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  • 61 golpe mortal

    m.
    death blow, final blow, deathblow, finishing stroke.
    * * *
    death blow, fatal blow
    * * *
    (n.) = mortal blow, killer blow, death blow
    Ex. This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a ' mortal blow' to its livelihood.
    Ex. Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.
    Ex. Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.
    * * *
    (n.) = mortal blow, killer blow, death blow

    Ex: This ultimately resulted in a Supreme Court decision that supported the defendants, striking what the music industry claimed would be a ' mortal blow' to its livelihood.

    Ex: Three times she tracked him down and fought him, only to be thwarted as he somehow evaded her killer blow and disappeared into the night.
    Ex: Another employee said the plant's closure would be the death blow for the entire region.

    Spanish-English dictionary > golpe mortal

  • 62 habitante

    f. & m.
    inhabitant, resident, dweller, habitant.
    m.
    inhabitant.
    * * *
    1 inhabitant
    * * *
    noun mf.
    inhabitant, resident
    * * *
    1. SMF
    1) [gen] inhabitant

    una ciudad de 10.000 habitantes — a town of 10,000 inhabitants o people, a town with a population of 10,000

    2) (=vecino) resident
    3) (=inquilino) occupant, tenant
    2.
    SM hum (=piojo) louse

    tener habitantes — to have lice, have nits *

    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant; ( de barrio) resident
    * * *
    = citizen, denizen, inhabitant, resident, burgess.
    Ex. This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.
    Ex. The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.
    Ex. The conference debated a library bill which aims to set up public libraries in all municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants.
    Ex. Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.
    Ex. They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.
    ----
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * habitante de Junctionville = Junctionvillers.
    * habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.
    * habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.
    * habitante de la urbe = urban dweller.
    * habitante del campo = country dweller.
    * habitante del desierto = desert dweller.
    * habitante del este = Easterner.
    * habitante del lugar = local, local resident.
    * habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.
    * habitante del oeste = Westerner.
    * habitante del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.
    * habitante de Mesopotamia = Hippopotamian.
    * habitante de Misuri = Missourian.
    * habitante de Singapur = Singaporean.
    * habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.
    * habitantes = population.
    * habitantes del pueblo = village people.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant; ( de barrio) resident
    * * *
    = citizen, denizen, inhabitant, resident, burgess.

    Ex: This paper reports a conference on present and future possibilities for interstate cooperation in the effective delivery of community information to citizens.

    Ex: The denizens of each of these worlds have a wide variety of information needs and a wide variety of economic, social, political, and educational backgrounds.
    Ex: The conference debated a library bill which aims to set up public libraries in all municipalities with over 30,000 inhabitants.
    Ex: Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.
    Ex: They claimed that they and all of their ancestors as burgesses had held a market on these days from time out of mind, without interruption.
    * exceso de habitantes = overcrowding [over-crowding].
    * habitante de Junctionville = Junctionvillers.
    * habitante de la ciudad = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite.
    * habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.
    * habitante de la urbe = urban dweller.
    * habitante del campo = country dweller.
    * habitante del desierto = desert dweller.
    * habitante del este = Easterner.
    * habitante del lugar = local, local resident.
    * habitante del Medio Oriente = Middle Easterner.
    * habitante del oeste = Westerner.
    * habitante del pueblo = villager, village man, village woman.
    * habitante de Mesopotamia = Hippopotamian.
    * habitante de Misuri = Missourian.
    * habitante de Singapur = Singaporean.
    * habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.
    * habitantes = population.
    * habitantes del pueblo = village people.

