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code steps

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1 кодовые импульсы для управления

Railway term: code steps

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > кодовые импульсы для управления
2 volver

v.

1 to turn round (dar la vuelta a).

al volver la esquina when we turned the corner

Ella volvió la tortilla She turned the tortilla.

Volvió inservible el carro.. It rendered the car useless.

2 to turn (cabeza, ojos).

3 to go back, to return (ir de vuelta).

yo allí no vuelvo I'm not going back there

vuelve, no te vayas come back, don't go

al volver pasé por el supermercado I stopped off at the supermarket on the o my way back

aún no ha vuelto del trabajo she isn't back o hasn't got back from work yet

volver en sí to come to, to regain consciousness

Ellos volvieron ayer They returned yesterday.

4 to come back to.

Me volvieron los recuerdos Memories came back to me.

5 to vomit.

Ella volvió los tacos She vomited the tacos.

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volver

Conjugation model [ MOVER], like link=mover mover (pp vuelto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar vuelta a) to turn, turn over; (hacia abajo) to turn upside down; (de dentro afuera) to turn inside out; (lo de atrás hacia delante) to turn back to front

■ volver la tortilla to turn the omelette

2 (convertir) to turn, make, change

■ el dinero ha vuelto tonto a Paco money has made Paco foolish

■ volvió el agua en vino he changed water into wine

3 (devolver) to give back; (a su lugar) to put back

4 (torcer) to turn

■ al volver la esquina on turning the corner

► verbo intransitivo

1 (regresar) to return; (ir) to go back; (venir) to come back

■ volvió de la guerra he returned form the war

■ volvieron a casa después de cenar they went back home after dinner

■ vuelve cuando quieras come back whenever you want

2 (a un tema etc) to return, revert

3 volver a (hacer otra vez) to do again

■ volver a leer to read again

► verbo pronominal volverse

1 (regresar - ir) to go back; (- venir) to come back

2 (darse la vuelta) to turn

3 (convertirse) to turn, become

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FRASEOLOGÍA

volver a alguien a la vida to revive somebody, bring somebody back to life

volver a las andadas to fall back into one's old habits

volver del revés to turn inside out

volver en sí to regain consciousness, come round

volver los ojos hacia to turn one's eyes towards

volver sobre sus pasos to retrace one's steps

volverle la espalda a alguien figurado to turn one's back on somebody

volverse atrás figurado to go back on one's word, back out

volverse en contra de alguien to turn against somebody

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verb

1) to return

2) go back, come back

3) revert

4) cause, drive, make

5) turn over

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- volver a
- volverse
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( pp vuelto)
1. VT

1) (=dar la vuelta a) [+ cabeza] to turn; [+ colchón, tortilla, enfermo] to turn over; [+ jersey, calcetín] to turn inside out; [+ página] to turn, turn over

• volver la espalda — to turn away

me volvió la espalda — he turned his back on me

• volver la esquina — to go round o turn the corner

- tener a algn vuelto como un calcetín o una media

2) (=cambiar la orientación de) to turn

volvió el arma contra sí mismo — he turned the gun on himself

• volver la vista atrás — to look back

• volver los ojos al pasado — to look back

volvieron los ojos a épocas más recientes — they looked to more recent times

vuelve sus ojos ahora hacia uno de sus grandes compositores — she now turns to one of her favourite composers

• volver el pensamiento a Dios — to turn one's thoughts to God

• volver la proa al viento — to turn the bow into the wind

3) *
(=devolver) [+ compra] to return; [+ comida] to bring up; [+ imagen] to reflect; [+ objeto lanzado] to send back, return; [+ visita] to return
volver algo a su lugar — to return sth to its place, put sth back (in its place)

volver la casa a su estado original — to return o restore the house to its original condition

volver bien por mal — to return good for evil

4) (=enrollar) [+ manga] to roll up

5) [+ adj] to make

el accidente lo volvió inservible — the accident left it useless

el ácido lo vuelve azul — the acid turns it blue, the acid makes it go blue

vuelve fieras a los hombres — it turns men into wild beasts

volver loco a algn — to drive sb mad

6) (Ling) to translate (a into)

2. VI

1) (=regresar) (a donde se está) to come back, return; (a donde se estaba) to go back, return (a to) ([de] from)

déjalas aquí y luego vuelves a por ellas — leave them here and come back for them later

volver victorioso — to come back victorious, return in triumph

no he vuelto por allí — I've never gone back there

volvió muy cansado — he got back very tired

volviendo a lo que decía... — going back o returning to what I was saying...

• volver atrás — to go back, turn back

• volver a una costumbre — to revert to a habit

2)

• volver a hacer algo — to do sth again

volver a empezar — to start (over) again

me he vuelto a equivocar — I've made a mistake again, I've made another mistake

he vuelto a salir con ella — I've started going out with her again

volvió a casarse — she remarried, she (got) married again

volví a poner en marcha el motor — I restarted the engine

volver a hacerlo — to redo it

volver a pintar algo — to repaint sth

3)

• volver en sí — to come to, come round

volver sobre sí — to change one's mind

4) [camino] to turn (a to)

3.

See:

volverse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( regresar - al lugar donde se está) to come back; (- a otro lugar) to go back

no sé a qué hora volveré — I don't know what time I'll be back

¿cómo vas a volver? — how are you getting back?

volvió muy cambiada — she came back o returned a different person

¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? — when do you think you'll be o come back this way?

ha vuelto con su familia — she's gone back to her family

volver a algo — < a un lugar> to go back to something; <a una situación/actividad> to return to something

no había vuelto a su pueblo — he hadn't been back to his home town

volver a clases — to go back to school

volviendo a lo que decía... — to get o go back to what I was saying...

ya volvemos a lo de siempre — so we're back to the same problem

volver de algo: ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de Roma she's back from Rome; volvió cansado del trabajo he was tired when he got home from work; volver atrás — ( literal) to go o turn back; ( al pasado) to turn back the clock

2)

a) ( repetirse) momento to return

b) calma/paz to return

volver a algo — to return to something

3)

volver en sí — to come to o round

4) ( reconciliarse)

volver con alguien — to make up with somebody
2.
volver v aux

volver a + inf: volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over; no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; no lo volví a ver I never saw him again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller — I had to take it back to the workshop
3.
volver vt

1) ( dar la vuelta)

a) <colchón/tortilla> to turn (over); < tierra> to turn o dig over; <calcetín/chaqueta> ( poner del revés) to turn... inside out; ( poner del derecho) to turn... the right way round; < cuello> to turn

volver la página — to turn the page

b) <cabeza/mirada>

volvió la cabeza — she turned her head

volvió la mirada hacia mí — he turned his gaze toward(s) me

c) < esquina> to turn

2) (convertir en, poner)

la ha vuelto muy egoísta — it has made her very selfish

me está volviendo loca — it's/he's/she's driving me mad

lo vuelve de otro color — it turns it a different color

3) (Méx)

volver el estómago — to be sick
4.
volverse v pron

1) ( girar) to turn (around)

se volvió hacia él — she turned to face him

no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo — don't look back, we're being followed

se volvió de espaldas — he turned his back on me (o her etc)

volverse boca arriba/abajo — to turn over onto one's back/stomach

volverse atrás — to back out

volverse contra alguien — to turn against somebody

2) (convertirse en, ponerse)

se ha vuelto muy antipático — he's become very unpleasant

se está volviendo muy quisquillosa — she's getting very fussy

se vuelve agrio — it turns o goes sour

se volvió loca — she went mad

* * *

= come back, render, return, switch back, turn back, turn over + page, turn over, get back, be back.

Ex. He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.

Ex. So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.

Ex. Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.

Ex. A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.

Ex. It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.

Ex. Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.

Ex. Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.

Ex. I have been off on vacation and just got back.

Ex. Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.

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* acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* no volver = go + forever.

* no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.

* no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.

* que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.

* volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.

* volver a = depart to, get back to, go back to, move back to, revert (to), go + full circle back to, circle back to, backtrack [back-track], recur to, roll back to, revert back to, head back to, slide back to, default to.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* volver a adoptar = resume.

* volver a albergar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alfombrar = recarpet [re-carpet].

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver a almacenar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alojar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alquilar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].

* volver a aparecer = resurface.

* volver a aprender = relearn.

* volver a asegurar = reinsure.

* volver a asentar = resettle.

* volver a atar = re-tie.

* volver a bautizar = re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA].

* volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).

* volver a calcular = recalculation.

* volver a cargar = reload.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver a casarse = remarry.

* volver a clasificar = refolder.

* volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].

* volver a comprimir = recompress.

* volver a comprobar = check back.

* volver a conectar = reconnect [re-connect].

* volver a congelarse = re-freeze [refreeze].

* volver a considerar = reconsider.

* volver a consultar = revisit, check back.

* volver a contar = recount, retell.

* volver a contextualizar = recontextualise [recontextualize, USA].

* volver a contratar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a convertir = reconvert.

* volver a convocar = reconvene.

* volver a copiar = recopy.

* volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* volver a descubrir = rediscover.

* volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken].

* volver a determinar = respecify.

* volver a diseñar = redesign [re-design], repurpose [re-purpose].

* volver a dotar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a ejecutar = rerun [re-run].

* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

* volver a encuadernar = rebind [re-bind].

* volver a enmoquetar = recarpeting.

* volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].

* volver a entrar = come back in.

* volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].

* volver a equipar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a escribir = retype [re-type], rewrite [re-write].

* volver a especificar = respecify.

* volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.

* volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.

* volver a financiar = re-fund.

* volver a formarse = reform.

* volver a formatear = reformat [re-format].

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

* volver a guardar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* volver a hacer = redo [re-do], remake.

* volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.

* volver a hidratar = rehydrate.

* volver a imprimir = reprint.

* volver a incluir = reinstate.

* volver a indizar = re-index [reindex].

* volver a inscribir = reregister.

* volver a insertar = reinsert.

* volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].

* volver a intentar = retry [re-try].

* volver a interpretar = reinterpret [re-interpret].

* volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.

* volver a juzgar = retry [re-try].

* volver a la etapa de planificación = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board.

* volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.

* volver a la seguridad de = burrow back into.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a leer = reread [re-read].

* volver a levantar el sistema = restart.

* volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.

* volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out.

* volver Algo en Otra Cosa = turn + Nombre + into.

* volver al pasado = turn + the clock back.

* volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver al redil = return to + the fold.

* volver a manejar = rehandle.

* volver a mezclar = remix.

* volver a montar = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a mostrar = redisplay.

* volver a nacer = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escape.

* volver a nombrar = rename.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* volver a oxidar = reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA].

* volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].

* volver a pintar = repaint [re-paint].

* volver a planificar = reschedule.

* volver a plantearse = reconceive of.

* volver a ponerse al día = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, be on track, bite back.

* volver a preguntar = check back.

* volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].

* volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.

* volver a procesar = reprocess.

* volver a programar = reschedule.

* volver a promover un producto = rehyping.

* volver a publicar = reissue [re-issue].

* volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.

* volver a representar = remap.

* volver a reunir = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a salir = come back out.

* volver a salir a la superficie = resurface.

* volver a ser condenado = reconviction.

* volver a ser lo que era = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a subvencionar = re-fund.

* volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.

* volver a tomar = regain, retake.

* volver a traducir = remap.

* volver a traer = restore.

* volver atrás = turn + the clock back, go + backwards.

* volver a tratar = revisit.

* volver a unir = reunite [re-unite].

* volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.

* volver a usar = reuse [re-use].

* volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].

* volver a vivir = relive.

* volver corriendo = scurry back.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* volver el reloj atrás = turn + the clock back.

* volver en + Expresión Temporal = be back in + Expresión Temporal.

* volver en sí = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* volver hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track].

* volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* volver la espalda = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

* volver la espalda a = turn + Posesivo + back on.

* volver la página = turn over + page.

* volver las tornas = turn + the tables (on).

* volver la vista atrás = look back.

* volverlo a hacer = go and do it again.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volver loco, exasperar, sacar de quicio, cabrear, encabronar, dar por culo, = piss + Nombre + off.

* volver pronto = haste back.

* volverse = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)round.

* volverse + Adjetivo = grow + Adjetivo.

* volverse a reunir = reconvene.

* volverse a unir a = rejoin.

* volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse ciego = become + blind.

* volverse + Color = turn to + Color.

* volverse cruel = become + vicious.

* volverse en contra de = turn against.

* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].

* volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.

* volverse ilegible = become + unreadable.

* volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse marrón = turn + brown.

* volverse obscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

* volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar = become + obsolete.

* volverse oscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse violento = turn + violent.

* volver sobre = retrace.

* volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1) ( regresar - al lugar donde se está) to come back; (- a otro lugar) to go back

no sé a qué hora volveré — I don't know what time I'll be back

¿cómo vas a volver? — how are you getting back?

volvió muy cambiada — she came back o returned a different person

¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? — when do you think you'll be o come back this way?

ha vuelto con su familia — she's gone back to her family

volver a algo — < a un lugar> to go back to something; <a una situación/actividad> to return to something

no había vuelto a su pueblo — he hadn't been back to his home town

volver a clases — to go back to school

volviendo a lo que decía... — to get o go back to what I was saying...

ya volvemos a lo de siempre — so we're back to the same problem

volver de algo: ¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?; ha vuelto de Roma she's back from Rome; volvió cansado del trabajo he was tired when he got home from work; volver atrás — ( literal) to go o turn back; ( al pasado) to turn back the clock

2)

a) ( repetirse) momento to return

b) calma/paz to return

volver a algo — to return to something

3)

volver en sí — to come to o round

4) ( reconciliarse)

volver con alguien — to make up with somebody
2.
volver v aux

volver a + inf: volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over; no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again; no lo volví a ver I never saw him again; lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller — I had to take it back to the workshop
3.
volver vt

1) ( dar la vuelta)

a) <colchón/tortilla> to turn (over); < tierra> to turn o dig over; <calcetín/chaqueta> ( poner del revés) to turn... inside out; ( poner del derecho) to turn... the right way round; < cuello> to turn

volver la página — to turn the page

b) <cabeza/mirada>

volvió la cabeza — she turned her head

volvió la mirada hacia mí — he turned his gaze toward(s) me

c) < esquina> to turn

2) (convertir en, poner)

la ha vuelto muy egoísta — it has made her very selfish

me está volviendo loca — it's/he's/she's driving me mad

lo vuelve de otro color — it turns it a different color

3) (Méx)

volver el estómago — to be sick
4.
volverse v pron

1) ( girar) to turn (around)

se volvió hacia él — she turned to face him

no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo — don't look back, we're being followed

se volvió de espaldas — he turned his back on me (o her etc)

volverse boca arriba/abajo — to turn over onto one's back/stomach

volverse atrás — to back out

volverse contra alguien — to turn against somebody

2) (convertirse en, ponerse)

se ha vuelto muy antipático — he's become very unpleasant

se está volviendo muy quisquillosa — she's getting very fussy

se vuelve agrio — it turns o goes sour

se volvió loca — she went mad

* * *

= come back, render, return, switch back, turn back, turn over + page, turn over, get back, be back.

Ex: He wondered whether to chase after Duff and order him to come back or wait and see him later, after she had regained her composure.

Ex: So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.

Ex: Returning to government agencies, some agencies are treated as subordinate to a government, whilst others are entered independently.

Ex: A code at the bottom of the local document summary and full information screens allow switching back to the system catalog.

Ex: It might be wise for you to turn back and re-read what was said in section 2.

Ex: Turn over the page and you will find suggested analyses against which you can check your solution.

Ex: Then he picked up about 2 cm. of type from the right-hand end of the uppermost line (i.e. the last word or two of the last line) with the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, read it, and dropped the pieces of type one by one into their proper boxes, turning over the old house.

Ex: I have been off on vacation and just got back.

Ex: Which means I'd give the whole shooting match just to be back where I was before I quit sleeping under the stars and come into the hen-coops.

* acción de volver a contar algo = retelling.

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* hacer que la gente se vuelva a mirar = make + heads turn.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* la historia + volverse a repetir = history + come full circle.

* las cosas + volver + a su punto de partida = the wheel + turn + full circle.

* no volver = go + forever.

* no volver hasta + Expresión Temporal = not be back for + Expresión Temporal.

* no volver la vista atrás = never + look back.

* que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable.

* volvemos siempre al principio = things swing full circle.

* volver a = depart to, get back to, go back to, move back to, revert (to), go + full circle back to, circle back to, backtrack [back-track], recur to, roll back to, revert back to, head back to, slide back to, default to.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* volver a adoptar = resume.

* volver a albergar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alfombrar = recarpet [re-carpet].

* volver a Alguien loco = drive + Alguien + up a wall, drive + Alguien + to despair, drive + Alguien + mad, drive + Alguien + insane, drive + Alguien + crazy, drive + Alguien + nuts, drive + Alguien + potty.

* volver a almacenar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alojar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a alquilar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a analizar = reexamine [re-examine], reanalyse [reanalyze, -USA].

* volver a aparecer = resurface.

* volver a aprender = relearn.

* volver a asegurar = reinsure.

* volver a asentar = resettle.

* volver a atar = re-tie.

* volver a bautizar = re-baptise [re-baptize, -USA].

* volver a caer (en) = relapse (into).

* volver a calcular = recalculation.

* volver a cargar = reload.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver a casarse = remarry.

* volver a clasificar = refolder.

* volver a combinar = recombine [re-combine].

* volver a comprimir = recompress.

* volver a comprobar = check back.

* volver a conectar = reconnect [re-connect].

* volver a congelarse = re-freeze [refreeze].

* volver a considerar = reconsider.

* volver a consultar = revisit, check back.

* volver a contar = recount, retell.

* volver a contextualizar = recontextualise [recontextualize, USA].

* volver a contratar = rehire [re-hire].

* volver a convertir = reconvert.

* volver a convocar = reconvene.

* volver a copiar = recopy.

* volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

* volver a dar forma = reshape [re-shape].

* volver a descubrir = rediscover.

* volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken].

* volver a determinar = respecify.

* volver a diseñar = redesign [re-design], repurpose [re-purpose].

* volver a dotar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a ejecutar = rerun [re-run].

* volver a empezar = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board, a fresh start, start over, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.

* volver a encuadernar = rebind [re-bind].

* volver a enmoquetar = recarpeting.

* volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].

* volver a entrar = come back in.

* volver a enviar = resubmit [re-submit], reship, resend [re-send].

* volver a equipar = re-equip [reequip].

* volver a escribir = retype [re-type], rewrite [re-write].

* volver a especificar = respecify.

* volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.

* volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.

* volver a financiar = re-fund.

* volver a formarse = reform.

* volver a formatear = reformat [re-format].

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

* volver a guardar = rehouse [re-house].

* volver a hablar innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* volver a hacer = redo [re-do], remake.

* volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.

* volver a hidratar = rehydrate.

* volver a imprimir = reprint.

* volver a incluir = reinstate.

* volver a indizar = re-index [reindex].

* volver a inscribir = reregister.

* volver a insertar = reinsert.

* volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].

* volver a intentar = retry [re-try].

* volver a interpretar = reinterpret [re-interpret].

* volver a introducir = re-enter [reenter], reintroduce, reinsert.

* volver a juzgar = retry [re-try].

* volver a la etapa de planificación = return to + the drawing boards, back to the drawing board.

* volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.

* volver a la seguridad de = burrow back into.

* volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

* volver a leer = reread [re-read].

* volver a levantar el sistema = restart.

* volver Algo a su estado anterior = put + Nombre + back on track.

* volver Algo del revés = turn + Nombre + inside-out.

* volver Algo en Otra Cosa = turn + Nombre + into.

* volver al pasado = turn + the clock back.

* volver al principio = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle.

* volver al punto de partida = come + full circle, bring + Pronombre + full-circle, go back to + square one, be back to square one.

* volver al redil = return to + the fold.

* volver a manejar = rehandle.

* volver a mezclar = remix.

* volver a montar = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a mostrar = redisplay.

* volver a nacer = have + a lucky escape, have + a narrow escape.

* volver a nombrar = rename.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* volver a oxidar = reoxidise [reoxidize, -USA].

* volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].

* volver a pintar = repaint [re-paint].

* volver a planificar = reschedule.

* volver a plantearse = reconceive of.

* volver a ponerse al día = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a por sus fueros = be back on track, be on track, bite back.

* volver a preguntar = check back.

* volver a presentar = resubmit [re-submit].

* volver a prestar atención = refocus + attention.

* volver a procesar = reprocess.

* volver a programar = reschedule.

* volver a promover un producto = rehyping.

* volver a publicar = reissue [re-issue].

* volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.

* volver a representar = remap.

* volver a reunir = reassemble [re-assemble].

* volver a salir = come back out.

* volver a salir a la superficie = resurface.

