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  • 1 ramal

    • branch line

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  • 2 ramal secundario

    • branch line

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ramal secundario

  • 3 ramal

    m.
    branch.
    * * *
    1 (de cuerda) strand
    2 (de camino etc) branch
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=cabo) strand; [para el caballo] halter
    2) (=desvío) (Aut) branch; (Ferro) branch line
    3) (=derivación) offshoot
    * * *
    masculino (Ferr) branch line; (Geog) branch; ( cuerda) strap
    * * *
    ----
    * ramal de ferrocarril = branch-line.
    * * *
    masculino (Ferr) branch line; (Geog) branch; ( cuerda) strap
    * * *
    * ramal de ferrocarril = branch-line.
    * * *
    1 ( Ferr) branch line
    2 ( Geog) branch
    3 (cuerda) strap
    * * *

    ramal sustantivo masculino (Ferr) branch line;
    (Geog) branch;
    ( cuerda) strap
    ' ramal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    guasca
    English:
    branch
    - strand
    * * *
    ramal nm
    [de carretera, ferrocarril] branch; [de cordillera] branch
    * * *
    m branch
    * * *
    ramal nm
    1) : branchline
    2) : halter, strap

    Spanish-English dictionary > ramal

  • 4 ramal de ferrocarril

    (n.) = branch-line
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    * * *

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ramal de ferrocarril

  • 5 ferrocarril

    m.
    1 railway(system, media).
    2 railroad, railway.
    * * *
    1 railway, US railroad
    * * *
    noun m.
    railway, railroad
    * * *
    SM railway, railroad (EEUU)

    por ferrocarril — by rail, by train

    ferrocarril de trocha angosta — Cono Sur narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge railroad (EEUU)

    ferrocarril de vía estrecha — narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge railroad (EEUU)

    ferrocarril de vía única — single-track railway, single-track railroad (EEUU)

    ferrocarril elevado — overhead railway, elevated railway, elevated railroad (EEUU), el (EEUU) *

    ferrocarril funicular — funicular, funicular railway

    ferrocarril subterráneo — underground railway, subway (EEUU)

    * * *
    masculino ( sistema) railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
    * * *
    = railroad(s), railway(s), rail.
    Ex. The article 'Libraries and the railroads -- or sitting on a siding watching the freight trains go by' compares the possible future of libraries and information centres with the state of US railways.
    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. The main mode of transportation is by truck, although some is by rail and a minute part by stationwagons.
    ----
    * estación de ferrocarril = railway station.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * línea de ferrocarril = rail line, rail link, railway line, railroad(s), railway(s).
    * ramal de ferrocarril = branch-line.
    * traviesa de ferrocarril = railway sleeper.
    * vía de ferrocarril = railway line.
    * * *
    masculino ( sistema) railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
    * * *
    = railroad(s), railway(s), rail.

    Ex: The article 'Libraries and the railroads -- or sitting on a siding watching the freight trains go by' compares the possible future of libraries and information centres with the state of US railways.

    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: The main mode of transportation is by truck, although some is by rail and a minute part by stationwagons.
    * estación de ferrocarril = railway station.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * línea de ferrocarril = rail line, rail link, railway line, railroad(s), railway(s).
    * ramal de ferrocarril = branch-line.
    * traviesa de ferrocarril = railway sleeper.
    * vía de ferrocarril = railway line.

    * * *
    1 (sistema) railroad ( AmE), railway ( BrE)
    la historía del ferrocarril the history of the railroad o railway
    2 ( ant) (tren) train
    Compuesto:
    cog railway, rack railway
    * * *

    ferrocarril sustantivo masculino
    railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
    ferrocarril sustantivo masculino railway, US railroad
    ' ferrocarril' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    línea
    English:
    buffet
    - electrify
    - embankment
    - rail
    - railroad
    - railway
    - railway carriage
    - railway station
    - elevated
    - train
    * * *
    1. [sistema, medio] railway, US railroad;
    ese pueblo no tiene ferrocarril that town isn't on a railway line o US a railroad;
    por ferrocarril by train
    ferrocarril de cremallera rack railway o US railroad;
    ferrocarril elevado elevated railway o US railroad;
    ferrocarril funicular funicular (railway);
    ferrocarril subterráneo underground railway o US railroad;
    ferrocarril de vía estrecha narrow-gauge railway o US railroad
    2. [tren] train
    3. Urug Fam [en examen] crib
    * * *
    m
    1 railroad, Br
    railway
    en examen cheat sheet, Br
    crib
    * * *
    : railroad, railway
    * * *
    ferrocarril n railway / train

    Spanish-English dictionary > ferrocarril

  • 6 acabar con

    v.
    1 to put an end to, to make an end of, to end with, to finish with.
    Pedro acabó con el suplicio Peter put an end to the ordeal.
    2 to finish with, to be through with, to break up one's relation with, to break off with.
    La chica acabó con su novio The girl broke up with her boyfriend.
    3 to finish with, to destroy.
    Las drogas acabaron con el chico Drugs finished with=destroyed the boy.
    4 to destroy, to ruin, to wreck.
    La peste acabó con el pueblo The plague destroyed the town.
    5 to kill, to exterminate, to eliminate, to get rid of.
    María acabó con las cucarachas Mary killed the roaches.
    6 to finish off, to account for, to polish off.
    Acabó con toda la comida He finished off all the food.
    * * *
    (destruir) to destroy, put an end to 2 (terminar) to finish, finish off
    ■ ¡este chico acabará conmigo! this boy will be the death of me!
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, quell, put to + rest, snuff out, stamp out, kill off, eat + Posesivo + way through
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    Ex. The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
    Ex. The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
    Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex. After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, quell, put to + rest, snuff out, stamp out, kill off, eat + Posesivo + way through

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Ex: The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
    Ex: The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
    Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    Ex: After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > acabar con

  • 7 poner fin a

    to put an end to
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    Ex. The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
    Ex. Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.
    Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
    Ex. He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
    Ex. Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
    Ex. Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
    Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Ex: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
    Ex: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.
    Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
    Ex: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
    Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
    Ex: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
    Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner fin a

  • 8 poner término a

    (v.) = put + paid to
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner término a