    * * *
    A ( Geog, Sociol) inhabitant
    esta ciudad tiene medio millón de habitantes this city has a population of half a million, this city has half a million inhabitants
    los habitantes de la zona norte de la ciudad the people who live in the northern part of the city, the residents of the northern part of the city
    B ( hum)
    (parásito): esta manzana tiene habitante there's something living in this apple ( hum)
    este niño tiene habitantes this child has lice
    * * *

    habitante sustantivo masculino y femenino (Geog, Sociol) inhabitant;
    ( de barrio) resident
    habitante mf inhabitant: esta ciudad perdió muchos habitantes, this city lost a lot of inhabitants
    ' habitante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    transeúnte
    - ciudadano
    - isleño
    - llanero
    - vecino
    English:
    Cockney
    - inhabitant
    - Sri Lankan
    - town dweller
    - villager
    * * *
    [de ciudad, país] inhabitant; [de barrio] resident;
    una ciudad de doce millones de habitantes a city with a population of twelve million;
    un insecto habitante habitual de las zonas pantanosas an insect commonly found in marshy areas
    * * *
    m/f inhabitant
    * * *
    : inhabitant, resident
    * * *
    habitante n inhabitant

    Spanish-English dictionary > habitante

  • 63 hecho un toro

    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was ' as strong as an ox'.
    * * *

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was ' as strong as an ox'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho un toro

  • 64 hidalgo

    adj.
    noble, chivalrous, gentlemanly, illustrious.
    m.
    nobleman, hidalgo, noble, don.
    * * *
    1 desuso noble
    2 figurado (noble) noble, generous
    3 figurado (caballeroso) gentlemanly
    1 nobleman, gentleman
    ————————
    1 nobleman, gentleman
    * * *
    hidalgo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=caballeroso) noble
    2) (=honrado) honourable, honorable (EEUU)
    3) (=generoso) generous
    2.
    SM / F nobleman/noblewoman
    3.
    SM Méx ( Hist) 10-peso gold coin
    * * *
    * * *
    = noble, nobleman [noblemen, -pl.].
    Ex. The nobles had always claimed a preference for advancement in the army, the navy, the church, and the parliaments.
    Ex. He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.
    * * *
    * * *
    = noble, nobleman [noblemen, -pl.].

    Ex: The nobles had always claimed a preference for advancement in the army, the navy, the church, and the parliaments.

    Ex: He was assassinated by noblemen who feared that his licentious manner and ignorance would undermine the monarchy.

    * * *
    1 (noble) noble
    2 (generoso) generous
    * * *

    hidalgo sustantivo masculino
    gentleman, nobleman ( from the lower ranks of the nobility)
    hidalgo m Esp Hist nobleman of the lowest grade
    * * *
    hidalgo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [noble] noble
    2. [caballeroso] courteous, gentlemanly
    ♦ nm,f
    nobleman, f noblewoman [from the lower ranks of the nobility]
    * * *
    m nobleman
    * * *
    hidalgo, -ga n
    : nobleman m, noblewoman f

    Spanish-English dictionary > hidalgo

  • 65 importante

    adj.
    1 important (destacado, significativo).
    2 considerable.
    3 significant, considerable, sizable.
    * * *
    1 (gen) important; (por su gravedad) serious; (por su cantidad) considerable
    2 (influyente) important
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, major

    un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy

    • dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs

    • lo importante es... — the main thing is...

    • poco importante — unimportant

    • es importante que — it is important that

    2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.
    Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
    Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    ----
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

    Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

    Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

    * * *
    1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant
    tengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you
    ¿qué dice la carta? — nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing much
    lo importante es participar the important thing is to take part
    es importante que vayas it's important that you go
    2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significant
    una importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of money
    la tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damage
    un número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo importante    
    importante
    importante adjetivo
    a) ‹noticia/persona› important;

    ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
    dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs

    ‹ daños› severe, considerable;
    ‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
    importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
    una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
    ' importante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - categoría
    - ciudad
    - comodidad
    - consignar
    - cosa
    - cualquiera
    - despreciable
    - eje
    - eslabón
    - floricultura
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - historia
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - inmediatez
    - menos
    - nada
    - núcleo
    - opinar
    - personaje
    - pintar
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - reseñar
    - sabrosa
    - sabroso
    - salario
    - señalada
    - señalado
    - señor
    - suma
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - tomo
    - viso
    - indiferente
    - notable
    - papel
    - parecer
    - personalidad
    - pez
    - que
    - trascendental
    - trascendente
    - un
    - visita
    English:
    amount to
    - appreciable
    - armory
    - armoury
    - assassin
    - assassination
    - big
    - consideration
    - depreciate
    - edit
    - flagship
    - grain
    - grand
    - great
    - head-hunt
    - high
    - if
    - important
    - increasingly
    - large
    - last
    - leading
    - least
    - major
    - mean
    - morality
    - prominent
    - significant
    - sponsor
    - thing
    - VIP
    - weighty
    - assassinate
    - come
    - considerable
    - feature
    - feel
    - first
    - foremost
    - name
    - priority
    - strongly
    - substantial
    * * *
    1. [destacado, significativo] important;
    el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;
    ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;
    ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;
    lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;
    no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;
    dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important
    2. [cantidad] considerable;
    [lesión] serious;
    una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;
    * * *
    adj important
    * * *
    : important
    * * *
    1. (en general) important
    2. (considerable) considerable

