    Méx
    no tiene caso, RP [m5] no hay caso [no tiene solución] nothing can be done about it
    caso clínico:
    un caso clínico muy interesante a very interesting case;
    Fam
    ser un caso (clínico) to be a case, to be a right one;
    caso de conciencia matter of conscience;
    Der caso fortuito act of God;
    caso de fuerza mayor force of circumstance(s);
    fue un caso de fuerza mayor it was due to force of circumstance(s);
    caso de honra question of honour;
    caso judicial court case;
    Der caso de prueba test case
    4. Gram case
    * * *
    m
    1 case;
    en ese caso in that case;
    en tal caso in such a case;
    en caso contrario otherwise, if not;
    en caso de que, caso de in the event that, in case of;
    en todo caso in any case, in any event;
    en el peor de los casos if the worst comes to the worst;
    en último caso as a last resort;
    en ningún caso never, under no circumstances;
    dado o
    llegado el caso if it comes to it;
    dado el caso que in the event that;
    si se da el caso if the situation arises;
    el caso es que … the thing is that …;
    no venir al caso be irrelevant;
    ¡vamos al caso! let’s get to the point;
    en su caso in his/her case;
    ponerse en el caso de alguien put o.s. in s.o.’s shoes
    2
    :
    caso aislado isolated case;
    caso perdido fig hopeless case;
    ser un caso fam be a real case fam
    :
    hacer caso take notice;
    hacer caso de algo pay attention to sth;
    hacer caso a alguien pay attention to s.o.;
    ¡no le hagas caso! take no notice of him!
    * * *
    caso nm
    1) : case
    2)
    en caso de : in case of, in the event of
    3)
    hacer caso de : to pay attention to, to notice
    4)
    hacer caso omiso de : to ignore, to take no notice of
    5)
    no venir al caso : to be beside the point
    * * *
    caso n case
    hacer caso omiso to take no notice [pt. took; pp. taken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > caso

  • 63 chismoso

    adj.
    gossipy, gossiping, talebearer.
    m.
    1 gossip, blab, chatterer, gossip person.
    2 nosy person, nosy parker.
    * * *
    1 gossipy, gossiping
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 gossip
    * * *
    (f. - chismosa)
    noun
    * * *
    chismoso, -a
    1.
    ADJ gossiping, scandalmongering
    2.
    SM / F gossip
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo gossipy (colloq)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino gossip, scandalmonger (colloq)
    * * *
    = scandalmonger, gossipy, tattler, gossip, gossiper, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.].
    Ex. The novel 'Scandalmonger' examines the creation of the American republic through fictionalized versions of such characters as Washington and Jefferson.
    Ex. The author provides a pithy, gossipy update on the political machinations concerning bilingualism and related issues in the French Canadian province of Quebec.
    Ex. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
    Ex. If all that good stuff rubs off on her, she will eventually quit being such a gossip over time.
    Ex. In fact, the most dangerous gossipers are ones that are close to you.
    Ex. The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo gossipy (colloq)
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino gossip, scandalmonger (colloq)
    * * *
    = scandalmonger, gossipy, tattler, gossip, gossiper, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.].

    Ex: The novel 'Scandalmonger' examines the creation of the American republic through fictionalized versions of such characters as Washington and Jefferson.

    Ex: The author provides a pithy, gossipy update on the political machinations concerning bilingualism and related issues in the French Canadian province of Quebec.
    Ex: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
    Ex: If all that good stuff rubs off on her, she will eventually quit being such a gossip over time.
    Ex: In fact, the most dangerous gossipers are ones that are close to you.
    Ex: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.

    * * *
    chismoso1 -sa
    1 (cotilla) gossipy ( colloq)
    es terriblemente chismoso he's a terrible gossip
    no he visto un pueblo más chismoso que éste I've never known such a place for gossip, I've never known such a gossipy place
    2 (curioso) nosy
    chismoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    1 (cotilla) gossip, scandalmonger ( colloq)
    2 (curioso) nosy person, nosy parker ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    chismoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    gossipy (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    gossip, scandalmonger (colloq)
    chismoso,-a
    I adjetivo gossipy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino gossip

    ' chismoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chismosa
    - curiosa
    - curioso
    - alcahuete
    - cuentero
    - hablador
    English:
    gossip
    - big
    * * *
    chismoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    gossipy;
    no seas tan chismoso don't be such a gossip
    ♦ nm,f
    gossip, scandalmonger
    * * *
    I adj gossipy
    II m, chismosa f fam
    gossip
    * * *
    chismoso, -sa adj
    : gossipy, gossiping
    chismoso, -sa n
    1) : gossiper, gossip
    2) Mex fam : tattletale
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > chismoso

  • 64 combinar

    v.
    1 to combine.
    combina lo práctico con lo barato it is both practical and cheap
    Ella combina minerales She combines minerals.
    Ella combina trabajo y placer She combines business with pleasure.
    Ella combina posibilidades She permutes possibilities.
    2 to mix (bebidas).
    3 to match (colores).
    4 to arrange, to organize.
    5 to bind.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to combine
    2 (disponer) to arrange, plan
    3 QUÍMICA to combine
    4 (colores) to match ( con, -), go ( con, with)
    1 (ponerse de acuerdo) to get together
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ esfuerzos, movimientos] to combine; [+ colores] to match, mix
    2) [+ plan, proyecto] to devise, work out
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < ingredientes> to combine, mix together
    b) < colores> to put together

    combinar algo con algo: combinar el rojo con el violeta to put red and purple together; no puedes combinar esa falda con ese jersey — you can't wear that skirt with that sweater