* volver a ser condenado = reconviction.

* volver a ser lo que era = be back on track, be on track.

* volver a subvencionar = re-fund.

* volver a su camino = get back on + track, get back on + Posesivo + path.

* volver a tomar = regain, retake.

* volver a traducir = remap.

* volver a traer = restore.

* volver atrás = turn + the clock back, go + backwards.

* volver a tratar = revisit.

* volver a unir = reunite [re-unite].

* volver a untar grasa al cojinete = repack + bearing.

* volver a usar = reuse [re-use].

* volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].

* volver a vivir = relive.

* volver corriendo = scurry back.

* volver de nuevo = come back out.

* volver el reloj atrás = turn + the clock back.

* volver en + Expresión Temporal = be back in + Expresión Temporal.

* volver en sí = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* volver hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track].

* volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* volver la espalda = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

* volver la espalda a = turn + Posesivo + back on.

* volver la página = turn over + page.

* volver las tornas = turn + the tables (on).

* volver la vista atrás = look back.

* volverlo a hacer = go and do it again.

* volver loco = drive + Alguien + (a)round the bend, piss + Nombre + off.

* volver loco a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops, push + Alguien + over the edge.

* volver loco, exasperar, sacar de quicio, cabrear, encabronar, dar por culo, = piss + Nombre + off.

* volver pronto = haste back.

* volverse = become, turn into, swing around, turn (a)round.

* volverse + Adjetivo = grow + Adjetivo.

* volverse a reunir = reconvene.

* volverse a unir a = rejoin.

* volverse chalado = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse ciego = become + blind.

* volverse + Color = turn to + Color.

* volverse cruel = become + vicious.

* volverse en contra de = turn against.

* volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].

* volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.

* volverse ilegible = become + unreadable.

* volverse líquido = turn to + liquid.

* volverse loco = go + bananas, take + leave of + Posesivo + senses, go + mad, run + amok, lose + Posesivo + marbles, go + bonkers, go + berserk, go + postal, go + wild, go + crazy, go + nuts, go + potty, get + a buzz from, go out of + Posesivo + mind, throw + a wobbly, go off + the rails, throw + a wobbler, go + haywire, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse loco de alegría = thrill + Nombre + to bits, be chuffed to bits, be tickled pink.

* volverse loco por = sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go + gaga (over).

* volverse majareta = go + potty, go out of + Posesivo + mind, go off + the rails, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

* volverse marrón = turn + brown.

* volverse obscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

* volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar = become + obsolete.

* volverse oscuro = turn + dark.

* volverse violento = turn + violent.

* volver sobre = retrace.

* volver sobre los pasos de Uno = double-back, retrace + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, go back on + Posesivo + steps.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

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volver [ E11 ]

vi

A (regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back; (— a otro lugar) to go back

no sé a qué hora volveré I don't know what time I'll be back

¿no piensas volver allí algún día? don't you intend going back there some day?

dos de los cazas no volvieron two of the fighters failed to return

vete y no vuelvas más get out and don't ever come back

volvió muy cambiada she came back o returned a different person

¿cuándo piensas volver por aquí? when do you think you'll be o get o come back this way?

ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family

no sé cómo consiguió volver I don't know how he managed to get back

volver A algo:

nunca volvió a Alemania she never went back to o returned to Germany

no había vuelto a su pueblo desde que era pequeño he hadn't been back to his home town since he was a child

logró volver al campamento she managed to get back to the camp

¿cuándo vuelves al colegio? when do you go back to school?

volver DE algo:

¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?

¿sabes si ha vuelto de Roma? do you know if she's back from Rome?

volvieron del lugar del accidente they returned o came back from the scene of the accident

siempre vuelve cansado del trabajo he's always tired when he gets o comes home from work

volver atrás (en un viaje) to go o turn back; (al pasado) to turn back the clock

veo que no han entendido, volvamos atrás I can see you haven't understood, let's go back over it again

vuelve y juega … ( Col fam); here we go again … ( colloq)

B

1 (a una situación, una actividad) volver A algo to return TO sth

el país ha vuelto a la normalidad the country is back to o has returned to normal

está pensando en volver al mundo del espectáculo she's thinking of returning to o making a comeback in show business

2 (a un tema) volver A algo:

volviendo a lo que hablábamos… to go back to what we were talking about…

ya volvemos a lo de siempre so we're back to the same old problem

siempre vuelve al mismo tema he always comes back to the same subject

C

1 (repetirse) «momento» to return

aquellos días felices que no volverán those happy days that will never return

2 «calma/paz» to return volver A algo:

la paz ha vuelto a la zona peace has returned to the area, the area is peaceful again

la normalidad ha vuelto a la fábrica the situation at the factory is back to normal

D

volver en sí to come to o round

trataban de hacerlo volver en sí they were trying to bring him round

E ( Méx) (vomitar) to be sick

■

v aux

volver A + INF:

no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again

no hemos vuelto a verlo we haven't seen him since

no volvió a probar el alcohol she never drank alcohol again

me volvió a llenar el vaso she refilled my glass

lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop

■ volver

vt

A (dar la vuelta)

1 ‹colchón/tortilla/filete› to turn, turn over; ‹tierra› to turn o dig over

2 ‹calcetín/chaqueta› to turn … inside out; ‹cuello› to turn

vuelve la manga, que la tienes del revés pull the sleeve out, you've got it inside out

3

volver la página or hoja to turn the page, turn over

4 ‹cabeza/ojos›

volvió la cabeza para ver quién la seguía she turned her head o she looked around to see who was following her

volvió los ojos/la mirada hacia mí he turned his eyes/his gaze toward(s) me

volver la mirada hacia el pasado to look back to the past

5 ‹esquina› to turn

está ahí, nada más volver la esquina it's up there, just around the corner

B (convertir en, poner) to make

la ha vuelto muy egoísta it has made her very selfish

la televisión los está volviendo tontos television is turning them into morons

lo vuelve de otro color it turns it a different color

C

( Méx): volver el estómago to be sick

■ volverse

v pron

A (darse la vuelta, girar) to turn, turn around

se volvió para ver quién la llamaba she turned (around) to see who was calling her

se volvió hacia él she turned to face him

no te vuelvas, que nos siguen don't look back, we're being followed

se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me/her/them

volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach

volverse atrás to back out

volverse contra algn to turn against sb

B

(convertirse en, ponerse): últimamente se ha vuelto muy antipática she's become very unpleasant recently

el partido se ha vuelto más radical the party has grown o become more radical

su mirada se volvió triste his expression saddened o grew sad

se está volviendo muy quisquillosa she's getting very fussy

se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour

se volvió loca she went mad

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volver ( conjugate volver) verbo intransitivo
1 ( regresar — al lugar donde se está) to come back;
(— a otro lugar) to go back;
◊ no sé a qué hora volveré I don't know what time I'll be back;

¿cómo vas a volver? how are you getting back?;
ha vuelto con su familia she's gone back to her family;
volver a algo ‹ a un lugar› to go back to sth;

‹a una situación/actividad› to return to sth;
◊ mañana volvemos a clases tomorrow we go back to school;

quiere volver al mundo del espectáculo he wants to return to show business;
volviendo a lo que decía … to get o go back to what I was saying …;
¿cuándo volviste de las vacaciones? when did you get back from your vacation?;
ha vuelto de París she's back from Paris
2 [calma/paz] to return;
volver a algo to return to sth
3
◊ volver en sí to come to o round

volver v aux:
◊ volver a empezar to start again o (AmE) over;

no volverá a ocurrir it won't happen again;
lo tuve que volver a llevar al taller I had to take it back to the workshop
verbo transitivo
1 ( dar la vuelta)
a) ‹colchón/tortilla› to turn (over);

‹ tierra› to turn o dig over;
‹calcetín/chaqueta› ( poner — del revés) to turn … inside out;
(— del derecho) to turn … the right way round;
‹ cuello› to turn;
◊ volver la página to turn the page

b) ‹ cabeza› to turn;

◊ volvió la mirada hacia mí he turned his gaze toward(s) me

c) ‹ esquina› to turn

2 (convertir en, poner):
◊ la ha vuelto muy egoísta it has made her very selfish;

me está volviendo loca it's/he's/she's driving me mad
3 (Méx)
◊ volver el estómago to be sick

volverse verbo pronominal
1 ( girar) to turn (around);
◊ se volvió hacia él she turned to face him;

no te vuelvas, que nos están siguiendo don't look back, we're being followed;
se volvió de espaldas he turned his back on me (o her etc);
volverse boca arriba/abajo to turn over onto one's back/stomach
2 (convertirse en, ponerse):
◊ se ha vuelto muy antipático he's become very unpleasant;

se vuelve agrio it turns o goes sour;
se volvió loca she went mad
volver
I verbo intransitivo
1 (retornar, regresar: hacia el hablante) to return, come back: volveremos mañana, we'll come back tomorrow
(: a otro sitio) to return, go back: volvió a su casa, she went back to her home
2 (: una acción, situación, etc) volveremos sobre ese asunto esta tarde, we'll come back to that subject this afternoon
(expresando repetición) lo volvió a hacer, he did it again
volver a empezar, to start again o US over
II verbo transitivo
1 (dar la vuelta: a una tortilla, etc) to turn over
(a un calcetín, etc) to turn inside out
(a la esquina, la página) to turn
(la mirada, etc) to turn 2 volverle la espalda a alguien, to turn one's back on sb
♦ Locuciones: familiar figurado (superar un gran peligro) volver a nacer: sobrevivió al naufragio, ha vuelto a nacer, he survived the shipwreck miraculously
volver en sí, to come round
volver la vista atrás, (mirar al pasado) to look back
volver a alguien loco: me está volviendo loco, she's driving me mad o crazy
' volver' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ambages
- andadas
- carga
- clara
- claro
- emocionante
- enajenar
- entenderse
- escopetazo
- espalda
- estragos
- garantizar
- grupa
- hervir
- idea
- imperiosa
- imperioso
- indisponer
- loca
- loco
- mentalizarse
- mico
- normalizar
- placer
- recalentar
- rellenar
- repasar
- repetir
- resentirse
- retroceder
- soler
- soñar
- tornar
- trastornar
- venir
- vista
- arreglar
- cuidar
- empezar
- endurecer
- gana
- hacer
- poder
- rehacer
- tal
- vuelto
- vuelva
English:
again
- ask back
- before
- call back
- circle
- clock
- come back
- come round
- come to
- despair
- double back
- drive
- get back
- go back
- go back to
- insane
- lapse
- live through
- look round
- mad
- make
- mind
- move back
- nuts
- paint over
- put back
- rake up
- re-enter
- re-erect
- reapply
- reappoint
- reassemble
- reassess
- reconvene
- reimpose
- rekindle
- remarry
- render
- reoccupy
- reopen
- repeat
- replace
- replay
- replenish
- reread
- rerun
- reschedule
- resit
- restock
- resume

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volver

♦ vt

1. [dar la vuelta a] to turn round;
[lo de arriba abajo] to turn over; [lo de dentro fuera] to turn inside out;
vuelve la tele hacia aquí, que la veamos turn the TV round this way so we can see it;

ayúdame a volver el colchón help me turn the mattress over;

volver la hoja o [m5] página to turn the page;

al volver la esquina when we turned the corner

2. [cabeza, ojos, mirada] to turn;

vuelve la espalda turn your back to me

3. [convertir en]
eso lo volvió un delincuente that made him a criminal, that turned him into a criminal;

la lejía volvió blanca la camisa the bleach turned the shirt white

4. Méx
volver el estómago to throw up

♦ vi

1. [persona] [ir de vuelta] to go back, to return;
[venir de vuelta] to come back, to return;
yo allí/aquí no vuelvo I'm not going back there/coming back here;

vuelve, no te vayas come back, don't go;

¿cuándo has vuelto? when did you get back?;

al volver pasé por el supermercado I stopped off at the supermarket on the o my way back;

no vuelvas tarde don't be late (back);

ya he vuelto a casa I'm back home;

volver atrás to go back;

cuando vuelva del trabajo when I get back from work;

aún no ha vuelto del trabajo she isn't back o hasn't got back from work yet;

ha vuelto muy morena de la playa she's come back from the seaside with a nice tan

2. [mal tiempo, alegría, tranquilidad] to return;

cuando vuelva el verano when it's summer again;

todo volvió a la normalidad everything went back o returned to normal;

vuelve la minifalda miniskirts are back

3. [reanudar]
volver a la tarea to return to one's work;

volver al trabajo/al colegio to go back to work/school;

volviendo al tema que nos ocupa… to go back to the matter we are discussing…;

vuelve a leerlo read it again;

tras el verano volvió a dar clases en la universidad once the summer was over she started teaching at the university again;

vuelve a ponerlo en su sitio put it back;

vuelve a dormirte go back to sleep;

volver con alguien [reanudar relación] to go back to sb;

Comp

volver a nacer to be reborn

4.
volver en sí to come to, to regain consciousness

♦ See also the pronominal verb volverse

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volver

<part vuelto>

I v/t

1 página, mirada etc turn (a to;

hacia toward); tortilla, filete turn (over); vestido turn inside outXXX; boca abajo turn upside down

2

:

volver loco drive crazy;

el humo volvío negra la pared the smoke turned the wall black, the smoke made the wall go black

II v/i

1 return, go/come back;

volver a casa go/come back home;

¿cuándo vuelven? when do they get back?;

volver sobre algo return to sth, go back to sth;

volver a la normalidad return to normality

2

:

volver en sí come to, come around

3

:

volver a hacer algo do sth again;

volver a fumar start smoking again

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volver {89} vi

1) : to return, to come or go back

volver a casa: to return home

2) : to revert

volver al tema: to get back to the subject

3)

volver a : to do again

volvieron a llamar: they called again

4)

volver en sí : to come to, to regain consciousness

volver vt

1) : to turn, to turn over, to turn inside out

2) : to return, to repay, to restore

3) : to cause, to make

la volvía loca: it was driving her crazy

♦ See also the reflexive verb volverse

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volver vb

1. (regresar) to come back [pt. came; pp. come] / to go back

vuelve a casa come back home

volveré dentro de una hora I'll be back in an hour

le gustaría volver a Londres he'd like to go back to London

2. (repetir)... again

¿puedes volver a decirlo? can you say that again?

ha vuelto a salir he's gone out again

volveré a llamar I'll ring back

3. (dar la vuelta a) to turn over / to turn

volví la hoja I turned the piece of paper over

volvió el vestido del revés she turned the dress inside out

volver en sí to come round

volver la cabeza to look round

volvió la cabeza hacia la puerta she looked towards the door

Spanish-English dictionary > volver
3 seguir

v.

1 to follow.

tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind

seguir algo de cerca to follow o monitor something closely (desarrollo, resultados)

Ellos siguen la caravana They follow the convoy.

Eso es lo que sigue That is what follows.

2 to follow.

me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed

3 to continue, to resume.

Me sigue el dolor My pain persists.

4 to continue, to go on.

¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!

aquí se baja él, yo sigo he's getting out here, I'm going on (al taxista)

sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory

debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it

sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong

sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital

¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?

5 to keep on, to go along, to carry on, to continue.

María se sigue haciendo daño Mary keeps on hurting herself.

6 to continue to be, to continue being, to keep, to keep being.

Las chicas siguen testarudas The girls continue to be stubborn.

7 to obey, to keep.

Las chicas siguen las reglas The girls obey the rules.

8 to imitate, to follow.

Los fanáticos siguen al cantante The fans imitate the singer.

9 to come afterwards, to come next, to come after, to come along.

Algo bueno sigue Something good comes afterwards.

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SEGUIR

CONJUGACIÓN

(e changes to i in certain persons of certain tenses; gu changes to g before a and o)

Present Indicative

sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, seguís, siguen.

Past Indicative

seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, seguisteis, siguieron.

Present Subjunctive

siga, sigas, siga, sigamos, sigáis, sigan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

siguiera, siguieras, siguiera, siguiéramos, siguierais, siguieran;

siguiese, siguieses, siguiese, siguiésemos, siguieseis, siguiesen.

Future Subjunctive

siguiere, siguieres, siguiere, siguiéremos, siguiereis, siguieren.

Imperative

sigue (tú), siga (él/Vd.), sigamos (nos.), seguid (vos.), sigan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to follow

2) keep on

3) pursue

4) remain

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1. VT

1) (=perseguir) [+ persona, pista] to follow; [+ indicio] to follow up; [+ presa] to chase, pursue

tú ve primero que yo te sigo — you go first and I'll follow you

ella llegó primero, seguida del embajador — she arrived first, followed by the ambassador

nos están siguiendo — we're being followed

seguía todos sus pasos — I followed his every step

la seguía con la mirada — his eyes followed her

me sigue como un perrito faldero — he's always tramping at my heels

2) (=estar atento a) [+ programa de TV] to watch, follow; [+ programa de radio] to listen to, follow; [+ proceso, progreso] to monitor, follow up; [+ satélite] to track

seguir los acontecimientos de cerca — to monitor events closely

estaba ocupada y no he seguido la conversación — I was busy and didn't follow the conversation

esta exposición permite seguir paso a paso la evolución del artista — this exhibition allows the artist's development to be traced step by step

3) (=hacer caso de) [+ consejo] to follow, take; [+ instrucciones, doctrina, líder] to follow

siguió el ejemplo de su padre — he followed his father's example

seguir los pasos de algn — to follow in sb's footsteps

sigue la tradición de la familia — he follows in the family tradition

4) [+ rumbo, dirección] to follow

seguimos el curso del río — we followed the course of the river

siga la flecha — follow the arrow

siga esta calle y al final gire a la derecha — carry on up o follow this street and turn right at the end

• seguir su camino — to continue on one's way

sigue su camino de cineasta independiente — he continues in his path of independent film-maker

el mercado sigue su camino alcista — the market is continuing on its upward trend

• seguir su curso, el proyecto sigue su curso — the project is still on course, the project continues on (its) course

la enfermedad sigue su curso — the illness is taking o running its course

que la justicia siga su curso — let justice take its course

5) (=entender) [+ razonamiento] to follow

es un razonamiento muy difícil de seguir — it's an argument which is rather hard to follow

¿me sigues? — are you with me?

6) (Educ) [+ curso] to take, do

7) † [+ mujer] to court †

2. VI

1) (=continuar) to go on, carry on

¿quieres que sigamos? — shall we go on?

¡siga! — (=hable) go on!, carry on; LAm (=pase) come in

¡síguele! — Méx go on!

"sigue" — [en carta] P.T.O.; [en libro] continued

la carretera sigue hasta el pueblo — the road goes on as far as the town

siga por la carretera hasta el cruce — follow the road up to the crossroads

seguir por este camino — to carry on along this path

2)

• seguir adelante — [persona] to go on, carry on; [acontecimiento] to go ahead

los Juegos Olímpicos siguieron (adelante) a pesar del atentado — the Olympics went ahead despite the attack
adelante 1)
3) [en estado, situación] to be still

sigue enfermo — he's still ill

sigue en Caracas — she's still in Caracas

el ascensor sigue estropeado — the lift's still not working

sigue soltero — he's still single

¿cómo sigue? — how is he?

que siga usted bien — keep well, look after yourself

seguir con una idea — to go on with an idea

seguía en su error — he continued in his error

• seguimos sin teléfono — we still haven't got a phone

sigo sin noticias — I still haven't heard anything

sigo sin comprender — I still don't understand

esas preguntas siguen sin respuesta — those questions remain unanswered

4)

• seguir haciendo algo — to go on doing sth, carry on doing sth

siguió mirándola — he went on o carried on looking at her

siguió hablando con nosotros — he went on speaking to us

el ordenador seguía funcionando — the computer carried on working, the computer was still working

sigo pensando lo mismo — I still think the same

sigue lloviendo — it's still raining

5) (=venir a continuación) to follow, follow on

como sigue — as follows

lo que sigue es un resumen — what follows is a summary

entre otros ejemplos destacan los que siguen — amongst other examples, the following stand out

mencionaré varios casos en lo que sigue — I'll now move on to mention several cases

• seguir a algo, las horas que siguieron a la tragedia — the hours following o that followed the tragedy

a la conferencia siguió un debate — the lecture was followed by a discussion

3.

