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  • 41 coalición

    f.
    coalition, confederacy, league, cartel.
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    1 coalition
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino coalition
    * * *
    = alliance, coalition, combine, cartel.
    Ex. This type of alliance is already evident in countries like Thailand, where library science students and educators have been actively involved in writing and illustrating children's books.
    Ex. Kansas City Public Library has been a part of the coalition since its beginning.
    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. Such alliances, however, may eventually lead to monopoly or oligopoly in a region and cartel over the world.
    ----
    * coalición infame = unholy alliance.
    * Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
    * coalición política = coalition politics, political coalition.
    * creación de coaliciones = coalition building.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * política de coaliciones = coalition politics.
    * * *
    femenino coalition
    * * *
    = alliance, coalition, combine, cartel.

    Ex: This type of alliance is already evident in countries like Thailand, where library science students and educators have been actively involved in writing and illustrating children's books.

    Ex: Kansas City Public Library has been a part of the coalition since its beginning.
    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: Such alliances, however, may eventually lead to monopoly or oligopoly in a region and cartel over the world.
    * coalición infame = unholy alliance.
    * Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).
    * coalición política = coalition politics, political coalition.
    * creación de coaliciones = coalition building.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * política de coaliciones = coalition politics.

    * * *
    coalition
    gobierno de coalición coalition government
    formar una coalición to form a coalition
    * * *

    coalición sustantivo femenino
    coalition;

    coalición sustantivo femenino coalition

    ' coalición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    unión
    English:
    coalition
    * * *
    coalition;
    formar (una) coalición con to form a coalition with
    * * *
    f coalition
    * * *
    coalición nf, pl - ciones : coalition

    Spanish-English dictionary > coalición

  • 42 confederación

    f.
    confederation, confederacy, federation, merging.
    * * *
    1 confederation, confederacy
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino confederation
    * * *
    = alliance, confederation.
    Ex. This type of alliance is already evident in countries like Thailand, where library science students and educators have been actively involved in writing and illustrating children's books.
    Ex. In turn, the notion of a monolithic national art library is challenged by the model of a confederation of art libraries.
    * * *
    femenino confederation
    * * *
    = alliance, confederation.

    Ex: This type of alliance is already evident in countries like Thailand, where library science students and educators have been actively involved in writing and illustrating children's books.

    Ex: In turn, the notion of a monolithic national art library is challenged by the model of a confederation of art libraries.

    * * *
    (de estados) confederation; (de grupos, asociaciones) confederation
    Compuesto:
    Switzerland, Federal Republic of Switzerland
    * * *

    confederación sustantivo femenino
    confederation
    confederación sustantivo femenino confederation
    ' confederación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    CEOE
    - CEPYME
    English:
    confederation
    * * *
    [de estados, personas, bancos] confederation Confederación de Estados Independientes Confederation of Independent States;
    Confederación Helvética Switzerland, Swiss Confederation;
    confederación hidrográfica = state organization responsible for overseeing the use of the water resources of a particular area
    * * *
    f confederation
    * * *
    confederación nf, pl - ciones : confederation

    Spanish-English dictionary > confederación

  • 43 connotación

    f.
    1 connotation, implied meaning, undertone.
    2 remote resemblance, connotation.
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    1 connotation
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=sentido) connotation
    2) (=parentesco) distant relationship
    * * *
    femenino connotation
    * * *
    = connotation, overtone, innuendo [innuendoes, -pl.], undertone, subtext, tinge.
    Ex. In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.
    Ex. Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.
    Ex. Another subtext is the tendency for the sensationalist Japanese media to blow things out of all proportion.
    Ex. This crass suggestion carries with it more than a tinge of suburban elitism.
    ----
    * connotaciones = suggestiveness.
    * * *
    femenino connotation
    * * *
    = connotation, overtone, innuendo [innuendoes, -pl.], undertone, subtext, tinge.

    Ex: In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.

    Ex: Those materials they describe as ephemera must be collected and despite the derogatory overtones of the descriptor, carefully organized.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: Speakers covered the history of the campaign to alert parents to racist undertones in children's books.
    Ex: Another subtext is the tendency for the sensationalist Japanese media to blow things out of all proportion.
    Ex: This crass suggestion carries with it more than a tinge of suburban elitism.
    * connotaciones = suggestiveness.