  • 9 recorte

    m.
    1 cut, trimming (pieza cortada).
    2 cut, cutback.
    recorte presupuestario/salarial budget/salary cut
    3 cutout (cartulina).
    4 swerve, sidestep (sport).
    5 clipping, snip, clip, cutting.
    6 pruning, scissoring, trimming.
    7 slander, backbiting, calumny, defamation.
    8 windowing.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: recortar.
    * * *
    1 (acción) cutting
    2 (trozo) cutting, clipping
    3 (de períodico) press clipping, newspaper cutting
    4 (de pelo) trim, cut, reduction
    5 figurado (reducción) cut, reduction
    * * *
    noun m.
    cut, reduction
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acción) cutting, trimming
    2) [del pelo] trim
    3) [para economizar] cut

    han anunciado un recorte de o en los gastos — they have announced a cut o cutback in spending

    recortes de personal, recortes de plantilla — staff cutbacks

    4) [de periódico, revista] cutting, clipping
    5) CAm * (=comentario) nasty remark
    * * *
    1) (de periódico, revista) cutting, clipping
    2) (Fin) ( acción) cutting; ( efecto) cut, reduction
    * * *
    = axe [ax, -USA], cut, cutback, cutting, cutting, squeeze, snip, clipping.
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    Ex. Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex. The vast majority of inquiries received by the van had nothing to do with consumer problems and, with the cutbacks of the 1980s, the service was withdrawn.
    Ex. This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.
    Ex. Guard book or scrapbook type arrangement, with possibly a loose-leaf format, is suitable for organising and keeping cuttings, letters and other small items.
    Ex. Even library services to rural areas have been affected by the squeeze on public sector spending.
    Ex. With a snip here and a snip there, it's easy to turn a plant into a living sculpture.
    Ex. The interlacing of twigs into wickerwork is in all probability contemporary with first clipping of flint into arrow-heads.
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    * album de recortes = guard book, scrapbook.
    * archivo de recortes = cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * archivo de recortes de prensa = newspaper clippings archives.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * experimentar recortes = suffer + cuts.
    * imponer recortes = impose + cuts.
    * padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
    * período de recortes presupuestarios = budget-slashing times.
    * recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.
    * recorte del presupuesto = budgetary constraint, funding cut.
    * recorte de periódico = clipping, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * recorte de plantilla = downsizing.
    * recorte de pliego = offcut.
    * recorte de prensa = press cutting [press-cutting], press clipping, newspaper clipping.
    * recorte de presupuesto = cut in budget.
    * recorte económico = axe [ax, -USA].
    * recorte en el presupuesto = funding cut.
    * recorte presupuestario = budget cut, budget crunch, budget squeeze, budgetary cut, funding cut.
    * recortes = contraction, under the knife.
    * recorte salarial = salary cut.
    * recortes económicos = economic retrenchment, retrenchment, financial cutbacks, economic cuts, spending cuts, expenditure cuts.
    * recortes presupuestarios = budget cutting.
    * recortes presupuestarios + hacerse sentir = budget cut + bite.
    * * *
    1) (de periódico, revista) cutting, clipping
    2) (Fin) ( acción) cutting; ( efecto) cut, reduction
    * * *
    = axe [ax, -USA], cut, cutback, cutting, cutting, squeeze, snip, clipping.

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex: The vast majority of inquiries received by the van had nothing to do with consumer problems and, with the cutbacks of the 1980s, the service was withdrawn.
    Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.
    Ex: Guard book or scrapbook type arrangement, with possibly a loose-leaf format, is suitable for organising and keeping cuttings, letters and other small items.
    Ex: Even library services to rural areas have been affected by the squeeze on public sector spending.
    Ex: With a snip here and a snip there, it's easy to turn a plant into a living sculpture.
    Ex: The interlacing of twigs into wickerwork is in all probability contemporary with first clipping of flint into arrow-heads.
    * album de recortes = guard book, scrapbook.
    * archivo de recortes = cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * archivo de recortes de prensa = newspaper clippings archives.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * experimentar recortes = suffer + cuts.
    * imponer recortes = impose + cuts.
    * padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
    * período de recortes presupuestarios = budget-slashing times.
    * recorte de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.
    * recorte del presupuesto = budgetary constraint, funding cut.
    * recorte de periódico = clipping, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * recorte de plantilla = downsizing.
    * recorte de pliego = offcut.
    * recorte de prensa = press cutting [press-cutting], press clipping, newspaper clipping.
    * recorte de presupuesto = cut in budget.
    * recorte económico = axe [ax, -USA].
    * recorte en el presupuesto = funding cut.
    * recorte presupuestario = budget cut, budget crunch, budget squeeze, budgetary cut, funding cut.
    * recortes = contraction, under the knife.
    * recorte salarial = salary cut.
    * recortes económicos = economic retrenchment, retrenchment, financial cutbacks, economic cuts, spending cuts, expenditure cuts.
    * recortes presupuestarios = budget cutting.
    * recortes presupuestarios + hacerse sentir = budget cut + bite.

    * * *
    A (de un periódico, una revista) cutting, clipping
    B ( Fin) (acción) cutting; (efecto) cut, reduction
    recortes presupuestarios budget cuts, reductions in the budget
    C
    ( Méx fam) (maledicencia): se dedicaron al recorte they spent their time pulling everyone apart o tearing into people ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo recortar: ( conjugate recortar)

    recorté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    recorte es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    recortar    
    recorte
    recortar ( conjugate recortar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹figura/artículo/anuncio› to cut out

    b) ‹pelo/puntas› to trim

    2 ‹gastos/plantilla› to reduce
    recorte sustantivo masculino
    1 (de periódico, revista) cutting, clipping
    2 (Fin) ( acción) cutting;
    ( efecto) cut, reduction
    recortar verbo transitivo
    1 (una foto, un texto) to cut out
    2 (bordes, puntas del pelo) to trim
    3 (gastos) to reduce, cut
    recorte sustantivo masculino
    1 (de prensa) cutting, clipping
    2 (de bordes, pelo) trim, cut
    3 (de gastos) reduction, cut
    ' recorte' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clipping
    - cut
    - cutting
    - press cutting
    - snip
    - spending cut
    - off
    - trim
    * * *
    1. [pieza cortada] trimming;
    [de periódico, revista] cutting, clipping
    2. [reducción] cut, cutback
    recortes de personal job cuts;
    recorte salarial wage o pay cut
    3. [cartulina] cutout
    4. Dep sidestep
    5. Méx Fam [crítica] nasty o snide remark;
    no me gustan tus amigos, están siempre en el recorte I don't like your friends, they're always being nasty about o Br slagging off other people
    * * *
    m fig
    cutback;
    recorte de periódico cutting, clipping;
    recorte salarial salary cut;
    recorte de personal reduction in personnel, personnel cutback;
    recortes sociales pl cutbacks in public services
    * * *
    1) : cut, reduction
    2) : clipping
    recortes de periódicos: newspaper clippings

