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1 librería

f.

1 bookstore, book shop, bookseller's, bookshop.

2 bookcase, bookshelf, bookstall.

3 library.

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librería

► nombre femenino

1 (tienda) bookshop, bookstore

2 (mueble) bookcase; (estantería) bookshelf

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noun f.

bookstore

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SF

1) (=tienda) bookshop, bookstore (EEUU)

librería anticuaria, librería de antiguo — antiquarian bookshop

librería de ocasión, librería de viejo — secondhand bookshop

2) (=estante) bookcase; (=biblioteca) library

3) (=comercio) book trade

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femenino

1) ( tienda) bookstore (AmE), bookshop (BrE)

- librería de viejo or de ocasión

2) (Esp) ( mueble) bookcase

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= bookshop [book shop], bookstore [book store], bookseller's shop, superstore bookshop, book superstore, book retailer.

Ex. For small collections document arrangement may be the only retrieval device available, particularly in bookshops, small public libraries and small specialist collections.

Ex. Many bookstore owners and acquistions librarians need more than just bibliographic data.

Ex. A lecture room, a bookseller's shop and a snack bar will be added later to the library.

Ex. This article describes how 5 independent booksellers in the USA have coped with the competition of superstore bookshops.

Ex. Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.

Ex. This article describes the division of opinion between publishers and book retailers on the subject of machine readable price coding on books.

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* cadena de librerías = bookselling chain.

* dependiente de librería = bookstore clerk.

* empleado de librería = bookstore clerk.

* encargado de librería = bookstore clerk.

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femenino

1) ( tienda) bookstore (AmE), bookshop (BrE)

- librería de viejo or de ocasión

2) (Esp) ( mueble) bookcase

* * *

= bookshop [book shop], bookstore [book store], bookseller's shop, superstore bookshop, book superstore, book retailer.

Ex: For small collections document arrangement may be the only retrieval device available, particularly in bookshops, small public libraries and small specialist collections.

Ex: Many bookstore owners and acquistions librarians need more than just bibliographic data.

Ex: A lecture room, a bookseller's shop and a snack bar will be added later to the library.

Ex: This article describes how 5 independent booksellers in the USA have coped with the competition of superstore bookshops.

Ex: Recounts the experience of some US book superstores in offering drinks and eats in order to make them user friendly.

Ex: This article describes the division of opinion between publishers and book retailers on the subject of machine readable price coding on books.

* cadena de librerías = bookselling chain.

* dependiente de librería = bookstore clerk.

* empleado de librería = bookstore clerk.

* encargado de librería = bookstore clerk.

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librería

feminine

A (tienda) bookstore ( AmE), bookshop ( BrE)

Compuesto:

librería de viejo or de ocasión

second-hand bookstore o bookshop

B ( Esp) (mueble) bookcase

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librería sustantivo femenino
1 ( tienda) bookstore (AmE), bookshop (BrE);
◊ librería de ocasión second-hand bookstore

2 (Esp) ( mueble) bookcase
librería sustantivo femenino
1 (establecimiento) bookshop, US bookstore
2 (mueble) bookcase
' librería' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lance
- paliza
- tropezarse
- especializado
English:
bookcase
- bookshop
- bookstore
- exploit
- book
- should

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librería nf

1. [tienda] bookshop, US bookstore

Comp
librería de lance second-hand bookshop;
librería de ocasión second-hand bookshop;

librería de viejo antiquarian bookshop

2. Esp [mueble] bookcase

3. Informát library

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librería

f bookstore

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librería nf

: bookstore

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librería n bookshop

Spanish-English dictionary > librería
2 a grosso modo

(n.) = roughly, rough draft

Ex. This survey shows that roughly one in three of all people who enter bookshops go out with a book or books.

Ex. This paper describes the program devised to extract references from the OCLC data base and generate bibliographies in rough draft form.

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(n.) = roughly, rough draft

Ex: This survey shows that roughly one in three of all people who enter bookshops go out with a book or books.

Ex: This paper describes the program devised to extract references from the OCLC data base and generate bibliographies in rough draft form.

Spanish-English dictionary > a grosso modo
3 acaparar el mercado

(v.) = dominate + the scene, corner + the market

Ex. This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.

Ex. The article ' Cornering the market' argues that if bookshops want to capture a slice of the market, they need to experiment with multimedia products.

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(v.) = dominate + the scene, corner + the market

Ex: This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states.

Ex: The article ' Cornering the market' argues that if bookshops want to capture a slice of the market, they need to experiment with multimedia products.

Spanish-English dictionary > acaparar el mercado
4 amplio

adj.

1 ample, extensive, broad, roomy.

2 ample, generous, broad, free-handed.

3 wide, diverse, varied.

4 liberal-minded, liberal, tolerant, all-round.

5 spacious, capacious.

6 free-ranging.

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amplio

► adjetivo

1 (extenso) large

■ amplia mayoría large majority

2 (espacioso) roomy, spacious

3 (ancho) wide, broad

4 (holgado) loose

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en el sentido más amplio de la palabra in the broadest sense of the word

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(f. - amplia)

adj.

ample, wide, spacious

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ADJ

1) (=espacioso) [habitación, interior] spacious; [avenida, calle] wide

el terremoto afectó a una amplia zona del sur — the earthquake affected a wide area in the south

compró una amplia extensión de terreno — he bought a vast tract o stretch of land

2) [ropa] loose(-fitting), roomy *; [falda] full

3) [margen] wide

un amplio margen a ambos lados — a wide margin on each side

los socialistas ganaron las elecciones por amplia mayoría — the socialists won the election with a large majority

4) [conocimiento, vocabulario, poder, gama] wide, extensive

un amplio surtido de productos — a wide o extensive range of products

5) [sentido] broad

en el sentido amplio de la expresión — in the broad sense of the term

6) [repercusión] far-reaching

la noticia tuvo amplia difusión o amplio eco en la prensa — the news was widely o extensively reported

su novela tuvo amplia resonancia entre los intelectuales — his novel had great influence among the intellectuals

7) [informe] full, detailed

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- plia adjetivo

a) <calle/valle/margen> wide; < casa> spacious; <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting

con una amplia sonrisa — with a broad smile

b) <criterio/sentido> broad

por amplia mayoría — by a large majority

una amplia gama de colores — a wide range of colors

el tema tuvo una amplia difusión — the issue received wide media coverage

c) <garantías/programa> comprehensive

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= vast [vaster -comp., vastest -sup.], extensive, large [larger -comp., largest -sup.], wide-sweeping, widespread, broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], ample, capacious, widespan, wide-reaching, expansive, extended, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], wide-angle(d), loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].