    * * *
    connotation
    esta palabra tiene connotaciones peyorativas this word has pejorative connotations
    * * *

    connotación sustantivo femenino
    connotation
    connotación sustantivo femenino connotation
    ' connotación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    connotation
    * * *
    connotation;
    una connotación irónica a hint of irony
    * * *
    f connotation
    * * *
    connotación nf, pl - ciones : connotation

    Spanish-English dictionary > connotación

  • 44 convenio

    m.
    agreement.
    convenio salarial wage agreement o settlement
    * * *
    1 agreement, treaty
    \
    convenio colectivo / convenio laboral collective agreement
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) agreement, pact
    * * *

    convenio colectivo — collective bargain, general wages agreement

    * * *
    masculino agreement
    * * *
    = agreement, joint venture, partnership, alliance, partnering, settlement.
    Ex. Complete agreement had not been possible, but the numbers of rules where divergent practices were evident is limited.
    Ex. The Department of Education and IBM embarked on a joint venture to provide network services to elementary and secondary school districts thoughout the state of Indiana.
    Ex. The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.
    Ex. This type of alliance is already evident in countries like Thailand, where library science students and educators have been actively involved in writing and illustrating children's books.
    Ex. These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.
    Ex. These settlements require the tobacco companies to make annual payments to the states in perpetuity, with total payments estimated at $246.
    ----
    * convenio laboral = labour agreement, labour-management agreement.
    * * *
    masculino agreement
    * * *
    = agreement, joint venture, partnership, alliance, partnering, settlement.

    Ex: Complete agreement had not been possible, but the numbers of rules where divergent practices were evident is limited.

    Ex: The Department of Education and IBM embarked on a joint venture to provide network services to elementary and secondary school districts thoughout the state of Indiana.
    Ex: The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.
    Ex: This type of alliance is already evident in countries like Thailand, where library science students and educators have been actively involved in writing and illustrating children's books.
    Ex: These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.
    Ex: These settlements require the tobacco companies to make annual payments to the states in perpetuity, with total payments estimated at $246.
    * convenio laboral = labour agreement, labour-management agreement.

    * * *
    agreement
    Compuestos:
    ● convenio colectivo or laboral
    collective agreement ( on wages and working conditions)
    trade agreement
    * * *

     

    convenio sustantivo masculino
    agreement
    convenio sustantivo masculino agreement
    convenio colectivo, collective agreement
    ' convenio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apostilla
    - capitulación
    - homologar
    English:
    accord
    - arrangement
    - covenant
    - package
    - pay agreement
    - settlement
    * * *
    agreement
    Ind convenio colectivo collective agreement;
    convenio salarial wage agreement o settlement
    * * *
    m agreement
    * * *
    pacto: agreement, pact

    Spanish-English dictionary > convenio

  • 45 crisis

    f. s.&pl.
    crisis.
    estar en crisis to be in crisis
    crisis energética energy crisis
    crisis de identidad identity crisis
    crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown
    * * *
    1 (dificultad) crisis
    2 (ataque) fit, attack
    3 (escasez) shortage
    \
    estar en crisis to be in crisis, reach crisis point
    crisis de gobierno cabinet crisis
    crisis financiera financial crisis
    crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF INV
    1) (Econ, Pol, Sociol) crisis

    • lo que está en crisis es el propio sistema — the system itself is in crisis

    • hacer crisis — to reach crisis point, come to a head

    2) (Med)

    crisis cardíaca — cardiac arrest, heart failure

    crisis epiléptica — epileptic fit, epileptic attack

    * * *
    a) ( situación grave) crisis
    b) (Med) crisis

    hacer crisis — enfermedad to become critical

    c) (period) ( remodelación ministerial) tb
    * * *
    = crisis [crises, -pl.], trough, shakeout [shake-out], crunch, slump, downswing, bust.
    Ex. An I&R service may involve itself in providing 'hotlines', that is emergency help during times of crises or when other services close down, eg evenings, weekends or public holidays.
    Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.
    Ex. There will be a dramatic shakeout in librarianship but information scientists face a great opportunity to develop their skills by the opportunities afforded by the new technology.
    Ex. The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    ----
    * agravar una crisis = exacerbate + crisis.
    * alcanzar proporciones de crisis = grow to + crisis proportions.
    * causar esta crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * crisis bursátil = market crash, stock market crash.
    * crisis crediticia = credit crunch, credit squeeze.
    * crisis de enormes proporciones = situation of crisis proportions.
    * crisis de fe = crisis of faith.
    * crisis de identidad = crisis of confidence, identity crisis, crisis in confidence.
    * crisis de la industria del libro = book crisis.
    * crisis del libro = book crisis.
    * crisis de los cuarenta = mid-life crisis, middle-age crisis, middle-age blues.
    * crisis de los siete años = seven-year itch.
    * crisis económica = financial straits, economic crisis, financial crisis, crash, bad economic times, shakeout [shake-out], financial crunch, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.
    * crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.
    * crisis emocional = emotional crisis.
    * crisis energética = energy crisis.
    * crisis financiera = financial crisis, financial crunch.
    * crisis medioambiental = environmental crisis.
    * crisis social = social crisis.
    * desatar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * en crisis = depressed, crisis-ridden, on the rocks.
    * enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.
    * en situación de crisis = on the rocks.
    * estar sumido en una crisis = be deep in crisis.
    * gestión de crisis = crisis management.
    * hacer frente a una crisis = face + crisis, meet + crisis.
    * ocasionar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * pasar una crisis = face + crisis.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * resolver una crisis = solve + crisis.
    * sobrevivir una crisis = survive + crisis.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * * *
    a) ( situación grave) crisis
    b) (Med) crisis

    hacer crisis — enfermedad to become critical

    c) (period) ( remodelación ministerial) tb
    * * *
    = crisis [crises, -pl.], trough, shakeout [shake-out], crunch, slump, downswing, bust.