See:

seguirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

la hizo seguir por un detective — he had her followed by a detective

camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

creo que nos están siguiendo — I think we're being followed

seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses — with the Japanese catching up on them all the time

la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes — she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went

el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

2) <camino/ruta>

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

la saludé y seguí mi camino — I said hello to her and went on (my way)

si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira — if you take this route you go through Capileira

seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río — we tracked the animal to the river

la enfermedad sigue su curso normal — the illness is running its normal course

3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

el hermano que me sigue — the brother (who comes) after me

4)

a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow

seguir el dictamen de la conciencia — to be guided by one's conscience

b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow

sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico — her sculptures are in the classical style

sigue a Kant — she's a follower of Kant's philosophy

sigue los pasos de su predecesor — he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors

5)

a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow

va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial — you will have to undergo special treatment

b) (Educ) < curso> to take

estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

6)

a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

¿me siguen? — are you with me?

b) ( permanecer atento a)

no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo — we are following its development very closely
2.
seguir vi

1)

a) ( por un camino) to go on

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo — go on down this street as far as the traffic lights

desde allí hay que seguir en mula — from there you have to go on by mule

seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

b)

seguir adelante — to carry on

sigamos adelante — let's carry on

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes — they decided to go ahead with their plans

c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

siga por favor — come in, please

2) (en lugar, estado)

¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

espero que sigan todos bien — I hope you're all keeping well

sigo sin entender — I still don't understand

sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

3)

a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist

b)

seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

4)

a) (venir después, estar contiguo)

lee lo que sigue — read what comes next

el capítulo que sigue — the next chapter

sigue una hora de jazz — there follows an hour of jazz

un período de calma ha seguido a estos enfrentamientos — these clashes have been followed by a period of calm

b) historia/poema to continue

¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

sigue en la página 8 — continued on page 8

la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue — the final list is as follows
3.
seguirse v pron (en 3^a pers)

seguirse de algo — to follow from something

de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

* * *

= accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.

Ex. So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

Ex. Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.

Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex. These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.

Ex. Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.

Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.

Ex. An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.

Ex. Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.

Ex. It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.

Ex. All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.

Ex. Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.

Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

Ex. It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.

Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.

Ex. There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.

Ex. If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.

Ex. A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.

Ex. Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.

Ex. In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.

Ex. The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.

Ex. The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.

Ex. He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.

Ex. But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.

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* camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* debate + seguir = debate + rage.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.

* hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.

* indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.

* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.

* pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.

* que sigue = ensuing.

* que sigue una norma = compliant (with).

* que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.

* resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.

* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.

* seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.

* seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.

* seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.

* seguir al día = remain on top of.

* seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.

* seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.

* seguir como antes = go on + as before.

* seguir como modelo = pattern.

* seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.

* seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.

* seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* seguir con el mando = stay in + control.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguir considerando = consider + further.

* seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.

* seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

* seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.

* seguir el debate = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.

* seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.

* seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.

* seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.

* seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.

* seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).

* seguir en existencia = remain + in being.

* seguir en la brecha = soldier on.

* seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.

* seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.

* seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* seguir este camino = go along + this road.

* seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.

* seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.

* seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.

* seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.

* seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.

* seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.

* seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.

* seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.

* seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.

* seguir la marcha de = monitor.

* seguir la moda = catch + the fever.

* seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.

* seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.

* seguir la pista de = keep + track of.

* seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.

* seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguir levantado = stay up.

* seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.

* seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.

* seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.

* seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.

* seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.

* seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguirse = ensue.

* seguir siendo = remain.

* seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.

* seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.

* seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.

* seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.

* seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir tratando = discuss + further.

* seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.

* seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.

* seguir una estrategia = take + tack.

* seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.

* seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.

* seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.

* seguir una táctica = take + tack.

* seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.

* seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.

* seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* seguir un consejo = take + advice.

* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.

* seguir un método = take + approach.

* seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.

* seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.

* seguir un patrón = conform to + image.

* seguir un principio = adopt + convention.

* seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.

* seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.

* seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

* seguir viviendo = live on.

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* siguiendo = along.

* siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.

* si sigue así = at this rate.

* si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

la hizo seguir por un detective — he had her followed by a detective

camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

creo que nos están siguiendo — I think we're being followed

seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses — with the Japanese catching up on them all the time

la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes — she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went

el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

2) <camino/ruta>

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

la saludé y seguí mi camino — I said hello to her and went on (my way)

si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira — if you take this route you go through Capileira

seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río — we tracked the animal to the river

la enfermedad sigue su curso normal — the illness is running its normal course

3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

el hermano que me sigue — the brother (who comes) after me

4)

a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow

seguir el dictamen de la conciencia — to be guided by one's conscience

b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow

sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico — her sculptures are in the classical style

sigue a Kant — she's a follower of Kant's philosophy

sigue los pasos de su predecesor — he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors

5)

a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow

va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial — you will have to undergo special treatment

b) (Educ) < curso> to take

estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

6)

a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

¿me siguen? — are you with me?

b) ( permanecer atento a)

no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo — we are following its development very closely
2.
seguir vi

1)

a) ( por un camino) to go on

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo — go on down this street as far as the traffic lights

desde allí hay que seguir en mula — from there you have to go on by mule

seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

b)

seguir adelante — to carry on

sigamos adelante — let's carry on

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes — they decided to go ahead with their plans

c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

siga por favor — come in, please

2) (en lugar, estado)

¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

espero que sigan todos bien — I hope you're all keeping well

sigo sin entender — I still don't understand

sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

3)

a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist

b)

seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

4)

a) (venir después, estar contiguo)

lee lo que sigue — read what comes next

el capítulo que sigue — the next chapter

sigue una hora de jazz — there follows an hour of jazz

un período de calma ha seguido a estos enfrentamientos — these clashes have been followed by a period of calm

b) historia/poema to continue

¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

sigue en la página 8 — continued on page 8

la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue — the final list is as follows
3.
seguirse v pron (en 3^a pers)

seguirse de algo — to follow from something

de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

* * *

= accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.

Ex: So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex: These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.

Ex: Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.

Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.

Ex: An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.

Ex: Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.

Ex: It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.

Ex: All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.

Ex: Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.

Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

Ex: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.

Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.

Ex: There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.

Ex: If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.

Ex: A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.

Ex: Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.

Ex: In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.

Ex: The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.

Ex: The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.

Ex: He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.

Ex: But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.

* camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* debate + seguir = debate + rage.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.

* hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.

* indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.

* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.

* pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.

* que sigue = ensuing.

* que sigue una norma = compliant (with).

* que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.

* resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.

* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.

* seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.

* seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.

* seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.

* seguir al día = remain on top of.

* seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.

* seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.

* seguir como antes = go on + as before.

* seguir como modelo = pattern.

* seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.

* seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.

* seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* seguir con el mando = stay in + control.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguir considerando = consider + further.

* seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.

* seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

* seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.

* seguir el debate = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.

* seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.

* seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.

* seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.

* seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.

* seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).

* seguir en existencia = remain + in being.

* seguir en la brecha = soldier on.

* seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.

* seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.

* seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* seguir este camino = go along + this road.

* seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.

* seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.

* seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.

* seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.

* seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.

* seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.

* seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.

* seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.

* seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.

* seguir la marcha de = monitor.

* seguir la moda = catch + the fever.

* seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.

* seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.

* seguir la pista de = keep + track of.

* seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.

* seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguir levantado = stay up.

* seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.

* seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.

* seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.

* seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.

* seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.

* seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguirse = ensue.

* seguir siendo = remain.

* seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.

* seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.

* seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.

* seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.

* seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir tratando = discuss + further.

* seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.

* seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.

* seguir una estrategia = take + tack.

* seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.

* seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.

* seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.

* seguir una táctica = take + tack.

* seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.

* seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.

* seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* seguir un consejo = take + advice.

* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.

* seguir un método = take + approach.

* seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.

* seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.

* seguir un patrón = conform to + image.

* seguir un principio = adopt + convention.

* seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.

* seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.

* seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

* seguir viviendo = live on.

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* siguiendo = along.

* siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.

* si sigue así = at this rate.

* si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

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seguir [ I30 ]

vt

A ‹persona/vehículo› to follow; ‹presa› to follow

sígame, por favor follow me, please

la hizo seguir por un detective he had her followed by a detective

camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

siga (a) ese coche follow that car!

creo que nos están siguiendo I think we're being followed

la siguió con la mirada he followed her with his eyes

le venían siguiendo los movimientos desde hacía meses they had been watching his movements for months

seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses with the Japanese catching up o gaining on them all the time

la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went

el que la sigue la consigue or la mata ( fam); if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

B ‹camino/ruta›

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o take o follow this road as far as the bridge

continuamos el viaje siguiendo la costa we continued our journey following the coast

me paré a saludarla y seguí mi camino I stopped to say hello to her and went on my way

si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira if you take this route you go through Capileira

seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río we tracked the animal to the river

la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is taking o running its normal course

el tour sigue la ruta de Bolívar the tour follows the route taken by Bolivar

siguiéndole los pasos al hermano mayor, decidió estudiar medicina following in his elder brother's footsteps, he decided to study medicine

C (en el tiempo) to follow seguir A algo/algn to follow sth/sb

los disturbios que siguieron a la manifestación the disturbances that followed the demonstration

el hermano que me sigue está en Asunción the brother who comes after me is in Asunción

D

1 ‹instrucciones/consejo› to follow

tienes que seguir el dictamen de tu conciencia you must be guided by your conscience

2 (basarse en) ‹autor/teoría/método› to follow

en su clasificación sigue a Sheldon he follows Sheldon in his classification

sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico her sculptures are in the classical style

sigue a Kant she's a follower of Kant's philosophy

sigue las líneas establecidas por nuestro fundador it follows the lines laid down by our founder

E

1 ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow

va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial/una dieta hipocalórica you will have to undergo special treatment/follow a low-calorie diet

se seguirá contra usted el procedimiento de suspensión del permiso de conducción steps will be taken leading to the withdrawal of your driver's license

2 ( Educ) ‹curso› to take

estoy siguiendo un cursillo de fotografía I'm doing o taking a short photography course

¿qué carrera piensas seguir? what are you thinking of studying o reading?

F

1 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow

dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

me cuesta seguir una conversación en francés I find it hard to follow a conversation in French

¿me siguen? are you with me?

2

(permanecer atento a): no sigo ese programa I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

sigue atentamente el curso de los acontecimientos he's following the course of events very closely

sigue paso a paso la vida de su ídolo she keeps track of every detail of her idol's life

seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo we are keeping careful track of its development, we are following its development very closely

■ seguir

vi

A

1 (por un camino) to go on

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle keep o go straight on to the end of the street

sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo go on down this street as far as the traffic lights

el tren sigue hasta Salto the train goes on to Salto

desde allí hay que seguir a pie/en mula from there you have to go on on foot/by mule

2

seguir adelante: ¿entienden? bien, entonces sigamos adelante do you understand? good, then let's carry on

llueve ¿regresamos? — no, sigamos adelante it's raining, shall we go back? — no, let's go on o carry on

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans

3

( Col) (entrar): siga por favor come in, please

B

(en un lugar, un estado): ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?

espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well

¿sigues con la idea de mudarte? do you still intend to move?, are you still thinking of moving?

sigo sin entender I still don't understand

sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre she's still single/as pretty as ever

si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

C

1

«tareas/investigaciones/rumores»: siguen las investigaciones en torno al crimen investigations are continuing into the crime

sigue el buen tiempo en todo el país the good weather is continuing throughout the country, the whole country is still enjoying good weather

si siguen estos rumores if these rumors persist

2 seguir + GER:

sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone

sigue leyendo tú, Elsa you read now, Elsa

si sigues molestando te voy a echar if you carry on being a nuisance, I'm going to send you out

seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way ( frml)

D

1

(venir después, estar contiguo): lee lo que sigue read what follows, read what comes next

el capítulo que sigue the next chapter

me bajo en la parada que sigue I get off at the next stop

sigue una hora de música clásica there follows an hour of classical music

2 «historia/poema» to continue

¿cómo sigue la canción? how does the song go on?

[ S ] sigue en la página 8 continued on page 8

la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue the final list is as follows

■ seguirse

v pron

( en tercera persona) seguirse DE algo to follow FROM sth

de esto se sigue que su muerte no fue accidental it follows from this that her death was not accidental

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seguir ( conjugate seguir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/vehículo/presa› to follow;
◊ camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

2 ‹camino/ruta› to follow, go along;
◊ siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o follow this road as far as the bridge;

la saludé y seguí mi camino I said hello to her and went on (my way);
la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is running its normal course
3
a) ‹instrucciones/consejo/flecha› to follow

b) ‹autor/método/tradición/moda› to follow;

◊ seguir los pasos de algn to follow in sb's footsteps

4
a) ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow;

‹ tratamiento› to undergo
b) (Educ) ‹ curso› to do, take

5 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow;
◊ dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( por un camino) to go on;

siga derecho or todo recto keep o go straight on;
◊ sigue por esta calle go on down this street;

seguir de largo (AmL) to go straight past
b)

◊ seguir adelante to carry on;

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans
c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar):

◊ siga por favor come in, please

2 (en lugar, estado):
◊ ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?;

espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well;
sigue soltera she's still single;
si las cosas siguen así … if things carry on like this …
3 [tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia] to continue;
[ rumores] to persist;
◊ sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone;

seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way
4
a) ( venir después):

◊ lee lo que sigue read what comes next;

el capítulo que sigue the next chapter
b) [historia/poema] to continue, go on

seguir
I verbo transitivo
1 to follow: ésta es la hermana que me sigue, she's the sister who comes after me
me sigue a todas partes, he follows me wherever I go
me seguía con la mirada, his eyes followed me
2 (comprender) to understand, follow: no soy capaz de seguir el argumento, I can't follow the plot
3 (una ruta, un camino, consejo) to follow
4 (el ritmo, la moda) to keep: no sigues el ritmo, you aren't keeping time
5 (el rastro, las huellas) to track
6 (una actividad) sigue un curso de informática, she's doing a computer course
II verbo intransitivo
1 (continuar) to keep (on), go on: seguiremos mañana, we'll continue tomorrow
siguen casados, they are still married
sigue tirando de la cuerda, keep (on) pulling at the rope ➣ Ver nota en continue y keep 2 (extenderse, llegar hasta) to stretch (out): los sembrados siguen hasta la ribera, the fields stretch down to the river-bank
' seguir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atorarse
- continuar
- escala
- golpe
- impulsar
- juego
- profesar
- rastrear
- ritmo
- sino
- suceder
- trece
- adelante
- bordear
- camino
- cauce
- cerca
- línea
- llevar
- moda
- paso
- perro
- racha
- separar
- siga
- sigo
- trazar
- ver
English:
act on
- advice
- along
- carry on
- closely
- continue
- despite
- ensue
- fight on
- follow
- follow up
- forge
- get on
- go ahead
- go on
- go through with
- hope
- hotly
- keep
- keep on
- lead
- march on
- monitor
- move on
- obey
- pick up
- play on
- play upon
- practice
- practise
- press ahead
- proceed
- pursue
- push ahead
- push on
- rattle on
- reasoning
- run on
- send on
- shadow
- soldier on
- stalk
- stand
- stay out
- struggle on
- succeed
- tail
- take
- track
- trail

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seguir

♦ vt

1. [ir detrás de, tomar la ruta de] to follow;

tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind;

síganme, por favor follow me, please;

la generación que nos sigue o [m5] que sigue a la nuestra the next generation, the generation after us;

sigue este sendero hasta llegar a un bosque follow this path until you come to a forest;

seguir el rastro de alguien/algo to follow sb's/sth's tracks;

siga la flecha [en letrero] follow the arrow

2. [perseguir] to follow;

me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed;

seguir a alguien de cerca to tail sb;

parece que le siguen los problemas trouble seems to follow him around wherever he goes;

Prov

el que la sigue la consigue where there's a will there's a way

3. [estar atento a, imitar, obedecer] to follow;

seguían con la vista la trayectoria de la bola they followed the ball with their eyes;

no seguimos ese programa we don't follow that programme;

seguir algo de cerca [su desarrollo, sus resultados] to follow o monitor sth closely;

siempre sigue los dictámenes de la moda she always follows the latest fashion;

los que siguen a Keynes followers of Keynes;

el cuadro sigue una línea clásica the painting is classical in style;

seguir las órdenes/instrucciones de alguien to follow sb's orders/instructions;

sigue mi consejo y habla con ella take my advice and talk to her;

siguiendo sus indicaciones, hemos cancelado el pedido we have cancelled the order as instructed

4. [reanudar, continuar] to continue, to resume;

yo seguí mi trabajo/camino I continued with my work/on my way;

él siguió su discurso he continued o resumed his speech

5. [comprender] [explicación, profesor, conferenciante] to follow;

me costaba seguirle I found her hard to follow;

¿me sigues? do you follow?, are you with me?

6. [mantener, someterse a] to follow;

hay que seguir un cierto orden you have to follow o do things in a certain order;

seguiremos el procedimiento habitual we will follow the usual procedure;

es difícil seguirle (el ritmo), va muy deprisa it's hard to keep up with him, he goes very quickly;

los aspirantes elegidos seguirán un proceso de formación the chosen candidates will receive o undergo training

7. [cursar]
sigue un curso de italiano he's doing an Italian course;

sigue la carrera de medicina she's studying medicine

♦ vi

1. [proseguir, no detenerse] to continue, to go on;

¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!;

aquí se baja él, yo sigo [al taxista] he's getting out here, I'm going on;

siga con su trabajo carry on with your work;

el sendero sigue hasta la cima the path continues o carries on to the top;

"sigue la crisis en la bolsa de Tokio" Tokyo stock market crisis continues;

debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it;

¿vas a seguir intentándolo? are you going to keep trying?;

se seguían viendo de vez en cuando they still saw each other from time to time, they continued to see each other from time to time;

seguir adelante (con algo) [con planes, proyectos] to go ahead (with sth)

2. [mantenerse, permanecer]
sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital;

¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?;

todo sigue igual everything's still the same, nothing has changed;

sigue el buen tiempo en el sur del país the good weather in the south of the country is continuing;

sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory;

¿la sigues queriendo? do you still love her?;

sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong;

sigue habiendo dudas sobre… doubts remain about…;

¡buen trabajo, sigue así! good work, keep it up!;

si seguimos jugando así, ganaremos la liga if we carry on o keep playing like that, we'll win the league;
Fam
a seguir bien [como despedida] take care, look after yourself;

de seguir así las cosas, si las cosas siguen así if things go on like this, the way things are going

3. [tomar un camino]
el resto siguió por otro camino the rest went another way;

seguiremos hacia el este we'll go east then;

siga todo recto go straight on;

siga hasta el siguiente semáforo carry on till you get to the next set of traffic lights

4. [sucederse, ir después] to follow;

lo que sigue es una cita del Corán the following is a quotation from the Koran;

seguir a algo to follow sth;

la lluvia siguió a los truenos the thunder was followed by rain;

¿cómo sigue el chiste? how does the joke go on o continue?;

el proceso de selección se realizará como sigue:… the selection process will be carried out as follows:…;

sigue en la página 20 [en periódico, libro] continued on page 20

5. Col [para dar permiso] please do;

con permiso, ¿puedo entrar? – siga excuse me, can I come in? – please do

♦ See also the pronominal verb seguirse

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seguir

I v/t

1 consejo, camino, moda etc follow;

seguir a alguien follow s.o.

2 ( permanecer)

:

seguir fiel a alguien remain faithful to s.o.

II v/i continue, carry on;

seguir con algo continue with sth, carry on with sth;

seguir haciendo algo go on doing sth, continue to do sth;

sigue cometiendo los mismos errores he keeps on making the same mistakes;

sigue enfadado conmigo he’s still angry with me;

¡a seguir bien! take care!, take it easy!

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seguir {75} vt

1) : to follow

el sol sigue la lluvia: sunshine follows the rain

seguiré tu consejo: I'll follow your advice

me siguieron con la mirada: they followed me with their eyes

2) : to go along, to keep on

seguimos toda la carretera panamericana: we continued along the PanAmerican Highway

siguió hablando: he kept on talking

seguir el curso: to stay on course

3) : to take (a course, a treatment)

seguir vi

1) : to go on, to keep going

sigue adelante: keep going, carry on

2) : to remain, to continue to be

¿todavía sigues aquí?: you're still here?

sigue con vida: she's still alive

3) : to follow, to come after

la frase que sigue: the following sentence

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seguir vb

1. (en general) to follow

ese perro me sigue a todas partes that dog follows me everywhere

el jueves sigue al miércoles Thursday follows Wednesday

2. (cursar estudios) to do

sigue un curso de informática he's doing a computing course

3. (recorrer) to go on

siga todo recto hasta la plaza go straight on until you get to the square

¡sigue! No te pares go on! Don't stop!

4. (continuar) to be still

sigue enfermo he's still ill

sigo viviendo en el mismo sitio I'm still living in the same place

Spanish-English dictionary > seguir
4 de una vez

de una vez

(de un acto) in one go 2 (definitivamente) once and for all

■ terminó el cuadro de una vez she finished the painting in one go

■ ¡acabémoslo de una vez! let's get it over with!

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= at one blow, at one time, in one action, in one step, in a single step, at one whack, in a single phase, in one shot, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop

Ex. This approach eliminates, at one blow, both the problems which exercise the designer of a pre-co-ordinate index, that is citation order and reference structure.