Ex. If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.

Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.

Ex. Serial searching for a string of characters is usually performed on a small subset of a large file.

Ex. Surely these innovations already have and will continue to bring deep and wide-sweeping change to our profession - and because of their rapidity, these changes will be sudden and often tumultuous.

Ex. Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.

Ex. In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex. In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex. This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.

Ex. With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, translucency to permit uniform daylight, and transportability or relocatability.

Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.

Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex. The brief abstracts and extended abstracts of papers, not published in full in the proceedings, are excluded.

Ex. Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.

Ex. Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.

Ex. His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.

Ex. With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.

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* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.

* en su sentido más amplio = in its/their broadest sense, in its/their widest sense.

* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.

* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.

* una amplia gama de = a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.

* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.

* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

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- plia adjetivo

a) <calle/valle/margen> wide; < casa> spacious; <vestido/abrigo> loose-fitting

con una amplia sonrisa — with a broad smile

b) <criterio/sentido> broad

por amplia mayoría — by a large majority

una amplia gama de colores — a wide range of colors

el tema tuvo una amplia difusión — the issue received wide media coverage

c) <garantías/programa> comprehensive

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= vast [vaster -comp., vastest -sup.], extensive, large [larger -comp., largest -sup.], wide-sweeping, widespread, broad [broader -comp., broadest -sup.], airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.], ample, capacious, widespan, wide-reaching, expansive, extended, wide [wider -comp., widest -sup.], wide-angle(d), loose fit, roomy [roomier -comp., roomiest -sup.].

Ex: If you add to this other access points, such as collections housed in old people's homes or day centres, prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, playgroups etc the coverage is vast.

Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.

Ex: Serial searching for a string of characters is usually performed on a small subset of a large file.

Ex: Surely these innovations already have and will continue to bring deep and wide-sweeping change to our profession - and because of their rapidity, these changes will be sudden and often tumultuous.

Ex: Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.

Ex: In 'upper town' streets are broad, quiet, and tree-shaded; the homes are tall and heavy and look like battleships, each anchored in its private sea of grass.

Ex: In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex: This is an efficient method of storing large amounts of programs and data, which is faster, more reliable and much more capacious than the floppy disc.

Ex: With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, translucency to permit uniform daylight, and transportability or relocatability.

Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.

Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

Ex: The brief abstracts and extended abstracts of papers, not published in full in the proceedings, are excluded.

Ex: Located in an isolated section of the Southwest, Los Pasos sits under the brassy sun on a wide plain below a low range of hills.

Ex: Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.

Ex: His offices and warehouses were one of the first designs which was subsequently described as loose fit, low energy building.

Ex: With roomy interiors and flexible seating, minivans are some of the most versatile vehicles for carrying passengers and cargo.

* cada vez más amplio = ever-widening.

* demasiado amplio = overwide [over-wide].

* desde un punto de vista más amplio = in a broader sense.

* en el sentido más amplio = in the broadest sense, in the widest sense.

* en su sentido más amplio = in its/their broadest sense, in its/their widest sense.

* en un sentido más amplio = in a broader sense, in a larger sense.

* horario de apertura más amplio = extended hours.

* una amplia gama de = a wide variety of, a wide range of, a broad variety of, a broad range of.

* una amplia variedad de = a broad variety of, a wide range of, a broad range of.

* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

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amplio - plia

adjective

1 ‹calle› wide; ‹valle› wide, broad; ‹casa› spacious; ‹vestido/abrigo› loose-fitting; ‹falda/manga› full

con una amplia sonrisa with a broad smile

2 ‹criterio› broad; ‹margen› wide

en el sentido amplio de la palabra in the broad sense of the word

por amplia mayoría by a large majority

tiene amplias facultades para decidir sobre este punto he has full authority to make a decision on this point

una amplia gama de colores a wide range of colors

les ofrecemos las más amplias garantías we offer comprehensive guarantees o the fullest possible guarantees

un tema que tuvo una amplia difusión an issue that received wide media coverage

un amplio programa de reformas a full o wide-ranging o comprehensive program of reforms

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Del verbo ampliar: ( conjugate ampliar)

amplío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

amplió es:

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

Multiple Entries:
ampliar
amplio
ampliar ( conjugate ampliar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹local/carretera› to extend;

‹ negocio› to expand
b) ‹capital/personal› to increase

c) ‹conocimientos/vocabulario› to increase;

‹ explicación› to expand (on);
‹ campo de acción› to widen, broaden;
◊ para amplio sus estudios to further her studies

d) ‹plazo/período› to extend

e) ‹ fotografía› to enlarge, blow up

amplio
◊ - plia adjetivo

a) ‹calle/valle/margen› wide;

‹ casa› spacious;
‹vestido/abrigo› loose-fitting;
‹ sonrisa› broad
b) ‹criterio/sentido› broad;

◊ por amplia mayoría by a large majority;

una amplia gama de colores a wide range of colors
c) ‹garantías/programa› comprehensive

ampliar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer más largo un plazo) to extend
2 (hacer más grande un edificio) to enlarge
3 (extender un negocio) to expand
4 (una fotografía) to enlarge, to blow up
5 (el campo de acción) to widen: los sindicatos proponen ampliar las sanciones a los defraudadores, the unions propose greater penalties for those committing fraud
amplio,-a adjetivo
1 large, roomy
2 (ancho, profundo, variado) wide, broad ➣ Ver nota en ancho
' amplio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amplia
- ancha
- ancho
- dilatada
- dilatado
- espectro
- nave
English:
ample
- extensive
- large
- roomy
- spacious
- sweep
- vocabulary
- wide
- all
- broad
- comfortable
- smock
- sweeping

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amplio, -a adj

1. [grande] [sala, maletero] roomy, spacious;
[avenida] wide;
una amplio sonrisa a broad smile

2. [ropa] loose

3. [extenso] [explicación, cobertura] comprehensive;
[ventaja, capacidad] considerable;
en el sentido más amplio de la palabra in the broadest sense of the word;

ganaron por una amplia mayoría they won with a large majority;

hubo un amplio consenso there was a broad consensus;

ofrecen una amplia gama de servicios they offer a wide range of services;

gozan de una amplia aceptación they enjoy widespread approval;

tiene una amplia experiencia she has wide-ranging experience

4. [abierto]
una persona de amplias miras o [m5] amplia de miras a broad-minded person

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amplio

adj casa spacious; gama, margen wide; falda full

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amplio, - plia adj

: broad, wide, ample

♦ ampliamente adj

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amplio adj

1. (gama, margen) wide

una amplia gama de productos a wide range of productos

un público muy amplio a very wide audience

2. (valor, cantidad) large

los laboristas ganaron por amplia mayoría Labour won by a large majority

3. (espacioso) spacious

una vivienda amplia a spacious house

4. (ropa) baggy [comp. baggier; superl. baggiest] / loose

una camisa amplia a loose shirt

Spanish-English dictionary > amplio
5 aproxidamente

= roughly.

