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  • 21 circunscribirse

    1 (ceñirse) to confine oneself (a, to), limit oneself (a, to)
    * * *
    VPR (=limitarse) to be limited, be confined (a to)
    * * *

    circunscribirse verbo reflexivo
    1 (a un tema) to confine oneself [a, to]
    2 (a un problema, una competencia) to be limited [to, a]
    (a un área) to be restricted [a, to]
    * * *
    vpr
    to confine o restrict oneself (a to);
    en mi discurso me circunscribiré a aspectos políticos in my speech I will confine o restrict myself to the political side of things;
    el paludismo se circunscribe a unas zonas muy bien definidas malaria is confined o restricted to clearly defined areas;
    un fenómeno que no se circunscribe al mundo rural a phenomenon not confined to rural areas;
    sus competencias se circunscriben a los asuntos económicos his responsibilities are confined o limited to financial matters
    * * *
    vr

    Spanish-English dictionary > circunscribirse

  • 22 pues

    adv.
    then.
    conj.
    1 since, as (dado que).
    2 therefore, so (por lo tanto).
    creo, pues, que… so, I think that…
    3 so.
    querías verlo, pues ahí está you wanted to see it, so here it is
    4 because, for, since.
    5 I repeat that, I must repeat that.
    Pues es azul! I repeat that it is blue!
    intj.
    then.
    Compórtese,pues,como debe y evitará problemas Behave,then,as you should...
    * * *
    1 (ya que) since, as
    2 (por lo tanto) therefore, so
    ■ ¡pues claro! of course!
    * * *
    1. conj.
    since, because, as
    2. interj.
    well, then
    * * *
    CONJ
    1) [con valor consecutivo] then

    -tengo sueño -¡pues vete a la cama! — "I'm tired" - "then go to bed!"

    llegó, pues, con dos horas de retraso — so he arrived two hours late

    ¿no vas con ella, pues? — aren't you going with her after all?

    2) [con valor enfático] well

    pues, como te iba contando... — well, as I was saying...

    ¡pues no lo sabía! — well, I didn't know!

    ¡pues claro! — yes, of course!

    pues sí — well, yes; (=naturalmente) certainly

    pues no — well, no; (=de ningún modo) not at all

    ¡pues qué! — come now!, what else did you expect!

    3) [indicando duda]

    pues, no sé — well, I don't know

    4) frm [con valor causal] since, for

    cómpralo, pues lo necesitas — buy it, since you need it

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) well

    pues mira, yo si fuera tú... — well look, if I were you...

    b) (expresando duda, vacilación) well

    pues... no sé — well... I don't know

    c) ( en exclamaciones) well

    pues yo no sabía nada! — well, I didn't know anything about it!

    ¿a ti te interesaría? - pues claro! — would you be interested? - yes, of course! o why, yes!

    no me gusta - pues no lo comas — I don't like it - well, don't eat it then

    pues si te gusta tanto, cómpralo — if you like it that much, then buy it

    2) (frml) ( porque) as, since
    II
    adverbio (liter o frml)

    ésta es, pues, mi conclusión — this, then, is my conclusion

    llegamos, pues, fa nuestro destino — and so we arrived at our destination

    * * *
    = alas, as, then.
    Ex. This staff reduction would, alas, lead to a reduced number of viewpoints.
    Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex. In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.
    ----
    * así pues = as such, thus.
    * pues bien = well.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) well

    pues mira, yo si fuera tú... — well look, if I were you...

    b) (expresando duda, vacilación) well

    pues... no sé — well... I don't know

    c) ( en exclamaciones) well

    pues yo no sabía nada! — well, I didn't know anything about it!

    ¿a ti te interesaría? - pues claro! — would you be interested? - yes, of course! o why, yes!

    no me gusta - pues no lo comas — I don't like it - well, don't eat it then

    pues si te gusta tanto, cómpralo — if you like it that much, then buy it

    2) (frml) ( porque) as, since
    II
    adverbio (liter o frml)

    ésta es, pues, mi conclusión — this, then, is my conclusion

    llegamos, pues, fa nuestro destino — and so we arrived at our destination

    * * *
    = alas, as, then.

    Ex: This staff reduction would, alas, lead to a reduced number of viewpoints.

    Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex: In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.
    * así pues = as such, thus.
    * pues bien = well.