Ex. Maximum number of documents which can be charged out at one time.

Ex. To remove the borrower from all routing lists in one action, enter the code for delete.

Ex. The program automatically swaps CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and executes a warm boot in one step.

Ex. BEGIN X combines the BEGIN and EXECUTE STEPS commands in a single step.

Ex. I am involved with systematic reviews which routinely result in 4,000+ citations at one whack.

Ex. The new library was built in a single phase, with stock and facilities housed in temporary accommodation during demolition and construction.

Ex. Then in one second ten programs could work consecutively, and it will look like the computer is doing all ten in one shot.

Ex. He fired them all, in one fell swoop when he took office as do most all Presidents.

Ex. Life on board ship is not easy for anyone, least of all for a small child, who is deprived of nursery and toys at one fell swoop.

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= at one blow, at one time, in one action, in one step, in a single step, at one whack, in a single phase, in one shot, in one fell swoop, at one fell swoop

Ex: This approach eliminates, at one blow, both the problems which exercise the designer of a pre-co-ordinate index, that is citation order and reference structure.

Ex: Maximum number of documents which can be charged out at one time.

Ex: To remove the borrower from all routing lists in one action, enter the code for delete.

Ex: The program automatically swaps CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and executes a warm boot in one step.

Ex: BEGIN X combines the BEGIN and EXECUTE STEPS commands in a single step.

Ex: I am involved with systematic reviews which routinely result in 4,000+ citations at one whack.

Ex: The new library was built in a single phase, with stock and facilities housed in temporary accommodation during demolition and construction.

Ex: Then in one second ten programs could work consecutively, and it will look like the computer is doing all ten in one shot.

Ex: He fired them all, in one fell swoop when he took office as do most all Presidents.

Ex: Life on board ship is not easy for anyone, least of all for a small child, who is deprived of nursery and toys at one fell swoop.

Spanish-English dictionary > de una vez
5 descifrar

v.

1 to decipher (clave, mensaje).

¿has descifrado las instrucciones? have you managed to make sense of the instructions?

Helga descifró el código sin problema Helga deciphered the code easily.

2 to work out (motivos, intenciones).

3 to reverse-engineer, to crack.

Los analistas descifran el código fuente Analysts crack the source code.

4 to figure out, to understand.

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descifrar

► verbo transitivo

1 to decipher, decode

2 figurado (llegar a comprender) to solve, figure out

* * *

verb

to decipher, decode

* * *

VT

1) (=descodificar) [+ escritura] to decipher, make out; [+ mensaje] to decode

está muy lejos y no puedo descifrar lo que pone — it's too far away for me to decipher o make out what it says

2) (=resolver) [+ problema] to puzzle out; [+ misterio] to unravel

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) < mensaje> to decode, decipher; <escritura/jeroglífico/código> to decipher

no logro descifrar qué dice aquí — I can't make out what it says here

b) <misterio/enigma> to work out, figure out

* * *

= decipher, decode, decrypt, unscramble.

Ex. Such redundant entries are difficult to decipher and expensive to produce and maintain.

Ex. The microprocessor operates in three steps: (a) fetch the instruction from memory; (b) decode the instruction; (c) execute the instruction.

Ex. This paper describes methods for obtaining and using PGP to encrypt and decrypt electronic mail messages.

Ex. If a directory, similar to the telephone directory, is published listing personal keys it becomes possible for a scrambled message to be sent to anyone, which only the intended recipient can unscramble.

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* difícil de descifrar = cryptic.

* programa para descifrar contraseñas = password cracking programme.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) < mensaje> to decode, decipher; <escritura/jeroglífico/código> to decipher

no logro descifrar qué dice aquí — I can't make out what it says here

b) <misterio/enigma> to work out, figure out

* * *

= decipher, decode, decrypt, unscramble.

Ex: Such redundant entries are difficult to decipher and expensive to produce and maintain.

Ex: The microprocessor operates in three steps: (a) fetch the instruction from memory; (b) decode the instruction; (c) execute the instruction.

Ex: This paper describes methods for obtaining and using PGP to encrypt and decrypt electronic mail messages.

Ex: If a directory, similar to the telephone directory, is published listing personal keys it becomes possible for a scrambled message to be sent to anyone, which only the intended recipient can unscramble.

* difícil de descifrar = cryptic.

* programa para descifrar contraseñas = password cracking programme.

* * *

descifrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹mensaje› to decode, decipher; ‹código› to decipher, break, crack; ‹escritura/jeroglífico› to decipher

nadie pudo descifrar qué había querido decir no one could work out what he had meant

no logro descifrar qué dice aquí I can't make out o decipher what it says here

2 ‹misterio/enigma› to work out, figure out

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descifrar ( conjugate descifrar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ mensaje› to decode, decipher;

‹escritura/jeroglífico/código› to decipher
b) ‹misterio/enigma› to work out, figure out

descifrar verbo transitivo to decipher
(un mensaje) decode
(un misterio) to solve
(los motivos, las causas) to figure out
' descifrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interpretar
English:
break
- decipher
- decode
- fathom
- make out
- read
- crack
- make

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descifrar vt

1. [clave, código] to decipher, to crack;
[mensaje, jeroglífico] to decipher;
¿has descifrado las instrucciones? have you managed to make sense of the instructions?;

cuesta descifrar su letra it's difficult to make out o decipher her handwriting

2. [motivos, intenciones] to work out;
[misterio] to solve; [problemas] to puzzle out;
no consigo descifrar lo que quiere decir I can't make out what he's trying to say

3. Informát to decrypt

* * *

descifrar

v/t decipher; fig

work out

* * *

descifrar vt

: to decipher, to decode

Spanish-English dictionary > descifrar
6 descodificar

v.

to decode.

* * *

descodificar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to decode

* * *

VT [+ mensaje] to decode

* * *

= decode, decrypt, unscramble.

Ex. The microprocessor operates in three steps: (a) fetch the instruction from memory; (b) decode the instruction; (c) execute the instruction.

Ex. This paper describes methods for obtaining and using PGP to encrypt and decrypt electronic mail messages.

Ex. If a directory, similar to the telephone directory, is published listing personal keys it becomes possible for a scrambled message to be sent to anyone, which only the intended recipient can unscramble.

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* descodificar una programa de encriptación = crack + encryption software.

* descodificar un código = crack + code.

* * *

= decode, decrypt, unscramble.

Ex: The microprocessor operates in three steps: (a) fetch the instruction from memory; (b) decode the instruction; (c) execute the instruction.

Ex: This paper describes methods for obtaining and using PGP to encrypt and decrypt electronic mail messages.

Ex: If a directory, similar to the telephone directory, is published listing personal keys it becomes possible for a scrambled message to be sent to anyone, which only the intended recipient can unscramble.

* descodificar una programa de encriptación = crack + encryption software.

* descodificar un código = crack + code.

* * *

descodificar [A2 ]

vt

decodificar

* * *

descodificar vt to decode
' descodificar' also found in these entries:
English:
decode

* * *

descodificar, decodificar vt
[mensaje] to decode; [emisión televisiva, acústica] to unscramble
* * *

descodificar

v/t decode

Spanish-English dictionary > descodificar
7 salvar

v.

1 to save (librar de peligro).

nos salvó del peligro he saved us from danger

Ella salva la situación She saves the situation.

María salva a Ricardo Mary saves Richard.

El tipo salva la información The guy saves=saves to disk the information.

La fe redimió a Ricardo Faith redeemed Richard.

2 to rescue.

3 to overcome (superar) (dificultad).

4 to cover.

5 to bridge.

* * *

salvar

► verbo transitivo

1 (librar de peligro) to save, rescue

2 (barco) to salvage

3 (honor, ruina) to save

4 (obstáculo) to clear

5 (dificultad) to overcome, get round

6 (distancia) to cover

7 (atravesar) to cross, span

8 (exceptuar) to exclude, except

► verbo pronominal salvarse

1 (sobrevivir) to survive, come out alive

2 (escaparse) to escape (de, from)

3 RELIGIÓN to be saved, save one's soul

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

salvarse por los pelos familiar to have a narrow escape, get away by the skin of one's teeth

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!

* * *

verb

1) to save

2) overcome

3) cover

•

- salvarse

* * *

1. VT

1) [de un peligro] to save

me salvó la vida — he saved my life

los bomberos nos salvaron del fuego — the firemen saved us from the blaze

apenas salvaron nada del incendio — they hardly managed to salvage anything from the fire

me has salvado de tener que sentarme con ese pesado — you saved me (from) having to sit next to that old bore

2) (Rel) to save

3) (Inform) to save

4) (=evitar) [+ dificultad, obstáculo] to get round, overcome; [+ montaña, río, barrera] to cross; [+ rápidos] to shoot

5) frm [+ distancia] to cover

el tren salva la distancia en dos horas — the train covers o does the distance in two hours

6) (=exceptuando)

salvando: salvando algún detalle, la traducción está muy bien — apart from a few minor details, the translation is very good
distancia 1)
7) frm [+ altura] to rise above

8) Cono Sur [+ examen] to pass

2.

See:

salvarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

lograron salvarle la vida — they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a alguien DE algo — to save something/somebody from something

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado — she saved the child from drowning

b) (fam) ( librar) to save

salvar a alguien DE algo — to save somebody from something

c) (Relig) to save

2)

a) <dificultad/obstáculo> to overcome

b) < distancia> to cover

c) (Per, Ur) < examen> to pass
2.
salvarse v pron

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro)

sólo se salvaron tres personas — only three people got out alive, only three people survived

sálvese quien pueda! — every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo — to escape from something

b) (fam) ( librarse)

de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro — the only one of the family who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía — he's the only one who can be excused because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo: se salvó de hacer el servicio militar — he got out of doing his military service

c) (Relig) to be saved

* * *

= circumvent, save, redeem, salvage, hold together.

Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.

Ex. Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex. Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex. It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

Ex. The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

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* salvado por la campana = saved by the bell.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvar el mundo = save + the world.

* salvar la división = bridge + the divide.

* salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvar registros = download + records.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* sálvese el que pueda = free-for-all.

* sálvese quien pueda = the devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, let battle commence.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

lograron salvarle la vida — they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a alguien DE algo — to save something/somebody from something

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado — she saved the child from drowning

b) (fam) ( librar) to save

salvar a alguien DE algo — to save somebody from something

c) (Relig) to save

2)

a) <dificultad/obstáculo> to overcome

b) < distancia> to cover

c) (Per, Ur) < examen> to pass
2.
salvarse v pron

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro)

sólo se salvaron tres personas — only three people got out alive, only three people survived

sálvese quien pueda! — every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo — to escape from something

b) (fam) ( librarse)

de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro — the only one of the family who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía — he's the only one who can be excused because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo: se salvó de hacer el servicio militar — he got out of doing his military service

c) (Relig) to be saved

* * *

= circumvent, save, redeem, salvage, hold together.

Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.

Ex: Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex: Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex: It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

Ex: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

* salvado por la campana = saved by the bell.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvar el mundo = save + the world.

* salvar la división = bridge + the divide.

* salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvar registros = download + records.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* sálvese el que pueda = free-for-all.

* sálvese quien pueda = the devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, let battle commence.

* * *

salvar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

los médicos no consiguieron salvarlo the doctors were unable to save him

lograron salvarle la vida they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb FROM sth

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado she saved the child from drowning

consiguieron salvar las joyas del incendio they managed to save o rescue the jewels from the fire

2 ( fam) (librar) to save salvar a algn DE algo to save sb FROM sth

me has salvado de tener que aguantar su discurso you've saved me from having to listen to his speech

3 ( Relig) to save

B

1 ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome

2 ‹distancia› to cover ver tb distancia

3 (Per, Ur) ‹examen› to pass

C salvando ger (exceptuando) except for, excluding

salvando a los presentes present company excepted

■ salvarse

v pron

1

(de la muerte, de un peligro): sólo se salvaron tres personas only three people got out o escaped alive, only three people survived

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo to escape FROM sth

se salvó de un terrible incendio she escaped from o survived a terrible fire

se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death

2 ( fam)

(librarse): de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro of the family, the only one who isn't ugly ( o stupid etc) is Alejandro, of the family, the only one who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía you/we can't count him because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo:

se salvó de hacer el servicio militar he got out of doing his military service

3 ( Relig) to be saved

* * *

salvar ( conjugate salvar) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to save;
salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb from sth
2
a) ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome

b) ‹ distancia› to cover

c) (Per, Ur) ‹ examen› to pass

salvarse verbo pronominal
to survive;
◊ ¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!;

salvarse DE algo ‹de accidente/incendio› to survive sth;
se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death
salvar verbo transitivo
1 (librar de un peligro) to save [de, from]
2 (conservar) no salvaron nada de la tormenta, they didn't save anything from the storm
3 Rel to save
4 (pasar un obstáculo) to cross
5 (superar una dificultad, un apuro) to overcome
6 (hacer una excepción) salvando a José, todos fueron castigados, except for José, everyone was punished
7 (recorrer una distancia) salvó 400 km en tres horas, she covered 400 km in three hours

' salvar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismo
- pellejo
- rescatar
- sacar
English:
appearance
- clear
- cross
- day
- face
- face saving
- futile
- jump
- negotiate
- reprieve
- retrieve
- salvage
- save
- shoot
- wreckage
- bridge
- get
- pass
- rescue

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salvar

♦ vt

1. [librar de peligro] to save;

nos salvó del peligro he saved us from danger;

la subvención los salvó de la ruina the subsidy saved them from ruin;

el portero salvó el gol en el último instante the goalkeeper saved the goal at the last moment;

me has salvado de tener que ir a visitarla you've saved me from having to go and visit her

2. [rescatar] to rescue;

salvaron todo lo que pudieron del edificio en llamas they rescued all they could from the blazing building

3. [superar] [dificultad] to overcome;
[obstáculo] to go over o around;
el caballo salvó el foso de un salto the horse jumped (across) the ditch;

un puente salva la distancia entre las dos orillas a bridge spans the river;

la atleta salvó los 2 metros the athlete cleared 2 metres

4. [recorrer] to cover;

salvaron la distancia entre las dos ciudades en tres días they covered the distance between the two cities in three days

5. [exceptuar]
salvando algunos detalles except for a few details;

salvando las distancias allowing for the obvious differences

6. Rel to save

7. Urug [aprobar] to pass

♦ See also the pronominal verb salvarse

* * *

salvar

v/t

1 vida, matrimonio save;

salvar la vida a alguien save s.o.’s life

2 obstáculo get round, get over

3 REL save

* * *

salvar vt

1) : to save, to rescue

2) : to cover (a distance)

3) : to get around (an obstacle), to overcome (a difficulty)

4) : to cross, to jump across

5)

salvando : except for, excluding

♦ See also the reflexive verb salvarse

* * *

salvar vb (en general) to save

el médico le salvó la vida the doctor saved her life

Spanish-English dictionary > salvar
8 suprimir

v.

1 to abolish (ley, impuesto, derecho).

hay que suprimir todo lo superfluo we have to get rid of everything that's superfluous

2 to delete (palabras, texto).

suprime los detalles y ve al grano forget the details and get to the point

3 to ax (puestos de trabajo, proyectos).

4 to suppress, to ban, to delete, to eliminate.

5 to edit out.

* * *

suprimir

► verbo transitivo

1 (libertad etc) to suppress; (ley, impuestos) to abolish; (dificultades) to eliminate, remove; (restricciones) to lift

2 (tabaco, alcohol) to cut out

■ el médico me ha suprimido la comida con mucha grasa the doctor has told me to cut out fatty foods

3 (palabra) to delete, take out, leave out

4 (omitir) to omit

* * *

verb

to suppress

* * *

VT [+ rebelión, crítica] to suppress; [+ costumbre, derecho, institución] to abolish; [+ dificultad, obstáculo] to remove, eliminate; [+ restricción] to lift; [+ detalle, pasaje] to delete, cut out, omit; [+ libro] to suppress, ban

suprimir la grasa de la dieta — to cut out o eliminate fat from one's diet

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <impuesto/ley/costumbre> to abolish; < restricción> to lift; < servicio> to withdraw

debemos suprimir gastos superfluos — we must eliminate o cut out unnecessary expenses

le suprimieron la medicación — they stopped his medication

b) (Impr) <párrafo/capítulo> to delete

c) <noticia/detalles> to suppress

* * *

= abort, delete, remove, stifle, suppress, staunch [stanch, -USA], elide, abolish, expunge, cut out, quash, steamroller, stomp + Nombre + out.

Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex. Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.

Ex. A variant text is conventionally represented in a footnote quoting the text to be elided, the variant reading, and a code identifying its source.

Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.

Ex. When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.

Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <impuesto/ley/costumbre> to abolish; < restricción> to lift; < servicio> to withdraw

debemos suprimir gastos superfluos — we must eliminate o cut out unnecessary expenses

le suprimieron la medicación — they stopped his medication

b) (Impr) <párrafo/capítulo> to delete

c) <noticia/detalles> to suppress

* * *

= abort, delete, remove, stifle, suppress, staunch [stanch, -USA], elide, abolish, expunge, cut out, quash, steamroller, stomp + Nombre + out.

Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.

Ex: A variant text is conventionally represented in a footnote quoting the text to be elided, the variant reading, and a code identifying its source.

Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.

Ex: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

* * *

suprimir [I1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹impuesto› to abolish; ‹restricción› to lift; ‹servicio› to withdraw

debemos suprimir estos gastos superfluos we must eliminate o cut out these unnecessary expenses

le suprimieron la medicación they stopped his medication

¿por qué no le suprimes el ajo? why don't you leave out the garlic?

queda suprimida la parada en El Colorado the bus ( o train etc) no longer stops at El Colorado

se suprimió la salida de las 9h the 9 o'clock service was withdrawn

2 ( Impr) ‹párrafo/capítulo› to delete

suprimió un párrafo entero she cut out o deleted a whole paragraph

3 ‹noticia/detalles› to suppress

B ( Elec) to suppress

* * *

suprimir ( conjugate suprimir) verbo transitivo
a) ‹impuesto/ley/costumbre› to abolish;

‹ restricción› to lift;
‹ servicio› to withdraw;
‹gasto/ruido/alcohol› to cut out
b) (Impr) ‹párrafo/capítulo› to delete

c) ‹noticia/detalles› to suppress

suprimir verbo transitivo
1 to supress
(un derecho, una ley, etc) to abolish
(un servicio) to withdraw
(gastos) to eliminate, cut out
(en un texto) to delete
2 (omitir, pasar por alto) to omit: suprime los detalles técnicos, leave out the technicalities
' suprimir' also found in these entries:
English:
black out
- delete
- edit
- suppress
- zap
- ax
- do
- strike

* * *

suprimir vt

1. [eliminar] to get rid of;
[ley, impuesto, derecho] to abolish; [sanciones, restricciones] to lift; [gastos] to cut out;
hay que suprimir todo lo superfluo we have to get rid of everything that's superfluous;

han suprimido las retransmisiones deportivas they have cancelled the sports broadcasts

2. [palabras, texto] to delete;

suprime los detalles y ve al grano forget the details and get to the point

3. [puestos de trabajo, proyectos] to axe

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suprimir

v/t rebelión suppress, put down; ley, impuesto abolish; restricción lift; servicio withdraw; puesto de trabajo cut; en texto delete;

suprimió algunos detalles she kept something back, she didn’t give me/us the whole story

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suprimir vt

1) : to suppress, to eliminate

2) : to delete

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suprimir vb (omitir) to leave out [pt. & pp. left]

Spanish-English dictionary > suprimir
9 estudiar

v.

1 to study (carrera, libro, asunto).

estudia biológicas he's studying biology

después de estudiar tu propuesta he decidido no aceptarla after studying your proposal, I've decided not to accept it

estudia todas las tardes he spends every afternoon studying

estudió con el Presidente he went to school/university with the President

¿estudias o trabajas? do you work or are you a student?

Lisa estudia arduamente Lisa studies hard.

Lisa estudia todos los libros Lisa studies every book.

Lisa estudia historia americana Lisa studies American history.

2 to observe.

3 to be a student, to study.

4 to feel out, to study.

El profesor estudia sus reacciones The teacher feels out their reactions.

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estudiar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to study, learn

■ estudia francés en el colegio she's learning French at school

2 (en universidad) to read, study

■ estudia medicina en Barcelona he's studying medicine at Barcelona

3 (trabajar) to work, study

■ tienes que estudiar más you have to work harder

4 (observar) to examine, observe

► verbo intransitivo

1 to study

■ estudia para maestro he's training to be a teacher

► verbo pronominal estudiarse

1 to consider

■ se está estudiando la posibilidad the possibility is being considered

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estudiar de memoria to learn by heart

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verb

to study

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1. VT

1) (=aprender) [+ lección, papel] to learn

estoy estudiando francés en una academia — I'm learning French at a language school

se estudió el papel en media hora — she learned her part in half an hour

tengo mucho que estudiar — I've got a lot of work o studying to do

esta tarde tengo que estudiar matemáticas — I have to do some maths this evening

2) (=cursar) to study

estudió arquitectura — he studied architecture

estoy estudiando piano — I'm studying the piano

quería que su hijo estudiase una carrera — she wanted her son to go to university o to do a degree

¿qué curso estudias? — what year are you in?