    c) (Quím) to combine
    d) ( reunir) to combine
    2.
    combinar vi colores/ropa to go together
    3.
    combinarse v pron
    b) (Quím) to combine
    * * *
    = bridge, combine (together), link, marry, perform + combination, pick and mix, coalesce, blend, mix and match, piece together, concatenate, conflate, mingle (with), mesh, bundle, federate, couple, mix, mash up, conjoin, conjugate, commingle.
    Ex. BLAISE offers a variety of services bridging the cataloguing and information retrieval functions.
    Ex. Search aids are available in the form of logical statements which combine terms in order to be able to trace subjects according to a more specific document profile.
    Ex. These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.
    Ex. At that time OCLC was already going strong, and we tried to find some backing from the State of New York and possibly from the federal government to marry those two systems.
    Ex. If a search involves more than a single term, the system searches for each term separately, and reports intermediate results before performing the combination.
    Ex. Modular courses are already in place from which a student can pick and mix.
    Ex. Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.
    Ex. In her last appraisal they had observed how she blended many attractive personal qualities with intelligence, energy, and determination.
    Ex. It is possible to mix and match from copyright law, patent law and trade secret and contract law, and the choice of avenue offering the best protection will depend upon many variables.
    Ex. During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
    Ex. Individual files are concatenated to allow a full Boolean search to all files simultaneously.
    Ex. Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.
    Ex. Not so long ago, the far off lands existed, to most people, in their imagination where they mingled with fairy tales and imaginary stories.
    Ex. Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.
    Ex. CD-ROM products that combine, or bundle, related information services will be at the forefront because of their usefulness to end-users.
    Ex. The usefulness of the many online periodicals and scientific digital libraries that exist today is limited by the inability to federate these resources through a unified interface.
    Ex. The author describes a model for coupling hypertext and a knowledge based system.
    Ex. Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.
    Ex. The name comes from pop music, where DJs have made a hobby out of mashing up multiple, disparate songs to create new sounds.
    Ex. The grotesque is an effect achieved by conjoining disparate framents which do not realistically belong together.
    Ex. The problema can be solved by conjugating two bare hard disks.
    Ex. By mixing the marital property (your paycheck) with the separate property (your inheritance), you have ' commingled' them, and they cannot be considered separate property anymore.
    ----
    * combinar Algo con Algo = marry + Nombre + with + Nombre.
    * combinar con = intersperse with.
    * combinar en = meld (in/into).
    * combinar intereses = bridge + interests.
    * que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].
    * volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < ingredientes> to combine, mix together
    b) < colores> to put together

    combinar algo con algo: combinar el rojo con el violeta to put red and purple together; no puedes combinar esa falda con ese jersey — you can't wear that skirt with that sweater

    c) (Quím) to combine
    d) ( reunir) to combine
    2.
    combinar vi colores/ropa to go together
    3.
    combinarse v pron
    b) (Quím) to combine
    * * *
    = bridge, combine (together), link, marry, perform + combination, pick and mix, coalesce, blend, mix and match, piece together, concatenate, conflate, mingle (with), mesh, bundle, federate, couple, mix, mash up, conjoin, conjugate, commingle.

    Ex: BLAISE offers a variety of services bridging the cataloguing and information retrieval functions.

    Ex: Search aids are available in the form of logical statements which combine terms in order to be able to trace subjects according to a more specific document profile.
    Ex: These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.
    Ex: At that time OCLC was already going strong, and we tried to find some backing from the State of New York and possibly from the federal government to marry those two systems.
    Ex: If a search involves more than a single term, the system searches for each term separately, and reports intermediate results before performing the combination.
    Ex: Modular courses are already in place from which a student can pick and mix.
    Ex: Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.
    Ex: In her last appraisal they had observed how she blended many attractive personal qualities with intelligence, energy, and determination.
    Ex: It is possible to mix and match from copyright law, patent law and trade secret and contract law, and the choice of avenue offering the best protection will depend upon many variables.
    Ex: During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
    Ex: Individual files are concatenated to allow a full Boolean search to all files simultaneously.
    Ex: Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.
    Ex: Not so long ago, the far off lands existed, to most people, in their imagination where they mingled with fairy tales and imaginary stories.
    Ex: Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.
    Ex: CD-ROM products that combine, or bundle, related information services will be at the forefront because of their usefulness to end-users.
    Ex: The usefulness of the many online periodicals and scientific digital libraries that exist today is limited by the inability to federate these resources through a unified interface.
    Ex: The author describes a model for coupling hypertext and a knowledge based system.
    Ex: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.
    Ex: The name comes from pop music, where DJs have made a hobby out of mashing up multiple, disparate songs to create new sounds.
    Ex: The grotesque is an effect achieved by conjoining disparate framents which do not realistically belong together.
    Ex: The problema can be solved by conjugating two bare hard disks.
    Ex: By mixing the marital property (your paycheck) with the separate property (your inheritance), you have ' commingled' them, and they cannot be considered separate property anymore.
    * combinar Algo con Algo = marry + Nombre + with + Nombre.
    * combinar con = intersperse with.
    * combinar en = meld (in/into).
    * combinar intereses = bridge + interests.
    * que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].
    * volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].

    * * *
    combinar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹ingredientes› to combine, mix together
    2 ‹colores› to put together
    no se puede combinar esos dos colores you can't put those two colors together
    no sabe combinar la ropa he isn't very good at coordinating clothes
    combinar algo CON algo:
    me gusta la falda pero no tengo con qué combinarla I like the skirt but I have nothing to wear with it o to go with it
    ¿a quién se le ocurre combinar el rojo con el violeta? how could you think of putting red and purple together?
    no puedes combinar esa falda con ese jersey you can't wear that skirt with that sweater
    3 ( Quím) to combine
    4 (reunir) to combine
    ■ combinar
    vi
    «colores/ropa»: combinar CON algo; to go WITH sth
    quiero un bolso que combine con estos zapatos I want a bag that goes with o to go with these shoes
    1
    «personas» (ponerse de acuerdo): se combinaron para sorprenderlo they got together to give him a surprise
    se combinaron para gastarle una broma they got together o ganged up to play a trick on him
    nos combinamos para estar allí a las seis we all arranged to be there at six
    2 ( Quím) to combine
    * * *