    Ex: An I&R service may involve itself in providing 'hotlines', that is emergency help during times of crises or when other services close down, eg evenings, weekends or public holidays.

    Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.
    Ex: There will be a dramatic shakeout in librarianship but information scientists face a great opportunity to develop their skills by the opportunities afforded by the new technology.
    Ex: The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    * agravar una crisis = exacerbate + crisis.
    * alcanzar proporciones de crisis = grow to + crisis proportions.
    * causar esta crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * crisis bursátil = market crash, stock market crash.
    * crisis crediticia = credit crunch, credit squeeze.
    * crisis de enormes proporciones = situation of crisis proportions.
    * crisis de fe = crisis of faith.
    * crisis de identidad = crisis of confidence, identity crisis, crisis in confidence.
    * crisis de la industria del libro = book crisis.
    * crisis del libro = book crisis.
    * crisis de los cuarenta = mid-life crisis, middle-age crisis, middle-age blues.
    * crisis de los siete años = seven-year itch.
    * crisis económica = financial straits, economic crisis, financial crisis, crash, bad economic times, shakeout [shake-out], financial crunch, economic slump, difficult economic times, economic depression, economic doldrums.
    * crisis económica mundial = global economic slump.
    * crisis emocional = emotional crisis.
    * crisis energética = energy crisis.
    * crisis financiera = financial crisis, financial crunch.
    * crisis medioambiental = environmental crisis.
    * crisis social = social crisis.
    * desatar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * en crisis = depressed, crisis-ridden, on the rocks.
    * enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.
    * en situación de crisis = on the rocks.
    * estar sumido en una crisis = be deep in crisis.
    * gestión de crisis = crisis management.
    * hacer frente a una crisis = face + crisis, meet + crisis.
    * ocasionar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * pasar una crisis = face + crisis.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * resolver una crisis = solve + crisis.
    * sobrevivir una crisis = survive + crisis.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.

    * * *
    (pl crisis)
    el país sufre/está atravesando una grave crisis energética the country has/is experiencing a serious energy crisis
    la crisis de la vivienda the housing crisis o shortage
    la economía está en crisis the economy is in crisis
    crisis de fe crisis of faith
    su relación está pasando por una etapa de crisis their relationship is going through a crisis
    la situación hizo crisis the situation came to a head, the situation reached crisis point o a crisis level
    2 ( Med) crisis
    la enfermedad hizo crisis al día siguiente the illness became critical the next day
    crisis de Gobierno cabinet reshuffle
    Compuestos:
    heart failure, cardiac arrest
    ● crisis crediticia or del crédito
    credit crunch, credit crisis
    identity crisis
    midlife crisis
    nervous breakdown
    respiratory failure
    * * *

    crisis sustantivo femenino (pl
    ◊ crisis)



    b) (period) ( remodelación ministerial) tb


    crisis sustantivo femenino inv
    1 (mala situación) crisis
    2 Fin crisis
    3 Med (ataque) fit, attack
    ' crisis' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acentuarse
    - actual
    - álgida
    - álgido
    - depresión
    - encarar
    - frenar
    - galopante
    - ingresar
    - pasar
    - agudizar
    - agudo
    - atravesar
    - causante
    - desencadenar
    - económico
    - energético
    - estallar
    - perdurar
    - sacar
    English:
    actual
    - acute
    - background
    - breakdown
    - carry through
    - corner
    - crack
    - crisis
    - flap
    - identity crisis
    - midlife
    - nervous breakdown
    - pull through
    - religion
    - break
    - confront
    - crunch
    - deepen
    - defuse
    - depression
    - develop
    - hang
    - head
    - trouble
    * * *
    crisis nf inv
    1. [situación difícil] crisis;
    la crisis del petróleo the oil crisis;
    la crisis del matrimonio the crisis affecting the institution of marriage;
    la crisis en el mercado de valores the stock market crisis;
    estar en crisis to be in crisis;
    atravesar una crisis to go through a crisis;
    entrar en una época de crisis to go into crisis, to enter a period of crisis
    crisis económica economic crisis, recession;
    crisis energética energy crisis;
    crisis financiera financial crisis;
    crisis de identidad identity crisis;
    crisis ministerial cabinet crisis;
    Hist la crisis de los misiles [en Cuba] the Cuban Missile Crisis
    2. [médica] crisis
    crisis cardiaca cardiac arrest;
    crisis epiléptica epileptic attack;
    crisis nerviosa nervous breakdown
    * * *
    f inv crisis
    * * *
    crisis nf
    1) : crisis
    2)
    crisis nerviosa : nervous breakdown
    * * *
    1. (situación grave) crisis [pl. crises]
    2. (escasez) shortage
    3. (cambio brusco) attack / fit

    Spanish-English dictionary > crisis

  • 46 decreciente

    adj.
    declining, decreasing.
    * * *
    1 decreasing, diminishing
    * * *
    ADJ decreasing, diminishing
    * * *
    adjetivo decreasing (before n)
    * * *
    = decreasing, fading, waning, declining, shrinking, sinking, ebbing.
    Ex. It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.
    Ex. With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.
    Ex. Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
    Ex. It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.
    Ex. Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.
    ----
    * no decreciente = non-decreasing.
    * rendimiento decreciente = diminishing returns.
    * * *
    adjetivo decreasing (before n)
    * * *
    = decreasing, fading, waning, declining, shrinking, sinking, ebbing.