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte

  • 10 recorte económico

    (n.) = axe [ax, -USA]
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    * * *
    (n.) = axe [ax, -USA]

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recorte económico

  • 11 ramal secundario

    m.
    branch line.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ramal secundario

  • 12 rama

    f.
    1 branch.
    la rama materna de mi familia my mother's side of the family
    en rama raw
    2 division, subdivision, branch, offshoot.
    3 line, branch, area, specialty.
    4 distributary.
    5 Rama.
    6 ramus.
    * * *
    1 branch
    \
    andarse por las ramas / irse por las ramas familiar to beat about the bush
    en rama raw
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de árbol] branch

    en rama: algodón en rama — raw cotton

    rama de olivo — (lit, fig) olive branch

    2) [de ciencia, familia, organización] branch
    3) (Tip)
    4) LAm * (=hachís) pot *, hash *
    * * *
    femenino branch

    andarse/irse por las ramas — to beat about the bush

    * * *
    = branch, bough, chase.
    Nota: En historia de la imprenta, marco rectangular de madera en cuyo interior se fijaba la forma de impresión.
    Ex. Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.
    Ex. Alice was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.
    Ex. Chases were made in pairs, and for most of the hand-press period they were of a standard size that fitted comfortably in the bed of the wooden press.
    ----
    * andarse por las ramas = mince + words.
    * irse por las ramas = go off + the track, get off + the track, go off on + another track, fly off on + a tangent, go off on + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off at + a tangent.
    * ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces = offer + an olive branch.
    * rama de árbol = tree branch.
    * rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.
    * rama del saber = branch of learning.
    * rama de olivo = olive branch, olive branch.
    * tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.
    * * *
    femenino branch

    andarse/irse por las ramas — to beat about the bush

    * * *
    = branch, bough, chase.
    Nota: En historia de la imprenta, marco rectangular de madera en cuyo interior se fijaba la forma de impresión.

    Ex: Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.

    Ex: Alice was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.
    Ex: Chases were made in pairs, and for most of the hand-press period they were of a standard size that fitted comfortably in the bed of the wooden press.
    * andarse por las ramas = mince + words.
    * irse por las ramas = go off + the track, get off + the track, go off on + another track, fly off on + a tangent, go off on + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off at + a tangent.
    * ofrecer una rama de olivo para hacer las paces = offer + an olive branch.
    * rama de árbol = tree branch.
    * rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.
    * rama del saber = branch of learning.
    * rama de olivo = olive branch, olive branch.
    * tomates en rama = tomatoes on the vine.

    * * *
    una ramita de perejil a sprig of parsley
    algodón en rama raw cotton
    un trozo de canela en rama a cinnamon stick
    andarse or irse por las ramas to beat about the bush
    3 (de una organización, estructura) branch
    * * *

     

    rama sustantivo femenino
    branch;

    andarse/irse por las ramas to beat about the bush
    rama sustantivo femenino branch
    ♦ Locuciones: andarse o irse por las ramas, to beat about the bush

    ' rama' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acebo
    - canela
    - desgajar
    - economía
    - enganchar
    - plena
    - pleno
    - tapar
    - tronchar
    - chasquido
    - ciencia
    - cortar
    - doblar
    - nacer
    - partir
    - prender
    - quebrar
    - torcido
    English:
    bear
    - bough
    - branch
    - domestic
    - limb
    - look down
    - offshoot
    - olive branch
    - stick
    * * *
    rama nf
    1. [de planta] branch;
    la rama materna de mi familia my mother's side of the family;
    algodón en rama raw cotton;
    canela en rama cinnamon sticks;
    Fam
    andarse o [m5] irse por las ramas to wander off the point, to go off at a tangent;
    ir de rama en rama [sin rumbo fijo] to jump from one thing to another
    2. [de ciencia] branch
    3. [de colectivo] wing;
    la rama más radical del partido the radical wing of the party
    * * *
    f
    1 branch;
    andarse por las ramas beat about the bush;
    canela en rama stick cinnamon
    2 POL wing
    * * *
    rama nf
    : branch
    * * *
    rama n branch [pl. branches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > rama

  • 13 tronco

    m.
    1 trunk (anatomy & botany).
    2 team.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: troncar.
    * * *
    1 ANATOMÍA trunk, torso
    3 figurado (linaje) family stock
    5 (geometría) frustum
    6 argot (compañero) mate, pal, chum
    \
    dormir como un tronco familiar to sleep like a log
    tronco de cono truncated cone
    * * *
    noun m.
    3) log
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) [de árbol] trunk; (=leño) log

    tronco de Navidad — (Culin) yule log

    2) (Anat) trunk
    3) (=estirpe) stock
    4) (Ferro) main line, trunk line
    5) *** (=pene) prick ***
    II
    tronco, -a
    ** SM / F
    1) (=tío) bloke * /bird *
    2) (=amigo) [en oración directa] mate *, pal *

    -oye, tronco — "hey, man" *

    * * *
    1)
    a) (Bot) trunk
    b) ( leño) log

    dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

    c) (Coc)
    2) ( en genealogía) stock
    3) (Ling) branch
    4) (Anat) trunk, torso
    5) (Andes, RPl fam) ( persona inepta)

    es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

    * * *
    = log, trunk, bole.
    Ex. Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).
    Ex. The lower limbs (49.8%), upper limbs (23.3%), and back and trunk (22.8%) were most commonly injured.
    Ex. There is a chance that I may be given a few boles from some very large pistachio trees and I would like to know if it would be worth it to try and do anything with them.
    ----
    * cabaña de troncos de madera = log cabin, wood cabin.
    * casa de troncos de madera = log house.
    * piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.
    * silla tallada en tronco = log chair.
    * tronco de árbol = tree trunk.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Bot) trunk
    b) ( leño) log

    dormir como un tronco — to sleep like a log

    c) (Coc)
    2) ( en genealogía) stock
    3) (Ling) branch
    4) (Anat) trunk, torso
    5) (Andes, RPl fam) ( persona inepta)

    es un tronco — he's useless; (colloq)

    * * *
    = log, trunk, bole.