     

    combinar ( conjugate combinar) verbo transitivo


    ‹ ropa› to coordinate;

    verbo intransitivo [colores/ropa] to go together;
    combinar con algo to go with sth
    combinar verbo transitivo, to combine, mix: hay que saber combinar estos dos sabores, you need to know how to best combine these two flavours
    ' combinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calor
    - entonar
    - ir
    - mezclar
    - pegar
    - compaginar
    - salir
    - sintetizar
    English:
    blend
    - combine
    - match
    - merge
    - coordinate
    - go
    - mix
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [unir, mezclar] to combine;
    combina lo práctico con lo barato it is both practical and cheap
    2. [bebidas] to mix
    3. [colores] to match
    4. [planificar] to arrange, to organize;
    combinan sus horarios para que siempre haya alguien en casa they arrange the hours they work so there's always somebody at home
    5. Mat to permute
    6. Quím to combine
    ♦ vi
    [colores, ropa]
    combinar con to go with;
    no tengo nada que combine con estos pantalones I haven't got anything to go o that goes with these trousers
    * * *
    v/t combine
    * * *
    1) unir: to combine, to mix together
    2) : to match, to put together
    * * *
    1. (en general) to combine
    2. (tener armonía) to match / to go with

    Spanish-English dictionary > combinar

  • 65 dedicar tiempo a

    (v.) = take + time on
    Ex. Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.
    * * *
    (v.) = take + time on

    Ex: Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicar tiempo a

  • 66 dinamismo

    m.
    dynamism.
    * * *
    1 dynamism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino dynamism, energy
    * * *
    = dynamism, proaction, vibrance, vibrancy, pizzazz, pep.
    Ex. The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.
    Ex. Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.
    Ex. Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex. The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.
    Ex. I wanted to show them an application which not only was database functional, but which itself had some pizzazz as a website.
    Ex. Not a lot of pep however, so this might be the day to curl up with a really challenging book or game.
    ----
    * con dinamismo = proactively [pro-actively], vivaciously.
    * * *
    masculino dynamism, energy
    * * *
    = dynamism, proaction, vibrance, vibrancy, pizzazz, pep.

    Ex: The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.

    Ex: Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.
    Ex: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex: The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.
    Ex: I wanted to show them an application which not only was database functional, but which itself had some pizzazz as a website.
    Ex: Not a lot of pep however, so this might be the day to curl up with a really challenging book or game.
    * con dinamismo = proactively [pro-actively], vivaciously.

    * * *
    dynamism, energy
    * * *
    [de persona] dynamism, drive; [de mercado, sector] dynamism; [de estilo, obra] dynamism, verve
    * * *
    m dynamism

    Spanish-English dictionary > dinamismo

  • 67 directivo

    adj.
    directive, managerial, directory, managing.
    m.
    executive, trustee, staff member, official.
    * * *
    1 directive, managing
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 director, manager, board member
    * * *
    1. (f. - directiva)
    adj.
    managerial, executive
    2. (f. - directiva)
    noun
    director, executive
    * * *
    directivo, -a
    1.
    ADJ [junta] managing; [función] managerial, administrative; [clase] executive
    2.
    SM / F (Com) manager
    * * *
    masculino ( gerente) manager; ( ejecutivo) executive, director
    * * *
    = managerial, official, top official, administrator, top executive, top position, senior manager, top manager, exec.
    Nota: Abreviatura de executive.
    Ex. The course had concentrated on executive decision making, with a side excursion into the study and findings of Henry Mintzberg as reported in his book, 'The Nature of managerial Work'.
    Ex. See also reference tracings include related headings such as personal and corporate headings for officials, pseudonyms used as uniform headings, etc.
    Ex. Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.
    Ex. With continued acquiescence to budget-cutting administrators, tomorrow's libraries may be viewed as mere custodians and perhaps even superfluous to their institutions.
    Ex. A survey of 40 organisations was used to identify the problems more frequently encountered by top executives using computers for decision support.
    Ex. In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.
    Ex. Jan Wilkinson has wide experience of a variety of academic libraries and has spent fifteen years as a senior manager.
    Ex. In comparison with the previous year, the remuneration of top managers grew on average by about 7.5% in 2002.
    Ex. Although there is consensus on the priority of some strategies, execs from different departments don't see eye to eye on many others.
    ----
    * comité directivo = steering committee.
    * comité directivo de un partido = caucus [caucuses, pl.].
    * directivo de agencia de publicidad = advertising executive.
    * directivo del comercio minorista = retail executive.
    * directivos = senior staff, senior management, administrative personnel.
    * Junta Directiva de la IFLA = IFLA's Executive Board.
    * reunión de la junta directiva = board meeting.
    * * *
    masculino ( gerente) manager; ( ejecutivo) executive, director
    * * *
    = managerial, official, top official, administrator, top executive, top position, senior manager, top manager, exec.
    Nota: Abreviatura de executive.

    Ex: The course had concentrated on executive decision making, with a side excursion into the study and findings of Henry Mintzberg as reported in his book, 'The Nature of managerial Work'.

    Ex: See also reference tracings include related headings such as personal and corporate headings for officials, pseudonyms used as uniform headings, etc.
    Ex: Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.
    Ex: With continued acquiescence to budget-cutting administrators, tomorrow's libraries may be viewed as mere custodians and perhaps even superfluous to their institutions.
    Ex: A survey of 40 organisations was used to identify the problems more frequently encountered by top executives using computers for decision support.
    Ex: In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.
    Ex: Jan Wilkinson has wide experience of a variety of academic libraries and has spent fifteen years as a senior manager.
    Ex: In comparison with the previous year, the remuneration of top managers grew on average by about 7.5% in 2002.
    Ex: Although there is consensus on the priority of some strategies, execs from different departments don't see eye to eye on many others.
    * comité directivo = steering committee.
    * comité directivo de un partido = caucus [caucuses, pl.].
    * directivo de agencia de publicidad = advertising executive.
    * directivo del comercio minorista = retail executive.
    * directivos = senior staff, senior management, administrative personnel.
    * Junta Directiva de la IFLA = IFLA's Executive Board.
    * reunión de la junta directiva = board meeting.