Ex. This survey shows that roughly one in three of all people who enter bookshops go out with a book or books.

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= roughly.

Ex: This survey shows that roughly one in three of all people who enter bookshops go out with a book or books.

Spanish-English dictionary > aproxidamente
6 archivador giratorio

(n.) = revolving drum, wine spinner rack

Ex. Various mechanism for displaying and holding cards are possible, including revolving drums and platforms.

Ex. With the recognition of the importance of face-out displays of paperbacks, such equipment as wine spinner racks were introduced to school bookshops and libraries.

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(n.) = revolving drum, wine spinner rack

Ex: Various mechanism for displaying and holding cards are possible, including revolving drums and platforms.

Ex: With the recognition of the importance of face-out displays of paperbacks, such equipment as wine spinner racks were introduced to school bookshops and libraries.

Spanish-English dictionary > archivador giratorio
7 arriesgar

v.

1 to risk.

El millonario aventuró su dinero The millionaire risked his money.

2 to risk to, to gamble on, to risk.

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arriesgar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 to risk (dinero) to stake

■ arriesgó mucho dinero con esa operación he staked a lot of money on that transaction

2 (aventurar) to venture

■ arriesgó una hipótesis absurda she ventured an outrageous theory

► verbo pronominal arriesgarse

1 (uso reflexivo) to risk

■ se arriesgó mucho y fracasó he took many risks and failed

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arriesgar el pellejo familiar to risk one's neck

arriesgarse a hacer algo to dare to do something, risk doing something

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verb

to risk, venture

- arriesgarse

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1.

VT (=poner en riesgo) to risk, hazard; [+ oportunidad] to endanger, put at risk; [+ conjetura] to hazard, venture; [+ dinero] to stake

2.

See:

arriesgarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <vida/dinero> to risk

quien nada arriesga nada gana — nothing ventured, nothing gained

b) < opinión> to venture
2.
arriesgarse v pron

¿nos arriesgamos? — shall we risk it o take a chance?

se arriesgan al fracaso — they run the risk of failing o of failure

arriesgarse a + inf — to risk -ing

te arriesgas a que te multen — you risk getting a fine

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= risk, gamble, take + risks, chance.

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

Ex. In the case of bookshops the function of 'buying' calls for real skill since the bookseller is gambling with his (or her) capital in purchasing the goods.

Ex. Unfortunately, most librarians are unwilling to take limited risks to learn about new software.

Ex. There is, as yet, no scientific basis for measuring how far the reliance on these key indicators can be chanced.

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* arriesgar el cuello = stick out + Posesivo + neck.

* arriesgar el cuello (por) = stick + Posesivo + neck out (for).

* arriesgar la vida = risk + life and limb, play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life.

* arriesgar mucho = play (for) + high stakes.

* arriesgar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + life on the line.

* arriesgarse = take + a gamble, take + the chance, take + the plunge, go out on + a limb, take + chances (on), take + Posesivo + chances.

* arriesgarse a = run + risk.

* arriesgarse a decir = hazard.

* arriesgarse innecesariamente = flirt with + danger, court + danger.

* no arriesgarse = play it + safe.

* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <vida/dinero> to risk

quien nada arriesga nada gana — nothing ventured, nothing gained

b) < opinión> to venture
2.
arriesgarse v pron

¿nos arriesgamos? — shall we risk it o take a chance?

se arriesgan al fracaso — they run the risk of failing o of failure

arriesgarse a + inf — to risk -ing

te arriesgas a que te multen — you risk getting a fine

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= risk, gamble, take + risks, chance.

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

Ex: In the case of bookshops the function of 'buying' calls for real skill since the bookseller is gambling with his (or her) capital in purchasing the goods.

Ex: Unfortunately, most librarians are unwilling to take limited risks to learn about new software.

Ex: There is, as yet, no scientific basis for measuring how far the reliance on these key indicators can be chanced.

* arriesgar el cuello = stick out + Posesivo + neck.

* arriesgar el cuello (por) = stick + Posesivo + neck out (for).

* arriesgar la vida = risk + life and limb, play + Russian roulette, risk + Posesivo + life.

* arriesgar mucho = play (for) + high stakes.

* arriesgar + Posesivo + vida = put + Posesivo + life on the line.

* arriesgarse = take + a gamble, take + the chance, take + the plunge, go out on + a limb, take + chances (on), take + Posesivo + chances.

* arriesgarse a = run + risk.

* arriesgarse a decir = hazard.

* arriesgarse innecesariamente = flirt with + danger, court + danger.

* no arriesgarse = play it + safe.

* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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arriesgar [A3 ]

vt

1 ‹vida/dinero/reputación› to risk

arriesgó su vida para salvar al niño he risked his life to save the child

arriesgó mucho con esa inversión he staked a great deal on that investment, he risked a great deal when he made that investment

quien nada arriesga nada gana nothing ventured, nothing gained

2 ‹opinión› to venture

■ arriesgarse

v pron

¿qué te parece? ¿nos arriesgamos? what do you think? shall we risk it o take a chance?

vale la pena arriesgarse it's worth (taking) the risk

se arriesgan al fracaso they run the risk of failing o of failure, they risk failure

arriesgarse A + INF to risk -ING

te arriesgas a perderlo todo you risk losing everything, you run the risk of losing everything

arriesgarse A QUE + SUBJ:

te arriesgas a que te pongan una multa you risk getting a fine

mar

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arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹vida/dinero› to risk

b) ‹ opinión› to venture

arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
◊ ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

arriesgarse a hacer algo to risk doing sth
arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

' arriesgar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jugarse
- pellejo
- jugar
English:
hazard
- neck
- risk

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arriesgar

♦ vt

1. [exponer a peligro] to risk;

arriesgó la vida por sus ideales she risked her life for her beliefs

2. [proponer] to venture, to suggest

♦ See also the pronominal verb arriesgarse

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arriesgar

v/t risk

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arriesgar {52} vt

: to risk, to venture

♦ See also the reflexive verb arriesgarse

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arriesgar vb to risk

arriesgar la vida to risk your life

Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgar
8 balneario

adj.

beach.

m.