    Ex: Wood pulp can be made either by grinding up untreated logs (when it is called mechanical wood, or groundwood), or by digesting wood chips chemically (chemical wood).

    Ex: The lower limbs (49.8%), upper limbs (23.3%), and back and trunk (22.8%) were most commonly injured.
    Ex: There is a chance that I may be given a few boles from some very large pistachio trees and I would like to know if it would be worth it to try and do anything with them.
    * cabaña de troncos de madera = log cabin, wood cabin.
    * casa de troncos de madera = log house.
    * piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.
    * silla tallada en tronco = log chair.
    * tronco de árbol = tree trunk.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Bot) trunk
    2 (leño) log
    dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log
    estar como un tronco to be dead to the world ( colloq), to be out for the count ( colloq)
    3 ( Coc):
    tronco de Navidad chocolate yule log
    C ( Ling) branch
    D
    1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) trunk, torso
    2 (en geometría) frustum
    E
    ( AmL fam) (persona inepta): esa niña es un tronco that girl is a complete bonehead o blockhead ( colloq)
    es un tronco para los idiomas he's hopeless o useless at languages
    ese zaguero es un tronco that back is useless o ( AmE) is a real jerk o zero ( colloq), that back is a dead loss ( BrE colloq)
    F
    ( Ven fam) (en exclamaciones): ¡tronco de carro! what a car! ( colloq)
    ¡ay sí! ¡tronco de favor me hiciste con eso! ( iró); oh yeah! that was some favor you did me! ( iro)
    tronco2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp arg)
    buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq)
    ¡tranqui, tronco! chill out! (sl), cool it, buddy o mate! ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    tronco sustantivo masculino
    1 (Bot) trunk;
    ( leño) log
    2 ( en genealogía) stock
    3 (Anat) trunk, torso
    tronco
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un árbol) trunk
    2 (para la chimenea) log
    3 Anat trunk, torso
    II m,f argot (en oración directa) mate, US buddy
    ♦ Locuciones: dormir como un tronco, to sleep like a log
    ' tronco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corteza
    - cuerpo
    - dormir
    - trepar
    - vacía
    - vacío
    - ahuecar
    English:
    log
    - trunk
    - tree
    * * *
    tronco1 nm
    1. [de árbol] trunk;
    [talado y sin ramas] log; Fam
    como un tronco: dormir como un tronco to sleep like a log;
    estar como un tronco to be dead to the world
    2. [dulce]
    3. [de persona] trunk
    4. [origen común] [en una familia] stock;
    Ling branch Univ tronco común compulsory subjects
    5. Geom [sección] frustum
    tronco de cono truncated cone
    6. Anat tronco arterial arterial trunk;
    tronco braquiocefálico brachiocephalic trunk;
    tronco celíaco Br coeliac o US celiac trunk
    tronco2, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam
    1. Esp [hombre] pal, Br mate
    2. Esp [mujer]
    mira, tronca, yo sólo te digo que no te aguanto look, darling, what I'm telling you is that I can't stand you;
    ¿qué tal, tronca? how's it going?
    3. Am [persona estúpida] thicko;
    [persona torpe] bungler, US klutz
    ♦ adj
    Am [estúpido] thick; [torpe] clumsy, US klutzy
    * * *
    m trunk; cortado log;
    dormir como un tronco sleep like a log
    * * *
    tronco nm
    1) : trunk (of a tree)
    2) : log
    3) : torso
    * * *
    1. (de cuerpo, árbol) trunk
    2. (leña) log

    Spanish-English dictionary > tronco

  • 14 esencial

    adj.
    essential.
    su participación fue esencial en el proyecto her participation was essential to the project
    lo esencial the fundamental thing
    en lo esencial coincidimos we agree on the basic points o the essentials
    no esencial non-essential, inessential
    * * *
    1 essential
    \
    en lo esencial in the main
    lo esencial the main thing
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=imprescindible) essential
    2) (=principal) essential, main

    lo esencial es que... — the main o essential o most important thing is to...

    he entendido lo esencial de la conversación — I understood the main o the most important points of the conversation

    en lo esencial: pese a las diferencias, estamos de acuerdo en lo esencial — essentially, despite our differences, we are in agreement, despite our differences, we are in agreement on the essentials

    3) [aceite] essential
    * * *
    1) ( fundamental) essential

    lo esencial es... — the main o the most important thing is...

    esencial para algo — essential for o to something

    2) < aceite> essential
    * * *
    = bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], essential, paramount, vital, baseline [base line], bread and butter, mission critical [mission-critical], rock-bottom, indispensable, constitutive, cardinal, critical.
    Ex. Those are just the bare beginnings.
    Ex. The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.
    Ex. Practice is paramount.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.
    Ex. The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.
    Ex. Effectiveness is often measured as the resultant quality of mission critical products of the institution = A menudo la eficacia se mide como la calidad resultante de los productos esenciales de la institución.
    Ex. The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.
    Ex. Of course, these catalogs will still remain indispensable guides to LC holdings not represented by MARC records.
    Ex. Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex. To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex. Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.
    ----
    * cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.
    * esencial, lo = gist, the, bottom line, the.
    * función esencial = vital role.
    * libro esencial = bedside book.
    * lo esencial = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).
    * no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.
    * no esencial = non-essential [nonessential].
    * papel esencial = vital role, pivotal role.
    * punto esencial = essential point.
    * tiempo + ser esencial = time + be of the essence.
    * * *
    1) ( fundamental) essential

    lo esencial es... — the main o the most important thing is...

    esencial para algo — essential for o to something

    2) < aceite> essential
    * * *
    = bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], essential, paramount, vital, baseline [base line], bread and butter, mission critical [mission-critical], rock-bottom, indispensable, constitutive, cardinal, critical.

    Ex: Those are just the bare beginnings.

    Ex: The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.
    Ex: Practice is paramount.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.
    Ex: The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.
    Ex: Effectiveness is often measured as the resultant quality of mission critical products of the institution = A menudo la eficacia se mide como la calidad resultante de los productos esenciales de la institución.
    Ex: The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.
    Ex: Of course, these catalogs will still remain indispensable guides to LC holdings not represented by MARC records.
    Ex: Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex: To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex: Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.
    * cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.
    * esencial, lo = gist, the, bottom line, the.
    * función esencial = vital role.
    * libro esencial = bedside book.
    * lo esencial = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).
    * no entender lo esencial = miss + the point.
    * no esencial = non-essential [nonessential].
    * papel esencial = vital role, pivotal role.
    * punto esencial = essential point.
    * tiempo + ser esencial = time + be of the essence.