    * * *
    directivo1 -va
    managerial, executive
    (gerente) manager; (ejecutivo) executive, director
    * * *

    directivo,-a
    I adjetivo directive
    junta directiva, board of directors
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino director, member of the board
    ' directivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    directiva
    - dirección
    English:
    managerial
    - official
    - senior
    - director
    * * *
    directivo, -a
    ♦ adj
    managerial;
    la junta directiva del club the management team of the club;
    un cargo directivo a management post
    ♦ nm,f
    [jefe] manager
    * * *
    I adj governing; COM managing
    II m, directiva f COM manager;
    alto directivo top executive
    * * *
    directivo, -va adj
    : executive, managerial
    directivo, -va n
    : executive, director
    * * *
    directivo n manager / director

    Spanish-English dictionary > directivo

  • 68 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

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  • 69 en cierto modo

    in a way
    * * *
    = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree
    Ex. To some extent, at least, any theory designed to study this process evolves from practice rather than vice versa.
    Ex. Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig ya en 1811 tenía una máquina de presión plana que más o menos funcionaba y un prototipo de máquina rotativa en 1812.
    Ex. To a certain extent librarians have found their dependence on centralised bodies irksome.
    Ex. Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.
    Ex. It has long and effectively been used by many map librarians who felt that in their particular collections of maps the book and the work, so to speak, might be said to coincide, and that the considerations of authorship, editions, translations, and related works were largely negligible.
    Ex. All successful managers are autocratic to some degree.
    * * *
    = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree

    Ex: To some extent, at least, any theory designed to study this process evolves from practice rather than vice versa.

    Ex: Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig ya en 1811 tenía una máquina de presión plana que más o menos funcionaba y un prototipo de máquina rotativa en 1812.
    Ex: To a certain extent librarians have found their dependence on centralised bodies irksome.
    Ex: Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.
    Ex: It has long and effectively been used by many map librarians who felt that in their particular collections of maps the book and the work, so to speak, might be said to coincide, and that the considerations of authorship, editions, translations, and related works were largely negligible.
    Ex: All successful managers are autocratic to some degree.

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  • 70 en condiciones de igualdad

    = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis
    Ex. With a payment system the consumer controls production, and all goods compete on an equal footing.
    Ex. Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.
    Ex. All appropriate measures shall be taken to establish adequate legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men.
    * * *
    = on an equal footing, on equal terms, on an equal basis

    Ex: With a payment system the consumer controls production, and all goods compete on an equal footing.

    Ex: Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.
    Ex: All appropriate measures shall be taken to establish adequate legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men.

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  • 71 en igualdad de condiciones

    = other things being equal, on equal terms, one of equals, ceteris paribus, in a tie, on an equal footing, on an equal basis, all (other) things being equal
    Ex. Other things being equal, the capability of a service will tend to increase as the resources devoted to it increase.
    Ex. Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.
    Ex. Above all, the relationship between Western experts and the Third World must be one of equal partners, not of donor and recipient.
    Ex. It is seen that open access to land can lead to overpopulation in a ceteris paribus sense.
    Ex. In a tie, the data suggests the nod would go to search engines = En igualdad de condiciones, los datos nos dan a entender que serían los buscadores los que ganarían el pulso, en última instancia.
    Ex. With a payment system the consumer controls production, and all goods compete on an equal footing.
    Ex. All appropriate measures shall be taken to establish adequate legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men.
    Ex. Some of the modern evidence supporting the law of demand shows that, all other things being equal, when the price of a good rises, the amount of it demanded decreases.
    * * *
    = other things being equal, on equal terms, one of equals, ceteris paribus, in a tie, on an equal footing, on an equal basis, all (other) things being equal

    Ex: Other things being equal, the capability of a service will tend to increase as the resources devoted to it increase.

    Ex: Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.
    Ex: Above all, the relationship between Western experts and the Third World must be one of equal partners, not of donor and recipient.
    Ex: It is seen that open access to land can lead to overpopulation in a ceteris paribus sense.
    Ex: In a tie, the data suggests the nod would go to search engines = En igualdad de condiciones, los datos nos dan a entender que serían los buscadores los que ganarían el pulso, en última instancia.
    Ex: With a payment system the consumer controls production, and all goods compete on an equal footing.
    Ex: All appropriate measures shall be taken to establish adequate legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men.
    Ex: Some of the modern evidence supporting the law of demand shows that, all other things being equal, when the price of a good rises, the amount of it demanded decreases.

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  • 72 enfrentarse a un problema

    (v.) = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue
    Ex. This paper considers two areas in UK librarianship in which action might serve to challenge these threats.
    Ex. The National Archives confronted the difficult question of how burgeoning electronic records should be appraised.
    Ex. This article looks at one method, adopted by the Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, North Caroline, to cope with the problem of overdue books.
    Ex. They both face the problems presented in attempting to provide a system for the classification of all areas of knowledge.
    Ex. This article outlines some of the problems which confronted students attempting to master the skills of back-of-book indexing.
    Ex. All in all, research at the school has the same characteristics and comes up against the same problems as any other research conducted in the library and information sciences.
    Ex. While it is useful to know the areas in which problems might be experienced by a community, it is vital that each disadvantaged community be assessed individually.
    Ex. Libraries continue to struggle with issues created by the shift to electronic scholarly publishing.
    Ex. Libraries and other institutions currently have little or no guidance from their legislators as they wrestle with the problems related to Internet use.
    Ex. Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients.
    * * *
    (v.) = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue

    Ex: This paper considers two areas in UK librarianship in which action might serve to challenge these threats.