3) (=examinar) [informe, experimento] to examine, look into; [persona] to study, look into

el informe estudia los efectos de la sequía — the report examines o looks into the effects of the drought

están estudiando el comportamiento de los insectos — they are studying o looking into insect behaviour

me estudió de pies a cabeza — he looked me up and down

4) (=considerar) to consider, study

estudiaremos su oferta y ya le contestaremos — we shall consider o study your offer and get back to you

el informe está siendo estudiado — the report is being studied o is under consideration

están estudiando la posibilidad de convocar una huelga — they are looking into the possibility of calling a strike, they are considering calling a strike

2. VI

1) (=aprender) to study

tienes que estudiar más — you have to work o study harder

me tengo que ir a estudiar ahora — I must go and do some work o studying now

2) (=cursar estudios) to study

estudió con el Profesor García Montero — she studied under Professor García Montero

estudia en un colegio de monjas — she goes to a convent school

dejé de estudiar a los trece años — I left school at thirteen

estudiar para algo — to study to be sth

mi hijo estudia para abogado — my son is studying to be a lawyer

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < asignatura> to study

estudia música — he's studying music; ( en la universidad) to study, read (frml)

estudia medicina — she's studying o doing o reading medicine

¿qué carrera estudió? — what subject did he do at college/university?

b) < instrumento> to learn

2) <lección/tablas> to learn

3) ( observar) <rostro/comportamiento> to study

4) (considerar, analizar) <mercado/situación/proyecto> to study; < propuesta> to study, consider

estudiaron sus posibles causas — they looked into its possible causes
2.
estudiar vi to study

tengo que estudiar para el examen — I have to do some work o studying for the test

estudia en un colegio privado — he goes to a private school

debes estudiar más — you must work harder

dejó de estudiar a los 15 años — she left school at 15

estudiar para algo — to study to be something
3.
estudiarse v pron

a) (enf) < lección> to study; < papel> to learn

b) (recípr) ( observarse)

se estudiaron largo rato — they watched each other closely for a long time

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= analyse [analyze, -USA], envisage, examine, explore, look, look at, look into, ponder (over/on/upon), present + discussion, study, survey, think out, weigh, work on, get into, see about, observe, weigh up, look toward(s), review, work through, probe.

Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

Ex. It is fairly common to have to modify a standard list, or compile a fresh list when a new application is envisaged.

Ex. The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.

Ex. Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

Ex. This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.

Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.

Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.

Ex. If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Ex. This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.

Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.

Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

Ex. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.

Ex. I've been working on next year's budget, and it would be fair to add eight percent to materials and salaries.

Ex. 'But didn't you say that one of the reasons you wanted to leave was because you were tired of macramËéË and wanted to get into computers?'.

Ex. The head of reference told me that he's going to see about a dress code for the staff, prohibiting slacks for women.

Ex. 141 data bases were observed, most of them had been developed in the life sciences as well as in the earth, ocean and space sciences.

Ex. The author weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the UK tabloid and broadsheet press.

Ex. Libraries are looking towards some sort of cooperative system.

Ex. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.

Ex. Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.

Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

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* al estudiar Algo más detenidamente = on closer examination, on closer inspection.

* estudiar Algo = be under consideration.

* estudiar alternativas = explore + alternative.

* estudiar desde una perspectiva = see through.

* estudiar detenidamente = take + a hard look at, take + a long hard look at, go through, be carefully considered, think through.

* estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* estudiar en detalle = study + at length.

* estudiar en el extranjero = study abroad, study + abroad.

* estudiar en una Universidad = attend + Universidad.

* estudiar hasta muy tarde = burn + the midnight oil.

* estudiar la evolución histórica de Algo = historicise [historicize, -USA].

* estudiar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* estudiar la posibilidad = explore + the possibility.

* estudiar minuciosamente = study + in great depth, pore.

* estudiar + Nombre + teniendo en cuenta + Nombre = place + Nombre + against the background of + Nombre.

* estudiar una necesidad = analyse + need.

* estudiar una posibilidad = explore + idea.

* estudiar una Titulación = work toward/on + Titulación.

* estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.

* merecer la pena estudiar Algo = repay + study.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < asignatura> to study

estudia música — he's studying music; ( en la universidad) to study, read (frml)

estudia medicina — she's studying o doing o reading medicine

¿qué carrera estudió? — what subject did he do at college/university?

b) < instrumento> to learn

2) <lección/tablas> to learn

3) ( observar) <rostro/comportamiento> to study

4) (considerar, analizar) <mercado/situación/proyecto> to study; < propuesta> to study, consider

estudiaron sus posibles causas — they looked into its possible causes
2.
estudiar vi to study

tengo que estudiar para el examen — I have to do some work o studying for the test

estudia en un colegio privado — he goes to a private school

debes estudiar más — you must work harder

dejó de estudiar a los 15 años — she left school at 15

estudiar para algo — to study to be something
3.
estudiarse v pron

a) (enf) < lección> to study; < papel> to learn

b) (recípr) ( observarse)

se estudiaron largo rato — they watched each other closely for a long time

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= analyse [analyze, -USA], envisage, examine, explore, look, look at, look into, ponder (over/on/upon), present + discussion, study, survey, think out, weigh, work on, get into, see about, observe, weigh up, look toward(s), review, work through, probe.

Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

Ex: It is fairly common to have to modify a standard list, or compile a fresh list when a new application is envisaged.

Ex: The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.

Ex: Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

Ex: This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.

Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.

Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.

Ex: If we instruct it to ponder this question more leisurely, it will quickly try the user's patience with digressions concerning the less illustrious senior MOZART, LEOPOLD.

Ex: This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.

Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.

Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.

Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

Ex: Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.

Ex: I've been working on next year's budget, and it would be fair to add eight percent to materials and salaries.

Ex: 'But didn't you say that one of the reasons you wanted to leave was because you were tired of macramËéË and wanted to get into computers?'.

Ex: The head of reference told me that he's going to see about a dress code for the staff, prohibiting slacks for women.

Ex: 141 data bases were observed, most of them had been developed in the life sciences as well as in the earth, ocean and space sciences.

Ex: The author weighs up whether a dumbing down has taken place in the UK tabloid and broadsheet press.

Ex: Libraries are looking towards some sort of cooperative system.

Ex: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.

Ex: Some theorists hold that one stage must be completely worked through before the next stage can be entered.

Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

* al estudiar Algo más detenidamente = on closer examination, on closer inspection.

* estudiar Algo = be under consideration.

* estudiar alternativas = explore + alternative.

* estudiar desde una perspectiva = see through.

* estudiar detenidamente = take + a hard look at, take + a long hard look at, go through, be carefully considered, think through.

* estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* estudiar en detalle = study + at length.

* estudiar en el extranjero = study abroad, study + abroad.

* estudiar en una Universidad = attend + Universidad.

* estudiar hasta muy tarde = burn + the midnight oil.

* estudiar la evolución histórica de Algo = historicise [historicize, -USA].

* estudiar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* estudiar la posibilidad = explore + the possibility.

* estudiar minuciosamente = study + in great depth, pore.

* estudiar + Nombre + teniendo en cuenta + Nombre = place + Nombre + against the background of + Nombre.

* estudiar una necesidad = analyse + need.

* estudiar una posibilidad = explore + idea.

* estudiar una Titulación = work toward/on + Titulación.

* estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.

* merecer la pena estudiar Algo = repay + study.

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estudiar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹asignatura› to study; (en la universidad) to study, read ( frml)

estudiaba inglés en una academia I used to study English at a language school

estudia medicina en la universidad de Salamanca she's studying o doing o reading medicine at Salamanca university

¿qué carrera estudió? what subject did he do at college/university?, what did he study at college/university?, what (subject) did he take his degree in?

2 ( Mús) ‹instrumento› to learn

B ‹lección/tablas› to learn

me tengo que poner a estudiar geografía para el examen I have to get down to studying o ( AmE) reviewing o ( BrE) revising geography for the test

C (observar) to study

estudia el comportamiento de las aves he studies the behavior of birds

me di cuenta de que me estaba estudiando I realized that he was observing o watching o studying me

D (considerar, analizar) ‹mercado/situación/proyecto› to study; ‹propuesta› to study, consider

están estudiando los pasos a seguir they're considering what steps to take

estudiaron las posibles causas del accidente they looked into the possible causes of the accident

■ estudiar

vi

to study

este fin de semana tengo que estudiar para el examen this weekend I have to do some work o studying for the test o I have to review ( AmE) o ( BrE) revise for the test

estudia en un colegio privado he goes to a private school

a ver si este año estudias más I hope you're going to work harder this year

tuvo que dejar de estudiar a los 15 años para ayudar a su madre she had to leave school at 15 to help her mother

estudiar PARA algo to study to be sth

estudia para economista she's studying to be an economist

no come nada, está estudiando para fideo ( hum); she doesn't eat a thing, she's in training for the slimming olympics ( hum)

■ estudiarse

v pron

1 ( enf) ‹lección› to study

se estudió el papel en una tarde he learned his part in an afternoon

2 ( recípr)

(observarse): los dos niños se estudiaron largo rato the two children watched each other closely for a long time

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estudiar ( conjugate estudiar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ asignatura› to study;

( en la universidad) to study, read (frml);
◊ ¿qué carrera estudió? what subject did he do at college/university?

b) ‹ instrumento› to learn

c) ‹lección/tablas› to learn

2 ( observar) ‹rostro/comportamiento› to study
3 (considerar, analizar) ‹mercado/situación/proyecto› to study;
‹ propuesta› to study, consider;
‹ causas› to look into, investigate
verbo intransitivo
to study;
◊ estudia en un colegio privado he goes to a private school;

debes estudiar más you must work harder;
dejó de estudiar a los 15 años she left school at 15;
estudiar para algo to study to be sth
estudiarse verbo pronominal ( enf) ‹ lección› to study;

‹ papel› to learn
estudiar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to study: estudia para abogado, she's studying to become a lawyer ➣ Ver nota en study
' estudiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
base
- chapar
- concentrarse
- cursar
- empollar
- investigar
- machacar
- mamarrachada
- repasar
- servir
- trabajar
- valer
- chancar
- duro
- empeño
- empezar
- firme
- fuerza
- haber
- hacer
- ir
- junto
- más
- matar
- tener
- tragar
- ver
English:
award
- bar
- burn
- consideration
- do
- hard
- investigate
- pore
- read
- read up
- resolve
- school
- stop
- study
- text
- think out
- train
- whatever
- work
- day
- depth
- examine
- further
- get
- kick
- look
- research
- review
- swot
- take

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estudiar

♦ vt

1. [carrera, asignatura, lección] to study;

estudia biológicas he's studying biology;

tengo que estudiar más inglés I've got to work at my English;

¿qué estudiaste en la universidad? what did you study at university?

2. [asunto] to study;
[oferta, propuesta] to study, to consider;
después de estudiar tu propuesta he decidido no aceptarla having considered your proposal, I've decided not to accept it;

lo estudiaré y mañana te doy una respuesta I'll consider it and get back to you tomorrow;

el gobierno estudia la posibilidad de subir las pensiones the government is studying the possibility of raising pensions

3. [observar] to observe;

estuvo estudiándonos durante un rato he stayed watching us for a while;

desde allí podía estudiar todos los movimientos del animal from there I could observe all the animal's movements

♦ vi

to study;

estudia todas las tardes he spends every afternoon studying;

no puede salir, tiene que estudiar she can't come out, she's got to study;

hay que estudiar más, González you'll have to work harder, González;

estudió con el Presidente he went to school/university with the President;

dejó de estudiar a los quince años he left school at fifteen;

estudié en los jesuitas I went to a Jesuit school;

estudia en la Universidad Centroamericana he's a student o he's studying at the University of Central America;

estudiar para médico to be studying to be a doctor;

¿estudias o trabajas? do you work or are you still at school?;
Esp Hum ≈ do you come here often?
♦ See also the pronominal verb estudiarse

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estudiar

v/t & v/i study

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estudiar v

: to study

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estudiar vb to study [pt. & pp. studied]

estudia biología she's studying biology

Si se estudia un idioma o un instrumento musical, se dice learn

estudio inglés I'm learning English

estudia piano she's learning the piano

estudiar de memoria to learn by heart

Spanish-English dictionary > estudiar
10 مجموعة

مَجْمُوعَة \ body: a group of people, united in some way: a small body of helpers.. bunch: a group of things of the same kind, growing or placed together: a bunch of keys. category: a group or division in which each member is like the rest in a certain way; a kind or sort: Fishing may be placed in the category of sport, or in that of earning a living, according to its purpose. cluster: a group of people gathered close together. collection: things collected: His friend has a collection of ancient coins. crew: a group of people working together, doing certain jobs: a repair crew. group: a number of people or things, gathered together or considered together: They stood in a group under the tree. He controls a group of companies. set: a group of things that look like one another or are used together: a coffee set (coffee pot and cups, etc., of the same pattern); a set of rules. \ See Also جمهور (جُمهور)، طقم (طَقْم)‏ \ مَجْمُوعَة أشياء مُخْتَلِطة \ jumble: a confused mixture: a jumble of sounds. \ مَجْمُوعَة أشياء من صِنف واحِد \ line: a kind or class of goods: We sell a cheap line in brushes. \ مَجْمُوعَة الأَغاني \ repertoire: all the songs or pieces of music that a singer or musician can perform. \ See Also القِطَع المُوسيقيّة \ مَجْمُوعَة أوراق اللَّعب ذات النَّقْش الوَاحِد \ suit: one of the four patterns in a set of playing cards (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades). \ مَجْمُوعَة دَرَج \ flight: a set of stairs: His room was up three flights of stairs. step: pl. usu. outside a building, compared with stairs in a building) a set of these: He ran down the steps into the street. \ مَجْمُوعَة رموز سِرّيّة \ code: a special way of using words, letters, numbers, etc. instead of writing, to keep messages secret. \ مَجْمُوعَة سَكَنِيّة متكامِلة \ housing estate: a large group of houses that are built together at one time, often with their own shops, like a small new town. \ مَجْمُوعَة قوانين \ code: a special collection of laws, rules, or customs: an established code of behaviour; Christianity’s moral code. \ مَجْمُوعَة كاملة من وَرَق اللّعب \ pack: a set of playing cards. \ مَجْمُوعَة متجانِسَة \ colony: a group of people or animals of the same kind, living together: a colony of artists; a colony of ants; a colony of Americans in Rome. \ مَجْمُوعَة متجانِسة من الطّلاب يدرسون مَعًا (في المدارس)‏ \ stream: (in schools) a division of children of the same age according to their ability. \ مَجْمُوعَة مُتَرابِطَة \ complex: sth. (esp. a building) made up of many different but related parts: a factory complex. \ مَجْمُوعَة المُفردات ومعانِيها (في آخر كتاب)‏ \ vocabulary: a list of words with their meanings (at the end of a school book; in a student’s notebook). \ مَجْمُوعَة مَقالات \ omnibus: a large book that contains various works of one writer (or of several writers, on related subjects): an omnibus of murder stories. \ مَجْمُوعَة من ورق الرسائِل \ pad: a block of writing-paper, in which the sheets are stuck together at one end. \ مَجْمُوعَة مُنَوّعَة \ assortment: an assorted collection: Our new shop has a large assortment of kitchen goods. choice: a variety from which to choose: The shop had a good choice of shoes. range: a variety (between limits that may not be stated): a wide range of colours (from light yellow to dark brown). \ مَجْمُوعَة نجوم ثابِتَة \ constellation: a group of fixed stars, often with a name, such as the Great Bear.

Arabic-English dictionary > مجموعة
11 alfabeto

m alphabet

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alfabeto s.m.

1 alphabet: alfabeto Morse, Morse code (o alphabet); alfabeto fonetico, phonetic alphabet

2 ( primi rudimenti) alphabet; primer: questo libro contiene l'alfabeto della medicina, this book contains the A B C of medicine; stiamo studiando l'alfabeto della matematica, we are just studying the first steps of mathematics.

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[alfa'bɛto]
sostantivo maschile alphabet

alfabeto fonetico — phonetic alphabet

alfabeto Morse — Morse (code)

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alfabeto

/alfa'bεto/

sostantivo m.

alphabet

\

COMPOUNDS

alfabeto fonetico phonetic alphabet; alfabeto Morse Morse (code).

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > alfabeto
12 cambio

m.

1 change.

se ha producido un cambio de situación the situation has changed, there has been a change in the situation

a las primeras de cambio at the first opportunity

cambio climático climate change (calentamiento global)

cambio de domicilio change of address

cambio horario = putting clocks back or forward one hour (bianual)

cambio de gobierno change of government

cambio de rasante (automobiles) brow of a hill

cambio de sentido U-turn

2 exchange (intercambio).

(oficina de) cambio bureau de change (en letrero)

a cambio (de) in exchange o return (for)

no pido nada a cambio I'm not asking for anything back o in return

3 change (monedas).

nos hemos quedado sin cambio(s) we're out of change

¿tiene cambio de cinco mil? have you got change of o for five thousand?

quédese con el cambio keep the change

4 price (finance) (de acciones).

libre cambio free trade; (comercio) floating exchange rates (de divisas)

5 substitution, change (sport) (sustitución).

hacer un cambio to make a substitution o change

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cambiar.

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cambio

► nombre masculino

1 change, changing

■ un cambio de tiempo a change in the weather

2 (intercambio) exchange, exchanging

■ cambio de impresiones exchange of views

3 (dinero suelto) change, loose change; (vuelta) change

■ ¿me puedes dar cambio de cien euros? can you change a hundred euros?

■ me has dado mal el cambio you've given me the wrong change

4 (acciones) price, quotation; (divisas) exchange rate

5 (tren) switch

6 AUTOMÓVIL gear change

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a cambio de in exchange for

■ me dio dos libros a cambio del disco he gave me two books in exchange for the record

a las primeras de cambio figurado at the first opportunity

en cambio on the other hand, but, whereas

■ tú no puedes cantar, en cambio él sí you can't sing, but he can

caja de cambio AUTOMÓVIL gearbox

cambio automático AUTOMÓVIL automatic transmission

cambio de la guardia changing of the guard

cambio de marchas (acción) gear change 2 (caja) gearbox

cambio de planes change of plans

casa de cambio bureau de change

libre cambio free trade

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noun m.

1) change

2) alteration

3) exchange, swap

•

- a cambio
- en cambio
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SM

1) (=variación) change

ha habido un cambio de planes — there has been a change of plan

el matrimonio supuso un cambio radical en mi vida — marriage meant a complete change in my life

el entrenador ha hecho ya tres cambios en lo que va de partido — the coach has already made three substitutions o changes so far in the match

estamos en la época de cambio entre el otoño y el invierno — we are in the changeover period between autumn and winter

• necesito un cambio de aires — I need a change of scene

• siempre nos veíamos durante el cambio de clase — we always used to meet in the break between classes

• un cambio para mejor/peor — a change for the better/worse

cambio climático — climatic change

cambio de agujas — (Ferro) points junction, switch junction (EEUU)

cambio de domicilio — change of address

cambio de gobierno — [completo] change of government; [parcial] reshuffle

cambio de guardia — changing of the guard

cambio de impresiones — exchange of views

cambio de la marea — turn of the tide

cambio de línea — (Inform) line feed

cambio de marchas — (=acción) gear change; (=mecanismo) gear stick, gearshift (EEUU)

hacer el cambio de marchas — to change gear

un coche con cambio automático de marchas — a car with an automatic gearbox

cambio de opinión — change of opinion, turn in opinion

cambio de página — (Inform) form feed

cambio de pareja — change of partners ( in dancing)

cambio de rasante, prohibido adelantar en un cambio de rasante — no overtaking on the brow of a hill

cambio de sentido — change of direction

cambio de sexo — sex change

cambio de tercio — (Taur) change of stage ( in a bullfight)

se produjo un cambio de tercio en la conversación — the conversation changed direction o subject

cambio de velocidades — = cambio de marchas

cambio de vía — (Ferro) points pl, switches pl (EEUU)

hacer el cambio de vía — to go through the points o switches

cambio genético — genetic change

2) (=intercambio) exchange, swap *

hicimos un cambio de coche — we exchanged cars, we swapped cars *

salimos ganando con el cambio — the exchange worked out in our favour

3) (Econ)

a) (=dinero suelto) change

no tengo cambio para el teléfono — I don't have any change for the phone

¿tienes cambio de 50 euros? — do you have change for 50 euros?, can you change 50 euros?

quédese con el cambio — keep the change

te han dado mal el cambio — they've given you the wrong change

b) [de moneda extranjera] (=tipo) exchange rate

son 40 dólares al cambio — that is 40 dollars at the current exchange rate

al cambio del mes de febrero — at the February exchange rate

Cambio — Bureau de Change, Change

cambio a término — forward exchange

cambio de divisas — foreign exchange

4)

• a cambio — in return, in exchange

lo ganó todo sin ceder nada a cambio — he won it all without giving anything in return

"admitimos su coche usado a cambio" — "cars taken in part exchange", "trade-ins accepted"

• a cambio de — in return for, in exchange for

reclamaba dinero a cambio de su silencio — he demanded money in return o exchange for keeping quiet (about it)

5)

• en cambio — whereas

yo nunca llego a tiempo, en cambio ella es muy puntual — I never arrive on time, whereas she is very punctual

¿pero qué ha sucedido en cambio? — but instead, what has happened?

