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1 crónica
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2 reporte documentado
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3 crónica
adj.&f.feminine of CRÓNICO.f.chronicle, documented report, article, report.* * *1 (gen) account, chronicle2 (en periódico) article, column, feature4 HISTORIA chronicle\crónica de sociedad society column, social columncrónica de sucesos news in brief, news headlines plural* * *1. noun f. 2. f., (m. - crónico)* * *SF1) [de periódico] feature, article; (Radio, TV) report"Crónica de sucesos" — "News in Brief"
crónica de sociedad — society column, gossip column
2) ( Hist) chronicle; (fig) account, chronicle3) pl Crónicas (Biblia) Chronicles* * *a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) reportcrónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)
b) (Hist) chronicle* * *= chronicle.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.----* crónica de sociedad = gossip column.* * *a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) reportcrónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)
b) (Hist) chronicle* * *= chronicle.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
* crónica de sociedad = gossip column.* * *crónica deportiva/literaria/de sociedad sport(s)/literary/society page ( o section etc)2 ( Hist) chronicle* * *
crónica sustantivo femenino
(Rad, TV) report;◊ crónica deportiva/de sociedad sport(s)/society page (o section etc)b) (Hist) chronicle
crónico,-a adjetivo chronic
crónica sustantivo femenino
1 Hist chronicle: nos hizo una crónica apasionante de su viaje, he gave us a thrilling account of his journey
2 Prensa feature, article
' crónica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enfermedad
- producir
English:
chronic
- chronicle
- history
- commentary
- gossip
- repetitive
- report
* * *crónica nf1. [de la historia] chronicle2. [de un periódico] column;[de la televisión] feature, programme;la crónica deportiva the sports news o report;Amla crónica roja the crime reports* * *f chronicle; en periódico report* * *crónica nf1) : news report2) : chronicle, history -
4 cronicón
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5 agronomía
f.agronomy, agriculture.* * *1 agronomy* * *SF agronomy, agriculture* * *femenino agronomy* * *= agricultural sciences, agrarian science, agronomy, agricultural economy.Ex. AGRIS is an international information system (akin to AGREP) for the agricultural sciences, compiled by the Commission in concert with member states, management of which is in the hands of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).Ex. Its history, from its foundation in 1838 and up to the present, is the chronicle of the development of agrarian science in the USSR.Ex. By discipline, the greatest number of articles were on agronomy and the fewest on economics and statistics.Ex. This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.* * *femenino agronomy* * *= agricultural sciences, agrarian science, agronomy, agricultural economy.Ex: AGRIS is an international information system (akin to AGREP) for the agricultural sciences, compiled by the Commission in concert with member states, management of which is in the hands of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Ex: Its history, from its foundation in 1838 and up to the present, is the chronicle of the development of agrarian science in the USSR.Ex: By discipline, the greatest number of articles were on agronomy and the fewest on economics and statistics.Ex: This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.* * *agronomy* * *
agronomía sustantivo femenino
agronomy
agronomía sustantivo femenino agronomy, agriculture
* * *agronomía nfagronomy* * *f agronomy* * *agronomía nf: agronomy -
6 describir
v.1 to describe.Elsa describió el paisaje Elsa described the landscape.María describió sus experiencias Mary described her experiences.2 to explain, to demonstrate.Ricardo describe sus conclusiones Richard explains his conclusions.* * *(pp descrito,-a)1 to describe2 (trazar) to trace, describe* * *verb* * *(pp descrito)VT to describe* * *verbo transitivo1) <paisaje/persona> to describe2) (frml) <línea/órbita> to trace, describe (frml)* * *= depict, describe, give + an account of, give + a portrait of, profile, render, portray, characterise [characterize, -USA], paint + a picture, chronicle, give + a picture, picture, detail, illustrate.Ex. Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.Ex. This article gives some background information on markup systems and gives a brief account of the Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML).Ex. This article gives a portrait of Varde public library, due to take possession of a new main library in then central town square.Ex. He was profiled in April 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.Ex. The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.Ex. Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.Ex. As a consequence of the dualism of the research library and the public library different organisational schemes developed in the urban library system, which are characterised here in detail.Ex. The data paint a picture of a fragmented discipline.Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.Ex. The 1981 census data was used as a rough guide to give a picture of the area and to compile graphs from these statistics.Ex. In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.Ex. In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.Ex. The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.----* describir a grandes rasgos = paint + a broad picture.* describir con palabras = describe + in words.* describir de forma general = outline.* describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.* describir el desarrollo de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.* describir en líneas generales = outline.* describir erróneamente = mislabel.* describir las características de = characterise [characterize, -USA].* describir una situación = depict + situation.* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.* * *verbo transitivo1) <paisaje/persona> to describe2) (frml) <línea/órbita> to trace, describe (frml)* * *= depict, describe, give + an account of, give + a portrait of, profile, render, portray, characterise [characterize, -USA], paint + a picture, chronicle, give + a picture, picture, detail, illustrate.Ex: Trial procedures aiming to increase service recognition and service usage, and the evaluation thereof, are then depicted.
Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.Ex: This article gives some background information on markup systems and gives a brief account of the Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML).Ex: This article gives a portrait of Varde public library, due to take possession of a new main library in then central town square.Ex: He was profiled in April 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.Ex: Hardy had a tragic vision of life and that indeed is what the novels portray.Ex: As a consequence of the dualism of the research library and the public library different organisational schemes developed in the urban library system, which are characterised here in detail.Ex: The data paint a picture of a fragmented discipline.Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.Ex: The 1981 census data was used as a rough guide to give a picture of the area and to compile graphs from these statistics.Ex: In most cases authors pictured incest as an assault against the innocent, but they often saw the abuser, especially the father, as a victim of himself and he is rarely punished with prison.Ex: In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.Ex: The presence of eggshells, faecal pellets, and silk threads in association with a mite-like animal illustrates a complex ecosystem.* describir a grandes rasgos = paint + a broad picture.* describir con palabras = describe + in words.* describir de forma general = outline.* describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.* describir el desarrollo de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.* describir en líneas generales = outline.* describir erróneamente = mislabel.* describir las características de = characterise [characterize, -USA].* describir una situación = depict + situation.* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.* * *vtA ‹paisaje/persona› to describe¿me podría describir al ladrón? could you describe the thief for o to me?* * *
describir ( conjugate describir) verbo transitivo
to describe
describir verbo transitivo to describe
' describir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ancha
- ancho
- baja
- bajo
- bien
- delgada
- delgado
- trazar
- calificar
- caracterizar
- descrito
- detalle
English:
curve
- describe
- notice
- paint
- portray
- vividly
- depict
* * *describir vt1. [con palabras] to describe;descríbanos al individuo que la atacó describe the man who attacked you2. [trazar] [trayectoria, curva, órbita] to describe* * *<part descrito> v/t describe* * *describir {33} vt: to describe* * *describir vb to describe -
7 desde + Expresión Temporal + hasta el presente
= from + Expresión Temporal + up to the presentEx. Its history, from its foundation in 1838 and up to the present, is the chronicle of the development of agrarian science in the USSR.* * *= from + Expresión Temporal + up to the presentEx: Its history, from its foundation in 1838 and up to the present, is the chronicle of the development of agrarian science in the USSR.
Spanish-English dictionary > desde + Expresión Temporal + hasta el presente
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8 dicho sucintamente
Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is more than a survival saga.* * *Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is more than a survival saga.