    * * *
    A
    1 (fundamental) essential
    estábamos de acuerdo en lo esencial we agreed on the essentials o on the main points
    lo esencial es que estés tranquilo the main o the most important o the essential thing is to keep calm
    esencial PARA algo essential FOR o TO sth
    esto es esencial para el buen funcionamiento del motor this is essential for o to the smooth running of the engine
    2 ( Fil) essential
    B ‹aceite› essential
    * * *

     

    esencial adjetivo ( fundamental) essential;
    ◊ coincidimos en lo esencial we agree on the essentials o on the main points;

    lo esencial es … the main o the most important thing is …
    esencial adjetivo essential: quédate con lo esencial, remember the most important thing
    tiene lo esencial para vivir, she has enough to live on

    ' esencial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accesoria
    - accesorio
    - básica
    - básico
    - descafeinada
    - descafeinado
    - elemental
    - sustancial
    English:
    basic
    - brass
    - core
    - essential
    - gist
    - nitty-gritty
    - nut
    - rough
    - underlying
    - vital
    - bare
    - essentially
    - fundamental
    - prerequisite
    - substance
    * * *
    1. [básico] essential;
    su participación fue esencial en el proyecto her participation was essential to the project;
    lo esencial the essential o main thing;
    lo esencial es una buena preparación física the essential o main thing is to have trained properly beforehand;
    en lo esencial coincidimos we agree on the basic points o the essentials;
    no esencial non-essential, inessential
    2. [aceite] essential
    * * *
    adj essential;
    lo esencial es que the main o essential thing is that
    * * *
    : essential
    * * *
    esencial adj essential

    Spanish-English dictionary > esencial

  • 15 grupo

    m.
    1 group (conjunto).
    en grupo in a group
    grupo ecologista environmental group
    grupo de estudio study group
    grupo de presión (politics) pressure group, lobby
    grupo de riesgo group at risk
    grupo de rock rock group
    2 group of people, bevy, circle, group.
    * * *
    1 group
    2 TÉCNICA unit, set
    \
    en grupo together, en masse
    grupo electrógeno power plant
    grupo sanguíneo blood group
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) band
    •
    * * *
    SM
    1) [gen] group; (=equipo) team; [de árboles] cluster, clump

    grupo de contacto — (Pol) contact group

    grupo de estafas — (Policía) fraud squad

    grupo de estupefacientes — (Policía) drug squad

    grupo de homicidios — (Policía) murder squad

    grupo de investigación — research team, team of researchers

    grupo de presión — pressure group, special interest group (EEUU)

    2) (Elec, Téc) unit, plant; (=montaje) assembly

    grupo electrógeno, grupo generador — generating set, power plant

    3) Cono Sur (=trampa) trick, con *
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.
    Ex. The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex. This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex. This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex. SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex. If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex. Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex. These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex. DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex. No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    ----
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

    Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de personas) group; (de empresas, países) group; (de árboles) clump
    los grupos sociales marginados marginalized social groups
    un grupo de casas a group o cluster of houses
    se dividieron en grupos de (a) cuatro they split into groups of four
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    2 ( Mús) tb
    grupo musical group, band
    3 ( Quím) group
    Compuestos:
    support group
    advisory group, think tank
    construction consortium
    control group
    consortium
    hotel chain
    ● grupo de interés or presión
    pressure group
    jazz group o band
    internet forum
    press consortium
    ( Pol) Group of Eight
    newsgroup
    working party
    user group
    generator
    ● grupo fónico/tónico
    phonic/tonic group
    target group
    ( frml); peer group
    parliamentary group
    blood group
    tener el grupo sanguíneo Rh or Rhesus positivo/negativo to be Rhesus positive/negative
    ¿qué grupo sanguíneo tiene? what blood group are you?
    tengo el grupo sanguíneo A/AB/B positivo/negativo I'm blood group A/AB/B positive/negative
    control group
    B ( Chi arg) (mentira) lie; (engaño) trick
    * * *

     

    grupo sustantivo masculino
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group;

    ( de árboles) clump;

    grupos sociales social groups;
    de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo› group ( before n);
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    b) (Mús) tb


    grupo sustantivo masculino
    1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
    tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
    grupo de trabajo, working party
    terapia de grupo, group therapy
    2 Mús group, band
    3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
    ' grupo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - argot
    - beatería
    - cada
    - clase
    - comando
    - componente
    - conjunta
    - conjunto
    - contra
    - cuerpo
    - delirio
    - descolgarse
    - desfilar
    - dirigirse
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - dispersar
    - dispersarse
    - ecologista
    - entrada
    - equipo
    - escolta
    - estamento
    - exclusión
    - figurar
    - fuerza
    - GEO
    - guerrilla
    - incorporarse
    - iniciar
    - jerga
    - junta
    - manifestarse
    - maquinaria
    - mayoría
    - minoritaria
    - minoritario
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - núcleo
    - nutrido-a
    - panel
    - paquete
    - patrulla
    - pertenencia
    - pesar
    - piña
    - readmitir
    - relevo
    English:
    address
    - army
    - back
    - band
    - bear down on
    - blood group
    - body
    - bracket
    - breakaway
    - bunch
    - camp
    - chain gang
    - class
    - cliquey
    - clump
    - cluster
    - collection
    - collective
    - combine
    - come under
    - commission
    - contra
    - crowd
    - demo
    - dense
    - drummer
    - dynamics
    - fervent
    - flagship
    - flock
    - foursome
    - fraternity
    - frenzied
    - gather
    - group
    - guard
    - heterogeneous
    - homogeneous
    - huddle
    - inbred
    - Ivy League
    - join
    - knot
    - lead
    - leadership
    - lobby
    - make up
    - manager
    - manageress
    - motley
    * * *
    grupo nm
    1. [conjunto] group;
    [de árboles] cluster;
    grupo (de empresas) (corporate) group;
    en grupo in a group;
    el grupo de cabeza [en carrera] the leading group
    Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group;
    grupo ecologista environmental group;
    grupo de edad age group;
    grupo empresarial (business) group o combine;
    grupo de estudio study group;
    Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup;
    grupo parlamentario parliamentary group;
    Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby;
    grupo de riesgo group at risk;
    UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men;
    grupo sanguíneo blood group;
    Informát grupo de usuarios user group
    2. [de músicos] group, band
    3. Tec unit, set
    Elec grupo electrógeno generator
    4. Quím group
    5. Ling grupo consonántico consonant cluster;
    grupo fónico phonic group;
    grupo nominal noun phrase;
    grupo de palabras word group;
    grupo vocálico vowel cluster
    * * *
    m group;
    en grupos in groups
    * * *
    grupo nm
    : group
    * * *
    grupo n group

