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  • 21 con mucho

    by far
    * * *
    * * *
    (adj.) = very much, far + Verbo, grossly, overwhelmingly, by far, by a long shot, by a long way, hands down
    Ex. She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.
    Ex. The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex. The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
    Ex. Overwhelmingly, librarians were seen as professionals with a service function.
    Ex. By far the largest of these basic sources is the literature in the field.
    Ex. More has been invested in making Internet Esplorer secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot.
    Ex. The best possible candidate, by a long way, is also one who is, for political reasons, a dark horse.
    Ex. The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.
    * * *
    (adj.) = very much, far + Verbo, grossly, overwhelmingly, by far, by a long shot, by a long way, hands down

    Ex: She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.

    Ex: The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex: The cost implications of ill-advised or hastily prepared rules for American libraries catalogs would grossly transcend any short expenditures.
    Ex: Overwhelmingly, librarians were seen as professionals with a service function.
    Ex: By far the largest of these basic sources is the literature in the field.
    Ex: More has been invested in making Internet Esplorer secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot.
    Ex: The best possible candidate, by a long way, is also one who is, for political reasons, a dark horse.
    Ex: The absolute, hands down, without question best social network in the blogosphere.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con mucho

  • 22 efectista

    adj.
    1 designed for effect, dramatic.
    2 sensationalist.
    f. & m.
    sensationalist.
    * * *
    1 showy, stagy
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo theatrical, dramatic

    es un recurso puramente efectista — it`s purely for dramatic effect

    * * *
    = gimmicky, glitzy.
    Ex. Only time will tell whether the rather gimmicky approach to libraries and to culture in general as manifested in the centre is the shape of things to come.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Censorship, negative criticism, glitzy trends, growing publisher output, and other shadows on the landscape of children's book reviewing'.
    * * *
    adjetivo theatrical, dramatic

    es un recurso puramente efectista — it`s purely for dramatic effect

    * * *
    = gimmicky, glitzy.

    Ex: Only time will tell whether the rather gimmicky approach to libraries and to culture in general as manifested in the centre is the shape of things to come.

    Ex: The article has the title 'Censorship, negative criticism, glitzy trends, growing publisher output, and other shadows on the landscape of children's book reviewing'.

    * * *
    theatrical, dramatic
    esas pausas son un recurso puramente efectista those pauses are purely for dramatic effect
    un ademán efectista a dramatic o theatrical gesture
    * * *

    efectista adjetivo
    theatrical, dramatic
    ' efectista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    teatral
    * * *
    designed for effect, dramatic;
    recursos efectistas dramatic effects
    * * *
    adj theatrical, dramatic
    * * *
    : dramatic, sensational

    Spanish-English dictionary > efectista

  • 23 ejemplo típico

    (n.) = epitome, classical example, typical example
    Ex. This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.
    Ex. This is a classic example of hastily drafted and ill-conceived legislation.
    Ex. The author examines three typical examples to show the problems likely to arise.
    * * *
    (n.) = epitome, classical example, typical example

    Ex: This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.

    Ex: This is a classic example of hastily drafted and ill-conceived legislation.
    Ex: The author examines three typical examples to show the problems likely to arise.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejemplo típico

  • 24 empresa con solera

    Ex. The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.
    * * *

    Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empresa con solera

  • 25 empresa consolidada

    Ex. The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.
    * * *

    Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empresa consolidada

  • 26 empresa consumada

    Ex. The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.
    * * *

    Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empresa consumada

  • 27 empresa de solera

    Ex. The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.
    * * *

    Ex: The mysterious decline in the profitability of the children's book market has less to do with an economic slump than with shifts in market share between established players and the newcomers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empresa de solera