    Ex: The National Archives confronted the difficult question of how burgeoning electronic records should be appraised.
    Ex: This article looks at one method, adopted by the Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, North Caroline, to cope with the problem of overdue books.
    Ex: They both face the problems presented in attempting to provide a system for the classification of all areas of knowledge.
    Ex: This article outlines some of the problems which confronted students attempting to master the skills of back-of-book indexing.
    Ex: All in all, research at the school has the same characteristics and comes up against the same problems as any other research conducted in the library and information sciences.
    Ex: While it is useful to know the areas in which problems might be experienced by a community, it is vital that each disadvantaged community be assessed individually.
    Ex: Libraries continue to struggle with issues created by the shift to electronic scholarly publishing.
    Ex: Libraries and other institutions currently have little or no guidance from their legislators as they wrestle with the problems related to Internet use.
    Ex: Libraries want to deal with issues on their own terms and not on the terms of their clients.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a un problema

  • 73 entrecruzar

    v.
    1 to interweave.
    2 to interlace, to intersect, to crisscross, to intertwine.
    * * *
    1 to interweave
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=entrelazar) to interlace, interweave, intertwine
    2) (Bio) to cross, interbreed
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to intertwine, interweave
    2.
    1) hilos/cintas to intertwine, interweave
    2) razas to interbreed
    * * *
    = criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, interlock, interweave, knot together, interlace.
    Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
    Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.
    Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    Ex. Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.
    Ex. In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.
    ----
    * entrecruzar las piernas = overlap + legs.
    * que se entrecruzan = intertwined.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to intertwine, interweave
    2.
    1) hilos/cintas to intertwine, interweave
    2) razas to interbreed
    * * *
    = criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, interlock, interweave, knot together, interlace.

    Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.

    Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.
    Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    Ex: Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.
    Ex: In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.
    * entrecruzar las piernas = overlap + legs.
    * que se entrecruzan = intertwined.

    * * *
    vt
    to intertwine, interweave
    A «hilos/cintas» to intertwine, interweave
    B «razas» to interbreed
    * * *

    entrecruzar ( conjugate entrecruzar) verbo transitivo
    to intertwine, interweave
    ' entrecruzar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    crisscross
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [líneas, trazos, hilos] to interweave
    * * *
    entrecruzar {21} vt
    entrelazar: to interweave, to intertwine

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrecruzar

  • 74 entrelazar

    v.
    1 to interlace, to interlink.
    2 to intertwine, to mat, to enlace, to interlock.
    * * *
    1 to entwine, interweave, interlace
    \
    entrelazar las manos to join one's hands, hold hands
    * * *
    verb
    to intertwine, interweave
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <cintas/hilos> to interweave, intertwine
    2.
    entrelazarse v pron to intertwine, interweave
    * * *
    = lock together, criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, entwine, interlock, mesh, braid, knot together, interweave, twine, interlace.
    Ex. As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.
    Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
    Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex. The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
    Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.
    Ex. Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.
    Ex. This is a painting of a girl in a red dress with her hair braided, seated behind a parapet near a window.
    Ex. Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.
    Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    Ex. This liana has an old stem twining around a tree branch in the tropical deciduous forest of Michoacan, Mexico.
    Ex. In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.
    ----
    * entrelazarse = become + intertwined.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <cintas/hilos> to interweave, intertwine
    2.
    entrelazarse v pron to intertwine, interweave
    * * *
    = lock together, criss-cross [crisscross], intertwine, entwine, interlock, mesh, braid, knot together, interweave, twine, interlace.

    Ex: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.

    Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
    Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex: The Zimbabwe Library Association history is entwined with library development in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia).
    Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.
    Ex: Meshing together the many means of communication remains the central task of libraries and this task continues to require financial support = La tarea central de las bibliotecas sigue siendo la de combinar los númerosos medios de comunicación, algo que continúa necesitando apoyo económico.
    Ex: This is a painting of a girl in a red dress with her hair braided, seated behind a parapet near a window.
    Ex: Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.
    Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    Ex: This liana has an old stem twining around a tree branch in the tropical deciduous forest of Michoacan, Mexico.
    Ex: In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.
    * entrelazarse = become + intertwined.

    * * *
    entrelazar [A4 ]
    vt
    ‹cintas/hilos› to interweave, intertwine
    caminaban con las manos entrelazadas they walked along hand in hand
    to intertwine, interweave
    * * *

    entrelazar ( conjugate entrelazar) verbo transitivo ‹cintas/hilos› to interweave, intertwine;

    entrelazarse verbo pronominal
    to intertwine, interweave
    entrelazar verbo transitivo, entrelazarse verbo reflexivo to entwine

    ' entrelazar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entrelazarse
    - trabar
    - entretejer
    English:
    entwine
    - interlock
    - intertwine
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [dedos] to interlace; [líneas, trazos] to intertwine; [hilos, cintas] to interweave; [historias, destinos, vidas] to intertwine, to weave together;
    entrelazaron sus manos they joined hands
    * * *
    v/t interweave, intertwine
    * * *
    entrelazar {21} vt
    entrecruzar: to interweave, to intertwine

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  • 75 entretejer

    v.
    1 to interweave.
    2 to intertwine, to braid, to mat, to string together.
    * * *
    1 to interweave, intertwine
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ hilos] to interweave, intertwine
    2) (=entremezclar) to interweave
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < hilos> ( en tela) to weave; ( entrelazar) to interweave
    * * *
    = intertwine, interweave, knot together, weave together, interlace.
    Ex. Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.
    Ex. Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    Ex. Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.
    Ex. She does this by weaving together, in a highly structured pattern, pieces from a variety of texts.
    Ex. In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < hilos> ( en tela) to weave; ( entrelazar) to interweave
    * * *
    = intertwine, interweave, knot together, weave together, interlace.

    Ex: Traditional and emerging markets for library school graduates are likely to intertwine rather than exist as parallel trends in the future.

    Ex: Information services should also be interwoven with the social fabric and firmly rooted in a commuity in order to be acceptable.
    Ex: Every project in this book is made by knotting together some type of cordage.
    Ex: She does this by weaving together, in a highly structured pattern, pieces from a variety of texts.
    Ex: In structure, baskets were closely related to textiles: both were made by interlacing strands of threads by hand.