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9 elocuente
adj.eloquent.se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent silenceuna mirada elocuente a meaningful look* * *► adjetivo1 eloquent* * *adj.* * *ADJ eloquent* * *adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent* * *= articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.Ex. Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.Ex. No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.* * *adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent* * *= articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.Ex: Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.Ex: No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.* * *1 ‹persona/discurso› eloquent, articulate2 ‹mirada/gesto/silencio› eloquentlas cifras son elocuentes the figures speak for themselves o are eloquentun gesto que fue más elocuente que cualquier palabra a gesture that said more than any words could, a gesture that was more eloquent than any words could be* * *
elocuente adjetivo
eloquent
elocuente adjetivo eloquent: hizo un gesto muy elocuente, he made a very eloquent gesture
su sonrisa era muy elocuente, her smile was very telling
' elocuente' also found in these entries:
English:
articulate
- eloquent
- fluent
- pregnant
- telling
* * *elocuente adj1. [persona, discurso, declaraciones] eloquent2. [sonrisa, gesto] eloquent, meaningful;[hechos, imágenes, datos] eloquent;se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent o a meaningful silence;una mirada elocuente an eloquent o a meaningful look;los datos son elocuentes the facts speak for themselves* * *adj eloquent* * *elocuente adj: eloquent♦ elocuentemente adv -
10 epopeya
f.epic (poema).* * *1 LITERATURA epic poem2 (hecho) heroic deed* * *noun f.* * *SF epic* * *b) ( empresa difícil)* * *= saga, epic poem, epic, heroic story.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is more than a survival saga.Ex. Homer's epic poem 'The Iliad' is taken an example of the change from a predominantly oral to a more literate culture.Ex. Art forms used include Homeric epic, medieval allegory, Tristam Shandy, Jorge Luis Borges, silent cinema and surrealist painting.Ex. The exhibition illustrates the tragic history of the concentration camps, but also the heroic stories of liberation and survival that marked their end.----* de epopeya = epic.* ser una epopeya = be an odyssey.* * *b) ( empresa difícil)* * *= saga, epic poem, epic, heroic story.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is more than a survival saga.
Ex: Homer's epic poem 'The Iliad' is taken an example of the change from a predominantly oral to a more literate culture.Ex: Art forms used include Homeric epic, medieval allegory, Tristam Shandy, Jorge Luis Borges, silent cinema and surrealist painting.Ex: The exhibition illustrates the tragic history of the concentration camps, but also the heroic stories of liberation and survival that marked their end.* de epopeya = epic.* ser una epopeya = be an odyssey.* * *2(género): la epopeya epic poetry3(empresa difícil): la epopeya sanmartiniana San Martín's epic campaigns/heroic deedsel viaje de vuelta fue toda una epopeya the return journey was a real odyssey* * *
epopeya sustantivo femenino
b) ( empresa difícil):
' epopeya' also found in these entries:
English:
epic
* * *epopeya nf1. [poema] epic2. [género] epic3. [hazaña] epic feat;la ascensión de la montaña fue una auténtica epopeya the ascent of the mountain was an epic feat* * *f epic, epic poem* * *epopeya nf: epic poem -
11 escasez
f.1 shortage (insuficiencia).escasez de mano de obra labor shortage2 scarcity, meagerness, lack, shortage.* * *1 (carencia) scarcity, lack, shortage2 (mezquindad) meanness, stinginess* * *noun f.1) scarcity, lack, shortage2) want* * *SF1) (=insuficiencia) shortage, scarcity más frmescasez de agua — shortage o scarcity más frm of water
hay escasez de medicamentos — there is a shortage of medicine, medicine is in short supply
escasez de mano de obra/viviendas — labour/housing shortage