    Ex: It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.

    Ex: With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.
    Ex: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.
    Ex: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.
    Ex: Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.
    * no decreciente = non-decreasing.
    * rendimiento decreciente = diminishing returns.

    * * *
    ‹orden› decreasing ( before n)
    el decreciente interés por estos temas the decreasing o diminishing o waning interest in these matters
    * * *

    decreciente adjetivo
    decreasing ( before n)
    decreciente adjetivo decreasing
    ' decreciente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    descend
    - wane
    * * *
    [tasa, porcentaje, tipo] declining, decreasing, falling;
    una tendencia decreciente a downward trend;
    anote estas cantidades por o [m5] en orden decreciente note down these quantities in descending order
    * * *
    adj decreasing, diminishing

    Spanish-English dictionary > decreciente

  • 47 descenso

    m.
    1 descent.
    2 drop.
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3 downhill.
    4 relegation.
    5 demotion.
    6 descensus.
    * * *
    1 (acción) descent, lowering
    2 (de temperatura) drop, fall
    3 figurado (declive) decline, fall
    4 DEPORTE (de división) relegation; (en esquí) downhill race
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) drop, fall
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de temperatura, nivel, precio, demanda] fall, drop

    un descenso de la producción — a fall o drop in production

    un descenso en el número de escolares — a fall o drop in the number of pupils

    descenso térmico — fall o drop in temperature

    2) [de un lugar a otro] descent

    la prueba de descenso — (Dep) the downhill event

    3) [en orden, jerarquía] downgrading, demotion; (Dep) relegation
    4) (=pendiente) slope
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    ----
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de la temperatura, del nivel) fall, drop; (de precios) fall
    el descenso del nivel de los embalses the drop in the level of the reservoirs
    ha habido un brusco descenso en los precios del crudo there has been a sharp fall in the price of crude oil
    el descenso en el número de accidentes the fall o decrease in the number of accidents
    iniciaremos el descenso en pocos minutos we shall begin our descent in a few minutes
    la carrera or prueba de descenso the downhill
    B ( Dep) relegation
    * * *

     

    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop;

    ( de precios) fall

    2 (Dep) relegation
    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1 descent: participamos en el descenso del río, we took part in the white water canoeing
    2 (de temperatura, precios) fall, drop
    3 Dep (de categoría) relegation
    ' descenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajada
    - bajón
    - abrupto
    - agudo
    - brusco
    - caída
    - notorio
    - picada
    English:
    comedown
    - descent
    - dip
    - downhill
    - downturn
    - drop
    - fall
    - swoop
    - anticlimax
    - couple
    - decline
    - decrease
    - demotion
    - dive
    * * *
    1. [de una altura] descent;
    los ciclistas iniciaron el descenso the cyclists began the descent;
    sufrieron un accidente en el descenso they had an accident on the way down
    descenso de aguas bravas white water rafting;
    2. [de precio, temperatura, nivel] fall, drop;
    el fuerte descenso de las temperaturas the sharp drop in temperatures;
    la tasa de desempleo experimentó un espectacular descenso there was a spectacular drop in the unemployment rate;
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3. [prueba de esquí] downhill
    4. [en competición deportiva] relegation;
    estar en las posiciones de descenso to be in the relegation zone
    * * *
    m
    1 de precio etc drop; de montaña, AVIA descent;
    la prueba de descenso en esquí the downhill (race o competition)
    2 DEP relegation
    * * *
    1) : descent
    2) baja, caída: drop, fall
    * * *
    1. (de temperatura, precios, etc) drop / fall
    2. (bajada) descent

    Spanish-English dictionary > descenso

  • 48 edición de obras de consumo

    Ex. Consumer publishing is experiencing difficult times and there are specific developments which are influencing the market for children's books.
    * * *

    Ex: Consumer publishing is experiencing difficult times and there are specific developments which are influencing the market for children's books.