1 spa.

2 seaside resort. ( Latin American Spanish)

3 beach resort, seaside resort.

4 bathing resort, bathhouse, bathing place, watering place.

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balneario

► adjetivo

1 spa

► nombre masculino balneario

1 spa, health resort

————————

balneario

► nombre masculino

1 spa, health resort

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1.

ADJ

estación balnearia — spa

2. SM

1) (Med) spa, health resort

2) LAm seaside resort

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masculino

1) ( de baños medicinales) spa

2) ( en costa)

a) ( establecimiento) private beach/club

b) (AmL) (pueblo, urbanización) seaside resort, (holiday) resort

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= spa town, spa, health resort.

Ex. This article discusses the work of the library of the spa town of Marianske Lazne which has a stock of 100,000 items.

Ex. The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.

Ex. In November 1938, the SS built the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp in the Prussian village of Ravensbrück near the former Mecklenburg health resort Fürstenberg.

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masculino

1) ( de baños medicinales) spa

2) ( en costa)

a) ( establecimiento) private beach/club

b) (AmL) (pueblo, urbanización) seaside resort, (holiday) resort

* * *

= spa town, spa, health resort.

Ex: This article discusses the work of the library of the spa town of Marianske Lazne which has a stock of 100,000 items.

Ex: The study showed that seaside resorts, spas, retirement towns and administrative centres were more likely to have good bookshops than industrial towns.

Ex: In November 1938, the SS built the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp in the Prussian village of Ravensbrück near the former Mecklenburg health resort Fürstenberg.

* * *

balneario¹ - ria

adjective

1 (de aguas medicinales) spa ( before n)

2 ( AmS) (en la costa) resort ( before n)

balneario²

masculine

A (de baños medicinales) spa

B (en la costa)

1 (establecimiento) private beach/club

2 ( AmL) (pueblo, urbanización) seaside resort, holiday resort, resort

* * *

balneario sustantivo masculino
1 ( de baños medicinales) spa
2 (AmL) ( núcleo residencial) seaside resort, (holiday) resort
balneario sustantivo masculino spa
' balneario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
panacea
- agua
- ciudad
English:
spa
- resort

* * *

balneario, -a

♦ adj
Am
ciudad balnearia seaside resort

♦ nm

1. [de baños medicinales] spa

2. Am [centro turístico] seaside resort, spa town

* * *

balneario

m spa

* * *

balneario nm

: spa, bathing resort

* * *

balneario n spa

Spanish-English dictionary > balneario
9 baratijas

f.pl.

small cheap articles, junk, loose objects, miscellaneous junk.

m.pl.

trifles, toys.

* * *

= trinkets, bric-a-brac

Ex. The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.

Ex. In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such ' bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.

* * *

= trinkets, bric-a-brac

Ex: The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.

Ex: In industrial societies even the poorest people acquire artefacts to embellish their surroundings; such ' bric-a-brac' may in some cases be the detritus of a previous age or a more affluent environment, and in some cases is destined to become 'collectable' in time to come.

Spanish-English dictionary > baratijas
10 beneficio neto

m.

net profit, clear profit, clear benefit, net income.

* * *

beneficio neto

clear profit

* * *

(n.) = net trading profit, net profit, net gain, net benefit

Ex. For 217 businesses for which comparable data were available, the gross profit was the same at 29.1 per cent for 1978/9 and 1979/80 but the net trading profit was down from 3.6 per cent to 3.1 per cent.

Ex. The net profit is no more than 3.8 per cent at best with the large bookshops but is down to a loss of 0.7 per cent for the small ones.

Ex. The region showed a net gain of bookstores this year, with more opening than closing.

Ex. The resulting cost and benefit models permit estimating a lower bound on benefits and the calculations of net benefits (benefits less costs).

* * *

(n.) = net trading profit, net profit, net gain, net benefit

Ex: For 217 businesses for which comparable data were available, the gross profit was the same at 29.1 per cent for 1978/9 and 1979/80 but the net trading profit was down from 3.6 per cent to 3.1 per cent.

Ex: The net profit is no more than 3.8 per cent at best with the large bookshops but is down to a loss of 0.7 per cent for the small ones.

Ex: The region showed a net gain of bookstores this year, with more opening than closing.

Ex: The resulting cost and benefit models permit estimating a lower bound on benefits and the calculations of net benefits (benefits less costs).

Spanish-English dictionary > beneficio neto
11 bien iluminado

adj.

well lit, light, lightsome.

* * *

= well-lit

Ex. In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

* * *

= well-lit

Ex: In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

Spanish-English dictionary > bien iluminado
12 bien ventilado

adj.

well ventilated, airy, ventilated.

* * *

(adj.) = airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.]

Ex. In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

* * *

(adj.) = airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.]

Ex: In the questionnaire young people answered that the bookshops in their town were airy, well-lit and very pleasant shops to visit.

Spanish-English dictionary > bien ventilado
13 buscar

v.

1 to look.

2 to look for.

busco piso en esta zona I am looking for a flat o (British) apartment in this area (United States)

estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work

se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America

María busca su bolso Mary looks for her purse.

3 to look up.

Busca esa palabra en el diccionario Look up that word in the dictionary.

4 to search for (computing).

El detective buscó incansablemente The detective searched tirelessly.

5 to push, to try the patience of (informal) (provocar).

buscar bronca/camorra to look for trouble

6 to pick up.

voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper

ir a buscar a alguien to pick somebody up

pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine

7 to seek to, to attempt to, to try to, to try how to.

Ese plan busca destruirnos That plan seeks to destroy us.

* * *

buscar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to look for, search for

■ busco un hombre que se llama Pedro I'm looking for a man called Pedro

■ la policía busca un hombre de unos treinta años the police are searching for a man of about thirty

■ hay que buscar una solución al problema we have to find a solution to the problem

2 (en lista, índice etc) to look up

■ búscalo en el diccionario look it up in the dictionary

3 (ir a coger) to go and get, fetch

■ ves a buscar pan go and get some bread

■ busca un médico, ¡rápido! fetch a doctor, quick!