2) (=pobreza) poverty3) pl escaseces (=apuros)4) †† (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess* * *femenino shortage* * *= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.Ex. One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex. The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.Ex. This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.----* escasez de agua = water shortage.* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* * *femenino shortage* * *= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.Ex: One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex: The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.Ex: This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.* escasez de agua = water shortage.* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* * *shortagela posguerra fue una época de escasez the postwar period was a time of shortagesescasez DE algo:la escasez de medios hizo que fracasara el plan the lack of resources led to the failure of the planese verano hubo escasez de agua there was a water shortage that summerla escasez de recursos naturales es el problema principal del país the country's main problem is its lack o shortage of natural resources o is the scarcity of its natural resources* * *
escasez sustantivo femenino
shortage;
por escasez de medios owing to a lack of resources
escasez sustantivo femenino shortage
' escasez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carencia
- concienciar
- déficit
- privación
- insuficiencia
- mal
- penuria
English:
absence
- basic
- chronic
- dearth
- hoard
- labour
- lack
- scarcity
- shortage
- undermanning
* * *escasez nf1. [insuficiencia] shortage;hay escasez de agua en esa región there a shortage of water in that region;la escasez de población es un problema en la zona the dearth of population is a problem in the area;montan espectáculos con gran escasez de medios they put on shows with very slender resources2. [pobreza] poverty;en tiempos de escasez in times of hardship* * *f shortage, scarcity* * ** * *escasez n shortage -
12 inopia
f.indigence, poverty, penury, wretchedness.* * *estar en la inopia familiar (distraído) to have one's head in the clouds 2 (ignorante) to be in the dark* * *SF indigence, poverty* * *femenino (fam)yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia — I don't know a thing about algebra
* * *= poverty, penury.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.----* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.* * *femenino (fam)yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia — I don't know a thing about algebra
* * *= poverty, penury.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.* estar en la inopia = live in + cloud cuckoo land.* * *( fam)yo, de álgebra, estoy en la inopia I don't know a thing o the first thing about algebrami madre está en la inopia, no se acuerda nunca de mi cumpleaños my mother's hopeless, she never remembers my birthdaya pesar de su explicación, me quedé en la inopia despite his explanation, I was none the wiser o I still didn't understandsiempre está en la inopia he's always daydreaming* * *
inopia sustantivo femenino poverty
♦ Locuciones: estar en la inopia, to be daydreaming o not to catch on
' inopia' also found in these entries:
English:
cloud cuckoo land
* * *inopia nfFamestar en la inopia [distraído] to be miles away, to be day-dreaming;a mí no me preguntes, yo estoy en la inopia don't ask me, I haven't got a clue* * *f:estar en la inopia fam ( distraído) be miles away fam ; ( alejado de la realidad) be on another planet fam -
13 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
14 narrar
v.to recount, to tell.* * ** * *verbto narrate, relate, tell* * *VT [+ historia] to tell; [+ suceso, aventuras, experiencia] to recount* * *verbo transitivo (frml)a) película/libro <hazañas/experiencias> to tell of (frml), to relate; < historia> to tell, relate* * *= narrate, chronicle.Ex. The inmates satisfied their need for reading by smuggling in Polish books, or else narrating stories from memory.Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.----* narrar una historia = narrate + story.* * *verbo transitivo (frml)a) película/libro <hazañas/experiencias> to tell of (frml), to relate; < historia> to tell, relate* * *= narrate, chronicle.Ex: The inmates satisfied their need for reading by smuggling in Polish books, or else narrating stories from memory.
Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.* narrar una historia = narrate + story.* * *narrar [A1 ]vt( frml)1 «película/libro» ‹hazañas/experiencias› to tell of ( frml), to tell the story of, to relate; ‹historia› to tell, relate2 «persona» ‹historia› to tell, relate, recount, narrate ( frml)* * *
narrar ( conjugate narrar) verbo transitivo (frml)
‹ historia› to tell, relate
narrar verbo transitivo to narrate, tell: la novela narra la historia de un niño emigrante, the novel is about an emigrant child
' narrar' also found in these entries:
English:
narrate
- recount
* * *narrar vt[contar] to recount, to tell;la película narra la caída del imperio romano the movie tells the story of the fall of the Roman empire* * *v/t:narrar algo tell the story of sth* * *narrar vt: to narrate, to tell* * * -
15 obligar a salir de
(v.) = force fromEx. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.* * *(v.) = force from -