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo

  • 16 árbol

    m.
    1 tree.
    2 mast.
    3 axle, shaft.
    4 arbor.
    * * *
    1 BOTÁNICA tree
    2 TÉCNICA axle, shaft
    3 MARÍTIMO mast
    4 (gráfico) tree (diagram)
    \
    los árboles no dejan ver el bosque you can't see the wood for the trees
    árbol del amor Judas tree
    árbol del cielo tree of Heaven
    árbol frutal fruit tree
    * * *
    noun m.
    - árboles maderables
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Bot) tree

    árbol de la ciencia — tree of knowledge, tree of knowledge of good and evil

    árbol de Pascua — Cono Sur Christmas tree

    2) (Mec) shaft
    3) (Náut) mast
    4) (Inform) tree
    * * *
    1) (Bot) tree

    el árbol de la ciencia/vida — the tree of knowledge/life

    los árboles no dejan ver el bosque — you can't see the forest (AmE) o (BrE) wood for the trees

    2) (Auto, Mec) shaft
    3) ( diagrama) tb
    •
    * * *
    = tree.
    Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
    ----
    * accionado por árbol de transmisión = shafting powered.
    * árbol caducifolio = deciduous tree.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * árbol de hoja caduca = deciduous tree.
    * árbol de hoja perenne = evergreen tree.
    * árbol de Judas = redbud, Judas tree.
    * árbol de Judea = Judas tree, redbud.
    * árbol de la ciencia, el = tree of knowledge, the.
    * árbol del amor = Judas tree, redbud.
    * árbol del cacao = cacao tree.
    * árbol del cigüeñal = crankshaft.
    * árbol de levas = camshaft.
    * árbol de Navidad = Christmas tree.
    * árbol de transmisión = driveshaft.
    * árbol enano = bonsai.
    * árbol frutal = fruit tree.
    * árbol genealógico = family tree, genealogical tree.
    * árbol miniatura = bonsai.
    * árbol para la toma de decisiones = decision tree.
    * árbol temático = subject tree.
    * bosque de árboles caducifolios = deciduous forest.
    * bosque de árboles de hoja caduca = deciduous forest.
    * cepa de árbol = tree stump.
    * cubierta formada por las copas de los árboles = canopy, overstorey [overstory, -USA].
    * cubierto de árboles = tree-covered.
    * cubierto por árboles = tree-shaded.
    * el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.
    * en la copa del árbol = at the top of the tree.
    * flanqueado de árboles = tree-lined.
    * la copa del árbol = the top of the tree.
    * limpiar el terreno de árboles = clear + land.
    * línea de los árboles, la = timberline, the, tree line, the.
    * los árboles no dejan ver el bosque = cannot see the forest for the trees.
    * madera de árbol frutal = fruit wood.
    * no ver el bosque por los árboles = miss + the forest for the trees.
    * piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.
    * plantación de árboles = tree planting.
    * rama de árbol = tree branch.
    * repoblar con árboles = reforest.
    * repoblar de árboles = reforest.
    * sin árboles = treeless.
    * tala de árboles = deforestation, wood cutting.
    * tocón de árbol = tree stump.
    * tronco de árbol = tree trunk.
    * * *
    1) (Bot) tree

    el árbol de la ciencia/vida — the tree of knowledge/life

    los árboles no dejan ver el bosque — you can't see the forest (AmE) o (BrE) wood for the trees

    2) (Auto, Mec) shaft
    3) ( diagrama) tb
    •
    * * *
    = tree.

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

    * accionado por árbol de transmisión = shafting powered.
    * árbol caducifolio = deciduous tree.
    * árbol de búsqueda binario = binary search tree.
    * árbol de hoja caduca = deciduous tree.
    * árbol de hoja perenne = evergreen tree.
    * árbol de Judas = redbud, Judas tree.
    * árbol de Judea = Judas tree, redbud.
    * árbol de la ciencia, el = tree of knowledge, the.
    * árbol del amor = Judas tree, redbud.
    * árbol del cacao = cacao tree.
    * árbol del cigüeñal = crankshaft.
    * árbol de levas = camshaft.
    * árbol de Navidad = Christmas tree.
    * árbol de transmisión = driveshaft.
    * árbol enano = bonsai.
    * árbol frutal = fruit tree.
    * árbol genealógico = family tree, genealogical tree.
    * árbol miniatura = bonsai.
    * árbol para la toma de decisiones = decision tree.
    * árbol temático = subject tree.
    * bosque de árboles caducifolios = deciduous forest.
    * bosque de árboles de hoja caduca = deciduous forest.
    * cepa de árbol = tree stump.
    * cubierta formada por las copas de los árboles = canopy, overstorey [overstory, -USA].
    * cubierto de árboles = tree-covered.
    * cubierto por árboles = tree-shaded.
    * el dinero no crece en los árboles = money doesn't grow on trees.
    * en la copa del árbol = at the top of the tree.
    * flanqueado de árboles = tree-lined.
    * la copa del árbol = the top of the tree.
    * limpiar el terreno de árboles = clear + land.
    * línea de los árboles, la = timberline, the, tree line, the.
    * los árboles no dejan ver el bosque = cannot see the forest for the trees.
    * madera de árbol frutal = fruit wood.
    * no ver el bosque por los árboles = miss + the forest for the trees.
    * piragua de tronco de árbol = dugout, dugout canoe.
    * plantación de árboles = tree planting.
    * rama de árbol = tree branch.
    * repoblar con árboles = reforest.
    * repoblar de árboles = reforest.
    * sin árboles = treeless.
    * tala de árboles = deforestation, wood cutting.
    * tocón de árbol = tree stump.
    * tronco de árbol = tree trunk.