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (alteración, modificación) change

cambio de algo — <de planes/domicilio> change of something

un brusco cambio de temperatura — a sudden change in temperature

un cambio de aires or ambiente — a change of scene

una operación de cambio de sexo — a sex-change operation

a la primera de cambio — (fam) at the first opportunity

b) (Auto) gearshift (AmE), gear change (BrE)

meta el cambio — (AmL) put it in gear

un coche con cinco cambios — (AmL) a car with a five-speed gearbox

- cambio de escena

- cambio de guardia

- cambio de marchas o velocidades

- cambio de marchas automático

- cambio de rasante

- cambio de vía

2)

a) ( canje) exchange

saliste perdiendo con el cambio — you lost out in the deal

no se admiten cambios — goods cannot be exchanged

b) (en locs)

a cambio (de) — in exchange (for), in return (for)

en cambio: a él le gusta a mí en cambio no he likes it but I don't; el autobús es agotador, en cambio el tren es muy agradable — the bus is exhausting; the train however o on the other hand is very pleasant

3)

a) (Fin) ( de moneda extranjera) exchange

cambio de divisas — foreign exchange

¿a cómo está el cambio? — what's the exchange rate?

cambio — bureau de change, change

al cambio del día — at the current exchange rate; libre I 1)

b) ( diferencia) change

me ha dado mal el cambio — he's given me the wrong change

c) ( dinero suelto) change

¿tienes cambio de mil? — can you change a thousand pesetas?

necesito cambio — I need some change

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (alteración, modificación) change

cambio de algo — <de planes/domicilio> change of something

un brusco cambio de temperatura — a sudden change in temperature

un cambio de aires or ambiente — a change of scene

una operación de cambio de sexo — a sex-change operation

a la primera de cambio — (fam) at the first opportunity

b) (Auto) gearshift (AmE), gear change (BrE)

meta el cambio — (AmL) put it in gear

un coche con cinco cambios — (AmL) a car with a five-speed gearbox

- cambio de escena

- cambio de guardia

- cambio de marchas o velocidades

- cambio de marchas automático

- cambio de rasante

- cambio de vía

2)

a) ( canje) exchange

saliste perdiendo con el cambio — you lost out in the deal

no se admiten cambios — goods cannot be exchanged

b) (en locs)

a cambio (de) — in exchange (for), in return (for)

en cambio: a él le gusta a mí en cambio no he likes it but I don't; el autobús es agotador, en cambio el tren es muy agradable — the bus is exhausting; the train however o on the other hand is very pleasant

3)

a) (Fin) ( de moneda extranjera) exchange

cambio de divisas — foreign exchange

¿a cómo está el cambio? — what's the exchange rate?

cambio — bureau de change, change

al cambio del día — at the current exchange rate; libre I 1)

b) ( diferencia) change

me ha dado mal el cambio — he's given me the wrong change

c) ( dinero suelto) change

¿tienes cambio de mil? — can you change a thousand pesetas?

necesito cambio — I need some change

* * *

cambio¹

¹ = adaptive response, alteration, change, editing, modulation, move, recasting, redesign, rotation, shift, transfer, transformation, changeover [change-over], disturbance, mutation, permeability, reformation, switchover, reverse, shift away from, shifting, changing of the guard, swing, bartering, switch, switching, change.

Ex: It is too early to assess the success of the adaptive responses which have been instituted in most SLIS.

Ex: A musical adaptation is a musical work that represents a distinct alteration of another work (e.g. a free transcription), a work that paraphrases parts of various works or the general style of another composer, or a work that is merely based on other music (e.g. variations on a them).

Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.

Ex: To ensure further that all the index entries generated by chain procedure are indeed helpful, the initial analysis of the chain may require editing.

Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.

Ex: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

Ex: This kind of large-scale recasting offers an opportunity for the scheme to go forward rather than stagnate until it is completely taken by events.

Ex: This action was the redesign of the enquiry form in order to elicit more information from the enquirer.

Ex: The entries that result from the rotation mechanism have standard layout, punctuation and typography, all of which have been pre-programmed.

Ex: Transitory circumstances of daily life are what cause these shifts.

Ex: When the record transfer is complete, the catalog summary screen is shown for the new record so that the user can review and update it.

Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex: The changeover has resulted in more rapid machine-editing of input and reduced costs for cataloguing.

Ex: A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.

Ex: The very meanings of words like 'library' and 'university' are about to undergo mutations too radical to conceive, much less predict = Los significados mismos de palabras como "biblioteca" y "universidad" están a punto de experimentar cambios demasiado radicales de concevir y cuanto mucho menos de predecir.

Ex: There is greater permeability than before between different types of library at the start of a career but, once settled in a post, fewer librarians than before change from one type of library to another.

Ex: The author presents suggestions for the reformation of medical library education.

Ex: The transition date for the switchover is 1 Oct 2000.

Ex: Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.

Ex: This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.

Ex: This article considers the use of a spreadsheet in the shifting of periodicals collections in order to save time.

Ex: The recent reorganization has resulted in a merger of the academic and public divisions and a changing of the guard among the company's top officials.

Ex: The addition of new feedback techniques produced a significant swing in favour of the application.

Ex: Holdings will become increasingly important as a bartering tool to gain additional access benefits.

Ex: Office automation have brought about a switch to a paperless office.

Ex: These 'spuriously loyal' customers are not willing to churn just because of switching costs.

Ex: Most libraries maintain a small cash float for the giving of change and, in addition, money/ is received in payment of fines.

* a cambio = in return.

* a cambio de = in exchange for, in return for.

* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* aceptar el cambio = embrace + change.

* aceptar un cambio = accommodate + change.

* adaptarse al cambio = accommodate to + change, adapt to + change.

* adaptarse a los cambios = flow with + the tides.

* adoptar un cambio = adopt + change, accommodate + change.

* agente de cambio = agent of(for) change, force for change, force of change.

* agente del cambio = change agent.

* aires de cambio = wind(s) of change, the, seas of change, the.

* cambio a = flight to.

* cambio brusco = revulsion, flip-flop.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

* cambio climático = climate change, climatic change.

* cambio cualitativo = step change, qualitative change.

* cambio cuantitativo = quantitative change.

* cambio cultural = cultural change.

* cambio de actitud = change in attitude, change of heart.

* cambio de aires = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new.

* cambio de ambiente = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* cambio de aspecto = lick of paint.

* cambio de ciudadanía = change of citizenship.

* cambio de dirección = change of hands.

* cambio de dueño = change of hands.

* cambio de énfasis = shift of emphasis, shift in emphasis.

* cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* cambio de hora estacional = daylight saving time.

* cambio de idea = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de imagen = makeover [make-over], makeover [make-over].

* cambio de instalación eléctrica = rewiring.

* cambio de la guardia = changing of the guard.

* cambio de look = lick of paint.

* cambio de lugar = relocation.

* cambio de manos = change of hands.

* cambio de mirada = gaze-shift.

* cambio demográfico = population trend.

* cambio de nacionalidad = change of citizenship.

* cambio de nombre = rebranding.

* cambio de opinión = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de orientación = paradigm change, paradigm shift.

* cambio de paradigma = paradigm change, paradigm shift.

* cambio de parecer = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de procedimiento = procedural change.

* cambio de propietario = change of hands.

* cambio de proveedor = churn.

* cambio de registro = code switching.

* cambio de residencia = resettlement.

* cambio de servicio = churn.

* cambio de sexo = sex change.

* cambio de título = title change.

* cambio escénico = scene changing.

* cambio estacional = seasonal change.

* cambio hormonal = hormonal change.

* cambio inesperado = twist.

* cambio institucional = institutional change.

* cambio metereológico = weather modification.

* cambio + ocurrir = change + take place.

* cambio + producirse = change + come about.

* cambio profundo = profound change.

* cambio radical = revulsion, sea change, radical change.

* cambio radical de postura = about-face.

* cambio revolucionario = revolutionary change.

* cambios = second thoughts, ebb and flow.

* cambio social = social change, societal change.

* cambio + suceder = change + take place.

* cambio + tener lugar = change + take place.

* cambio total = turnabout [turn-about], turnaround.

* cambio transformador = transformative change, transforming change.

* cambio traumático = traumatic change.

* cambio vertiginoso = spiral of change.

* clima de cambio = climate of change.

* efectuar cambios = wreak + changes.

* efectuar un cambio = effect + change.

* elemento de cambio = agent of(for) change.

* en cambio = by contrast, in contrast, instead, shifting, by comparison.

* en constante cambio = ever-changing [ever changing], ever-fluid, on the move, fast changing [fast-changing], ever-shifting.

* en continuo cambio = constantly shifting, ever-changing [ever changing], ever-shifting.

* en estado de cambio = in a state of flux.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* en proceso de cambio = changing.

* estado de cambio = state of flux.

* estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.

* estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.

* estar sujeto a cambios = be written in sand, not stone, be subject to change.

* experimentar un cambio = bring about + change, undergo + modification, undergo + change, undergo + transition.

* experimentar un cambio + Adjetivo = take + a + Adjetivo + turn.

* hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.

* hacer cambios indebidamente = tamper (with).

* hacer el cambio = make + the change.

* hacer frente al cambio = manage + change.

* hacer frente a un cambio = meet + change.

* hacer un cambio = make + change.

* impulsor del cambio = driver of change.

* introducir un cambio = bring + change.

* libre cambio = laissez-faire.

* línea internacional de cambio de fecha, la = International Date Line, the.

* lograr un cambio = accomplish + change.

* los constantes cambios de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* momento clave del cambio = tipping point.

* moneda de cambio = bargaining chip.

* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.

* motor del cambio = driver of change.

* no hacer ningún cambio = stand + pat.

* no sufrir cambios = remain + normal.

* ocasionar un cambio = bring about + change, trigger + change.

* operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.

* permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.

* proceso de cambio = process of change.

* producir un cambio = effect + change, produce + change, trigger + change.

* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* reacio al cambio = resistant to change.

* realizar un cambio = make + alteration, implement + change.

* repercusiones del cambio = impact of change.

* resistente al cambio = resistant to change.

* ritmo del cambio = rate of change, pace of change.

* ser susceptible de cambios = be subject to change.

* sin cambio = inviolate.

* sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* subsidio para cambio de residencia = resettlement allowance.

* suceder un cambio = occur + change.

* sucesión de cambios bruscos = roller coaster ride, roller coaster.

* sufrir un cambio = experience + change, undergo + change.

* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.

* trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.

cambio²

² = loose change.

Ex: Forget climate change, voters want more loose change.

* bolsa de cambio = stock exchange.

* cambio de divisas = currency rate, currency exchange.

* cambio de moneda = exchange rate, foreign exchange, currency exchange rate, market rate of exchange, foreign exchange rate, currency rate, rate of exchange, currency exchange.

* letra de cambio = bill of exchange.

* oficina de cambio = exchange office, currency exchange bureau, exchange bureau.

* tipo de cambio = exchange rate, rate of exchange.

* variación de los tipos de cambio = exchange rate change.

cambio³

³ = gear, derailleur.

Nota: De bicicleta.

Ex: Their products were charming and much less expensive than American clockwork toys because they used tinplate gears rather than brass.

Ex: There is a front and a rear derailleur on most modern bikes.

* palanca de cambio = shifter.

* * *

cambio

masculine

A

1 (alteración, modificación) change

el cambio que ha tenido lugar en él the change he has undergone

cambio DE algo:

un brusco cambio de temperatura a sudden change in temperature

lo que tú necesitas es un cambio de aires or ambiente what you need is a change of scene

ha habido un cambio de planes there's been a change of plan

una operación de cambio de sexo a sex-change operation

cambio de uso del suelo change of land use ( in urban planning)

a la primera de cambio ( fam); at the first opportunity, the first thing you know ( colloq)

2 ( Auto) gearshift ( AmE), gear change ( BrE)

hacer un cambio to change gear

meta el cambio ( AmL); put it in gear

un coche con cinco cambios ( AmL); a car with a five-speed gearbox

caja

Compuestos:

● cambio climático

climate change

● cambio de domicilio

change of address

● cambio de escena

scene change

● cambio de guardia

change of guard, changing of the guard

● cambio de jugada

audible

● cambio de marchas

(dispositivo) transmission ( AmE), gearbox ( BrE); (acción) gearshift ( AmE), gear change ( BrE)

● cambio de marchas automático

automatic gearshift ( AmE) o ( BrE) gearbox

● cambio de marchas manual

manual gearshift ( AmE) o ( BrE) gearbox

● cambio de rasante

brow of a hill

● cambio de seña

audible

● cambio de sentido

( Auto) junction

● cambio de velocidades

cambio de marchas

● cambio de vía

switch ( AmE), points (pl) ( BrE)

B

1 (canje) exchange

creo que has salido perdiendo con el cambio I think you've lost out in the deal

[ S ] no se admiten cambios ni devoluciones goods cannot be exchanged or returned

2 ( en locs):

a cambio in exchange, in return

a cambio de in exchange for, in return for

estoy dispuesto a hacerlo a cambio de un pequeño favor I'm prepared to do it in exchange o in return for a small favor

daría cualquier cosa a cambio de un poco de paz I'd do anything for a bit of peace

en cambio: a él le parece espléndido; a mí, en cambio, no me gusta he thinks it's wonderful, but personally I don't like it

el viaje en autobús es agotador, en cambio irse en tren es muy agradable the bus journey is exhausting whereas o but if you go by train it's very pleasant, the bus journey is exhausting; if you go by train, however o on the other hand, it is very pleasant

C

1 ( Fin) (de moneda extranjera) exchange

cambio de divisas foreign exchange

¿a cómo está el cambio? what's the exchange rate?

[ S ] cambio bureau de change, change

al cambio del día at the current exchange rate

libre¹ (↑ libre (1))

2 (diferencia) change

quédese con el cambio keep the change

me ha dado mal el cambio he's given me the wrong change

3 (dinero menudo) change

¿tienes cambio de diez? can you change ten euros?

necesito cambio para el teléfono I need some change for the telephone

Compuestos:

● cambio del día

daily exchange rate o rate of exchange

● cambio de moneda

foreign exchange

* * *

Del verbo cambiar: ( conjugate cambiar)

cambio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cambió es:

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

Multiple Entries:
cambiar
cambio
cambiar ( conjugate cambiar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (alterar, modificar) ‹horario/imagen/persona› to change

b) (de lugar, posición):

◊ cambio los muebles de lugar to move the furniture around;

cambié las flores de florero I put the flowers in a different vase
c) ( reemplazar) ‹pieza/fecha/sábanas› to change;

◊ le cambió la pila al reloj she changed the battery in the clock;

cambiole el nombre a algo to change the name of sth
d) ‹niño/bebé› to change

e) (Fin) to change;

cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares I changed 100 pounds into dollars
2 ( canjear) ‹sellos/estampas› to swap, to trade (esp AmE);
cambio algo por algo ‹sellos/estampas› to swap o (esp AmE) trade sth for sth;
‹ compra› to exchange o change sth for sth;
◊ ¿quieres que te cambie el lugar? do you want me to swap o change places with you?

verbo intransitivo
a) [ciudad/persona] to change;

◊ cambio para peor to change for the worse;

le está cambiando la voz his voice is breaking
b) (Auto) to change gear

c) ( hacer transbordo) to change;

◊ cambio de avión/tren to change planes/train

d) cambio de algo ‹de tema/canal/color› to change sth;

◊ cambio de idea to change one's mind;

cambio de sentido to make (AmE) o (BrE) do a U-turn
cambiarse verbo pronominal
a) ( refl) ( de ropa) to change, get changed

b) ( refl) ‹camisa/nombre/peinado› to change;

cambiose de algo ‹de camisa/zapatos› to change sth;
◊ me cambié de sitio I changed places;

cambiose de casa to move house;
cámbiate de camisa change your shirt
c) cambiose por algn to change places with sb

d) ( recípr) ‹sellos/estampas› to swap, to trade (esp AmE)

e) (CS) ( mudarse de casa) to move

cambio sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( alteración) change;

cambio de algo ‹de planes/domicilio› change of sth;
un cambio de aire(s) or ambiente a change of scene
b) (Auto) gearshift (AmE), gear change (BrE);

◊ un coche con cinco cambios (AmL) a car with a five-speed gearbox;

cambio de sentido U-turn
2
a) ( canje) exchange;

( on signs) no se admiten cambios goods cannot be exchanged
b) ( en locs)

◊ a cambio (de) in exchange (for), in return (for);

en cambio: el viaje en autobús es agotador, en cambio en tren es muy agradable the bus journey is exhausting;

by train however o on the other hand is very pleasant
3
a) (Fin) ( de moneda extranjera) exchange;

◊ cambio de divisas foreign exchange;

¿a cómo está el cambio? what's the exchange rate?;

( on signs) cambio bureau de change, change
b) ( diferencia) change;

◊ me ha dado mal el cambio he's given me the wrong change

c) ( dinero suelto) change

cambiar
I verbo transitivo
1 to change
2 (cromos, etc) to swap, (en un comercio) exchange
3 (un tipo de moneda por otro) to change
II verbo intransitivo to change
cambiar de casa, to move (house)
cambiar de idea, to change one's mind
cambiar de sitio, to move
cambiar de trabajo, to get another job
cambiar de velocidad, to change gear
cambio sustantivo masculino
1 change
(de opinión) shift
un cambio de impresiones, an exchange of opinions
2 (del dinero) change: ¿tienes cambio de cinco mil?, have you got change for five thousand?
3 Fin (de la moneda extranjera) exchange
(de unas acciones) price
4 Auto gear change
cambio automático, automatic transmission
cambio de rasante, brow of a hill
♦ Locuciones: a cambio de, in exchange for
a las primeras de cambio, at the firsl opportunity
en cambio, on the other hand: él es muy engreído, en cambio ella es muy dulce, he's really conceited; on the other hand she is very sweet
' cambio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrupta
- abrupto
- aguantar
- aire
- alteración
- apreciarse
- benéfica
- benéfico
- biombo
- brutal
- desplazamiento
- experimentar
- girar
- imponerse
- inflexión
- letra
- oscilación
- por
- primera
- primero
- radical
- semblante
- sensible
- tipo
- vaivén
- viraje
- vuelta
- acelerar
- acentuado
- apreciable
- apresurar
- brusco
- cambiar
- cara
- cerrado
- efectuar
- feria
- guardia
- idea
- importante
- inevitable
- lado
- libre
- nuevo
- observar
- operar
- opinión
- producir
- quedar
- rápido
English:
abrupt
- adjustment
- alarmed
- alteration
- bare
- better
- change
- chapter
- conversely
- department
- displacement
- distinct
- draft
- dramatic
- dramatically
- drastic
- euro
- exchange
- exchange rate
- fall
- float
- gearshift
- gearstick
- instead
- intend
- into
- likely
- major
- make
- modification
- occur
- protection money
- rate
- refreshing
- refreshingly
- return
- reversal
- round
- sex change
- shift
- short-change
- slight
- small change
- subject
- substantial
- sudden
- swap for
- sweep
- sweeping
- swing

* * *

cambio

♦ nm

1. [alteración, modificación] change;

vivimos una época de grandes cambios we live in times of great change;

cambio de actitud change in attitude;

cambio de gobierno change of government;

cambio radical turnabout, turnround;

cambio de tiempo change in the weather;

ha ganado con el cambio de trabajo he has benefited from changing jobs;

con el cambio de política hemos perdido todos we have all lost out as a result of the change in policy;

se ha producido un cambio de situación the situation has changed, there has been a change in the situation;

el cambio al sistema métrico ha sido muy sencillo the changeover to the metric system has been very straightforward;

tu hijo ha pegado un cambio tremendo your son has really changed;

a las primeras de cambio at the first opportunity;

abandonó la carrera a las primeras de cambio she dropped out of the race almost as soon as it had started o shortly after it had started;

cayeron eliminados a las primeras de cambio they fell at the first hurdle

Comp
cambio climático climate change; Ling cambio de código code switching;
cambio de domicilio change of address;

cambio de escena Teatro scene change;
Fig change of scene;
cambio generacional: [m5] el partido necesita un cambio generacional urgente the party is in urgent need of a new generation of leaders;

este joven pintor es un ejemplo del cambio generacional en marcha this young man is one of the new generation of painters who are coming to dominate the artistic scene;

cambio de guardia [ceremonia] changing of the guard;

cambio horario [bianual] = putting clocks back or forward one hour;

cambio hormonal hormonal change;

cambio de imagen image change;

el cambio de milenio the end of the millennium;

cambio de rasante brow of a hill;

cambio de sentido U-turn;

cambio de sexo sex change;
Der cambio de tribunal change of venue; Ferroc cambio de vía Br points, US switch
2. [reemplazo, trueque] exchange;

(oficina de) cambio [en letrero] Br bureau de change, US foreign-exchange bureau;

durante las rebajas no se admiten cambios while the sales are on, goods may not be exchanged;

a cambio (de) in exchange o return (for);

no pido nada a cambio I'm not asking for anything back o in return;

se admite su vieja lavadora a cambio we will take your old washing machine in part exchange;

te dejo el coche a cambio de que lo laves I'll let you use my car if you wash it for me

Comp
Aut cambio de aceite oil change;
cambio de impresiones exchange of views;
Quím cambio iónico ion exchange;
cambio de papeles role reversal

3. [monedas, billetes] change;

¿tiene cambio? have you got any change?;

¿tiene cambio de 5.000? have you got change for o Br of 5,000?;

nos hemos quedado sin cambio(s) we're out of change;

quédese con el cambio keep the change;

me ha dado el cambio incorrecto she gave me the wrong change

4. Fin [de acciones] price;
[de divisas] exchange rate;
ha bajado el cambio del peso the (exchange rate of the) peso has fallen;

los valores eléctricos han mantenido el cambio share prices in the electricity companies have remained steady;

¿a cuánto está el cambio de la libra? what's the exchange rate for the pound?