    * * *
    entretejer [E1 ]
    vt
    ‹hilos› (en una tela) to weave; (entrelazar) to interweave
    una composición entretejida de citas an essay interwoven o interspersed with quotes
    * * *

    entretejer ( conjugate entretejer) verbo transitivo ‹ hilos› ( en tela) to weave;
    ( entrelazar) to interweave
    ' entretejer' also found in these entries:
    English:
    twine
    - weave
    - interweave
    * * *
    1. [hilos] to interweave
    2. [enlazar] to interlace
    3. [incluir] to insert, to put in;
    entretejer citas con el texto to insert quotations throughout the text
    * * *
    v/t interweave
    * * *
    : to interweave

    Spanish-English dictionary > entretejer

  • 76 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

    * * *
    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 77 exposición

    f.
    1 exposition, show, display, exhibit.
    2 exposure, exposed position, exposition.
    Exposición al sol Exposure to the sun.
    3 exposé.
    4 exposition, dissertation.
    5 exposure.
    6 time exposure.
    7 libel, exposé.
    * * *
    1 (de arte) exhibition, show; (de mercancías) display
    2 (explicación) account, explanation; (hechos, ideas) exposé
    3 (al sol etc) exposure
    4 (fotografía) exposure
    5 (riesgo) risk
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) exhibition, show
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=muestra) (Arte) exhibition; (Com) show, fair

    exposición itinerante — travelling show, traveling show (EEUU)

    2) (=acto) [gen] exposing, exposure; (Fot) exposure; (Com) display
    3) (=enunciado) [de hechos] statement; [de teoría] exposition

    exposición de motivos — (Jur) explanatory preamble

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acción) exhibition, showing
    b) (muestra - de cuadros, esculturas) exhibition; (- de productos, maquinaria) show
    2) (de hechos, razones) statement, exposition (frml); (de tema, teoría) exposition (frml), presentation
    3) (al aire, sol) exposure; (Fot) exposure
    * * *
    = account, display, exhibition, exposition, exposure, show, exhibit, art show, viewing.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. Displays which take a theme approach, for example wild flowers, vintage cars, railways, and gather together material from different places in the library, can be useful in drawing attention to specific aspects of a library's resources.
    Ex. Special rules are includes for specific types of corporate bodies, such as exhibitions, conferences, subordinate and related bodies, governments bodies and officials, and radio and television stations.
    Ex. Ninety-nine years ago Charles Cutter began his exposition of a set of cataloging rules with the following objectives.
    Ex. The 1850s also saw the appearance of photolithography, whereby a chemical film spread on the surface of a litho stone or plate was rendered insoluble and water-repellent by exposure to light.
    Ex. Locate the exhibit catalog for a show of American impressionists held at the Corcoran Gallery in 1985.
    Ex. Models and displays set up in the salesrooms or as special exhibits are both decorative and interesting.
    Ex. The library provides a range of services to its community, including homebound service, story hours, film series, literacy tutoring, income tax assistance, art shows, to name a few.
    Ex. There will be a private viewing for conference-goers of Chicago's Art Institute and a reception at the Newberry Library with culinary delights created by Chef Louis Szathmary.
    ----
    * ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.
    * catálogo de exposición = exhibit catalogue, exhibition catalogue.
    * celebrar una exposición = hold + exhibition.
    * claridad de exposición = clarity of exposition.
    * en exposición = on exhibit, on show, on display.
    * exposición al sol = sun exposure.
    * exposición comercial = trade show, trade exhibition.
    * exposición de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.
    * exposición de fotografías = photographic exhibition.
    * exposición de inauguración = opening exhibition.
    * exposición de libros = book display.
    * exposición de los hechos = statement of fact.
    * exposición de museo = museum exhibit.
    * exposición de productos artesanales = craft show.
    * exposiciones de fotografía = salon photography.
    * exposición fotográfica = photographic exhibition, photo gallery.
    * exposición indecente = indecent exposure.
    * exposición itinerante = travelling exhibition.
    * inauguración de la exposición = exhibition opening.
    * industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.
    * montar una exposición = mount + display, mount + exhibition, put on + display, put on + exhibition.
    * participante en la exposición comercial = exhibitor.
    * sala de exposiciones = exhibition room, exhibit hall.
    * sala de exposición y venta = show room [showroom].
    * salón de exposición y ventas = salesroom [saleroom].
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acción) exhibition, showing
    b) (muestra - de cuadros, esculturas) exhibition; (- de productos, maquinaria) show
    2) (de hechos, razones) statement, exposition (frml); (de tema, teoría) exposition (frml), presentation
    3) (al aire, sol) exposure; (Fot) exposure
    * * *
    = account, display, exhibition, exposition, exposure, show, exhibit, art show, viewing.

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

    Ex: Displays which take a theme approach, for example wild flowers, vintage cars, railways, and gather together material from different places in the library, can be useful in drawing attention to specific aspects of a library's resources.
    Ex: Special rules are includes for specific types of corporate bodies, such as exhibitions, conferences, subordinate and related bodies, governments bodies and officials, and radio and television stations.
    Ex: Ninety-nine years ago Charles Cutter began his exposition of a set of cataloging rules with the following objectives.
    Ex: The 1850s also saw the appearance of photolithography, whereby a chemical film spread on the surface of a litho stone or plate was rendered insoluble and water-repellent by exposure to light.
    Ex: Locate the exhibit catalog for a show of American impressionists held at the Corcoran Gallery in 1985.
    Ex: Models and displays set up in the salesrooms or as special exhibits are both decorative and interesting.
    Ex: The library provides a range of services to its community, including homebound service, story hours, film series, literacy tutoring, income tax assistance, art shows, to name a few.
    Ex: There will be a private viewing for conference-goers of Chicago's Art Institute and a reception at the Newberry Library with culinary delights created by Chef Louis Szathmary.
    * ajustar la exposición = adjust + exposure.
    * catálogo de exposición = exhibit catalogue, exhibition catalogue.
    * celebrar una exposición = hold + exhibition.
    * claridad de exposición = clarity of exposition.
    * en exposición = on exhibit, on show, on display.
    * exposición al sol = sun exposure.
    * exposición comercial = trade show, trade exhibition.
    * exposición de arte = art exhibit, art exhibition.
    * exposición de fotografías = photographic exhibition.
    * exposición de inauguración = opening exhibition.
    * exposición de libros = book display.
    * exposición de los hechos = statement of fact.
    * exposición de museo = museum exhibit.
    * exposición de productos artesanales = craft show.
    * exposiciones de fotografía = salon photography.
    * exposición fotográfica = photographic exhibition, photo gallery.
    * exposición indecente = indecent exposure.
    * exposición itinerante = travelling exhibition.
    * inauguración de la exposición = exhibition opening.
    * industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.
    * montar una exposición = mount + display, mount + exhibition, put on + display, put on + exhibition.
    * participante en la exposición comercial = exhibitor.
    * sala de exposiciones = exhibition room, exhibit hall.
    * sala de exposición y venta = show room [showroom].
    * salón de exposición y ventas = salesroom [saleroom].