    * * *
    A ( Bot) tree
    el árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal the tree of knowledge (of good and evil)
    quien a buen árbol se arrima buena sombra le cobija it's always useful to have friends in high places
    del árbol caído todos hacen leña there are always people who will benefit from other people's misfortune
    los árboles no dejan ver el bosque you can't see the forest ( AmE) o ( BrE) wood for the trees
    Compuestos:
    el árbol de la vida the tree of life
    Christmas tree
    ( Andes) Christmas tree
    B ( Auto, Mec) shaft
    Compuestos:
    propeller shaft
    camshaft
    overhead camshaft
    drive shaft
    diagrama de árbol tree diagram, tree
    Compuesto:
    family tree
    * * *

     

    árbol sustantivo masculino (Bot) tree;
    árbol de Navidad or (Andes) de Pascua Christmas tree;

    los árboles no dejan ver el bosque you can't see the forest (AmE) o (BrE) wood for the trees
    árbol sustantivo masculino
    1 Bot tree
    árbol de Navidad, Christmas tree
    2 árbol genealógico, family tree

    ' árbol' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acebo
    - aguacate
    - apear
    - caduca
    - caduco
    - camelio
    - caoba
    - ciruelo
    - cocotero
    - copa
    - cortar
    - empotrar
    - esquivar
    - frutal
    - haya
    - hoja
    - membrillo
    - misma
    - mismo
    - níspero
    - perenne
    - plátano
    - pomelo
    - ramo
    - raquítica
    - raquítico
    - roble
    - sándalo
    - sombra
    - subirse
    - tamarindo
    - tocón
    - tronchar
    - tronco
    - abatir
    - alcornoque
    - alto
    - anillo
    - apalear
    - atravesado
    - bajar
    - balancear
    - bambolearse
    - banano
    - botar
    - cargado
    - caucho
    - chabacano
    - cima
    - contorno
    English:
    afford
    - against
    - almond
    - blossom
    - branch
    - burst
    - cherry
    - chestnut
    - climb
    - clip
    - crown
    - decorate
    - evergreen
    - family tree
    - fell
    - fragrant
    - gravel
    - hazel
    - hit
    - hollow
    - into
    - light up
    - lilac
    - lime
    - look down
    - mulberry
    - narrowly
    - olive
    - orange
    - pass
    - pedigree
    - pick off
    - round
    - rubber tree
    - run
    - scramble
    - shady
    - stick
    - stump
    - top
    - tree
    - tree-house
    - under
    - up
    - walk into
    - walnut
    - wave
    - Christmas
    - family
    - fruit
    * * *
    árbol nm
    1. [planta leñosa] tree;
    los árboles le impiden ver el bosque he can't see the wood for the trees;
    quien a buen árbol se arrima (buena sombra le cobija) it pays to have friends in high places
    árbol del caucho rubber tree;
    el árbol de la ciencia the tree of knowledge;
    árbol de Navidad Christmas tree;
    árbol del pan breadfruit tree;
    Andes árbol de Pascua Christmas tree;
    árbol de la vida tree of life
    2. [esquema] tree diagram
    árbol genealógico family tree
    3. Informát tree
    4. Náut mast
    5. Ling tree
    6. Tec shaft
    árbol de levas camshaft;
    árbol de transmisión transmission shaft
    7. Anat árbol bronquial bronchial tree
    * * *
    m
    1 tree
    2 TÉC shaft
    * * *
    árbol nm
    1) : tree
    2)
    árbol genealógico : family tree
    * * *
    árbol n tree

    Spanish-English dictionary > árbol

  • 17 desviarse

    1 (avión, barco) to go off course; (coche) to make a detour
    2 (golpe, balón) to be deflected
    3 (persona, camino) to leave
    4 figurado (tema) to stray (de, from), go (de, off)
    * * *
    1) to turn aside, turn away
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [de camino] [persona] to turn aside, turn away (de from)
    [carretera] to branch off
    2) (Náut) to sail off course
    3) (Aut) to make a detour
    * * *
    (v.) = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork
    Ex. Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.
    Ex. Management priorities are often skewed away from emphasis on continuing education.
    Ex. The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex. Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.
    * * *
    (v.) = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork

    Ex: Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.

    Ex: Management priorities are often skewed away from emphasis on continuing education.
    Ex: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.
    Ex: Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.

    * * *

    ■desviarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (de un camino, ruta) to go off course
    2 (tomar una desviación) to turn off
    3 fig (del tema, asunto) to digress
    ' desviarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derivar
    - desviar
    - divagar
    - girar
    - seguido
    English:
    branch off
    - depart
    - deviate
    - off
    - stray
    - turn aside
    - vary
    - wander
    - course
    - deflect
    - detour
    - fork
    - get
    - way
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [cambiar de dirección] [conductor] to make a detour;
    [vehículo] to go off course;
    la carretera se desvía a la derecha the road goes off to the right;
    desvíate en la próxima a la derecha take the next right turn
    2. [apartarse]
    desviarse de [camino, senda] to stray off;
    [tema] to get off; [conversación] to get off the subject of, to go off at a tangent from; [propósito, idea] to lose sight of;
    nadie se desviaba de la línea del partido no one departed from the party line
    * * *
    v/r
    1 ( girar) turn off
    2 ( bifurcarse) branch off
    3 ( apartarse) stray (de from)
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to branch off
    2) apartarse: to stray
    * * *
    1. (girar) to turn off
    2. (carretera) to branch off

    Spanish-English dictionary > desviarse

  • 18 al revés

    adj.
    upside-down.
    adv.
    the other way around, the other way round.
    * * *
    the other way, inside out, upside down
    * * *
    = vice versa, in reverse, mirror-fashion, wrong way round, the, inside-out
    Ex. Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.
    Ex. The design for a woodcut, which was probably the work of a specialist other than the back cutter, was either drawn in reverse directly on to the block, or traced on to it from paper.
    Ex. The composing stick contained a line of type which read (from his point of view) from left to right but of which the letters were upside down and mirror-fashion.
    Ex. A blemish which looks like wrong imposition, but is not, occurred when the second forme of a sheet was laid on the press the wrong way round.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Inside-out: The shape of New Library'.
    * * *
    = vice versa, in reverse, mirror-fashion, wrong way round, the, inside-out

    Ex: Thus we all agree that one component of a building is a roof (and not vice versa!), and that chemistry is a branch of science.