    * * *
    A
    1 well
    pues mira, yo si fuera tú me negaba well look, if I were you I'd refuse
    2 (expresando duda, vacilación) well
    ¿tú qué harías? — pues … no sé what would you do? — well … I don't really know
    se lo dijo a todos — ¡pues yo no sabía nada! she told everyone — well, I didn't know anything about it!
    ¡pues haberlo dicho antes! well, you could have said so earlier!
    ¿a ti te interesaría? — ¡pues claro! would you be interested? — yes, of course! o why, yes!
    no me gusta — pues no lo comas or no lo comas, pues I don't like it — well, don't eat it then o then don't eat it
    pues si te gusta tanto, cómpralo if you like it that much, then buy it o well, if you like it so much, buy it
    B ( frml) (porque) as
    no pudo asistir pues tenía un compromiso anterior he was unable to attend as o since he had a prior engagement ( frml)
    ( liter o frml):
    ésta es, pues, la conclusión a la que se llegó this, then, is the conclusion that was reached
    llegamos, pues, felizmente a nuestro destino and so we arrived safely at our destination
    * * *

     

    pues conjunción


    ◊ pues si te gusta tanto, cómpralo if you like it that much, then buy it

    pues
    I conj
    1 (puesto que) since, as: no lo hagas, pues no lo necesitas, don't do it, since you don't need it
    2 (en consecuencia) then
    3 (vacilación) well
    4 (como pregunta) ¿y pues?, and so?
    5 (uso enfático) pues entonces vamos, we'll go then
    II exclamación ¡pues claro que sí!, well, of course!
    ' pues' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    así
    - bien
    - fastidiarse
    - hojuela
    - pascua
    - champú
    - hecho
    - lo
    - ver
    English:
    anyhow
    - average
    - fat
    - then
    - tough
    - well
    - certainly
    - for
    - OK
    * * *
    ♦ conj
    1. [entonces, en ese caso] then;
    ¿no quieres ir? pues te quedas en casa you don't want to go? well, stay at home then;
    ¿no querías trabajo? pues ya lo tienes you said you wanted some work, didn't you? well, now you've got it;
    ¿no quieres escucharme? ¡pues te arrepentirás! you won't listen to me, eh? well, you'll regret it!;
    ¿qué quieres hacer, pues? what do you want to do, then?
    2. [enfático]
    ¡pues ya está! well, that's it!;
    ¡pues claro! but of course!;
    pues no certainly not;
    ¡pues vaya amigo que tienes! some friend he is!;
    ¡pues haberlo dicho antes! well, you could have said so earlier!;
    ¿no te gustan? ¡pues a mí me encantan! you don't like them? I LOVE them!
    3. [como comodín]
    pues, como iba diciendo anyway, as I was saying;
    pues nada, cuando tengas noticias de ellos me avisas right, well let me know when you hear from them;
    ¿pues qué te pasa? – pues nada so what's the matter then? – nothing;
    pues ¿qué quieres que te diga?, a mí no me gustó what do you want me to say? I didn't like it
    4. [dado que] since, as;
    no pude verlo, pues olvidé las gafas I couldn't really see it, because I'd forgotten my glasses
    ♦ adv
    [por lo tanto] therefore, so;
    creo, pues, que… so, I think that…;
    repito, pues, que hace bien anyway, as I said before, I think he's doing the right thing
    * * *
    conj
    1 well;
    pues bien well;
    ¡pues sí! of course!
    2 fml ( porque) as, since
    * * *
    pues conj
    1) : since, because, for
    no puedo ir, pues no tengo plata: I can't go, since I don't have any money
    lo hace, pues a él le gusta: he does it because he likes to
    2) (used interjectionally) : well, then
    ¡pues claro que sí!: well, of course!
    ¡pues no voy!: well then, I'm not going!
    * * *
    pues conj well
    pues... no lo sé well... I don't know
    pues, no vengas well, don't come then!
    pues claro well, of course!

    Spanish-English dictionary > pues

  • 23 puesto que

    conj.
    since, for, because, forasmuchas.
    * * *
    since, as
    * * *
    * * *
    = as, because, for, since, seeing that/as
    Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex. Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.
    Ex. The various kinds of non-book media can be grouped into categories; this has little to do with their containing material whether video tape, ink on paper or holes in cards, for this can be shared by more than one medium.
    Ex. Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.
    Ex. Seeing that it was no real emergency, we waited until late afternoon next day.
    * * *
    = as, because, for, since, seeing that/as

    Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.