  • 28 en gran medida

    = broadly, by and large, extensively, greatly, heavily, largely, to a considerable extent, to a high degree, to a large extent, tremendously, vastly, very much, keenly, in no small way, to any great degree, in many ways, in large part, in large measure, in no small measure, to a great extent, to a large degree, to a great degree
    Ex. These can be broadly categorised into the following two groups.
    Ex. This has been the case with newspapers which by and large have changed very little over the past century.
    Ex. Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.
    Ex. The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.
    Ex. Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.
    Ex. The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.
    Ex. If the report is to a considerable extent in the words of the reporter then entry will be made under the heading for the reporter.
    Ex. UDC recognizes, to a high degree, the value of synthesis in classification.
    Ex. Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.
    Ex. The importance of the practicum in the curriculum has ebbed and flowed tremendously throughout the history of library education.
    Ex. And with the advent of computers, we have vastly accelerated the pace at which we are proceeding.
    Ex. She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.
    Ex. Those of us who deal with cooperatively produced catalogs and buy MARC tapes from a vendor will certainly feel the effects of all this keenly.
    Ex. His excellent rapport with Congress was in no small way responsible for the progress made by LC during his administration.
    Ex. Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.
    Ex. In many ways, the order in DC is poor, separating language (400) from literature (800), and history (900) from the other social sciences (300) = En muchos sentidos, el orden de la CD es pobre al separar la lengua (400) de la literatura (800) y la historia (900) de las otras ciencias sociales (300).
    Ex. Only journals published in the USA and devoted exclusively or in large part to the literature of social gerontology are described here.
    Ex. Despite their weight of numbers, nurses have not been accorded a pre-eminent place in hospitals, and in large measure they continue to rely on medical libraries for their information needs.
    Ex. Although it may have taken a little while to find its feet, this collection is now a most significant resource in its own right, due in no small measure by the stimulation provided by Victorian historians.
    Ex. To a great extent, these are self-explanatory reasons.
    Ex. To a large degree, the image an institution creates is determined by the leader who is the directing force of that institution.
    Ex. To a great degree, it is the faculty that make the Stanford psychology program so reputable.
    * * *
    = broadly, by and large, extensively, greatly, heavily, largely, to a considerable extent, to a high degree, to a large extent, tremendously, vastly, very much, keenly, in no small way, to any great degree, in many ways, in large part, in large measure, in no small measure, to a great extent, to a large degree, to a great degree

    Ex: These can be broadly categorised into the following two groups.

    Ex: This has been the case with newspapers which by and large have changed very little over the past century.
    Ex: Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries.
    Ex: The computer can greatly assist in thesaurus compilation and updating.
    Ex: Regular overhaul of guiding is important, especially for the new user who may rely heavily upon it.
    Ex: The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.
    Ex: If the report is to a considerable extent in the words of the reporter then entry will be made under the heading for the reporter.
    Ex: UDC recognizes, to a high degree, the value of synthesis in classification.
    Ex: Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.
    Ex: The importance of the practicum in the curriculum has ebbed and flowed tremendously throughout the history of library education.
    Ex: And with the advent of computers, we have vastly accelerated the pace at which we are proceeding.
    Ex: She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.
    Ex: Those of us who deal with cooperatively produced catalogs and buy MARC tapes from a vendor will certainly feel the effects of all this keenly.
    Ex: His excellent rapport with Congress was in no small way responsible for the progress made by LC during his administration.
    Ex: Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.
    Ex: In many ways, the order in DC is poor, separating language (400) from literature (800), and history (900) from the other social sciences (300) = En muchos sentidos, el orden de la CD es pobre al separar la lengua (400) de la literatura (800) y la historia (900) de las otras ciencias sociales (300).
    Ex: Only journals published in the USA and devoted exclusively or in large part to the literature of social gerontology are described here.
    Ex: Despite their weight of numbers, nurses have not been accorded a pre-eminent place in hospitals, and in large measure they continue to rely on medical libraries for their information needs.
    Ex: Although it may have taken a little while to find its feet, this collection is now a most significant resource in its own right, due in no small measure by the stimulation provided by Victorian historians.
    Ex: To a great extent, these are self-explanatory reasons.
    Ex: To a large degree, the image an institution creates is determined by the leader who is the directing force of that institution.
    Ex: To a great degree, it is the faculty that make the Stanford psychology program so reputable.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en gran medida

  • 29 hablando sin tapujos

    Ex. The article ' Straight talk in the library' presents the views of 6 decision makers in the library sector of the children's book market.
    * * *

    Ex: The article ' Straight talk in the library' presents the views of 6 decision makers in the library sector of the children's book market.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablando sin tapujos

  • 30 hablando sinceramente

    Ex. The article ' Straight talk in the library' presents the views of 6 decision makers in the library sector of the children's book market.
    * * *

    Ex: The article ' Straight talk in the library' presents the views of 6 decision makers in the library sector of the children's book market.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablando sinceramente

  • 31 ostentoso

    adj.
    1 vain, presumptuous, show-off.
    2 ostentatious, flash, flashy, show-off.
    3 ostentatious, pretentious.
    * * *
    1 ostentatious
    * * *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ostentatious
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], glitzy, splashy, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], flamboyant, garish, lurid, swanky [swankier -comp., swankiest -sup.], ostentatious.
    Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Censorship, negative criticism, glitzy trends, growing publisher output, and other shadows on the landscape of children's book reviewing'.
    Ex. Big, splashy promotions work if the books themselves work, and the responsibility for that lies with the editor.
    Ex. In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex. Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex. Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.
    Ex. Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ostentatious
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], glitzy, splashy, flashy [flashier -comp., flashiest -sup.], flamboyant, garish, lurid, swanky [swankier -comp., swankiest -sup.], ostentatious.

    Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

    Ex: The article has the title 'Censorship, negative criticism, glitzy trends, growing publisher output, and other shadows on the landscape of children's book reviewing'.
    Ex: Big, splashy promotions work if the books themselves work, and the responsibility for that lies with the editor.
    Ex: In contrast to the sophisticated use of multimedia, the use of ' flashy' multimedia elements did not have any instructional value.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex: Sitting on a tailgate drinking a beer with a good friend can be better than going to a swanky martini bar, especially if you know where the good country roads are.
    Ex: Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.

    * * *
    ostentatious
    * * *

    ostentoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    ostentatious
    ostentoso,-a adjetivo ostentatious

    ' ostentoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    llamativa
    - llamativo
    - ostentosa
    - exhibicionista
    - pomposo
    English:
    grandiose
    - ostentatious
    * * *
    ostentoso, -a adj
    ostentatious
    * * *
    adj ostentatious
    * * *
    ostentoso, -sa adj
    : ostentatious, showy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ostentoso

  • 32 personificación

    f.
    1 personification, part, role, impersonation.
    2 personification, living image.
    * * *
    1 personification
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=representación) personification, embodiment

    es la personificación de los celos — he is the embodiment of jealousy, he is jealousy personified

    2) (Literat) personification
    * * *
    a) ( encarnación) embodiment, personification
    b) (Lit) personification
    * * *
    = incarnation, embodiment, epitome, personification, embodier.
    Ex. The term indexing language can seem rather daunting, and has certainly had different meanings in its different incarnations.
    Ex. At first, large public libraries organised readers' advisory services as the embodiment of library adult education.
    Ex. This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.
    Ex. The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.
    Ex. In the end, whether public libraries are allowed to continue in their present depressed state or whether they will become a many-sided embodier and nourisher of a literate society's literacy, depends not on the standards discussed by the professionals, but on those willed by the public.
    ----
    * la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.
    * personificación de la calma, la = picture of calm, the.
    * * *
    a) ( encarnación) embodiment, personification
    b) (Lit) personification
    * * *
    = incarnation, embodiment, epitome, personification, embodier.

    Ex: The term indexing language can seem rather daunting, and has certainly had different meanings in its different incarnations.

    Ex: At first, large public libraries organised readers' advisory services as the embodiment of library adult education.
    Ex: This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.
    Ex: The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.
    Ex: In the end, whether public libraries are allowed to continue in their present depressed state or whether they will become a many-sided embodier and nourisher of a literate society's literacy, depends not on the standards discussed by the professionals, but on those willed by the public.
    * la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.
    * personificación de la calma, la = picture of calm, the.

    * * *
    1 (encarnación) embodiment, personification
    es la personificación de la impaciencia he is impatience personified, impatience is his middle name ( colloq)
    2 ( Lit) personification
    * * *

    personificación sustantivo femenino Paco es la personificación de la avaricia, Paco is the embodiment of stinginess
    ' personificación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    embodiment
    - embody
    - epitome
    - personification
    - epitomize
    - essence
    * * *
    1. [representación] personification;
    este niño es la personificación del mal this child is an absolute devil
    2. [prosopopeya] personification
    * * *
    f personification, embodiment

    Spanish-English dictionary > personificación

  • 33 promesa

    f.
    1 promise (compromiso).
    2 promising talent (person).
    3 vow, troth.
    4 promising youth.
    5 hopefulness.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: promesar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: promesar.
    * * *
    1 promise
    2 (persona) budding talent
    \
    faltar a una promesa to break a promise
    hacer una promesa to make a promise
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) vow
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=ofrecimiento) [gen] promise; [con compromiso formal] pledge