    * * *
    A
    1 (acción) exhibition, showing
    2 (muestra — de cuadros, esculturas) exhibition; (— de productos, maquinaria) show
    una exposición itinerante a traveling exhibition
    Compuestos:
    dog show
    trade fair
    trade fair
    world fair
    B (de hechos, razones) statement, setting out, exposition ( frml); (de un tema, una teoría) exposition ( frml), presentation
    hizo una exposición detallada de lo ocurrido she gave a detailed account of what had happened
    C
    1 (al aire, sol) exposure
    2 ( Fot) exposure
    * * *

     

    exposición sustantivo femenino
    1

    b) ( muestra — de cuadros, esculturas) exhibition;

    (— de productos, maquinaria) show
    2 (de hechos, razones) statement;
    (de tema, teoría) presentation
    3 (al aire, sol) exposure;
    (Fot) exposure
    exposición sustantivo femenino
    1 Arte exhibition
    exposición universal, world fair
    2 (de un argumento, proyecto) account: me hizo una breve exposición de lo que había pasado, he gave a short account of what happened
    3 Fot exposure
    ' exposición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caseta
    - desarrollo
    - discurso
    - granada
    - granado
    - pabellón
    - planteamiento
    - salón
    - sede
    - albergar
    - alegato
    - auspiciar
    - circuito
    - concurrido
    - conjunto
    - didáctico
    - feria
    - inaugurar
    - informe
    - montar
    - muestra
    - panel
    - relación
    - surrealista
    - urna
    English:
    auspice
    - display
    - draw
    - exhibit
    - exhibition
    - exposition
    - exposure
    - opening
    - show
    - showroom
    - stand
    - statement
    - dog
    - on
    - retrospective
    - sales
    - speed
    * * *
    1. [de arte] exhibition;
    [de objetos en vitrina] display; [de máquinas, aparatos, herramientas] show, fair; exposición universal international exposition o exhibition, US world's fair
    2. [de teoría] exposition;
    [de tema] presentation; [de ideas, propuesta] setting out, explanation; [de argumentos, razones] setting out, statement;
    ofreció una detallada exposición de los hechos she gave a detailed account of the events
    3. [al sol, calor, radiaciones] exposure
    4. Fot exposure
    5. Mús exposition
    * * *
    f exhibition
    * * *
    1) exhibición: exposition, exhibition
    2) : exposure
    3) : presentation, statement
    * * *
    1. (de arte) exhibition

    Spanish-English dictionary > exposición

  • 78 fomentar

    v.
    1 to encourage, to foster.
    2 to promote, to boost, to advance, to be conducive to.
    Ella alienta un ideal She fosters=nurtures an ideal.
    * * *
    1 to promote, encourage, foster
    * * *
    verb
    1) to foster, promote
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ desarrollo, investigación, ahorro, inversión, participación] to encourage; [+ turismo, industria] to promote, boost; [+ competitividad, producción] to boost; [+ odio, violencia] to foment
    2) (Med) to foment, warm
    3) (=incubar)
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <industria/turismo> to promote; <ahorro/inversión> to encourage, boost; <disturbio/odio> to incite, foment (frml)

    hay que fomentarles el gusto por la música — one has to foster o encourage an interest in music in them

    2) (Med) to foment
    * * *
    = advance, boost, cultivate, encourage, foster, further, nurture, promote, abet, foment, spur, elicit, stimulate, drive.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado drove, participio driven.
    Ex. In addition to continuing and advancing programs begun prior to his directorship, Mr. Welsh has initiated the Cataloging in Publication program (CIP).
    Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
    Ex. IFLA's International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control was established in order to further international control of bibliographic records.
    Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex. Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. The formats that emerge can be used by libraries, publishers, and information utilities worldwide to convert printed works to electronic forms or to create original works in electric format, and thus foment the creation of networked electronic library collections.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled ( driven) by foot.
    ----
    * fomentar apoyo = build + support.
    * fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.
    * fomentar el debate = foster + discussion.
    * fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest.
    * fomentar interés = build + interest.
    * fomentar la competencia = cultivate + competition.
    * fomentar la lectura = promote + reading.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <industria/turismo> to promote; <ahorro/inversión> to encourage, boost; <disturbio/odio> to incite, foment (frml)

    hay que fomentarles el gusto por la música — one has to foster o encourage an interest in music in them

    2) (Med) to foment
    * * *
    = advance, boost, cultivate, encourage, foster, further, nurture, promote, abet, foment, spur, elicit, stimulate, drive.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado drove, participio driven.

    Ex: In addition to continuing and advancing programs begun prior to his directorship, Mr. Welsh has initiated the Cataloging in Publication program (CIP).

    Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex: Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
    Ex: IFLA's International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control was established in order to further international control of bibliographic records.
    Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex: Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: The formats that emerge can be used by libraries, publishers, and information utilities worldwide to convert printed works to electronic forms or to create original works in electric format, and thus foment the creation of networked electronic library collections.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled ( driven) by foot.
    * fomentar apoyo = build + support.
    * fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.
    * fomentar el debate = foster + discussion.
    * fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest.
    * fomentar interés = build + interest.
    * fomentar la competencia = cultivate + competition.
    * fomentar la lectura = promote + reading.