    Ex: Because this style of catalogue attempts to group documents which are related to each other by having the same author this type of catalogue is sometimes referred to as a bibliographic catalogue.
    Ex: The various kinds of non-book media can be grouped into categories; this has little to do with their containing material whether video tape, ink on paper or holes in cards, for this can be shared by more than one medium.
    Ex: Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.
    Ex: Seeing that it was no real emergency, we waited until late afternoon next day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > puesto que

  • 24 suministrar información

    (v.) = dispense + information, purvey + information
    Ex. This article examines, through a discussion of Provincial legislation and relevant case law, how the Canadian judiciary has defined unauthorised practice and whether reference librarians who dispense legal information contravene the law.
    Ex. The ISBD punctuation only tags, not very clearly and not very consistently, the anatomy of an entry and purveys no other information.
    * * *
    (v.) = dispense + information, purvey + information

    Ex: This article examines, through a discussion of Provincial legislation and relevant case law, how the Canadian judiciary has defined unauthorised practice and whether reference librarians who dispense legal information contravene the law.

    Ex: The ISBD punctuation only tags, not very clearly and not very consistently, the anatomy of an entry and purveys no other information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > suministrar información

  • 25 una serie de

    = a choice of, a number of, a range of, a series of, a suite of, an array of, a string of, a pattern of, a stream of, a battery of, a succession of
    Ex. Several commands, such as CLEAR (ESC C), SHOW (F4), and PRINT (F6), give you a choice of settings at the bottom of the screen.
    Ex. These four types of information retrieval tools have a number of common features.
    Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex. Edge notch cards have a series of holes around the perimeter.
    Ex. Read-only access to title, supplier, and patron and fund accounting information is provided by a suite of general enquiry functions.
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex. The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.
    Ex. A binary coded instruction would therefore appear as a pattern of 1s and 0s, eg: 0001 0000.
    Ex. Children in modern society are faced with a ceaseless stream of new ideas, and responsibility for their upbringing has generally moved from parents to childminders and teachers.
    Ex. There is a whole battery of minor skills and special techniques for using particular sources of information: they have to be mastered one at a time and committed to memory.
    Ex. In a system devised at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the cutting tool was guided through a succession of points by feeding their co-ordinates from a punched paper tape.
    * * *
    = a choice of, a number of, a range of, a series of, a suite of, an array of, a string of, a pattern of, a stream of, a battery of, a succession of

    Ex: Several commands, such as CLEAR (ESC C), SHOW (F4), and PRINT (F6), give you a choice of settings at the bottom of the screen.

    Ex: These four types of information retrieval tools have a number of common features.
    Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex: Edge notch cards have a series of holes around the perimeter.
    Ex: Read-only access to title, supplier, and patron and fund accounting information is provided by a suite of general enquiry functions.
    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex: The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.
    Ex: A binary coded instruction would therefore appear as a pattern of 1s and 0s, eg: 0001 0000.
    Ex: Children in modern society are faced with a ceaseless stream of new ideas, and responsibility for their upbringing has generally moved from parents to childminders and teachers.
    Ex: There is a whole battery of minor skills and special techniques for using particular sources of information: they have to be mastered one at a time and committed to memory.
    Ex: In a system devised at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the cutting tool was guided through a succession of points by feeding their co-ordinates from a punched paper tape.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una serie de

  • 26 una variedad de

    = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of
    Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex. This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex. Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.
    Ex. Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.
    Ex. The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.
    Ex. People use this type of language as part of a palette of ways of expressing things.
    * * *
    = a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of

    Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.

    Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.
    Ex: This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex: Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.
    Ex: Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.
    Ex: The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.
    Ex: People use this type of language as part of a palette of ways of expressing things.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una variedad de

  • 27 ya que

    conj.
    since, for as, because, forasmuchas.
    * * *
    since, seeing that
    ■ ya que estás aquí, quédate a cenar seeing that you're here, why don't you stay for supper?
    * * *
    * * *
    = as, for, since, in that, seeing that/as
    Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.
    Ex. The various kinds of non-book media can be grouped into categories; this has little to do with their containing material whether video tape, ink on paper or holes in cards, for this can be shared by more than one medium.
    Ex. Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.
    Ex. This will satisfy the second objective of an author catalogue, in that it becomes easy to review the extent of a library's collection of works by a specific author.
    Ex. Seeing that it was no real emergency, we waited until late afternoon next day.
    * * *
    = as, for, since, in that, seeing that/as

    Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.