    faltar a una promesa — to break a promise, go back on one's word

    2) (=persona)
    2.
    ADJ INV
    * * *
    a) ( palabra) promise

    faltaste a tu promesa — you went back on your word, you didn't keep your promise

    b) ( persona) hope
    * * *
    = promise, oath, pledge, flying start, vow, up-and-coming, promissory.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.
    Ex. Cold War loyalty oaths and investigations had a significant impact on an unknown number of US librarians between 1947 and 1957.
    Ex. This article draws attention to UNESCO's pledge to concentrate resources on eliminating illiteracy in the world during the 1990s.
    Ex. The article ' Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year.
    Ex. This type of attitude is tantamount to a vow to never again patronize the offending library.
    Ex. The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.
    Ex. But to enter into a contract, all pilots must submit to drug testing and sign a promissory of secrecy.
    ----
    * atraído por la promesa de una vida mejor = drawn by the promise of a better life.
    * cumplir (con) + Posesivo + promesa = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.
    * cumplir una promesa = fulfil + promise, live up to + Posesivo + promise, keep + Posesivo + promise.
    * desdecirse de una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * faltar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * joven promesa = high flyer [high flier, -USA], promising star, rising star.
    * mantener una promesa = keep + Posesivo + promise.
    * nueva promesa = rising star.
    * promesa intelectual = intellectual promise.
    * promesa rota = broken promise.
    * renegar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.
    * * *
    a) ( palabra) promise

    faltaste a tu promesa — you went back on your word, you didn't keep your promise

    b) ( persona) hope
    * * *
    = promise, oath, pledge, flying start, vow, up-and-coming, promissory.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: This is a fresh avenue of approach to classification, and shows some promise.

    Ex: Cold War loyalty oaths and investigations had a significant impact on an unknown number of US librarians between 1947 and 1957.
    Ex: This article draws attention to UNESCO's pledge to concentrate resources on eliminating illiteracy in the world during the 1990s.
    Ex: The article ' Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year.
    Ex: This type of attitude is tantamount to a vow to never again patronize the offending library.
    Ex: The journal kept me in touch with the established authors in the field but also the new, up-and-coming writers.
    Ex: But to enter into a contract, all pilots must submit to drug testing and sign a promissory of secrecy.
    * atraído por la promesa de una vida mejor = drawn by the promise of a better life.
    * cumplir (con) + Posesivo + promesa = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.
    * cumplir una promesa = fulfil + promise, live up to + Posesivo + promise, keep + Posesivo + promise.
    * desdecirse de una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * faltar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * joven promesa = high flyer [high flier, -USA], promising star, rising star.
    * mantener una promesa = keep + Posesivo + promise.
    * nueva promesa = rising star.
    * promesa intelectual = intellectual promise.
    * promesa rota = broken promise.
    * renegar a una promesa = go back on + Posesivo + promise.
    * romper una promesa = go back on, break + Posesivo + promise.

    * * *
    1 (compromiso, palabra) promise
    no me vengas con falsas promesas don't make promises you don't intend to keep
    hacer una promesa ( Relig) to make a promise o vow
    cumplí (con) mi promesa I kept my promise o word
    faltaste a tu promesa you went back on your word, you broke o didn't keep your promise
    romper una promesa to break a promise
    fue fiel a su promesa she was as good as her word, she kept her word o her promise
    2 (persona) hope
    la joven promesa del atletismo italiano the bright young hope of Italian athletics
    Compuesto:
    agreement to buy and sell ( for the sale and purchase of real estate)
    * * *

     

    promesa sustantivo femenino

    ◊ cumplí (con) mi promesa I kept my promise o word;

    romper una promesa to break a promise

    promesa sustantivo femenino
    1 (palabra) promise: no cumplió su promesa, she failed to keep her promise
    2 (una persona) hope, up-and-coming talent: es una joven promesa del baloncesto, she shows a lot of promise in basketball
    ' promesa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acogerse
    - cumplir
    - hacer
    - incumplir
    - romper
    - solemne
    - vacía
    - vacío
    - falso
    - faltar
    - formal
    - mantener
    - palabra
    - protesta
    - renovar
    - vano
    English:
    abide by
    - break
    - go back on
    - hold
    - hollow
    - live up to
    - pledge
    - promise
    - shall
    - word
    - under
    - vow
    * * *
    1. [compromiso] promise;
    me hizo la promesa de que no se lo diría a nadie he promised me not to tell anyone;
    cumplir (con) una promesa to keep a promise;
    faltar a una promesa to break a promise
    2. [persona] promising talent;
    una joven promesa del tenis chileno a promising young talent of Chilean tennis
    * * *
    f promise;
    promesa electoral election promise
    * * *
    : promise
    * * *
    promesa n promise