16 pobreza
f.poverty.pobreza de lack o scarcity ofpobreza de espíritu weakness of character* * *1 (escasez de dinero) poverty2 (falta) lack, scarcity* * *noun f.1) poverty2) want* * *SF1) (=falta de dinero) poverty2) (=escasez)3) (Rel)* * *a) ( económica) povertyb) ( mediocridad) poverty, poornessc) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.----* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.* pobreza de información = information poverty.* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.* * *a) ( económica) povertyb) ( mediocridad) poverty, poornessc) ( de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *= anaemia [anemia, -USA], poverty, scarcity, penury.Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.* de la pobreza a la fortuna = rags to riches.* de la pobreza a la riqueza = from rags to riches.* feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.* luchar contra la pobreza = fight + poverty.* nivel de pobreza = poverty level.* pobreza de información = information poverty.* trampa de la pobreza = poverty trap.* vivir al borde de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en el umbral de la pobreza = live on + the poverty line.* vivir en la pobreza = walk + the streets of misery.* * *1 (económica) povertyviven en la más extrema pobreza they live in abject povertypobreza franciscana abject povertyvivían en una pobreza franciscana they were poverty-stricken, they lived in abject o absolute povertyla comida fue de una pobreza franciscana the meal was very frugal2 (mediocridad) poverty, poornesssu conversación es de una pobreza deprimente his conversation is depressingly dullpobreza cultural y espiritual cultural and spiritual poverty3 (de la tierra) poorness, poor quality* * *
pobreza sustantivo femenino
pobreza sustantivo femenino poverty
' pobreza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bolsa
- demasiada
- demasiado
- madre
- miseria
- núcleo
- progresiva
- progresivo
- sacar
- sordidez
- tiña
- campesino
- humildad
- necesidad
- penuria
English:
close
- curse
- deprivation
- destitution
- divorce
- ensue
- penury
- pettiness
- pocket
- poverty
- poverty-stricken
- squalor
- hand
- weakness
* * *pobreza nf1. [de bienes] poverty;vivir en la pobreza to live in poverty;pobreza de espíritu spiritual poverty2. [escasez] poverty;pobreza de ideas poverty of ideas3. [de terreno] barrenness* * *f poverty* * *pobreza nf: poverty* * *pobreza n poverty -
17 producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que
(n.) = circumstances + convergeEx. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.* * *(n.) = circumstances + convergeEx: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
Spanish-English dictionary > producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que
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18 registrar
v.1 to search (zona, piso, persona).a mí, que me registren (informal) it wasn't me, don't look at meEllos registraron la casa They searched the house.2 to register, to record (datos, hechos).la empresa ha registrado un aumento de las ventas the company has recorded an increase in sales, the company's sales have gone upEllos registraron el evento They registered the event.3 to record.4 to register (to certificate). ( Latin American Spanish)5 to book in, to book.6 to inspect.Ellos registraron el auto They inspected the car.7 to frisk, to search, to reconnoiter, to strip-search.Ellos registraron a Ricardo They frisked Richard.* * *1 (inspeccionar) to search, inspect, look through2 (cachear) to frisk3 (inscribir) to register, record, note; (matricular) to register4 (grabar) to record5 figurado (detectar) to notice1 (matricularse) to register, enrol (US enroll)2 (detectarse) to be recorded3 (ocurrir) to happen* * *verb1) to register2) record3) search•* * *1. VT1) [+ equipaje, lugar, persona] to search2) (=anotar) to register, record3) [+ temperatura, terremoto] to record, register; [+ terremoto, temblor] to registerel termómetro registró una mínima de diez grados — the thermometer recorded o registered a minimum temperature of ten degrees
4) (Mús) to record5) Méx [+ correo] to register6)registrar un libro — † to mark one's place in a book
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <nacimiento/defunción/patente> to registerb) < sonido> to recordc) ( marcar) < temperatura> to record; < temblor> to registerpaíses que registran una alta tasa de inflación — countries which have o register a high rate of inflation
2) <equipaje/lugar/persona> to searcha mí que me registren! — (fam) don't look at me! (colloq)
¿quién ha estado registrando mis cajones? — (fam) who's been going through my drawers?