    Spanish-English dictionary > edición de obras de consumo

  • 49 el mentir

    (n.) = lying
    Ex. This bibliography lists a selection of children's books on the theme of lying.
    * * *
    (n.) = lying

    Ex: This bibliography lists a selection of children's books on the theme of lying.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el mentir

  • 50 en nuestro país

    Ex. The market for children's books is much greater at home (6.87 per cent of turnover) than abroad, where it is only 2.
    * * *

    Ex: The market for children's books is much greater at home (6.87 per cent of turnover) than abroad, where it is only 2.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en nuestro país

  • 51 error craso

    m.
    crass error, basic error, bad mistake, gross error.
    * * *
    (n.) = gross mistake, crass mistake, crass error, blunder, monumental mistake, monumental error
    Ex. Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex. We rely on the collective knowledge of our fans to help us catch our crass mistakes.
    Ex. And, since it is based on a series of crass errors, we can well do without it.
    Ex. There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.
    Ex. We apologise for this apparent error of judgement but promise to keep you informed of any other similar monumental mistakes.
    Ex. Iraq and its future will be testimony to one of the most monumental errors in judgement the American and British people have ever made.
    * * *
    (n.) = gross mistake, crass mistake, crass error, blunder, monumental mistake, monumental error

    Ex: Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.

    Ex: We rely on the collective knowledge of our fans to help us catch our crass mistakes.
    Ex: And, since it is based on a series of crass errors, we can well do without it.
    Ex: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.
    Ex: We apologise for this apparent error of judgement but promise to keep you informed of any other similar monumental mistakes.
    Ex: Iraq and its future will be testimony to one of the most monumental errors in judgement the American and British people have ever made.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error craso

  • 52 error garrafal

    m.
    blunder, big mistake, goofup, bloomer.
    * * *
    (n.) = blunder, cock-up, crass mistake, crass error, gross mistake, monumental mistake, monumental error, clanger
    Ex. There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.
    Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
    Ex. We rely on the collective knowledge of our fans to help us catch our crass mistakes.
    Ex. And, since it is based on a series of crass errors, we can well do without it.
    Ex. Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex. We apologise for this apparent error of judgement but promise to keep you informed of any other similar monumental mistakes.
    Ex. Iraq and its future will be testimony to one of the most monumental errors in judgement the American and British people have ever made.
    Ex. Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.
    * * *
    (n.) = blunder, cock-up, crass mistake, crass error, gross mistake, monumental mistake, monumental error, clanger

    Ex: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.

    Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
    Ex: We rely on the collective knowledge of our fans to help us catch our crass mistakes.
    Ex: And, since it is based on a series of crass errors, we can well do without it.
    Ex: Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex: We apologise for this apparent error of judgement but promise to keep you informed of any other similar monumental mistakes.
    Ex: Iraq and its future will be testimony to one of the most monumental errors in judgement the American and British people have ever made.
    Ex: Whilst this might work in the short term, this strategy is to be avoided even if the clanger isn't entirely your fault.

    Spanish-English dictionary > error garrafal

  • 53 esposas

    f.pl.
    1 wives.
    2 handcuffs, cuffs, pair of handcuffs, darbies.
    pres.indicat.
    2nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: esposar.
    * * *
    1 handcuffs
    \
    poner las esposas to put handcuffs on
    * * *

    poner las esposas a algn — to handcuff sb, put sb in handcuffs

    * * *
    femenino plural handcuffs (pl)
    * * *
    = wives [wife, -sing.]
    Ex. This article presents the results of a survey of over 60 husbands and wives who work together to create children's books.
    * * *
    femenino plural handcuffs (pl)
    * * *
    = wives [wife, -sing.]

    Ex: This article presents the results of a survey of over 60 husbands and wives who work together to create children's books.

    * * *
    handcuffs (pl)
    * * *

    Del verbo esposar: ( conjugate esposar)

    esposas es:

    2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    esposar    
    esposas
    esposas sustantivo femenino plural
    handcuffs (pl)
    esposar verbo transitivo to handcuff
    esposas fpl handcuffs
    ' esposas' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esposada
    - esposado
    English:
    handcuff
    - hand
    - manacles
    * * *
    esposas nfpl
    [objeto] handcuffs;
    * * *
    esposas nfpl
    : handcuffs
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > esposas

  • 54 extravagancia

    f.
    1 eccentricity.
    2 extravagance, eccentricity, oddity, oddness.
    3 extravagant act, quirk, eccentricity, extravaganza.
    * * *
    1 extravagance, eccentricity
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) [de persona, aspecto, ropa] extravagance, outlandishness
    2) (=capricho) whim
    * * *
    femenino ( acto) outrageous thing (to do); ( cualidad) extravagance

    su extravagancia en el vestir — the outlandish o extravagant way he dresses

    * * *
    = flamboyance, extravagance, quirk, outrageousness, exoticism, whimsy, waywardness, geekiness, eccentricity, whim, peculiarity.
    Ex. The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.
    Ex. Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex. Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.
    Ex. However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Diplomatics for photographic images: academic exoticism?'.
    Ex. Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex. Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex. We will evaluate proposals on criteria of usefulness, newness, geekiness, and diversity of topics.
    Ex. In spite of his growing eccentricity, fruitful ideas continued to spring from his imagination.
    Ex. If terms are drawn from a controlled vocabulary, the selection of index headings no longer depends entirely upon the whim of the author in framing a title.
    Ex. For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.
    ----
    * extravagancia típica de los hippies = hippiedom.
    * * *
    femenino ( acto) outrageous thing (to do); ( cualidad) extravagance

    su extravagancia en el vestir — the outlandish o extravagant way he dresses

    * * *
    = flamboyance, extravagance, quirk, outrageousness, exoticism, whimsy, waywardness, geekiness, eccentricity, whim, peculiarity.