Comp
cambio base base rate;
cambio extranjero foreign exchange;

cambio medio average exchange rate;

cambio oficial official exchange rate

5. Aut
el cambio es muy duro the gears are rather stiff

Comp
cambio automático automatic transmission;
cambio de marchas [acción] gear change;
[palanca] Br gear stick, US gear shift;
cambio sincronizado [en bicicleta] indexed gear;

cambio de velocidades [acción] gear change;
[palanca] Br gear stick, US gear shift
6. Dep [sustitución] substitution, change;

hacer un cambio to make a substitution o change;

el equipo visitante ha pedido (hacer un) cambio the away team want to make a substitution o change;

el jugador lesionado pidió el cambio al entrenador the injured player signalled to the manager that he wanted to come off

♦ interj
Rad
¡cambio (y corto)! over!;

¡cambio y cierro! over and out!

♦ en cambio loc adv
[por otra parte] on the other hand, however; [en su lugar] instead;
ellos no pueden ayudarnos, en cambio tú sí they can't help us, but o whereas you can;

éste me gusta, en cambio este otro es feo I like this one, but this other one is horrible

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cambio

m

1 change;

cambio de domicilio change of address;

cambio de aires change of scene;

cambio de turno change of shift;

cambio de aceite AUTO oil change;

¡cambio! al hablar por radio over!

2 COM exchange rate;

el cambio del día the day’s (exchange) rate;

libre cambio COM free trade

3 ( suelto)

:

¿tiene cambio? do you have change?

4

:

no se admiten cambios goods will not be exchanged

5 en locuciones

:

a cambio de in exchange for;

en cambio on the other hand

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cambio nm

1) : change, alteration

2) : exchange

3) : change (money)

4)

en cambio : instead

5)

en cambio : however, on the other hand

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cambio n

1. (en general) change

va a haber cambios en la empresa there are going to be changes in the company

un cambio de imagen a change of image

¿tienes cambio? have you got any change?

2. (divisas) exchange rate

Spanish-English dictionary > cambio
13 premier

premier, -ière¹ [pʀəmje, jεʀ]

1. adjective

   a. (dans le temps, un ordre) first ; (en importance) leading

• les premières heures du jour the early hours

• dès les premiers jours from the earliest days

• ses premiers poèmes his early poems

• les premières années de sa vie the first few years of his life

• le premier constructeur automobile européen the leading European car manufacturer

• le premier personnage de l'État the country's leading statesman

• arriver/être premier to arrive/be first

• il est toujours premier en classe he's always top of the class

• être reçu premier to come first

• il est sorti premier à l'examen he came top in the exam

   b. (dans l'espace) [branche] bottom ; [rangée] front

• la première marche de l'escalier (en bas) the bottom step ; (en haut) the top step

• les 100 premières pages the first 100 pages

• en première page (Press) on the front page

• lire un livre de la première à la dernière ligne to read a book from cover to cover

   c. ( = de base) [échelon, grade] bottom ; [ébauche, projet] first

• quel est votre premier prix pour ce type de voyage ? what do your prices start at for this kind of trip?

   d. ( = originel, fondamental) [cause, donnée, principe] basic ; [objectif] primary ; [état] initial, original

2. masculine noun, feminine noun

   a. (dans le temps, l'espace) first

• parler/passer/sortir le premier to speak/go/go out first

• arriver les premiers to arrive first

• arriver dans les premiers to be one of the first to arrive

• il a été le premier à reconnaître ses torts he was the first to admit that he was in the wrong

• elle fut l'une des premières à... she was one of the first to...

   b. (dans une hiérarchie, un ordre) il a été reçu dans les premiers he was in the top few

• il est le premier de sa classe he is top of his class

   c. (dans une série, une comparaison) Pierre et Paul sont cousins, le premier est médecin Peter and Paul are cousins, the former is a doctor

3. masculine noun

   a. first

• c'est leur premier ( = enfant) it's their first child

• mon premier est... (charade) my first is in...

► en premier [arriver, parler] first

• je l'ai servi en premier I served him first

• pour lui, la famille vient toujours en premier his family always comes first

   b. ( = étage) first floor (Brit), second floor (US)

4. compounds

► le premier de l'an New Year's Day

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1.

- ière pʀəmje, ɛʀ adjectif

1) ( dans le temps) first

(dans) les premiers temps — at first

2) ( dans l'espace) first

3) ( dans une série) first

le premier janvier — the first of January

‘livre premier’ — ‘book one’

Napoléon I^er — Napoleon I, Napoleon the First

4) ( dans une hiérarchie) [artiste, écrivain, puissance] leading; [élève, étudiant] top

être premier — [élève, étudiant] to be top; [coureur] to be first

une affaire de première urgence — a matter of the utmost urgency

nos premiers prix or tarifs — ( pour voyages) our cheapest holidays GB ou package tours US; ( pour billets) our cheapest tickets

5) ( originel) [impression] first, initial; [éclat] initial; [aspect] original

6) ( essentiel) [qualité] prime; [objectif, conséquence] primary

7) Philosophie [terme, notion, donnée] fundamental; [vérité, principe] first

2.

nom masculin, féminin

1) ( dans le temps) first

2) ( dans une énumération) first

je préfère le premier — I prefer the first one

le premier de mes fils — ( sur deux fils) my elder son; ( sur plus de deux fils) my eldest son

3) ( dans un classement)

arriver le premier — [coureur] to come first

être le premier de la classe — [élève] to be top of the class

3.

nom masculin

1) ( dans un bâtiment) first floor GB, second floor US

2) ( jour du mois) first

le premier de l'an — New Year's Day

3) ( arrondissement) first arrondissement

4.

en premier locution adverbiale

faire quelque chose en premier — to do something first

citons en premier le livre de notre collègue — first of all there's our colleague's book

5.

de première (colloq) locution adjective first-rate

c'est de première — it's first-class ou first-rate

Phrasal Verbs:

- premier âge

- premier de cordée

- premier danseur

- premier jet

- premier ministre

- le premier venu

- première nouvelle!

- premiers secours

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pʀəmje, jɛʀ (-ière)
1. adj

1) (dans le temps) first

C'est notre premier jour de vacances depuis Noël. — It's our first day off since Christmas.

la première fois — the first time

C'est la première fois que je viens ici. — It's the first time I've been here.

la première et la dernière fois — the first and last time

au premier abord — at first sight

du premier coup — at the first attempt, at the first go

enfant d'un premier lit — child from a first marriage

le premier âge — the first 3 months of life

Il est arrivé premier. — He came first., He was the first to arrive.

2) (du bas) (branche, marche, grade) lowest, bottom

au premier étage — on the first floor Grande-Bretagne on the second floor USA

3) (en importance) first

de première importance — of prime importance

de première nécessité — absolutely essential

de premier ordre — first-class, first-rate

de première qualité; de premier choix — best quality, top quality

en premier lieu — in the first place

4) (= fondamental) basic

5)

le Premier ministre — the Prime Minister, the Premier, the Premier of Queensland, the Queensland Premier

2. nm

1) (= premier étage) first floor Grande-Bretagne second floor USA

2) (= personne)

le premier — the first

un jeune premier — a romantic male lead

premier de la classe — top of the class

3) (= jour)

le premier de l'an — New Year's Day

le premier mai — the first of May

4)

en premier — first

3. nf

1) (= personne)

la première — the first

2) AUTOMOBILES (= vitesse) first, first gear

3) CHEMINS DE FER, AVIATION (= classe) first class

4) ÉDUCATION (= classe) Year 12
sixth year of secondary school (age 16-17)
5) [spectacle] THÉÂTRE first night, CINÉMA première

6) (chose faite pour la première fois) first

une grande première — a major first

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premier, - ière ⇒ La date, Les nombres

A adj

1 ( qui commence une série) [habitant, emploi, automobile, symptôme] first; Adam fut le premier homme Adam was the first man; c'est la première fois que je viens ici this is the first time I've been here; la première et la dernière fois the first and last time; les premiers temps de the initial period of; (dans) les premiers temps tout allait bien at first things went well;

2 ( qui précède dans l'espace) [porte, rue, visage, carrefour] first; les trois premières rues the first three streets; les premières marches (de l'escalier) the first few steps;

3 ( dans une série) [numéro, chapitre, mot, candidat] first; première personne du singulier/du pluriel first person singular/plural; le premier janvier/juin the first of January/of June; article premier du code pénal first article of the penal code; ‘livre premier’ ‘book one’; Napoléon I^er Napoleon I ou the First; Elisabeth I^re Elizabeth I ou the First;

4 ( par sa supériorité) [artiste, écrivain, producteur, puissance] leading; [élève, étudiant] top; le premier producteur mondial de vin the world's leading wine producer; être premier [élève, étudiant] to be top; [coureur] to be first; il est premier en physique he's top in physics; terminer or arriver premier [coureur] to come first; une affaire de première importance/urgence a matter of the utmost importance/urgency; article de première nécessité an absolutely essential item;

5 ( par son infériorité) [billet, ticket, place] cheapest; nos premiers prix or tarifs ( pour voyages) our cheapest holidays GB ou package tours US; ( pour billets) our cheapest tickets;

6 ( originel) [impression] first, initial; [vivacité, éclat] initial; [aspect] original; recouvrer sa santé première to recover one's health;

7 ( essentiel) [qualité] prime; [objectif] primary, basic; [conséquence] primary, main;

8 Philos [terme, notion, proposition, donnée] basic, fundamental; [vérité, principe] first.

B nm,f

1 ( qui se présente d'abord) first; vous êtes le premier à me le dire you are the first to tell me; il est toujours le premier à se plaindre he's always the first to complain; sortir le premier to go out first; arriver le premier, arriver les premiers to arrive first; les premiers arrivés seront les premiers servis first come, first served;

2 ( dans une énumération) first; je préfère le premier I prefer the first one; le premier de mes fils ( sur deux fils) my elder son; ( sur plus de deux fils) my eldest son;

3 ( dans un classement) arriver le premier [coureur] to come first; être le premier de la classe [élève] to be top of the class; il est le premier en latin he's top in Latin.

C nm

1 ( dans un bâtiment) first floor GB, second floor US; monter/descendre au premier to go up/to go down to the first GB ou second US floor; habiter au premier to live on the first GB ou second US floor;

2 ( jour du mois) first; être payé tous les premiers du mois to be paid on the first of every month; le premier de l'an New Year's Day;

3 ( arrondissement) first arrondissement; habiter dans le premier to live in the first arrondissement;

4 ( dans une charade) first; mon premier est my first is.

D en premier loc adv faire qch en premier to do sth first; faire passer son travail en premier to put one's work first; recourir à l'arme nucléaire en premier to resort to nuclear weapons in the first instance; citons en premier le livre de notre collègue first of all there's our colleague's book; il faut en premier baisser l'impôt sur les bénéfices first of all it is necessary to reduce taxes on profits.

E première nf

1 (événement important, exploit) first; première mondiale world first;

2 Théât, Cin première;

3 Scol Univ sixth year of secondary school, age 16-17;

4 Aut first (gear); être en première to be in first (gear); passer la première to go into first (gear); rouler en première to drive in first (gear);

5 ○ Rail, Aviat first class; voyager en première to travel first class; un billet de première a first-class ticket;

6 ( couturière dirigeant un atelier) head seamstress;

7 ( en alpinisme) first ascent; premier solitaire first solo-ascent;

8 ( dans une chaussure) insole.

F de première○ loc adj first-rate; c'est de première it's first-class ou first-rate.

Composés

premier âge [produits, vêtements] for babies up to six months ( après n); premier clerc chief clerk; premier communiant boy making his first communion; premier de cordée leader; premier danseur leading dancer; premier jet first ou rough draft; premier maître intermediate rank between chief petty officer and fleet chief petty officer GB, ≈ master chief petty officer US; premier ministre prime minister; premier secrétaire (d'un parti, organisme) first secretary; premier venu just anybody; elle s'est jetée dans les bras du premier venu she threw herself into the arms of the first man to come along; premier violon Mus first violin, leader; première classe Mil ≈ private; première communiante Relig girl making her first communion; première communion Relig first communion; première épreuve Imprim first proof; première nouvelle! that's the first I've heard about it; premiers secours first aid ¢.

ⓘ Premier ministre The chief minister of the government, appointed by the Président de la République and responsible for the overall management of government affairs.

( féminin première) [prəmje, ɛr] adjectif numéral

1. (souvent avant le nom) [initial] early

les premiers hommes early man

ses premières œuvres her early works

les premiers temps at the beginning, early on

il n'est plus de la première jeunesse he's not as young as he used to be

un Matisse de la première période an early Matisse

2. [proche] nearest

au premier rang

a. CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE in the first ou front row

b. ÉDUCATION in the first row

3. [à venir] next, first

ce n'est pas le premier venu he's not just anybody

le premier imbécile venu pourrait le faire any idiot could do it

on s'est arrêtés dans le premier hôtel venu we stopped at the first hotel we came to ou happened to come to

4. [dans une série] first

chapitre premier Chapter One

à la première heure first thing, at first light

à première vue at first (sight)

au premier abord at first

dans un premier temps (at) first, to start with, to begin with

de la première à la dernière ligne from beginning to end

le premier nom d'une liste the top name on a list

du premier coup (familier) first off, at the first attempt

faire ses premières armes to make one's debut

il a fait ses premières armes à la "Gazette du Nord" he cut his teeth at the "Gazette du Nord"

j'ai fait mes premières armes dans le métier comme apprenti cuisinier I started in the trade as a cook's apprentice

premier amour first love

le premier arrivé the first person to arrive

première prise CINÉMA first take ou shot

premier jet (first) ou rough ou initial draft

premiers secours

a. [personnes et matériel] emergency services

b. [soins] first aid

première fois: c'est la première fois que... it's the first time that...

il y a toujours une première fois there's always a first time

première page PRESSE front page

faire la première page des journaux to be headline news

première partie

a. [généralement] first part

b. [au spectacle] opening act

qui va (lui) jeter ou lancer la première pierre? (allusion) BIBLE who will cast the first stone?

5. [principal] main

de (toute) première nécessité/urgence (absolutely) essential/urgent

c'est vous le premier intéressé you're the main person concerned ou the one who's got most at stake

le premier pays producteur de vin au monde the world's leading wine-producing country

6. [haut placé - clerc, commis] chief ; [ - danseur] leading

le premier personnage de l'État the country's Head of State

sortir premier d'une Grande école to be first on the pass list (in the final exam of a Grande école)

premier secrétaire (du parti) first secretary (of the party)

7. (après le nom) [originel] first, original, initial

l'idée première était de... the original idea was to...

8. [spontané] first

son premier mouvement his first ou spontaneous impulse

9. (après le nom) [fondamental] first

MATHÉMATIQUES [nombre] prime

[polynôme] irreducible

cause première first cause

principe premier first ou basic principle

10. [moindre]

et ta récitation, tu n'en connais pas le premier mot! you haven't a clue about your recitation, have you?

la robe coûte 400 euros et je n'en ai pas le premier sou the dress costs 400 euros and I haven't a penny (UK) ou cent (US) to my name

11. GRAMMAIRE

première personne du singulier/pluriel first person singular/plural

voir aussi link=pluriel pluriel

12. CUISINE

côte/côtelette première prime rib/cutlet

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, première [prəmje, ɛr] nom masculin, nom féminin

1. [personne]

le premier the first

entre la première go in first

elle a fini dans les cinq premières she finished amongst the top five

elle est la première de sa classe/au hit-parade she's top of her class/the charts

jeune premier CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE juvenile lead

jeune première young female lead

le Premier (britannique) POLITIQUE the (British) Prime Minister ou Premier

les premiers seront les derniers (allusion) BIBLE the first shall be last

2. [chose]

le premier the first (one)

3. [celui-là]

le premier the former

plantez des roses ou des tulipes, mais les premières durent plus longtemps plant roses or tulips, but the former last longer

voir aussi link=cinquième cinquième

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nom masculin

1. [dans une charade]

mon premier sent mauvais my first has a nasty smell

2. [étage] first floor (UK), second floor (US)

la dame du premier the lady on the first floor

3. [dans des dates]

le premier du mois the first of the month

Aix, le premier juin Aix, June 1st

le premier avril April Fool's ou All Fools Day

le Premier Mai May Day

le premier janvier ou de l'an New Year's Day

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première nom féminin

1. CINÉMA & THÉÂTRE first night, opening night

première mondiale world première

2. [exploit]

c'est une (grande) première chirurgicale it's a first for surgery

la première des Grandes Jorasses the first ascent of the Grandes Jorasses

3. ÉDUCATION lower sixth (form) (UK), eleventh grade (US)

première supérieure class leading to the entrance exam for the École normale supérieure

4. AUTOMOBILE first (gear)

être/passer en première to be in/to go into first

5. TRANSPORTS first class

voyager en première to travel first class

billet/wagon de première first-class ticket/carriage

6. COUTURE head seamstress

7. DANSE first (position)

8. IMPRIMERIE [épreuve] first proof

[édition - d'un livre] first edition ; [ - d'un journal] early edition

9. [d'une chaussure] insole

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de première locution adjectivale

(familier) first-rate

un imbécile de première (ironique) a prize idiot

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en premier locution adverbiale

first, in the first place, first of all

je dois m'occuper en premier de mon visa the first thing I must do is to see about my visa

premier de cordée nom masculin

leader (of a roped climbing team)

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premier degré nom masculin

1. ÉDUCATION primary (UK) ou elementary (US) education

2. [phase initiale] first step

brûlure au premier degré first-degree burn

3. (figuré)

des gags à ne pas prendre au premier degré jokes which mustn't be taken at face value

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premier prix nom masculin

1. COMMERCE lowest ou cheapest price

dans les premiers prix at the cheaper ou lower end of the scale

2. [récompense] first prize

elle a eu le premier prix d'interprétation she's won the award for best actress

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > premier
14 cambio1

¹ = adaptive response, alteration, change, editing, modulation, move, recasting, redesign, rotation, shift, transfer, transformation, changeover [change-over], disturbance, mutation, permeability, reformation, switchover, reverse, shift away from, shifting, changing of the guard, swing, bartering, switch, switching, change.

Ex. It is too early to assess the success of the adaptive responses which have been instituted in most SLIS.

Ex. A musical adaptation is a musical work that represents a distinct alteration of another work (e.g. a free transcription), a work that paraphrases parts of various works or the general style of another composer, or a work that is merely based on other music (e.g. variations on a them).

Ex. These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.

Ex. To ensure further that all the index entries generated by chain procedure are indeed helpful, the initial analysis of the chain may require editing.

Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.

Ex. Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

Ex. This kind of large-scale recasting offers an opportunity for the scheme to go forward rather than stagnate until it is completely taken by events.

Ex. This action was the redesign of the enquiry form in order to elicit more information from the enquirer.