3) (Méx) < carta> to register2.registrarse v pron1) ( apreciarse)2) ( haber)3) ( inscribirse) to register; ( en hotel) to register, check in* * *= profile, record, set down, log, frisk, lodge, chronicle, search, clock.Ex. He was profiled in April 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.Ex. Set the components down as an ordered string of symbols, according to the filing value of the role operator.Ex. In order to understand this programme, it will help to imagine a librarian at a university who diligently logs every slide that is taken from the library for lectures.Ex. I'm not sure you're on secure ground when you frisk people's briefcases this way.Ex. The actual report has been lodged at the British Library but has not been published.Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.Ex. It's my understanding of the Fourth Amendment that people and their possessions can't be searched unless law-enforcement officials have information that they've committed a crime.Ex. The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.----* registrar como propiedad literaria = copyright.* registrar la devolución = discharge.* registrar los fascículos = check in + issue.* registrarse = sign on, register (with).* registrarse en el hotel = check in + at the hotel.* registrar un fascículo = check in + issue.* reloj que registra el tiempo de conexión = accounting clock.* sin registrar = unlisted.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <nacimiento/defunción/patente> to registerb) < sonido> to recordc) ( marcar) < temperatura> to record; < temblor> to registerpaíses que registran una alta tasa de inflación — countries which have o register a high rate of inflation
2) <equipaje/lugar/persona> to searcha mí que me registren! — (fam) don't look at me! (colloq)
¿quién ha estado registrando mis cajones? — (fam) who's been going through my drawers?
3) (Méx) < carta> to register2.registrarse v pron1) ( apreciarse)2) ( haber)3) ( inscribirse) to register; ( en hotel) to register, check in* * *= profile, record, set down, log, frisk, lodge, chronicle, search, clock.Ex: He was profiled in April 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.
Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.Ex: Set the components down as an ordered string of symbols, according to the filing value of the role operator.Ex: In order to understand this programme, it will help to imagine a librarian at a university who diligently logs every slide that is taken from the library for lectures.Ex: I'm not sure you're on secure ground when you frisk people's briefcases this way.Ex: The actual report has been lodged at the British Library but has not been published.Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.Ex: It's my understanding of the Fourth Amendment that people and their possessions can't be searched unless law-enforcement officials have information that they've committed a crime.Ex: The cameras clock your speed and if you are going faster than you are supposed to, you can get a speed ticket in the post.* registrar como propiedad literaria = copyright.* registrar la devolución = discharge.* registrar los fascículos = check in + issue.* registrarse = sign on, register (with).* registrarse en el hotel = check in + at the hotel.* registrar un fascículo = check in + issue.* reloj que registra el tiempo de conexión = accounting clock.* sin registrar = unlisted.* * *registrar [A1 ]vtA1 (hacer constar) ‹nacimientos/defunciones› to registerel número de parados registrados the number of people registered as unemployedregistraron el hecho en primera plana they reported o carried the story on the front page2 ‹sonido› to record3 (marcar) ‹temperatura› to record; ‹temblor› to registerlos termómetros registraron un aumento de las temperaturas the thermometers recorded o registered a rise in the temperatureslos países que registran la más alta tasa de inflación the countries which show o have o register the highest rate of inflationB ‹equipaje/casa/zona› to search; ‹persona› to searchregistraron a los detenidos those who were arrested were searched¿quién ha cogido mis llaves? —¡a mí que me registren! ( fam); who's taken my keys? — well, I haven't touched them! ( colloq)¿quién ha estado registrando mis cajones? ( fam); who's been looking through o going through o rummaging in my drawers?C ( Méx) ‹carta› to registerA«temperatura/temblor»: se registraron temperaturas de hasta 40 grados temperatures of up to 40 degrees were recordedse ha registrado un ligero descenso en las temperaturas temperatures have dropped slightlydurante la manifestación no se registraron incidentes de importancia there were no serious incidents during the demonstrationen el accidente no se registraron víctimas mortales no one was killed in the accidentB (inscribirse) to register; (en un hotel) to register, check in* * *