    Spanish-English dictionary > promesa

  • 34 querida

    adj.
    of QUERER.
    f.
    1 darling, fondling lover, sweetheart.
    Querido, querid or querido mío, my dear, my love, honey, my pet, my darling
    2 mistress, kept woman, ladylove.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: querer.
    * * *
    1. f., (m. - querido) 2. f., (m. - querido)
    * * *
    * * *
    = mistress [mistresses, -pl.], honey.
    Ex. But the curse has no effect and, as the commentator says, 'Ten years later his daughter Jane is still Grandley's mistress' = Aunque la maldición no ha surtido efecto y, como el comentarista dice, "Diez años después su hija Jane sigue siendo todavía la amante de Grandley".
    Ex. The article ' Honey, I shrunk the kids' market' examines the mysterious decline in the profitability of the UK children's book market.
    * * *
    = mistress [mistresses, -pl.], honey.

    Ex: But the curse has no effect and, as the commentator says, 'Ten years later his daughter Jane is still Grandley's mistress' = Aunque la maldición no ha surtido efecto y, como el comentarista dice, "Diez años después su hija Jane sigue siendo todavía la amante de Grandley".

    Ex: The article ' Honey, I shrunk the kids' market' examines the mysterious decline in the profitability of the UK children's book market.

    * * *

     

    querido,-a
    I adjetivo dear, beloved
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 darling
    2 pey (hombre) lover
    (mujer) mistress
    ' querida' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dear
    * * *
    I part → querer1
    II adj dear
    III m, querida f darling

    Spanish-English dictionary > querida

  • 35 sensibilidad

    f.
    1 feeling.
    no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms
    2 sensitivity.
    tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive
    3 feeling.
    sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music
    4 sensitivity.
    un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer
    5 sensibility, responsiveness, sensitivity, sensitiveness.
    * * *
    1 (percepción, sentido artístico) sensitivity, feeling
    2 (emotividad) sensibility
    3 (precisión) sensitivity
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [al dolor, al frío] feeling
    2) (=emotividad) sensitivity
    3) (=disposición) feeling, sensitivity
    4) [de aparato, máquina] sensitivity
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( emotividad) sensitivity
    b) ( inclinación) sensitivity

    la sensibilidad poética — a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry

    2)
    a) (en brazo, pierna) feeling
    b) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity
    * * *
    = sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.
    Ex. Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.
    Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    ----
    * despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.
    * falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.
    * falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.
    * sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.
    * sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.
    * sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( emotividad) sensitivity
    b) ( inclinación) sensitivity

    la sensibilidad poética — a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry

    2)
    a) (en brazo, pierna) feeling
    b) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity
    * * *
    = sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.

    Ex: Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.

    Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    * despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.
    * falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.
    * falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.
    * sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.
    * sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.
    * sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.

    * * *
    A
    1 (emotividad) sensitivity
    tiene la sensibilidad a flor de piel he's very sensitive o thin-skinned
    puede herir la sensibilidad del espectador it may offend viewers' sensibilities
    un artista de gran sensibilidad an artist of great sensitivity
    2 (inclinación) sensitivity
    la sensibilidad poética a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry
    B
    1 (en el brazo, la pierna) feeling
    perdió la sensibilidad en los dedos she lost all feeling in her fingers
    2 (de un instrumento, un aparato) sensitivity
    * * *

     

    sensibilidad sustantivo femenino

    b) (en brazo, pierna) feeling

    sensibilidad sustantivo femenino
    1 (percepción sensorial) feeling
    2 (delicadeza, afectividad) sensitivity, sensibility
    3 (de un aparato) sensitivity
    un termómetro de gran sensibilidad, a highly sensitive thermometer
    ' sensibilidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adormecerse
    - anestesia
    - insensible
    - dormido
    - entumecerse
    English:
    dead
    - feeling
    - sensation
    - sensibility
    - sensitive
    - sensitivity
    - squeamishness
    - feel
    - insensitive
    - insensitivity
    - speed
    * * *
    1. [percepción] feeling;
    no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms
    2. [emotividad] sensitivity;
    tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive;
    estas imágenes pueden herir la sensibilidad del espectador some viewers may find these images disturbing
    3. [inclinación] feeling;
    sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music;
    tiene una sensibilidad especial para la poesía she has a special feeling for poetry
    4. [de instrumento, película] sensitivity;
    un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer
    * * *
    f
    1 en parte del cuerpo feeling
    3 ( emotividad) sensitivity
    * * *
    1) : sensitivity, sensibility
    2) sensación: feeling
    * * *
    sensibilidad n sensitivity