    Ex: The various kinds of non-book media can be grouped into categories; this has little to do with their containing material whether video tape, ink on paper or holes in cards, for this can be shared by more than one medium.
    Ex: Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.
    Ex: This will satisfy the second objective of an author catalogue, in that it becomes easy to review the extent of a library's collection of works by a specific author.
    Ex: Seeing that it was no real emergency, we waited until late afternoon next day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ya que

  • 28 nítido

    adj.
    neat, clean, very clean, nice.
    * * *
    1 (transparente) clear, transparent
    2 (claro) accurate, precise
    3 (imagen) sharp
    * * *
    (f. - nítida)
    adj.
    clear, sharp
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [imagen, fotografía] sharp, clear; [aire, agua] clear
    2) [explicación, orden] clear; [conducta] irreproachable
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <foto/imagen> clear; < recuerdo> vivid; <cielo/agua> clear
    * * *
    = clean [cleaner -comp., cleanest -sup.], clear-cut, crisp [crisper -comp., crispest -sup.], neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], clean-cut, crystal-clear, licked, crystalline, uncloudy, unclouded, cut and dried [cut and dry].
    Ex. Perhaps it is obvious that guiding must also be accurate, clean and tidy.
    Ex. The hierarchical relationship is relatively clear-cut, and rather precise guideliness can be formulated to ensure that the BT/NT relationship is consistently applied.
    Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex. Librarians have a preference for nice, clean-cut, definable, easily-retrievable questions.
    Ex. A crystal-clear mental picture of what the group should become is needed.
    Ex. Modern art is often characterized by its overt acknowledgement of materials and process, whereas the licked surface of academic art is perceived as a sympton of pre-modern concerns.
    Ex. Copper sulfate occurs as a blue crystalline powder prepared from copper oxide.
    Ex. In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.
    Ex. As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
    Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    ----
    * de un modo nítido = cleanly.
    * poco nítido = untidy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <foto/imagen> clear; < recuerdo> vivid; <cielo/agua> clear
    * * *
    = clean [cleaner -comp., cleanest -sup.], clear-cut, crisp [crisper -comp., crispest -sup.], neat [neater -comp., neatest -sup.], clean-cut, crystal-clear, licked, crystalline, uncloudy, unclouded, cut and dried [cut and dry].

    Ex: Perhaps it is obvious that guiding must also be accurate, clean and tidy.

    Ex: The hierarchical relationship is relatively clear-cut, and rather precise guideliness can be formulated to ensure that the BT/NT relationship is consistently applied.
    Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.
    Ex: Librarians have a preference for nice, clean-cut, definable, easily-retrievable questions.
    Ex: A crystal-clear mental picture of what the group should become is needed.
    Ex: Modern art is often characterized by its overt acknowledgement of materials and process, whereas the licked surface of academic art is perceived as a sympton of pre-modern concerns.
    Ex: Copper sulfate occurs as a blue crystalline powder prepared from copper oxide.
    Ex: In that case, the peak of solar energy could be at an uncloudy moment in the morning or afternoon, even though the sun wasn't highest in the sky at that moment.
    Ex: As they grow up in those heady post-war years, in the blue unclouded weather of the late 1940s, these are the sisters you'll never forget.
    Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    * de un modo nítido = cleanly.
    * poco nítido = untidy.

    * * *
    nítido -da
    ‹foto/imagen› clear, sharp, well-defined; ‹recuerdo› clear, vivid; ‹día/mañana› clear
    dio una respuesta nítida y concisa she replied clearly and concisely
    ojos de un azul nítido clear blue eyes
    * * *

    nítido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹foto/imagen› clear

    nítido,-a adj (claro, límpido) clear
    (bien definido) sharp

    ' nítido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nítida
    English:
    clear
    - neat
    - sharp
    - clean
    - crystal
    - distinct
    * * *
    nítido, -a adj
    [claro] clear; [imagen, color] sharp
    * * *
    adj
    1 clear
    2 imagen sharp
    * * *
    nítido, -da adj
    claro: clear, vivid, sharp

    Spanish-English dictionary > nítido

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