    * * *
    fomentar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹industria› to promote; ‹turismo› to promote, encourage, boost; ‹ahorro/inversión› to encourage, boost; ‹disturbio/odio› to incite, foment ( frml)
    hay que fomentarles el gusto por la música one has to foster o encourage an interest in music in them
    2 (fundar) to found
    B ( Med) to foment
    * * *

     

    fomentar ( conjugate fomentar) verbo transitivo ‹industria/turismo› to promote;
    ‹ahorro/inversión› to encourage, boost;
    ‹disturbio/odio› to incite, foment (frml);
    ‹interés/afición› to encourage
    fomentar verbo transitivo to promote
    ' fomentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alimentar
    English:
    boost
    - develop
    - encourage
    - foster
    - promote
    - stir up
    - advance
    - whip
    * * *
    1. [favorecer] to encourage, to promote;
    medidas para fomentar el ahorro measures to encourage saving;
    una campaña para fomentar la lectura a campaign to encourage o promote reading
    2. Carib, Méx [organizar] to open, to set up
    * * *
    v/t solidaridad foster; COM promote; rebelión foment, incite
    * * *
    1) : to foment, to stir up
    2) promover: to promote, to foster
    * * *
    fomentar vb to promote

    Spanish-English dictionary > fomentar

  • 79 fondo bibliográfico

    (n.) = bookstock [book stock]
    Ex. Non-librarians find the logic of this principle easy to accept if it is related to the control of the size of the bookstock and user body.
    * * *
    (n.) = bookstock [book stock]

    Ex: Non-librarians find the logic of this principle easy to accept if it is related to the control of the size of the bookstock and user body.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fondo bibliográfico

  • 80 fortalecer

    v.
    to strengthen.
    El alimento fortaleció a los bebés The food strengthened the babies.
    La convivencia fortaleció los lazos The retreat strengthened the bonds.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 to fortify, strengthen
    1 to strengthen, become stronger
    * * *
    verb
    to fortify, strengthen
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=reforzar) [+ músculos, uña] to strengthen
    2) [+ divisa, sistema, posición] to strengthen
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <organismo/músculos> to strengthen, make... stronger
    b) <relación/amistad> to strengthen
    c) (Mil) ( reforzar) to reinforce
    2.
    fortalecerse v pron organismo/músculo to get stronger; espíritu to grow stronger
    * * *
    = boost, strengthen, empower, fortify, invigorate, bring + strength, beef up, cement, place + Nombre + on a firmer footing, buff up.
    Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex. Literacy empowers people and can be a force for peace.
    Ex. Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.
    Ex. This is a national project aimed at invigorating the rural economy through the introduction of agricultural and related technologies to farmers.
    Ex. A shift of emphasis from facts to people brings strength and purpose to library operations.
    Ex. The author advocates that the Canadian LA needs rehashing and beefing up = El autor postula que la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Canadiense necesita reestructurarse y fortalecerse.
    Ex. An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.
    Ex. Information security management has been placed on a firmer footing with the publication of standards by national bodies.
    Ex. As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    ----
    * fortalecer el ego = provide + ego boost.
    * fortalecer la confianza = bolster + confidence, boost + Posesivo + confidence.
    * fortalecer la relación = strengthen + links.
    * fortalecer los cimientos = strengthen + foundations.
    * fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.
    * fortalecerse = draw + strength from, take + heart, gain + strength.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <organismo/músculos> to strengthen, make... stronger
    b) <relación/amistad> to strengthen
    c) (Mil) ( reforzar) to reinforce
    2.
    fortalecerse v pron organismo/músculo to get stronger; espíritu to grow stronger
    * * *
    = boost, strengthen, empower, fortify, invigorate, bring + strength, beef up, cement, place + Nombre + on a firmer footing, buff up.

    Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

    Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex: Literacy empowers people and can be a force for peace.
    Ex: Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.
    Ex: This is a national project aimed at invigorating the rural economy through the introduction of agricultural and related technologies to farmers.
    Ex: A shift of emphasis from facts to people brings strength and purpose to library operations.
    Ex: The author advocates that the Canadian LA needs rehashing and beefing up = El autor postula que la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Canadiense necesita reestructurarse y fortalecerse.
    Ex: An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.
    Ex: Information security management has been placed on a firmer footing with the publication of standards by national bodies.
    Ex: As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    * fortalecer el ego = provide + ego boost.
    * fortalecer la confianza = bolster + confidence, boost + Posesivo + confidence.
    * fortalecer la relación = strengthen + links.
    * fortalecer los cimientos = strengthen + foundations.
    * fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.
    * fortalecerse = draw + strength from, take + heart, gain + strength.

    * * *
    fortalecer [E3 ]
    vt
    1 ‹organismo/músculos› to strengthen, make … stronger
    un ejercicio para fortalecer los muslos an exercise to tone up the thighs o to strengthen the thigh muscles
    2 ‹espíritu›
    una lectura para fortalecer el espíritu reading matter that is spiritually uplifting
    3 ‹relación/amistad› to strengthen
    4 ( Mil) (reforzar) to reinforce, strengthen
    1 «organismo/músculo» to get stronger
    2 «espíritu» to grow stronger
    * * *

     

    fortalecer ( conjugate fortalecer) verbo transitivo ‹organismo/músculos/amistad› to strengthen
    fortalecerse verbo pronominal [organismo/músculo] to get stronger
    fortalecer verbo transitivo to fortify, strengthen
    ' fortalecer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reforzar
    - endurecer
    English:
    build up
    - spike
    - stiffen
    - strengthen
    - build
    - cement
    - fortify
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to strengthen;
    el acuerdo fortalecerá las relaciones entre los dos países the agreement will strengthen relations between the two countries
    * * *
    v/t tb fig
    strengthen
    * * *
    fortalecer {53} vt
    : to strengthen, to fortify
    * * *
    fortalecer vb to strengthen

    Spanish-English dictionary > fortalecer

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