    Ex: The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.

    Ex: Sometimes even an added entry is considered an extravagance.
    Ex: Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.
    Ex: However, it is ironic that the author's first venture into the world of children's books is a disappointment because it does not have the puerile outrageousness of her 'adult' work.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Diplomatics for photographic images: academic exoticism?'.
    Ex: Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex: Science is not necessarily a subject but a means of controlling the waywardness and whimsy to which the mind is susceptible.
    Ex: We will evaluate proposals on criteria of usefulness, newness, geekiness, and diversity of topics.
    Ex: In spite of his growing eccentricity, fruitful ideas continued to spring from his imagination.
    Ex: If terms are drawn from a controlled vocabulary, the selection of index headings no longer depends entirely upon the whim of the author in framing a title.
    Ex: For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.
    * extravagancia típica de los hippies = hippiedom.

    * * *
    1 (acto) outrageous thing (to do)
    se puede esperar cualquier extravagancia de él he's capable of doing some outrageous o very strange things
    2 (cualidad) extravagance
    su extravagancia en el vestir the outlandish o extravagant o outrageous way he dresses
    * * *

    extravagancia sustantivo femenino ( acto) outrageous thing (to do);
    ( cualidad) extravagance
    extravagancia sustantivo femenino extravagance
    ' extravagancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chifladura
    - decir
    - humorada
    English:
    extravagance
    * * *
    1. [excentricidad] eccentricity
    2. [rareza] outlandishness
    * * *
    f eccentric behavior o Br
    behaviour;
    una de sus extravagancias one of his eccentricities
    * * *
    : extravagance, outlandishness, flamboyance

    Spanish-English dictionary > extravagancia

  • 55 fallido

    adj.
    1 failed, unsuccessful, faulty.
    2 insolvent.
    m.
    bankrupt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: fallir.
    * * *
    1 unsuccessful, frustrated
    \
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [esfuerzo] unsuccessful; [esperanza] disappointed; [deuda] bad, irrecoverable; (Mec, Mil) dud

    un tiro fallido — a missed shot, a shot wide of the mark o target

    2) Caribe (Com) (=quebrado) bankrupt
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <intento/esfuerzo> failed (before n)
    b) (Com, Fin) < comerciante> bankrupt
    * * *
    = abortive, failed, unsuccessful, bungled.
    Ex. The Consumers' Association had been founded in 1957 following a similar abortive service set up by the British Standards Institution two years previously.
    Ex. The project studies the interaction between users and automated information retrieval systems with the aim of reducing the number of failed searches.
    Ex. Hundreds of unsuccessful children's books are written by practising mothers and only a few are lucky enough to have their work published.
    Ex. He was also blamed for the bungled imposition of a state of emergency in Nyasaland in March 1959.
    ----
    * intento de atraco fallido = failed robbery attempt.
    * intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt.
    * intento fallido = failed attempt, bungled attempt.
    * resultar fallido = nothing + come of.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <intento/esfuerzo> failed (before n)
    b) (Com, Fin) < comerciante> bankrupt
    * * *
    = abortive, failed, unsuccessful, bungled.

    Ex: The Consumers' Association had been founded in 1957 following a similar abortive service set up by the British Standards Institution two years previously.

    Ex: The project studies the interaction between users and automated information retrieval systems with the aim of reducing the number of failed searches.
    Ex: Hundreds of unsuccessful children's books are written by practising mothers and only a few are lucky enough to have their work published.
    Ex: He was also blamed for the bungled imposition of a state of emergency in Nyasaland in March 1959.
    * intento de atraco fallido = failed robbery attempt.
    * intento de robo fallido = failed robbery attempt.
    * intento fallido = failed attempt, bungled attempt.
    * resultar fallido = nothing + come of.

    * * *
    fallido1 -da
    1 ‹intento/esfuerzo› failed ( before n)
    un tiro fallido a shot that missed, a shot that went over/wide of the target
    2 ( Com, Fin) ‹comerciante› bankrupt
    bad debt
    * * *

    fallido,-a adjetivo unsuccessful, vain
    un intento fallido, a vain attempt
    ' fallido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fallida
    English:
    miss
    - bankrupt
    - bungle
    - false
    - unsuccessful
    * * *
    fallido, -a adj
    [esfuerzo, intento] unsuccessful, failed; [esperanza] vain; [disparo] missed
    * * *
    adj
    1 esfuerzo failed, unsuccessful
    2
    :
    * * *
    fallido, -da adj
    : failed, unsuccessful
    * * *
    fallido adj failed