    Spanish-English dictionary > sensibilidad

  • 36 sin tapujos

    adj.
    unadorned, blunt, plain.
    La cruda realidad The cruel [unmasked] reality...
    adv.
    bluntly, directly, openly, in a direct way.
    * * *
    openly
    * * *
    = up-front [up front], go + the whole hog, the full monty, straight talk, outspokenly
    Ex. The author recommends the up-front negotiation of ownership accompanied by a written agreement to eliminate the possibility of doubt as to the identity of the owner.
    Ex. The article 'Patent information: going the whole hog' presents an overview of Derwent's products in the patent information field.
    Ex. The article ' The digital full monty?' forecasts that the world of information is likely to be dominated by global giants on the one hand and selective niche providers on the other.
    Ex. The article ' Straight talk in the library' presents the views of 6 decision makers in the library sector of the children's book market.
    Ex. Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.
    * * *
    = up-front [up front], go + the whole hog, the full monty, straight talk, outspokenly

    Ex: The author recommends the up-front negotiation of ownership accompanied by a written agreement to eliminate the possibility of doubt as to the identity of the owner.

    Ex: The article 'Patent information: going the whole hog' presents an overview of Derwent's products in the patent information field.
    Ex: The article ' The digital full monty?' forecasts that the world of information is likely to be dominated by global giants on the one hand and selective niche providers on the other.
    Ex: The article ' Straight talk in the library' presents the views of 6 decision makers in the library sector of the children's book market.
    Ex: Episcopalians were roiled by the approval of a rector outspokenly conservative on such matters as the liturgy, the hymnal and ordination.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin tapujos

  • 37 tipificación

    f.
    1 characterization.
    2 typing.
    * * *
    1 (normalización) standardization
    2 (caracterización) typification
    * * *
    * * *
    a) ( clasificación) classification, categorization
    b) (de productos, calidades) standardization
    * * *
    = typification, epitome.
    Ex. Institutionalization occurs whenever there is a reciprocal typification of habitualized actions by types of actors.
    Ex. This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.
    * * *
    a) ( clasificación) classification, categorization
    b) (de productos, calidades) standardization
    * * *
    = typification, epitome.

    Ex: Institutionalization occurs whenever there is a reciprocal typification of habitualized actions by types of actors.

    Ex: This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.

    * * *
    1 (clasificación) definition, classification, categorization
    2 (de productos, calidades) standardization
    * * *
    1. [de producto, delito] classification
    2. [normalización] standardization
    3. [paradigma, representación] epitome

    Spanish-English dictionary > tipificación

  • 38 un puñado de

    = a bunch of, a handful of, a clutch of
    Ex. So I feel, in Mr. Kilgour's behalf, that everybody should understand that OCLC is a bunch of individuals.
    Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex. The article 'Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year.
    * * *
    = a bunch of, a handful of, a clutch of

    Ex: So I feel, in Mr. Kilgour's behalf, that everybody should understand that OCLC is a bunch of individuals.

    Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex: The article 'Flying starts' features a clutch of 7 new and promising authors and illustrators on the children's book scene this year.

    Spanish-English dictionary > un puñado de

  • 39 unos cuantos

    adj.
    a few.
    pron.
    a few, one or two.
    * * *
    some, a few
    * * *
    * * *
    = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable, a sprinkling of
    Ex. Examine the definition of geography in a few dictionaries and encyclopaedias.
    Ex. She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.
    Ex. There need only be a sprinkling of qualified librarians to select new material and deal with problems.
    * * *
    = a few, a smattering of + Nombre Contable, a sprinkling of

    Ex: Examine the definition of geography in a few dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

    Ex: She is still very much a children's book borrower with a smattering of titles taken from the applied sciences, which in Susan's case meant books on cookery and needlework.
    Ex: There need only be a sprinkling of qualified librarians to select new material and deal with problems.

    Spanish-English dictionary > unos cuantos

  • 40 vivir en paz

    (v.) = live in + peace
    Ex. This children's book demonstrates that both Jews and Arabs can cross the cultural divide that exists in Israel and live in peace.
    * * *
    (v.) = live in + peace

    Ex: This children's book demonstrates that both Jews and Arabs can cross the cultural divide that exists in Israel and live in peace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vivir en paz

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