    Spanish-English dictionary > importante

  • 66 inconstante

    adj.
    1 changeable, fickle.
    2 inconstant, fickle, wavering, mutable.
    f. & m.
    inconstant person.
    * * *
    1 (indolente) lacking in discipline
    2 (variable) inconstant, changeable
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [equipo, sistema] inconstant
    2) [tiempo] changeable
    3) [persona] (=veleidoso) fickle; (=poco firme) unsteady
    * * *
    a) ( falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    b) ( voluble) fickle
    * * *
    = unsustained, lapsed, fickle.
    Ex. The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex. However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.
    * * *
    a) ( falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    b) ( voluble) fickle
    * * *
    = unsustained, lapsed, fickle.

    Ex: The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.

    Ex: However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.

    * * *
    1 (falto de perseverancia) lacking in perseverance
    nunca llegó a ser campeón por inconstante he never became champion because he lacked application
    2 (voluble) fickle
    * * *

    inconstante adjetivo


    inconstante adjetivo changeable
    ' inconstante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mariposear
    - versátil
    - caprichoso
    - veleta
    - voluble
    English:
    changeable
    - fickle
    - inconsistent
    * * *
    1. [en el trabajo, escuela]
    es muy inconstante he never sticks at anything
    2. [de opinión, ideas] changeable, fickle
    * * *
    adj fickle
    * * *
    : inconstant, fickle, changeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inconstante

  • 67 incumplimiento de licencia

    Ex. In the case of a software protection program, the producer claimed breach of license agreement against a software producer whose software unlocks the protection program.
    * * *

    Ex: In the case of a software protection program, the producer claimed breach of license agreement against a software producer whose software unlocks the protection program.

    Spanish-English dictionary > incumplimiento de licencia

  • 68 irregular

    adj.
    1 uneven (no uniforme) (terreno, superficie).
    su rendimiento en los estudios es irregular he's inconsistent in his studies
    2 irregular.
    la financiación irregular de los partidos the irregular funding of the parties
    f. & m.
    subversive element.
    * * *
    1 irregular
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desigual)
    a) [superficie, terreno] uneven; [contorno, línea] crooked; [rasgos] irregular; [filo] jagged
    b) [latido, ritmo] irregular; [rendimiento] irregular, erratic; [jugador, equipo] inconsistent; [año, vida] chaotic
    2) (=no legal)
    3) (Ling) [verbo] irregular
    4) (Mat) [polígono, figura] irregular
    * * *
    1)
    a) <trazos/facciones> irregular; < letra> irregular, uneven; <terreno/superficie> irregular, uneven
    b) <rendimiento/asistencia> irregular, erratic; <pulso/ritmo> irregular
    2) (Der) <procedimiento/acción> irregular
    3) (Ling) irregular
    * * *
    = irregular, spasmodic, spotty, ragged, lapsed, episodic, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], fitful, bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.], spastic, chequered [checkered, -USA].
    Ex. Irregular, this frequency type is used not only for irregular periodicals, but also for periodicals issued less than once per year.
    Ex. Progress in many sectors has been slow and spasmodic; positive measures have been implemented often only after protracted negotiations and their impact has usually been incremental rather than dramatic.
    Ex. Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    Ex. Even in more mainstream publishing, despite the ubiquity of word processors, which can so easily produce justified text, ragged right margins are becoming more common, even fashionable.
    Ex. However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex. Politics often makes library development episodic and unpredictable.
    Ex. It is a scrappy book, apparently assembled in haste.
    Ex. This is a compelling account of Twain's fitful creative life.
    Ex. However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.
    Ex. The joints associated with spastic muscles need to be carried through a passive range of motion daily to delay the development of contractures.
    Ex. An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.
    ----
    * de forma irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de un modo irregular = scrappily.
    * pasado irregular = chequered history, chequered past.
    * plantación irregular = random clumping.
    * * *
    1)
    a) <trazos/facciones> irregular; < letra> irregular, uneven; <terreno/superficie> irregular, uneven
    b) <rendimiento/asistencia> irregular, erratic; <pulso/ritmo> irregular
    2) (Der) <procedimiento/acción> irregular
    3) (Ling) irregular
    * * *
    = irregular, spasmodic, spotty, ragged, lapsed, episodic, scrappy [scrappier -comp., scrappiest -sup.], fitful, bitty [bittier -comp., bittiest -sup.], spastic, chequered [checkered, -USA].