4 (recoger) to pick up

■ iré a buscarte a la estación I'll pick you up at the station, I'll meet you at the station

■ a la una voy a buscar a los chicos al colegio at one o'clock I go to pick the children up from school

5 (intentar conseguir) to try to achieve

■ no sé qué buscan con esto I don't know what they're trying to achieve with this

► verbo intransitivo

1 (mirar) to look

■ he buscado en todas partes I've looked everywhere

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

buscársela familiar to be looking for trouble

■ se la estaba buscando y la encontró she was looking for trouble and she found it

buscarse la vida familiar to try and earn one's living

'Se busca...' "... wanted"

* * *

verb

1) to look for, seek

2) search

* * *

1. VT

1) (=tratar de encontrar)

a) [+ persona, objeto perdido, trabajo] to look for

estuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers

llevo meses buscando trabajo — I've been job-hunting for months, I've been looking for a job for months

el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit

el terrorista más buscado del país — the most wanted terrorist in the country

"se busca piso" — "flat wanted"

"chico busca chica" — "boy seeks girl"

el acomodador me buscó un asiento al fondo — the usher found me a seat at the back

las plantas buscan la luz — plants grow towards the light

- buscarle tres pies al gato

- busca y encontrarás

b) [en diccionario, enciclopedia] to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

c) [con la vista] to try to spot, look for

lo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him

2) (=tratar de conseguir) [+ solución] to try to find

no sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude

con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style

yo no busco la fama — I'm not looking for fame

solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money

como tienen una niña ahora van buscando la parejita — as they've got a girl they're trying for a boy now

• buscar excusas — to make excuses

• buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sth

siempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing

• ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkin

ve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother

voy a buscar tabaco — I'll go and get some cigarettes

- buscarla

vino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *

- buscar la ruina a algn

este hijo mío me va a buscar la ruina — this son of mine will be the ruin of me

3) (=recoger) to pick up, fetch

¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?

vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants

4) (Inform) to search

5) (=preguntar por) to ask for

¿quién me busca? — who is asking for me?

2.

VI to look

ya puedes dejar de buscar, aquí tienes las llaves — you can stop looking, here are the keys

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

busca en la página 45 — look on page 45

¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!

3.

See:

buscarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( intentar encontrar)

a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to find

no trates de buscar excusas — don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

se busca — wanted

te buscan en la portería — someone is asking for you at reception

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo — try and find an easier way of doing it

b) (en libro, lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

2)

a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi

3)

a) ( intentar conseguir)

una ley que busca la igualdad de los sexos — a law which aims to achieve sexual equality

¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?

buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for
2.
buscar vi to look

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
3.
buscarse v pron

1) ( intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

2) < problemas>

no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas — she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

* * *

= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.

Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.

Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex. The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.

Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex. A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.

Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex. In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.

Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex. Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.

Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.

Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.

Ex. In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.

Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.

Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.

Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex. Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.

Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex. When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.

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* buscando = in search of.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.

* buscar apoyo = line up + support.

* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).

* buscar a través de los índices = browse.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.

* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.

* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.

* buscar el apoyo de = woo.

* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.

* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.

* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* buscar en = sift through, search through.

* buscar en Google = google.

* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.

* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.

* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.

* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.

* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.

* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.

* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.

* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.

* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.

* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.

* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* buscar material = pursue + material.

* buscar oro = pan for + gold.

* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.

* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.

* buscar por título = search by + title key.

* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.

* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).

* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.

* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.

* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.

* buscárselo = have it + coming.

* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].

* buscar solución = seek + solution.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.

* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.

* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.

* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.

* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.

* que se puede buscar = searchable.

* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( intentar encontrar)

a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to find

no trates de buscar excusas — don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

se busca — wanted

te buscan en la portería — someone is asking for you at reception

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo — try and find an easier way of doing it

b) (en libro, lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

2)

a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi

3)

a) ( intentar conseguir)

una ley que busca la igualdad de los sexos — a law which aims to achieve sexual equality

¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?

buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for
2.
buscar vi to look

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
3.
buscarse v pron

1) ( intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

2) < problemas>

no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas — she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

* * *

= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.

Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex: A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.

Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex: In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.

Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex: Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.

Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.

Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.

Ex: In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.

Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.

Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.

Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex: Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.

Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex: When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.

* buscando = in search of.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.

* buscar apoyo = line up + support.

* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).

* buscar a través de los índices = browse.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.

* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.

* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.

* buscar el apoyo de = woo.

* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.

* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.

* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* buscar en = sift through, search through.

* buscar en Google = google.

* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.

* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.

* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.

* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.

* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.

* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.

* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.

* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.

* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.

* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.

* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* buscar material = pursue + material.

* buscar oro = pan for + gold.

* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.

* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.

* buscar por título = search by + title key.

* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.

* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).

* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.

* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.

* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.

* buscárselo = have it + coming.

* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].

* buscar solución = seek + solution.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.

* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.

* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.

* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.

* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.

* que se puede buscar = searchable.

* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

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buscar [A2 ]

vt

A (intentar encontrar)

1 ‹persona/objeto› to look for; ‹fama/fortuna› to seek; ‹trabajo/apartamento› to look for, try to find; ‹solución› to look for, try to find

lo he buscado en or por todas partes I've looked o searched for it everywhere

no trates de buscar excusas don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

[ S ] se busca wanted

los hombres como él sólo buscan una cosa men like him are only after one thing ( colloq)

te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at reception

las flores buscan la luz flowers grow towards the light

la buscaba con la mirada or los ojos he was trying to spot her

está buscando la oportunidad de vengarse he's looking for a chance to get his own back ( colloq)

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo try and find an easier way of doing it

2 (en un libro, una lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory

B

1 (recoger) to collect, pick up

fuimos a buscarlo al aeropuerto we went to pick him up from o fetch him from o collect him from o meet him at the airport

vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things

2 (conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico he went to get a doctor, he fetched a doctor

salió a buscar un taxi/el pan he went to get a taxi/the bread

sube a buscarme las tijeras go up and get me o bring me o fetch me the scissors

C

1

(intentar conseguir): una ley que busca la igualdad de (los) sexos a law which aims to achieve sexual equality o equality between the sexes

¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?

tiene cuatro hijas y busca el varón ( fam); she has four girls and she's trying for a boy

buscar + INF to try to + INF, set out to + INF

el libro busca destruir ese mito the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

2 (provocar) ‹bronca/camorra› to look for

siempre están buscando pelea they're always looking o spoiling for a fight

me está buscando y me va a encontrar he's looking for trouble and he's going to get it

■ buscar

vi

to look

busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? have you looked properly?, have you had a proper look?