    Ex: The design for a woodcut, which was probably the work of a specialist other than the back cutter, was either drawn in reverse directly on to the block, or traced on to it from paper.
    Ex: The composing stick contained a line of type which read (from his point of view) from left to right but of which the letters were upside down and mirror-fashion.
    Ex: A blemish which looks like wrong imposition, but is not, occurred when the second forme of a sheet was laid on the press the wrong way round.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Inside-out: The shape of New Library'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al revés

  • 19 básico

    adj.
    1 basic, staple, fundamental.
    2 basic, alkaline.
    3 basic, basal, core, hard-core.
    4 basic, elemental, fundamental, first-step.
    5 prime, preferential.
    Prime rate Tasa prime, tasa básica o tasa preferencial de interés bancario.
    6 basic, easy, simple.
    * * *
    1 (gen) basic
    2 (imprescindible) essential, indispensable
    * * *
    (f. - básica)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ basic
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fundamental, esencial) basic
    b) <conocimientos/vocabulario> basic; < requisito> essential, fundamental
    2) (Quím) basic
    * * *
    = bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], basic, brick and frame, core, fundamental, rudimentary, underlying, baseline [base line], primitive, bread and butter, elemental, staple, rock-bottom, basal, no-frills.
    Ex. Those are just the bare beginnings.
    Ex. The author catalogue can be regarded as a basic record of stock.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.
    Ex. A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex. These are the rudimentary elements of an information retrieval system.
    Ex. One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.
    Ex. This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.
    Ex. There should be some arrangement for selling books, preferably through a school's own bookshop, no matter how primitive this is.
    Ex. The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.
    Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.
    Ex. UK libraries and the BBC Continuing Education have the same staple customer group.
    Ex. The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.
    Ex. Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.
    Ex. This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    ----
    * algo básico = necessity.
    * alimento básico = staple food.
    * artículos básicos = basic provisions.
    * aspectos básicos = nuts and bolts.
    * concepto básico = concrete.
    * con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * conocimiento básico = working familiarity.
    * conocimiento básicos de informática = computer literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos = literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * de atención básica = preattentive.
    * de construcción básica = brick and frame.
    * derecho básico = natural right, basic right.
    * en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.
    * en su forma más básica = at its most basic.
    * estructura básica = skeleton.
    * formación básica en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * guía básica = laymen's guide.
    * impulso básico = primitive urge.
    * información básica = background note.
    * lo básico = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).
    * programas básicos = basic software.
    * servicios básicos = amenities.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    1)
    a) (fundamental, esencial) basic
    b) <conocimientos/vocabulario> basic; < requisito> essential, fundamental
    2) (Quím) basic
    * * *
    = bare [barer -comp., barest -sup.], basic, brick and frame, core, fundamental, rudimentary, underlying, baseline [base line], primitive, bread and butter, elemental, staple, rock-bottom, basal, no-frills.

    Ex: Those are just the bare beginnings.

    Ex: The author catalogue can be regarded as a basic record of stock.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.
    Ex: A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex: These are the rudimentary elements of an information retrieval system.
    Ex: One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.
    Ex: This article describes the development of the first baseline inventory of information resources at the U.S.
    Ex: There should be some arrangement for selling books, preferably through a school's own bookshop, no matter how primitive this is.
    Ex: The bread and butter business of public libraries, especially branch libraries, is the lending of fiction.
    Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.
    Ex: UK libraries and the BBC Continuing Education have the same staple customer group.
    Ex: The rock-bottom element seems to be the confidence in facing life.
    Ex: Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.
    Ex: This is a good guide for independent travellers looking for cheap, no-frills intercity transport around the country.
    * algo básico = necessity.
    * alimento básico = staple food.
    * artículos básicos = basic provisions.
    * aspectos básicos = nuts and bolts.
    * concepto básico = concrete.
    * con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].
    * con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].
    * conocimiento básico = working familiarity.
    * conocimiento básicos de informática = computer literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos = literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.
    * de atención básica = preattentive.
    * de construcción básica = brick and frame.
    * derecho básico = natural right, basic right.
    * en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.
    * en su forma más básica = at its most basic.
    * estructura básica = skeleton.
    * formación básica en tecnología = technical literacy.
    * guía básica = laymen's guide.
    * impulso básico = primitive urge.
    * información básica = background note.
    * lo básico = essential, the, nuts and bolts, bare necessities, the, the lowdown (on).
    * programas básicos = basic software.
    * servicios básicos = amenities.

    * * *
    básico -ca
    A
    1 (fundamental, esencial) basic
    alimento básico staple food
    para este empleo es básico saber idiomas a knowledge of languages is essential o fundamental for this job
    2 ‹conocimientos/vocabulario/conceptos› basic
    B ( Quím) basic
    * * *

    básico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) (fundamental, esencial) basic;



    básico,-a adjetivo
    1 (esencial) basic: saber idiomas es básico para ser diplomático, knowledge of languages is essential if you want to be a diplomat
    2 Quím basic
    ' básico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    básica
    - hacer
    - elemental
    - primario
    - primero
    English:
    basic
    - bread-and-butter
    - cornerstone
    - elementary
    - essential
    - staple
    - base pay
    - basics
    - sketchy
    * * *
    básico, -a adj
    1. [fundamental] basic;
    tiene conocimientos básicos de informática she has some basic knowledge of computers;
    el arroz es su alimentación básica rice is their staple food;
    lo básico de the basics of
    2. Quím basic, alkaline
    * * *
    adj basic
    * * *
    básico, -ca adj
    fundamental: basic
    ♦ básicamente adv
    * * *
    básico adj basic

    Spanish-English dictionary > básico

  • 20 caer en desuso

    to fall into disuse
    * * *
    (v.) = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion
    Ex. However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.
    Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.
    Ex. The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    Ex. The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.
    Ex. The printed catalogue has fallen into disfavour, and been replaced by card catalogues, and, more recently, on-line catalogues.
    Ex. These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.
    Ex. The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
    Ex. The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.
    Ex. These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.
    Ex. Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex. Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex. To make a very long story unacceptably short, espionage passed into desuetude after the Reagan years.
    Ex. It is clear now that after a time, with her marriage sinking into desuetude, Vivien entered into a sexual relationship with Russell.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    * * *
    (v.) = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion

    Ex: However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.

    Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.
    Ex: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    Ex: The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.
    Ex: The printed catalogue has fallen into disfavour, and been replaced by card catalogues, and, more recently, on-line catalogues.
    Ex: These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.
    Ex: The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.
    Ex: The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.
    Ex: These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.
    Ex: Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex: Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.
    Ex: To make a very long story unacceptably short, espionage passed into desuetude after the Reagan years.
    Ex: It is clear now that after a time, with her marriage sinking into desuetude, Vivien entered into a sexual relationship with Russell.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > caer en desuso

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