    Ex: Irregular, this frequency type is used not only for irregular periodicals, but also for periodicals issued less than once per year.

    Ex: Progress in many sectors has been slow and spasmodic; positive measures have been implemented often only after protracted negotiations and their impact has usually been incremental rather than dramatic.
    Ex: Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    Ex: Even in more mainstream publishing, despite the ubiquity of word processors, which can so easily produce justified text, ragged right margins are becoming more common, even fashionable.
    Ex: However, almost 30% of lapsed borrowers claimed to still use the library for other purposes, principally to find information.
    Ex: Politics often makes library development episodic and unpredictable.
    Ex: It is a scrappy book, apparently assembled in haste.
    Ex: This is a compelling account of Twain's fitful creative life.
    Ex: However, his use of a remorselessly chronological approach yields a narrative that is often bitty, sometimes ponderously plodding.
    Ex: The joints associated with spastic muscles need to be carried through a passive range of motion daily to delay the development of contractures.
    Ex: An appraisal of the reforms following the report suggests that local councillors' workload has increased, and community councils have had a chequered career, although local authorities generally are stronger.
    * de forma irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de un modo irregular = scrappily.
    * pasado irregular = chequered history, chequered past.
    * plantación irregular = random clumping.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹trazos/facciones› irregular; ‹letra› irregular, uneven; ‹terreno/superficie› irregular, uneven
    2 ‹rendimiento/asistencia› irregular, erratic; ‹pulso/ritmo› irregular
    su trabajo este año ha sido muy irregular his work has been very erratic o inconsistent this year
    lleva una vida muy irregular he leads a very disorganized o a chaotic life
    B ( Der) ‹procedimiento/acción› irregular
    su situación legal es irregular his legal situation is irregular
    hay posibles acciones irregulares there are possible irregularities
    C ( Ling) irregular
    * * *

    irregular adjetivo ( en general) irregular;
    ‹letra/superficie› irregular, uneven
    irregular adjetivo irregular: es una situación absolutamente irregular, it's a highly irregular situation
    ' irregular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidentada
    - accidentado
    - ahorcarse
    - alisar
    - dato
    - desigual
    - alterar
    - desnivelado
    - dispar
    English:
    board
    - do
    - erratic
    - fitful
    - irregular
    - lie
    - patchy
    - spasmodic
    - spasmodically
    - uneven
    - fitfully
    - jagged
    - ragged
    * * *
    1. [comportamiento] erratic;
    su rendimiento en los estudios es irregular her Br marks o US grades are inconsistent;
    el equipo tuvo una actuación muy irregular the team's performance was very patchy;
    el comportamiento irregular de la inflación the erratic behaviour of inflation
    2. [situación] irregular;
    un inmigrante en situación irregular an immigrant without the proper documentation, an immigrant who is not legally registered
    3. [terreno, superficie] uneven
    4. [poco honesto] irregular;
    consiguió su fortuna de forma irregular the way he obtained his fortune was not entirely honest o was somewhat irregular;
    la financiación irregular de los partidos the irregular funding of the parties
    5. [verbo] irregular
    6. Geom irregular
    * * *
    adj
    1 irregular
    2 superficie uneven
    * * *
    : irregular
    * * *
    1. (verbos) irregular
    2. (situación) abnormal