    Spanish-English dictionary > fallido

  • 56 flexible

    adj.
    flexible.
    * * *
    1 flexible
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [material, actitud] flexible; [cuerpo] supple; (Téc) pliable; [sombrero] soft
    2) [persona] flexible, open-minded; pey compliant
    2. SM
    2) (Elec) flex, cord
    * * *
    adjetivo flexible
    * * *
    = elastic, flexible, hospitable, tensile, accommodating, limber, compromising, soft-line, supple [suppler -comp., supplest -sup.], adaptable, versatile, lithe [lither -comp., lithest -sup.], springy [springier -comp., springiest -sup.], resilient, conformable.
    Ex. Any guidance concerning style and content must be elastic enough to permit the abstractor to use his discretion to achieve a good abstract.
    Ex. Some users and classifiers find it beneficial to have a notation which is sufficiently flexible to permit a variety of citation orders to be adopted as appropriate to the document and the user's perspective.
    Ex. It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects.
    Ex. Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex. Style flexibility provides a way to be accommodating without compromising integrity or naturalness of expression = La flexibilidad de estilo es una forma de ser complaciente sin poner en peligro la integridad o la naturalidad de la expresión.
    Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex. There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex. Part 1 examines and discusses the pros and cons of both hard-line and soft-line approaches to moral education.
    Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex. The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.
    Ex. Moreover, they will be far more versatile than present commercial, so that they may readily be adapted for a wide variety of operations.
    Ex. He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex. The solution was found to be a composition of glue and treacle which could be cast on to the roller stock and which made a seamless, resilient surface that inked perfectly.
    Ex. For transducing, the proposal relies on conformable strips hosting pressure sensitive units directly placed on the aircraft aerodynamic surfaces.
    ----
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.
    * disco flexible = floppy disc.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en vitela = limp vellum binding.
    * hacer flexible = limber up.
    * hacer que sea flexible = render + flexible.
    * poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.
    * * *
    adjetivo flexible
    * * *
    = elastic, flexible, hospitable, tensile, accommodating, limber, compromising, soft-line, supple [suppler -comp., supplest -sup.], adaptable, versatile, lithe [lither -comp., lithest -sup.], springy [springier -comp., springiest -sup.], resilient, conformable.

    Ex: Any guidance concerning style and content must be elastic enough to permit the abstractor to use his discretion to achieve a good abstract.

    Ex: Some users and classifiers find it beneficial to have a notation which is sufficiently flexible to permit a variety of citation orders to be adopted as appropriate to the document and the user's perspective.
    Ex: It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects.
    Ex: Unless we are clear about the answers, we are likely to make a number of gross mistakes in trying to bring children and books together in a tensile and lasting connection.
    Ex: Style flexibility provides a way to be accommodating without compromising integrity or naturalness of expression = La flexibilidad de estilo es una forma de ser complaciente sin poner en peligro la integridad o la naturalidad de la expresión.
    Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
    Ex: There are different styles of handling interpersonal conflict such as integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising.
    Ex: Part 1 examines and discusses the pros and cons of both hard-line and soft-line approaches to moral education.
    Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex: The intention was to make the interior finish as flexible and adaptable as possible.
    Ex: Moreover, they will be far more versatile than present commercial, so that they may readily be adapted for a wide variety of operations.
    Ex: He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    Ex: The solution was found to be a composition of glue and treacle which could be cast on to the roller stock and which made a seamless, resilient surface that inked perfectly.
    Ex: For transducing, the proposal relies on conformable strips hosting pressure sensitive units directly placed on the aircraft aerodynamic surfaces.
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de uso flexible = hop-on/hop-off.
    * disco flexible = floppy disc.
    * encuadernación flexible en papel = limp paper binding.
    * encuadernación flexible en vitela = limp vellum binding.
    * hacer flexible = limber up.
    * hacer que sea flexible = render + flexible.
    * poco flexible = monolithic, inelastic.

    * * *
    1 ‹material› flexible, pliable
    2 ‹cuerpo› supple, flexible
    3 ‹norma/horario› flexible
    4 ‹actitud/enfoque› flexible; ‹carácter/personalidad› easygoing, flexible
    * * *

    flexible adjetivo
    flexible
    flexible adjetivo
    1 flexible: no se puede decir que el cristal sea un material flexible, we couldn't class glass as a flexible material
    2 lax, tolerant, mellowed: con la edad se ha vuelto más flexible, she has mellowed with age
    ' flexible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adaptable
    - flexibilidad
    - goma
    - cerrazón
    - disco
    - elástico
    - horario
    - trampolín
    English:
    adaptable
    - elastic
    - flexible
    - floppy
    - fluid
    - lissom
    - lissome
    - lithe
    - pliable
    - supple
    - flex
    - versatile
    * * *
    1. [material] flexible;
    [cuerpo] supple
    2. [actitud] flexible
    3. [horario] flexible
    * * *
    I adj flexible
    II m EL cord, Br tb
    flex
    * * *
    : flexible
    1) : flexible electrical cord
    2) : soft hat
    * * *
    flexible adj flexible

    Spanish-English dictionary > flexible

  • 57 grabado en cinta

    (adj.) = tape-recorded, audiotaped [audio-taped]
    Ex. The study is based upon primary sources consisting of tape recorded interviews with 10 people.
    Ex. Audio-taped stories can lead children to books, help them to listen better, extend their attention spans and enhance their imaginations.
    * * *
    (adj.) = tape-recorded, audiotaped [audio-taped]

    Ex: The study is based upon primary sources consisting of tape recorded interviews with 10 people.