¡busca! ¡busca! (a un perro) fetch!

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás seek and ye shall find

■ buscarse

v pron

A (intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse a alguien que le cuidara los niños she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

B ‹complicaciones/problemas›

no quiero buscarme complicaciones I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) ( fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it ( colloq)

no te quejes, la verdad es que te la buscaste don't complain, the truth is you had it coming to you o you brought it on yourself ( colloq)

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Multiple Entries:
buscar
buscar algo
buscar ( conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( intentar encontrar) to look for;

‹fama/fortuna› to seek;
◊ te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at reception

b) (en libro, lista) to look up;

◊ busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory

2
a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up;

◊ fui a buscarlo al aeropuerto ( para traerlo — en coche) I went to pick him up from the airport;

(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;
◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir) to get;

◊ yo le busqué trabajo I found him a job;

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi;
¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?
verbo intransitivo
to look;
◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer

buscarse verbo pronominal
1 ( intentar encontrar) to look for
2 ‹ problemas› to ask for;
◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;

tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right;
buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect
(recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work
' buscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- condicionamiento
- ir
- mirar
- sistema
- tienta
- aguja
- andar
- bronca
- camorra
- colocación
- pelea
- perro
- recoger
- refugio
- trabajo
- venir
English:
advertise
- collect
- dig around
- down-market
- expressly
- fetch
- fish
- forage
- fumble
- get
- go for
- hunt
- instrumental
- kerb-crawl
- look
- look for
- look out for
- look up
- meet
- needle
- pick
- pick up
- prospect
- pursue
- scout around
- search
- search for
- seek
- seek after
- spoil for
- want
- afield
- call
- collection
- court
- dig
- feel
- ferry
- go
- grope
- house
- job
- nook
- scout
- send
- trouble
- woo

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buscar

♦ vt

1. [para encontrar] to look for, to search for;
[provecho, beneficio propio, fortuna] to seek;
busco apartamento en esta zona I am looking for Br a flat o US an apartment in this area;

estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work;

la policía busca a los terroristas the police are searching o hunting for the terrorists;

lo busqué, pero no lo encontré I looked o hunted for it, but I couldn't find it;

¿me ayudas a buscar las llaves? can you help me to look for the keys?;

se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America;

fui a buscar ayuda I went in search of help;

¡ve a buscar ayuda, rápido! quick, go for help o go and find help!;

Comp

es como buscar una aguja en un pajar it's like looking for a needle in a haystack;

Comp
CSur Fam
buscar la vuelta a algo to (try to) find a way of doing sth

2. [recoger] to pick up;

vino a buscar sus libros he came to pick up his books;

voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper;

ir a buscar a alguien to pick sb up;

ya iré yo a buscar a los niños al colegio I'll go and pick the children up from school;

pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine

3. [en diccionario, índice, horario] to look up;

buscaré la dirección en mi agenda I'll look up the address in my address book

4. [intentar conseguir]
siempre busca quedar bien con todos she always tries to please everybody;

no sé qué está buscando con esa actitud I don't know what he is hoping to achieve with that attitude;

con estas medidas buscan reducir la inflación these measures are intended to reduce inflation, with these measures they are seeking to reduce inflation;
Fam
ése sólo busca ligar he's only after one thing

5. Informát to search for

6. Fam [provocar] to push, to try the patience of;

no me busques, que me voy a enfadar don't push me o it, I'm about to lose my temper;

buscar bronca o [m5] camorra to look for trouble

♦ vi

to look;

busqué bien pero no encontré nada I had a thorough search, but didn't find anything;

buscamos por toda la casa we looked o searched throughout the house, we searched the house from top to bottom

♦ See also the pronominal verb buscarse

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buscar

v/t search for, look for;

ir/venir a buscar fetch;

se la estaba buscando he was asking for trouble o for it

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buscar {72} vt

1) : to look for, to seek

2) : to pick up, to collect

3) : to provoke

buscar vi

: to look, to search

buscó en los bolsillos: he searched through his pockets

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buscar vb

1. (tratar de encontrar) to look for

estoy buscando las llaves I'm looking for my keys

2. (consultar) to look up

búscalo en el diccionario look it up in the dictionary

3. (recoger) to pick up / to meet [pt. & pp. met]

iré a buscarte al aeropuerto I'll pick you up at the airport

4. (traer) to fetch / to get

voy a buscar el pan I'm going to get the bread

"Se busca" "Wanted"

Spanish-English dictionary > buscar
14 capital1

¹ = capital city, capital.

Nota: Ciudad.

Ex. The capital city of London has some major general bookshops and a number of specialist bookshops which are virtually national suppliers.

Ex. For this purpose, press and information offices have been established in the capitals of the ten member countries.

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* capital de la nación = nation-state capital.

* capital del estado = nation-state capital, state capital.

* capital de provincia = provincial capital.

* capital estatal = state capital.

Spanish-English dictionary > capital1
15 chucherías

f.pl.

cheap shoddy objects, bric-à-brac, tack.

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(n.) = trinkets

Ex. The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.

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(n.) = trinkets

Ex: The bookshops found in most towns are hybrid affairs dealing in newspapers, magazines, stationery, trinkets and a motley collection of paperbacks in revolving wire racks.

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chucherías npl sweets

no comas tantas chucherías don't eat so many sweets

Spanish-English dictionary > chucherías
16 cientos de

adj.

hundreds of, several hundred.

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= hundreds of, yards of

Ex. There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration ( hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).

Ex. Profiles in newspapers and magazines, autograph-signing appearances in bookshops -- any device at all that reveals the person behind the book -- does far more for an author's readership than yards of reviews or pages of expensive advertisements.

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= hundreds of, yards of

Ex: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration ( hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors).

Ex: Profiles in newspapers and magazines, autograph-signing appearances in bookshops -- any device at all that reveals the person behind the book -- does far more for an author's readership than yards of reviews or pages of expensive advertisements.

Spanish-English dictionary > cientos de
17 ciudad

f.