    Spanish-English dictionary > irregular

  • 69 la ciudad que nunca duerme

    Ex. Several cities (New York, Chicago, etc.) have claimed the title of ' the city that never sleeps'.
    * * *

    Ex: Several cities (New York, Chicago, etc.) have claimed the title of ' the city that never sleeps'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > la ciudad que nunca duerme

  • 70 libro en rústica

    (n.) = paperback, paperback book, paperbound book, trade paperback, pocketbook
    Ex. This magazine gives quarterly figures of the UK publishing industry's turnover by book categories, by hardback and paperback and by home and export.
    Ex. Prebinding of paperback books has been claimed to enable such books to last an average of 60 circulations compared to 10 circulations for ordinary paperbacks.
    Ex. Government agencies have taken the trouble to create a standard format for their publications and generally tidy up their presentation until in physical appearance their reports look like a collection of pamphlets or paperbound books.
    Ex. Technically speaking, trade paperbacks which reprint stories from an ongoing comic book title or previously published mini-series are not graphic novels at all.
    Ex. This journal presented a variety of significant characteristics seen in today's publications beginning with the years in which the first ' pocketbooks' came off the presses.
    * * *
    (n.) = paperback, paperback book, paperbound book, trade paperback, pocketbook

    Ex: This magazine gives quarterly figures of the UK publishing industry's turnover by book categories, by hardback and paperback and by home and export.

    Ex: Prebinding of paperback books has been claimed to enable such books to last an average of 60 circulations compared to 10 circulations for ordinary paperbacks.
    Ex: Government agencies have taken the trouble to create a standard format for their publications and generally tidy up their presentation until in physical appearance their reports look like a collection of pamphlets or paperbound books.
    Ex: Technically speaking, trade paperbacks which reprint stories from an ongoing comic book title or previously published mini-series are not graphic novels at all.
    Ex: This journal presented a variety of significant characteristics seen in today's publications beginning with the years in which the first ' pocketbooks' came off the presses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > libro en rústica

  • 71 lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro

    Ex. It is all swings and roundabouts: It has been claimed that new products designed to tackle Internet security issues will bring their own problems.
    * * *

    Ex: It is all swings and roundabouts: It has been claimed that new products designed to tackle Internet security issues will bring their own problems.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lo que se gana por un lado se pierde por otro

  • 72 mapeo

    m.
    mapping, making of maps, mapmaking.
    * * *
    Ex. Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.
    * * *

    Ex: Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mapeo

  • 73 marcar con un círculo

    (v.) = encircle, circle
    Ex. The empty space of the claimed issue is encircled.
    Ex. Additionally, subjects circled numbers from 1 to 5 to indicate how satisfying the relationship was.
    * * *
    (v.) = encircle, circle

    Ex: The empty space of the claimed issue is encircled.

    Ex: Additionally, subjects circled numbers from 1 to 5 to indicate how satisfying the relationship was.

    Spanish-English dictionary > marcar con un círculo

  • 74 melocotonero

    m.
    peach tree. (especially peninsular Spanish)
    * * *
    1 peach tree
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino (esp Esp) peach (tree)
    * * *
    Ex. Locke claimed that God superadded various powers to matter, including motion, the perfections of peach trees and elephants, and gravity.
    * * *
    masculino (esp Esp) peach (tree)
    * * *

    Ex: Locke claimed that God superadded various powers to matter, including motion, the perfections of peach trees and elephants, and gravity.