    Ex: Audio-taped stories can lead children to books, help them to listen better, extend their attention spans and enhance their imaginations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grabado en cinta

  • 58 incremento

    m.
    1 increase.
    2 increment, build-up, increase, augmentation.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: incrementar.
    * * *
    1 increase, rise
    \
    incremento salarial wage rise, US raise
    * * *
    SM [de conocimiento] increase, gain; [de precio, sueldo, productividad] increase, rise
    * * *
    masculino (frml) increase
    * * *
    = increase, increment, rise, tide, blossoming, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, jump, upswing, widening, mark-up [markup].
    Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.
    Ex. The volume increment gives information about the numbering scheme for volumes.
    Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
    Ex. There has been a blossoming in new consumer health information services.
    Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.
    Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.
    Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
    Ex. One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    ----
    * incremento de = increased.
    * incremento de la demanda = increased demand.
    * incremento de la producción = increased production.
    * incremento del salto = jump increment.
    * incremento del uso = increased use.
    * incremento notable = rising tide.
    * incremento presupuestario = budget increase.
    * incremento salarial = salary increase.
    * por incremento gradual = incremental.
    * por incrementos graduales = incrementally.
    * * *
    masculino (frml) increase
    * * *
    = increase, increment, rise, tide, blossoming, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, jump, upswing, widening, mark-up [markup].

    Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

    Ex: The volume increment gives information about the numbering scheme for volumes.
    Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
    Ex: There has been a blossoming in new consumer health information services.
    Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.
    Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.
    Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
    Ex: One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    * incremento de = increased.
    * incremento de la demanda = increased demand.
    * incremento de la producción = increased production.
    * incremento del salto = jump increment.
    * incremento del uso = increased use.
    * incremento notable = rising tide.
    * incremento presupuestario = budget increase.
    * incremento salarial = salary increase.
    * por incremento gradual = incremental.
    * por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    (aumento) increase; (del salario) increase, increment
    * * *

     

    Del verbo incrementar: ( conjugate incrementar)

    incremento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    incrementó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    incrementar    
    incremento
    incrementar ( conjugate incrementar) verbo transitivo (frml) to increase
    incremento sustantivo masculino (frml) increase
    incrementar verbo transitivo to increase
    incremento sustantivo masculino increase, growth
    incremento salarial, wage rise
    ' incremento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    subida
    - aumento
    - multiplicación
    English:
    increase
    - increment
    - rise
    * * *
    [de precios, salario] increase, rise; [de actividad] increase; [de temperatura] rise incremento porcentual percentage increase
    * * *
    m growth
    * * *
    aumento: increase

    Spanish-English dictionary > incremento

  • 59 infructuoso

    adj.
    1 unsuccessful, unavailing.
    2 fruitless, unprofitable, gainless, unproductive.
    * * *
    1 fruitless, unsuccessful
    * * *
    ADJ [búsqueda, esfuerzo, negociación] fruitless; [intento] unsuccessful; [empresa, operación] unprofitable
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo fruitless
    * * *
    = fruitless, unproductive, unsuccessful.
    Ex. It is fruitless trying to revise the subjects represented in a scheme, unless a notation can be appended to any new or modified subjects.
    Ex. Miss Visser comments that she underwent extensive training in preparation for automation, but feels that training given at too early a stage is unproductive.
    Ex. Hundreds of unsuccessful children's books are written by practising mothers and only a few are lucky enough to have their work published.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo fruitless
    * * *
    = fruitless, unproductive, unsuccessful.

    Ex: It is fruitless trying to revise the subjects represented in a scheme, unless a notation can be appended to any new or modified subjects.

    Ex: Miss Visser comments that she underwent extensive training in preparation for automation, but feels that training given at too early a stage is unproductive.
    Ex: Hundreds of unsuccessful children's books are written by practising mothers and only a few are lucky enough to have their work published.

    * * *
    ‹investigación/búsqueda› fruitless; ‹intento› fruitless, unsuccessful
    * * *

    infructuoso,-a adjetivo unsuccessful, fruitless
    ' infructuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    infructuosa
    English:
    fruitless
    - futile
    - ineffective
    - unproductive
    - unsuccessful
    * * *
    infructuoso, -a adj
    fruitless, unsuccessful
    * * *
    adj fruitless
    * * *
    infructuoso, -sa adj
    : fruitless

    Spanish-English dictionary > infructuoso

  • 60 interracial

    adj.
    interracial.
    * * *
    1 interracial
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Interracial children's books: problems and progress'.
    ----
    * matrimonio interracial = cross-marriage.
    * relación interracial = interracial relationship.
    * * *

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Interracial children's books: problems and progress'.

    * matrimonio interracial = cross-marriage.
    * relación interracial = interracial relationship.

    * * *
    interracial
    * * *
    : interracial

    Spanish-English dictionary > interracial

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