1 city (localidad) (grande).

ciudad del Cabo Cape Town

ciudad catedralicia cathedral town/city

ciudad dormitorio commuter town

la ciudad Eterna the Eternal City

ciudad jardín garden city

ciudad de México Mexico City

ciudad natal home town

ciudad perdida shanty town (Mexican Spanish)

la ciudad Santa the Holy City

ciudad satélite satellite town

ciudad del Vaticano Vatican City

2 complex (instalaciones).

ciudad sanitaria hospital complex

ciudad universitaria university campus

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ciudad

► nombre femenino

1 city, town

■ fuimos a la ciudad we went into town, we went to town

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ciudad dormitorio dormitory suburb, dormitory town, commuter suburb

ciudad jardín garden city

ciudad universitaria university campus

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noun f.

city, town

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SF

1) [de gran tamaño] city; [más pequeña] town

se levanta temprano para ir a la ciudad — he gets up early to go into the city o into town

la ciudad de Granada — (the city of) Granada

la Ciudad Condal — name for the city of Barcelona

la Ciudad del Turia — name for the city of Valencia

Ciudad del Cabo — Cape Town

Ciudad del Vaticano — Vatican City

Ciudad de México — Mexico City

ciudad dormitorio — dormitory town, bedroom community (EEUU)

ciudad natal — home town, native city, native town

ciudad perdida — Méx shanty town

2) (=instalaciones)

ciudad deportiva — sports complex

ciudad sanitaria — hospital complex

ciudad universitaria — university campus

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femenino town; ( de mayor tamaño) city

la gran ciudad — the (big) city

centro ciudad — town o city center

- ciudad balneario

- Ciudad del Vaticano/de México

- ciudad dormitorio

- ciudad perdida

- ciudad residencial

- ciudad sanitaria

- Ciudad Santa

- ciudad satélite

- ciudad universitaria

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= city, town, county borough, municipal borough, burg.

Ex. PSS has nodes in many major cities: users pay ordinary call charges to the nearest node, plus a charge for the use of PSS.

Ex. Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.

Ex. Barnsley itself, a county borough, had at the time of this survey a medium-sized bookshop which had been refitted in 1974 and was well spoken of.

Ex. Nevertheless, two municipal boroughs, Batley and Castleford, were examples of genuine towns with no bookshops.

Ex. Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.

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* al otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.

* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.

* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

* casco antiguo de la ciudad, el = oldest part of the city, the.

* centro de la ciudad = central city, downtown, city centre.

* ciudad amurallada = walled city.

* ciudad costera = beach town, coastal city.

* Ciudad del Cabo = Cape Town.

* Ciudad del Pecado = Sin City.

* Ciudad del Vaticano, la = Vatican City, the.

* ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.

* ciudad dormitorio = dormitory.

* ciudad en auge = boom town.

* ciudad eterna, la = Eternal City, the.

* ciudad famosa por el golf = golfing town.

* ciudad fortificada = walled city, fortified town.

* ciudad fronteriza = frontier municipality.

* ciudad ideal = white picket fence.

* ciudad industrial = industrial town, industrial city.

* ciudad natal = birthplace, hometown [home town], back home.

* ciudad portuaria = port city.

* ciudad satélite = satellite city.

* ciudad universitaria = university town.

* convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* del otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.

* de otras ciudades = out-of-town.

* de una punta de la ciudad a otra = cross-town.

* de un extremo de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.

* de un lado de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.

* espectáculos de la ciudad = local attractions.

* gas ciudad = city gas.

* gente de la ciudad = townspeople.

* habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.

* hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward.

* la ciudad que nunca duerme = the city that never sleeps.

* plano de la ciudad = street plan, city map.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* puerta de la ciudad = city gate.

* que atraviesa la ciudad = cross-town.

* segunda vivienda en la ciudad = pied-à-terre.

* ser la ciudad de = be home to.

* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.

* visita por la ciudad = city tour.

* zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

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femenino town; ( de mayor tamaño) city

la gran ciudad — the (big) city

centro ciudad — town o city center

- ciudad balneario

- Ciudad del Vaticano/de México

- ciudad dormitorio

- ciudad perdida

- ciudad residencial

- ciudad sanitaria

- Ciudad Santa

- ciudad satélite

- ciudad universitaria

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= city, town, county borough, municipal borough, burg.

Ex: PSS has nodes in many major cities: users pay ordinary call charges to the nearest node, plus a charge for the use of PSS.

Ex: Rivers, erosion, towns and glaciers are all phenomena studied by geography.

Ex: Barnsley itself, a county borough, had at the time of this survey a medium-sized bookshop which had been refitted in 1974 and was well spoken of.

Ex: Nevertheless, two municipal boroughs, Batley and Castleford, were examples of genuine towns with no bookshops.

Ex: Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.

* al otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.

* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.

* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

* casco antiguo de la ciudad, el = oldest part of the city, the.

* centro de la ciudad = central city, downtown, city centre.

* ciudad amurallada = walled city.

* ciudad costera = beach town, coastal city.

* Ciudad del Cabo = Cape Town.

* Ciudad del Pecado = Sin City.

* Ciudad del Vaticano, la = Vatican City, the.

* ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.

* ciudad dormitorio = dormitory.

* ciudad en auge = boom town.

* ciudad eterna, la = Eternal City, the.

* ciudad famosa por el golf = golfing town.

* ciudad fortificada = walled city, fortified town.

* ciudad fronteriza = frontier municipality.

* ciudad ideal = white picket fence.

* ciudad industrial = industrial town, industrial city.

* ciudad natal = birthplace, hometown [home town], back home.

* ciudad portuaria = port city.

* ciudad satélite = satellite city.

* ciudad universitaria = university town.

* convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* del otro lado de la ciudad = cross-town.

* de otras ciudades = out-of-town.

* de una punta de la ciudad a otra = cross-town.

* de un extremo de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.

* de un lado de la ciudad a otro = cross-town.

* espectáculos de la ciudad = local attractions.

* gas ciudad = city gas.

* gente de la ciudad = townspeople.

* habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.

* hacia el centro de la ciudad = townward.

* la ciudad que nunca duerme = the city that never sleeps.

* plano de la ciudad = street plan, city map.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* puerta de la ciudad = city gate.

* que atraviesa la ciudad = cross-town.

* segunda vivienda en la ciudad = pied-à-terre.

* ser la ciudad de = be home to.

* vida de la ciudad = urban life, city life.