    * * *
    peach, peach tree
    * * *

    melocotonero m Bot peach tree
    ' melocotonero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    peach
    * * *
    esp Esp peach tree
    * * *
    m peach tree
    * * *
    melocotonero n peach tree

    Spanish-English dictionary > melocotonero

  • 75 miope

    adj.
    1 short-sighted.
    2 near-sighted, shortsighted, short-sighted, myopic.
    3 narrow-minded, narrow-sighted, shortsighted.
    4 unimaginative, limited in scope.
    f. & m.
    near-sighted person, short-sighted person, myope.
    * * *
    1 short-sighted, myopic
    1 short-sighted person
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ short-sighted, near-sighted (EEUU), myopic frm
    2.
    SMF short-sighted person, near-sighted person (EEUU), myopic person frm
    * * *
    I
    a) (Med, Ópt) myopic (tech), nearsighted (AmE), short-sighted (BrE)
    b) ( falto de perspicacia) short-sighted
    II
    masculino y femenino myopic person (tech), nearsighted person (AmE), short-sighted person (BrE)
    * * *
    = nearsighted [near-sighted], myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted], myopic.
    Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex. Progressing a stage further, it would be economically short-sighted, to say the least, for a large co-operative network such as OCLC in the United States or BLCMP in the UK, not to take advantage of the MARC service.
    Ex. It is claimed that the use of bifocals will slow ocular growth in myopic children.
    * * *
    I
    a) (Med, Ópt) myopic (tech), nearsighted (AmE), short-sighted (BrE)
    b) ( falto de perspicacia) short-sighted
    II
    masculino y femenino myopic person (tech), nearsighted person (AmE), short-sighted person (BrE)
    * * *
    = nearsighted [near-sighted], myopic, short-sighted [shortsighted], myopic.

    Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.

    Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex: Progressing a stage further, it would be economically short-sighted, to say the least, for a large co-operative network such as OCLC in the United States or BLCMP in the UK, not to take advantage of the MARC service.
    Ex: It is claimed that the use of bifocals will slow ocular growth in myopic children.

    * * *
    1 ( Med, Ópt) myopic ( tech), nearsighted ( AmE), short-sighted ( BrE)
    no me acerques tanto el libro que no soy miope ( hum); don't put the book so close, I'm not blind!
    2 (falto de perspicacia) short-sighted
    myopic person ( tech), nearsighted person ( AmE), short-sighted person ( BrE)
    * * *

    miope adjetivo
    a) (Med, Ópt) myopic (tech), nearsighted (AmE), short-sighted (BrE)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    myopic person (tech), nearsighted person (AmE), short-sighted person (BrE)
    miope adjetivo & mf short-sighted: soy miope, I'm short-sighted
    ' miope' also found in these entries:
    English:
    near-sighted
    - short-sighted
    - nearsighted
    - peer
    - short
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [corto de vista] short-sighted, US near-sighted, Espec myopic
    2. [poco perspicaz] short-sighted;
    una política miope a short-sighted policy
    ♦ nmf
    short-sighted o US near-sighted person, Espec myopic person;
    es un miope he's short-sighted o US near-sighted, Espec he's myopic
    * * *
    I adj near-sighted, short-sighted
    II m/f near-sighted o
    short-sighted person
    * * *
    miope adj
    : nearsighted, myopic
    * * *
    miope adj short sighted

    Spanish-English dictionary > miope

  • 76 mundo de las drogas

    (n.) = drug culture
    Ex. In this book, written out of much grief and anguish, Kenny explores the drug culture that claimed the lives of her two nephews.
    * * *

    Ex: In this book, written out of much grief and anguish, Kenny explores the drug culture that claimed the lives of her two nephews.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo de las drogas

  • 77 más fuerte que un roble

    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was ' as strong as an ox'.
    * * *

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was ' as strong as an ox'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > más fuerte que un roble

  • 78 más fuerte que un toro

    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was ' as strong as an ox'.
    * * *

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was ' as strong as an ox'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > más fuerte que un toro

  • 79 no representativo

    adj.
    non-representational.
    * * *
    Ex. Critics claimed that DC was being distorted to satisfy the extreme views of an unrepresentative group.
    * * *

    Ex: Critics claimed that DC was being distorted to satisfy the extreme views of an unrepresentative group.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no representativo

  • 80 no sujeto a una cuota

    (adj.) = non-quota
    Ex. The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.
    * * *
    (adj.) = non-quota

    Ex: The inclusion of much of West Yorkshire in the non-quota textile programme is claimed to be at least partly attributable to this persistence.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no sujeto a una cuota

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