Ex. The entries that result from the rotation mechanism have standard layout, punctuation and typography, all of which have been pre-programmed.

Ex. Transitory circumstances of daily life are what cause these shifts.

Ex. When the record transfer is complete, the catalog summary screen is shown for the new record so that the user can review and update it.

Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex. The changeover has resulted in more rapid machine-editing of input and reduced costs for cataloguing.

Ex. A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.

Ex. The very meanings of words like 'library' and 'university' are about to undergo mutations too radical to conceive, much less predict = Los significados mismos de palabras como "biblioteca" y "universidad" están a punto de experimentar cambios demasiado radicales de concevir y cuanto mucho menos de predecir.

Ex. There is greater permeability than before between different types of library at the start of a career but, once settled in a post, fewer librarians than before change from one type of library to another.

Ex. The author presents suggestions for the reformation of medical library education.

Ex. The transition date for the switchover is 1 Oct 2000.

Ex. Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.

Ex. This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.

Ex. This article considers the use of a spreadsheet in the shifting of periodicals collections in order to save time.

Ex. The recent reorganization has resulted in a merger of the academic and public divisions and a changing of the guard among the company's top officials.

Ex. The addition of new feedback techniques produced a significant swing in favour of the application.

Ex. Holdings will become increasingly important as a bartering tool to gain additional access benefits.

Ex. Office automation have brought about a switch to a paperless office.

Ex. These 'spuriously loyal' customers are not willing to churn just because of switching costs.

Ex. Most libraries maintain a small cash float for the giving of change and, in addition, money/ is received in payment of fines.

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* a cambio = in return.

* a cambio de = in exchange for, in return for.

* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* aceptar el cambio = embrace + change.

* aceptar un cambio = accommodate + change.

* adaptarse al cambio = accommodate to + change, adapt to + change.

* adaptarse a los cambios = flow with + the tides.

* adoptar un cambio = adopt + change, accommodate + change.

* agente de cambio = agent of(for) change, force for change, force of change.

* agente del cambio = change agent.

* aires de cambio = wind(s) of change, the, seas of change, the.

* cambio a = flight to.

* cambio brusco = revulsion, flip-flop.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

* cambio climático = climate change, climatic change.

* cambio cualitativo = step change, qualitative change.

* cambio cuantitativo = quantitative change.

* cambio cultural = cultural change.

* cambio de actitud = change in attitude, change of heart.

* cambio de aires = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new.

* cambio de ambiente = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* cambio de aspecto = lick of paint.

* cambio de ciudadanía = change of citizenship.

* cambio de dirección = change of hands.

* cambio de dueño = change of hands.

* cambio de énfasis = shift of emphasis, shift in emphasis.

* cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* cambio de hora estacional = daylight saving time.

* cambio de idea = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de imagen = makeover [make-over], makeover [make-over].

* cambio de instalación eléctrica = rewiring.

* cambio de la guardia = changing of the guard.

* cambio de look = lick of paint.

* cambio de lugar = relocation.

* cambio de manos = change of hands.

* cambio de mirada = gaze-shift.

* cambio demográfico = population trend.

* cambio de nacionalidad = change of citizenship.

* cambio de nombre = rebranding.

* cambio de opinión = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de orientación = paradigm change, paradigm shift.

* cambio de paradigma = paradigm change, paradigm shift.

* cambio de parecer = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de procedimiento = procedural change.

* cambio de propietario = change of hands.

* cambio de proveedor = churn.

* cambio de registro = code switching.

* cambio de residencia = resettlement.

* cambio de servicio = churn.

* cambio de sexo = sex change.

* cambio de título = title change.

* cambio escénico = scene changing.

* cambio estacional = seasonal change.

* cambio hormonal = hormonal change.

* cambio inesperado = twist.

* cambio institucional = institutional change.

* cambio metereológico = weather modification.

* cambio + ocurrir = change + take place.

* cambio + producirse = change + come about.

* cambio profundo = profound change.

* cambio radical = revulsion, sea change, radical change.

* cambio radical de postura = about-face.

* cambio revolucionario = revolutionary change.

* cambios = second thoughts, ebb and flow.

* cambio social = social change, societal change.

* cambio + suceder = change + take place.

* cambio + tener lugar = change + take place.

* cambio total = turnabout [turn-about], turnaround.

* cambio transformador = transformative change, transforming change.

* cambio traumático = traumatic change.

* cambio vertiginoso = spiral of change.

* clima de cambio = climate of change.

* efectuar cambios = wreak + changes.

* efectuar un cambio = effect + change.

* elemento de cambio = agent of(for) change.

* en cambio = by contrast, in contrast, instead, shifting, by comparison.

* en constante cambio = ever-changing [ever changing], ever-fluid, on the move, fast changing [fast-changing], ever-shifting.

* en continuo cambio = constantly shifting, ever-changing [ever changing], ever-shifting.

* en estado de cambio = in a state of flux.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* en proceso de cambio = changing.

* estado de cambio = state of flux.

* estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.

* estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.

* estar sujeto a cambios = be written in sand, not stone, be subject to change.

* experimentar un cambio = bring about + change, undergo + modification, undergo + change, undergo + transition.

* experimentar un cambio + Adjetivo = take + a + Adjetivo + turn.

* hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.

* hacer cambios indebidamente = tamper (with).

* hacer el cambio = make + the change.

* hacer frente al cambio = manage + change.

* hacer frente a un cambio = meet + change.

* hacer un cambio = make + change.

* impulsor del cambio = driver of change.

* introducir un cambio = bring + change.

* libre cambio = laissez-faire.

* línea internacional de cambio de fecha, la = International Date Line, the.

* lograr un cambio = accomplish + change.

* los constantes cambios de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* momento clave del cambio = tipping point.

* moneda de cambio = bargaining chip.

* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.

* motor del cambio = driver of change.

* no hacer ningún cambio = stand + pat.

* no sufrir cambios = remain + normal.

* ocasionar un cambio = bring about + change, trigger + change.

* operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.

* permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.

* proceso de cambio = process of change.

* producir un cambio = effect + change, produce + change, trigger + change.

* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* reacio al cambio = resistant to change.

* realizar un cambio = make + alteration, implement + change.

* repercusiones del cambio = impact of change.

* resistente al cambio = resistant to change.

* ritmo del cambio = rate of change, pace of change.

* ser susceptible de cambios = be subject to change.

* sin cambio = inviolate.

* sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* subsidio para cambio de residencia = resettlement allowance.

* suceder un cambio = occur + change.

* sucesión de cambios bruscos = roller coaster ride, roller coaster.

* sufrir un cambio = experience + change, undergo + change.

* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.

* trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.

Spanish-English dictionary > cambio1
15 via

1. f street, road

fig way

via Marconi Marconi St

lettera f ( per) via aerea airmail letter

Via lattea Milky Way

ricorrere alle vie legali take legal action

in via eccezionale as an exception

per via di by

( a causa di) because of

2. m off, starting signal

sports dare il via give the off

fig dare il via a qualcosa get something under way

3. adv away

andar via go away, leave

via via ( gradualmente) little by little, gradually

( man mano) as (and when)

e così via and so on

via! per scacciare go away!, scram! colloq ( suvvia) come on!

4. prep via, by way of

* * *

via¹ s.f.

1 street; ( anche extraurbana) road: una via lunga, stretta, a long, narrow street; una via piena di negozi, a street full of shops; una via privata, a private road; in che via abiti?, which street do you live in?; abito in via Roma, I live in via Roma; prendi la prima via a destra, take the first street on the right // le antiche vie romane, the ancient Roman roads; la Via Appia, Flaminia, the Appian, Flaminian Way // la Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross // (astr.) la Via Lattea, the Milky Way

2 ( strada, percorso, tragitto) way; ( sentiero) path; ( itinerario) route: via d'acqua, waterway; le grandi vie di comunicazione, the major communication routes; la via più corta per la stazione, the shortest way to the station; aver perso la via di casa, to have lost one's way home; ci incontrammo a mezza via, we met halfway; vieni per questa via, come this way; ne parleremo per via, we can talk about it on the way; aprirsi una via nella foresta, to open up a path through the forest; aprire la via, (fig.) to lead (o to pave) the way // dare ( il segnale di) via libera, to signal 'go'; (ferr.) to signal 'all clear'; (fig.) to give the green light: dare via libera all'esecuzione di un progetto, to give the green light (o the go-ahead) to a project; dare via libera all'entusiasmo, to give free rein to enthusiasm // riportare qlcu. sulla retta via, to put s.o. back on the right track (o on the straight and narrow) // essere in via di guarigione, to be on the road to recovery; un albergo in via di costruzione, a hotel in course of construction // trasmissione via radio, satellite, broadcasting by radio, by satellite // per via aerea, by air; ( di posta) by air mail; treno Milano-Roma via Firenze, Milan-Rome train via Florence // la via della gloria, the path (s) of glory // la via della seta, the Silk Route // la via della droga, the drug route // ( alpinismo) aprire una nuova via, to open a new route

3 ( modo) way; ( mezzo) means: questa è l'ultima via, this is the only way; non c'è via di scampo, d'uscita, there is no way out (o there is no help for it); non c'è via di mezzo, there is no middle course; per nessuna via, by no means; in via amichevole, in a friendly way (o by private contact); in via eccezionale, provvisoria, exceptionally, provisionally; in via diplomatica, through diplomatic channels; per via gerarchica, through official channels; te lo dico in via confidenziale, I'm telling you in confidence; per vie traverse, by underhand means; per altre vie, in other ways // passare alle vie di fatto, to resort to violence // (dir.) adire le vie legali, to take legal steps (o to start legal proceedings) // per via di, che, owing to (o on account of): l'aeroporto è chiuso per via della nebbia, the airport is closed owing to (o because of) fog; si conobbero per via di quel lavoro, they got to know each other through that job

4 ( carriera) career: una laurea che apre molte vie, a degree that opens up many careers; scegliere la via degli affari, to take up a business career

5 (med.): vie respiratorie, respiratory tract (o passage); è una medicina da prendere per via orale, it is a medicine for oral administration; un'iniezione per via intramuscolare, an intramuscular injection

6 (inform.) way: via di accesso ai dati, path; via di informazione, code track; via di smistamento alternativa, alternative path // (tel.) via di trasmissione, channel.

via² avv.

1 ( in unione a voci verbali) away, off: starò via per tutta la settimana, I'll be away all week; in estate siamo via, we're away in the summer; è via da casa, he's away from home; andate via!, go away!; correre, fuggire via, to run away (o off); l'hanno cacciato via, they drove him away; gli ospiti sono già andati via, the guests have already gone away (o have already left); il vento ha spazzato via le nubi, the wind has blown the clouds away; il canarino è volato via, the canary has flown away (o off); i ladri gli hanno portato via tutto, the thieves took away (o off) everything he had // è tempo buttato via, it's a waste of time // un lavoro tirato via, a slapdash piece of work // in questa casa i soldi vanno via che è un piacere, (fam.) in this house we get through money like nobody's business // e così via, e via dicendo, e via di questo passo, and so on (o and so forth) ∙ Per andare via, buttare via, tirare via, venire via ecc. → anche andare, buttare, tirare, venire ecc.

2 ( in espressioni ellittiche, spec. sottintendendo il v. andare): balzò in piedi, e via di corsa!, he jumped up and off he went!; via come una saetta, off like a shot; via di lì!, get away from there!

3 (antiq.) ( con valore moltiplicativo): tre via tre fa nove, three times three is nine

4 via via, ( di mano in mano, di volta in volta): via via che arrivano, mandali da me, send them to me as they arrive; via via che le ore passavano, cresceva l'angoscia, as the hours went by, anxiety increased; il dolore andava via via diminuendo, the pain was gradually subsiding

◆ inter.: via!, (per cacciare qlcu.) off with you!, ( come segnale di partenza) go!; via, coraggio!, come on, cheer up!; via, dimmi quello che sai, come on, tell me what you know; via, non dire queste cose!, come now, don't say such things; non spaventarti, via!, now then, don't be afraid; via, non abbatterti così!, come on, don't be so downhearted!; via, sbrigatevi, è tardi!, come on, hurry up, it's late!; via, non è poi così difficile!, come on, it's not so hard!; eh via, smettetela di piagnucolare!, come on, stop whining!; via, non sono proprio così ingenuo!, come off it, I'm not such a fool!; oh via, basta con le bugie!, for heaven's sake, stop telling lies! // uno, due, tre via!, ( nelle gare) ready, steady, go!

via² s.m. start, starting signal: (sport) essere pronti al via, to be under starter's orders; dare il via, to give the starting signal; scattare al via, to be off to a good start // dare il via a una discussione, to open a debate; dare il via ai lavori, ( iniziarli) to set the work going, ( autorizzarli) to give the go-ahead to the work; quel malinteso diede il via a uno scambio di insulti, that misunderstanding sparked off an exchange of insults.

* * *
I ['via] sf
1) (strada) road, (di città) street, road, (cammino) way, (percorso) route, (sentiero, pista) path, track

abito in una via molto stretta — i live in a very narrow street

abito in via Manzoni 5 — i live at number 5, Via Manzoni

la via dell'oppio — the opium trail

vie di comunicazione — communication routes

che via fai di solito? — what route do you usually take?

sulla via di casa — on one's way home

hai via libera — (a un incrocio) the road is clear

dare via libera a qc fig — to give the green light o the go-ahead

allontanarsi dalla retta via fig — to stray from the straight and narrow

in via di guarigione — on the road to recovery

paese in via di sviluppo — developing country

la sua laurea gli apre molte vie — his degree offers him many possibilities

2) (mezzo) way, means, (procedimento) channels pl, (fig : modo) way

tentare tutte le vie — to try everything possible

per vie traverse — by underhand means

non avevo altra via — I had no alternative

non c'è via di scampo o d'uscita — there's no way out

via di mezzo — halfway

è una via di mezzo tra... — it's halfway between...

non c'è via di mezzo — there's no middle ground

scegliere la via di mezzo — to compromise

te lo dico in via privata o confidenziale — I'm telling you in confidence, (ufficiosamente) I'm telling you unofficially

in via eccezionale — as an exception

in via provvisoria — provisionally

in via amichevole — in a friendly manner

comporre una disputa in via amichevole Dir — to settle a dispute out of court

adire le vie legali — to take legal proceedings

le vie del Signore — the ways of the Lord

passare alle vie di fatto — to resort to violence

per via aerea — by air

spedire per via aerea — to send by airmail

via satellite — by satellite

via Dover — via Dover

per via di — because of, on account of

3) Anat tract

le vie respiratorie — the respiratory tracts

per via orale Med — orally

4) Astron

la Via Lattea — the Milky Way
II ['via]
1. avv

1) (allontanamento) away, (temporaneo) out

buttare o gettare via qc — to throw sth away

l'ho buttato via — i threw it away

tagliare via — to cut off o away

dare via qc — to give sth away

è andato via — (per poco tempo) he has gone out, (per molto tempo) he has gone away

sono stato via per 3 settimane — I was away for three weeks

vai via! — go away!, clear off! fam

questa macchia non va via — this mark won't come out

2)

(eccetera) e così via — and so on

e via dicendo; e via di questo passo — and so on (and so forth)

3)

via via — (pian piano) gradually

via via che — (man mano) as

2.

via da prep — away from

non andare via da me — don't leave me

3. escl

(suvvia) come on!, (allontanati) go away!, (a un animale) shoo!

pronti, via! — ready, steady, go!

4. sm

Sport (signal to) start, starting signal

dare il via — to start the race, give the starting signal

quando darai il via? — when are you going to give the starting signal?

dare il via a un progetto — to give the green light to a project

hanno dato il via ai lavori — they've begun o started work

* * *
['via] I
sostantivo femminile

1) (strada) road; (di città) street

le -e di Londra — the streets of London

la Via Appia — the Appian Way

via principale — high o main street

via laterale — side street

sulla pubblica via — on the public highway

2) (tragitto, percorso) way

sulla via del ritorno — on one's way back

prendere la via più lunga — to take the long way round

andare da Torino a Roma via Bologna — (passando per) to go from Turin to Rome via Bologna

3) fig. (percorso)

essere sulla via della perdizione — to be on the road to perdition

la via del successo — the gateway to success

seguire, allontanarsi dalla retta via — to keep to, to stray from the straight and narrow

scegliere una via di mezzo — to take o follow a middle course

né rosso né arancione, ma una via di mezzo — neither red nor orange but somewhere (in) between

4) (mezzo, maniera) way

non c'è via di scampo — there's no way out

5) (fase)

in via di completamento — nearing completion

in via di guarigione — on the road to recovery

specie in via d'estinzione — endangered species

paese in via di sviluppo — developing country

6) (modo di procedere)

per via diplomatica — through diplomatic channels

per -e traverse — by roundabout means

per via legale — through a law suit

7) med. (mezzo di somministrazione)

per via orale, endovenosa — orally, intravenously

8) anat. duct

- e respiratorie — respiratory tract

- e urinarie — urinary passage

9) per via di because of, owing to

•

"per via aerea" — "by airmail"

via di comunicazione — transport link

la Via Lattea — the Milky Way

via maestra — high Street GB, main Street US

(passare alle) -e di fatto — dir. (to resort to) force

••

le -e del Signore sono infinite — God moves in mysterious ways
II 1.
avverbio

1) (unito a voci verbali) away, off

andare via — to go away; [ luce] to go off

buttare via qcs. — to throw sth. away

dare via qcs. — to give sth. away

venire via — [etichetta, vernice, bottone] to come off

2) via via (man mano)

via via inventava delle spiegazioni — he was making up explanations as he went along

via via che la serata proseguiva... — as the evening went on...

il tuo inglese va via via migliorando — your English is improving little by little
2.
sostantivo maschile invariabile

1) (partenza) start; (segnale) starting signal

al via — at the start

dare il via — to give the starting signal

2) fig.

dare il via a qcs. — to give sth. the go-ahead
3.
interiezione

1) (di incoraggiamento, incitamento) come on; (di allontanamento)

via (di qui)! — go away! (di stupore, incredulità)

via, non può essere vero — get away, it can't be true

2) (comando di partenza)

uno, due, tre, via! — one, two, three, go!

ai vostri posti, pronti, via! — ready, steady, go!

••

e così via, e via dicendo, e via di questo passo o di seguito — and so on

* * *

via¹

/'via/

sostantivo f.

1 (strada) road; (di città) street; le -e di Londra the streets of London; la Via Appia the Appian Way; via principale high o main street; via laterale side street; sulla pubblica via on the public highway

2 (tragitto, percorso) way; sulla via del ritorno on one's way back; prendere la via più lunga to take the long way round; andare da Torino a Roma via Bologna (passando per) to go from Turin to Rome via Bologna

3 fig. (percorso) essere sulla via della perdizione to be on the road to perdition; la via del successo the gateway to success; seguire, allontanarsi dalla retta via to keep to, to stray from the straight and narrow; scegliere una via di mezzo to take o follow a middle course; né rosso né arancione, ma una via di mezzo neither red nor orange but somewhere (in) between

4 (mezzo, maniera) way; non c'è via di scampo there's no way out

5 (fase) in via di completamento nearing completion; in via di guarigione on the road to recovery; specie in via d'estinzione endangered species; paese in via di sviluppo developing country

6 (modo di procedere) per via diplomatica through diplomatic channels; per -e traverse by roundabout means; per via legale through a law suit

7 med. (mezzo di somministrazione) per via orale, endovenosa orally, intravenously

8 anat. duct; - e respiratorie respiratory tract; - e urinarie urinary passage

9 per via di because of, owing to

IDIOMS

le -e del Signore sono infinite God moves in mysterious ways

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COMPOUNDS

"per via aerea" "by airmail"; via di comunicazione transport link; la Via Lattea the Milky Way; via maestra high Street GB, main Street US; (passare alle) -e di fatto dir. (to resort to) force.

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via²

/'via/

I avverbio

1 (unito a voci verbali) away, off; andare via to go away; [ luce] to go off; buttare via qcs. to throw sth. away; dare via qcs. to give sth. away; venire via [etichetta, vernice, bottone] to come off

2 via via (man mano) via via inventava delle spiegazioni he was making up explanations as he went along; via via che la serata proseguiva... as the evening went on...; il tuo inglese va via via migliorando your English is improving little by little

II m.inv.

1 (partenza) start; (segnale) starting signal; al via at the start; dare il via to give the starting signal

2 fig. dare il via a qcs. to give sth. the go-ahead

III interiezione

1 (di incoraggiamento, incitamento) come on; (di allontanamento) via (di qui)! go away! (di stupore, incredulità) via, non può essere vero get away, it can't be true

2 (comando di partenza) uno, due, tre, via! one, two, three, go! ai vostri posti, pronti, via! ready, steady, go!

IDIOMS

e così via, e via dicendo, e via di questo passo o di seguito and so on.

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