* visita por la ciudad = city tour.

* zona deprimida del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

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ciudad

feminine

town; (de mayor tamaño) city

la gran ciudad the (big) city

ciudad natal native town/city

es una ciudad sagrada a holy city

[ S ] centro ciudad town o city center

[ S ] mantenga limpia su ciudad keep your city clean

Compuestos:

● ciudad balneario

( AmL) coastal resort

● Ciudad Condal

name often used to refer to Barcelona

● ciudad digital

digital city

● ciudad dormitorio

bedroom community ( AmE), dormitory town ( BrE)

● ciudad estado

city-state

● Ciudad Eterna

la Ciudad Eterna the Eternal City, Rome

● ciudad hermana

sister city ( AmE), twin city ( BrE)

● ciudad jardín

garden city

● Ciudad Luz

la Ciudad Luz the City of Light, Paris

● ciudad perdida

( Méx) shantytown

● ciudad periférica or de la periferia

dormitory town, suburb

● Ciudad Prohibida

la Ciudad Prohibida the Forbidden City

● ciudad residencial

town or development in the commuter belt

● ciudad sanitaria

hospital complex

● Ciudad Santa

la Ciudad Santa the Holy City

● ciudad satélite

satellite town

● ciudad universitaria

university campus

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ciudad sustantivo femenino
town;
( de mayor tamaño) city;
( on signs) centro ciudad town o city center;
◊ ciudad balneario (AmL) coastal resort;

Cciudad del Vaticano/de México Vatican/Mexico City;
ciudad dormitorio bedroom community (AmE), dormitory town (BrE);
ciudad perdida (Méx) shantytown;
ciudad satélite satellite town;
ciudad universitaria university campus
ciudad sustantivo femenino (mediana o pequeña) town
(grande) city
ciudad deportiva, sport center
ciudad dormitorio, dormitory town
ciudad universitaria, university campus
En general, la palabra city se refiere a una ciudad grande o importante (por ejemplo, la capital de un país o de una provincia) y town se refiere a una ciudad más pequeña. Town también puede aplicarse a una zona urbana: I'm going to town, me voy a la ciudad (dicho por alguien que vive en el campo) o me voy al centro (dicho por alguien que vive en las afueras de una ciudad grande). La expresión mi ciudad se traduce por my home town.

' ciudad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apego
- apoderarse
- cabo
- callejera
- callejero
- casco
- centro
- cerco
- chalet
- costera
- costero
- deprimida
- deprimido
- envolver
- escaparate
- expandirse
- gas
- habitante
- hermana
- incomunicar
- judería
- lástima
- liberación
- ligar
- llegar
- localidad
- mayor
- mercader
- muerta
- muerto
- natal
- paso
- periferia
- petate
- plana
- plano
- población
- poblada
- poblado
- por
- provincia
- proximidad
- puerta
- retención
- saco
- satélite
- sector
- suburbio
- superpoblación
- superpoblada
English:
activity
- amenities
- area
- authority
- auxiliary
- back
- barrage
- black out
- bomb
- bombed-out
- boomtown
- bus
- bypass
- campus
- Cape Town
- centre
- city
- commercialize
- congested
- crawl
- density
- district
- downtown
- drainage
- drawback
- dude ranch
- dump
- edge
- establish
- expand
- expansion
- extend
- facility
- flat
- flatten
- fountain
- ghost town
- grassy
- grip
- growing
- hard-hit
- heart
- high-rise
- hub
- in
- inner city
- itself
- keep
- lay out
- layout

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ciudad nf

1. [localidad] [grande] city;
[pequeña] town;
la emigración del campo a la ciudad migration from the countryside to the city;

la gente de la ciudad people who live in cities, city folk

Comp
Am ciudad balnearia [en la costa] seaside resort; [estación thermal] spa town;
Ciudad del Cabo Cape Town;

la Ciudad Condal Barcelona;

ciudad dormitorio commuter town, dormitory town;

la Ciudad Eterna the Eternal City;

ciudad fantasma ghost town;

Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala City;

ciudad jardín garden city;

Ciudad de México Mexico City;

ciudad natal home town;
Méx ciudad perdida shanty town;
la Ciudad Santa the Holy City;

ciudad satélite satellite town o city;

Ciudad del Vaticano Vatican City

2. [instalaciones] complex

Comp
ciudad deportiva sports complex;
ciudad sanitaria hospital complex;

ciudad universitaria university campus

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ciudad

f town; más grande city

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ciudad nf

1) : city, town

2)

ciudad universitaria : college or university campus

3)

ciudad perdida Mex : shantytown

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ciudad n city [pl. cities] / town

¿te gusta vivir en una gran ciudad? do you like living in a big city?

mi ciudad natal my home town

ciudad dormitorio dormitory town

ciudad universitaria university campus

Spanish-English dictionary > ciudad
18 ciudad industrial

(n.) = industrial town, industrial city

Ex. The overall picture gained from this area analysis was that the hinterlands of the industrial towns were not areas where one could hope to find much in the way of bookshops.

Ex. Now a thriving industrial city, it covers 40 square miles, has a population of 78,808, gives employment to 30,500 workers, and distributes an annual payroll of $640.6 million.

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(n.) = industrial town, industrial city

Ex: The overall picture gained from this area analysis was that the hinterlands of the industrial towns were not areas where one could hope to find much in the way of bookshops.

Ex: Now a thriving industrial city, it covers 40 square miles, has a population of 78,808, gives employment to 30,500 workers, and distributes an annual payroll of $640.6 million.

Spanish-English dictionary > ciudad industrial
19 con la portada hacia fuera

= face-out

Ex. With the recognition of the importance of face-out displays of paperbacks, such equipment as wine spinner racks were introduced to school bookshops and libraries.

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= face-out

Ex: With the recognition of the importance of face-out displays of paperbacks, such equipment as wine spinner racks were introduced to school bookshops and libraries.

Spanish-English dictionary > con la portada hacia fuera
20 de igual modo que

= just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of)

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. A scene itself can be just as well be looked over line by line by the photocell in this way as can a photograph of the scene.

Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex. The way forward for public libraries might be for them to be run more on the lines of bookshops.

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= just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of)

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: A scene itself can be just as well be looked over line by line by the photocell in this way as can a photograph of the scene.

Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex: The way forward for public libraries might be for them to be run more on the lines of bookshops.

Spanish-English dictionary > de igual modo que

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