registrar ( conjugate registrar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ temblor› to register
2 ‹equipaje/lugar/persona› to search;
3 (Méx) ‹ carta› to register
registrarse verbo pronominal ( inscribirse) to register;
( en hotel) to register, check in
registrar verbo transitivo
1 (la policía una casa, a una persona, etc) to search
2 (un nacimiento, una firma, marca) to register
3 (información, datos, etc) to include
4 (una imagen, un sonido) to record
5 (una acción, un fenómeno) to record, register
' registrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
registrador
- registradora
- cachear
- catear
- requisar
English:
bust
- decree
- examine
- frisk
- log
- ransack
- record
- register
- registrar
- ring up
- scour
- search
- search through
- chart
- go
- strip
* * *♦ vt1. [zona, casa, persona] to search;registraban a todos los que entraban al estadio everybody entering the stadium was searched;Fama mí, que me registren don't look at me!2. [datos, hechos] to register, to record;la empresa ha registrado un aumento de las ventas the company has recorded an increase in sales, the company's sales have gone up;esta enciclopedia registra muchos términos técnicos this encyclopedia contains a lot of technical terms3. [grabar] to record4. Am [certificar] to register* * *v/t1 ( inscribir) register2 casa search;(a mí) que me registren fam search me! fam* * *registrar vt1) : to register, to record2) grabar: to record, to tape3) : to search, to examine* * *registrar vb1. (examinar) to search2. (inscribir, indicar) to register3. (grabar) to record -
19 relatar
v.1 to relate, to recount (suceso).2 to narrate, to relate, to tell, to recite.Ricardo le cuenta historias al grupo Richard tells the group stories.* * *1 (una historia) to narrate, tell2 (un suceso) to report, tell* * *verbto relate, report* * *VT to relate, tell* * *verbo transitivonos relató su viaje — he related o recounted the story of his journey (frml)
* * *= recount, relate, chronicle.Ex. We recount the parts of the book which absorbed us utterly, which made us feel that the alternative world was more vivid, more alive, more immediate than our life outside the book.Ex. This article relates what happened to the records of the German era after the colony became a mandate under the British administration and after the attainment of independence.Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.----* relatar la historia de = trace + the history of.* relatar un incidente = relate + incident.* * *verbo transitivonos relató su viaje — he related o recounted the story of his journey (frml)
* * *= recount, relate, chronicle.Ex: We recount the parts of the book which absorbed us utterly, which made us feel that the alternative world was more vivid, more alive, more immediate than our life outside the book.
Ex: This article relates what happened to the records of the German era after the colony became a mandate under the British administration and after the attainment of independence.Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.* relatar la historia de = trace + the history of.* relatar un incidente = relate + incident.* * *relatar [A1 ]vtnos relató su viaje por el desierto he told us all about his journey across the desert, he related o recounted the story of his journey across the desert ( frml)relató los hechos de manera escueta she told us/them the bare facts, she related the bare facts to us/them ( frml)* * *
relatar ( conjugate relatar) verbo transitivo ‹historia/aventura› to recount, relate
relatar verbo transitivo to relate, recount
' relatar' also found in these entries:
English:
relate
* * *relatar vt[suceso] to relate, to recount; [historia] to tell* * *v/t tell, relate* * *relatar vt: to relate, to tell* * *relatar vb to relate -
20 saga
f.saga.* * *1 saga* * *SF1) (Literat) saga2) (=clan) clan, dynasty* * *femenino (Lit) saga* * *= saga.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is more than a survival saga.----* Sagas Nórdicas, Las = Norse Sagas, The.* * *femenino (Lit) saga* * *= saga.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is more than a survival saga.
* Sagas Nórdicas, Las = Norse Sagas, The.* * *1 ( Lit) sagalo último en la saga de mi cuñado the latest in the saga of my brother-in-law2 (dinastía) family* * *
saga sustantivo femenino
1 (relato) saga
2 (hechicera) sorceress
' saga' also found in these entries:
English:
never
- saga
* * *saga nf1. Lit saga2. [familia] dynasty* * *f saga* * *saga nf: saga
- 1
- 2
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